REMEMBER, remember, the fourth of November - gunpowder, treason ... and a dodgy offside decision! It was a crazy, deranged, delirious, insane, lip-smacking, mad-cap Division Two conflict. And, believe you me, that was only half the narrative as this high-octane
A WARNING went out to publicans after a spate of break-ins at pubs. A burglar broke into the Judge Walmsley pub at Billington but after making a search, left empty handed. The intruder got in by climbing on to a rear fire escape and breaking a window.
NEIL Hodgson, 21, has signed a two-year deal with Superbike World Champions Ducati. The Burnley-based rider will replace double world champion Carl Fogarty at the Italian team, with Fogarty joining Japanese giants Honda. "Replacing Carl Fogarty will not
IAM an undergraduate, currently in the process of producing a dissertation on the industrial growth and decline of Accrington. I would be grateful if any reader has any information on this, particularly from 1945 onwards and also if anyone has any old
ONCE again it is time for us to make our annual appeal in respect of the Poppy Day collection. This year, Remembrance Sunday is on November 12, prior to which collections will be made at local points. May we once again appeal to your generosity? We do
ACCORDING to John Collins, chairman of the North West Regional Association, the North West is subsidising some of the most affluent counties in the South because of the government grants system. This is a plainly ridiculous situation when the North West
EUROPE'S Common Agricultural Policy has produced a harvest of fraud with people fiddling fortunes, says Pendle MP Gordon Prentice. He clashed angrily with Agriculture Minister Tony Baldry after claiming that fraud accounts for an estimated £6 billion
JAYNE Hutchinson made it all the way to the final of the Guardian Direct National Junior Tennis Championships at Telford but was thwarted at the last hurdle. The 16-year-old ace from Clitheroe pushed Claire Smura all the way but lost both sets by 6-4
ANGRY Jimmy Mullen blasted the match officials after Notts County smashed Burnley's unbeaten Turf Moor league record. Mullen claimed County's decisive fourth goal was offside and TV evidence supported the Clarets boss. "That goal finished us off and I
IT WAS ironic that red-hot Blackburn Hawks were fanning the Flames on Bonfire Night ... but another sparkler of a weekend means the local ice hockey stars remain on top of the pile. And with a trip to local rivals Manchester Storm looming on Thursday
A FORMER assistant chief constable was accused of 'kneeing' an airport official after tempers flared over flight delays. Alison Halford, the ex-Merseyside policewoman who hit the headlines during a battle over sex discrimination claims, was spoken to
POLICE were pelted with lighted fireworks as violence flared at a bonfire party. Rockets were used like bazookas and fired at police cars as officers found themselves targets in Nelson last night. At the height of the disturbance, the crowd had grown
JANET Anderson, MP for Rossendale and Darwen, stated (LET, October 26) that she felt "betrayed" by the decision of Asda to remove double-time premium payments for new staff working on Sundays. You could almost taste the "surprise" in her indignation.
THOUSANDS flocked to see Blackburn's biggest bonfire go up in flames. A dry night and clear skies showed Blackburn Rotaract's dramatic firework display off at its best. Organisers believe the attendance of more than 20,000 at Witton Park extravaganza
BUBBLY Charlotte Dawson is keeping the biggest secret in town - whether she was picked for a television Blind Date. The 24-year-old perfume counter manager beat off competition from thousands of hopefuls to win a place on the stage for Cilla Black's famous
BONFIRES burned and fireworks flew through the skies to make it a fun weekend throughout the Burnley and Pendle area. Major organised fires drew thousands of people who enjoyed the spectacular nights in safety. And there were scores more smaller blazes
EAST Lancashire's nude poets took to the water for a reading in a Jacuzzi. The event was planned for a week earlier but was cancelled when Springers Sports Centre, Nelson, decided not to allow it to be held there as it would ruin their family image. Instead
IAM trying to find ex-shipmates of HMS Saintes, whether they be war-time or peacetime ship's company. I would be extremely happy to hear from them with a view to joining our flourishing association. A ANDREWS, Secretary, HMS Saintes Association, 65 West
CALLING all pensioners - Age Concern wants to hear from you. Age Concern's national campaign in 1996 is 'More Than Bricks and Mortar.' It is about the effects of bad housing on older people. All homes should be affordable, easy to get round, warm, safe
AS world leaders gathered in Israel today for the funeral of Yitzhak Rabin, the fragile Middle East peace initiative reached a critical stage. Mr Rabin's assassination plunged the country into the deepest crisis of its comparatively short history. But
TONIGHT, for the second time, brave Kate Rimer, will retrace the last steps of her murdered sister Lindsay. Just a year ago, on the night of Monday, November 7, 13-year-old Lindsay disappeared. It was almost six months later when her body was found in
BEFORE the start of last night's game against Everton, Jack Walker was the subject of an on-pitch presentation by Goodison chairman Peter Johnson. He was handed a "good news award" for what he has done for his hometown team. A nice touch and well-deserved
LANCASHIRE is losing out on millions of pounds every year - to help swell the coffers of affluent Southern counties. The chairman of the North West Regional Association, which represents local authorities throughout the area, claims Government grants
PROFESSIONAL musician David Walmsley counts himself as one of the luckiest men in the world. The popular artist has faced death twice in the last seven years but has survived and is still a popular face on the club circuit. "Wammy", as he is known, had
HAVING read the remarks of E Beach (Letters, October 31) I would like to add a little more regarding John Blunt's asking why the taxpayers should contribute to elderly people in residential homes (LET, October 25). First and more importantly, in 1948
RAY Harford was at Turf Moor on Saturday, with a possible target being Notts County's 23-year-old forward Paul Devlin. And there are suggestions that the Blackburn Rovers boss is also looking towards Italy's Serie A as a source of potential transfer targets
THE father of student hostage Paul Wells today told of the heartache caused by the flurry of rumours that his son is set to be released. And Bob Wells said the international press reports, which he believes are completely untrue, could put the lives of
JACK Walker needed only two words to rubbish the latest bout of speculation over Alan Shearer in the Sunday papers. It was, said the Ewood supremo: "Absolute crap." Mr Walker was the force behind the offer of a new contract to England and Blackburn Rovers
