Stories for 27 August 1999
Accrington News
A QUARRYING firm is breaking rules laid down by planning chiefs - and its site near Accrington could be closed down if it does not step into line, the county council warned today. more...
Blackburn Business
MANUFACTURERS are expecting output to climb strongly during the rest of the year, according to a survey released today. more...
A MUDFLAP manufacturer is making more inroads into Europe! more...
SHARES in Northern Leisure, which owns Genesis in Burnley, jumped on the stock market amid talk that it was in preliminary talks over a £450 million merger. more...
PAUL Covell has been appointed sales director at Rawtenstall-based First Business Support. more...
Blackburn Leisure
TWO firemen were injured fighting a town centre blaze which caused damage running into tens of thousands of pounds and left part of a building in danger of possible collapse. more...
THE Great British Rhythm and Blues Festival got off to a cracking start in Colne. more...
Fair, Corporation Park, Blackburn. more...
Blackburn News
Wright On! - a wry look at life, with Shelley Wright more...
INTERNATIONAL STAGE more...
IN reply to Mr McDermott (Letters, August 16), although he did not mention me by name I take it that he was referring to me as I am the only male councillor in Ewood ward. more...
THERE is no way that I can possibly begin to put into words the pain and distress your comment (LET, August 20) caused the residents (Jack Straw's constituents) of Ewood caravan site in Blackburn. more...
I HAVE never found it necessary to buy a national newspaper - daily or Sunday - relying solely on television and the Lancashire Evening Telegraph to provide a selection of national and international news items. more...
REGARDING your article 'Haulage boss slams traffic scheme' (LET, August 18), I get fed up of motorists moaning and groaning about humps, bumps and what have you on our roads. more...
WHEN is Tony Blair going to get it into his thick skull that the majority of people in this country do not want to have a European currency. more...
MAY I compliment you on your excellent editorial (LET, August 20) supporting Jack Straw's honest comments on itinerant travellers? more...
CRITICISED today by Chief Constable Pauline Clare and Blackburn with Darwen Council leader Malcolm Doherty for our coverage of the police force's crackdown campaigns against drink-driving, this newspaper accepts one of the raps and rejects the other. more...
SURELY the reason why K. Sowerbutts (Letters, August 20) has never seen a fox is because he spends his entire life writing to your paper! more...
THE hitherto-coy Conservative group on Blackburn with Darwen Council shows its mettle and principle at last - and acts over the case of Councillor Edna Arnold by booting her into limbo. more...
POLICE and council chiefs have joined forces to criticise the Lancashire Evening Telegraph over its coverage of drink-driving campaigns. more...
VIOLENT crime and assaults in Lancashire have soared over the last year, according to official statistics. more...
A RACE watchdog scandal which has already claimed the jobs of two Blackburn and Darwen Labour councillors has hit a leading Tory. more...
AROUND 50 men were involved in a mass brawl after fighting broke out between rival groups in the Audley area of Blackburn. more...
A NEW retail park in Blackburn will open for business on Bank Holiday Monday with two of the seven units on the site still unoccupied. more...
Blackburn Sport
EGIL Ostenstad believes Blackburn Rovers just need to strike it lucky as they head for Norwich tomorrow, struggling to find their feet in the First Division. more...
CLARETS captain Gordon Armstrong is preparing to take on Stoke City at Turf Moor tomorrow, optimistic that Burnley can maintain their upward curve in the Second Division. more...
ACCRINGTON STANLEY duo Mark Brennan and Russell Payne look set to be ruled out of tomorrow's trip to Matlock Town. more...
THE Ovalworld Super League has developed into a terrific climax. more...
RIVAL chairmen Jack Kirkland and Eric Whalley are standing united against the decision to allow Conference rejects Barrow into the UniBond Premier Division. more...
ST ANNES captain Terry Wood has taken over top place in the Terry Sayers Merit Awards following his latest 21-8 away win which yielded two points for a total 18 and 58 aggregate. more...
COLNE bowler Glyn Shuttleworth is at the centre of the action at the Ighten Mount club this weekend as yet another season reaches an exciting climax. more...
BLACKBURN'S Jason Lobo bowed out of the World Athletics Championships in Seville last night - but immediately set his sights on the Sydney Olympics. more...
PETER Martin maintained his purple patch to earn Lancashire vital bonus points at Worcester. more...
CARL Fogarty has refused to rule out a move to the Grand Prix circuit next season. more...
CLITHEROE boss Steve Parry reflected on his side's poor start to the new season but insisted: "There's no panic!" more...
A SINGLE goal separated the teams in this dour encounter last night when the referee was busier than either goalkeeper. more...
EWOOD skipper Jason Wilcox spoke up on behalf of his Blackburn Rovers team-mates today and told worried fans - We're all backing Brian Kidd and we'll get it right. more...
MICKY Mellon will be fit to continue his resurgence in the Clarets midfield when Burnley bid to halt Stoke City's revival in its tracks at Turf Moor tomorrow. more...
EGIL Ostenstad believes Blackburn Rovers just need to strike it lucky as they head for Norwich tomorrow, struggling to find their feet in the First Division. more...
CLARETS captain Gordon Armstrong is preparing to take on Stoke City at Turf Moor tomorrow, optimistic that Burnley can maintain their upward curve in the Second Division. more...
Division One: Norwich City v Blackburn Rovers - Peter White's match preview more...
Division Two: Burnley v Stoke City - Pete Oliver's match preview more...
Blackpool News
WEDDING bells are still ringing in the ears of two Thornton residents - even after 68 years of marriage. more...
BLACKPOOL'S Paul Carpenter has pocketed £750 by coming second in the Hamlet American Pool Championship held in Sheffield. more...
LYTHAM'S 70-year-old jetty could be raised to new heights with a £190,000 rejuvenation project. more...
CITIZEN readers have almost solved the mystery of a statue missing for more than ten years. more...
ANY threat to close Blackpool Victoria Hospital's cardiac unit was "absurd and ridiculous" said Wyre MP Hilton Dawson this week. more...
BLACKPOOL Pleasure Beach's bid to take over the loss-making Sandcastle leisure complex is worth pursuing, says the council's leader. more...
FYLDE Rugby Union Club hopes it has hooked a lifesaving supermarket deal to convert its £450,000 debt into profit. more...
CAR thieves are being driven out of town in central Blackpool. more...
IS it not time something was done about Talbot Road bus station in Blackpool? more...
A TEAM of Lancashire firefighters have spoken frankly about their experiences in Turkey as they desperately sought to find survivors of last week's tragic earthquake more...
WHY has the Government sanctioned new trials of GM crops? Who needs them? more...
A UNIQUE partnership which changes the face of adult education in South Fylde is about to get off the ground. more...
FOR some weeks rumours of impending changes to the No 44 bus service have caused concern for many elderly residents of north Cleveleys who depend on this service. more...
AS big surprises go, this one's huge. more...
I READ with utter dismay of the possible closure of the Blackpool Victoria Hospital's heart unit. more...
BRAVE Blackpool woman Barbara Page got a bird's eye view of the town this week as she abseiled down The Big One to raise funds for the RNLI. more...
A MULTI-million pound new supermarket and shops scheme for Fleetwood town centre came a step closer this week. more...
A WEEKLY lottery is being set up to save lives throughout the North West. more...
BLACKPOOL is becoming known as a no-go area for travelling thieves, druggies and burglars, according to police. more...
MILK deliverers across Poulton, Thornton, Cleveleys and Fleetwood are to become eyes and ears for Wyre police. more...
A WEALTHY businessman is offering a £500 reward after more than £6,000 worth of valuables were stolen from his room in the Imperial Hotel. more...
Blackpool Sport
GILLINGHAM have confirmed they will not push for Blackpool to have a point deducted because of the circumstances leading to the Seasiders scoring the equaliser in Saturday's 1-1 draw (Aug 21). more...
IT was one long yawn for spectators at the Vaux Northern League Division One game at Fox Lane on Saturday (Aug 21) when Leyland, replying to Blackpool' 166-8, made no effort to chase the runs and boringly batted out for a draw from the very first ball of their innings, finishing on 95-6. more...
ALLAN Donald's autobiography, White Lightning, is appropriately titled, as he is one of the modern breed of fast bowlers who can register speeds of over 90 miles per hour on a regular basis. more...
Division One: more...
BLACKPOOL fell 4-3 on aggregate to Tranmere in a messy Worthington Cup second leg game at Prenton Park on Tuesday night (Aug 24) - again. more...
THINGS must be ticking over quite nicely at Bloomfield Road - not one Blackpool supporter has a grievance they want addressing by chairman Karl Oyston. more...
RESULTS of the quarter final knockout cup matches in the Lytham St Annes Darts and Dominoes Summer League: Ansdell Institute 10, Sports Club Bar 14; Lytham Catholic 12, British Legion 14; Lytham Leisure 6, Lytham Ex Service 18. more...
BLACKPOOL Rangers are kicking off the new season in style after at last finding a kit sponsor. more...
Bolton Business
LANTOR (UK) Ltd, of St Helens Road, Bolton, has been nominated for a prestigious Norweb Business Energy Award, following a successful investment of £29,000 in the latest electrical technology to improve production.
The Bolton textile company are market leaders in the manufacture of non-woven products and laminated composites for medical, industrial and personal protection applications.
The firm, in the past, has had problems with its long wave infra-red heating unit used to melt fusible adhesive powders. more...
BOLTON businesses including Lloyds TSB, Morrisons, Halifax and the Reebok Stadium have been nominated for a national award by their customers. more...
PDP (Promotions Department Partnership), the sales promotion and design consultancy, has appointed Tracy Hargreaves as PR Director. more...
Bolton Leisure
MY partner returned home from Los Angeles only a few weeks ago so it seemed appropriate to pay a visit to Westhoughton's own American diner Quincey's. more...
BOLTON Strings Together Ensemble, junior strings together approximate grades 1-3, 9.30am-10.45am and advanced ensemble, approximate grades 4-7, 11am-12.15pm, Somerset Road United Reformed Church, off Chorley New Road. more...
Bolton News
I WRITE in response to a letter printed on August 18, and written by Mrs Whittaker. more...
THE STONE pillars and the sign is all that remains of the old Bolton Royal Infirmary off Chorley New Road. more...
25 YEARS AGO more...
FAST-TRACK GCSE pupils at Harper Green School are stealing the limelight after scooping science and art exams a year early. more...
A CONTROVERSIAL sheltered housing scheme was given the go ahead by Bolton's planning councillors yesterday. more...
WHY do you think that people are fed up of a government that sucks up to the rich, attacks single mothers, the disabled, some in wheelchairs, and has clipped away at pensioners' benefits? My family and I have voted Labour for the past 60 years - but no more! Come out of the woods and grasp the nettle. Please ask people the real reason. I read your articles. They are good! Blair will be out of office at the next election. more...
THIEVES plundered 14 Bolton graves, stealing stone kerbing sets in an overnight raid. more...
WHEN Abbie Paton of Greater Manchester Action on Smoking writes of "the growing evidence of the health damage associated with passive smoking" (Letter, August 19) she is peddling a myth. In America, a review by the Environmental Protection Agency designed to show the harmful effects of passive smoking was overturned in court in 1998. A similar thing happened in Australia. more...
PLANNING councillors are to meet representatives from town centre businesses before they decide whether two out of town shopping schemes can go ahead.
They deferred a decision yesterday on whether to grant planning permission for a £35 million shopping and leisure designer village development in the Tonge Valley and on a £20 million factory outlet centre at Middlebrook.
Council planning officers were recommending that both schemes should be refused because of their impact on Bolton town centre. more...
SIX young men from Bolton enjoyed a fact finding and skill building trip to Namibia. more...
COULD you follow in the kindly footsteps of Bolton woman Christine Hough? more...
FOUR hundred mourners packed a Leigh church yesterday for the double funeral of work colleagues who plunged to their death from an eighth floor hotel window. more...
He's a nice man, more...
A COUPLE from America are trying urgently to track down lost friends and relatives in Bolton before they return home next Thursday. more...
BOLTON Festival enters its twenty-first year of providing showcases for all the family today, with variety the key to its success. more...
MOST of the 50 jobs lost at a towel makers in Horwich were lost to Portugal, after Marks and Spencers took its order abroad. more...
COULD I just ask who on the council cares about the Tonge area? Councillors promise great things will be happening while canvassing before elections. Then nothing gets done. more...
A SMALL village school has been told it gives good value for money by education watchdogs.
Ofsted say the strengths of St Saviour's (Ringley) outweigh any weaknesses and that pupils make good progress during their time at the school.
According to the report, the Church of England primary is committed to helping its 114 pupils achieve high standards in a caring and stimulating learning environment. more...
A SINGER claims she is being blocked from working in North-west pubs and clubs by agents who discriminate against her blindness. more...
A GROUP of elderly women claim they are being terrorised by Bolton teenagers.
Windows have been broken, bottles smashed and verbal abuse thrown at them during the last six months, one of the victims alleges.
Police are regularly called out to Daffodil Road, Farnworth, during the disturbances, sometimes twice in one night. more...
TRANSCO, the Bolton-based gas pipeline company, has awarded a contract worth more than £30 million to McAlpine Pressugh to construct a new high-pressure gas pipeline.
McAlpine Pressugh will be responsible for designing and building the 40-kilometre pipeline which will run between Mawdesley in Lancashire and Warrington in Cheshire.
They will also carry out a large-scale environmental reinstatement programme once construction work is complete. more...
GENEROUS Bolton folk have been coming up with fund-raising ideas for earthquake-hit Turkey. more...
EARLY results indicate Bolton's GCSE pupils have beaten last year's record success as schools celebrate a "phenomenal" pass rate. more...
WHEN Bolton mum Julie Rudd left school, little did she realise that she would be returning to the very same classroom - 30 years later! more...
A MAN and woman dived through a window to escape a huge flat blast. more...
STUDENTS across Bolton have recorded their best GCSE results yet, with many pupils now opting for further education. more...
THE head of Wigan and Bolton Health Authority says farewell today. more...
BOLTON Council tell us that David Blunkett has told them to save money by reducing school surplus places. Bolton Council then take the easy option to close schools, hiding behind the Government and the working party. more...
I AM a citizen (not subject) of Britain, and a local authority worker. more...
CRAIG Smith and Nora Howcroft are staging another concert in aid of Bolton Hospice on Sunday, November 14 at the Albert Halls, Bolton. more...
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THIS week is National Fishing Week. It is a wonderful opportunity for young and old alike, to participate in the most wonderful recreation in the world. more...
Bolton Sport
LIKE a certain Mark Twain, the report of Per Frandsen's imminent demise was exaggerated, big style.
The Denmark international was claimed in one tabloid to be suffering from such a serious back injury that he was destined for a long, long lay-off. more...
INTERNATIONAL snubs for Per Frandsen and Jussi Jaaskelainen mean it is now almost certain that the Wanderers-Birmingham game on Sunday, Sept 5 will go ahead as scheduled (ko 4pm). more...
KEITH Branagan captured the spirit of record-breaking pre-war days as he warmed up for tomorrow's Reebok derby duel with Manchester City. more...
Burnley News
TEACHER Paul Kabrna has become something of a TV celebrity in his school and he's not yet appeared on screen! more...
POLICE were appalled when they saw the savagery and viciousness of an attack on a man near Burnley bus station. more...
A HIGH school bidding for language college status is appealing for cash donations to help raise £50,000 by October 8. more...
A BANNED driver took a car and then put it back before the owner even knew it had been missing, Burnley magistrates heard. more...
Bury Business
UP for the challenge - that's two Bury students who are to be moulded into "leaders for the future". more...
EMPLOYERS in Bury are being offered the chance to chew over ways of improving job prospects for people with disabilities. more...
BURY is the venue for a major North West conference on environmental protection in the construction industry. more...
Bury News
CORONATION Street cameras were in Prestwich this week for the soap wedding of the year - and they'll be back next week to film a funeral. more...
BURY'S blueprint to take its housing policy into the new millennium was published this week more...
"MR Tottington", Councillor Bill Johnson, has thrown his weight behind a campaign to stop the town being swamped by property developers. more...
A PUBLIC meeting, to encourage hands-on support for the future management of a Bury nature reserve, has been hailed a success. more...
TEN years ago a Bury charity started in a disused portable cabin. Now the Bury Portage Service enjoys a bigger base and offers help and advice to over 100 clients. more...
A COMMUNITY has been stunned by an attack on a blind, cerebral palsy suffer as he walked alone through a Bury park. more...
AN association to promote the interests of people in Fernhill, Bury, is now up and running. more...
THE work of a top Impressionist is on show at Bury Art Gallery at the moment - and Rory Bremner is nowhere to be seen. more...
A NEW Government campaign to cut deaths and injuries from chip pan fires has been welcomed by Bury North MP David Chaytor. more...
HISTORIANS with a knowledge of the past are being asked to help trade unionists prepare for the future. more...
MANY thanks to "Fair Minded" of Ramsbottom (Your Letters, Aug 13) for his encyclical concerning footpath fouling and especially for his resume of Chapter 32 of the Book of Proverbs touching upon "Punishment of Horse Owners Whose Animals Defecate Upon Highways" (a very tasteful subject)! more...
IT is my pleasure to be a long-term acquaintance of Mrs Yvonne Wright, one of the Bolton Street traders, and I wish to offer her some encouragement in the good work she is doing for Bury and its inhabitants. more...
I WRITE as the president of the Bury Chamber of Trade, an organisation that represents many retailers in the town, with regard to the siting of the fair on The Rock. I would welcome the opportunity to advise all interested parties - whether shoppers or retailers - that we have reached a solution with those parties most likely to be affected. more...
BARRACKS Lodge Community Association has been constituted to protect and enhance the amenity and environment of the area around Barracks Lodge, Bury, and the adjacent open space - our "village green" as we see it. more...
ON Saturday, August 21, I planned to attend a meeting in London which meant an early start on Metrolink. more...
IN response to the letters objecting to the fair being held on The Rock car park, the following needs to be understood: more...
MR Eccles of Paraphernalia (Your Letters, Aug 20), that undisputed champion of the poorly paid and needy, is taking up arms on our behalf to fight the nasty council's decision to site a fun fair on The Rock. more...
FURTHER to the furore about the fair (Your Letters, Aug 20), I wish to add my voice. more...
THERE are people in this town who get things done and then there are those who moan about what has not been done for them. The only time we hear from The Rock traders, they are moaning! more...
A COLLECTIVE sigh of relief may have been heard yesterday when pupils received their GCSE results. more...
"LESSONS must be learnt" stressed health bosses following a massive hospital inquiry into a shamed Bury surgeon. more...
THREE Bury firefighters are to blaze a trail in Australia in a championship competition. more...
WELL and truly up to the "mark" - that's the pioneering Pinfold Lane Centre in Whitefield. more...
A SINGER from Bury claims she is being blocked from working in North-west pubs and clubs by agents who discriminate against her blindness. more...
AN angry parish priest who has seen his church targeted by young vandals has delivered a stern sermon to their parents. more...
GREATER Manchester Police (GMP) have launched a new offensive in the fight against racism. more...
A GRIEVING widower whose wife died of cancer says the report in to the surgeon who dismissed his wife as a "silly woman" comes too late. more...
ANGRY relatives of a patient who died in the care of Mr Baumber are calling for a radical change in the "closed-ranks" culture of the NHS. more...
A Bury woman who has dedicated her life to helping others made the ultimate commitment last month when she took her final vows as a Maryknoll Missioner in Guatemala. more...
Bury Sport
LEE RICHARDSON stands by to make his Bury debut at Bristol City tomorrow in what could be a new look Shakers line-up. more...
Worthington Cup, First Round, second leg more...
WITH a dad who is a disc jockey, it was no surprise when Lee Gueller also became a jock. more...
SWINTON chief executive Tony Barrow welcomed the step back towards winter Rugby League as the Lions prepared for the final match of the season at Leigh on Sunday. more...
RADCLIFFE Borough supremo Bernard Manning is spearheading an ambitious consortium bidding to take charge of Oldham Athletic. more...
Chorley News
IN response to the article about the Clayton Brook playscheme in the August 12 edition. more...
CLAYTON Brook's community house has once again been slammed as a waste of time and tenants' money, according to one local councillor. more...
I WOULD just like to make a complaint about the local police and joyriders around the Clayton Brook estate. more...
CHORLEY fire-fighters found themselves involved in a race against time to save a family's pets during a blaze which wrecked a house in Adlington. more...
LAST year I applied to North British Housing Association for accommodation on the Clayton Brook estate, but was turned down. more...
CHORLEY folk are being offered the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to appear in the Millennium Dome. more...
CHORLEY'S duty pharmacy on Sunday August 29 will be G F O'brien T/A Parkinsons 97 Market Street. more...
KIND-hearted Chorley folk have rallied round following the Citizen's shocking front page story last week about a callous thief who robbed a teenager of a CD and cash while he was having an epileptic fit. more...
SICK of paying over the odds for a pint of orange cordial down the pub? more...
A CAMPAIGN to encourage the Chorley public to shop drink-drivers to the police has been so successful that it is going international. more...
Westminster diary with MP Lindsay Hoyle more...
WHO said A-levels were getting easier? more...
SKATE to success - that's Chloe Millard's aim. more...
SCHOOL-leavers and young adults looking for work are set to benefit from a new training centre in Chorley. more...
AN EUXTON-based fire-fighter who assisted the rescue effort in Turkey following last week's earthquake has spoken of the horrors he faced. more...
DON'T be surprised if you see two men in hiking gear wandering the moors around Chorley over the coming months. more...
LIBERTY Mounten is considered by professionals who have worked with Elvis impressionists to be the finest to appear on stage anywhere in the world. more...
A SENSORY garden inspired by Chorley's Bankside Centre has received the thumbs up from Britain's best-known botanist. more...
A FAMILY of five from Chorley are `thanking their lucky stars' after jetting out of Turkey just hours before the devastating earthquake struck killing tens of thousands of people. more...
Chorley Sport
VAUX NORTHERN LEAGUE more...
CHORLEY Athletic Club's Eloise Manger out-threw her rival competitors to take victory in the under-15s girls javelin in the last of the Mid-Lancs League meets at Nelson's Seedhill track. more...
WITHNELL have snatched the lead at the top of the Red Arrow Services Chorley and District Cricket League after Brinscall slumped to a shock defeat at the weekend. more...
PREMIERSHIP rugby league will be staying in Chorley next season. more...
YOUNG Chorley Harrier Keith Johnston put on another good show at Haigh Hall. more...
Adlington ARLFC 32 Pudsey ARLFC 30
IN a very entertaining game, Rangers just pipped their Yorkshire opponents thanks to a last minute penalty from D Brooks. more...
CHORLEY cricket club suffered a double defeat against Morecambe at the weekend. more...
WHITE Coppice seconds have raced away to become champions of the Red Arrow Services Chorley and District Cricket League Division Two. more...
FA CUP PRELIMINARY ROUND more...
Clitheroe News
CHEF Scott O'Sullivan is going Down Under to cook up a new life for himself. more...
Colne News
AN overjoyed mum cuddled her baby daughter today as she described how the tiny tot came back from the brink of death after stopping breathing in a health centre. more...
A MOTORIST who died in a head-on smash at an accident blackspot may have caused the crash by trying to light a cigarette, an inquest heard. more...
A SUPERGROUP of world-famous rhythm and blues stars look set to make this weekend's 10th Great British Rhythm and Blues Festival in Colne the best yet. more...
Darwen News
A TAXI driver is claiming police ignored his plea for help in catching the vandal who smashed his windscreen because they feared a riot. more...
ANIMAL lover Golda Stelinski today vowed to fight on behalf of three geese who face being banished from their home for making too much noise. more...
DISTRICT nursing sister Maureen Littler is swapping her wellington boots for walking shoes as she settles into retirement after a career spanning more than 40 years. more...
Lancaster News
A WOMAN who was awarded £450,000 following a botched operation has been jailed for 12 months. more...
PUB manageress Yvonne Lomas knows the importance of going that extra yard with customer service and that's why she's memorised the names of 200 customers at the Hest Bank near Lancaster and their favourite drinks. more...
AFTER 24 weeks of hard work and training, Morecambe may be about to witness the birth of at least five new businesses. The budding entrepreneurs have been trained and assisted by the resort's BEST Business Centre. Robert Harris, project leader, says "It's exciting to see businesses developing from no more than a germ of an idea to the point where they are about to become a commercial reality. It is essential for budding entrepreneurs to undertake sound formal business training" more...
MORECAMBE'S MP Geraldine Smith is to meet with the Dukes to discuss how the Lancaster-based theatre company can strengthen its profile in the resort. more...
ARMOURED police searching for suspect criminals at properties in Morecambe mistakenly forced their way into the homes of two terrified pensioners this week. more...
MORECAMBE'S Single Regeneration Budget is offering a helping hand to local childcare groups. more...
FIREFIGHTERS spent three and a half hours dousing a fire at 26, Bould Street in Morecambe this week. more...
THE Youth Hostel Association want to open a hostel in Lancaster. more...
THE closure of a farm which breeds cats for scientific experiments has put a great strain on RSPCA catteries. more...
THE city council has deferred a decision on which company is given the go-ahead for the multi-million pound redevelopment of Kingsway in Lancaster, writes Paul Wilkinson. more...
MOST pubs in the area will be staying open for New Year's Eve according to chairman of the Lancaster Victuallers' Association Jack Lennon. The pub licensee's trade paper, The Publican, published a national survey which stated that most pubs will not be able to pay the wages of staff on the big night. But Mr Lennon commented: "I know that big chains like Yates' are talking about closing but the average tenant and licensee will find a way, I'm sure. The problem is going to be in big cities not places like Lancaster and Morecambe." That said, the wages and the booking prices for the night are very high. I've thought of little else for a long time and I know I'm not alone." more...
THE police bomb disposal unit were called Middleton Sands when a smoke mortar bomb was discovered at the weekend. more...
AT LEAST two families will not be sending their children to school when the new academic year starts next week. They will not allow them to attend Skerton High School. more...
A MORECAMBE man who raped a kind natured12-year-old and attempted to have sex with her in his park keepers' shed has been jailed for eight years. more...
DAWN drugs raids continued throughout Morecambe yesterday (Wednesday) netting another 18 arrests during "Operation Herring." more...
THE doors to Lancaster's very first yoga studios open next week. more...
A FORMER army lieutenant on the run for driving offences embarked on an £8,400 deception and theft spree - but returned to Morecambe to give himself up. more...
WORK on the new St Martin's College sports complex is racing ahead and will be completed before the end of the century. more...
A POISONOUS fish attacked a young girl at Throbsaw Point in Heysham this week. more...
ELDERLY Lancaster residents enjoying their newly installed gas central heating were left stunned this week after disconnection notices dropped through their letterboxes. more...
LANCASTER Town Hall clock is in the running for a complete face-lift in time for the new millennium. more...
THE second Lancaster Farmers' Market, which takes place next Wednesday, September 1, is expected to be bigger and better thanks to the support and enthusiasm of local people. more...
WAS it our friendly local bobbies who were out in numbers on Tuesday morning or had Darth Vader dispatched an invasion force to take over Morecambe? more...
THREE cheers for Healthwise's 'Prevent Bullying' leaflet (Citizen: August 19); children from parental care and crowded together in schools need all the protection we can give them. more...
MAY I, as an outsider, timorously offer my four-pennyworth to the debate on the naming of the so-called 'Millennium Bridge.' Some might consider that title as not showing much imagination. more...
IT WOULD appear that we have a band of vigilantes living in the Slyne Road area of Skerton who have nothing better to do that watch dog walkers and monitor their every step. I refer in particular to the two vehicles driving along Slyne Road at approximately 2 o'clock on Saturday August 14 and other individuals who live in the area who had the audacity to blow their horns to inform me that my dog was in the process of relieving himself. As a mature, responsible adult I am well aware of the bodily functions of my dog and carry the appropriate equipment with which to clean up. However, I find it exceedingly difficult to perform this task until the offensive material has physically departed from said animal! In addition to this, on the odd occasion when the offensive material has not been removed immediately, I am appalled by the disgusting abuse that comes out of the mouths of these people. May I suggest that in future, these people clean up their manner in the same way I clean up after my dog. If these vigilantes genuinely felt so strongly about this matter, then instead of wasting their time harassing innocent individuals, they would do better constructively petitioning Lancaster City Council into providing the appropriate dog litter bins etc. Also, I wonder, are these individuals the same parents of the youngsters who frequently deposit litter, spit and swear in my area? I know which I prefer! more...
AFTER reading the letter from Col Lloyd I felt I had to put pen to paper due to the comments he made about "the assorted tramps, dossers, wastrels, beggars, general ne'er do wells and anti-social elements" as he called them. more...
AFTER reading letters on the subject of the Millennium Bridge in the 19 August issue, I suggest it should be named John O'Gaunt Bridge after the man who really put Lancaster on the map. more...
MY wife and I write most strongly in respect to the most honourable Col. Arthur Lloyd from Bowerham's letter of August 15, part of which flippantly, even jokingly, denigrates people who have slept on the streets. more...
Thank you for the terrific response to my advert last week re Kelly my missing cat. She has been found safe and well thanks to a kind gent called Roger and his assistance in trapping her. more...
Lancaster Sport
Morecambe 3 Hereford 2 THE first half of this match was what football is supposed to be all about - pure entertainment. more...
Winsford Utd 0 Lancaster City 2 VICTORY finally came for City this season on Tuesday night when they ran out comfortable winners against Winsford. more...
LANCASTER had an easy win against Tyldesley in this Northern Counties League fixture which proved to be a useful training exercise for counter attacking and shooting. more...
IT'S the sexiest of brand new sports in the world - and this Morecambe lad is the new European champion. more...
A GREAT performance on Tuesday night but, let me assure you, none of us are getting too carried away here at City. We need another three or four players and I hope I will have another player on the books for you by this Saturday's home match against Frickley. I'm currently in talks with one player and the signs are good although, of course, you never know in football. In the meantime I'm very pleased with the players I have. Chris Ward who is just 18 was outstanding on Tuesday - he did things I've never seen him do and he gave it all he had. Mark Cheal was also worthy of mention for his performance. I took him off injured after 40 minutes but only as a precaution. It wasn't just those two though. The whole team were superb and I hope to put the same side out on again Saturday. We aim to entertain I notice our crowds are creeping up. If we show the same level of skill on Saturday I've no doubt our fans will be back for more. more...
OUR win over Hereford Town was a tremendous boost for us and sets us up for our two games over the bank holiday weekend. more...
MOTORCYCLE racer Karl Moss from Dolphinholme arrived on the Isle of Man this week for the Manx Grand Prix and proceeded to blow away his previous best lap of 105 mph average with a blistering time of 110.40 mph average on what is basically a stock Suzuki GSXR 750. Last year Karl went to the Island in the newcomers class and away with fourth place against stiff opposition. But this year he is competing in the senior class and is yet again up at the pointed end of proceedings. When asked why the sudden improvement he replied the softer tyres and a better understanding of the intricacies of the 37 mile road circuit made all the difference. more...
LAST weekend's Devil's own Classic Rally saw Morecambe's David Marsden and Mike Garstang in a Cortina GT take second place behind the MGB Tourer of Keith Woodburn and John Thornley. Former MCC Chairman Fred Bent took Frank Davies to a place in the top 10 with clubmate Andrew Sanderson/Kevin Howarth in the avenger taking the best master's trophy on their first time out. The manoeuvrability tests included three in Nether Kellet Quarry, proved to be very popular with competitors, marshals and spectators as the cars dived between the natural and showed some amazing cornering techniques more...
Leigh News
LEIGH'S season has blown up in their faces. more...
LEIGH coach Ian Millward has attacked RFL plans to revert to a knockout format for next season's NFP play-offs. more...
LEIGH have denied reports that chairman Mick Higgins has quit Hilton Park. more...
DEVASTATED Caren Livesey spoke to her boyfriend by phone just three hours before he plunged to his death with a work colleague from an eighth-floor hotel window. more...
BARBARA Priestman, the woman behind bringing Chernobyl children to Leigh for a breath of life, escaped the horrors of Istanbul (writes David Hodgkinson). more...
THIEVES who have desecrated a baby's grave have left a Leigh family heartbroken on the anniverary of her death. more...
Joanna Armstrong, 3; Andrew Atherton,1. Michael Baines, 1; Laura Barella-Fleming, 3; Rachel Bates, 4; Stuart Bates, 2; Rajiv Bawa, 3; Paul Bennett, 2; Kathryn Blain, 3; Robert Bond, 3; Lauren Bordon, 3; Daniel Brennan, 3; Emma Brides, 2; Rownea Burgess, 2. more...
LEIGH hairdresser Tracey Mason is thrilled by the success of a new book written about her amazing grandmother, Winifred Cowell. more...
BETTER lighting and paving would help reassure pensioners living near to where an elderly woman was attacked. more...
RETIRED community bobby Joe Riley is a welcome addition to Victim Support's fund-raising team. more...
THE Millennium Season will be extra-special for Leigh company St Joseph's Players . . . a Year of Golden Greats! more...
A 150 year wait is nearly over for Golborne churchgoers. more...
AN Atherton nursery has received top marks from Government education inspectors. more...
AID for earthquake victims is on its way from locals with friends in disaster-hit Turkey. more...
EXPLORER Bill Partington took out his compass and went searching for lost treasure. more...
BRAVE bobbies risked their lives to rescue a man trapped in a burning house. more...
WIGAN Council has commissioned a major opinion survey to find out what local residents think about their council. more...
THE head of drama at Leigh College, Julie McKiernan, is planning a student reunion. more...
CORONARY heart disease is a major problem locally but easy exercise is a way of avoiding it. more...
PUPILS of St. Thomas' School have officially opened a new play area in Bedford. more...
AN Arts Exchange Forum has been set up for local groups wanting to raise extra funds. more...
YOUTH club members throughout the area are being asked to cash in their cans for Kosovo. more...
Leigh Sport
A NEW crown green bowling association has been formed in Leigh. more...
SCORING on his debut is nothing new for Mark Patterson. more...
LEIGH'S season has blown up in their faces. more...
ALAN LORD was "sent off" as Atherton Colls crashed out of the FA Cup. more...
LEIGH EAST are the town's Top Gunns! They produced a sensational performance to leave host club and hot favourites Leigh Miners blitzed and beaten in Saturday's Champions Challenge Final. more...
THEY'RE off and running in the Leigh & District Amateur Football League. more...
NEW recruit Steve Jones added two goals to the cracker he scored in midweek to stretch Leigh RMI's dream start to a hat-trick of wins. more...
LET the sun shine on Saturday for the big showdown in the Bolton Association. more...
Leyland News
A £20,000 reward is being offered in connection with the armed raid on Leyland's Bent Lane sub post office. more...
FOR years children in Leyland have looked forward to their annual Festival, usually held on the first Saturday in June. more...
LEYLANDERS are finally going to get the chance to air their views on the mammoth town centre redevelopment. more...
FRIENDS and colleagues of a headteacher from Leyland who died on Tuesday told the Citizen how they held him in 'the highest regard'. more...
THIS is the photograph of nine-year-old Ashley Tunstall which no one who witnessed his horror fall at St George's Shopping Centre expected to see. more...
Leyland Sport
DAF were happy in seventh heaven as the bagged their latest victory of the season, beating Fleetwood at Broadwater by five wickets. more...
Lytham News
A WEALTHY businessman is offering a £500 reward after more than £6,000 worth of valuables were stolen from his room in the Imperial Hotel. more...
Lytham Sport
ST ANNES lost their third match of the season after scoring 232-5 when current Vaux Northern League champions Netherfield beat them on Saturday (Aug 21) at Vernon Road, with 234-5. more...
Nelson News
A MEMBER of Pendle's leading regeneration consortium has been suspended from his post as boss of a housing association. more...
Preston News
THIS is the photograph of nine-year-old Ashley Tunstall which no one who witnessed his horror fall at St George's Shopping Centre expected to see. more...
HEALTH leaders in Preston are to tackle one of the biggest killers in the town - heart disease. more...
A WOMAN who was made redundant by Preston North End, just three days after burying her father, has been awarded thousands of pounds after an industrial tribunal found she had been unfairly dismissed. more...
RED Rose Magic 999 DJs are putting their money where their mouths are - and backing our Divine Light Appeal to light up a piece of Preston's history. more...
LOCAL businesses are warning customers that the latest fuel increase will be passed on to them. The price hike could raise the price of diesel and petrol by up to 20 pence a gallon, or 4.4p a litre. more...
A TEAM of Lancashire firefighters have spoken frankly about their experiences in Turkey as they desperately combed the earthquake ruins for survivors. more...
PRESTON'S continuing A-board row could soon be resolved - thanks to an idea trialled across the Pennines. more...
THERE are calls to raise the standard of council houses after spot checks on Preston's local authority estates. more...
WHEN your boss invites you for a party at their house most people get treated a few drinks and maybe a buffet. more...
LANCASHIRE has become a target for cowboy builders and workmen, who are short-changing hundreds of people. more...
A WEEKLY lottery is being set up by a Preston group to save lives throughout the North West. more...
ANGRY residents on a Preston estate have slammed council bosses for letting a popular park turn into a muggers' paradise by refusing to cut back trees. more...
A PRESTON woman, whose daughter is addicted to heroin, has lent her support to The Big Issue's campaign to improve services for addicts. more...
BLONDES definitely had more fun on a special night out at London's trendy restaurant The Ivy. more...
THE demise of four star petrol may cause mayhem for many motorists, but for one man, it could fuel a fortune. more...
I AM writing in response to a letter from E Sanderson (Carers can't be too careful, Citizen August 19) which referred to the British red Cross Carers' Emergency Card scheme. more...
A SCHEME to renew Preston's most dilapidated water mains will be completed by the end of September. more...
FOOTIE-mad MP Nigel Evans is hoping to stuff the opposition - by taking up his position on the left wing. more...
PLEASE can any Citizen readers help me trace my uncle Richard Charles Brock, who will be in his eighties by now. more...
PRESTON'S taxi drivers say just a handful of cabbies will be involved in a town centre roadblock to protest against the fuel price increase. more...
OUTLINE plans for a massive building project at the Royal Preston Hospital are due to go before Preston Borough Council today (Thursday). more...
PRESTON pool champ Stephen Forshaw won through to the last 16 of the Hamlet American Pool Championship - despite taking up the sport only three months ago. more...
THE body of a homeless man, known locally as Dave, has been found in Preston's Peace Garden. more...
Preston Sport
A WOMAN who was made redundant by Preston North End, just three days after burying her father, has been awarded thousands of pounds after an industrial tribunal found she had been unfairly dismissed. more...
NORTH End face the mouthwatering prospect of Premiership opposition after playing their most magnificent game in years against Wrexham in the Worthington Cup. more...
AFTER a series of near misses and narrow defeats Lynx finally managed to show good form and win this penultimate match of a tortuous season. more...
GARETH Ainsworth was a recent PNE loan target, according to members of the Preston Supporters Group 2000. more...
AN explosive moment, four minutes into added time in the first half, saw Preston skipper Sean Gregan, pictured, given the red card and a match which North End looked like winning turned, in that agonising clash with Paul McCarthy, into one that Preston now needed to avoid losing as they battled through the following 45 minutes with ten and a re-jigged formation. more...
STRIKER Steve Basham saluted his first goal for Preston this season and declared 'There's more where that came from!' more...
LANCASHIRE Lynx will be around next season, playing in the same division - but still away from Deepdale. more...
WELSH international midfielder Rob Edwards has signed a three year contract with North End after an impressive trial with the Deepdale outfit. more...
PRESTON North End manager David Moyes has ripped into Wycombe's players, accusing them of systematically trying to get PNE skipper Sean Gregan sent off. more...
SNOOKER'S stars will be arriving at the Guild Hall for a fortnight in October for the WSA Grand Prix. more...
PRESTON pulled clear of the foot of the league after participating in a pulsating encounter against Kindly, winning by just three runs. more...
BUY, BUY, BUY! That's the strategy Bamber Bridge manager Tony Greenwood is preparing to adopt after two disastrous defeats in the UniBond Premier League. more...
CONTROVERSY reigned at the North West Lancashire Women's Cricket League Cup Final between Fulwood and Broughton Ladies' Cricket Club against Littleborough at Bamford. more...
Rawtenstall News
A RAMSBOTTOM student who fell from a motorway bridge and died in hospital three days later had a history of mental illness and had made previous attempts on her life, an inquest was told. more...
A HOLIDAY break ended on a sour note for a Rossendale man and his family when thieves stole a borrowed caravan just hours before he was due to return it to his friend. more...
St Helens News
AGE Concern St Helens has set up a special group to plan a series of fundraising events which will help it to expand its caring services as more people live longer. more...
A YOUNG mum had a miraculous escape when she was struck by lightning. more...
CHILDREN at Grosvenor Housing Association's Pennington Lodge temporary home in St Helens have got something to smile about during the long school summer holidays. more...
DOES work make you sick? That's the question St Helens Council is asking. more...
THE police have declared war on thieves who are targeting garages and garden sheds following a spate of incidents throughout St Helens. more...
SIMPLY Red's concert at Haydock Park on Sunday night went straight into the winner's enclosure... and now the top racecourse could become one of the major venues for future events. more...
CAMPAIGNERS from across St Helens attended the launch of a project to put a stop to the growing problem of `pavement rage.' more...
CONSTRUCTION of a new link road in the centre of St Helens has been approved by St Helens Council's Planning Committee. more...
HEARTLESS thieves left a local mum distraught at the weekend when they stole flowers and pots from the gravesite of her daughter and brother. more...
ST HELENS is at the forefront of a scheme to cut teenage crime. more...
A PLANNED electoral review of St Helens has been put back by 12 months. more...
A HAYDOCK man is aiming to tackle a sponsored walk from St Helens to Widnes and back again to raise money towards the upkeep of his parish church which is threatened with closure. more...
THE Disability Advice and Welfare Network (DAWN), a registered charity run by people with disabilities for people with disabilities, is looking for a volunteer to help maintain its wheelchairs. more...
TWO people died in a head-on collision in Blundells Lane, Rainhill, at about 11pm on Wednesday, August 18. more...
A COURSE giving an insight into the history of St Helens will be run from the Local History and Archives department from next month. more...
A 70 YEAR old woman thwarted two would-be burglars when she caught them climbing through her window in the early hours of the morning. more...
ST HELENS Camera Club will be presenting 'A Night of Wild Life' with wildlife photographer Andy Rouse on Saturday, September 18, at the Royal Naval Association Club in Volunteer Street. more...
IT'S business as usual after a flood hit the council's finance headquarters at Lincoln House. more...
A TEENAGE fishing fanatic - who is recovering from chemotherapy treatment for leukaemia - was devastated when heartless thieves stole his fishing tackle. more...
I'M afraid the council is on the wrong track if it thinks improving the Ravenhead Greenway will encourage shoppers to walk or cycle into town. more...
ONE of the fundamentals of a writers group is to encourage writing and, as such, we are pleased to see some response from A.G. (Dear Star, August 12). more...
THE boyhood memories of veteran action man Roy Harrison are to be captured in print. For 64-year-old Roy - veteran of a series of charity parachute jumps, keen fly fisherman and ferret fan - is busy with his homespun autobiography. more...
DOES a one-and-a-half-ton glass table, manufactured by Pilkington Brothers more than half a century ago, still represent something of a world record? more...
BREWERIANA is going great guns according to a little message received this week. more...
WELL, just who was the town's last full-time lamplighter? more...
St Helens Sport
SAINTS are hoping injury-plagued Kevin Iro will return for the visit of Gateshead Thunder on Monday, kick-off 12.05pm. more...
WEST Park started their warm-up to the new rugby union season with an internal sevens competition last Saturday and this week switch to 15-a-side with their traditional opener at Leigh. Park have gained several additions to their playing strength in the close season. Ian Worsley returning from Rotherham, Jason Smith from Orrell, Chris Pennington from Ruskin Park, Neil Slater from Lymm and Ross Bell from the Army. They are still however seeking to strengthen their side before the first league game on September 12 at Altrincham Kersal. more...
Saints Alliance 34 Castleford Alliance 22
A SECOND hat-trick of the season by Warren Barrow helped keep Saints' championship hopes alive in this entertaining mid-week clash. more...
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IT'S time to get ready for action. St Helens Hockey Club begin training for the new season at Ruskin Drive on Wednesday, September 1. Women's training is from 7.15 to 8.15 and men's from 8.15-9.15. For further information contact Mark Alcock on 20498 or 07775588992. more...
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YOU can now contact the Star Sports Desk by e-mail. more...
ST HELENS Recs suffered a heavy defeat at Bolton on Saturday. more...
GRANGE Park Golf Club enjoyed an inspired weekend. more...
Salford City Reds 10 Saints 23
OUT-OF-SORTS Saints clung to second place in Super League, but they will face few stiffer hurdles on the road to the Grand Final than that at the Willows on Sunday. more...
HAYDOCK strolled tod an easy win over Dalton at Lyme Park on Saturday. more...
BLACKBROOK Royals begin their 25th anniversary celebrations on Bank Holiday Monday, August 30, when they hold their annual seven-a-side competition and mini league festival. more...
RAINFORD snatched defeat from the jaws of victory against Burscough on Saturday. more...
BRITISH Transport Police have announced that no train service will operate between St. Helens Central and Wigan on Sunday, September 5, when Saints meet the Warriors in the final game at Central Park. more...
RAINHILL recorded a convincing win against Whitefield on Saturday. more...
THE Independent Saints' Supporters Association will meet in the town hall tonight, Thursday, starting at 7.30pm. Further details from Russ Fairclough on 01744-3090. more...
ST HELENS earned a much-needed win against Orrell Red Triangle thanks to Adam Friar turning on his best bowling of the season to take 7-50. more...
SAINTS Academy side will meet Widnes at Knowsley Road on Bank Holiday Monday, kick-off 10am. more...
BILLINGE CC travelled to the home of champions-elect St John's on Sunday inflicted only the third league defeat of the seasonon them. more...
ECCLESTON second team continued their good form with an impressive display against Shell Park. more...
PILKINGTON Spartans this week found out who their opponents in the Emily Collins Cup, will be. more...
