A MAN was left fighting for his life after his throat was slashed with a beer glass. Ray Marsden, 30, of Rothesay Road, Shadsworth, Blackburn, lost four pints of blood in the incident. Police inspector Stephen Haworth said several people had been drinking
CRICHTON: Two decent second-half saves ensured a third clean sheet in four games for the keeper whose consistency has finally earned him just reward...7 PICKERING: Pushed forward into midfield early on to man-mark Paul Trollope, it was practical rather
FILAN: Struggled with his kicking early on but made a couple of vital second-half saves...7 CROFT: Tried to get forward but was tentative in a number of challenges which handed the initiative to his opponent...6 HENCHOZ: A piece of brilliant defending
STAN Ternent's "hardest season" in football management will have a happy ending after his Burnley side beat Second Division champions Fulham to complete their great escape from the threat of relegation. The Clarets were dumped into the bottom four in
NURSES and bank workers were among the cannabis users who picnicked at Corporation Park, Blackburn, as part of a campaign to legalise the drug. Organiser David Wilson, of Bolton Road, Ewood, said he had decided to campaign for a change in the law after
DEFIANT Brian Kidd believes Blackburn Rovers will still survive in the Premiership, despite only drawing a game that ended in raging controversy at Charlton on Saturday. The Rovers boss refused to have a go at referee Gary Willard despite a disgraceful
Burnley 1 Fulham 0 - Pete Oliver's big match verdict PACK the route map away. Burnley will be on familiar territory and not heading for the footballing outposts of Torquay, Hartlepool and Cheltenham next season after guaranteeing their Second Division
Blackburn Breast Care Support Group meet Beardwood Hospital, Preston New Road, Blackburn, 7pm-9pm. Yoga, Talk and Demo - Fred Holt, professional Yoga instructor. Blackburn and District Stamp Club meet in the Feilden Room, Central Library, Town Hall Street
LANCASHIRE aimed today to shrug off their big championship defeat at Grace Road by stamping their authority on the National League title chase. The Old Trafford side took on Gloucester at Bristol and captain John Crawley said: "It is a good chance to
Chadderton 1 Darwen 2 AFTER two years without a goal, assistant manager Matt Atkinson scored two in three second half minutes minutes to earn Darwen three points at Andrew Street. Player-boss Steve Wilkes was delighted with his side after he celebrated
Vaux Northern League: Chorley 152-9 Darwen 156-7 (Chorley 2pts, Darwen 12) IN a tense finish to a very competitive match at Windsor Park, Darwen beat Chorley by three wickets with just six balls to spare. It was a well deserved victory, fashioned from
Accrington Stanley 1 Whitby Town 1 STAR striker Billy O'Callaghan has ended months of speculation by signing a new two-year contract with Accrington Stanley. The 32-goal hitman has been a revelation in his first season at the Crown and his decision to
CARL Fogarty blew hot and cold in the third round of the World Superbike Championship at Donington Park. But he still managed to stretch his championship lead to 23 points over Ducati team-mate Troy Corser after claiming a race win and a second place
RUN-CRAZY Cherry Tree set a new Ribblesdale League record for the highest total. A magnificent 111 from big-hitting Paul Reed, which included 10 sixes, backed by a rapid-fire unbeaten 99 from professional Naeem Ashraf from just 46 balls, set up a total
IF THE essence of the case for reform of the House of Lords is that it consists of an unrepresentative, unelected elite that is an affront to democracy - most manifest in the doomed hereditary peers - what is the point of replacing it another? Yet, that
AN injured Roger Harper still proved too strong for Rishton at Blackburn Road as he led champions Nelson to an impressive win. The top of the order, Duncan Spencer (60), Craig Walton (86) and Harper (64 not out), did the damge for Nelson with partnerships
Lancashire League (Sunday) NICKY Hope can do no wrong at the moment. After taking over as captain this season, Lowerhouse's fortunes have undergone a transformation and Hope is leading from the front. On Saturday, he joint top-scored with 29 in an opening
I WRITE to congratulate you and all the staff of the Lancashire Evening Telegraph, for finishing runner-up in the Daily Newspaper of the Year section of the BT North West Press and Broadcast Awards. I am delighted that the paper has also been rewarded
TRAFFIC calming is an important measure to improve the safety of residential areas and even of major roads whether by traffic bumps, chicanes or rumble strips. It is equally important that emergency services can have speedy access and egress from the
I FEEL sorry for motor racing enthusiasts who pay exorbitant prices to watch the various grand prix. Living in Rishton, I watch the "Norden Grand Prix" every day for free from my front garden. Every vehicle you may mention races along Harwood Road and
KEEN footballer and Blackburn Rovers fan Andrew Stubbens, of Rishton, is among hundreds of servicemen recently deployed to the Balkans during the Kosovo crisis. A former pupil of St Augustine's RC High School in Whalley, Andrew, 22, is an operator mechanic
LANCASHIRE South Euro MP Michael Hindley has hit out at Nato bombing raids in Yugoslavia. His comments came at a meeting at Accrington town hall organised for opponents of the current air strikes on Serb targets. Mr Hindley is one of nine Labour MEPs
A MAN has been arrested after a third blaze in less than a month hit the same caravan storage site. Police were today questioning a 20-year-old man from the Accrington area following the latest incident at Paintins Caravans, Leyland Street, Accrington
A NEW garden of memories has opened at Queen's Park Hospital in Blackburn. The project, which started two years ago, was created through the Bereavement Support Group at the hospital and the Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley Stillbirth and Neonatal
Seton Healthcare, owners of Blackburn based pharmaceuticals firm Cupal, is rumoured to be in talks with condom manufacturer London International Group about a possible merger. Converted for the new archive on 14 July 2000. Some images and formatting may
A DRIVER swerved to avoid a family of ducklings on the road then lost control of his car and rolled down an embankment. Geoffrey Taylor, 47, of Abbots Close, Rawtenstall, was travelling on the A56 Accrington bypass towards the M65 when he saw the duck
CARL Sutton and Karen Watson ensured wide interest in their wedding when they invited their pet dogs to be attendants! For the vicar wasn't the only one wearing a dog collar as the happy couple got hitched at St Anne's Church, Fence. Waiting patiently
AN 82-year-old woman died in hospital nearly three weeks after being knocked down by a car as she crossed Whalley Old Road in Little Harwood, Blackburn. And an inquest heard that the driver, Mohammed Jamander, failed to stop after the accident, leaving
CHARLTON boss Alan Curbishley believes the relegation struggle will go right to the last match and he hasn't given up hope of surviving in the Premiership, despite admitting Saturday's draw with Rovers only really benefited Southampton. After watching
RONNIE Jepson ensured he would not taste relegation for the first time in his career by conjuring up his first goal of the season to keep Burnley in the Second Division. The well-travelled striker, now with his eighth club, killed off any lingering doubts
FLAMBOYANT businesswoman Margo Grimshaw has come up with a unique idea to mark the new millennium in her own back garden. Margo, of Toad Hall, Preston New Road, Blackburn, had the idea to carve Jesus Christ into her 20ft Dutch elm tree after it died from
GREEN watchdog the Environment Agency has begun a crackdown on water pollution after being given new powers. Spills from factories, building sites and homes have affected around 28 kilometres of watercourses in East Lancashire so far this year. In recent
Charlton Athletic 0 Blackburn Rovers 0 - Peter White's big match verdict BRIAN Kidd often talks about a "price to pay" in the context of injuries and players turning out when they are not really fit. But Blackburn Rovers could well be about to pay another
Eric Leaver on the mill worker who became an ambassador for Lancashire's textile industry THE audience of 3,000 people was supposed to be lost in community singing, but that night 50 years ago they were just too excited let themselves go. Yet if the Northern
ROVERS' faint hopes of pinching the Premier League title from Manchester United disappeared at Coventry with a 2-1 defeat. But Rovers fans remained in festive mood after the final whistle with clashes against the giants of Europe whetting the appetite
A CALL for Clitheroe to thrive and not become a dormitory town for commuters has come from the town's new Mayor. Coun Patrick Shepherd, who was installed as Mayor of Clitheroe at the annual meeting, said his theme for the year would be the prosperity
Congleton 1 Great Harwood 1 GREAT Harwood's brave battle against relegation is over after Denis Underwood's men failed to pick up the three points necessary to retain their UniBond League status. Martin Horsfield's second half penalty miss ultimately
WASN'T Colne a wonderful sight on St George's Day morning? From Exchange Street you could look across to the magnificent Town Hall, with the Union Jack flag at the top, and in the foreground the three flagpoles with the Union Jack, the Lancashire Flag
LLOYD Ferreira hit the highest score by a Rawtenstall professional in Lancashire League history to put Church to the sword in a thriller at Bacup Road. South African Ferreira smashed a dazzling 154 not out - beating Michael Bevan's old mark and falling
CAN I say a big thank-you to the big kids in Burnley who enjoyed themselves at someone else's expense? The cars and vans they smashed up don't belong to the factory where they were - they were just being stored there. These children should not have been
TWO teenagers put themselves and firefighters in danger when they started a fire in an empty house in Burnley. Neighbours reported seeing the girls, aged about 13 or 14, going into the boarded-up house. Fire crews arrived in Hurtley Street at 7.10pm to
LABOUR bosses have called in the police after an Independent candidate accused them of cutting the rates on their own party offices. Burnley party chairman Maureen Martin has written to Burnley chief superintendent Mike Griffin asking him to probe as
A YOUNG woman died when a house in Padiham exploded into flames. Windows at the house in Victoria Road were blown out and flames from the ground floor lounge shot 30 feet into the air. Police patrolling the area late on Saturday were at the scene within
A JUDGE has called for market bosses to act after pens with concealed blades were said to have been sold on an East Lancashire market. Andrew Downie, 26, of Whalley Road, Accrington, admitted possessing a blade in a public place when he appeared before
PROPERTY group Birkby, which owns several major sites in East Lancashire, has hit the acquisition trail again. The firm has bought the Cobden Centre at Salford in a £340,000 deal which sees it strengthen its North West presence. The firm already owns
SMALL stock market quoted firms in Lancashire could be undervalued by as much as 50 per cent, a report out today claims. Many small firms are out of favour on the stock market as investors like pensions funds opt instead for safer investments in blue
POLICE have met Asian leaders in Nelson to ease tensions following the London nail bomb blasts. Local community leaders expressed their concerns to Inspector David Shepherd, following the targeting in the capital of minority groups and the receipt of
A MAN thought police should give him a lift home when they found him drunk in Blackburn Road, Darwen. Blackburn magistrates heard that Christopher Woodward got his lift but not to his intended destination - he was arrested and taken to the police station
