Stories for 6 November 1997
Blackburn News
A MAN who has inspired hundreds of local schoolchildren with his story of survival is to receive a Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of Princess Diana's most cherished campaign.
Landmine victim Tun Channareth, who has stayed in close contact with Blackburn folk since he visited the town in 1994, has been chosen by the international anti-landmines campaign to collect their prestigious prize next month.
Youngsters from the area, and the Catholic international aid agency (CAFOD) who organised of his visit, were thrilled to hear of Tun's success and sent him a message of congratulations. more...
FORMER fans favourite Howard Kendall brings his struggling Everton to Ewood Park on Saturday knowing that there will be no old pals act.
Underfire Kendall is feeling the heat at Goodison Park after a poor start to the season - and is being tipped to be the next Premiership managerial casualty.
While the Everton boss could do with a morale-boosting first away win of the season he knows he will not be getting any help from former teammates Tony Parkes and Derek Fazackerley - who are on the current Rovers coaching staff. more...
POLICE have launched their toughest ever campaign to catch Christmas criminals as Blackburn town centre prepares for another festive shopping frenzy.
Operation Christmas Cracker will see uniformed and undercover officers patrolling the shopping centre while mounted and motorcycle police will be monitoring car parks. more...
RESIDENTS are to get the opportunity to see how plans to build a 'green' power station in Blackburn will affect their community.
ScottishPower hope to build the environmentally-friendly plant at Sappi Europe's Blackburn Mill in Feniscowles - creating 100 jobs and enough electricity for every home in Blackburn and Darwen. more...
CARL FOGARTY'S winter of discontent is over after finally signing a mega bucks World Superbike Championship deal to keep him at Ducati for life. more...
WITH reference to the letter in your newspaper dated Friday October 31 1997, I was very concerned to read that Dr Andrew Ross gives the impression that it is a straight choice between either windmills or nuclear power. Such an assumption requires a great leap of imagination. more...
AS "name and address supplied" said in the Citizen, October 24, test masts have been in place for two years, but they were a mere pimple to the size of the masts proposed. They were so insignificant that you did not notice them unless you looked carefully. more...
NIGHTCLUBBERS are being warned to steer clear of a drug drink which has been dubbed by users as "liquified ecstasy."
Dance floor drug GHB is already believed to have claimed its first life. Andrea Murphy, 25, of Wigan, died after taking the drug, which is similar to the substance film heart-throb River Phoenix died after taking four years ago. more...
I AM writing to you regarding the shopping trolleys that are left outside Hanburys in Darwen town centre. more...
ALMOST £11 million is to be ploughed into attracting tourists to the area.
The cash will pay for projects, approved by the Lancashire Tourism Partnership as part of a seven-year £38 million programme.
Partnership chairman Anthony Goldstone said: "These projects are the first hard evidence that we are more than just a talking shop." more...
ROAD safety at accident blackspots in Blackburn and Hyndburn are to be improved as part of the county council's small improvements programme.
More than £160,000 will be spent on six local traffic calming schemes and work will begin in the next couple of months. more...
AIN'T no mountain high enough for Graham Neild when it comes to raising cash for charity.
The Blackburn Council worker is going to climb the equivalent of Mount Everest to raise money for Children In Need. Graham, 41, (left) of Livesey Branch Road, Blackburn, is in training to reach the pinnacle of the world's highest mountain - but rather than travelling to the Himalayas for his daunting task he will be climbing the 29,028 ft from the 'comfort' of a gymnasium. more...
HAVING lost their last five matches you could be forgiven for thinking that confidence is at an all-time low at the Lancashire Hawks - but Jim Pennycook is having none of it! more...
SOLDIER Stuart Meeks will use any excuse to have a laugh but there was a serious note to the latest adventure he volunteered for - an army open day in Bosnia.
The 20-year-old craftsman, from Great Harwood, was one of the first to sign up for the event, which gives troops a chance to meet the local communities to exchange information and enjoy a few light-hearted games. more...
WHAT would you do with £20,000? Buy a flash motor? Go on a designer shopping spree? Take an exotic holiday? more...
Blackpool News
A FYLDE health visitor has become only the second nurse in the country to be given a leading role in protecting the area's most vulnerable children. more...
BLACKPOOL is preparing for a blitz from the Boston Bombshell at the Boston Stake Out Restaurant on November 29. more...
A FYLDE mother who took her family on a day trip to Liverpool got a VIP surprise when she found out she was a museum's millionth visitor. more...
WHEN Fylde MP Michael Jack answered the telephone at the weekend the last thing he expected was to hear Willam Hague offering him a job in the shadow cabinet. more...
BUDDING young ice-dancers need to get their skates on if they want a chance to perform alongside world-class stars in a sparkling new pantomime on ice. more...
BLACKPOOL Art Society has become something of an old master itself. more...
TWO young actors will take their place alongside heavyweights from the Royal Shakespeare Company next week in Cyrano de Bergerac. more...
PEDESTRIANS are set to benefit from a scheme to improve safety on Lord Street in Fleetwood. more...
BLACKPOOL Football Club directors are adamant they still want what the supporters want - to see their team kick off at a brand new £100million stadium at Whyndyke Farm. more...
BLACKPOOL parents are being warned to be on their guard against fake Teletubbies toys in the run-up to Christmas. more...
BRITISH Aerospace at Warton has handed over a new Tornado aircraft to the RAF intended for use on its toughest covert missions well into the 21st century. more...
ANSDELL shopkeepers fear a trade shutdown with the return of the British Open Golf Championship to Royal Lytham in the year 2001. more...
A BLACKPOOL psychiatrist became a shrink on the ocean waves when he took part in the world's toughest yacht challenge. more...
BLACKPOOL gave their boss Nigel Worthington the birthday blues after allowing Northampton a scarcely deserved point in their 1-1 draw at Bloomfield Road on Tuesday (November 4). more...
A DISABLED 46-year-old man has become a high flyer in America. more...
Burnley News
BRIERFIELD firefighter Dave Robinson was attacked by a mob of stone-throwing children and was lucky not to lose an eye. more...
A MUMS' army has gone on the march to keep their children safe and secure. more...
THE leader of Pendle Council has made a personal appeal to Housing Minister Hiliary Armstrong to visit the area after she spurned a similar request from the MP. more...
POLICE are hunting a taxi driver who indecently assaulted two 13-year-old girls in the back of his cab. more...
TOP security experts met in Burnley this week to show businesses how to join the fight against crime. more...
THE bravery medal presented to a Burnley war hero has turned up among bric-a-brac 50 years after it was awarded. more...
THE village where churchgoers were slammed as the 'devil's children' will have the Queen's chaplain as its next vicar. more...
THERE'S many a trip down Memory Lane to be had in Nelson Library just now. more...
CLARETS boss Chris Waddle says his plans are finally coming together - just in time for the big game at Blackpool on Saturday. more...
CHILDREN from West Street School, Colne, got National Libraries Week off with a bang by releasing a mass of colourful balloons into the town centre. more...
A BOGUS charity worker stole £100 from a partially sighted old woman after telling her he was working for the blind. more...
VILLAGE shop keepers in Pendle could be in line for grants to help boost trade. more...
THE Rev Tim Horobin, curate of St Philip's and St John's, Nelson, is to be priest-in-charge at a parish in Blackpool. more...
UNIVERSITY student Laura Potts followed in her grandad's footsteps 50 years after he first stepped foot on the hallowed turf of Wembley Stadium. more...
A GARAGE in Burnley is at the forefront of the internet revolution. more...
COLNE FC's youth policy is paying dividends. more...
FAMILIES gasped for breath as fumes from a tip fire engulfed parts of Colne. more...
FORGET pills and potions - local doctors say a healthier lifestyle is the way to recovery. more...
TEENAGERS from Pendle have been putting MPs through their paces when they went to Westminster as part of National Youth Work Week. more...
Bury News
BURY'S British and Commonwealth Flyweight boxing champion Ady Lewis has a great chance to make it a hat-trick of titles when he fights for the European crown next month. more...
BURY cueman, Stephen Kershaw, made a splendid start to his Benson and Hedges Snooker Championship in Malvern on Wednesday evening (Oct 29). more...
LONG-STAY parking has a whole new meaning for lucky driver Fred Gibbon - he can park his car FREE for the next nine years. more...
IT was his biggest catch in 25 years' fishing - no, not the whopping six-pound barbel on the end of Mark Farrell's line but the love of his life. more...
A VERY special person was chosen to open Boots' new £2.4 million Bury store. more...
FIREFIGHTERS came under attack from missile-throwing hooligans as they attempted to tackle a burning bonfire on Tuesday evening (Oct 28). more...
A PRESTWICH clothes shop was targeted by raiders twice in 48 hours. more...
A MAN and a woman are recovering in hospital after a paragliding accident on Wednesday afternoon (Oct 29). more...
A BRAVE little girl, with the voice of an angel, has beaten the odds and recorded a CD which is being tipped to be a hit at Christmas. more...
A FORMER Whitefield musician has notched up a Top 20 hit in the UK classical charts. more...
FACED with the loss of his entire profits for the year, a fireworks dealer may try to offload his stock of banned fireworks abroad. more...
A BURY-based drama workshop has become a happy hunting ground for TV companies searching for the stars of tomorrow. more...
BURY police were the last to know about a two-hour traffic jam - just 200 yards from their headquarters! more...
LIBRARY bosses have been blasted as "hypocrites" for trumpeting hi-tech services while closing three Prestwich libraries. more...
BRITANNIA does not rule - when it comes to local jobs and businesses. more...
A FIRM of Whitefield solicitors has paid out £50,000 in an out-of-court settlement to a former employee who was sexually harassed. more...
BURY'S health bosses will have an extra £4 million to spend next year. more...
A WOMAN has won a victory for hundreds in Bury who couldn't afford to buy the freehold on their houses. more...
IPSWICH TOWN 2 BURY 0 more...
THE Shakers head for East Anglia for the second time in a week hoping that tomorrow's (Sat Nov 1) clash against Norwich City will be more profitable than last week's excursion. more...
Chorley News
CHORLEY charity shops could soon be facing closure following cash complaints from other town centre traders. more...
A STUNNED cancer patient awaiting vital surgery walked home without treatment following a last minute bed fiasco at Chorley Hospital. more...
CHORLEY parents could be missing out on important new nursery education grants - because they do not know about them. more...
FRICKLEY 2 CHORLEY 0 more...
ROCKETS will again be fired from the town hall roof into the sky above Chorley to herald a two-minute Remembrance Day silence next Tuesday (November 11). more...
WHITEHAVEN 25 CHORLEY 7
A SPIRITED performance was not enough to take Chorley past Whitehaven and into the fourth round of the National Knockout Cup. The home side play at a higher level than Chorley and it showed in the pace of their game. more...
CHORLEY cruised to an easy victory over Wrexham at Charter Lane on Sunday (November 2) and continue to impress with their neat no-nonsense football. In defence they look solid and skipper Karen Browne in goal cleans up confidently during any rare lapses. more...
THE hunt is on to track down mindless yobs who carried out an orgy of vandalism at Chorley cemetery. more...
GET ready for the latest music revival as the ageing accordion makes its comeback - in Chorley. more...
PET shop owners in Chorley are still frantically searching for a rare tortoise after it was snatched by cruel thieves. more...
ONE of Chorley's thorniest issues raised its head again at a meeting of the town's planners this week. more...
PENNIES from heaven have fallen into the lap of a Chorley charity - thanks to unwitting donations from generous Camelot customers. more...
THREE foreign students studying in the borough are still looking for a place to stay. more...
WHEELTON could soon have its own beauty spot for football, walking and picnicking if ambitious plans are rubber-stamped. more...
OUR Toy and Hamper Appeal is just a month old and you, our fabulous readers, are already filling up our offices with loads of super donations. more...
A CHORLEY woman is 'paging' others to help raise cash for Derian House children's hospice. more...
A PLAN is being considered to round up cowboy builders. more...
POLICE believe a missing 15-year-old girl who disappeared from her Leyland home nearly three weeks ago could be in the Chorley area. more...
LEADING Liberal Democrats in Clayton-le-Woods insist the party is on an "even keel" despite the resignation of four members in a month. Borough councillor David Bland and his wife Ann, both on the parish council, switched to Labour last month and Donald and Janet Pybon have also quit to become Independents. more...
A FIRE chief has warned visitors to the countryside not to be careless and start grass fires. more...
A CAMPAIGN to reduce road accidents in the area is proving successful according to the latest figures. more...
EXCITED Christmas shoppers are being urged by police not to flash their cash in public. more...
PLANNING chiefs are calling on Railtrack to introduce security and privacy measures at the new Euxton Balshaw Lane station, due to open next month. more...
Darwen News
MANY Blackburn and Darwen schools are hoarding cash with only one secondary school in the red, according to a teachers' union.
Figures from the Lancashire Federation of NASUWT for this year's budgets and projected figures for 1997-98 show that while many primary and secondary schools have healthy cash balances, schools like Darwen's Vale High and Avondale Primary face problems.
St Thomas C of E has biggest reserves of £96,000, Audley County £81,000 and Lammack County £80,000. Roe Lee and Griffin Park have both have £70,000 with St Albans RC and St Silas Juniors just behind with £69,000.The only primary schools showing a negative figure are Sacred Heart with a minus of £7,000, and Avondale with £5,000. more...
A HOSTEL which has helped people down on their luck in Darwen for 100 years is throwing open its doors to the general public to celebrate its centenary. more...
Lancashire Business
THE man behind the revolutionary clockwork radio is about to set the minds of East Lancashire company managers ticking. more...
ENGINEERING giant Rolls-Royce has won a major plane engine order worth up to £265 million. more...
STUDENTS aiming for a career in the furniture industry have made a comfortable success of linking up with colleagues in Sweden. more...
WALLPAPER manufacturer Borden Decorative Products has been short-listed for another export award. more...
A TIMBER firm is felling its old name. From this month the Raab Karcher Timber depot at Colne will be renamed RK Timber. more...
Lancashire Leisure
MISSILE-hurling hooligans clashed with police in a bonfire night flare-up. more...
CRICKET riots in Bombay left one person dead. more...
Lancashire News
BLACK puddings made in Waterfoot stole the show at a European meat fair with gold and silver medals and two trophies. more...
AN angry mob badly beat a policeman as he tried to clear them away from a potentially lethal bonfire lit directly under power cables. more...
CONTRACTORS working on a flood prevention scheme have been asked to go back to the drawing board to avoid creating a new access road in a nature reserve. more...
Food News, with Christine Rutter more...
TAXI drivers in Blackburn and Darwen convicted of a criminal offence will no longer have their licences reviewed automatically if changes to the system go through. more...
YOUNG people were encouraged to express themselves with a visit to Prime Minister's Question Time. more...
THE USA is now the laughing stock of the Western World of which it has so propounded to be leader. Why? Because of its judicial system. more...
A SERIES of sickening incidents involving young hooligans in East Lancashire leaves us wondering how on earth we have arrived in this situation. more...
IT was interesting to note the fair held in the main street and market area of Chorley town centre consisting of rides and penny arcades. more...
WELL done Blackburn with Darwen Council. more...
AS grandma to a 19-year-old girl, I felt I must write about the Louise Woodward case. more...
WHAT is murder? To me it means someone has shot a person dead, or battered, or strangled someone to death. more...
ON reading of the trial in America of Louise Woodward (LET, October 31) I am of the opinion that Mr and Mrs Eappen should be in the dock charged with negligence. more...
A FIREFIGHTER was hit on the forehead by a stone as children as young as seven attacked crews called to a bonfire blaze. more...
I CAN quite understand Mr Patrick Sudall's frustration at Tony Aspinall being able to marry in prison (LET, October 27). more...
PARAMEDIC Shaun Procter has encouraged people to still consider being au pairs in America despite the worldwide storm over convicted British teenager Louise Woodward. more...
TAXPAYERS' money would be better spent paying the Brazilians their going rate to lock up the despicable Biggs for 18 years in one of their jails. more...
ROWDY school children have been blasted for putting lives at risk and causing chaos in a spate of serious bus vandalism attacks. more...
HOUSING Minister Hilary Armstrong will see for herself the poor state of Pendle's housing, after pleas by local Liberal councillors and Labour MP Gordon Prentice. more...
A COMMUNITY bonfire axed amid safety fears looks set to be reinstated in the Ribble Valley next year. more...
CRUMBLING civic buildings across Lancashire need more than £63million spending on repairs. more...
TOWN hall chiefs are backing proposals which would give them tough new powers to deal with criminals and troublemakers on estates. more...
A DECISION by the county surveyor to put the brakes on plans for a mini roundabout at a danger junction were branded "disgraceful" by local councillors. more...
PAMPERED puss Leah is feline like a million dollars, well almost... more...
FOUR hundred pupils from 12 schools will be involved in the first planting of trees for the Forest of Burnley. more...
Lancashire Sport
MARCO Gentile's four-month Turf Moor nightmare is over. more...
COLIN Hendry has not yet been ruled out of Blackburn Rovers' big derby clash with Everton at Ewood on Saturday. more...
CHRIS Waddle is poised to ask Manchester City to extend Gerry Creaney's loan spell at Turf Moor for another month. more...
BURNLEY Reserves suffered defeat last night in their first game of the Pontins League Cup away at Oldham with the game being played at Stalybridge Celtic. more...
Lancaster News
MORECAMBE hoteliers are growing increasingly concerned about the fate of the resort's tourism department.
Deputy Town Clerk, Charles Wilson, has refused to rule out the possibility that Morecambe Tourism could be merged with Lancaster at a meeting with Morecambe Hoteliers and Caterers Association.
Members questioned Mr Wilson directly about rumours that Morecambe Tourism's days were numbered following the suspension of tourism officers David Christley and Trevor White. more...
PUNTERS looking to scoop a small fortune on a local lottery run by Lancaster City Football Club have been advised not to get confused with a new lottery scheme. more...
AN unsettled striker said to be interested in playing for Morecambe left the Shrimps with a superb three-goal calling card on Saturday.
Andy Milner, who is currently on loan to Hereford from Chester, bagged a hat-trick to sink the Shrimps after they had taken an early lead.
Manager Jim Harvey was philosophical about the thrashing, claiming that the titanic struggle against Halifax had taken its toll on the players, but Morecambe will be wishing Milner was on their books. more...
A TEENAGER was left with a broken nose and fractured cheek bone after he was attacked in Morecambe in the early hours of Friday morning. more...
HEALTH bosses have forked out £1.4 million in compensation after a child starved of oxygen at birth was left with cerebral palsy.
Ten-year-old Richard Metcalf was awarded damages this week after complications set in at his birth at the Royal Lancaster Infirmary.
The family said the money will be used to buy Richard specialist communication equipment and pay for therapy to look after him when he's older. more...
LANCASTER City have proved once again that they can play against the best teams and get a result.
City become only the third team this season to get points against Winsford and started lively, coming close to a goal in the 3rd minute.
Jimmy Graham's corner went straight over Winsford's defence but Mark Dobie's volley went wide. more...
A TEENAGER visiting her boyfriend at Lancaster University is in intensive care with bacterial meningitis.
The local case follows a spate of outbreaks at universities across the country but health chiefs claim there are no risks of further infection.
The 18-year-old from Norfolk was visiting her boyfriend at Furness College when she developed symptoms and was discovered to have meningococcal meningitis. She is being treated in hospital and her family and immediate contacts have been given antibiotics. more...
FOUR soldiers who smuggled a teenager into their headquarters at Halton training camp for sex have been reprimanded at a court martial.
The disciplinary hearing heard how the officers took an 18-year-old girl back to the camp after meeting her and her sister out drinking in Morecambe.
Captain Mark Walker, 27, Corporal Peter MacKay, 27, Cpl Kevin McHenry, 26, - all of the Royal Anglican Regiment and Cpl Thomas Dick, 29, - of the Royal Signals - admitted conduct prejudicial to good order and discipline. more...
FEARS that this year's Mischief Night would provoke a torrent of juvenile violence proved unfounded.
The November 4 anniversary, which last year saw yobs attack Mal Hussain's minimart with petrol bombs, passed smoothly.
Insp Phil Barnes, who headed a specially co-ordinated operation including mounted police, riot vans and foot patrols, congratulated the efforts of the community in keeping trouble at bay. more...
I WAS interested to note a recent letter to you from Cllr Newman-Thompson and therefore assume he is alive and well. more...
I was amazed to read in last week's Citizen a letter from another resident of Bolton-le-Sands claiming that most of the shops here are closed. more...
ONLY a handful of people assembled to mark the end of Happy Mount Park's famous illuminations on Sunday. more...
Morecambe Football Club has announced plans to improve the covered south stand at Christie Park. more...
Police are hunting two thugs who launched a vicious attack on a local man near the Marsh estate last week. The 25-year-old victim was walking home along Lune Road from the chippy when he was set upon, repeatedly kicked in the face, left unconscious and robbed of £65. more...
ELDERLY residents on the troubled Ryelands estate are living in fear at the mercy of young hooligans, it was claimed this week.
An elderly couple, who have lived on Ryelands for more than 40 years, contacted the Citizen to speak of their anguish at the levels of violence and anti-social behaviour on the estate.
Hooligans threw a bottle through their window at the weekend, terrifying the elderly couple who have since been unable to sleep. This latest act of vandalism follows the death of a Vale pensioner, who died recently after a brick-throwing incident. more...
A man who barricaded himself inside a house due for demolition has appealed for former tenants to come forward. Chris Tague is in dispute with Lancaster City Council over a property he owned in Parliament Street, Morecambe, which was demolished. more...
I DON'T believe that the tone of the debate about Ryelands in last week's Housing Policy Committee was as negative as your headline implies. more...
Manchester United and England stars Gary and Phil Neville are expected to turn up for tonight's Christie Park testimonial. The benefit match for long serving Shrimp stars, Andy Grimshaw and Ben Lavelle, kicks off at 7.30pm and the organisers are hoping for a big crowd. more...
Leigh News
THE house on Manchester Road, Leigh, built by late eccentric and local legend Jesse 'The Cropper' Graham has been sold to neighbouring Waterfield's bakery. more...
YOUNG people in Leigh, Tyldesley and Atherton are being urged to use a new freephone helpline if they suffer problems after being subject to street robbery. more...
A MILLION pound woodland landscape will ensure the area's cloth caps and clogs image is well and truly buried. more...
YOUNG Pennington solicitor Andrew Leakey has recently been appointed to the civil litigation department at Stephensons in Leigh. more...
POLICE are looking for a gang member with a conscience. more...
A LEIGH pensioner who was released from hospital only hours after a lucky escape from a blaze at his home in Broom Avenue last week is now back in hospital. more...
PLANS for residents-only car parking in Leigh town centre have been shelved - because there isn't enough parking space! more...
THE GREEN Party has joined forces with residents to produce a report objecting to the planned Xanadu Snowdome project. more...
WENDY LEWIS is celebrating 20 years with Hag Fold Morris Dancers. more...
LEIGH Folk Club has closed after 32 years. more...
THE fight for Wesley Guild's village green status continues. more...
AS developers, we feel it is our duty to clarify and put in to context, some of the statements that are being made about the latest Xanadu proposals. more...
THERE are lies, damned lies and there is political propaganda, and between them the Green Party and the local Tories have broken all records for totally misleading people. more...
I AM writing to express my disgust, dismay and contempt at the paltry, light sentences imposed on the two low-life yobbos who, as a result of their actions, killed pensioner Miss Ellen Bootle. more...
AFTER reading the letter in The Journal from Mr David Morris, Conservative candidate for Hope Carr Ward, I laughed my socks off. more...
MAY I ask the vociferous people who are constantly knocking the service that Ring and Ride provide, to please put their comments in to writing and send them to me or the depot supervisor at 12 Johnson Street, Atherton, Manchester, M46 0PW. more...
IT was proposed by a reader's letter that the opponents of Xanadu should use their energy to work with the developers of Xanadu to make sure they landscape the area to our satisfaction and create another amenity for us and other local people. more...
Mary T. Lavelle gives personal view on the 30th anniversary of the Abortion Act more...
COAL site dangers will be highlighted when opencast watchdogs meet. more...
LEIGH'S controversial snow dome project will not harm local wildlife, according to an independent ecologist. more...
THIS week marks the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Passchendaele, the most tragic battle in the history of the British Army. more...
A FORMER golf professional died after losing control of his Lotus Esprit and crashing through a hedge, an inquest heard. more...
ANYONE with a strong, caring, interest in their environment can help put their parish on the map. more...
VANDALS have attacked the new Wigan and Leigh Hospice. more...
LEIGH MP Lawrence Cunliffe is calling on the Government to launch a public appeal for cash to build a national memorial to the servicewomen who served in the British Armed Forces during the Second World War. more...
COUNCIL chiefs want reduced prices at off-peak times for local people at the Xanadu development. more...
AN Atherton woman turned to drugs even though her partner and another friend had died from overdoses, a court has heard. more...
Leigh Sport
LION INN are alive 'n kicking in the Davenport Cup - but only just. more...
MISSED chances and motorway roadworks cost Atherton LR dear at Maine Road where they lost 1-0. more...
LEIGH RMI showed both sides of their make-up before snatching a last-minute winner against Marine. more...
LEIGH RU must rid themselves of their "Slow Start Syndrome". more...
LEIGH MR can look back on another Friday Night cracker. more...
HOSTS Astley & Tyldesley Cycle Speedway were always up against it. more...
LANCASHIRE have nicked blockbusting bobby Sean Mullaney from the British Police RL team. more...
ACES were high at the Triad Gala. Three youngsters with Howe Bridges Aces represented Central Lancashire in the event. more...
Preston News
LIGHTFOOT Green Lane, Fulwood, Preston, reverberated to the sound of the West Country on Sunday (Nov 2) as the Mini rugby players and travelling supports of Melksham, near Bath, took on the home team in a series of matches also featuring Littleborough and Orrell. more...
DAMIAN Boyle of Broadgate, Preston, cycles 100 miles a week and this year he rode from John O'Groats to Lands End in 14 days. more...
KICK OFF! the ball is set to start rolling on an amazing national football museum in Preston thanks to a lottery handout of nearly £8 million. more...
FOLLOWING a brilliant display at Everton, a good attendance was expected at Deepdale for the arrivals of reigning league champions Manchester City. more...
BAMBER Bridge-based heating company Baxi this week announced they are to create a new factory which will bring 100 jobs to Preston. more...
A PRESTON man who briefed Diana, Princess of Wales, on landmines was flown back to Britain to drill engineers from all over the country about the deadly explosives. more...
SMOKER Liz Carthy stubbed out her last cigarette after making a pact with her beloved brother who was dying of cancer. more...
REMEMBRANCE Sunday has come round again and people will be holding an unofficial two minute silence for the brave men and women who sacrificed their lives for their country. more...
A POPULAR trader who has sold leather goods in a Preston shopping centre for ten years claims bosses are turning their back on tradition and driving him out. more...
EVERY day an army of women arrive at Preston Prison to do their good turn for the week. more...
CORONATION Street star Nick (Andy McDonald) Cochrane dazzled fans at St George's Shopping Centre in Preston, when he turned up on Sunday to switch on the Christmas lights. more...
PRESTON NORTH END Chairman Bryan Gray went to the same school as William Hague and studied for a chemistry degree like Margaret Thatcher. more...
A MATRON swapped her thermometer for a hard hat and trowel to lay the foundation stone for the new extension of St Catherine's Hospice. more...
THE nightmare goes on for the supporters of Preston North End after this Roses match left the three points on the wrong side of the Pennines. more...
GET ready for the latest music revival as the ageing accordion makes its comeback - in Leyland, near Preston. more...
THE handover of two modern multi-million pound fighter jets signalled the first part of a deal that will secure thousands of jobs in the area. more...
POLICE are desperately trying to trace a 15-year-old girl who disappeared from her Leyland home nearly three weeks ago. more...
ALL Joe Tassiker wanted for his birthday was to dive into a great big pool and swim a few lengths - not much to ask but when you're 90 years old, it's not so easy. more...
IT SEEMS people are no longer bonkers about conkers as Preston's first ever championships were called off due to lack of interest. more...
AS THE future of convicted Cheshire au-pair Louise Woodward hangs in the balance, one Preston man has witnessed the controversy from his doorstep. more...
GOALKEEPING giant Tepi Moilanen shows off his latest catch - the Preston Citizen PNE Player of the Month award for September. more...
THE MULTI-MILLION pound redevelopment of Preston's Deepdale stadium will be kickstarted next month (December) when work begins on the new North Stand. more...
St Helens News
ST HELENS Council has given the go-ahead to plans for a new £7 million factory which it is hoped will create more than 120 jobs. more...
TWO would-be robbers were thwarted by an alert security guard. more...
A SUPERB selection of local art is to go under the hammer at the Stakis Hotel this weekend at a charity auction in aid of the St Helens and Knowsley Hospice. more...
A MASKED gang carried out an armed raid on an off-licence in Rainhill on Friday. more...
FUND-raisers for the Luke Bryan Appeal Fund are hoping that Rugby League fans will dig deep into their pockets during the second Great Britain-Australia Test match in Manchester this weekend. more...
ALAN WHALLEY'S WORLD more...
A YOUNG photography student at St Helens College may have to give up her course after a Pentax K-1000 camera and accesories and its black Pulman case, together thought to be worth £400, were stolen from a house Berry's Lane, Parr. more...
A FAMILY of six had to be re-housed this week following a fire at their home which police suspect was the work of arsonists. more...
ST HELENS & Knowsley Health Authority has scooped three awards in the NHS North West Healthstart Festival for its efforts to develop a healthier workplace. more...
FIREFIGHTERS had to cut two men out of a car following an accident on the Rainford by-pass at about 2.15am on Saturday, November 1. The driver and a passenger were taken to Whiston Hospital where they were treated for head and leg injuries. more...
MAYOR of St Helens, Councillor John Mealor, has launched the annual Toy Appeal to ensure all local children, no matter how needy, get a present from Santa this year. more...
A DEVOTED mum is all set to stride out in aid of a charity that is close to her heart. more...
SIX long-serving officers from St Helens and Knowsley branches of Merseyside Police Force were among those awarded special medals during an official ceremony at Knowsley Hall in Prescot. more...
POLICE are holding a one-day property marking session in a bid to encourage youngsters to be more security-conscious about bikes. more...
A COWARDLY thief targeted a vulnerable pensioner and stole her handbag in Herbert Street, Sutton on Friday at about 4.15pm. The 73-year-old woman was walking along when a man on a bike grabbed her handbag containing £30 in cash. more...
OFFICERS at the Merseyside Police Coroners Department at Whiston Hospital are trying to trace the relatives of Elizabeth Jordan who died in Hulme Ward at St Helens Hospital on Thursday, October 30, aged 66. more...
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PUPILS from a local school are to team up with the boys in blue for a one-off concert to raise money for the NSPCC. more...
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IN a special statement to the St Helens Star, Pilkington has sent out a message of reassurance to its local worforce that - for the moment - no new job cuts are planned in St Helens other than those already announced. more...
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ST HELENS TUC and St Helens TUC Resource Centre, along with a group of local pensioners, have called a public meeting to form the St Helens Pensioners Action Group. more...
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ST HELENS and Knowsley Health Authority has received its biggest increase in Government spending for the last five years following an announcement by Health Minister Frank Dobson. more...
HEART transplant patient John Dolan (pictured here) is treating the staff of Wythenshawe Hospital to a slap-up meal to celebrate the third anniversary of his new heart. more...
SWEET-sounding choristers, hymn-singing folk, and youngsters excited by a trip to the 'big top' will be in unison as the circus is set to come to town in a favourite religious programme. more...
BERTHA by Royal appointment... Big-hearted charity worker Bertha Heyes is pictured outside Buckingham Palace after receiving her MBE from Prince Charles for services to St Helens Hospital. more...
St Helens Sport
A SAINTS' all-time great whose bone-crunching tackling found him dubbed 'the Wild Bull of the Pampas' by Aussies almost 40 years ago has made a nostalgic return Down Under. more...
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WITH the Knowsley Road grapevine continually crackling with rumours of player unrest, Saints' chief executive David Howes has attempted to clarify the situation. more...
A FORMER Saints' half-back who cut his Rugby League teeth at Knowsley Road in the1970s has been appointed to a top administrative hot seat - with deadly rivals Wigan! more...
West Park 32 Netherhall 17
IT seemed that the advance in kick-off time to 2.30 caught at least one of the contenders in this NPI Cup tie unawares. more...
ST HELENS boxer Phil Molyneux scored a hard fought points victory over Bradford rival Donovan Davey at the St Andrews Sporting Club, Glasgow. more...
Moseley 79 Liverpool St Helens 10
ALTHOUGH in the end LSH were thrashed, they never threw in the towel against a bigger, fitter and faster side of full-time professionals. more...
Ormskirk 27 Ruskin Park 12
DUE to injuries and unavailability, Ruskin toook a scratch side to Ormskirk for this friendly on Saturday. more...
ST HELENS snooker sensation Wayne Brown lined up one of the biggest matches of his career yesterday (Wednesday). more...
