A HEARTBROKEN husband began to make funeral arrangements after his wife was told she was dying from bone cancer. But after Mavis Wild, 60, had spent 11 weeks 'on death row' she was told that she had a condition similar to adult rickets. Today - after
ADRIAN Heath introduced a fourth new face, German Torsten Boer, to the Turf Moor squad today and the message from the Hansa Rostock man came over loud and clear - I want the chance to make the grade in England. Boer, a fan of the English game since childhood
IHAVE worked abroad for a number of years, mainly in Commonwealth countries. In every case, I had to have a permit or contract to work, and was only allowed to take with me my immediate family. I was not allowed a vote and residential status was virtually
AERO companies today missed out on multi-million-pound aircraft and missile contracts which would have created 200 new skilled engineering jobs in Burnley and Pendle. Cleveland Guest at Colne and Burnley's AIT and Pendle Aeroform companies had key stakes
POLICE believed that a gang of pickpockets may have been operating in Blackburn after ten purses were reported missing in the town. Acting Inspector Alan Holt, said: "We must warn people to keep a close eye on their handbags and shopping bags and make
AMERICA - the land of the free. . .and the whooping, hollering, moronic, unsporting sports fan, writes NEIL BRAMWELL. A surge of nationalistic fervour is understandable during the Olympic Games, the world's biggest sporting tournament. And while no-one
FAMOUS snooker firm E J Riley have hit the bullseye with one of their latest products. The Padiham firm, the world's largest manufacturer and distributor of cue sports equipment, has been chosen as sole dartboard sponsors for the Webster's World Matchplay
A SINGLE mum has given details of her terrifying ordeal at the hands of kidnappers who subjected her to a serious sexual assault. The 33-year-old was dragged into a car as she walked along Stonyhurst Road in Blackburn on her way to a nearby garage on
UNDER FIRE gas bosses have drafted in extra staff to help with a meter-reading blitz, after being swamped by complaints from furious customers. And officials have set up a freephone telephone line to reassure householders about callers at their door,
WORRIES over BSE and recent scandals over live animal exports have been a double blow to farmers. Add to that the impact of the hit film Babe, which features a lovable talking pig, and it spells disaster for the industry. Plummeting meat sales have already
IT never fails to amaze me when I visit the chemist for my permanent medication and at times when I visit my Health Centre to see people picking up freebies - medication and baby welfare foods such as tinned milk and vitamins. Then, these same people
A SUPERMARKET chain fined £4,000 for selling food after it's use by date has had the penalty reduced on appeal. The Kwik Save branch in Bolton Street, Chorley, was investigated by Lancashire County Council's Trading Standards Department after a customer
A HOLIDAYMAKER injured in the Spanish airport bomb blast today described how she was caught up in the mayhem following the explosion. Marie Carradice of Colne was hit by a piece of the bomb at Reus Airport but did not realise until someone told her blood
A GO-KART centre has set itself on a collision course with local residents by trying to get the green light for future racing. Prestige Indoor Karting has applied for renewal of planning permission to use part of a mill in Colne as an indoor racing track
ACCRINGTON Stanley will take on the staff and prisoners of Kirkham Prison in their final pre-season warm-up game. Stanley had been planning a trip to Crosshills on August, 18 but that was called off. Stanley's under-18s take on a Craven League representative
A NEW vicar soon to be in harness in Oswaldtwistle had a previous job looking after the clothes and kit of the Horseguards. The Rev Paul Watson, who is to be the new vicar of Immanuel and All Saints, also lists collecting railway timetables as one of
TOWNELEY Hall's art galleries, Burnley, will re-open to the public on Sunday following major repairs and refurbishment. After almost two years' work, visitors will again be able to see their favourite paintings as well as a major exhibition of landscape
A YOUTH soccer team is seeking legal advice after a prestigious trip to Sweden ended in controversy. Blackburn Celtic were among scores of teams to compete in the week-long Gothia World Youth Cup in Gothenburg. But the trip was soured, first by a row
NEIL Hodgson has admitted that the World Superbikes Championship is now beyond his reach. But the Burnley bike ace is determined to blaze a storm for the remainder of the season. Tomorrow he will have a test run at Brands Hatch, ahead of Sunday week's
GREAT Harwood Town gave an encouraging performance in their opening pre-season friendly, holding a strong Rochdale side 0-0 at The Showground. "It was a good workout and a very good show on our part. I was very pleased and there was a decent crowd too
PACKAGING firm RPC is helping to give one of Britain's best-known brands a facelift. RPC Containers. of Guide, has designed and produded new jars for Quality Street. The brand is aiming to appeal to a younger market. The new 2lb and 3lb jars are taller
DOES any reader know of a picture of Blackburn's first joint Member of Parliament - William Turner, of Mill Hill, Blackburn? A Whig, Mr Turner was a calico printer. He was born in 1776 and he jointly represented the town with Tory MP William Feilden between
FOOTBALL'S coming home to Colne and fans are to be given the chance to see some premier soccer silverware up close. The FA Carling Premiership Trophy, held by Manchester United, is touring pubs across the country. One of the 'fixtures' will be at the
CARING pupils and staff impressed Department of Education inspectors at Woodnook Primary School, Accrington, but though pupils make good progress, they are still below national expectations in some areas of the curriculum. Youngsters were below the national
COURT rooms could become clogged with friends and neighbours suing each other as the fall-out from the Titan business club begins to hit people in the pocket. The warning has come from Lancashire Trading Standards officers after the controversial money-making
SUPERSCAN bosses were celebrating today after the appeal soared towards the £200,000 barrier. The achievement will be a massive breakthrough for the fund-raising bandwagon which continues to roll towards £1 million. The mammoth effort to buy a life-saving
UNION representatives today appealed for calm as the war over timetables between two rival bus companies escalated. TGWU branch secretary John Hornsby said: "The lads on the road are not happy with a situation of having to battle against each other. "
LANCASHIRE Enterprises Ltd faced a major threat to its funding under a new Government clampdown. Applications for EEC cash, which LEL needed to pull off the massive £80 million Leeds-Liverpool Canal regeneration scheme and other vital projects, had been
A SECOND round 80 left Kim Rostron in joint 14th position in the English Women's Amateur Strokeplay Championship, 15 shots behind halfway leader Sarah Gallagher of Trentham Park, Stoke. The Clitheroe girl lay on 157 going into today's final two rounds
ANDREA Holt bowed out of the Olympic Games in Atlanta early today when she and her table tennis doubles partner, Lisa Lomas, were beaten in straight sets by Chinese pair Wei Liu and Yunping Qiao. The Ramsbottom star and Lomas never got going and went
GUY Whittall will miss Rawtenstall CC's final five fixtures after being called up by Zimbabwe for a tournament in Sri Lanka in August. Rawtenstall's league representative Bob Johnson said: "It's unfortunate but if you want to sign any international cricketer
PAUL Dwyer may have his best chance ever next week of making an impact on the English Amateur Championship. The 22-year-old Clitheroe player has avoided any of the top names in the opening round and many of the pre-tournament favourites have been placed
LANCASHIRE youngsters Paddy McKeown and Andrew Flintoff were today called up by England. They were chosen to share 12th man duties for the first test against Pakistan at Lord's. It was the second Lord's test for England Under 19s all-rounder Flintoff,
THERE are more bad marks for our schools as a new report shows British children lagging far behind those in other countries at maths. This is worrying, as our children and how well educated they are constitute the seed-corn of the nation's future competitiveness
JUST how different new New Labour is from the old can be seen from the results of the Shadow Cabinet elections. They were a triumph for Tony Blair's leadership. He got all that he wanted - right down to the inclusion of Harriet Harman in his top team,
GARAGE worker Adrian Foster plunged to his death from a seventh-floor apartment after trying to climb from one hotel balcony to another, according to Spanish police. They said Adrian was trying to get back into his apartment after being locked out and
ROCKER Colin Hendry completed the latest leg of a unique musical world tour this week. Blackburn Rovers' star defender broke off from pre-season training and stretched his vocal chords instead as a VIP guest at Canadian crooner Bryan Adams' concert in
BLACKBURN Rovers' reserve team will play in the new-look Pontin's League Premier Division after all next season, after being given a late reprieve. And the news was welcomed at Ewood, where manager Ray Harford will be delighted that the second team will
WOULD someone enlighten me as to the purpose of mini-roundabouts - in particular, those on Willows Lane and Ormerod Street, Accrington. I am under the impression that the normal action when using a roundabout is to stop or give way to traffic from the
CAMPAIGNING grandmas have seen red after being left out of the switch-on of a new pelican crossing they helped win for Oswaldtwistle. Only ward councillor Maurice Cowell and Oswaldtwistle county councillor Dorothy Westell were at the Union Road switch-on
MORE than 150 workers were evacuated as firefighters battled to stop flames engulfing an East Lancashire mill yesterday. Machinery at Callender Aeroparts in Clayton-le-Moors suffered smoke damage after a fire, which started in a skip, spread to the factory
