SCOTLAND skipper Colin Hendry was holding a Press conference this afternoon to talk about his situation with Rangers. But, despite long-running speculation, Blackburn Rovers continue to shrug off suggestions that they are interested in taking Hendry back
BLACKBURN Rovers' pre-season friendly at Blackpool on Saturday, July 24, will go ahead as planned with a 3pm kick-off time. Police in the resort had been considering asking for the kick-off time to be brought forward to noon because of fears about possible
I WOULD like to express my concerns as to the possible targets of Brian Kidd which I find hard to believe. Come on, Brian - Steve Harkness? Peter Fear? Give us a break! You don't need to be Brian Clough to realise you must replace quality with exactly
GIANLUCA Vialli believes Chris Sutton's move to Stamford Bridge could re-ignite the striker's England prospects. The Chelsea boss wrapped up the £10 million deal and said: "It's an ideal marriage. We hope at the end of the season we can celebrate something
I AM writing on behalf of Foulridge Minors Football Club to thank ex-Claret Derek Scott for attending our annual presentation evening on June 26. Derek also brought along his son, Chris, and Craig Mawson, both current Burnley players. Both young men conducted
A TOP-level inquiry has been launched after it was revealed that potentially dangerous air pistols, which are being offered on a premium rate telephone line, could be obtained by children. Police and trading standards chiefs are investigating the availability
CRICKET must keep moving with the times. The one-day, limited-overs game is here to stay. The one-day game is not just a showcase for sloggers. There is scope for all styles within its framework. I was an opponent of the change at the outset, but have
Blackburn and District Probus Club meet St Silas's Church Hall, Preston New Road, Blackburn, 10.30am. Rossendale Aviation Society meet Haslingden Cricket Club, 8pm. Lupus Support Group meet St John's Centre, Victoria Street, Blackburn, 1.30pm. Blackburn
A POPULAR music festival in a picturesque village has been hailed a great success. Music enthusiasts from across the county attended the Ribchester Music Festival at the historic St Wilfrid's Church. The festival has gone from strength to strength since
THE fight against Aids was carried into the Asian community, as health chiefs believed the safe sex message was not reaching ethnic minorities. Two education officers were appointed by the CommuniCare health trust to teach their own community about HIV
AWARDED £67,000 by a court after claiming she was brought to the brink of a nervous breakdown by the pressure of her 18-hour week as a council housing officer, Midlands mother-of-two Beverley Lancaster makes legal history as the first person to get an
WE have all this talk about cancellation of Third World countries' debts, with even an East Lancashire vicar joining the protests at the world economic summit in Germany (LET, June 19). Now, we read that President Mugabe, of Zimbabwe, is to build a £500,000
HAVING heard on the grapevine that Lancashire Constabulary's Chief Constable Pauline Clare, is closing the Lancashire Constabulary police canteen at Leyland's police station, to save funds, I am not surprised that the police are up in arms over the grim
IN Britain, people's awareness of their pension rights is startlingly low. At any one time, about seven million people only have a state pension. Hundreds of thousands of pensioners are entitled to Income Support but do not claim and one million people
DAV Whatmore travelled south with Lancashire today for one of the last times. Whatmore and the players set off for Southampton for tomorrow's NatWest Trophy tie against Hampshire in the knowledge that the Old Trafford committee have decided to release
I AM truly ecstatic that readers and contributors to the Letters Page, such as Granville Broadhurst, have their fingers on the pulse of elections, whether these are the ones concerning local or European elections. Perhaps when Jon Snow, the television
TRAFFIC snarl-ups in Burnley town centre caused by the start of water mains renewal could get worse before they get better. Temporary traffic lights and lane closures are affecting the crossroads of Manchester Road, Hammerton Street and Finsley Gate.
I AM a single parent with three children and am finding it very hard financially. I heard that single parents are better off working. I was claiming Income Support with incapacity benefit and thought about what I would be able to give my children if I
TWO bag snatches near to Burnley bus station just after 6pm yesterday may be linked. A woman in her 20s was walking near the top of the subway near to the Gala Social Club when a man approached her from behind and grabbed the straps of her shoulder bag
A LEADING East Lancashire manufacturer is looking for more than 60 job losses across its two sites. Decorpart of Nelson and sister firm Presspart Manufacturing of Blackburn have blamed a downturn in worldwide demand for some of their products for the
BURNLEY Council is to appoint a "fast-track" officer to lead the fight against vandals, wreckers and louts. Council policy chiefs are also calling for more police on the streets to stamp out crime - even if it means putting up council taxes to do so.
A NEW contract could mean a new role for Mark Robertson who's ready to challenge recent signing Dean West for a place in the Burnley side this season. Robertson has agreed terms to stay on at Turf Moor after his first contract with the Clarets expired
A MAN was due to appear in court today charged with murdering his brother-in-law, who died after he was found unconscious at a house in Accrington. Officers who answered a 999 call from a house in Higher Antley Street at 12.30am yesterday found father-of-three
THE face of the National Health Service is changing all the time. Long hospital stays are being replaced by day surgery where patients are whisked in, treated and sent home within a few hours. But the advent of technology has also allowed NHS staff to
WE ARE a group of Manchester United fans angered by the withdrawal of our team from the FA Cup. We have created a petition/comments board to let people see what we, the fans, think about it, and it has been given a lot of support across the country. The
RAIL bosses have revealed that the booking office at Blackburn railway station may be moved to platform level as part of the current £5.5million regeneration project. Discussions are taking place between the landlord of the station, Railtrack, and train
A NEW contract could mean a new role for Mark Robertson who's ready to challenge recent signing Dean West for a place in the Burnley side this season. Robertson has agreed terms to stay on at Turf Moor after his first contract with the Clarets expired
CHRIS Sutton has revealed his regrets about telling Ewood fans earlier this year that he would be staying no matter what happened in the relegation battle. The formalities of the England striker's £10 million move from Blackburn Rovers to Chelsea were
A DOCTOR launched a blistering attack on hospital managers for not protecting their staff. Dr Gordon Maden, a psychiatric consultant at Burnley and Rossendale hospitals, took his fight for tighter security to the BMA's annual conference, which called
THE 1999-2000 league campaign kicks off on Sunday, August 22. But before that, Wednesday, August 4 is the next big date for clubs as all teams will need to register their players for the opening games. Any new teams requiring information should contact
THE disclosure that potentially-dangerous air pistols, which could easily get into the hands of children, are on offer as free gifts on a £1-a-minute premium rate phone line is worrying. But equally disturbing is the ease with which such questionable,
AFTER 2,000 years of Christianity, was the bombing of defenceless people the only answer to the Kosovo problem that politicians could come up with? And will they sweep under the carpet the atrocities carried out by the KLA as they have done with the IRA
IT WAS a fitting climax to the Darwen Hotels League season - four of the top half-dozen players in the league battling it out for the knockout championship. . . . Except that Cemetery's dynamic duo of Gaz Hampson and Andy Maudsley buried youngsters Justin
Stable Tips SAFFIZZ is to have an operation this week for a soft palate after the vet said he had a 'flag' twice the size it should be. This has caused a lack of oxygen when he comes under pressure in races and has definitely restricted him in the closing
WILPSHIRE professional Simon Townend propelled himself into the final stage of qualifying for next week's Open Championship with a hole-in-one yesterday. Townend holed his five-iron at the par-three fourth at Ormskirk on his way to making it through from
WHAT a fiasco the new passport system is. There didn't appear to be any real attempt to give prior warning to the public. There should have been a big publicity campaign last year. Why wasn't the system even delayed until 2000 so that travellers had plenty
THE Moorland landscape around Burnley and Pendle is in danger of being destroyed by wind farm developers, a Euro-MP has warned. Chris Davies, the new Liberal Democrat representative for the North West, has made clear his opposition to wind farm schemes
STORMS and flash floods left a trail of damage and devastation as freak midsummer weather left parts of East Lancashire in chaos. Cars were swept away, houses, shops and mills were flooded and at one house in Rawtenstall the river came over the garden
CHRIS Sutton has revealed his regrets about telling Ewood fans earlier this year that he would be staying no matter what happened in the relegation battle. The formalities of the England striker's £10 million move from Blackburn Rovers to Chelsea were
A TOP-level inquiry has been launched after it was revealed that potentially dangerous air pistols, which are being offered on a premium rate telephone line, could be obtained by children. Police and trading standards chiefs are investigating the availability
STORMS and flash floods left a trail of damage and devastation as freak midsummer weather left parts of East Lancashire in chaos. Cars were swept away, houses, shops and mills were flooded and at one house in Rawtenstall the river came over the garden
