A DRUNKEN grandmother who claimed a police officer attacked her was charged with assaulting him, a court heard. Monica Mulcahy later admitted refusing to leave unlicensed premises and threatening words or behaviour, but had originally been charged with
FORMER Clarets midfielder Nigel Gleghorn has been appointed as Witton Albion's new manager. Gleghorn joined Unibond League champions-elect Altrincham when he left Turf Moor last summer. But a re-shuffle at Moss Lane led to him joining Witton where he
BURNLEY are pressing ahead with plans for a new half-a-million pound training complex at Gawthorpe. The idea to revamp the club's training facilities was mooted earlier this season by manager Stan Ternent. And the club's board has agreed to formally pursue
BLACKBURN with Darwen could be the millennium's first new city if a town hall bid to upgrade from a town is approved by the Queen. But the borough faces very tough competition from elsewhere in the British Isles if it is to become East Lancashire's city
Blackburn and District Bird Club meet Brinscall Baths car park 9am, for White Coppice. Private Garden Open Day, The Ridges, Limbrick, Cowling Road, Chorley, 11am-5pm. Teas and plants for sale. Antiques and Curio Fair, Hoghton Village Hall, Blackburn Old
RAILWAY stamp collectors flocked to Clitheroe to take part in an annual convention. About 50 Philatelic Society members made the journey to Clitheroe Parish Church Hall, from as far as Bath and Grangemouth in Scotland, and ten people entered their stamp
CHAMPION lady amateur Emma Ramsden opened her account for the season when springing a 25-1 surprise on Swan At Whalley in the Come Trotting in August Amateur Riders Handicap at Musselburgh today. Although her mount had been reluctant to go into the stalls
RUGBY LEAGUE: Lancashire Lynx will be looking for an upturn in fortunes on Bank Holiday Monday when Workington Town are the visitors to Victory Park. The recent bad run had seen Lynx drop to two places from the bottom in the Northern Ford Premiership.
DARREN Barton rode through the pain barrier to score his first 125cc victory of the year. The Hoddlesden bike ace shrugged off the painful effects of a boil on the backside to win the thrilling 16-lap race - round three of the British Championship - at
A BURNLEY consultant who was at the forefront of the development of family planning services in the area has retired. Jim Ogden has stepped down after 25 years as consultant obstetrician/gynaecologist at Burnley General Hospital. Manchester-born Mr Ogden
CARL Fogarty sacrificed another chance to exert his supremacy over the rest of World Superbike Championship field in order to concentrate on tuning his bike to perfection for tomorrow's Donington Park spectacular. Blackburn's finest was onlt eight fastest
PUBLIC walks in the woodland are being organised by the Forest of Burnley project on Sunday May 9. The first short walk, suitable for families, starts from Towneley Hall at 10.30am and will look at recent work in Towneley woods and also hear about plans
The past few days have been absolutely fantastic in weather terms and, with more of the same promised, prospects for holiday angling are excellent. Most venues, both coarse and game, were somewhat disappointing last weekend. The weather was a little too
BURNLEY'S May Day Festival comes of age on Monday when the town celebrates the 21st annual workers' day event. A packed programme of features and attractions starts at 11.45am with the May Day parade from Burnley town hall to Towneley Park showground.
THEY were three days from the nearest road and 20 miles from a telephone. Suddenly, from out of nowhere, a blood-thirsty dog sank it's fangs into the nearest piece of flesh. The pain sent the woman's face into instant contortions. Then fear gripped her
OFFENDERS ordered to serve time for crime by completing demanding community service work have earned qualifications to help them towards a new future. Certificates were presented to offenders whose unpaid work led them to learn skills such as emergency
BURNLEY hospitals' longest serving employee Jean Jordan finally bade au revoir to Burnley General Hospital - 48 years after he joined the health service as a junior clerk. But it won't be a final farewell for the lady who is stepping down as medical secretary
IT is high time that all the breweries in the UK were closed down and taken out of business completely. Every boozer then would be more healthy and there would be fewer patients in all the hospitals. So, let us see it done, and rid the UK of the fat greedy
POLICE have been called in to investigate allegations of proxy vote irregularities in Burnley's Daneshouse ward. It follows complaints from people that they had been registered to have votes cast on their behalf without their knowledge. Town hall election
YOUNGSTERS with mental health problems from outside the Burnley area are having to travel by taxi to Burnley General Hospital for treatment following the closure of a vital unit. The child and adolescent mental health service day unit at Queen's Park
A SHELTER for the homeless has been allowed to expand and refurbish its premises despite an objection that people living there have 'abused residents' and need to be controlled. The Hyndburn Christian Stable, in Russia Street, Accrington, was granted
BURNLEY are pressing ahead with plans for a new half-a-million pound training complex at Gawthorpe. The idea to revamp the club's training facilities was mooted earlier this season by manager Stan Ternent. And the club's board has agreed to formally pursue
TWO members of staff at a Pendle nursery school splashed out with a fund-raising swim for a national charity and a worthy cause closer to home. Nursery nurse Jayne Parker and teacher Linda Porter, who work at McMillan Day Nursery, Railway Street, Nelson
PENDLE MP Gordon Prentice has stepped up his campaign to ensure all his constituents receive the new digital TV broadcast before the existing service is switched off. He said that parts of his constituency received only broadcasts from Yorkshire - missing
YOUNGSTERS with mental health problems in Blackburn, Hyndburn and the Ribble Valley are having to travel by taxi to Burnley General Hospital for treatment following the closure of a vital service. The child and adolescent mental health service day unit
KEEPER John Filan picked up the player of the year award from Rovers' Disabled Supporters' Club (BRDSC) this week and there was also an honour for current team captain Jason Wilcox. Ewood's longest-serving player was named as the disabled fans' clubman
THE price of failure could be as high as £10 million for Blackburn Rovers, as their struggle against the threat of relegation from the cash-laden Premiership reaches its climax. And that staggering figure is getting on for nearly 50 per cent of their
NEIL Hodgson kept up the chase for the British Superbike title with a fourth and fifth place at Oulton Park's 'double header' meeting. The Burnley racer, winner of the opening round at Brands Hatch, had to settle for a points finish after being eclipsed
ANDY McLeod is set to become the "senior pro" of his young Burnley side tomorrow - at the tender age of 25. The unavailability of 33-year-old Ian Whitehead makes McLeod the oldest member of a side that is the surprise package of the early EW Cartons Lancashire
A QUARTET of happy punters were handed a £500 bonus after they finished top of the Lancashire Evening Telegraph National Hunt Naps Contest. The Judge Walmsley, Billington, team - John Swain, David Geldard, Ernie Whiteoak and landlord Paul Cryer - won
SOCCER: Northbridge are champions of Division One of the Burnley and District Sunday League and Jesters need one point to become Division Two champions. Results - Division One: Burnley Boys Club B 2, Craven Heifer 1; CWR Scaffolds 0, Northbridge Vending
DOG lovers Karen Watson and Carl Sutton will tie the knot today with their canine friends attending them rather than bridesmaids and page boys. The teenage sweethearts could not bear to leave their faithful four-legged friends behind on the big day so
A BABY at the centre of a murder inquiry died from a head injury consistent with shaking, an inquest was told. Jack Shackleton also suffered abdominal injuries which could have proved fatal, Home Office pathologist Dr John Rutherford told the hearing
A BABY at the centre of a murder inquiry died from a head injury consistent with shaking, an inquest was told. Jack Shackleton also suffered abdominal injuries which could have proved fatal, Home Office pathologist Dr John Rutherford told the hearing
A PUB which has been boarded up since a man was beaten with a pool cue was badly damaged after it was set alight by vandals. Firefighters have urged parents to keep their children out of the Commercial Hotel, Blackburn Road, Church, which caught fire.
A FORMER Accrington Stanley star is back within striking distance of the Reds - running a pub near the famous soccer minnows' ground. Dave McDowell played for Great Harwood Town before joining Stanley as a left-wing in 1971. He played for the club throughout
A JOBS boost is in the pipeline for Hyndburn's workforce as work begins on a new £700,000 industrial site. Two 20,000 sq ft units, costing a total of £700,000, are being built on land off Alan Ramsbottom Way, Great Harwood, to attract business into the
A MAN who put ponies in a field in a bid to prevent developers constructing more than 100 houses has been told his animals will be fenced off to allow work to go ahead - whether he agrees or not. Colin Nelson, 69, of Allsprings Close, Great Harwood, is
FIRE chiefs were today investigating the cause of a blaze which wrecked one of Pendle's oldest working men's clubs. Flames leapt through the roof of the Palatine club in Norfolk Street, Nelson, as firefighters from four towns fought the blaze, which broke
LEADING members of East Lancashire's Asian community today met with police in the wake of last night's third London nail bomb attack, which killed two people and left five fighting for their lives and several more maimed and injured. They have appealed
THE drug addicted daughter of a Darwen businessman went on a £2,500 spending spree using her mother's bank card. Blackburn magistrates heard that Kelly Stott also sold or pawned £4,961 worth of property she had stolen from their house while the couple
