YOUNGSTERS at a Blackburn children's centre said a big thank you to fundraisers and invited them on a guided tour of the building. Shear Brow Children's Centre opened its doors to parents and health visitors so staff could say thank-you to everyone who
STAFF were feeling blue at a local superstore -- all in the name of charity. Employees as Asda Blackburn swapped their usual uniform for various shades of blue denim to raise cash for the Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital. Workers paid a pound for
MORE than a hundred children could be left waiting in agony for months with mouth abscesses because dentists no longer have the facilities to extract their bad teeth. The waiting list in Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley for extractions under general
AN 85-year-old woman was left almost housebound after a pension day terror mugging on her way home from the post office, a court was told. Burnley Crown Court heard how the pensioner was knocked to the ground by Lee Taylor, 31, suffered a broken thigh
SINGLES THE NECTARINE No 9: Constellations of a Vanity EP, (Beggars Banquet) -- The No 9s release their first material on Beggars Banquet after being signed from the small Scottish label Creeping Bent, whose roster includes Nelson trio Element. Sounding
SATURDAY (October 7) Oxygen, Blackburn: 70s DISCO SOUNDS, 9pm to 1am, free. Cubes, Blackburn: DJ GILLY, ANDY B, house and garage, 9pm to 1am, free. Utopia Discotheque, Blackburn: SEDUCTION, chart and party tunes, 10pm to 3am. The Cellar Bar, Blackburn
THE former headteacher of an Accrington High School found himself taking centre stage the school's annual awards evening this week. Allan Grey retired from Moorhead High School at the end of last term after eight years at the school. This week, the Queen's
ANIMAL loving RSPCA inspector Steve Greenhalgh has a deep, dark secret -- he specialises in murder! The 50-year-old father-of-one from Accrington has spent the past five years researching East Lancashire's grisly past for his first book, 'Murder and the
Sunday, October 8 Blackburn: 12noon-1pm: Geloo Bros Ltd, 1 New Wellington Street, Mill Hill; 11am-2pm: Aston Pharmacy, 95 Accrington Road; 11am-1pm: Johnston Pharmacy, 50-52 Johnston Street; 10.30am-4.30pm: Superdrugs Pharmacy, 3-7 Stonybutts. Darwen:
Monday, October 9 Blackburn: To 9pm: Peels Chemist, 4 & 6 Railway Road; Cohen, 63 Whalley Range. To 8pm: Johnston Pharmacy, 50-52 Johnston Street; To 7.30pm: Aston Pharmacy, 95 Accrington Road. To 7pm: Arthur Haworth, 314 Bolton Road; The Pharmacy
Tuesday, October 10 Blackburn: To 9pm: Peels, 4 & 6 Railway Road; Cohen, 63 Whalley Range. To 8pm: Johnston Pharmacy, 50-52 Johnston Street. To 7.30pm: Aston Pharmacy. 95 Accrington Road. To 7pm: The Pharmacy, Oakenhurst Road; Geloo Bros, Cleaver
Division One: Tranmere Rovers 2 Burnley 3 - Pete Oliver's match verdict A QUICK drive round the block in the team bus before home games could soon be the order of the day for Burnley after they chalked up their third away-day success of a season that's
BLACKBURN Rovers boss Graeme Souness faces a new obstacle in his bid to land Liverpool keeper Brad Friedel. German club Energie Cottbus expect the American to arrive for a trial next week. The Bundesliga's bottom club have conceded 17 goals in seven matches
BURNLEY chief Stan Ternent plans to bolster his squad next week with a new loan signing to supplement a side that last night moved up to seventh place in the First Division. Burnley beat Tranmere Rovers 3-2 with an injury-time winner from Andy Payton
NELSON indie band Element have been forced to change their name, despite having just released their debut album. The alternative trio, who are firm favourites of Radio One DJ John Peel, have taken the step after a member of Death in Vegas started using
THE Leeds and Liverpool Canal will benefit from part of a £19.75 million Government cash boost to British Waterways. The company, which owns and manages around 2,000 miles of Britain's waterway system, will get an extra £9 million on top of its normal
LANCASHIRE is putting on a host of ghostly events for Hallowe'en. The fiendish feast has something for all ages to enjoy. It includes: "Hallowe'en Night Watcher," Wildlife and Wetland Trust, Martin Mere on the evenings of Tuesday and Wednesday, October
ONE of the last survivors of the East Lancashire Regiment's vital rearguard action at Dunkirk was buried with full military honours. The coffin of Richard Briggs, who died at the weekend, was draped with the Union Flag and a bugler played the Last Post
FLATS damaged in an arson attack will be repaired within a week, says Blackburn with Darwen Council. Stewart Brown, 27, of Bowland House, Larkhill, said he was still waiting for his flat to be repaired after the blaze last Friday. He said that his home
MORE than a hundred children could be left waiting in agony for months with mouth abscesses because dentists no longer have the facilities to extract their bad teeth. The waiting list in Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley for extractions under general
THE husband of a charity fund-raiser who lost her job as campaign organiser after being accused of incompetence is calling for an apology after her name was cleared. An internal investigation by the Cancer Research Campaign (CRC), which culminated in
BLACKBURN Hawks have a great chance to move up the English National Ice Hockey League when they travel to take on Bradford Bulldogs in a Roses clash tomorrow night. The Bulldogs have yet to earn a point and are currently propping up the table. Bobby Haigs
PRESTON North End manager David Moyes has no problems with clubs making bids for his players -- as he has no need to sell. With North End currently riding high in the First Division, after promotion as champions last season, the scouts are descending
EXHAUSTED midwives were left seeing double when four mums gave birth to twins in just 18 hours! They all gave birth at Burnley General Hospital, notching up an East Lancashire record. First to deliver was Kirsty Parker, 21, from Colne, who gave birth
DON'T mention football boots to Graeme Souness at the minute because they're fast becoming the bane of his life. First, Craig Hignett got a pair of new boots in the summer and immediately aggravated an old Achilles injury which has kept him out of action
BLACKBURN Rovers boss Graeme Souness faces a new obstacle in his bid to land Liverpool keeper Brad Friedel. German club Energie Cottbus expect the American to arrive for a trial next week. The Bundesliga's bottom club have conceded 17 goals in seven matches
A POPULAR retired postman was buried in his old Post Office uniform. The family of bachelor John Ian Tompkins found the uniform in his house at Piercy Mount, Waterfoot, after his death in Bury General Hospital, aged 56. Said his brother, Neil: "We have
A COMMUNITY cafe is not suffering from financial difficulties, the chairman of the trust which runs it has reassured customers. The financial affairs of the South West Burnley Community Enterprise Company, which operates out of the new £330,000 Enterprise
A HEADTEACHER praised the government for its commitment to education, education, education, at his school's annual prize evening. Chief guest at the presentation night at Gawthorpe High School in Padiham was Labour Burnley MP Peter Pike. Headteacher Len
EXHAUSTED midwives were left seeing double when four mums gave birth to twins in just 18 hours! They all gave birth at Burnley General Hospital, notching up an East Lancashire record. First to deliver was Kirsty Parker, 21, from Colne, who gave birth
A SWIMMING pool groper who touched a mother of two and a schoolgirl has kept his freedom -- but has been banned from public baths for three years. Burnley Crown Court heard how Rafaquat Ali, 32, struck twice on the same day at Nelson Wavelengths but was
MORCHEEBA, at Manchester Academy MORCHEEBA have taken on a more uplifting approach to their music and the results are a clutch of brighter pop songs that have caught the imagination of a larger audience. The ever radiant Skye arrived on stage in a slinky
RADIOHEAD, at Victoria Park, Warrington LOVE it or hate it, Radiohead's big top tour was all about the new album Kid A and anyone who expected anything else was bound to be disappointed. Scouse quartet Clinic set the tone with their unorthodox approach
A 15-YEAR-OLD with a catalogue of offences behind him has lost a bid to have a term of detention cut, and a judge told him his attempt had been "impertinent." The teenager had been put behind bars for 10 months by Hyndburn Youth Court. Judge Raymond Bennett
A FATHER is calling for traffic calming measures on his street after a car ploughed into his home while his wife and baby son were in the front room. Paul Barton, 28, of Catlow Hall Street, Oswaldtwistle said the Ford Fiesta went through his garden wall
FUNDS raised during a photographic exhibition at Sainsbury's in Clitheroe have added another £300 to the Mayor of the Ribble Valley's Heart of Lancashire appeal. Customers were asked for their opinions on an in-store exhibition by Blackburn photographer
STEVE Davis is looking to stay on the goal trail after opening his Division One account to set Burnley on their way to a thrilling victory at Prenton Park last night. The Clarets skipper chalked up a double to make it three in all for the season as Burnley
Boo-tiful game PAUL Cook has been smiling through adversity this week as his Clarets team-mates have 'helped' him overcome last Saturday's ear-bashing at Turf Moor. The midfielder's criticism from a section of the fans in the Portsmouth game has been
CLARETS chief Stan Ternent plans to bolster his squad next week with a new loan signing to supplement a side that last night moved up to seventh place in the First Division. Burnley beat Tranmere Rovers 3-2 with an injury-time winner from Andy Payton
THE Bluetones return to the university and small-venue circuit next month, with a date pencilled in at Lancaster University's Sugarhouse. The band, who blasted onto the scene into mid '90s with a string of melodic indie guitar hits, have lost their way
CHUMBAWAMBA are set to play a hometown gig at the Burnley Mechanics in December. The anarchist band who feature four members from Burnley in Alice Nutter, Danbert Nobacon, Boff and Lou Watts, have not played the town since before their top ten hit of
A DARWEN outfit has put out an appeal for a new guitarist, but there's a catch -- he or she can't be planning to go to university! Two-piece The Frightened Prisoners of the Kracken, made up of Gary Barker and Graham McIlroy, have had their musical aspirations
A PROFESSIONAL singer and guitarist who made his name in the clubs and pubs of more than 100 countries across the world has lost his battle against cancer. Darwen-born Jan Puzon died aged 58 in Baku, Azerbaijan, where he had lived for the last five years
DESPITE being 100 years old, Alice Hayward is still a party girl at heart and will have no fewer than three parties to celebrate her turn of the century. Alice, a former seamstress who worked from home in Haslingden, has lived at Westbourne sheltered
A TEENAGER who gave somebody else's details twice when stopped by police was bound to get caught out -- as the person was in jail, Burnley Crown Court heard. Liam Kerr, 18, said by his barrister to have a "fixation with cars," escaped a term of detention
A BID to dish up a wide variety of healthy food is continuing to tackle the taste buds of caterers. More than 80 catering outlets have signed up to Blackburn with Darwen Council's Healthy Catering Award Scheme -- to promote healthy eating -- and helped
MINISTER at the Lord Chancellor's Department, Jane Kennedy met magistrates and staff at Blackburn Magistrates Court to discuss a pioneering new scheme to prevent young offenders from being sucked into a downward spiral of crime. The minister heard how
A LEUKAEMIA suffer faces three more weeks of anxious waiting after being told his potentially life-saving operation has been postponed for three weeks. Today cancer sufferer Michael Baines was due to begin a slow recovery from the bone marrow transplant
HEALTH bosses have thrown the North West's threatened air ambulance a life line by agreeing funding for another six months. The decision comes just a week after air crews feared they would have to cut the number of flying days from seven to five due to
Radcliffe Borough 3 Chorley 2 TWO goals in the last six minutes consigned Chorley to an undeserved defeat at Stainton Park last night. After overturning Borough's early lead and then dominating the second half, the Magpies were seemingly cruising to victory
