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  • Bristol Rovers 4 Stanley 0

    JOHN Coleman's side know just what the phrase bleak midwinter really means after their winless run was extended to nine games by the heaviest defeat they have suffered since returning to the Football League. Stanley, who finished the game with 10 men

  • Jewellery thief conned victim

    A THIEF who helped himself to jewellery after conning his way into the home of a couple of pensioners is behind bars. Burnley Crown Court heard how ex-convict Mark McConnell had turned up at the victims' home claiming he was collecting money for work

  • Gadgets to help stop date rape

    REVELLERS in Burnley and Pendle are being offered the chance to try a pioneering device aimed at preventing date rape over the festive season. Spikeys, as they are known, are placed over drinks bottles and act as a barrier to any pill, powder or liquid

  • CND group klaunches attack over Trident

    A NEW branch of CND (Campaign for Nuclear Disarma ment) has been set up in East Lancashire to cover the constituncies of Ribble Valley, Pendle, Rossendale, Darwen, Blackburn, Burnley and Hyndburn. A spokesperson for the newly-formed group said the establishment

  • Honour for race hatred battlers

    A TEAM of police officers who tackle acts of racial hatred have received recognition for their work from the Lancashire Police Authority. The 12 officers from the Eastern Division Minorities Team in Blackburn were commended for their contributions to

  • Into Aftica - in a £250 banger

    AS most people tucked into leftover turkey and relaxed today, a father and daughter set off on a 3,500-mile charity banger rally to Africa. Ian Hunt, 37, and Samantha, 14, caught a ferry from Dover on the first leg of their trip which they hope will

  • Ex-mayor on fraud charge

    A FORMER mayor and serving councillor is facing trial in the New Year after being charged with a £13,000 benefit fraud. John McGowan, 53, of Ribble Way, Low Moor, Clitheroe, is alleged to have been caught playing golf, shopping and even doing a paper

  • Just the ticket to cut violence

    BUS tickets are being printed with helpline numbers in a bid to help women suffering domestic violence to seek support. Buses across Lancashire have been issuing the pink and black tickets with the slogan "Has your partner hurt you? You don't need the

  • High hosue prices are 'forcing people away'

    MASSIVE house price increases in East Lancashire are forcing local people away from the area, estate agents have warned. A new report has named Blackburn, Clitheroe and Nelson among the towns with the highest house-price growth in the past year. The

  • Three are jailed for gang attack at pub

    THREE of five men involved in a baseball bat gang attack on a man in an Accrington pub have been given 20-month jail terms. Burnley Crown Court heard how victim John Varey left the Queens Hotel, Eastgate, with blood pouring from his head on July 6.

  • Debts the worst festive hangover

    NOW Christmas is over, many of us are dreading January's credit card bill after hitting the plastic hard. The average person spends £920 on Christmas, according to The British Retail Consortium's Christmas 2005 survey.. Experts say shops did well in

  • Victim's terror ordeal: Pair are jailed

    TWO men who tried to extort cash from a woman while subjecting her to terrifying threats of violence have been jailed for a total of almost ten years. Abid Ali, 25 and Himayun Nawaz, 22, both at the time under suspended jail terms, subjected their main

  • £450m bonanza for new schools

    AT LEAST half of Lancashi- re's 500 primary schools are set to be rebuilt, refurbishi- shed or remodelled in a £450million makeover, coun- ty education chiefs have revealed. Primary schools in Hyndburn, Ribble Valley, Rossendale, Burnley, Pendle,

  • Gadgets to help stop date rape

    REVELLERS in Burnley and Pendle are being offered the chance to try a pioneering device aimed at preventing date rape over the festive season. Spikeys, as they are known, are placed over drinks bottles and act as a barrier to any pill, powder or liquid

  • Debts the worst festive hangover

    NOW Christmas is over, many of us are dreading January's credit card bill after hitting the plastic hard. The average person spends £920 on Christmas, according to The British Retail Consortium's Christmas 2005 survey.. Experts say shops did well in

  • Chance to ring New Year changes

    A TOUCH of Premiership football glamour was added to a council planning meeting when a Rovers player turned up to find out whether extension plans, left in the hands of councillors, were granted. Blackburn Rovers player Lucas Neill successfully defended

  • 'Mean' woman stole pension

    A WOMAN who committed "mean" offences - including stealing an 83-year-old woman's pension - has been jailed for a total of 16 months. Lily Smith befriended the elderly woman in a supermarket and insisted on helping her home with her shopping. But the

  • Holiday appeal to help needy children

    AN APPEAL has gone out to help deprived Rossendale youngsters have a holiday. For decades a group of under privileged children in the Valley have been taken on a holiday to Rochdale Children's Moorland Home. The charity allocates three weeks per year

  • New years, they just come dancing around

    Can you believe it, 2007? Where have all those years gone? Sometimes, looking back, do you ever feel as though you have had more than one life? I do and fortunately for me they have all been grand. There's been lots of interest in our new development

  • Road to close in rail revamp

    AROUND £1.4million will be spent in the New Year as rail bosses update a level crossing in Burnley. Network Rail is investing the cash to renew the level crossing in Hufling Lane. Preliminary work has already begun on the crossing but the main part of

  • Plan for store suffers another setback

    RESIDENTS who oppose plans for a new convienence store in Blackburn got a second victory under their belt when a planning application was deferred. Planning and highways councillors put off an application to change the Oak Tree Pub, Livesey Branch Road

  • Why hawkLuly got in a real flap

    RESCUERS freed a stranded hawk which had spent the day tangled up in a TV aerial in Blackburn. Thanks to the efforts of the RSPCA, the fire brigade and Turbary Woods Owl and Bird Sanctuary, Luly the hawk will be reunited with her owner. Andrew Bilsborough

  • Man tried to strangle wife for having affair

    A JEALOUS husband tried to strangle his wife and dangled her out of the window by her feet after she was said to have had an affair with a neighbour, magistrates heard. The court was told how Thomas Dickinson's victim thought she was going to die as

  • Cannabis 'Shame' for TV actor Jody

    EAST Lancashire actor Jody Latham has been cautioned by police after officers found cannabis at the star's apartment in Manchester. Latham - who has just finished working on the fourth series of the award-winning TV comedy drama Shameless, and is regularly

  • Psychologist on case is 'the best'

    AN EAST Lancashire man is at the heart of the investigation into the murder of five Ipswich prostitutes. Forensic psychologist Adrian West, who lives in Brindle, has been working with investigato-rs since the first three bodies were found. Mr West's

  • Reds praying for 'window'

    JIMMY Bell says the January transfer window can't come soon enough for Accrington Stanley. The Reds' assistant boss admitted an injury-ravaged squad needs fresh faces to boost their fight for League Two survival after their 4-0 defeat at Bristol Rovers

  • Clarets' injury crisis deepens

    BURNLEY face being without a clutch of big names for this afternoon's Boxing Day Championship clash at Barnsley. The Clarets were without Andy Gray (foot), Frank Sinclair (calf) and John McGreal (hip) in Saturday's 0-0 draw against Derby County at Turf

  • Fight for survival

    MARK Hughes has told fans to fasten their seat belts because Blackburn Rovers are facing a battle for Premiership survival. A crushing 6-2 defeat at the hands of Arsenal on Saturday plunged Rovers back into a relegation dog-fight, and Hughes believes

  • Going too far for health and safety

    THE council has embarked on a safety campaign in Darwen old cemetery which entails laying down headstones of any graves that are leaning, which seems a reasonable precaution. However, it doesn't appear to know when to stop. I was walking through on Sunday

  • Cemetery is a total disgrace

    RECENTLY I paid a visit to three cemeteries, Ford Cemetery, Liverpool which was immaculate. I then visited Darwen eastern cemetery and then on to Darwen old cemetery. On going through the gates of the old cemetery I was disgusted at what I saw. Whoever

  • Magical treat for children

    AS a parent of a child with disabilities, I must express my child's thanks to the childrens disability team in Blackburn with Darwen and especially Ann Marie Pickering for organising a fantastic evening for children with disabilities at the wonderful

  • Churches have no right to criticise

    HOW can anyone from the Church of England criticise anyone else for the state of our religion in this country? They themselves have done more damage to Christianity in our country than anyone else. They just sat back in their well-paid comfortable jobs

  • Recycling rules not clear enough

    I READ with interest the front page article in the Burnley edition (LT, December 18) It, detailed the persecution of residents who unwittingly recycled the wrong rubbish, admittedly causing significant problems for the council. The story mentions new

  • Faking It, Channel 4

    IT WAS the last ever Faking It last night and you've got to admit they went out with a bang. From the TV programme which taught chavs how to be posh and macho men to be drag queens came perhaps the genius masterstroke - a cleaner into a burlesque dancer