IT is a great pity -- for the organisers, exhibitors, competitors and visitors - that for the first time in 236 years the last day of the historic Royal Lancashire Show had to be abandoned after being ruined by two days of heavy rain and traffic chaos
ANGLER Shaun Birchall netted a gold and silver double in the Embassy Division Two National Championships. The Hindley Green ace landed a total of 10.160kg to help Wigan Van Den Eynde claim team gold, then took individual silver on the River Soar and Loughborough
BILLY Pearce insists he wears many different hats. Naturally, the headwear he's referring to is purely metaphorical, you get the distinct impression Billy would be loath to hide the trademark blonde spikes of his carefully highlighted hair. Reluctant
RAMSBOTTOM bounced back from the shock news that they had lost their professional for the remainder of the season, to record two much needed wins over the weekend. Victorian Jason Arnberger, who appeared certain to smash the club's batting record, flew
OFFICIALS of Bury-Pedal Sport Cycle Speedway Club could not have wished for a better curtain raiser for this weekend's World Individual Championship, than the fifth annual staging of the Ken Graham Memorial Trophy at the Goshen track last Saturday. In
YOUR story headlined 'Cabbies must pass English test' (LET, July 25) solved a problem which has been bothering me for ages. Try driving down Crossfield Street, Blackburn, any day of the week and the double yellow lines are littered with taxis. There is
PRESTWICH were left cursing the weather as they looked set for victory against high-flying Woodbank last Sunday. A total of 250, inspired by professional Craig Duxbury with his third century of the month, left their derby rivals with a mountain to climb
ONE of the education successes my children experienced was that throughout their school life they were bombarded with almost daily lectures on the evils of smoking and the risk to health. It strikes me that a similar daily dose of 'anti-litter' lectures
I'VE wondered for a couple of years now how long it would take the Greater Manchester glove to smother Chorley's face. I never really thought it would happen and, to be honest, I still don't think it will. More importantly, I don't want it to happen.
P WHITTAKER (Letters, July 25) says that the public would prefer to see police officers providing protection against crimes such as burglary, rape and mugging, rather than sitting "in the back of vans all day" policing speeding motorists. I understand
BURY'S Mill Gate centre was evacuated on Monday (Mon July 29) after a smoke detector was activated. Fire crews went to the JD Sports shop in the centre and discovered dust from packaging had set off the alarm. Shoppers were allowed back into the centre
BLACKPOOL'S theatre-goers will be feline fine as Andrew Lloyd-Webber smash musical Cats gets its claws into the resort this week. The musical, inspired by TS Eliot's Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats, is back on tour nationally after 21 years in London
SEVENTIES rockers T-Rex share a platform with the borough's best new bands as Radcliffe enjoys a free music and comedy festival. The line-up, featuring original member Paul Fenton, will be headlining Saturday's (Aug 2) concert at the town centre bandstand
A TEENAGER was punched in the face in an attempted street robbery. The 18-year-old was approached in Chestnut Fold, Bury, at 7.25pm on Thursday (July 24) by two thugs who demanded property. He was punched in the face, injuring his cheek. The two offenders
ROSSENDALE is being carved up like Poland was in the Second World War, says Bury's top Tory. Councillor Roy Walker demanded that Bury hold talks with its northern neighbour over the possible merger of the two authorities. Bury and Rochdale are looking
A PIANO school in Ramsbottom is celebrating a successful year, with all students passing their recent grade exams. And one local family has received double congratulations, with both daughters passing high grades at Notes Piano School, on Bolton Road
PUPILS in East Bury are using their artistic talents to transform a building site. The fruits of their labours can be seen on Wednesday (Aug 6) when a drawing and consultation day is held at the New Kershaw Centre between 11am and 4pm. The event is to
A DOCTOR who was in charge of Bury General Hospital's diabetic clinic for 21 years has died at the age of 86. Dr Ron Savidge, who retired in October, 1975, died last week at his home in Bedfield, Suffolk. A funeral service was held on Wednesday (July
A MESSAGE of hope from a primary school will be delivered to a deprived South African school this summer. After-school club leader at Peel Brow Primary in Ramsbottom, Mrs Noelene Searles, will be travelling to the country later this month, taking with
BURY Council is to play a leading part in addressing the poor state of the borough's mental health service. Years of underfunding mean the service is need of major investment to meet government standards. Following talks between the Pennine Care NHS Trust
PEAK-time traffic ground to a halt around Bury town centre as workers replacing water mains unearthed an unexpected problem. Lane closures in Jubilee Way, Peel Way and Bolton Street caused rush hour chaos for teatime traffic heading in and out of Bury
GARRY Flitcroft has handed Blackburn a massive boost by revealing he could be fit for the big Premiership kick-off in a fortnight. The Rovers skipper had looked doubtful to face Wolves at Ewood on August 16 following a summer operation to cure a long-standing
A PRESTON foster mum scratched her way to success and scooped a new set of wheels worth around £16,000. Brenda Carlaw, 45, from Cromwell Road, Ribbleton, won the top prize on the National Lottery 'Cash & Car' £1 scratchcard. Lucky Brenda, who has
TEENAGE mums are touring schools offering pupils the benefit of their experience. Under a new initiative set up by Preston Primary Care Trust, the girls aged 15 to 20 are offering pupils some down-to-earth facts on the realities of parenthood from changing
A TEENAGER with learning difficulties has teamed up with his father to take part in new sporting project. In the past few months Steven Jackson, 14, of Fishwick Parade, Avenham, Preston, has had a string of tests at Manchester Children's Hospital after
POLICE and fire officers are investigating an arson attack which destroyed a barn containing 60 tons of hay. Fire chiefs believe the blaze at New House Farm, Tudor Avenue, Lea, Preston, was started deliberately by youths who were spotted hanging around
THE spotlight was on Preston after it was chosen as the setting for a new TV commercial for a leading law firm. The city was singled out for its star quality after film production chiefs snubbed the likes of Commonwealth Games city, Manchester and one
RESIDENTS in the Hargher Clough area of Burnley will be helping to shape their future at a weekend event dubbed 'Local Planning in Action'. The event on Sunday will give residents the chance to take part in a hands-on process to identify problems and
POLICE have named a man killed in a head-on collision between two cars in the early hours of this morning. Scott Grimshaw, 28, of Scott Street, Burnley, was driving a Vauxhall Astra towards Accrington when it collided with a Honda Civic. Mr Grimshaw was
BURNLEY must act fast or risk losing a share of £500million regeneration money, the council has been warned. Town Hall bosses said the Government's Elevate programme was well under way, but it must not be complacent. Senior councillors at stressed the
TURNPIKE Community Theatre gets set for the panto season with Aladdin auditions for adult roles (18-plus) being held on August 5 and 7. The community theatre aims to give everyone, experienced or not, the opportunity to be involved in the production,
FIRE chiefs have praised a teenager who saved his dad's life after a chip pan fire broke out at their home. Christopher Dean, 16, woke up to find the family home in Burton Street, Burnley, smoke-logged just after 2am yesterday. The brave youngster fought
AN opportunist thief who snatched a laptop from the counter of a Burnley off-licence, punched the shop assistant in the face when he tried to stop him. The man, in his mid-20s, saw the assistant wrapping the £1,500 computer up as a present when he went
A MAN who downloaded child porn from the internet has been banned from having any unsupervised contact with youngsters under 18. Burnley Magistrates yesterday heard how Michael Slater, 33, had 170 obscene images on his computers when police raided his
DOCTORS at Pendle Community Hospital in Nelson can chat to cancer patients and relatives in a quiet setting following the opening of a quiet room. The Rosemere Conservatory, designed to let health workers deal sensitively with out-patients, was officially
DISABLED and disadvantaged people in Pendle will receive help through a new project which has been allocated £58,000 from Pendle Partnership. The Enterprising Communities Project will provide business counselling and support to enable people to set up
CAMPAIGNERS are cranking up opposition to plans for a wind farm on moors north of Bury with a public meeting in Ramsbottom next week. Proposals would see 26 giant turbines, each reaching a height of 327ft, built east of Edenfield on Scout Moor. The development
SEVENTIES rockers T-Rex share a platform with the borough's best new bands as Radcliffe enjoys a free music and comedy festival. The line-up, featuring original member Paul Fenton, will be headlining Saturday's concert at the town centre bandstand. New
TERRY Reid, Asda area manager for Lancashire and Cumbria, said: "Asda are very proud to be sponsoring the Neighbour of the Year award. "I would urge anybody who knows of a person who deserves to be nominated in this category to put that person's name
WHEN asked what they are most proud of in East Lancashire, many say it is the friendliness of the people. Our area has many tight-knit communities and the cornerstones of these are the close relations between neighbours. For many, especially the vulnerable
ARMIES of midges and threatening thunderclouds could not disturb the atmosphere when Shakespeare came to Darwen. Illyria Theatre Company proved to be another shining example of why the Darwen Library Theatre has been cooking up a storm for the past two
TRADERS and customers at Blackburn Markket said goodbye to a long-serving stallholder. Joyce Veevers retired after having a household and fancy linens store for 49 years.
MORE run-down and empty homes are set to be bulldozed in Burnley. Dozens of houses in Cog Lane, Bartle Street, Hampden Street, Prestwich Street, Holbeck Street and Robinson Street will be knocked down at a cost of £1,275,210. The council will buy the
A FOUR-year nightmare ended today for an Accrington mum as police announced they would not be bringing any charges against her following the deaths of her two babies. Donna Hanson was arrested on suspicion of the murder of the two babies - Ashley and
A CAMPAIGN to ban town centre street drinking has been hailed a success -- but police have warned there is still work to be done. The Crystal Clear campaign was brought into force in Accrington in July last year -- and has cut glass and bottle-related
ANGRY traders have delivered a defiant "we shall not be moved" message to bosses behind the planned £150 million redevelopment of Bury's Mill Gate centre. They are opposed to plans to move the popular outdoor market to a new site -- a key element of the
A 96-year-old woman was pushed aside by a thief after she answered a knock at the door of her Bury home. The pensioner answered her front door on Hardmans Road, Whitefield, but was pushed out of the way as the offender entered. He searched the house and
A LANDLORD and landlady today told of the battle to prevent their pub being ruined by flood water. Tony and Pauline Wignall, of the Higher Buck Inn, off West Bradford Road, Waddington, suffered severe flood damage when surface water from the fell poured
BURY businesses are to be fully briefed about bold plans for a massive £150 million revamp of the town's popular Mill Gate centre. Representatives from the centre's co-owners Westfield will explain the proposals at the next meeting of the Bury Economic
WHITEFIELD-based leading independent financial adviser, Assured Benefit Consultants, has merged with Manson Financial Services, part of the Manson Insurance Group. The merged company will trade as Manson Financial Services Ltd from its newly refurbished
THE latest in cutting-edge computer software technology came under the Microsoft at a packed meeting of BuryBusiness.NETwork and UK Online for Business. And the event, hosted by the software giants, co-incided with the good news that the organisation,
A BURNLEY driver accused of causing the death of a fellow student by dangerous driving was given bail after a private hearing at Manchester Crown Court. Sadakat Hussein, 19, will be back in court on September 24 for a formal hearing when he will be asked
RESIDENTS in the Hargher Clough area of Burnley will be helping to shape their future at a weekend event dubbed 'Local Planning in Action'. The event on Sunday will give residents the chance to take part in a hands-on process to identify problems and
ALL good things come to those Kuwait! For a Bury company has supplied handsets to the Middle Eastern country in the latest in a series of lucrative export orders. And the Interquartz name for quality led to the order being placed by the Government in
MILLION pound man Ian Moore has wasted no time getting on the goal trail in pre-season. The pacy Clarets striker already has four goals to his name in just five pre-season friendlies, the latest coming with a smart finish in Wednesday's 1-1 draw with
DAVID Dunn is ready for all that Burnley fans have to throw at him tomorrow. The former Blackburn midfielder heads for Turf Moor with his new Birmingham team-mates for the Clarets final pre-season friendly. But Dunn, who made the £5.5m switch to St Andrews
POLICE in Leyland arrested eight people on Wednesday morning (July30) after drug raids on several homes in the town. The dawn swoops involved more than 100 officers and a quantity of cannabis was seized as part of Operation Nimrod. Two other people, believed
A BLIND father claims he is being forced to live like a prisoner in his own home while gangs of youths congregate outside his Leyland home playing ball games. Brian Whitfield, 38, of Woodlands Drive, says he is too afraid to go in his garden for fear
GET a different perspective on life this summer -- see it in 3D at Manchester IMAX. The IMAX cinema at thefilmworks will be screening an amazing 3D programme of entertainment, animation, science, nature and natural history films every day this summer
ATHERTON enjoyed contrasting fortunes in their double header last weekend. At home on Saturday against Darcy Lever they easily overhauled the visitors' formidable 174 for the loss of just two wickets. But in Sunday's away game at Elton they performed
THREE young citizens will soon be packing their bags to witness democracy in action, both in London and Brussels The trio of teenagers won the Citizenship Challenge competition to find Bury's Young Citizen for 2003. Rhys Bevan, of Derby High School, Bury
PATIENTS have given Bury's health service the thumbs-up. Bury Primary Care Trust (PCT), the provider of mainstream health care in the community, is one of the best in country for winning the "confidence and trust" of its users. Around 850 local people
TWO of our local cricket teams hope to go one better than last season when they appear in their respective league's cup finals on Sunday In the Bolton League Greenmount will want to put behind them the horror of last season's crushing reverse against
Eagley ... 2 Elton Vale ... 1 TWO late goals from Eagley's Carl Grimshaw denied Elton a victory in the first of their three group games in this season's Goldline Trophy after they had led from as early as the fifth minute when Dave Malius opened his account
A NEW name has been added to the ever-expanding list of companies offering discounts to members of the Bury FC Supporters' Society (Forever Bury). It is the Kalamaki Restaurant and Taverna which is offering a 10 per cent discount (on meals only) to members
MILLION pound man Ian Moore has wasted no time getting on the goal trail in pre-season. The pacy Clarets striker already has four goals to his name in just five pre-season friendlies, the latest coming with a smart finish in Wednesday's 1-1 draw with
A FAMILIAR name in the East Lancashire music scene returns to action next Sunday night. East lancashire Cricket Club is the venue for the first Magic Village promotion for five years when leading covers band Blackout will be playing. Brian Wood, the man
HEAVY rock fans are in for a treat next Saturday when the second Quazfest comes to Burnley. The event at the Keirby Hotel will run from 2pm until midnight. Headlining will be leading tribute band Slack Babbath with the rest of the line-up including Deepest
NELSON is to play host to some of the biggest names in folk next Friday at a special charity gig. Ken Nicol, lead guitarist and vocalist with Steeleye Span, the band's bassist Rick Kemp, Joe Broughton of the Albion Band, plus well known musicians Pete
NOW there's something you don't see every day -- a Formula One car zooming round the Big One at Blackpool Pleasure Beach! In a publicity stunt with plenty of va voom, F1 driver Ralph Firman 'drove' his bright yellow Jordan racing car around Europe's tallest
HYNDBURN'S free music festival will take over Accrington's Oak Hill Park for seven hours tomorrow giving 17 local bands and artists the chance to perform in front of a live audience. The new-look music spectacular, which replaces the popular Sounds event
STRUGGLING Lancashire holidays giant MyTravel today admitted it would fall short of its profits targets over the crucial summer period. In a trading statement to the Stock Exchange, the company said it was now not expecting any improvements on profits
STRUGGLING Lancashire holidays giant MyTravel today admitted it would fall short of its profits targets over the crucial summer period. In a trading statement to the Stock Exchange, the company said it was now not expecting any improvements on profits
BETTY Grobbelaar was a familiar face to thousands of customers at Radcliffe Baths. But after 28 years she has finally retired at the age of 65. Betty, of Salisbury Road, Radcliffe, began working there as a sauna attendant. She later became a pool attendant
ENGLAND World Cup winner Nobby Stiles will be the guest speaker at a dinner to launch a controversial new book. Behind Closed Doors is former Whalley man Brian Rutherford's highly personal account of growing up in the village in a household where a dominant
A SUCCESSFUL police operation has netted four suspected criminals following a swoop in Rossendale. Police targeted criminals in Waterfoot and Bacup after working with residents to help rid the area of crime. Operation Foxtrot involved local patrol officers
A BACUP business has blasted fly tippers for dumping rubbish which is starting to attract rats, mice and feral cats. Trevor Harding, owner of Densons Deli, Market Street, Bacup, said the problem of illegal dumping has been getting worse over the past
THEY'VE been together for nearly two decades, play to sell-out stadiums in their native Canada and can boast five platinum and seven gold albums. Yet few people will ever have hard of them in this country. But all that is about to change with 54-40 lining
BILLY Pearce insists he wears many different hats. Naturally, the headwear he's referring to is purely metaphorical, you get the distinct impression Billy would be loath to hide the trademark blonde spikes of his carefully highlighted hair. Reluctant
VETERAN Blackpool funnyman Frank Carson is convalescing this week after a life-saving heart operation. The comic has reportedly paid privately for the £10,000 surgery required to have a pacemaker fitted at Blackpool's Victoria Hospital on Thursday. The
A NEW doctors' surgery and 220 jobs have been promised by supermarket giant Sainsbury's if its plans for a huge new store at Poulton are passed by Wyre Borough Council. The retailer has submitted plans to the council for a 26,000 sq ft store on land it
BOSSES at a government office have issued a warning to companies about firms trying to trick them with false claims about services to register them under the 1998 Data Protection Act. And they have issued a watch-list of addresses throughout the country
REFORMING drug addict Paul Frank Almond earned the praise of his project workers -- for admitting that he had tried to steal their minibus and caused more than £1,100-worth of damage in the process. Blackburn magistrates heard that Almond was living in
A 47-YEAR-OLD cleaner at a Darwen store was caught stealing when management carried out spot checks. They had been ordered because stock had been found missing. Blackburn magistrates heard that Sandra Preece had removed various toiletries from their packaging
POLICE have issued an e-fit of a man who exposed himself to a teenage girl. The 13-year-old was walking along Blackburn Road, Great Harwood, when the incident happened. It took place at 7.55am on Thursday, July 17, but police have only just released details
A COMPANY boss today heralded Blackburn's Mill Hill as a "lost diamond" as work began on a £3.5million business extension. MDA, based at Waterfall Mill, has recently begun work on a four-acre site known as Cardwell Mill which will create 260 new jobs
THE family of a drink-driver who crashed and killed a teenager today revealed they had been targeted by vandals and abused in the street. Judith and James Thomson said they didn't deserve to be tormented following the death of Shane Cook, 13, a front-
HAVING previously lived next to Dennis, I am well aware of the problems that his supposedly 'harmless hobby' creates. To have your home constantly smell like a rubbish tip and your back yard infested by flies is not pleasant and no-one should have to
I WAS really amazed by the letter you printed from Cllr Hodgkinson. I would suggest that he gets to know his own ward and perhaps he would like to explain how a travel lodge/Kentucky Fried Chicken/McDonalds drive-through can be classed as 'modern leisure
I AM writing in response to the letter from Councillor John Hodgkinson and your article on the public meeting on July 24. As Mr Hodgkinson is aware, if this development does go ahead the only piece of green open public space left in the Jubilee Ward will
EVERTON provide the opposition for PNE in their final pre-season game at Deepdale. And Craig Brown is relishing the prospect of pitting his First Division side against David Moyes' resurgent Premiership side. He said: "It will provide a valuable match
CLAUDE Davis became Preston North End's second summer signing this week -- and promptly joined the club's casualty list. The Jamaican international centre-half has completed a one-year loan deal with Preston after his agent, Phil Graham, finally arrived
DAVID Morris, chief executive of Ribble Valley Council, defended the choice of site for this year's show. He said: "We had a good working relationship with the organisers of the show and we have been very supportive of the bringing the show back to the
VISITORS to the show were dismayed. A show site miles from anywhere quickly became a muddy mess after two days of rain. And thousands of motorists ended up queuing for more than two hours just to get to Salesbury Hall Farm. Residents and local councillors
A LATE consolation penalty from Accrington's Andrew Waine failed to take the smile off Preston boss Craig Brown's face as he left the Interlink Stadium last night. The former Scotland manager confessed to have deliberately put out a young side to give
I WOULD like to thank Mrs Hoyle for her letter (July 18) for putting so well what many people at the Arts and Crafts Centre have been saying for the last 13 years. Could I now ask Bury Council: What is the cost in real terms of housing the Fusiliers museum
OVER the past few months, parents have expressed their disgust at the way Bury's local education authority allocates places to children transferring to high schools. The majority of these complaints have been from families living in the Prestwich area
I WRITE regarding the lack of safety measures on Metrolink for their over-charged customers and staff. It is poorly supervised and policed by CCTV, and we deserve much better for the money we pay to use it. There are gangs of non-paying youths who travel
I FEEL we have reached the end of a hard-fought battle with Bury Council regarding its proposal to close four residential homes. I do hope the embarrassment we have obviously caused this council will remain in their minds for years to come and also that
THE Rev. Frances Ward cannot be unaware of the concern and anger expressed by Fishpool residents and also by former pupils of St Chad's about the manner in which the unnecessary change of school name has been imposed. Despite her assertion that "the proposal
A PRE-SCHOOL has been saved after campaigners were given permission to use portable cabins. Parents and members of the focus group at Lowercroft Pre-School in Ashington Drive, Bury, were celebrating after members of Bury's planning committee approved
INFLUENTIAL Leigh Centurions' skipper Adam Bristow has been named as player of the month in National League One by magazine Rugby League World. The Australian has been a figure of consistency in the Centurions' line up with glittering performances against
LEIGH Centurions have honoured their Life President Tommy Sale by naming the popular supporters' stand after him. Tommy, aged 85, a former player and club director has been associated with his home town club for almost 75 years. Centurions' head coach
MASKED car-jackers forced a man and his girlfriend to hand over the keys to their car -- but let their springer spaniel free first before driving away. Police said the 58-year-old man and his partner were approached by three men wearing Balaclavas and
A MAN was arrested and was being questioned on Friday in connection with a car accident which caused a major gas leak in the Hollins Lane area of Unsworth. Residents were evacuated from their homes at 9am on Thursday when the car left the road and collided
Leigh RMI 1 Everton XI 1 by Martyn Hindley: A GED Courtney equaliser earned RMI a share of the spoils in their pre-season friendly clash with Premiership giants Everton. The Railwaymen had been put through their paces by a full-strength Bury side three
A FOUR-year nightmare ended today for an Accrington mum as police announced they would not be bringing any charges against her following the deaths of her two babies. Donna Hanson was arrested on suspicion of the murder of the two babies - Ashley and
A CAMPAIGN by the BNP to encourage parents to pull their children out of religious education classes about non-Christian faiths has been condemned by the Bishop of Burnley. The BNP is putting leaflets through doors, telling parents they have a right to
YOUNGSTERS at an Elton primary school have been using their paint brushes and crayons to help cut traffic speeds in their community. Earlier this year, Bury Council invited pupils from Guardian Angels RC Primary School, in Leigh Lane, to design boards
OSCAR winning Preston animator Nick Park -- creator of Wallace and Gromit -- is preparing another animated creation with a new £3million series. The ITV One series Creature Comforts, to be screened in autumn, has been inspired by the original 1989 short
BURNLEY must act fast or risk losing a share of £500 million regeneration money, the council has been warned. Town Hall bosses said the Government's Elevate programme was well underway, but it must not be complacent. Senior councillors at stressed the
WOULD-BE cab drivers have been turning up a licensing meetings to request driver's permits with interpreters - because their English is so poor they cannot make themselves understood. Councillors today revealed drivers had turned up on several occasions
PENDLE Council's Park Ranger Service will hold its fourth and final week of play schemes for children aged five to eight, from next Monday. All the activities will be held from 10am to noon and 1pm to 3pm. The attractions include bug hunts, windmill-making
A DISAPPOINTING batting performance saw Preston fall to a five wicket defeat at lowly Blackpool on Saturday. A knock of 45 by Shah helped Preston to a reasonable score of 155/9 but a convincing innings of 63 from Croft saw the Fylde side home to take
A WOMAN'S lobby group disbanded after 50 years of campaigning. The Blackburn Standing Conference of Women's Organisations, which campaigned on women's issues, stood down by handing their chain of office to Blackburn Museum.
POLICE are launching a month-long "zero tolerance" drugs crackdown at an under-18s disco in Accrington, set in a club where a teenager was fatally assaulted last year. From tonight officers will be targeting the Friday night event at Churchills nightspot
FORGET Tiger Woods and co... it's time to turn your attention to the ladies after the Women's British Open teed-off at the Royal Lytham and St Annes Golf Club on Monday, July 28. Among those taking part in the Weetabix sponsored event are 30-year-old
BLACKPOOL rounded off their trip to the Isle of Man with victory over the island's national team in Friday's wooden spoon play-off in Ramsey. The islanders were leading at half time against a youthful looking Seasiders side, but a professional performance
BURY'S South's Golf Croquet team were visited by Culcheth on Saturday. In the Doubles the visitors performed well and were ahead by four games to two at lunch. In the Singles games the home players were more successful. Len Forkin won all four of his
GREENMOUNT put one over on title rivals Westhoughton for the second successive week to move closer to second place in the Bolton League table. After last week's superb Gary Chadwick-inspired Hamer Cup semi-final victory over the 'Cow Yeds' it was the
A ROOM at Castlecroft House in Bury is just the foundation that 19-year-old Stephen Parnell needs to build a sound future for himself. Had it not been for the safety net provided by Bury Housing Link, his only other options might have been a shop doorway
THEY'VE been together for nearly two decades, play to sell-out stadiums in their native Canada and can boast five platinum and seven gold albums. Yet few people will ever have hard of them in this country. But all that is about to change with 54-40 lining
BOLD Venture Park, Darwen, was packed with more than 200 people enjoying an outdoor Shakespeare production this week. Illyria Theatre, a company of seven players, brought The Merchant of Venice to life in the children's play area of the beauty spot. The
THE picture you paint in the article Where Russia Leads (Citizen, July 24) provides an incomplete vision of the Wysemove Young Leaders' Project. Firstly, the total funding for the whole project is £8,000, with some additional match funding in terms of
A FAMILIAR name in the East Lancashire music scene returns to action next Sunday night. East lancashire Cricket Club is the venue for the first Magic Village promotion for five years when leading covers band Blackout will be playing. Brian Wood, the man
NELSON is to play host to some of the biggest names in folk next Friday at a special charity gig. Ken Nicol, lead guitarist and vocalist with Steeleye Span, the band's bassist Rick Kemp, Joe Broughton of the Albion Band, plus well known musicians Pete
HYNDBURN'S free music festival will take over Accrington's Oak Hill Park for seven hours tomorrow giving 17 local bands and artists the chance to perform in front of a live audience. The new-look music spectacular, which replaces the popular Sounds event
FOUR of Britain's leading actresses and a Mercury Music Prize nominated artist are among the highlights of the autumn programme of entertainment lined up in Hyndburn over the coming months. Hyndburn Leisure has pulled off a major coup by securing Seven
RED hot pop sensation Blue will be topping their chart success in Blackpool this August -- by switching on the town's sparkling Illuminations. The fabulous foursome -- Antony Costa, Duncan James, Lee Ryan and Simon Webbe -- will take time out from their
FORMER international cricketer Imran Khan offically opened a new neighbourhood learning centre in Audley and Queen's Park area of Blackburn. More than 300 people turned up to welcome the sports star turned politician, who was in Blackburn to speak at
A WATER polo team has been booted out of Blackburn after 125 years - because officials fear stray balls will create a danger to players. The Blackburn Centurions, currently use Daisyfield Pools, Daisy Lane, Blackburn, to practise and for playing matches
UNION officials today accused a council to trying to censor its staff after an asylum seeker support worker was rapped for a letter attacking the BNP. The letter, which was published in the Lancashire Evening Telegraph's letters column, has prompted a
THE PREMIERSHIP season is still two weeks away but the knives are already out for some managers. The sack race is the one event football chiefs don't want to win, but by the end of next season's campaign - if statistics over the past five years are anything
WHY can't the town planners just leave Bury as it is? There is no need for more shops (Bury Times, July 25). People come from all over England to our famous market. Older people have just got used to the "new" Mill Gate Centre, the open market, and the
IT will come as no surprise to most people that a recent published report confirmed that crime is on the increase and, furthermore, that Greater Manchester Police is one of the worst performing police services in England and Wales. Such detailed accounts
IN five years of fluctuating fortunes for just about every entrant of the Goldline Trophy, one thing is for certain -- Atherton Collieries and Atherton LR will top the pecking order. And the same can be said again this year after both sides produced goal-crammed
SO Blackburn with Darwen Council is proposing that all taxi-drivers take a couple of English and Maths tests. While I can see the point it might also be an idea to ensure some councillors have to past the same test too. And in the spirit of things maybe
A LOOK at events, from amateur theatre to rambles through our beautiful countryside. Sequence and Ballroom Dancing with guest MC's, Tony's New Empress Ballroom, Town Hall Street, Blackburn, 7.30pm-11pm. Table Top Sale, United Methodist Church, Burnley
LEIGH recorded their tenth league win of the season over third-placed Fleetwood Hesketh. Leigh got off to a solid start due to an opening partnership of 67 between Paul Blackburn and Steven Young before Young was caught trying to up the scoring rate.
LATEST details Team knockout at: Astley &Tyldesley A, 183, Brunswick, 174, Astley & Tyldesley B, 212, Tamar Bowling Club, 178, Gardeners A, W/O, Leigh Cricket Club B, Westleigh St.Pauls B, 172, Bedford Liberals, 220, Leigh Liberals, 203, Gardeners
I AM hoping to contact any living relative of my grandfather, William John Sutcliffe, who died in 1942, aged 53. He and his wife Mary (ne Melody) were married at Blackburn Register Office in 1911 and lived at 28 Pickup Street and later at 69 Cleaver Street
SEVERAL years ago, I saw a BBC TV programme which reported how BNP leader Nick Griffin went to Libya to try and raise funds from Colonel Gadaffi for what was then the National Front. Yet, today, no-one seems to mention this. Do voters in Burnley and other
A SCHOOL governor who died earlier this year is to be remembered by pupils in a special area of the playground. Pupils at Fairfield Primary School, in Rochdale Road, Bury, now have a friendship corner, with a bench dedicated to Mrs Jean Routledge. The
TWO raiders, one armed with a knife, are being hunted following a robbery at an off-licence. The masked men struck at the Premier store in Heywood Road, Prestwich, at 7.15pm on Thursday (July 24) . They escaped with cigarettes and cash. One of the thugs
STREET robbers are facing tougher prison sentences. Greater Manchester Police's (GMP) Operation Hawk officers and members of the judicial system say that offenders face long spells in prison. This follows a number of long prison sentences passed for robbery
A PRE-SCHOOL has been saved after campaigners were given permission to use portable cabins. Parents and members of the focus group at Lowercroft Pre-School in Ashington Drive, Bury, were celebrating after members of Bury's planning committee approved
HOLLINS Vale will today (Friday August 1) be officially declared the third Local Nature Reserve in the borough. The area will become a haven for people interested in the environment, and will boast a range of habitats including woodland, pasture, reservoirs
OLDER pupils at one primary school have been offering the hand of friendship to younger children with their new friendship stop. The site, in the playground of Unsworth Primary School, in Blackley Close, Unsworth, was the idea of former teacher Mrs Jen
THE Queen's first garden party of the year proved to be a "truly memorable day" for organisers of the Golden Jubilee celebrations in Ramsbottom. Councillor Dorothy Gunther and Mr Bryan Farlow were invited to represent Ramsbottom at the Royal Garden Party
NATURE expert David Bellamy is bringing his green-fingered enthusiasm to Bamber Bridge. The popular conservationist will be opening the new £500,000 Lancashire Wildlife Trust visitor centre and headquarters in September. The building -- based on a traditional
A NEW sports and skate park aimed at keeping bored teenagers out of Burnley town centre was opened yesterday. The Sunny Clough off Rossendale Road facility will also include a new asphalt kickabout area, basketball hoop and grass football pitch. Councillor
A CAMPAIGN by the BNP to encourage parents to pull their children out of religious education classes about non-Christian faiths has been condemned by the Bishop of Burnley. The BNP is putting leaflets through doors, telling parents they have a right to
PUPILS in East Bury are using their artistic talents to transform a building site. The fruits of their labours can be seen on Wednesday (Aug 6) when a drawing and consultation day is held at the New Kershaw Centre between 11am and 4pm. The event is to
FOUR of Britain's leading actresses and a Mercury Music Prize nominated artist are among the highlights of the autumn programme of entertainment lined up in Hyndburn over the coming months. Hyndburn Leisure has pulled off a major coup by securing Seven
A BURNLEY woman is playing her part in the coalition effort to rid Iraq of weapons of mass destruction, while improving the lives of Iraqis. Educated at St Theodore's RC School, Burnley, 21-year-old Senior Aircraftswoman Stephanie Bailey is a weapons
A COUNCILLOR has demanded action to remove camped travellers from a controversial road. Coun John Broadley, of Church ward, wants Hyndburn Council to solve the recurring problem of the travellers camping in Bradshaw Street, off Henry Street, Church. He
ORGANISERS of the Royal Lancashire Show were warned months in advance that their choice of site was a recipe for disaster, a local councillor claimed today. Brian Collis, Ribble Valley councillor for Ribchester, said that Salesbury Hall Farm was the wrong
TWENTY-FOUR darts teams are wanted for the second running of the Steve Barrow Memorial Trophy. Each team to consist of three players who must have been registered in the private clubs league in the 2002-2003 season. Each match will be played on a round
THIS is your final chance to enter the flower competition for the best garden, back yard and hanging baskets or window boxes for the residents of Rosegrove. You can be in with a chance of winning if you return your entry form to Rosegrove Action Group
THE death of comedian and Hollywood star Bob Hope on Sunday brought back fond memories for one man who recalled the day he came to the funnyman's rescue -- with a tie. It was October 17, 1984, when Allan Baker, of Leyland Lane, Leyland, worked as head
CAMPAIGNERS are cranking up opposition to plans for a wind farm on moors north of Bury with a public meeting in Ramsbottom next week. Proposals would see 26 giant turbines, each reaching a height of 327ft, built east of Edenfield on Scout Moor. The development
GARRY Flitcroft has handed Blackburn a massive boost be revealing he could be fit for the big Premiership kick-off in a fortnight. The Rovers skipper had looked doubtful to face Wolves at Ewood on August 16 following a summer operation to cure a long-standing
GARRY Flitcroft has handed Blackburn a massive boost by revealing he could be fit for the big Premiership kick-off in a fortnight. The Rovers skipper had looked doubtful to face Wolves at Ewood on August 16 following a summer operation to cure a long-standing
POLICE are still appealing for witnesses after a Darwen motorcyle shop was ram raided and a £595 children's bike was stolen. Darwen Police are urging people to be on the lookout for anything suspicious after Performance Motorcycles on Cranberry Lane was
A DISABLED pensioner was baffled when she received a council bill asking for 15 pence, in 15 monthly instalments! Mary Bromley, 87, of Darwen, suffers from osteoporosis and has lost the sight in her right eye. The pensioner was told she had qualified
WE would like to say a big "thank you" to the Bury Times for keeping us informed about what was happening to our livelihoods in the light of proposals to close Warthfield Elderly Persons Home. As readers can imagine, the past 18 months has been a very
I WRITE regarding the possible takeover of Rossendale by Bury and Rochdale Councils. This came as a shock to me and I am sure to many other people in the borough, and seems at first sight to be a predatory approach by Bury Council. Nevertheless, we need
DEREK Boden's attempt to reassure me with regard to the EU draft Constitution (Your Letters, July 15), failed miserably. He tells me not to lose any sleep. I sleep very well at night, which is in contrast to our MPs, MEPs and trade union leaders who seem
A MESSAGE of hope from a primary school will be delivered to a deprived South African school this summer. After-school club leader at Peel Brow Primary in Ramsbottom, Mrs Noelene Searles, will be travelling to the country later this month, taking with
