I AM collecting used stamps, postcards and picture phone cards for Guide Dogs for the Blind. I was wondering if readers would be kind enough to send any of their used stamps, postcards and picture phone cards to me. MRS DIANA ASHTON, 66 Highbank, Roe
HAVING recently returned home from hospital, I would like to thank a few people. From ringing NHS Direct, who came immediately, and brief stays in wards CC11, 18 C6 (QPH), 5AU, 5 HDU, 4, 1 and B6 (QPH) I was treated with care and attention (as everyone
I REFER to the article on the new children's centre in Little Harwood, Blackburn. As a resident of Little Harwood I feel rather disappointed that we have not been kept informed of the proposed plans for our community. My children attend St Stephen's School
STEVE Cotterill has had some tough calls to make this summer. Postponing a family holiday and clocking up the hours and miles to try to make his budget stretch as far as possible has reaped its rewards. And while the Burnley manager might have been looking
BLACKBURN Rovers striker Paul Dickov today vowed he won't give up his first team shirt without a fight. The former Leicester and Manchester City favourite knows his place in the side is under serious threat following the arrivals of Craig Bellamy and
BLACKBURN Rovers midfielder Garry Flitcroft today insisted he and his team-mates have never worked harder than they currently are doing in Germany. Ewood chief Mark Hughes is determined his team hits the ground running from day one this season so he's
The YMCA in Preston is to sell its building and has made ten people redundant after the organisation realised it had been running on its reserves for months. The organisation which has been based in Samuel Street, Fishwick, for 25 years is to sell its
Dealing with the hordes of parking fine appeals she receives daily is often an uphill struggle for Preston City Council appeals officer, Donna Gadsby, but her next role leaves her with a mountain to climb. Donna, of Dovedale Close, Ingol, is to scale
Preston youngsters have been educating shoppers about crime prevention. Pupils from Kingsfold Community Primary School have been handing out crime prevention packs to shoppers at Booths supermarket in Penwortham to promote their Peace of Mind While You're
Two men have been remanded in custody after being charged with the murder of a Preston student who was attacked on his way home after a night out. Joseph Medforth, 21, a second year psychology student at the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan), Preston
DOCTORS, nurses, hospital porters and even budget managers from across the North West will compete in a series of outdoor challenges near Lancaster this weekend. The medics will converge on the Army's Halton training camp to be put through their paces
A LANCASTER recycling initiative has been named as the best community re-use project in Lancashire. Furniture Matters, which runs re-use projects for furniture, white goods, cycles and paint, won the accolade in the Lancashire Community Recycling Network
LANCASTER'S pet haven is heading for a crisis - unless more people step forward to help. The Animal Care sanctuary at Blea Tarn Road is being asked to take in many more stray and unwanted pets than it can find homes for. Not only are its pet pens filled
A BOBBY who tackled a violent burglar and detained him despite being attacked has been voted the bravest cop in the North West. Constable Ian Lawrence (pictured) was honoured at the tenth annual Police Bravery Awards held in London. Organised by the Police
WHAT a very sensible letter Ms Brook wrote in the Citizen (July 6). If either 'relief' road is built it will take years to complete and if only drivers would take her advice and cut down on unnecessary journeys a lot of congestion could be avoided. Of
I READ with some surprise the Citizen's declaration of a campaign to 'Revive the Western' link road. If you recall in 2004 the legal advice to the county council was that this choice of route was 'extraordinary, perverse, and lacking logic'. The only
I WISH to thank the Lancaster district community safety partnership for helping me to get cash for extra street lights to be installed as per the wishes of local people. The partnership approached me some time ago asking if there were any vulnerable areas
THE vast majority of people I have talked to in Halton, Slyne, Torrisholme, Beaumont and Lancaster - including regular commuters and truck drivers - oppose the Northern link road option. And more than 95 per cent of the people I have approached in my
A THREE-year-old boy was rescued from the wreckage of a car following a collision with a 17-tonne HGV on a notorious stretch of East Lancashire road. The accident, the fifth serious smash in 12 months on the same stretch of the A59 near Clitheroe, has
EX-LANCASTER Super League darter Nick Collyer will be remembered in the style he would have liked best at a charity event next month. The Lancaster, Morecambe, Skerton and Lune Valley Super League teams will go head-to-head on the dartboard on Sunday,
MORECAMBE started their pre-season preparations with a good win over Chorley, leaving Victory Park with a 4-3 win. The Shrimps had to come from behind to win - they were 3-1 down with 15 minutes left on the clock. They went 1-0 down after ex-Lancaster
LANCASTER City got through a testing opening pre-season friendly, beating a tough Kirkham and Wesham side 2-1. The Dolly Blues battled through to edge a game, which saw a Kirkham striker break his leg in two places at the less than impressive surroundings
MORECAMBE produced one of their best results of the season to make it five wins on the spin in the Surridge Northern Premier League in the most unlikely circumstances. Winning the toss and batting first on a perfect looking Kendal track, Morecambe fully
BURNLEY boss Steve Cotterill has lavished praise on his acquisitions from Bournemouth after the pair impressed against Accrington Stanley in midweek. Both Wade Elliott and Garreth O'Connor have starred in the Clarets' two warm up games so far and they
STEVE Harmison admitted the joy of achieving his first five-wicket haul for England at Lord's was tempered by Australia's stunning fightback on the opening day of the npower Test series. Harmison had the capacity 28,000 crowd in raptures with a return
BLACKBURN Rovers had a pathetic scoring record last season, but I bet it won't be the same this time out! They now have real competition for places up front and I reckon Shefki Kuqi is looking like the summer's most exciting signing. It was good to see
SUBSTITUTE Danny Carlton was the spark which lit the fire under smouldering Morecambe as the new football season dawned at Christie Park. It was the introduction of striker Carlton which spurred the Shrimps to a 2-2 draw against Blackburn Rovers - fielding
LOCALS are being urged to sign up for a game of beach volleyball in Morecambe. The resort's Blue Flag beach, close to the Midland Hotel, will come alive with a day-long volleyball tournament on August 27. And organiser PC Neil Piggott is now seeking teams
A SHOP worker is getting on her bike for the biggest physical test of her life - all in the name of charity. Anne-Marie Jones, who works in the Spar shop on Lancaster's Dumbarton Road, will cycle from Whitehaven to Sunderland in just three days for the
PRESTON boss Billy Davies has hailed his pre-season preparations a success - and remains hopeful he'll be able to add more new faces to the squad before the opening game. Davies' side has just one injury worry to date, and that is defender Matt Hill who
A leading government minister was in St Annes this week to get a first hand look at what is said to be Britain's first fully accessible hotel. Minister for disabled people, Anne McGuire MP, had a look behind the scenes at the St Annes Hotel, currently
Blackpool Airport hopes a Spanish invasion will help propel visitor numbers above the one million mark next year. Monarch Scheduled became the latest airline to add Blackpool to its schedules this week and the company expects 100,000 people annually to
A WOMAN declared bankrupt after being taken to court for not paying her council tax by South Ribble Borough Council says she is determined to fight the decision. Keen equestrian, Lisa Nickson, of Nookfield, Moss Side, Leyland, who ran up a bill of nearly
THE brains behind an £18million tourist attraction planned for East Lancashire has moved to the area in a bid to get the project off the drawing board. Jan Smithies, managing director of The Spice! Project, and her team have been provided with office
Fixtures for this year's Cancer Relief Football Tournament have been published. Teams are reminded to arrive at least 20 minutes before kick-off time to register. Seniors: Groups A and C kick-off at 9.30am; Groups B and D kick-off at 9.45am and groups
Preston's Canaries continued their rich vein of form with a series of convincing victories in the annual North West Asian football play-offs. They will now go on to represent the North West at the national Asian Football championships held in Scotland
BLACKBURN Concert by Cathedral Girls Choir, in the Cathedral, 7.30pm. Iron Garden Furniture exhibition, until July 25; Wildlife Art exhibition, until July 31, Samlesbury Hall, Preston New Road, Samlesbury. The "X Factor" (music, singing, dance and drama
ANYONE who has visited Blackburn town centre over the past decade will have noticed how much Blackburn College has developed. State-of-the-art buildings have sprung up to give the town a real further and higher education quarter and the student population
WITH reference to the two letters (July 9 and 14) about parking tickets, a couple of weeks ago there was a car parked outside King George's Hall in Blackburn, and it was parked the wrong way on a one way street with no ticket on it and it had been parked
AS your headline of Monday July 18 stated, in appropriately dramatic fashion, the fight to save Catholic sixth form education in the Burnley area is now over. Our best advice was that although legal challenges in the High Court and the European Court
BURNLEY's civic leaders have told bosses at county hall not to come to their summer festival - because having the two groups at the event would 'confuse' people. Borough council chiefs took the decision to tell their county cousins to stay away because
BLACKBURN College is in line for a £35million revamp to transform it into a 'world class campus' within four years. The multi-million pound proposal has been prompted by governors who want the college to "meet the educational challenges of the future"
Music fans are mourning the loss of a popular pub used by hundreds of local and unsigned bands to hone their talents. The Mitre Tavern, Moor Lane, Preston, which has become a well-known haunt for music lovers wanting to sample the best of upcoming talent
A headteacher who has dedicated nearly 15 years to a Preston school has retired. Anne Desforges will always remember pupils at Deepdale County Infant School, St Stephen's Road, Preston, because of a CD they made as a retirement gift featuring songs sang
Preston College has joined a national campaign to protect adult learning after the government pulled the funding plug on courses. Last month the college announced 100 redundancies and the loss of 2,500 adult course places after bosses discovered that
An elderly widow whose eyesight has been ruined by faulty artificial lenses implanted during cataract surgery is suing the American manufacturers. Vera Leeming, 79 who lives with her son Terry at Watling Street Road, Preston, had routine cataract surgery
Three soldiers from the Queen's Lancashire Regiment (QLR) face court martial under war crimes charges in connection with the death of a detainee held in Basra, Iraq, in September 2003. Corporal Donald Payne, 34, Lance Corporal Wayne Crowcroft, 21, and
LEISURE park operator South Lakeland Caravans is continuing its expansion - with more acquisitions in the UK and overseas. Entrepreneur John Morphet, who started the business with one caravan park near Carnforth in 1988, is repeating his winning formula
FOUR rangers have been selected to pound a beat along the tow-path of the Lancaster canal. The uniformed team will offer advice and information to canal users while helping to raise awareness of the work of British Water-ways. Other duties along the 41
BURNLEY's civic leaders have told bosses at county hall not to come to their summer festival - because having the two groups at the event would 'confuse' people. Borough council chiefs took the decision to tell their county cousins to stay away because
A LONG-DISTANCE cyclist is looking for help in the Lancaster area. Big-hearted Dave Boorman has just set out on a solo cycle ride all the way around the coast of Britain in a bid to raise money for his sister's cancer treatment. He set out from Southend-on-Sea
HUNDREDS of young athletes will descend on Lancaster next week - for the city's 2005 International Youth Games. For five days from next Monday, 500 young people from seven of Lancaster's twin towns will compete in a range of sports including athletics
A COCKLE picker who had to be rescued from Morecambe Bay with his teenage son - only weeks after 23 Chinese cocklers perished in the bay - has been found guilty of breaching Health and Safety laws. Calvin Scott, 39, of Slackeys Lane, Southport, denied
A WOMAN stole three exotic lizards from a Morecambe pet shop - and then went back to try and buy some food for them. And now she is being warned that the three baby Bearded Dragons may die. "They are not the best pets to have when they are small," says
A HOSPITAL chief has sent a letter of apology to a Radcliffe mother who complained about the standard of cleanliness at the Royal Bolton Hospital's maternity unit. Stacy Hart (25), of Elm Avenue, was so disgusted by the dirty conditions of the patients
Budding basketball players will get the chance to slam dunk their way to success in a tournament at Moor Park, Garstang Road, Preston, on Saturday. The competition, organised by Preston Pride Basketball Club, Preston City Council and Lancashire Sport,
Preston pulled themselves clear of the bottom of the Northern Premier League with an emphatic nine wicket win over Leyland and a winning draw against Leyland Motors at the weekend. They restricted Leyland to 132 at Fox Lane with Simon Dunk top scoring
A WEEK-LONG roadshow has been organised to help sort out confusion over Pendle's new recycling and waste collection system. The event, which runs from Monday to Friday next week at Asda in Colne, comes as many Pendle people are getting to grips with the
MURDER squad detectives are hoping a £5,000 reward will entice witnesses after there was no response to a schoolgirl's emotional plea about her missing father. Sammy Feeley, 15, bravely appeared before reporters and television cameras at Greenbank police
STEVE Metcalfe (Letters July 13) blames the London bombings not on the bombers but on the imperialistic West. He is misguided. First, even if the cause of the bombings was reaction to 'imperialistic acts of military aggression' such as the invasion of
I FULLY support the Western Bypass. I have spent the last three years travelling to university in Preston and it has never failed to take at least 20 minutes from home in the West End of Morecambe to the motorway via Torrisholme and Skerton - I gave up
RYAN-ZICO Black failed in his gold quest as his Guernsey side finished runners-up in the football competition in the Island Games. Guernsey were red-hot favourites to win the prestigious competition - but games hosts the Shetland Isles ran out 2-0 winners
A CENTURY old local farming business has fallen victim to the uncertain times plaguing the farming industry. Pye Bibby Agriculture, which has served farmers for over 100 years and employs more than 200 people in Lancaster, has gone into administration
LANCASTER'S popular Litten Tree pub is to stay open after being snapped up by new owners. The future of the Church Street watering hole was thrown into doubt when parent company SFI Group went into administration and some of its pubs - including a Litten
HELP is at hand this week for anyone looking for work... Lancaster's Marketgate shopping centre is holding a Job and Careers Fair aiming to help local people of all ages and ambitions. Representatives of local firms, colleges and jobs agencies have all
BURNLEY boss Steve Cotterill has lavished praise on his acquisitions from Bournemouth after the pair impressed against Accrington Stanley in midweek. Both Wade Elliott and Garreth O'Connor have starred in the Clarets' two warm up games so far and they
BLACKBURN Rovers midfielder Garry Flitcroft today insisted he and his team-mates have never worked harder than they currently are doing in Germany. Ewood chief Mark Hughes is determined his team hits the ground running from day one this season so he's
ORGANISERS of the Darwen Gala 2005 have revealed a fun-packed line-up and extra financial support which they believe will make this year's event the best and biggest yet. The gala, Saturday, August 20, will have a superhero theme with a special appearance
It doesn't need a rocket scientist to know that London was bombed because of Blair's insistence on invading Iraq, supported by Preston MP Mark Hendrick. This single act infuriated Muslims worldwide. Likewise, Britain's blinding acquiescence to the Israeli
The majority of Blackpool's licensed businesses have still to act on new licensing laws - and could face a dry Christmas. Blackpool Council has been snubbed in a bid to have the Government-imposed August 6 deadline for applications to extend existing
He was one of the world's most ruthless tyrants who waged a brutal war of fear, kidnap and torture on countless innocent Afghans. But warlord Faryadi Sarwar Zardad, 42 never expected that he would make world history as the first man to be tried and jailed
BLACKBURN College is in line for a £35million revamp to transform it into a 'world class campus' within four years. The multi-million pound proposal has been prompted by governors who want the college to "meet the educational challenges of the future"
WHEN Jonathan Smith signed for Accrington Stanley at the age of 23, he questioned whether he could have an impact at the club. Now, six years later and a fully fledged fans' favourite, Smith will bow out of the Interlink Express Stadium in his testimonial
Blackburn boxer Adam Marchaj was one of a group of young North West boxers given a boost by Olympic Silver Medalist Amir Khan as they flew out to take part in a Tournament in Chemnitz, Germany. Bolton born Amir met up with Adam and five other boxers,
Despite a spirited comeback Albion Sports lost the final of the FA Carlsberg Cup held at Anfield. It was second time in five years that Albion had reached the final of one of Englands most competitive amateur cup competitions. The Bradford Side managed
Bolton could become the country's boxing capital following the decision to switch Amir Khan's professional debut to his hometown. Promoter Frank Warren announced he has changed the venue for Khan's first paid appearance on Saturday, July 16, from London's
A Blackpool asylum seeker who cheated death at the hands of a notorious Afghan warlord has spoken of his relief after a British judge jailed his persecutor for life this week. Abdul Ghafoor, 32, of South Shore, Blackpool, says he believes "justice has
A WOMAN admitted to Fairfield Hospital has died from rabies after being bitten by a dog abroad. The 33-year-old, from Bury, was taken to Fairfield Hospital last week complaining of feeling ill after returning from Goa. It is believed doctors then diagnosed
Blackpool head to sunny North Lancashire later this week for a double header against non-league opposition. The Seasiders take a side to conference national outfit Morecambe on Friday night, before sending a team to face Lancaster City on Saturday afternoon
