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  • Making the grade can be a real pain

    BEING an average person is better than being nobody at all. Well, that's what someone told me soon after I got my GCSE grades. Exams are stressful but the period before and immediately after you get your grades can be a real pain, especially when all

  • Ex-addict shows there is life after drugs

    SHAUN Hartley has been clean for five months and one day and is starting a college course to become a counsellor. Five months and two days ago, he was at rock bottom. Reporter IAN SINGLETON found out why he is now looking forward with hope... IT seemed

  • Slow sign a 'speed up' for the HGVs

    SLOW down! was the headline (LET, August 25). The speed limit on two roads is being reduced from 60mph to 50mph. Any moves to increase safety are applauded, however, the change suggested will increase the speed limit for goods vehicles over 7.5 tonnes

  • Festival moaners give me the blues

    BORN in Colne but now living in Germany, I have come to recognise one sad fact! The only thing that anyone in Europe (maybe the world) has ever heard about Colne, is that it has a blues festival. It is amazing that the one thing that makes a place renowned

  • Technical school a good museum site

    REGARDING Darwen's new health centre. When there were initial discussions about the proposed site some people suggested the vacant technical school in Knott Street would be ideal because of its location. But the people were told it had to be on one level

  • Stirrup trap tragedy of stable girl Rebecca

    A YOUNG stable girl from Atherton was killed when she was thrown from a horse and dragged for a quarter of a mile. Rebecca Davies, aged 19, was exercising a horse for racehorse owner James Given at his Lincolnshire yard when it was forced to jump over

  • Car clips girl

    A TEENAGE pedestrian was injured when her leg was clipped by a passing car. The young girl from Bury did not require hospital treatment following the accident which happened at 6.30pm, on Wednesday (Aug 20), at the Woodfields Retail Park in Peel Way.

  • Garden party tops £4,600

    A SPECIAL animal lover handed over £500 at a charity fund-raiser to help unwanted animals and rescued pets The secret donation was handed over at the annual Pets in Need garden party. Treasurer Mrs Dorothy Maden said: "Thanks to the gift of £500 the event

  • Learn how to get the most out of holidays

    BURY South MP Ivan Lewis has gone to Butlins, but not as a Red Coat or a holiday maker! Instead, he has launched their Skills for Fun learning centre at Skegness which allows visitors to take online tests in literacy and numeracy and gain certificates

  • Patterson sticks with Redmond

    LEIGH RMI aim to continue their confident start to the season with a win over Woking on Saturday. The Surrey club have won three of their opening five games, but RMI are just one point behind them and are looking to capitalise on their impressive 1-0

  • Axe-wielding robbers strike twice

    DETECTIVES have launched a manhunt for three robbers who attacked one victim with an axe and threatened staff at a Bury supermarket with machetes. The trio carried out a carjacking in Unsworth on Friday night (Aug 22) and then struck at Asda, Pilsworth

  • Sky's the limit for Rovers fans

    A BARMY army of Blackburn fans will be turned into TV stars for a morning tomorrow. Regulars from the Station Hotel in Cherry Tree will be travelling down to London tonight before being the featured fans on Sky's Saturday morning show Soccer AM. Station

  • Souness working on Baggio deal

    GRAEME Souness has revealed he wants to add Dino Baggio to his squad before Monday's transfer deadline but he will have to let a player go out on loan to free up the cash in his budget. "I would like to have Dino Baggio. He's impressed us in training.

  • Rovers to face Turks

    BLACKBURN Rovers were today drawn against Turkish outfit Genclerbirligi SK in the first round of the UEFA Cup. Today's midday draw in Monte Carlo threw together Rovers and the former Turkish Cup winners in a dress rehearsal of England's crucial Euro 2004

  • Fergie is my Roy Keane - Souey

    BLACKBURN boss Graeme Souness today said Barry Ferguson has the potential to become Rovers' answer to Roy Keane after winning the race to sign the Rangers star. Rovers finally had an offer accepted by the Glasgow giants last night after their two previous

  • Roubles Rovers?

    A MULTI-MILLIONAIRE Russian businessman is not about to become Blackburn Rovers' new Jack Walker, as far as the club's owners are aware. But chief executive John Williams today refused to rule out a Chelsea-style takeover bid at Ewood Park and said: "

  • Forced to remove riots paintings

    AN artist has been ordered to remove an exhibition of his paintings after people complained to the police that they were racist. Censored pensioner, Geoffrey Whitehead, 70, of Greatcroft Close, Barnoldswick, said his "freedom of expression" had been taken

  • Porter doubt for Southend

    STRIKER Chris Porter (ankle) looks unlikely to be fit for Saturday's clash at Southend and will sit it out with George Clegg (knee) and Terry Dunfield (shoulder). There's better news on the Dunfield front though, with the Canadian schemer expected to

  • Shakers aim for an early charge

    ALL eyes are on September 27 for Shakers writes Chris Hall. That's when manager Andy Preece reckons he will know if his side has a serious shot at promotion this year, or if they are to be cast as Division Three also-rans. It has been almost impossible

  • Resurgent Shakers aim to keep Shrimpers in hot water

    IT'S a confident Shakers squad that heads for the south east ahead of Saturday's clash at Southend United. Those two Bank Holiday victories against Kidderminster and Lincoln City were just what the doctor ordered for Andy Preece's men who put a three

  • Dad left suicide note

    A PENSIONER who killed himself had been suffering from mental health problems, an inquest heard. Cheryl Raw told the hearing that her father, Kenneth Raw, 63, of Fir Street, Nelson, had become increasingly paranoid and felt that even she and her brother

  • 'Drugs taken' before mother was beaten up

    A FORMER post office worker at whose home a drug-addicted young mother was "treated like an animal," told a jury he felt no responsibility for what was said to have happened. David Kennedy, 33, who locked the door behind Rebecca Collier before she was

  • Revellers up for the lark

    A DAY of entertainment and fun is on the bill for residents of Clayton-le-Moors this weekend. The annual Lark in the Park entertainments extravaganza will take place tomorrow, with a packed itinerary of attractions. A live music stage will showcase local

  • Blackpool, face up to Mac lash!

    DISMAL Blackpool travel to Swindon's County Ground on Saturday, reeling from a performance which manager, Steve McMahon, dubbed the worst of his reign. The Seasiders are hoping to have John Murphy and Martin Bullock back, while Keith Southern is also

  • Pensioner attacked in own home

    A LYTHAM pensioner suffered serious head and neck injuries during an attack in his own home in the early hours of Friday morning. The 66-year-old, who has not been named, was assaulted at around 3.20am at a Lytham address and had to be taken to Blackpool

  • Kilby to guest

    BURNLEY FC chairman Barry Kilby will be the special guest at the next meeting of the Accrington Clarets next Monday. The meeting starts at 8pm at The Stanley, Stanley St., Accrington - now the new venue instead of the Queens Hotel in Eastgate. Both members

  • Taylor sale saved club

    STAN TERNENT has revealed that Burnley could have faced financial ruin but for the sale of Gareth Taylor. Ternent jumped to the defence of chairman Barry Kilby following Taylor's sudden £500,000 move to Nottingham Forest earlier this week. And the Clarets

  • Dope test!

    PATIENTS at Blackpool Victoria Hospital may be given cannabis as an alternative anaesthetic as part of a six month trial into the effectiveness of the drug. The study, backed by the Medical Research Council, will see patients asked whether they are prepared

  • Being too green for your own good

    A LOCAL Euro-MP has urged green-fingered Fylde residents to pay attention to new EU laws banning the use of dangerous chemicals in the garden. North West MEP, Chris Davies, believes thousands of gardeners could be caught out by the regulations, imposed

  • Top service will improve

    AWARD-winning staff are promising first-class environmental service to the borough's residents. The council's environmental services unit, which oversees health, food safety, health and safety at work, pollution and licensing, has been awarded international

  • Town hall sets pace on global warming

    A EURO MP has congratulated Bury Council for being one of only seven North West local authorities pledging to tackle global warming. The Nottingham Declaration on Climate Change commits councils to prepare a plan to address both the causes and effects

  • Athletics: Vets show how it should be done

    THERE is an edge to the over-50s categories in Radcliffe AC's fell running championship this year. Brian Booth has a slight edge over Arthur Warren, but over the course of the season, there is always the prospect that Arthur, a renowned fast down-hill

  • Cricket: Title hopes take a knock

    LEADERS Rochdale put a dent in Radcliffe's title charge at the Racecourse on Sunday to leave the home side with it all to do. Radcliffe went into the crucial match buoyant following a recent run of success that culminated in a three wicket victory at

  • Taking a step nearer to greatness

    BY his own admission things are going pretty well at the moment for James Walsh, lead singer with Starsailor. The band's new album is due out next month and is already attracting huge critical acclaim, last weekend they supported the Rolling Stones in

  • Rock chicks? Not us

    THEY'RE the sassy, sexy face of country music who aren't afraid to speak their minds. Meet The Dixie Chicks, the all-girl trio who have have sold over 25 million albums and who will be touring the UK next month as part of their first world tour in three

  • Former manor house opens as hotel

    A NEW hotel, originally built as a manor house 100 years ago, has opened in the Whitehall area of Darwen. Neil and Tracy Burrows, who have worked in a variety of four star hotels across the area, moved from Rochdale to open Darwen's latest hotel on Ross

  • Village centre set for new lease of life

    A RUNDOWN community centre could be soon become the focal point of the village once more thanks to a £25,000 cash injection. The residents-run East Rural Community Regeneration Board decided to use a Government grant to repair its 25-year-old centre in

  • New mental health chief

    HEALTH bosses have appointed a manager of mental health services in East Lancashire. Joe Deegan, from Rossendale, has worked in the NHS for nearly 40 years and has been appointed as one of four associate directors for the whole county. Karen Wilson, director

  • Andy takes on major challenge

    WILD country, mountain peaks and raging rivers didn't pose a problem for a Rossendale Army officer who has just returned from a training exercise in the Canadian Rockies. Maj Andy Parson took part in the month-long Exercise Northern Challenge as part

  • Teenage 'gent' flouted court order

    A BACUP teenager jailed for repeatedly flouting an Anti-Social Behaviour Order must stay behind bars. The 17-year-old, described as a "gentleman" by a remand foster parent, had appealed against a four month detention and training order imposed by Burnley

  • Scrutiny teams to put council under the microscope

    ROSSENDALE Council activities are going under the microscope in a new process that will probe accountability, value for money and quality of service. Six review teams, representing all three political parties at the council, have been set up to conduct

  • Grants expected to kick off sports

    ROSSENDALE Council are helping to kickstart sports and health activities in the borough by attracting a range of grants. Rob Kennedy, Rossendale Council's recently appointed community sports development officer, is working on a new plan to involve more

  • Big Sam puts boots back on for charity

    BIG Sam Allardyce is not a man used to taking orders -- but he will be answering to another manager this weekend when he plays in a charity football match at Radcliffe Boro. The Superwhites boss and coach Phil Brown are due to play for a team of Wanderers

  • Specs appeal

    LAURA GILL has shown that she has real specs appeal, after being chosen as the sexiest specs wearer in Blackpool, in a national modelling competition run by Specsavers Opticians. Laura, who was plucked from thousands of 'wannabe' models, will now attend

  • Club boss wins battle with council

    MANAGEMENT at a popular Poulton nightspot are celebrating after council officials pulled out of a court battle over a 2am licence. Wyre licensing officials originally shortened the opening hours of The Residence nightclub's Public Entertainments Licence

  • It's not all Greek to Andy

    BLACKPOOL police have been drafted in to help sort out drunken British tourists at a popular Greek holiday destination. Superintendent Andy Rhodes and Inspector John Donnelly will set off for Faliraki on the island of Rhodes on Friday, August 29. Once

  • Don't walk alone at night

    WOMEN have been warned not to walk home alone at night after a second brutal late night attack in Blackpool. A 19-year-old woman was left with a one and-a-half inch gash in the back of her head after being hit with a blunt object in the early hours of

  • Pupils relocated as school gutted

    PUPILS of a fire-ravaged Blackpool school will be able to start their new term on Tuesday as planned, after education bosses were able to find them an entire, empty school building just over a mile away. Around 400 pupils and 40 staff of Devonshire Road

  • Riddle of mum's death

    POLICE are trying to piece together the final moments of a former Fylde teenage mum found battered to death in woodlands near her Manchester home. Linda Neale, 19, was last seen alive walking with her partner, Marc Neale, and their 2-year-old son, David

  • First impressions

    A SCHEME to create a spectacular new entrance to Blackpool look set to go before the Deputy Prime Minister. The plans, which will see the realignment and widening of Seasiders Way and the demolition of Bloomfield Road Bridge, form part of the area's new

  • Double success

    THORNTON-CLEVELEYS girls are celebrating a double success, winning two tournaments in two consecutive weeks. The girls under-11 team won the Lammock Tournament at Blackburn reaching the final unbeaten, and beating the host club 1-0 in the final. The girls

  • Critical eyes on social services

    COUNTY council bosses have drawn up an action plan to make sure a tragic death like that of Victoria Climbie in February 2000 will never happen in Lancashire. The eight-year-old had moved to London from Africa with her great-aunt Marie Therese Kouao for

  • Terror of shot in the night

    A PENSIONER said she was lucky to be alive after being shot at while doing the washing-up. Catherine Murphy was in the kitchen of her home in Shearwater Drive, Larkhill, at 9pm on Wednesday when she heard a bang. Net curtains had been removed as the window

  • Hurt boy's appeal to halt glass bottle drop

    A SEVEN-YEAR-OLD today appealed for drinkers and vandals to stop littering his football pitch with bottles after he sliced his arm open on broken glass. Nathan Selby passed the ball to his friend on the land off Wensley Fold, Blackburn, and slipped --

  • Wild West for Christie

    HEAP big fun was had at the Old Cross Hotel in Radcliffe on Saturday (Aug 24) when it held a fund-raising day for Christie Hospital. And pictured is squaw Vicki Barry having a puff of the peace pipe. A Wild West hoe-down and barbecue got everyone in the

  • Rams hail 'new dimension'

    ANDY Grimshaw has hailed new signing Greg Brickhall as the shining light in what has been an otherwise disappointing start to the campaign for Ramsbottom United. The Rams knew they would have their work cut out before the season even kicked off as they

  • Hall ready for 'glamour' game

    NELSON manager David Hall says there is no need for his side to pull out all the stops to bounce back from their 5-0 defeat at Holker Old Boys. For the only reason they suffered such a heavy loss was because goalkeeper Billy Carrington got stuck in traffic

  • Young Robins get cup fever

    GREAT Harwood Town manager John Hughes hopes the FA Cup will provide more than just glamour for his young charges. The Robins have had a decent start to their North West Counties Division Two campaign, winning two and drawing two of their opening four

  • Anchor boys urged to drop mistakes

    DARWEN or Colne could lose their unbeaten tag when the North West Counties Division Two pacesetters go head to head tomorrow. The promotion hopefuls have started the season with all guns blazing, with Colne scoring eight goals in two games after a summer

  • Mind is running riot

    ONE's mind boggles, in a local paper it states "Dozens of officers carrying guns in riot vans descended on Mexford house to arrest one man". This would seem to be very much an over reaction. Surely surprise would have been a more positive approach? It

  • Part of Wyre's plan to keep people from Jubilee Gardens

    STUCK for something to do with the kids this summer holidays? Re: the above statement in the Citizen (August 21) by Wyre Cultural Service Unit. I have had a copy of the document 'Kids Stuff Summer 2003', issued by Wyre Borough Council, since mid-July

  • Clearing councillor's confusion

    I WILL gladly clear up Councillor Hodgkinson's confusion. Councillor Hodgkinson says he would like to see a development on Cleveleys front along the lines of 'our consultation', ie. Cinema, Bowling Alley, etc. Putting to one side that the 'consultation

  • Hodgson 25 year reunion

    FORMER Hodgson High pupils celebrate 25-years since they left school with a special reunion next month. People who left in 1978 will party the night away at The Place, Hardhorn Road, Poulton, from 7.30pm to 12pm on Saturday, September 20. Admission is

  • Genuine glittering display

    ART-LOVERS and magpies take note... one local gallery is taking the term 'a glittering display' very seriously indeed! Artlounge, on Dicconson Terrace in Lytham, is set to present the latest 'not-to-be-missed' offering from Lancashire-born artist, Lisa

  • Safe cafe Asda great for community

    A FUNDRAISING fun day takes place at Asda, Cherry Tree Road on Saturday, in a bid to raise money for a new 'meet and eat' caf. Police Community Support Officers, Katie Pasqualino and Andrea Morris have organised the event, which runs from 10am to 4pm.

  • Four on murder charge

    FOUR men have appeared in court charged with the murder of a 20-year-old man in Ramsbottom. Richard Meakin was found with stab wounds outside a house in Rostron Road following reports of a disturbance. Police officers were called to the scene shortly

  • Air ambulance must keep flying

    THE North West Air Ambulance has more than proved its worth since it was set up four years ago. Millions of pound in sponsorship from the Automobile Association got the helicopter into the air and its ability to get casualties in and out of accident and

  • Collections cut, but no tax refund

    IN the very near future (in the Infirmary area of Blackburn) a new system of household waste disposal will come into effect. I am uncertain and somewhat worried about the whole caper. My household consists of four adults. It may be fine for two-person

  • Give more power to rural folk

    YES, Peter Pike, there are indeed more important things to consider other than rule from Blackburn, Brussels, Preston, London, or anywhere else. Let's first have some fairness for rural voters. Is it right that there should be three-member wards in towns

  • Theatre company to launch workshops

    A ST ANNES musical theatre company is to launch shows and workshops in Blackpool after a successful weekend in Lytham. Imagine! Productions enjoyed such demand for tickets for its West End in Concert show at Lowther Pavilion recently that members now

  • Roubles Rovers?

    A MULTI-MILLIONAIRE Russian businessman is not about to become Blackburn Rovers' new Jack Walker, as far as the club's owners are aware. But chief executive John Williams today refused to rule out a Chelsea-style takeover bid at Ewood Park and said: "

  • Stolen car hit post

    THE driver of a stolen Vauxhall Corsa fled when he lost control of the vehicle in Bury. The car mounted the pavement in Maxwell Street and hit a lamp-post at 11.30pm on Thursday (Aug 21). When traffic police arrived, the driver had run off. Anyone who

  • Forced to remove riots paintings

    AN artist has been ordered to remove an exhibition of his paintings after people complained to the police that they were racist. Censored pensioner, Geoffrey Whitehead, 70, of Greatcroft Close, Barnoldswick, said his "freedom of expression" had been taken

  • Gang grab girl's bag in subway

    A 19-YEAR-OLD girl had her handbag snatched in a Bury subway. The teenager and a friend were walking through the subway under Peel Way around 2pm on Tuesday (Aug 26) when the incident happened. As they passed a group of teenagers, aged between 17 and

  • Springs in action

    A LITTLE bit of help from the professionals was all that budding young footballers needed to improve on their game. Members of the Springs Football group, which holds weekly practice sessions at Lower Gigg playing fields, enjoyed a full week of training

  • Babbel relishing a fresh start

    EWOOD new boy Markus Babbel today said he's relishing the chance to resurrect his career with Blackburn Rovers as he looks to put a nightmare two years behind him. Babbel joined Rovers earlier this week on a loan deal from Liverpool until the end of the

  • It's scary at the Bridge

    DAMIEN Duff today said Chelsea's awesome spending power has got to the stage where it's become laughable as Claudio Ranieri attempts to build a squad capable of winning the title. Blues boss Ranieri will take his summer spending soaring through the £100

  • Store rumour is quashed

    RUMOURS that Burnley is to get a new department store have been quashed. Whispers that Debenhams had found a site for a new town centre shop have been silenced by a spokeswoman for the store who said there were no immediate plans. However, she said the

  • Rosegrove Bulletin

    A PUBLIC meeting is to be held at the Railway Club, Back Rosegrove Lane, on Monday, September 1 at 7.15pm. The meeting is about safety in the community and the opportunity to talk to officers who help to run the scheme. ROSEGROVE Youth Club is in urgent

  • Nature revival plan given copter power

    A HELICOPTER has been drafted in to help a moorland wildlife project achieve lift-off. Energy giant United Utilities brought in the "heathercopter" to lift protective fencing over Worsthorne moor between Hurstwood and Cant Clough reservoirs to reach inaccessible

  • Bread firm's boost to cancer care

    A CAMPAIGN to increase the number of cancer carers in East Lancashire has been kicked off with a £1,347 donation from a bakery firm. Macmillan Cancer Relief is planning a campaign, to be called the Macmillan East Lancashire Appeal, to increase the number

  • Brother boy racers do wheelie great

    A PAIR of grown-up boy-racers from Burnley showed off their mechanical skills for a TV show. Brothers Paul and Mark Taylor, who work together at Burnley-based Mapt. IT, rekindled their interest in cars when they took part in filming for Thunder Racers

  • Bands line up for top festival

    THE line-up for the Reach 1 Burnley Festival has been announced and organisers have promised that there is something for everyone. Musical acts who will be appearing on the main stage at the event, being held in Queen's Park, include rock band Stonefish

  • Illegal cigs sold in shop

    AN off-licence owner has been fined £1,000 for selling cigarettes and tobacco without UK duty paid labels. Asif Javid, who has a shop in Coal Clough Lane, Burnley, was also banned from selling cigarettes and tobacco for two months, starting from September

  • I can't wait to serve in Basra

    EVERY family must fear for the safety of their offspring when they sign up into the armed forces. But how does it feel when your teenage son joins up with a regiment stationed in one of the most dangerous cities in the world? Chief Reporter Michelle Fiddler

  • Reserves go down 2-0

    SHAKERS second string were defeated 2-0 by their Blackpool counterparts in their latest Pontins League game at Gigg Lane on Wednesday.

  • Shaughny's a Shaker through and through

    EVERY time Paul O'Shaughnessy pulls on a Shakers shirt he's living a dream for every one of the club's supporters writes Phil Thorp For 'Shaughny' is as much a fan as the most diehard Cemetery Ender and isn't afraid to admit it. In these days of moneygrabbing

  • Memorial to road victim Jo-Anne

    A FOUR-YEAR-OLD Nelson girl who died after a road accident is to be remembered with a roadside memorial. Kevin and Susan Sainsbury, of Cooper Street, have erected the sign to commemorate the death of their daughter Jo-Anne, who was knocked down in Scotland

  • Recluse killed herself with tablets

    A RECLUSIVE 29-year-old woman killed herself after her mother died. An inquest heard that Sharon Jennings, of Fir Street, Nelson, who suffered from depression, was dependent on her mother, who died in July 2002. Her brother Phillip Jennings, who lives

  • CAB plea for more volunteers

    AN advice shop in Pendle says it needs to double its number of volunteers if it is to handle the 25,000 calls it gets every year. Now the Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) for the borough is launching an appeal for more help as part of National Advice Week

  • Right up their street!

    CORONATION Street favourites Roy Cropper and Norris Cole will jump to it this weekend to help Bury-based charity Hurdles. They will be the guests at a special charity day being staged tomorrow (Sat Aug 30) by Hurdles, which supports families of children

  • Man on farmhouse murder charge

    A RADCLIFFE man charged with the murder of a father-of-two at a Cheshire farmhouse is due to appear in court next month. James Stuart Raven, aged 43, of Parnham Close, is alleged to have killed market trader Brian Waters. He died at Burnt House Farm in

  • Appeal to save Sir George's castle

    MILLIONS of TV viewers will tonight be asked to help save a unique part of East Lancashire's heritage. Kinloch Castle on the Island of Rhum is one of three historic buildings under threat which will feature on the latest episode of the BBC's Restoration

  • Edgar is quids in with survey

    A LUCKY Pendle resident is £50 better off after taking part in a customer satisfaction survey by Pendle Council. Edgar Wormwell, of Shaw Square, Earby, was selected from 300 people who filled in a customer satisfaction survey to receive a cheque. They

  • Ten years ago

    MORE than 30 children tucked into jelly and ice cream to celebrate an Accrington playgroup's 25th birthday. Founder Mavis Mills, staff and youngsters celebrated at Laneside Avenue playgroup.

  • Five years ago

    FEMALE fans in East Lancashire defended their local teams' strips after they failed to make the 'sexy soccer' top 10. The blue and white halves of Blackburn Rovers and Burnley's claret and blue did not make the top ten.

  • Quarry leap man's signs of depression

    A MAN who suffered from Asperger's syndrome died after throwing himself into a Dales quarry. A woman out walking her dog, found James Raymond Riley, 24, of Plantation Street, Accrington, at the base of Storrs Common, Ingleton, on June 22, an inquest heard

  • Men held for abduction get police bail

    TWO men arrested after a car was stolen with two children sleeping inside have been released on police bail. The men, aged 20 and 23, were detained early yesterday on suspicion of abduction and theft of a motor vehicle. The children's mother Lorraine

  • Appeal to save Sir George's castle

    MILLIONS of TV viewers will tonight be asked to help save a unique part of East Lancashire's heritage. Kinloch Castle on the Island of Rhum is one of three historic buildings under threat which will feature on the latest episode of the BBC's Restoration

  • Pledge to keep air ambulance flying

    AN AIR ambulance boss today pledged that the service would continue next year, despite £400,000 of government funding coming to an end. But an East Lancashire MP believes the Government should continue to pay the money -- and indeed finance the total

  • Blackpool lack luck and lustre

    At Stanley Park on Monday Fleetwood defeated a lacklustre Blackpool by five wickets. Steven Croft, 98 from 184 balls with one six and 11 fours, and Mark Lomas 55 not out, were Blackpool's main contributors. But then John Wright, a splendid 72 from 104

  • King of the crease aged just 12

    AN aspiring Andy Flintoff has made his mark in his first season of senior school cricket. 12-year-old Lewis Williams has just completed a successful season as captain of King Edward VII and Queen Mary School under 12 team. Lewis of Shalbourn Road in St

  • Fylde move into land of giants

    GIANT New Zealander, Aaron Rameka, is set to become the next player to join the Fylde influx before the start of the National Three (North) season. The 25-year-old lock or blindside forward has experience in the top-level National Provincial Championship

  • St Annes charge continues

    THE ST ANNES charge for the Northern Premier League title continued apace over the Bank Holiday weekend as Geoff Love's side racked up two victories. At Fleetwood on Saturday they put the home side in to bat and then restricted them to just 180 8 from

  • Stan runs rule over winger

    EX-MANCHESTER City and Sunderland winger Nicky Summerbee is training with Burnley in the hope of winning a contract. Summerbee - the son of 1970's Clarets winger Mike - is a free agent after being released by Leicester last summer following their promotion

  • Brown is glad to be on home Turf

    BURNLEY fanatic Rachel Brown is back on home Turf next week - but looking at things from a very different viewpoint. The 23-year-old made Turf Moor stands her second home while growing up as a Clarets season ticket holder, but it's at pitch level where

  • Make a Difference

    COMMUNITY projects across Prestwich and Whitefield have been given a helping hand by young adults. As part of this week's Festival Manchester, more than 100 teams of young people have completed 5,000 hours of voluntary work throughout the county. The

  • Skipper plotting twist in title

    HASLINGDEN skipper Paul Blackledge is determined not to hand the Lancashire League crown on a plate to East Lancs. And Blackledge believes there could still be a twist in the tale as his side chases their first championship success for six years. Nelson

  • Is missing man on The Fylde?

    POLICE are searching for a missing Morecambe pensioner who may have headed to the Fylde Coast. Paul Anthony Mulhall, 65, was last seen on Yorkshire Street, Morecambe on July 5 at around 10.30am but may have travelled out of the area. He was described

  • Tune in, switch on, pop out!

    BLACKPOOL will see the light this weekend, with the switch on for the illuminations set to draw big crowds to the resort. Extra security arrangements will be in place at the central car parks, the arena for the switch-on, with fans of boy band, Blue expected

  • Hope in hospital ward

    THERE was great excitement for a young Blackpool patient at St Jimmy's Hospital in Leeds when the actor, Antony Audenshaw, who plays Bob Hope in Emmerdale paid a visit to the ward to meet him. Thomas Parker, aged 9, who suffers from a liver tumour, has

  • Missing Blackpool man 'could be in Bournemouth'

    A BLACKPOOL man missing since August 6 may have travelled to Bournemouth or Cambridge according to police. Lee Robert Stretch, 31, was last seen at his home on Rudyard Place, Blackpool at around 9.30am on Wednesday, August 6. Police described Mr Stretch

  • All crescent and correct

    WORK is set to begin on a major heritage makeover of shops on The Crescent in St Annes. The area is the latest to benefit from the St Annes Economic Heritage Scheme, which has already transformed other town centre shops. Work has already started to bring

  • More Post Office cuts

    TWO Fylde post offices have become the latest casualties of a bid to axe thousands of sites nationwide. As reported in The Citizen (August 14) postal bosses have already closed sites in Poulton, Normoss, Anchorsholme, Carleton and Central Blackpool as

  • Group throws weight behind walk

    WEIGHT Watchers across The Fylde are gearing up for The Citizen backed 3 Piers Walk for British Heart Foundation -- now just over one week away! A total of eight Weight Watchers teams have signed up for the BHF fund-raiser -- a 4.5 mile circular walk

  • Silence is golden

    A NEW campaign has been launched to encourage revellers in St Annes to keep the noise down when they leave the town's pubs and clubs. A poster is being distributed around the town centre reminding drinkers that they are in a residential area and asking

  • Friends help John to become ordained

    JOHN O'Dwyer never really intended to become a "man of the cloth" but friends and work colleagues spotted his potential a long time before he did! John has just been ordained deacon for St John with St Mark in Bury but his journey towards ordination started

  • Twins take centre stage with their heroes

    IT'S not every day a football fan gets to walk out on to the pitch with an England player. But six-year-old twins Gregory and George Pierce, of Rushmere Drive, Brandlesholme, got the chance to be centre stage at Ipswich Town's ground, when England played

  • Someone wants to hear about your ailments

    SUFFERERS of chronic long-term health conditions could help others to cope as they battle the same illness. Bury Primary Care Trust is inviting those living with illnesses such as diabetes, heart disease, arthritis and chest conditions, to share with

  • Record-breaking lamb is tup of the range

    HE may be just two feet tall but at £128,000, he is already worth more than many up-market homes. This is Top Hill Joe, the most expensive sheep in the world. The five-month-old Texel lamb from Bury smashed all records when he was sold at auction in Scotland

  • Quarter-million spend to polish "Poll Tax Palace"

    "POLL Tax Palace" is to undergo a quarter of a million pound revamp to make it easier for people to deal with Bury Council. But it will mean that the council's public enquiry area and reception facilities at Whittaker Street will be out of action for

  • Householder causes a stink at town hall

    FURIOUS resident David Wright made a real stink when he marched a wheelie bin full of six-week-old rubbish into Bury Town Hall. Council staff responded to the 45-year-old's protest by calling the police. Mr Wright, of Cornwall Drive, had contacted the

  • Soccer: Boro blast back

    RADCLIFFE BORO...3 STALYBRIDGE CELTIC...2 THE word 'great' is used all too often to describe comebacks but it certainly applied to Radcliffe's Borough's game with Stalybridge Celtic on Tuesday night. The Borough came from two goals down against last year's

  • Fergie is my Roy Keane - Souey

    BLACKBURN boss Graeme Souness today said Barry Ferguson has the potential to become Rovers' answer to Roy Keane after winning the race to sign the Rangers star. Rovers finally had an offer accepted by the Glasgow giants last night after their two previous

  • Taylor sale saved club

    STAN TERNENT has revealed that Burnley could have faced financial ruin but for the sale of Gareth Taylor. Ternent jumped to the defence of chairman Barry Kilby following Taylor's sudden £500,000 move to Nottingham Forest earlier this week. And the Clarets

  • Make a date to hear Teen Angel author

    RADCLIFFE author Glennyce Eckersley will be reading from her new book, Teen Angel, at Bolton Library next month. The reading will take place on Friday, September 12, in the Lecture Theatre at 7.30pm. Tickets, which are free and available from the library

  • Sporting joy for Ronald

    MR Ronald Morris (93), has received a commemorative trophy to mark his work in promoting sport in the borough over the past 40 years. Mr Morris (93) lives at Abbeyfield, Radcliffe, and on Friday (Aug 22) members of Radcliffe Sports Advisory Council and

  • "Foul" cry over goalpost car park fine

    AN office worker from Radcliffe claims he was unfairly fined for parking in a car park which he did not know was closed for the day. Mr Bob Cheeseman (57) of Normandy Crescent, Radcliffe, parked up at the free Riverside car park off Stand Lane on Wednesday

  • New treat for Crown children

    CHILDREN of ex-Crown workers will be given another special treat this Christmas. Children of 177 Crown Wallcoverings workers, who were made redundant in July, were taken to Blackpool Zoo on Saturday with money raised from the emergency Crown Kids fund

  • Walkers wanted to raise cash for hospice

    A DARWEN charity fund-raiser will stage a 12-mile walk from Ewood Park to Derian House in October. Ray Heeks, owner of the Darwen Kung Fu School who lives on Blackamoor Road in Guide, is calling for people across the county to come together in order to

  • Farm's green survey

    ENVIRONMENTAL assessments will be carried out at the site of a proposed outdoor leisure activity centre on a Roman Road farm. Residents living near the proposed site are opposed to the new development on the grounds that it will produce too much traffic

  • Hospice turns a new leaf thanks to donations

    GENEROUS Rossendale Hospice fundraisers have each received an engraved leaf to be placed on the "Giving Tree" in thanks for their efforts. Anyone who donated £1,000 or more to the hospice was invited to a special ceremony this week. Organised by the hospice's

  • Taking a step nearer to greatness

    BY his own admission things are going pretty well at the moment for James Walsh, lead singer with Starsailor. The band's new album is due out next month and is already attracting huge critical acclaim, last weekend they supported the Rolling Stones in

  • Rock chicks? Not us

    THEY'RE the sassy, sexy face of country music who aren't afraid to speak their minds. Meet The Dixie Chicks, the all-girl trio who have have sold over 25 million albums and who will be touring the UK next month as part of their first world tour in three

  • Pam-tastic!

    A BLACKPOOL restaurant owner has raised £3,000 for research into a rare hormone disorder after a life-saving operation which helped to partly cure her of the condition. Mum-of-two Pam Holmes, who owns the Bodega Grill at Red Bank Road, Bispham, ran a

  • A waste of energy

    BLACKPOOL council officials have vowed to do better after the resort was named the least energy efficient local authority in the North West. Under the government's Home Energy and Conservation Act 1995, all local authorities must reach an annual energy

  • Not such a flood idea

    CONTROVERSIAL plans to build a business park on green space at Bispham could be quashed next week after council officers warned of the risk of flooding to the area. Members of Blackpool Borough Council's development control committee will decide on Monday

  • Fair choice of careers

    THE Lancashire Evening Telegraph's own education fair helped arm A-level and GCSE students with the information to shape their future. Hundreds of teenagers attended the Premier Education Exhibition, in the Premier Suite of Blackburn Rovers' Ewood Park

  • Three cleared over unfit meat scandal

    THREE men today walked free from court after they were cleared of selling hundreds of tonnes of unfit meat to firms that supplied supermarkets, hospitals, old people's homes and schools, some in Blackburn anmd Burnley. Simon Haslam, 39, of Derby; Brian

  • Get blood pressure tested for free

    A PHARMACY in Shadsworth is taking part in a campaign to encourage people to have their blood pressure taken. People can get free blood pressure checks between September 16 and 18 at Shadsworth Pharmacy, which has joined in the Blood Pressure Association's

  • Happy landing of first bit of Lumen

    THE first piece of the final and long-awaited sculpture for Church Street, Blackburn, has arrived. A eight-tonne block of granite was lowered into place earlier yesterday and will form the 'spine' of Lumen, the fifth and largest of the sculptures running

  • Water rates set to soar

    WATER bills across East Lancashire are set to soar to fund a £3.8billion investment programme. United Utilities, the firm which provides water to homes and business across the North West, estimates 60 per cent of the total could be needed to meet government

  • Council clean-up pledge after vomit sickener

    CLEAN-UP bosses have issued a pledge to town centre traders after a businessman found a pile of vomit outside his shop doorway. Tailor Robert Wilson, 53, who has run his business in Simmons Street, Blackburn, for the past 10 years, found the unsightly

  • Worker crushed to death at car plant

    A WORKMAN from Blackburn was crushed to death while working at a Toyota car plant. Bernard Anthony Place, of Whinney Lane, Lammack, Blackburn, was discovered by colleagues with injuries to his head and chest near machinery he was using to flatten land

  • United out to beat the blues

    ROSSENDALE United manager Jim McBride hopes the FA Cup will prompt his side to beat their away day blues. The Dark Lane side have lost both of the games they have played on their travels. But McBride has done his homework on tomorrow's opponents Goole

  • Peters warns changes will be made to iron out mistakes

    "THE honeymoon period is over!" That's the stark message from Bacup Borough boss Brent Peters. The West View chief has blasted his side for making a series of unforced errors, which he believes has cost them at least two draws from their last two outings

  • A sick trade

    I KNOW that greed and cruelty in some humans has hit the depths. I refer to the new EU laws which are being proposed to allow the way for a sick trade in pony, horse and donkey meat -- a practice which has been banned since the 1920s. Animals would be

  • Bush and Blair having strings pulled

    AS Hutton mows the meadows of the Kelly fiasco more and more frightened vermin run for cover behind forged dossiers, trumped up intelligence, wild recriminations, and downright lies. Westminster has become a warren of perfidy. Dr Kelly's death is, of

  • Reds aim to end travel sickness

    JOHN Coleman is confident his side's fortunes on the road can take a turn for the better this weekend. Accrington Stanley travel to fellow Conference newboys Tamworth tomorrow looking for their first away win. But, while Tamworth have had an early struggle

  • Exam results: it's time to celebrate

    EDUCATION chiefs are urging students, teachers and parents to celebrate their success with this year's SATs and GCSE results, confirming the borough's reputation for providing some of the best schooling in the country. Last week's GCSE figures reflected

  • Football tournament

    BLACKPOOL'S Clifton Rangers Junior Football Club are hosting a giant soccer tournament for six to nine-year-olds on August 31 at the town's Stanley Park. Around 30 local and out-of-town teams are expected to take part in the Asda and McDonald's backed

  • Walk for animal instincts

    THE RSPCA is staging a sponsored walk, with the help of the Countryside Ranger Service, to take place on Saturday, September 20. The walks starts from Th'Owd Tithe Barn, Garstang at 10am, (to book breakfast, between 8.30am and 9.30am, call 01995 604486

  • Down Your Street...

    A look at what's on near you soon LYTHAM ENJOY a couple of hours about flowers with Derek Armstrong's 'Looking Forward' demonstration at the next meeting of the Lytham Floral Society, Lowther Pavilion, Lowther Gardens this Wednesday (September 3) at 7.30pm