MUCH as today's children are complained about and critically compared with youngsters of previous generations, there are times when they humble the rest of us with demonstrations of courage and determination that are truly outstanding. Twice in as many
Drive and stroll with Ron Freethy LAST week, Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott launched a scheme in association with British Waterways. The idea is to encourage more use of our canal system, not only for leisure and pleasure but also as a way of taking
A BREAK between summer League matches has allowed Bury Chess Club members to start on their summer championship games. Star mention this week goes to Lee Baron who came second with four out of five in the Minor Section of the GMCCA Summer Congress at
THE Shakers' first team squad have two friendlies arranged so far, apart from their trip to the Isle of Man, before the Nationwide Division Two campaign kicks off on August 12. On July 18 they play Radcliffe Borough at a venue to be confirmed (kick-off
BEN Mallen underlined his position as one of Lancashire's top young swimmers with an amazing performance at the weekend. He was first in the 11-year-olds' 50 metres breaststroke in the tough City of Liverpool Junior Swimming League. Ben was the top Ramsbottom
ON Saturday the Bury and District Angling Society fished the Division One National Championship on the Leeds-Liverpool Canal between Halsall and Adlington. The event was fished by a final total of 76 teams as three teams failed to turn up on the day.
BURY manager Andy Preece and assistant Steve Redmond have put pen to paper on improved contracts. The Shakers boss, who still has twelve months to run on his current deal, now has the option of an extra year and his new terms reflect his extra responsibilities
1922: Fashion guru Pierre Cardin was born in Venice, Italy. From 1957 he was the creator of elegantly cut fashions for women and the first collection of men's clothes by a top designer. 1883: Wood you believe it but Pinocchio, the puppet boy whose nose
SINCE the announcement that I have been awarded the MBE by the Queen in her birthday honours' list, I have been overwhelmed by flowers, gifts, cards, telephone calls and letters and the warmth, love and generosity of everyone. It has been a wonderful
TONY Blair's claim that hospitals, education, etc will suffer if he chops the tax on petrol is utter baloney and scaremongering. Does he think people are naive. Was not this money already allocated in the first budgets of New Labour? The most dastardly
FOR some two years we have had in Blackburn a Carers' Forum and a Support Group meeting monthly to offer information and support to carers and some ex-carers. We believe it is important that those who care for relatives or friends in their own homes need
LANCASTER University and Counsel and Care for the Elderly are trying to find out how older people decide about housing and how this affects their well being. We would like people deciding where to live in retirement to write to us (or use a tape recorder
STEVE Byrne (Letters, June 29) may argue about the rights of animals. I would argue that animals do not have rights, but that we have a duty to maintain and look after them. However, if animals have rights, what about the rights of the hounds, lurchers
SUMMER is here -- and so are all the spectacular summer shows that Blackpool is famous for. The Grand Theatre will be packing them in with Comedy Bonanza 2000, a spectacular revue headlined by John Inman, Billy Pierce, Jimmy Cricket, The Nolans and new
FANS of the catchy indie five-piece Shed Seven will be on A Maximum High at the news that they are coming to Blackpool for a one-off gig before playing the major festivals this summer. Blackpool may have its fair share of concerts, plays and shows, but
LIKE a karaoke machine with a pulse, the new Legends show on Central Pier is a sing-alike show along the lines of Stars In Their Eyes, with some of the best entertainers, living and dead, recreated and belting out your juke box favourites. To some this
COOKERY queen Delia Smith is aiming to make an East Lancashire pie company her latest signing for Norwich City. The East Anglia club's majority shareholder tried out Holland's pies after they were recommended by a fan and was so impressed she wants to
OUR 1999 story about the girls on their Leigh Grammar School trip into Europe proved a real memory-jerker. One of the letters we received came from a reader in Swadlincote, Derbyshire. Sheila Hamilton-Cooper heard about the Heritage article via a telephone
PROSECUTORS are preparing to bring manslaughter charges over the death of a 22-year-old father who was crushed under a lorry. Khalil Ulla Khan died in January, two days after he was trapped by a 32 tonne lorry, which toppled on to a pavement in Darwen
GUESS what three-year-old Lewis Booth wants to be when he grows up. Lewis is pictured making a splash with Bury-based firefighter Stuart Frain during a special event staged by Bury College's nursery which the child attends. He was among a number of youngsters
LEIGH Centurions' fight for Super League justice is being backed by the town's political heavyweights. Leigh's Labour MP Lawrence Cunliffe, the Leader of Wigan Council, Leigh councillor and Labour Peer, Peter Smith, and Leigh RL director and Hope Carr
A FORMER Bury editor is hoping his six-year fight to prove the innocence of a man jailed for a brutal murder 27 years ago could move a big step closer this month. Don Hale, one-time editor of the Bury Messenger, believes the Criminal Cases Review Commission
ROVERS could face a fight from Everton in their bid to land Barnsley midfielder Craig Hignett. Blackburn boss Graeme Souness wants the free-scoring Hignett to boost his promotion challenge at Ewood Park and Rovers' chief executive John Williams confirmed
ROVERS season-ticket sales have topped 10,500 as the Ewood supporters back Graeme Souness to deliver a promotion challenge. The club is highly "highly encouraged" by the figure following suggestions that it would be a hard sell over the summer following
WHY on earth should a McDonalds be sited at Windle Island? It appears that the council are going ahead with the permission to allow a McDonalds fast-food restaurant to be sited at the redevelopment of the BP garage at Windle Island. Residents of Bleak
I WONDER if your readers can help me with my hobby, which is collecting brass-embossed colliery lamp checks, or tokens and tallies as they are sometimes called. These are brass discs with the name of the colliery on them and also the miner's number. The
YOU kindly printed my letter about the Rainford Twin Towns adult visit to Verneuil Sur Seine -- well, we're back! I realise that in the grand scale of world events trying to tell people who live in, or have links with Rainford, about a wonderful, enjoyable
MOST doctors who have a second practice only work a few miles down the road from their first one. As does Iain Robertson, consultant gynaecologist at Sharoe Green, who also attends Chorley Hospital once a week to run a clinic. However, his work doesn't
RETIRED management consultant Stanley Wright died in bed at home three days after a fall, an inquest heard. The hearing was told that although his skull was not fractured he died from bleeding on the brain. East Lancashire Coroner David Smith recorded
WHILE most 16-year-olds are still wondering what career path to take, one teenager from Nelson is already running her own business. Rafida Khaliq, 16, of Leeds Road, has become the manager of a new shop -- UK Footwear, in Leeds Road, Nelson -- after taking
AN ATTACK victim remained in a critical condition in hospital today after undergoing surgery to head wounds. David Jackson, 37, of Edward Street, Nelson, near to Edwsard Street, suffered head injuries in an incident with another man in Leeds Road, Nelson
TALK of extra motivation is hardly necessary when Saints confront Wigan. For the game itself is always sufficient spur for the arch-rivals. But on Sunday at the JJB Stadium there is additional incentive for both sides, in that victory could mean top spot
A GROUP of Preston schoolgirls romped home champions in a local football tournament. Roebuck County Primary School 11-year-olds took part in a six-a-side 'Smart Kids soccer tournament' at Preston's Fulwood Barracks, an event sponsored by Thompson Builders
HARESFINCH amateur rugby league club have begun official pre-season training under coaches Tony Simmons, Billy Livesey and Eddie Tinsley. The club play in Division Two of the North West Counties League and boast excellent facilities as part of the Haresfinch
FEARS that mobile phone masts might cause cancer have prompted protests in communities throughout East Lancashire. Scientific experts and environment campaigners can only agree on one thing -- that more research is needed. Should residents really be worried
WHO'D have thought he'd still be going strong 35 years later? It's comedian Bob Monkhouse, at the mike on the left of shot, keeping a rapt audience amused with his gags and banter at the 1965 St Helens Press Ball -- once a strict-tempo highlight of the
AT one time there was much more to buying a couple of bags of nutty slack than meets the eye. I've been amused by an old St Helens Co-op coal-delivery note which fluttered from the pages of a second-hand book picked up in a local charity shop. Rules and
WHILE the English summer rain drips down on Test wicket and Wimbledon tennis court, Beryl Wittkowski makes plans to escape the clear blue skies and blazing sun of her adoptive Arizona. For high summer is just too hot to endure in Sun City West for Beryl
LIBERAL Democrat councillors in Preston have written to Conservative leader William Hague asking him to stop two Tory backbenchers from blocking the Warm Homes Bill later this month. The two maverick MPs, Eric Forth and David Maclean, have tabled more
COOKERY queen Delia Smith is aiming to make an East Lancashire pie company her latest signing for Norwich City. The East Anglia club's majority shareholder tried out Holland's pies after they were recommended by a fan and was so impressed she wants to
THE leader of Hyndburn Borough Council today pledged to help workers at carpet factory find new jobs after it was revealed that around 50 were facing the sack. Coun Peter Britcliffe said that Wednesday's announcement that Gaskell Textiles' Rhoden Mill
By Brian Gomm ROTARIANS are digging deep to help put the finishing touches to a £600,000 respite facility for children with physical and learning disabilities. Social Services run 98 Ladies Lane, Hindley which has been built to enable parents and carers
A LANDLORD has narrowly escaped being sent to jail after he illegally kicked out a mother and son from one of his properties. Tahir Khaliq was given a two year conditional sentence after he pleaded guilty to illegally evicting tenant Carole Gregory and
NINETEEN people on disability benefits were among the hundreds of thugs thrown out of Belgium during Euro 2000. Thirty one were claiming jobseekers' allowance and should have been available for work in this country at any time. It sounds well. The DSS
"COUNCILS cannot give land away", states Cllr Bob Clark (Letters: 29 June). So how much was Lancaster City Council paid for the land of the former Lancaster Market, Cllr Clark? Reply awaited with interest. "It's just a pity that the city council's money
THANKS to Mr Bailey (letters: June 29) for a photo which I'll add to my collection. I await the results of his caption challenge with trepidation! In the same edition, D. Martin raises profoundly important issues about the nature of work and the value
WHAT possible benefit is there to having larger health warnings on tobacco products, as demanded by politicians in Brussels? Knowledge of the potential health risks of smoking is already at saturation level and more information can only entrench warning
I AM delighted to hear, at last, that the general public of this country are finally going to protest at fuel taxation. Where have they been for the past 40 odd years at least? This and any other Government deserve to be put out of office over motor fuel
FORTON'S teenage racing driver Tom Boardman scored his best result to date, with a superb fourth place in Sunday's seventh round of the Silverstone Insurance National Saloon Championship at Donnington Park. The 20 minute race was twice interrupted by
A ST ANNES cinema usher is calling all the shots now as he sets about directing his first short film. James Wolstenholme, of Coniston Avenue, St Annes, along with two friends Simon Morgan and Jemma Twist, start shooting a 20-minute film called Psycho
THERE are still a few tickets left for West Sutton Dragons amateur RL club's fund-raising 'mixed' sports evening and dinner at the Saints club on Friday, July 14. Chairman for the evening is Saints' sales and marketing manager, Alan Rowley, comedian is
BAE Systems has come out tops in a poll of 20 corporations which support on-site blood donations, according to new figures from the National Blood Service. The figures indicate that a staggering 6,123 donations of blood were collected throughout BAE Systems
A HUMAN powered clock fashioned out of old scrap metal? On yer bike! But judging from this picture it's true. Blackpool metal artist David Firth has sculpted the millennium clock out of scrap bikes to celebrate the new year and promote alternative energy
ANIMAL Care volunteers have praised a local competition winner after she handed over her winnings to the charity. Pauline Firth was named ASDA's community hero for this year, narrowly beating Animal Care's Rita Richardson and Renee Howarth, who had hoped
THEY say everyone has a book in them . . . but children's author Hazel Townson has 58. And there is more to come from the Prestwich writer who promised to have a pen in her hand for many more years. Her latest title Your Dad, My Mum is aimed at 11 to
A FAMILY, huge fans of Bolton Wanderers, have cried foul after the club halved the discount on replica kits they received with their season tickets. Mum Deanne Wheeler was dismayed to discover that the family season ticket she shares with husband Gary
A BID to stop thousands of abused and frightened children slipping through the ChildLine net has been launched in Bury and Bolton. Many calls of desperation to Childline go unanswered because the lines are too busy. Business and civic leaders from the
Chorley 261-7 St Annes 86-2 FOR the third time this season rain ruined a clash between St Annes and Chorley when their Bay 96.9 clash at Vernon Road on Saturday was washed out. The game was nicely poised with St Annes on 86-2 from only 17 overs in reply
MANUFACTURING output picked up again in May according to the Office for National Statistics. Output was up 0.4 per cent after a 0.1 per cent fall in April, to stand 1.8 per cent up on the year. The rise was due largely to a recovery in the motor industry
THE World of Glass will play host to its patron, HRH the Duke of Edinburgh, this Friday (July 7) when he will be visiting the £14million visitor attraction to perform the official opening ceremony. Prince Philip, who will be arriving at 3.20pm, will be
ST HELENS North MP, Dave Watts has welcomed figures showing that unemployment in the constituency has fallen by 25 per cent in the last three years since the election as "fantastic news." The new figures reveal that the claimant count of people on benefit
MERSEYSIDE Police are continuing to put the brakes on car criminals plaguing motorists in St Helens. Operation Pitstop, carried out as part of the force's Streetsafe Campaign, has successfully cut vehicle crime in the area by 37 per cent. And officers
HIS many friends -- both in St Helens and Blackpool -- were shocked and saddened by the sudden death of former publican John ('Jack') Manley. Mr Manley died on Saturday evening, July 1, aged 65, after suffering a heart attack. He leaves a widow, Audrey
THE first ever Busibodies Summer Ball and Dinner held at St Helens Town Hall has been declared a huge success after it raised £3,000 for the Willowbrook Hospice. The dinner on the evening was served by the town hall caterers and was followed by a night
A YOUNG woman from Darwen left a man needing four staples in his head after she hit him with a bottle when a nightclub joke turned sour. Eve Anderson, was said to have punched her victim and struck him with a bottle at Utopia, Blackburn, after grabbing
A PATIENT at Leigh Infirmary suffered 14 per cent burns to her stomach after what is believed to have been an accident with a cigarette. The 39-year-old woman, being treated on ward 10, a secure unit, had to be extinguished by staff when the incident
A HISTORIC East Lancashire football team will relive its glory days -- and raise money for much needed improvements -- during a season of celebrations to mark a milestone anniversary. "This coming season Darwen Football FC will be 125 years old. We have
THE licensees of a historic pub which has undergone extensive refurbishment are aiming to go 'back to the future' to help them mark its transformation. For Frank and Sue Ryder, of the Bottle and Glass in St Helens Road, Rainford, are hoping to trace any
ONLY two per cent of unequipped play areas in the borough conform to national standards. And just 17 per cent of larger, equipped play areas in local neighbourhoods meet the targets set to ensure needs of local children are met. The 117 playgrounds in
A POLICEMAN and his nurse fiancee saved a St Helens woman's life in a dramatic kiss-of-life and heart massage drama. And it was only a bizarre set of coincidences that led 30-year-old Paul White and 26-year-old Emma Walker to be at the scene in the first
LEIGH is invited to join in the world's biggest coffee morning in September. Fundraisers are asked to pour yourself a cuppa, grab a slice of birthday cake and help to celebrate the 10th birthday of Macmillan Cancer Relief. This year the cancer charity
EVEN when Charlotte Fennell was desperately ill with a brain tumour, all she wanted to do was lead a normal life. The brave nine-year-old pupil of St James-the-Less Primary School, Rawtenstall, clung onto life and dreamed of joining her friends in lessons
ANOTHER £60 million has been invested in an online revolution of patient care. GPs will soon receive diagnostic test results online - cutting out days of waiting - and send prescriptions to pharmacies electronically. This means patients will no longer
CHILDREN in Leigh are being warned to stay away from sub-stations after two foxes were electrocuted to death. Norweb see the deaths of the two animals as a timely reminder for them to urge youngsters to keep safe during the summer holidays. Local engineer
CAN collectors who are cool and calculating will soon get their sums right. Alcan Aluminium Can Recycling is encouraging children to collect empty aluminium drink cans as part of their Year of Maths activities. Free education packs are being offered full
By Mark Donaghy A FITNESS instructor from Atherton who had to be rescued from Ben Nevis has thanked the team who carried him to safety. Colin Campbell, aged 35, said he was grateful to the mountain rescue team who helped him when he got into difficulties
GRASS Roots Rhythm comes to three local parks this week. The newly-formed group of talented musicians, drawn from the borough's schools and colleges, will perform a series on concerts in Atherton and Hindley. They are tailored to suit different age groups
A COUPLE of firefighting pals will put their stamina to the test when they take part in a gruelling 'Iron Man' contest. Atherton fireman Phil Davenport and Barry Hulme will complete the demanding triathlon, which includes a two and a half mile swim, 115
ANIMAL magic and kids capers will have crowds thronging to a sports complex built during the bleak years of the 1926 strike. Coal miners' fascination with outdoor pursuits will no doubt have a few ghosts from the past mingling with visitors at the lurcher
GREYHOUND racer Ian Fitton made a mint after his dogs sprinted to victory after a peppermint cream rub-down! The Leigh dog owner's two-year old outsider Sapphire romped home in style sprinting 280 yards in a lightning 15.35 seconds at Westhoughton dog
AGE was no barrier for Millennium celebrations at Culcheth High School - which proved to be a load of rubbish! Members of the village Women's Institute joined pupils from Culcheth High School and Newchurch CP School for the big day. They discussed the
A CRICKET club steward and his neighbour managed to save the team's 70-year-old pavilion when vandals set it alight. Carl Crawshaw began fighting the fire at Leigh Cricket Club after Angela Pike alerted him to the blaze in the early hours of Sunday morning
ON behalf of everyone at The Stroke Association, I would like to thank all your readers who took part in, or supported, the Thames Bridges Bike Ride last month. More than 1,600 cyclists took part in the ride and are expected to have raised more than £70,000
THE fight against the attempt to turn Bradford & Bingley Building Society into a bank is becoming more determined as we near the summer vote that will decide the matter. We wish to reach members of the society who read the Citizen. Our sister campaign
BLACKPOOL Council is warning parents about the dangers of poorly fitted car safety seats after a recent survey revealed some shocking results. It showed a staggering 70 per cent of children face injury or death because the child seat is not correctly
MEMBERS of the 'Dance Factory' are pictured at rehearsal for their Danzwise 2000 'Larger than Life' charity concert for East Lancashire Hospice on July 14 at King George's Hall, Blackburn. Front left, Louise Wood, Rosie Varlas and, back left, Vanessa
AN influential all-party group of MPs has praised the Ministry of Defence for buying the Airbus A400M heavy transport plane which will secure thousands of East Lancashire jobs. The MoD has said it will buy the aircraft as the RAF and Army's long-term
THE head teacher of a Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School has insisted that the decision to allow girls at the school for the first time in nearly 500 years would help keep it at the forefront of education. Speaking at the annual prize-giving night Dr David
PRESTON have completed the £500,000 signing of Toulouse winger Iain Anderson. The fee equals the club record paid to Manchester United for Michael Appleton.
Clitheroe Football Club have arranged the following pre season friendlies, all at Shawbridge: July 22 Bolton Wanderers XI; July 25 Morecambe: July 29 Stockport County XI; August 5 Leigh RMI; August 8 Castleton Gabriels. There will be an open day at Clitheroe
CARL Fogarty could be back in racing action in September. That's the view of an Italian doctor flown to England by Ducati to examine the injured World Superbike champion. Fogarty had rated his chances of riding again this season as a slim one per cent
LANCASHIRE'S Championship bandwagon ran into England hero Dominic Cork at Derby today -- and coach Bob Simpson admitted he was stunned. Cork has been amazingly overlooked for England's squad for the one-day series against Zimbabwe and West Indies despite
RAINHILL, joint top of the Merseyside Cricket Competition, made a determined bid to beat the weather and Hale. But they finally had to bow to the elements. Captain Peter Mercer was keen to play in the rain to try and gain top spot outright. The Umpires
HAYDOCK Park's meeting this Saturday promises to be a feast for both racing enthusiasts and gourmets. Racecourse caterers, Lethby & Christopher are, for the fourth year, sponsoring the feature race of the day, the £50,000 Old Newton Cup won last year
A NEW sports club for disabled youngsters kicks off tonight (Thursday). The new club offers young people the chance to play exciting sports such as wheelchair basketball, cricket and football and starts 6pm at with a basketball session. On the following
WITH the first team game washed out by the weather St Helens Cricket Club second team narrowly failed to obtain a win against Formby at Windleshaw Road. While the third team managed an honourable draw in atrocious conditions at Liverpool. The second team
MY DAUGHTER and I assumed our youngsters were being regularly taught every aspect of music -- musicals, classical ballet, modern ballet and the wide range of classical music, as well as progressive up-to-date music -- as an important part of their school
A SPORTING organisation formed in 1928 that boasted more than a thousand members in its hey-day has played its last set. For the committee of St Helens Table Tennis League has reluctantly decided to close after a meeting to assess support was attended
I AM a Blackpool resident and I live near the Blackpool and the Fylde College on Park Road. I have got small children. Sometime in November last year I heard for the first time of asylum seekers coming to Blackpool. My first reaction was to think that
RAINFORD Cricket Club skipper Ste Harrison turned in yet another man-of-the-match performance as his side blew away title contenders Mawdesley. In a match made even more remarkable due to various stoppages for rain, this victory will undoubtedly send
HAVING been appalled by the ruling Labour group on Blackpool Council's recent actions over the closure of the old people's homes -- among other things -- I would like to dedicate this version of The Red Flag to them. Blackpool's Red Flag (To the tune
I AM writing to you to ask for your support in trying to reverse Blackpool Council's decision to close six homes for the elderly. I find such a decision to be appalling. These people have paid their dues to the government of the day and, when their time
PRESTON North End fans wanting up-to-date information about the club can now surf their website at a new address. Club officials felt the old one was too long: www.prestonnorthend.co.uk has been shortened to www.pnefc.net and fans who 'bookmarked' the
I AM 12 and I was in Bury Cemetery with my dad and little brother when we saw a big white bull terrier with four boys. The dog was not on a lead and ran straight up to us and jumped on me and my dad; it nearly pushed me over. I was scared. People should
I CALLED my doctor last Friday, to arrange my first appointment in five years. Any chance Saturday? Is it an emergency? No. Sorry, we only deal with emergencies on Saturdays. Today (Friday)? No, fully booked. Monday? For Monday appointments you have to
IN a pathetic attempt to justify hunting, A. J. H. Pilkington, Lancashire County chairman, Countryside Alliance, wrote (Your Letters, June 30): "It is only because of tolerance and understanding that the black, Asian and gay communities of the North West
AS a member of the team which carried out the door-to-door survey of the Elders in the Cecil Street area of Bury, I feel qualified to put forward the report of their needs, on their behalf. Results showed the overwhelming opinion was that they need public
PRESTON North End were last night closing in on winger Iain Anderson after French club Toulouse backed down on demands for a £700,000 transfer fee. Sources inside the club say Anderson spent yesterday (Wednesday, July 5) at Deepdale thrashing out a deal
COUNCIL dog wardens are launching 'dawn and dusk' patrols to step up action against fouling and strays. The early morning and evening patrols will target not only known problem areas, but school and public playing fields where fouling poses a health risk
POLICE are appealing for witnesses to an incident which left a man with his leg broken in three places. The man claims that his leg was broken after he went to the aid of a woman who was screaming for help at about 3am on Father's Day (Sunday, June 18
POLICE are appealing to anyone who may have witnessed a man who snatched a bag from a 53-year-old woman. The woman, an employee at Dones bookmakers in Waterdale Crescent, Sutton, was carrying the takings from the betting shop to the bank and had just
A NEW bid to tackle the menace of fake sports wear has been launched. It comes in the wake of estimates that counterfeit goods cost the North West 1,000 jobs and £750 million last year alone. Representatives from St Helens Council, Crimestoppers, Merseyside
ST HELENS Council has have issued guidelines to help protect youngsters from the dangers of over-exposure to the sun. Children should wear sunblock with an SPF of 30 at all times in the sun and babies under six months should not be exposed to direct sunlight
ST HELENS Council's environmental health officers have carried out investigations into a total of 115 food complaints during the past year. The complaints about food contamination by foreign bodies included an earwig in yoghurt, a snail in a tin of peas
SIX hundred jobs are to be created at a new business park in Bury. Computer giants PC World Business Direct is spending £20 million to relocate to Waterfold Park, Heap Bridge, from its present base in Heywood. And bosses say the company will create 600
Summer Fair, Holy Trinity Church, Hoghton, 2pm. Inside if wet. Accrington and Blackburn CHA Club: Pendle Hill (C walk) with Tony Cross. Meet Bulls Head car park, Wilpshire, 1pm for Nick of Pendle 1.30pm Spring Vale Rambling Class, Darwen: Teddy Bears
FEARS that mobile phone masts might cause cancer have prompted protests in communities throughout East Lancashire. Scientific experts and environment campaigners can only agree on one thing -- that more research is needed. Should residents really be worried
BUDDING football starlet Jonathan Derby is the proud holder of the Wilf Ainscow Soccer Trophy, following his achievements with the Bury town team. The 14-year-old attacking midfielder, who has just been snapped up by local rivals Oldham Athletic for the
ON Saturday, Bury's Caesar team had a home fixture against Crake Valley. In the morning, doubles captain, Len Forkin partnered Paul Rigge who took one handicap turn to get going and then ran 11 hoops without further bisques. Forkin then had the rest of
AN impressive performance in the second round of the British Team Championship at Goshen last Saturday saw Bury Border Flooring triumph over Oxford-based Horspath. The team were amazed to discover that they are the only Northern team left in the competition
A HOLIDAY fling led to a new sporting romance for one Bury man. For a dabble at the sport of archery has set Elton-based computer engineer John Heaton and his 15-year-old son Daniel on the road to club, county and maybe even international success. John
PROFESSIONAL Brad Flegg cracked 78 runs off the Rochdale attack as STAND made a brave fist of chasing a victory target of 220. As long as the South Africa-born player was there the Hamilton Road side had an outside chance of putting the frighteners on
MEAT: Butcher Russell Sugden was making an appeal to prospective new customers: Don't Come! The reason: five butchers in the vicinity of Mr Sugden's Chesham Fold Road shop had closed down leading to an increased demand for his services. FOILED: A prank
I SEE the vandals are back in Billington -- this time at the war memorial (LET, July 3). I wouldn't call them yobs -- I could find other words you wouldn't print. Where are the police when these things occur? Both I and parish councillor Carl Ross have
A MOTHER has vowed to continue her fight for justice after a council was fined £123,000 for allowing her severely disabled son to drown in a bath. Brenda Rowley said she was now hoping to take civil action against Salford City Council following the death
AS JULY opens I feel a chill running down my spine. The season of big screen madness is almost upon us... It's not that I don't appreciate a good blockbuster. I love a huge explosion projected onto a cinema screen as much as the next guy writes Richard
OUR stroll down memory lane this week starts off a little further away than usual -- in Alberta, Canada. Colin Wild has written from Calgary and sent along this wartime line-up from Leigh's Butts CE School. Colin, the second boy from the right on the
A SEARCH was launched on Wednesday (July 5) following the disappearance of a pensioner from a Bury care home. Police used the helicopter sky-shout public address system to try to find the OAP. The 85-year-old diabetic was last seen at 3pm at the Warthfield
AN inquest will open today (Friday July 7) into the death of a Bury nursing home resident found trapped in an electrical reclining chair. Although a postmortem later revealed Elsie Fletcher died from natural causes, Bury North coroner Mr Barrie Williams
TWO men have been arrested by police in connection with the death of a Bury nurse. A 20-year-old youth was driving a stolen Fiat Punto when it smashed head-on with Mrs Pat Bryant's Renault Clio, killing the 57-year-old mother of two instantly. Mrs Bryant
BURY'S ward councillors have been banned from talking to the head of the town hall's legal services. A letter from Bury Council solicitor Mr Stanley Monaghan has been sent to every elected representative following last week's shock suspension of Mr Richard
MYSTERY surrounds the sudden departure of a Radcliffe sub-postmistress. The woman, who has not been named, failed to turn up at Radcliffe Post Office on Blackburn Street last Thursday (June 29) . Frustrated customers turning up were greeted by locked
RADCLIFFE Rotary Club's prestigious Ernest Kay Award was presented to a local couple who have devoted the last seven years to the sick and the struggling of Belarus. Mr Rick Krzyworaczka (54) and his wife Kazia (52), who live in Bealey Close, have undertaken
LEFT back Callum Davidson, who was set to complete a £1.7 million move to Leicester City today. The Premiership club called a morning press conference to announce the capture of the Scottish international. The arrival of Stig Inge Bjornebye signalled
WITH reference to the letter 'Cost of Cabinet' (Dear Star, June 15). I fully agree with every word that was written. I would like to know why we, the people of St Helens, have not had any rebate on our community charge. According to Dave Watts, when Labour
ALTHOUGH the rain threatened to dampen the spirits of the crowd for most of the day, nothing could stop people having loads of fun at Lostock Hall Carnival. People turned out in droves and lined the streets along Croston Road, near the bus stop in Leyland
YOUNGSTERS waiting to join the Guides may just have just had a stroke of luck after the Lostock Hall branch officially opened its brand new purpose-built building. Thanks to a £83,495 lottery handout, members of the Guide Association in Lostock Hall,
THE Millennium Dome may be described by many as a multi-million pound flop, but its northern name-sake looks set to cash in. For Bamber Bridge's Bymbrig Day Centre, who provide help and support for people with learning difficulties, are hoping to raise
THE heroic action of 25-year-old lab technician David Smith, whose quick thinking saved the lives of a family of six, have been commended by Merseyside Fire Brigade. And his courage also earned a hug from blaze mum Lisa Douglas. David was staying with
LOW cost healthy food is on the menu at a community cafe which has opened its doors to the general public. The OK cafe at the Enterprise Centre in Valley Street is being run by South West Burnley Community Development group which has put out the welcome
A RETIRED water worker who spent 30 years ensuring supplies to his home town of Burnley is now concentrating on his new hobby of making toys for his grandchildren. When Dave Nicholas's granddaughter Hannah, four (pictured with him), wanted a doll's house
EYEBROWS have been raised at a council-funded survey which suggests a popular residential area of Lancaster is blighted by prostitution. Research by the Policy Research Institute at Leeds Metropolitan University states that "prostitution is a particular
BIG Mac power did not play a part in the giant food chain's bid to open a £1million drive-thru restaurant in Burnley, councillors were told. Council development control chairman David Halsall said the decision to give McDonald's the go-ahead to build
A CARNFORTH woman has spoken out after it took four hours for an ambulance to arrive at the scene of an accident. Dorothy Dickenson, of Victoria Street, was forced to use the ambulance service after her 72-year-old friend fell and fractured his leg. The
THIS week experts from Lancaster University Archaeological Unit have been carrying out excavations on te city's bus station site to evaluate the likelihood of archaeological remains surviving there. The bus station was built 1938-9 on what had been a
BUBBLES will be left to rot until a new use for the site can be found, councillors have decided. Three separate proposals were rejected by the council's Economic Development and Tourism Policy Committee at a meeting on Tuesday. A hunt has now been launched
COMPANY bosses whose two-storey mill premises was gutted in an arson attack are looking to relocate and be back in business within 30 days. Police and firefighters have begun investigating the fire at Ronfern Ltd, Albert Street, Nelson, which was started
Saints 50 Warrington Wolves 20 SHORT-handed Saints stepped up the pressure at the top with this superb nine-try victory over a Wolves side desperate for a top-five spot. Lacking Kevin Iro, Chris Smith, Paul Atcheson, Paul Newlove, Paul Sculthorpe and
THE controversy (this page, June 22) over the closure date of the much-loved Providence Hospital has been settled by a Carr Mill reader who pinpoints it to the minute. And R. E. Moore should know, for he claims to have been the hospital's very last patient
WE'RE all familiar with the little sing-along ditty about the railroad running through the middle of the house. But old-timer Peter Haselden swears that, during his scrap-iron days, he discovered the real thing while cutting up a section of old disused
VISITORS to Preston's Guild Hall will face weeks and may be months of chaos after workers began demolition work on the centre's escalators. Shoppers and theatre-goers are currently being forced to use the building's tiny lift or use the outside steps
A PRESTON-based disability centre is celebrating today after being handed nearly £200,000 from the National Lottery. Pukar Disability Resource Centre, in Flyde Road, provides support, advice, and education to disabled people from ethnic communities in
ONLY nine months after its launch, the £100,000 appeal for East Lancashire's first child and family centre hit the jackpot. Norman Walker, chairman of the NSPCC Child Care Centre Appeal committee, confirmed the tremendous news -- and revealed that a huge
AN ASIAN radio station won the battle to broadcast in East Lancashire. The Radio Authority announced Asian Sound Radio beat the three other bidders for the 24-hour service covering 1.5 million adults in East Lancashire and parts of Greater Manchester,
TRADE and Industry Minister Dick Caborn is to intervene in the row over 550 job losses at the former Rists factory in Accrington. He is to write to the new owners, Leoni Wiring, to protest at its "asset stripping" of the plant and its order book to move
RESIDENTS and schoolchildren will come together to help renovate a run-down public garden to its once proud state in a £20,000 scheme. Members of Laneside Residents' Association and Moorhead High School pupils will assist in putting in hundreds of different
A PUB regular died after being left on a bench to sleep off a late night lock-in at his local, an inquest heard. The hearing was told heard that landlord Daniel Ball left Raymond Guilfoyle to sleep in the lounge of the Britannia Inn, Accrington, but when
A TERRIFIED shop assistant had a gun held to her head by robbers who escaped from a busy Accrington supermarket with thousands of pounds. The five masked raiders smashed their way into the office of the Aldi store, close to Hyndburn Road, at about 4.30pm
By Brian Gomm RETIRED politicians who served the community for almost half a century are in line for top honours. Ex-Mayor and Higher Fold resident Jimmy Jones and his former council and Labour colleague John Hession, from Westleigh, will be rewarded
A MAN who accepted three bottles of heroin substitute methadone as payment for a £20 debt died after consuming the drug, an inquest has heard. The hearing was told that Steven Williams had not wanted the drug given to him by Lee Procter, but instead of
By Lesley Richards TYLDESLEY residents are working with Wigan Council to wipe out problems in their park - and bring it back to its former glory. Neighbours in Astley Street were out in force at an evening meeting to face councillors and officials, and
A FAMILY today spoke of their 19 years living next door to "neighbour from hell" Michael Kirby. Daniel Whitehead, 53, and wife Janet, 54, (pictured, right) of Charles Street, Oswaldtwistle, have endured Kirby (left) persistently playing loud music in
AN environmental partnership has splashed out on a pond left untouched throughout its entire 100-year history and this week Atherton's newest beauty spot was officially unveiled to the public. The pond, and its surrounding area, off Old Hall Mill Lane
YOUNG Shaun Gerrard recently battled through life-saving treatment at Wigan Infirmary. Now, to say thanks, he has raised a pot of gold for its Rainbow children's ward. Shaun, aged nine, of Chapel Street, Leigh, was rushed to the hospital in April with
By Paola Alvino GRANTS of more than £2.3 million ploughed into childcare provision across the north west have been announced. The New Opportunities Fund will create 5,931 places in 65 "out of school" projects - with 116 extra places being allocated to
I'M right behind the newly launched Dump the Pump call. Campaigners have called for all drivers to boycott petrol stations on August 1 in a bid to get the chancellor to bring down tax on fuel to keep it an affordable level. Taken-for-a-ride motorists
By Brian Gomm LOCAL villagers are seeking a property rate reduction because their qualiy of life has been eaten away by flies since the opening of a huge rubbish dump on their doorstep. And on Tuesday night, Astley Green Village Committee chairman Harry
ANGRY throngs of banner-waving demonstrators gathered outside the town hall yesterday (July 5) to protest about Blackpool Borough Council's plans to close six out of the eight council-owned residential homes. During the debate councillors were heckled
BOB Clark's claim last week that the Green Party has given control of the city council to the Tories is absurd. The advice that Labour's Millbank spin-doctor issued on her recent visit to Lancaster is becoming clear. If you can't compete with the Greens
WE had a good reaction to our picture caption challenge. Here is a selection of the best entries. Thanks for your imaginative replies - and thank's Hilton for being a good sport! "Passengers are reminded that socialism is not permitted on this vehicle
THE Ribble Valley Dyslexia Association is holding regular monthly drop-in meetings They take place on the second Monday of every month at the Trinity Centre, Clitheroe, from 6.30pm to 8pm. Parents, adult dyslexics, professionals or anyone with an interest
AS YOUR newspaper circulation area contains at least one branch or agency of the Bradford & Bingley Building Society, many of your readers will be directly affected by the outcome on the vote on whether it remains a mutual. The last society to convert
'SHELLEY' signed in at Morecambe this week -- but don't worry, the Shrimps haven't recruited a girl. Utility man Adriano Rigoglioso joins Jim Harvey's side from Merseyside club Marine. The former Liverpool youth player, nicknamed Shelley by fellow players
TWO sister paper companies could combine under a major restructuring plan to restore growth. Consultation with unions are imminent over the proposals to merge the activities of Robert Fletcher (Stoneclough), near Radcliffe and Robert Fletcher (Greenfield
BURY companies are being urged to "go global" by joining the e-commerce revolution. And a new initiative could help pave the way to prosperity for local businesses by giving them access to previously untapped markets and generating sales worldwide. The
AN ex pupil from Hodgson High School in Poulton is jetting off in a new career as an air steward with JMC Airlines after passing an intensive training course with flying colours. Brett Davies from Stoneygate, Anchorsholme, successfully completed a JMC
A ST ANNES restaurateur is calling for a bigger police presence in the town as he and many other residents feel vandalism is running out of control. Benches outside a St Annes park are the latest target of vandals (pictured), who are wreaking havoc with
ST HELENS provides the setting for a sporting spectacular this weekend. For the borough is the venue for one of the biggest sporting events in the country this summer. It's the millennium Merseyside Youth Games. Venues include: Sutton Community Leisure
AN ex pupil from Hodgson High School in Poulton is jetting off in a new career as an air steward with JMC Airlines after passing an intensive training course with flying colours. Brett Davies, pictured here, from Stoneygate, Anchorsholme, successfully
A DEAD body which was washed up on the shore at Fleetwood on Friday (June 30) has been identified as that of Luk Kee Lau. Born of Chinese origin and a native of Keighley in Yorkshire, Mr Lau's body was found at around 4pm, 100 yards from the outer promenade
COUNCILLOR Doreen Pollitt, chairman of Lancashire County Council's social services committee, was impressed after a visit to Fylde Community Home's education department recently. Coun Pollitt, seen here looking at woodworking skills with Fazir Hussain
A REVOLUTIONARY anti-drug project was at Bowerham Road Primary School in Lancaster this week. The Life Education Mobile Classroom is based on a highly successful Australian scheme and is currently touring the district. Its work ties in with the school
EMERGENCY support for heart attack victims in Carnforth received a big boost this week when the Ashtree Surgery received a defibrillator from the British Heart foundation. Defibrillators help provide emergency support for people who go into cardiac arrest
I DON'T know about you, but I reckon there are two types of people in life and that you can separate the masses 50-50 no matter what you're talking about. There are, of course, the indisputable winners and losers among us, divided up by clear points,
BURY'S 48 local councillors are to take advantage of a three per cent pay rise. The increase, roughly in line with inflation, has been approved by all parties and will now give every councillor a basic allowance of £4,080 a year. Many elected members
ELEVENTH hour talks were taking place on Thursday (July 6) to try to avert a strike by 1,750 First Manchester bus drivers. Local commuters face chaos if the stoppages, planned for today (Fri July 7) and Monday, (July 10) go ahead. Meanwhile, the East
PUPILS at a local school are being offered more than £1,400-a-year to sit their A-Levels while their classmates get nothing. Mr Frank McCarron, the head teacher at St Monica's RC High School, Prestwich, has had to explain to pupils and parents in the
IT has taken America by storm and the animated film Chicken Run looks set to repeat its success in this country. But when you see the movie spare a thought for the talented artists who spent years of painstaking work creating the world of Ginger the chicken
RESIDENTS have six of the best chances to tell town hall bosses what they want for their communities. A series of Listening Days start today (Friday July ) to give people a final opportunity to put forward their own priorities on every aspect of local
WHAT a welcome in Woodbury! That's the cry from around 400 Bury people who are making their home there this weekend after cementing a trans-Atlantic link initially established more than 300 years ago. The Bury contingent is coming to the end of a week-long
BURY Times reporter Karen Fraser has taken to the road with the police "yob patrol." And this is her account of what she found. Judging by some comments you would think gang warfare had broken out in local towns. People complain that marauding youngsters
BURY Grammar School pupil Lyndsay Parkinson will have to be on top form at the weekend when she competes in the England netball trials. The 13-year-old enjoyed success last weekend when she fired Hyndburn's Under-13 side to victory in the National Championships
CLARETS boss Stan Ternent has made his first signing of the summer by capturing promising young Liverpool defender John Boardman. The 19-year-old centre-half impressed during a couple of games in the Clarets' reserves at the back end of last season. And
FORMER arch rivals Whitbread and Punch have joined forces in an £80million deal to develop a network of budget hotels next to pubs. The two groups last year fought tooth and nail for control of 3,600 pubs being disposed by Allied Domecq, a battle which
A BUSINESS broking service took its meeting to the shopfloor. The Alchemy Network was launched in Pendle last year and aims to act as a broking service between businesses and potential investors or people who can offer skills to firms. The latest meeting
LIBERAL Democrat Councillors, John Beirne and Carole Kavanagh, are joining the national campaign to boycott petrol pumps on Tuesday, August 1, in protest against the rising price of petrol. The duo are spearheading the local campaign to ensure that motorists
ST HELENS is offering cash to help students to continue their education after leaving school. Councillor Andy Bowden, Executive Member for Education and Lifelong Learning, said: "I am delighted at the announcement, particularly as the council is one of
BRITISH and Commonwealth bantamweight boxing champion Ady Lewis is nine weeks away from making a first defence of his new titles. Bury's 'Mighty Atom' is set to face Belfast's Tommy Waite in Manchester on Saturday, September 9 on the same bill as Michael
BURGLAR alarms that just go on ringing and cause annoyance to neighbours could land their owners with unwelcome bills, St Helens Council has warned. The council is appealing to people with alarms to take sensible precautions for their supervision before
IT WAS a case of fun, American style, when a Leigh nursery threw an Independence bash to celebrate July 4. Children even raised £100 for their school - which is due to open a new After School Club in August. American snacks went down a treat in the fun
PROSECUTORS are preparing to bring manslaughter charges over the death of a 22-year-old father who was crushed under a lorry. Khalil Ulla Khan died in January, two days after he was trapped by a 32 tonne lorry, which toppled on to a pavement in Darwen
SADDLE sore victims of equestrian crime have a chance of being reunited with stolen goods. Greater Manchester Police are continuing to search for the owners of seven saddles still remaining unclaimed from items recovered in raids in East Manchester. Early
CATARACT sufferers in Leigh received good news at the weekend with the announcement of a £600,000 award for eye surgery. The massive cash injection for a new theatre at the Royal Bolton Hospital came after months of speculation. The cash came out of a
PUBLIC transport in the area is set to become safer. The news follows the implementation of a number of strategies aimed to reduce and prevent incidents of crime and anti-social behaviour on public transport. The initiatives, co-ordinated by GMPTE with
A HINDLEY church took on the mammoth task of creating hymns in bloom for a four day Festival of Flowers. Some of the great and traditional hymns were portrayed in display form at Hindley St Peter's - thanks to the help of hundreds of talented people.
FIRMS which have helped to bring life to local communities could be in for a cash bonanza. Wigan and Leigh Business Awards 2000 aims to further develop the borough as a focal point for enterprise and opportunity through recognition and reward. This year
ACCIDENT statistics at the council charted 112 slips or falls on council premises from January-March this year. A report to the Finance and Human Resources Audit Committee on Wednesday revealed that 546 accidents had been reported in the three-month period
CHANGES to the way planning applications are considered should speed up the system for residents who need council permission to extend or alter their homes. Members of Wigan Development Control Committee have discussed changes in line with new government
BUSES in the Leigh area will be hit today (Friday) and on Monday as First Manchester drivers strike after failing to agree a new pay package. The action comes after the firm's negotiations with the Transport and General Workers' Union fell through. The
WHAT a lovely photograph it was on the front page of your paper in the week June 22. The little girl looked so pretty and so natural, I just had to put pen to paper and compliment your photographer. Well done! Fellow snapper, Fulwood.
TWO Lowton brothers and a group of friends used pedal power to thank the Wigan and Leigh Dyslexia Association on Sunday. Adam Eastwood, aged ten, and brother, Gavin, eight, of Beardsmore Drive, Lowton, lapped Leigh Harriers' Charles Street track on wheels
I AM writing to express my concern over the number of children that I witnessed on my recent holiday to Majorca who were enjoying the sun with no protection. During a time when we are constantly bombarded with messages on how dangerous the sun's rays
POLICE are hunting a vicious pervert who raped one woman and indecently assaulted another in Kingscote Drive, Blackpool. The two young women were walking through Kingscote Park in the early hours of Thursday, June 22, when the the man approached. He spoke
A ST ANNES restaurateur is calling for a bigger police presence in the town as he and many other residents feel vandalism is running out of control. Benches outside a St Annes park are the latest target of vandals (pictured), who are wreaking havoc with
LOCAL people gave £3,542 to the East Lancashire Hospice Appeal this week for better day care facilities. The total now stands at £1,107,870 towards the £1.3million needed for the extension which will almost double the size of the Park Lee building. Gifts
A COMPANY has been fined £3,000 for polluting a brook with molasses. Magistrates at Leyland heard that as routine inspection by the environment agency found that Fowler brook at Higher Walton had been polluted. The pollution was traced upstream to a water
A CCTV scheme in Chorley town centre helping to cut crime and catch offenders. In recent weeks a number of people have been caught on film causing damage and vandalising property. One person was fined £75 and ordered to pay £65 compensation after damaging
A PUB landlord has given his boozer an aristocratic air by designing its very own coat of arms. When extrovert Irishman Jerry Bell took over Seamus O'Donnell's at Ewood he did it on the condition he could scrap the Irish theme and turn it into a traditional
CASTROL Honda's Colin Edwards is chasing victory in his home round of the World Superbike championship at the Laguna Seca circuit in California on Sunday. Texan Edwards leads the championship by 26 points after eight of the 13 rounds and is confident
CHORLEY will play either Sheffield Collegiate or Dunnington in the last 16 of the national knock-out cup after Lord's rejected an appeal by Preston to replay last weekend's regional final. Chorley won that game by three wickets and Preston's claim that
BLACKBURN Northern want to have professional Ata-ur-Rehman at Pleckgate Road for a good few seasons yet. The pace bowler has been at the centre of controversy following his role in the Pakistan match-fixing scandal causing some Jennings Ribblesdale clubs
ENFIELD are hoping last weekend's deluge won't dilute their revival as they look for a storming second half to the season. The Dill Hall Lane club have won just four of their opening 12 games to occupy second from bottom spot in the Transco Lancashire
HARESFINCH followed last week's first win of the season by defeating Burtonwood. In the Stanley Jones Cup, United Glass took the points from Haydock which makes their half of the draw interesting. With the round robin system, UG, Grasshoppers and Haydock
ST HELENS Town FC are about to break new ground. For they will play their first game at Saints' Knowsley Road ground on Tuesday, July 18 (7.30). It's a friendly encounter with Accrington Stanley and paves the way for Town's ground-sharing scheme with
I FEEL I must reply to your recent correspondent (Citizen, June 22) who was bemoaning a six-month waiting list for his orthopaedic consultation. Am I in a minority in being eternally grateful to our wonderful health service? Some three years ago my hip
IT was a wet weekend for all the St. Helens Recs cricket teams with only one game completed. On Saturday the first XI played hosts to Hightown who won the toss and put Recs in to bat on a damp wicket. The Recs batsmen soon succumbed to the bowling of
YOUNG Hayley Finnan proved she is a chip off the old block when she won a top award for tag rugby at the Merseyside Mini-Youth Games in Bootle. For the 11 year old, from Gunning Close in Eccleston, is the granddaughter of the late Bill Finnan, the Saints
NORTH End season ticket sales are at an all-time high -- and still climbing. The Bill Shankly Kop, which will be for home fans only this season, has proved particularly popular with 2,300 supporters already buying tickets. Chief executive Tony Scholes
WOMAN Police Constable Reehaina Saddique has plunged Lancashire police into an embarrassing crisis. Two weeks ago, the man she accused of sexual harassment, PC Paul Wilkinson, was found dead in his burnt-out car at Much Hoole on the outskirts of Preston
ANGRY throngs of banner-waving demonstrators gathered outside the town hall yesterday (July 5) to protest about Blackpool Borough Council's plans to close six out of the eight council-owned residential homes. During the debate councillors were heckled
READING the recent Bury Times report concerning Bircle Church, and seeing the smiling young musician playing on the "digital" organ, I was reassured that church music is in good hands and that young people with enthusiasm and talent are still being attracted
MAY I thank everyone who supported me, in any way, on my solo run from Blackpool to Bury Hospice, on Sunday, May 14. In temperatures soaring towards 80 degrees I covered approximately 55 miles through Preston, Chorley and Bolton. Special thanks to Fysis
I FEEL, as a resident of Lonsdale Street, Bury, that I have kept a dignified silence regarding the fencing-off of the local bowling green. I have remained dignified despite the attempts of a grey-haired mafia who have belittled our objections to the fence
THE recent Millennium Festival, organised by the Ramsbottom Heritage Society, appears to have been a runaway success. It was a very busy time, with at least three different events each day, cumulating in the grand finale hosted by TV presenter Martin
I HOPE this letter will be printed to try and prevent other families suffering the heartbreak and misery which my mother, father and myself are going through at the moment. Bury is, without doubt, suffering from a heroin epidemic, which I can only visualise
A. J. H. PILKINGTON (Your Letters, June 30) concocted a very eloquent argument opposing a ban on fox hunting. The writer rallies support for the rights of the individual and claims that the comments of the anti-hunting lobbies are "spurious" and their
A 45-year-old man from Haydock was helping police with their inquiries on Tuesday afternoon following an alleged firearms incident. The man was being questioned by officers following reports of an incident in Sherlock Avenue, Haydock, at 9.15pm on Monday
MRS I. Kearns from Huyton is this week's £2,000 jackpot winner in the Willowbrook Hospice weekly lottery draw. Other big winners were Mrs S. Mamsley from Roby, £200; Mr J. Coates, Parr, £125; Mr B. G. Kirby, Newton, £75; and Mrs J. Worthington, Blackbrook
WANTED -- good homes for this cute collection of polar bears, tigers and pandas! But don't worry, these particular 'wild animals' are of the cuddly toy variety. Photographic store KAMERA of Cotham Street, St Helens, has 100 of the toys to give away to
POLICE concerned about a quantity of lost medication falling into the hands of children or other vulnerable people, are appealing for help in finding it. The medication, a small prescription bottle of 18 diazepam tablets, in a small, black, leather-look
A STRETCH of the East Lancs Road in St Helens was closed to traffic for almost three hours following a three-vehicle accident on Wednesday, June 28 which left three men injured. The accident, involving a Nissan Micra and two other vehicles, happened at
POLICE are appealing for witnesses to a robbery at a post office on Thursday, June 29. Three masked men in dark clothing burst into Thatto Heath post office in Lugsmore Lane at at about 12.10pm and kicked in the security screen and scrambled through.
