WALKING barefoot over burning embers wasn't enough for deaf charity supporters, who are planning to walk on broken glass. PC Diane Mansell, of Great Harwood police, said: "It was absolutely brilliant. I can't believe I did it but it was so exhilarating
A JUSTICE of the peace today expressed fears that parents could soon wage war on the scourge of drug dealing by taking the law into their own hands. Michael McShea, who is also a local councillor, is worried that easy availability of drugs in his Stacksteads
POLICE underwater search teams were called into Chorley town centre as flash floods caused chaos. A police spokesman said water reached 20 feet in Water Street, Chorley, yesterday afternoon and ten feet deep in other areas after the storm began at 2pm
A FORMER Blackburn woman was named as an international heroin trafficker who was facing the death penalty after a smuggler using her stolen passport was arrested in Pakistan. Rebecca Neumark was reported to be one of five people detained at Karachi airport
CRAIG Short's £2.1 million move from Everton to Blackburn Rovers should be completed today, or tomorrow at the latest - despite speculation at the weekend that it had fallen through because of medical problems. Ewood chief executive John Williams confirmed
CARLISLE UNITED 1 BURNLEY 2 CLARETS FRIENDLY: Pete Oliver reports from Brunton Park ANDY Cooke underlined his value to the Burnley cause as the Clarets wound up their public preparations for the new campaign with their third win in four pre-season outings
A toddler died suddenly after developing a fast-acting form of blood poisoning. An inquest into the death of Callum Rain heard the youngster was perfectly formed in every way and all his systems were normal. But a post mortem examination revealed the
A HOUSEHOLDER at the centre of controversy when a planning meeting had to be halted has had a formal complaint against council chiefs rejected. But Asaf Niaz has vowed to fight on in his wrangle with Ribble Valley Council. Police were called to the council
MORE than 50 Kosovo refugees staying in East Lancashire are to return to their homeland on the first available flight. Others will move into housing in various parts of Lancashire. Staff at the Calderstones Hospital complex in Whalley will hold talks
LANCASHIRE's committee will decide their contract offers to a number of top players at Old Trafford tonight. Andy Flintoff, John Crawley and Mike Atherton are just three of the players out of contract this season - who Lancashire know they must keep.
CARL Fogarty has revealed that serious technical difficulties are sabotaging his bid for a fourth world title. The reigning World Superbike champion could only manage a fourth and 19th place in front of an incredible 121,000 fans at Brands Hatch yesterday
PADIHAM stormed to the top of the Jennings Ribblesdale League with a superb victory over Edenfield. Professional Mark Harvey led the way with 128 backed up by 77 not out from John Hartley, as Padiham reached 292-3. The total was far too much for Edenfield
DARWEN'S exceptional league form continued apace at Fleetwood with a fine six-wicket victory at Broadwater. Petrie was soon in action on a wicket that gave assistance to the pacemen, sending back three of Fleetwood's top order with only a total of 19
LANCASHIRE Lynx must have left Craven Park wondering how they managed to lose a match that they dominated for long periods. After going in at half time with a nine point advantage, Lynx contrived to hand the game to Barrow, with two crucial errors in
POLICE have appealed for witnesses to a road accident in which five people were injured when their car collided with a lamp post on the A646 Burnley Road, Cornholme, between Burnley and Todmorden. The 22-year-old driver from Halifax, escaped with minor
IF CRICKET professionals' pay was directly related to performance then it is fair to say that the financial controllers at Ramsbottom and Burnley would be quids in. Matthew Pascoe and Anthony Botha have hardly set the Lancashire League alight this summer
A PETROL bomb attack on a house in Burnley may be connected to an earlier incident in which a car was damaged. Detectives investigating the incidents in Brennand Street, Burnley, are asking for information from the public. A bottle filled with petrol
I AM increasingly alarmed at the number of drivers with "orange disabled badges" abusing this permit to park, at the expense of genuine persons who are limited in movement. Regularly, I see drivers leap out of cars and vans and return with bags of shopping
POLICE have arrested a man after a 12-year-old girl was assaulted and a woman who challenged her attacker was kicked unconscious. The 30-year-old woman needed hospital treatment after being pushed to the floor and kicked in the head and legs, before the
JOHN Lennon caused uproar when he said that The Beatles were more popular than Jesus Christ. How, then, do you avoid offence in describing the phenomenon of Carl Fogarty? For the incredible 120,911 fans that attended Brands Hatch yesterday, Fogarty approaches
I READ with some amusement that a number of people have complained to the Broadcasting Standards Commission about the sexual content of a number of television programmes. Among the shows which produced the highest number of complaints were 'Vice - the
THE earth moved in Burnley's Queens Park in a weekend festival of rock, blues and brass. It was second year lucky for the Bands in the Park event as Burnley Mechanics organisers again chose a scorching two days for the free spectaculars. Around 6,000
POLICE work in Burnley is a far cry from investigating war crimes in Bosnia, but for Detective Inspector Simon Leach it is still a challenge he is looking forward to. Det Insp Leach, 39, has just joined Burnley CID and has been kept busy investigating
WIND FARMS are a controversial feature of the East Lancashire landscape and a planning application for the tallest-ever turbines at Hogshead Law Hill, above Bacup, has provoked strong reactions. Plans for turbines on Longridge Fell and Easington Fell,
A HOUSEHOLDER smashed a window and escaped to safety as fire swept the kitchen of his Nelson home. Nigel Hargreaves was awakened by a passer-by who broke a window at the Railway Street terrace at 2am yesterday after seeing a chip pan blaze take hold.
SCORCHING sunshine cracked the ground at Bent Head playing fields to make Brierfield Gala a sizzling success. Organisers, who only a year ago had their fingers crossed for the survival of the annual fun event, declared the future secure after more than
HORSES were led to safety when hay caught fire in a stable block on Greenbank Terrace, Lower Darwen. Blackburn and Darwen firefighters took more than an hour to put out the blaze yesterday afternoon. Sub officer Alan Burgess, of Darwen fire service, said
DETECTIVES hunting the Burnley rapist believe he may have struck again after a 20-year-old became the latest woman to be attacked in the Padiham Road area of town. The latest victim had just got off a bus from Whalley and was walking along Lakeland Way
BLACKBURN Rovers' Premiership memories were laid to rest in a bizarre ceremony at Bamber Bridge. Hundreds watched as the blue and white coffin, dedicated to the club's time in the Premiership, was paraded through town and buried in style outside the Trades
SURGEONS amputated the left foot of Bacup youngster Lisa Edmondson after her leg was crushed by a bus as she crossed a busy road. Lisa, nine, was rushed to Withington Hospital, Manchester, following the incident in Todmorden Road, near the junction with
MORE than 40 children have been given emergency antibiotics after two toddlers at an East Lancashire playgroup were struck down with meningitis. The pair, who attend Ladybird Nursery, Buchanan Street, Ramsbottom, are recovering after contracting the meningococcal
POLICE have issued a stern warning to motorists who park illegally on double yellow lines after firefighters were delayed on their way to an emergency call. Inspector Steve Sansbury, of Blackburn Police, said there would be a purge on town centre parking
A COLOURFUL carnival parade of floats, circus acts and marching bands opened a weekend of fun at Witton Park, Blackburn. The Blackburn Lions celebrated the 25th anniversary of their annual gala non-stop entertainment in two rings, and the event was a
CONTENTED Burnley boss Stan Ternent will take a further look at trialists Martin Smith and Stephen Grant as he puts the finishing touches to the Clarets preparations for Saturday's opener at Wycombe Wanderers. The duo were involved in Burnley's 2-1 win
COUNCIL chiefs in East Lancashire have been left in limbo over a possible share of millions of pounds of Euro cash after a bitter Cabinet split. And some areas of East Lancs could be gazumped by other North West boroughs which were not on the list, who
FROM a distance it looks a good result and it will certainly not do any harm for Blackburn Rovers to have completed the pre-season programme undefeated against a Liverpool team with five wins out of five before Saturday. But don't be fooled. For it was
Blackburn Breast Care Support Group meet Beardwood Hospital, Preston New Road, Blackburn, 7pm-9pm. "Massage for Relaxation," with Gwen Stevens, SEN, LHC Diploma. Lancashire Family History and Heraldry Society meet Cannon Street Baptist Church, Accrington
A TEENAGER was injured when a gas cylinder caused a flash fire during a camping holiday. Laurence Lavelle, 17, was changing a gas cylinder on a camping stove when the accident happened in his tent at the Camping and Caravanning Club, Edisford Bridge,
AS feats of civil engineering and industrial performance go, even now there are few to surpass that which Lancashire witnessed 60 years ago - the building of a mammoth factory the size of a small town in just three years and it employing 35,000 people
DOG owners who let their animals wander would face fines of up to £2,000 as part of a council crackdown on strays. Blackburn Council agreed to enforce the 1930 Control of Dogs Act which said any dog on the streets or a public place should wear a collar
BUSINESS people turned firefighters when a car burst into flames at a Blackburn service station. Staff turned extinguishers on the blazing Vauxhall Astra in a forecourt workshop at Lock Mill Service Station, Bolton Road, and neighbouring traders ran to
But while it is impossible to deny that impact of these huge machines, is it the case that the visual effect, which seems to be the cause of most contention, is an indisputably bad one? After all, was not impact of the original windmills on our landscape
REGARDING readers' memories of man landing on the moon 30 years ago, I also have a scrapbook about the event. My grandson made it while his mother and I collected articles from various newspapers. There are all kinds of things in it and we called it The
BRITAIN may be in the middle of an economic boom but large parts of East Lancashire are still suffering from high unemployment, social deprivation and industrial decline - factors that put them firmly on Europe's list for millions of pounds of regional
THESE days, the heritage banner certainly gets plenty of exercise. Attention is drawn to Queen's Park Hospital, the former Union Workhouse - opened 1864, overlooking Blackburn at Whinney Heights. Demolition work of the old ramparts is at present in progress
I UNDERWENT surgery in September, 1998, after suffering with my spine for approximately 19 months. I attended the clinic for the second time in June this year to be told that I would have to attend a pain clinic because I was still in a lot of pain with
COLNE took advantage of the storms elsewhere to close the gap on the top four of the EW Cartons Lancashire League as they crushed Church by 97 runs at the Horsfield. With thunder rumbling around and lightning flashing, the rain somehow avoided the Horsfield
FORMER Prestige workers in East Lancashire may be missing out of their pension rights say the trustees winding up the former company's pension scheme. Bradstock Trustee Services Ltd of Nottingham says it has become apparent that a number of former employees
IF ever proof were needed that large parts of the Labour Party are against the motorist - with the possible exception of John (Two Jags) Prescott - then the remarks of C Reid (Letters, July 26) surely provide it. What makes things worse is that, when
MP PETER Pike has called for early publication of the Police Complaints Authority report into circumstances surrounding the death in custody of Christopher Alder, whose Burnley sister Janet has campaigned for justice in the case. It follows last week's
THERE are a number of disturbing factors relating both to traffic calming and, more recently, the Safeway supermarket in Great Harwood. Labour councillors have, at every juncture, attempted to stifle debate, refused to constructively comment, found it
LANDSCAPE gardener Sean Durkin and Johanne Woods "christened" Burnley's Brunshaw Methodist Church when they decided to tie the knot. The couple, travelled by horse and carriage - driven by Sean's father - for the first wedding at the new chapel since
DETECTIVES hunting the Burnley rapist believe he may have struck again after a 20-year-old became the latest woman to be attacked in the Padiham Road area of town. The latest victim had just got off a bus from Whalley and was walking along Lakeland Way
THE man at the helm of Pennine magistrates' courts has stood down - almost 40 years after starting out making the tea! Peter Harling has retired after a 38 year career which has seen him rise from office boy to clerk to the justices - and qualify as a
A LIGHTNING strike knocked the top off a mill chimney, sending bricks crashing down into the street during an electrical storm. More than four feet of brickwork fell from the top of the M&S Tarpaulins factory chimney, Stone Bridge Lane, Oswaldtwistle
A HEARTBROKEN mother is hoping thieves will return precious memories of her baby daughter. Nikki Griffin lost property worth thousands of pounds when her Huncoat home was raided on Friday but all she wants back is a video cassette of baby Bethanie's first
FURIOUS bosses at soccer minnows Accrington Stanley are crying foul over a spoof magazine article which claims the club's new strip is emblazoned with insults to Manchester United. Stanley, who finished bottom of last year's UniBond Premier League, have
ANGRY residents have complained to council bosses after their homes were flooded during a heavy downpour. Downstairs rooms in three houses were left under inches of dirty water after blocked drains overflowed in the storm yesterday, according to tenants
PEOPLE creating a green haven in an East Lancashire village are celebrating after the project was awarded a grant of more than £13,000. Residents in Withnell Fold are currently working with Groundwork Wigan and Chorley on a Millennium Green for the village
