HEALTH chiefs in Blackburn have vowed not to muscle in on Burnley NHS Trust's £5 million adult mental illness contract. East Lancashire Health Authority has warned that it may bring in outsiders to take over the contract unless Burnley's performance improves
NURSERY owner Susan Duxberry found her husband Mark hanged in their garden centre at Reedley, an inquest was told. Mr Duxberry, 33, of Reedley Nurseries, Robinson Lane, was depressed over the failure of his demolition business. He was found by his wife
LORD Tebbit, the man who once savaged the Opposition with his rapier-like wit, turned up at the Labour Party conference in Brighton yesterday to support Tony Blair. A few years ago it would have been unthinkable. But the old Tory rottweiler turned into
A CORONER issued a plea to parents about bullying at the end of a tense hearing into the tragic death of schoolboy Reginald Grist. Minutes after the coroner recorded a verdict of "misadventure" friends and relatives of the Grist family vented their anger
AN internal disciplinary hearing will next week decide the fate of a town hall employee suspended after his department was hit by the theft of more than £30,000, it was revealed today. The man, a manager in the collection department at Blackburn Borough
CAMPAIGNERS fighting for a new hospital in the Ribble Valley will know in the next couple of months if a massive cash bid has been successful. If the answer is yes, a brand new, state of the art cottage hospital could be built in Longridge. A package
A COUNTY councillor today told how he was arrested by police after it was discovered he had some forged currency. Coun Mohammed Arif Umerji, who represents Blackburn's Bank Top and Brookhouse ward, said he had been given the money in good faith. Mr Umerji
A CAR carrying a woman and three children was involved in an accident which blocked the main road through Barrowford this morning. They were travelling in a blue Citreon AX which had just pulled out of Park Street when it was in collision with a red F-reg
NEWLY-WEDS jilted at the altar by church organist Guy Pomfret today got a full and public apology - complete with music - before millions of television viewers. As we revealed on Wednesday Andrew and Donna Fogarty were devastated when Guy walked out of
TONY Blair's moving and wide-ranging speech was more significant in its ommissions than its inclusions. He wisely advocated the use of funds from council house sales to take families out of bed and breakfast. But instead of helping the housing market
UNCLE Jack Walker summed up a night of pride and passion to honour his beloved Blackburn Rovers by declaring: "I have never had an evening which meant so much to me." The club's achievement in winning the league championship for the first time in 81 years
RAY Harford believes some good will come out of Blackburn Rovers' agonising start to the defence of their Premiership title and UEFA Champions' League programme. Only time will tell, but the Rovers boss clearly feels that the experiences of the last few
MONTHS of heartache melted in an instant when an MRI scan showed that the unborn child his parents believed to be badly brain damaged was in fact fighting fit. And Mrs Audrey Wilson and her husband Garry, of Turncroft, Darwen, today pledged their support
CRYSTAL Palace today denied reports that Rovers have made a £4m bid for transfer-listed Chris Coleman. But young midfielder Lee Makel was today training with the First Division outfit. Makel has agreed terms with Palace but the deal is subject to an FA
He wisely advocated the use of funds from council house sales to take families out of bed and breakfast. But instead of helping the housing market by buying cheap repossessions which are immediately available, he proposes in the long term to construct
TODDLER Jordan Sturdy caused his mum hours of worry when he went to play in a neighbour's house, but forgot to tell his mum. Hazel Sturdy, 29, of Spencer Street, and 60 friends and police combed the streets of Daneshouse in Burnley searching for the missing
A DOCTOR has turned his back on a top job in East Lancashire - just days before he was due to start. The consultant rheumatologist, who was appointed more than three months ago, was due to start work in Blackburn last Monday. But he gave backword after
POLICE were interviewing itinerant travellers after thousands of pounds-worth of damage was caused to vehicles and other property, in a council yard in Burnley. Workers were shocked by the scene that greeted them when they arrived at the contract services
SCHOOLS in Blackburn and Darwen were the latest targets of the National Association of Schoolmasters and Union of Women Teachers. Today, nine teachers walked out at three high schools, affecting 570 pupils of Notre Dame, Pleckgate, and Darwen Vale. The
BULLYING in schools has been with us since the days of writing slates and dunces' caps. Occasionally it gets out of hand and the consequences can be tragic. This is what happened in Hyndburn when schoolboy Reginald Grist died as the result of a stone
BURNLEY received a gigantic double tonic today before tomorrow's important Second Division clash against Wycombe Wanderers at Turf Moor. Defender Peter Swan looks certain to make a return to first team action following a troublesome Achilles tendon injury
A SCIENCE laboratory was out of action today after being smoke-logged by an arson attack on Mount Carmel RC High School in Accrington. Firefighters turned out at 10pm last night after rubbish was piled against an outside door and set alight. The crew
IN a small Belgian town there is a lasting memorial to a young Lance Corporal who gave his life in the First World War. Blackburn-born Archie Forrest, described as a coarse-natured, crude-tongued, well-built young lad, underwent an amazing transformation
A COLLEGE has hit back at claims that it turned down the chance of £15,000, and that its vice-principal ordered a Conservative politician off campus. A war of words has broken out over a press release issued by Hugh Neil, who is bidding to become MP for
A FATHER from Brierfield is set to become the national chairman of the Church Lads' Brigade Association. Ivan Eastwood, 51, takes up the office tomorrow at the association's annual meeting in Scunthorpe, and will be in the "hot seat" for three years.
FOREST manager Frank Clark has called on soccer's ruling bodies to investigate the Lars Bohinen transfer to Blackburn Rovers. Bohinen agreed a five-year deal with Rovers yesterday - subject to medical - before returning to Norway to prepare for Wednesday's
INSPECTORS who studied lessons at a Blackburn primary school found that they were "generally sound" but there were some inconsistencies. The inspectors, from the Office for Standards in Education, spent four days examining the work at Wensley Fold C of
EWOOD Park striking legend Simon Garner was the man Burnley fans loved to hate but he admits: "Turf Moor is my lucky ground." The ex-Blackburn Rovers goal machine returns to Lancashire tomorrow where he hopes to lead the Wycombe Wanderers strikeforce
