"Pinocchio," Darwen Library Theatre, 1.30pm and 7.30pm. Ernie Law-Riding, Blakeys Cafe Bar, Blackburn. British Diabetic Association, Pendleside Hospice, Colne Road, Reedley, 7.30pm. Christmas Get Together with Jacobs Join. Jim Bowen presents "Roy Wood's
EX-POSTMAN and current Mayor of Blackburn with Darwen Jack Bury paid a return visit to one of the borough's sorting offices to see behind scenes at the Royal Mail's busiest time of year. Coun Bury was himself a postman for 14 years, based at Mason street
I AGREE with the Rev Kevin Logan (LET, December 12) -- children need to be loved and cuddled and shown affection. They also need to be disciplined, so they realise what is right and what is wrong. As the law stands at present parents, teachers, police
I WANT readers to join me and a host of celebrity friends in raising £1,000 each for the research charity, Breakthrough Breast Cancer. Already, friends including Emma Bunton, Barbara Windsor, Vanessa Feltz, Ian McCaskill, Julia Carling, Lisa Riley, Lorraine
THE head of Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Blackburn, Dr David Hempsall lambasts the UK's examination system, calling it "a disgrace" (LET, December 8). Then he tells the assembled multitude how well his pupils have done! He has a remedy -- change
THE contribution by your correspondent Mrs Valerie Lowry (Letters, December 14) to the debate on the refusal of a licence to enable Mrs Mary Stanton to keep her Capuchin monkey has no bearing on the facts of the case. The Rhesus monkey and the Capuchin
READING (Letters, December 12) about the second runway at Manchester Airport, which, to me, is in Cheshire as it takes two hours to get there, and then seeing an advertisement by Liverpool Airport calling itself the North West's airfield, I am angry.
I WAS more than a little uneasy when I read (LET, December 11) that Pendle MP Gordon Prentice had held a vote among primary school children on the issue of hunting with dogs. While I am well aware of Mr Prentice's views on the subject, a primary school
AT a time when the government is emphasising the virtue of high profile high visibility policing on the streets of Britain, it is with some concern that I note that the Lancashire Constabulary is considering the closure of severe cuts in the Mounted Branch
A BRAVE schoolgirl saved her mother's life by her quick actions after she collapsed into a diabetic coma. Catherine Morrison, aged eight, dialled 999, gave her mum first aid -- and even tried to raise her blood sugar levels by giving her chocolate biscuits
POOR old Harry Redknapp. He didn't know whether to laugh or cry after Paolo Di Canio's act of mercy at Everton. Rather than bagging a late winner at Goodison Park the mercurial Italian spurned the chance to allow stricken Toffees keeper Paul Gerrard to
HOW do you defend the indefensible. Only because no-one makes them do it, I suppose. We're talking boxing, of course, and the sport is back in the spotlight after Paul Ingle became the latest fighter to have his life put in jeopardy in the ring. Supporters
A WHEELCHAIR-bound paedophile who escaped a prison term because of fears that his disabilities could not be accommodated in jail is due to have his sentence reviewed. Richard Fitzpatrick, 48, who cannot stand unaided, has been called back to court on
CHURCH school bosses today accused the government of letting down East Lancashire pupils after it failed to hand out any money to improve classrooms. But Hyndburn MP Greg Pope today said he was surpised they were complaining and had received money in
LEIGH Centurions mix youth and experience when their Alliance side kicks off the new season against Widnes at Hilton Park tonight (Wed), 7.30pm. Widnes, with 12 straight wins behind them stretching back to last season, will come up against a Leigh side
BRADFORD chairman Geoffrey Richmond today denied any interest in out-of-favour Rovers defender Christian Dailly, who has been linked with a move to the Premiership side. "There is no truth whatsoever in the story. It is not worth commenting on," said
ROVERS defender Craig Short looks set to miss Friday night's clash with Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park. The towering cente back was forced out of Sunday's derby date with Burnley due to a hamstring injury. Short is not expected to recover in time for
BLACKBURN Rovers' youth face a potential banana skin when they travel to Northampton in the Times Axa FA Youth Cup tonight. Coach Rob Kelly has likened the third round tie to the senior side playing an FA Cup game at the Sixfields stadium, against a '
I WOULD like to thank the coward who drove into my car while I was parked in Cambridge Road on Tuesday, December 5, then drove off. The vehicle involved will have a great white mark down the side due to the extent of the damage to my car. I have just
WE have all read and listened to stories about how our local hospitals and clinics have struggled to deal with winter pressures. Often it seems that it is older people who bear the brunt of long trolley waits, cancelled operations, and overstays in hospital
I READ with interest the article headed Police in double warning for Christmas -- Biggest ever attack on car booze'. One sentence reads:"It features a series of 100 ft high images which project the message that motorists should not be tempted to drink
STAR reporter Rachel Herrity, in a recent article (November 23), showed the determination of the relatives of a young WW Two Sgt H A Stanworth in having his name inscribed on the local Cenotaph over 50 years after he gave his life over Germany at the
IT is more than two years since I began my campaign for an unhindered walk along the pavement, the location being at the junction of West End Road and Clipsley Lane in Haydock. There are two heavily used businesses at this point. Both of these enterprises
GUNSHOT victim Mohammed Anwar Chaudhry today made an appeal from his hospital bed for the public to help police catch the man who blasted him in both legs. The Nelson businessman is recovering in hospital from wounds inflicted when he was shot in both
A TEENAGE victim of a sex attack today pleaded: "Please catch the man who attacked me". The 13-year-old girl made the emotional appeal to police investigating the attack as she walked her dog. She was put through a terrifying experience when she was dragged
IN recent times, mainly negative vibes have arisen from the vast Clinkham Wood estate, with most folk there having a personal horror story to recount about vandalism, drug abuse and an increasing street-gang culture. But now, two separate organisations
CLOGS are my favourite kind of footwear. They're warm in winter, cool in summer and are extremely good for well-worn, dodgy old feet. Perhaps without realising this, reader Carole Pennington has forwarded a little booklet which has struck a cloggy chord
CHURCH school bosses today accused the government of letting down East Lancashire pupils after it failed to hand out any money to improve classrooms. But Hyndburn MP Greg Pope today said he was surpised they were complaining and had received money in
THE first sod was cut as building work began on a long-awaited £331,000 outpatients' unit at Clitheroe Community Hospital. Funding from the Ribble Valley Primary Care Group and CommuniCare NHS Trust has helped get the scheme off the ground and will create
LIFE-SAVING volunteers could be on stand-by throughout the Ribble Valley thanks to new a scheme being set up in the borough's outskirts. Ordinary people will be trained to give life-saving treatment to suspected heart attack victims in the vital minutes
CASTLE Cement last night began burning the controversial Cemfuel after the Environment Agency gave it the green light, prompting an outcry from protesters. The Ribble Valley company stopped using the solvent-based liquid fuel in June after European legislation
AFTER all the emotive binding about health risks that's gone on for years in the Ribble Valley over Castle Cement burning controversial chemical-waste based Cemfuel at its Clitheroe plant, wasn't it revealing that just 20 people turned up at two public
HAIL and welcome to William Hickson, Lancashire's first anti-litter warden -- now on patrol in Hyndburn. Beefy Bill looks like a lad who can look after himself -- and he probably needs to be when his job means confronting litter louts and telling them
BLACKBURN Rovers have killed their interest in Rangers midfielder Tugay. Work permit problems have proved impossible to overcome in Graeme Souness's bid to land the experience Turkish international. Tugay has only played in 64 per cent of Turkey's games
MOTOR technician Peter Leeming put his foot down to pick up the National Technician of the Year title from luxury car maker BMW. Peter, 33, who works at Prestons BMW dealership, Colne, won the title after scoring top marks in a questionnaire which was
STAFF from the business and education sectors in Lancashire came together as the board of a new training and skills group met for the first time. The meeting began to map out the future agenda for transforming post-16 education and training when the new
STAFF in St Helens Council's customer services unit are playing host to a special feathered guest who winged in last week. The tame cockatiel was found sheltering on a window ledge at Wesley House in the town centre. They took the bird in and are giving
TWO community groups have been awarded more than £3,000 by Merseyside Police and the High Sheriff's Charitable Trust to help improve the quality of life for local residents. The St Helens Community Safety Team received a grant of £2,500 towards buying
MERSEYSIDE Police are launching a high profile operation to keep visitors and workers in St Helens town centre safe during the festive season. Assistant Chief Constable Grahame Barker launched the Safeshopper 2000 initiative at St Helens Police Station
THIEVES duped a 92-year-old woman into thinking they were from the Salvation Army before stealing her purse. A woman accompanied by a teenage boy came to the back door of the woman's house in Blackburn Road in the Birch Hall area of Darwen and told her
MORE than 100 family and friends turned out to pay their last respects at the funeral of former Darwen postmistress Mrs Margery Harrison, who died in Blackburn Infirmary. Mrs Harrison, who lived in Darwen for a large part of her life, worked at the Post
ST HELENS now has its very own sparkling attraction to rival Blackpool's world famous Illuminations. For tucked away in a Haydock Street, 'Santa's Little Grotto' is the nickname given to the home of Peter and Lesley Arnold, by the flocks of visitors who
COUNCIL bosses have promised improvements to a road on which an 11-year-old girl was killed. Siobhan Wilcock died when she was hit by a Land Rover Discovery after running out between parked cars on Bolton Road, Abbey Village. She died from multiple injuries
MEMBERS of churches across Haslingden gathered in the cold to watch the blessing of new figures in the town's crib scene. Clergymen from local churches led the united service on Sunday in front of around 50 people. The crib scene is in the memorial gardens
LUXURY car maker Mercedes has put the brakes on speculation that it is axing 40 per cent of its dealership network in the UK next year. An article in a national Sunday newspaper claimed Mercedes managers visited dealership bosses last week to tell them
FESTIVE cooks have been warned to stay alert after a report revealed that most fires in the home over the Christmas period started when people forgot they had something cooking or got drowsy and food or cooking oil burst into flames. In December 1999
CANCER research charity volunteer Ruth Loft met the Prince of Wales for the third time. Ruth, of Ryburn Avenue, Blackburn, currently a patient at the Christie Hospital, Manchester, was invited to a reception at St James's Palace, London, given by Prince
AN elderly resident at a Blackburn nursing home set fire to his pyjamas with a cigarette lighter belonging to a member of staff. An inquest heard that Stephen Holmes suffered burns to only 11 per cent of his body but they contributed to his death nearly
A MAN is to be charged with murder after the death of a grandfather who was the victim of an alleged street attack. Stephen Dewhurst, 49, never regained consciousness after an incident in Audley, Blackburn, while he was out celebrating his daughter's
COUNCIL bosses licking their wounds over the failure to win city status were today considering another bid -- but admitted they have no idea why they failed. Blackburn with Darwen's failure to become a city this time round follows on from four previous
Entries for the Witch Way road rally, scheduled for January 27, are now being accepted by organisers Pendle and district motor club. A round of the Powerzone SD34, ANCC, ANWCC and AWMMC championships, the Witch Way comprises areound 130 miles on OS maps
BURNLEY'S Neil Hodgson will open the 2001 National Motorcycle Show at Manchester's G-Mex Centre on Friday, January 5. The reigning British Superbike champion is also making regular appearances throughout the show's three days, where he will be joined
COLOMBIAN Juan Pablo Montoya has chosen the World's Number One Racing Car Show to make his first British public appearance since joining the Williams-BMW F1 team. Montoya has replaced Jenson Button to join German Ralf Schumacher at Williams after a brilliant
PRIZE money worth £200 is up for grabs with the launch of a new road rally championship for 2001. The Lancashire Salvage Northern Road Rally Challenge, promoted by Clitheroe and district motor club, will see competitors tackle nine of the best events
Ruskin Park 46 Douglas 3 AFTER their fine performance against top-of-the-table Hoylake, Ruskin went into this game fully expecting to take the two points against the team from the Isle of Man. Ruskin's domination began with an early try by Birch who pierced
THE St Helens schools representative teams enjoyed mixed fortunes at the weekend. In the fourth round of the Heinz National Cup, the under 15s entertained Salford at Ruskin Drive aiming for a place in the last 16. With the sides evenly-matched the game
ONLY six league games took place in the Rainhill Junior League at the weekend but there was no shortage of goals. Pride of place went to the Bleak Hill Rovers-Oak Juniors under 15s clash with the visitors winning 7-5. RESULTS Under 10s Mini Soccer Division
Sedgley Park 43 Liverpool St Helens13 THIS was a brave performance by a depleted LSH side, against one of the hardest and strongest sides in Division Three North. Their cause wasn't helped when stand-off Simon Worsely reported for the bus with heavy flu
A FEW more games were played in the St Helens Combination at the weekend, but the fixture situation is still very critical. It now seems inevitable, that if there is no season extension, then a new fixture format will have to be designed to finalise the
GRANADA Tonight have appointed Michelle May (25) as their new on-screen reporter for Merseyside. She was making her debut last Monday.
A MAN from Newton-le-Willows has appeared before magistrates in St Helens on six offences of dishonestly making false statements in order to obtain housing and council tax benefit. He pleaded guilty and was given a 12 month conditional discharge and ordered
A MOTHER was taken to Whiston Hospital following a fire at her home in Claremont Road, Billinge, last week. The fire started at about 7.30pm on Tuesday, December 12 in the kitchen of the house and the 30 year old woman was treated for smoke inhalation
BURY has received a welcome festive fillip with the news the town is set to extend its position as one of the region's major shopping destinations. The massive boost comes courtesy of the publication of a new report, Town Centres 2000, from international
IT IS with grim regularity that people in East Lancashire are told that they are among the most at risk in the country of suffering from heart disease. How encouraging, then, are the disclosures today that deliver a twin-pronged effort to save the lives
Nature Watch, with Ron Freethy Get to know our feathered friends during the festive break FOR me there are two ways of enjoying a session of birdwatching between Christmas and New Year. I can either be spoon-fed or I get out a map and lay out a route
BIG-HEARTED Lions members raised £1,000 for children at a special school to enjoy a Christmas celebration. President of the Blackburn Lions Club, Norman Johnson, presented the cheque to 11-year-old Ivan Stafford at Newfields School on Monday. Lions member
SCHOOLCHILDREN gathered to say farewell to their head teacher as they wished him well in his new job. Brian Peacock had been head teacher at Intack Primary School, in Whitebirk Road, Blackburn, for four years but decided to move on to Shadsworth Junior
DETECTIVES in Blackburn are still hunting the occupants of a car which failed to stop after colliding with an elderly woman on a zebra crossing. Doris Atherton, 83, of Higson Street, Blackburn suffered serious head and chest injuries in the accident which
COLLEGE students took time off from the classroom to become firefighters for the day. Teenagers on the National Diploma in Public Services course at Blackburn College visited a training session at the town's fire station. The course is designed to prepare
TWO Spanish senoritas have been guests of Blackburn College for the past three weeks. Rosana Martin de Bernardo and Racquel Brihuega were based at the college's Globex Centre, a special unit that gives students the chance to learn about the world of business
HOW old is your Christmas tree? The one on my sideboard is 57 years old and cost 19 shillings and 11 pence at Pollards' newsagents shop on Bull Bridge opposite the Ambulance Drill Hall in Accrington. ADA GIBSON, Grange Street, Clayton-le-Moors.
I WANT to let someone out there know the way I feel inside about the memories you took away from me when you stole my purse. They were treasures I kept by my side -- the photographs of my daughter and the verses she wrote for me, and the ones I wrote
WILLIAM Hague's infamous attempt to capitalise on the tragic death of Damilola Taylor -- tantamount to saying "Vote Labour for more murders" -- is surely the bottom of the barrel in this depressing competition where both major parties jostle for who can
WELL, thank goodness that's over. Burnley versus Blackburn has loomed large on the fixture list since day one and dominated the season to date. What happened on the pitch at Turf Moor on Sunday naturally prompted different emotions across East Lancashire
REPORTS of a Celtic interest in Jason McAteer look wide of the mark. Martin O'Neill is happy with Didier Agathe as his wide right man, with Jackie MacNamara as back-up.
BLACKBURN boss Graeme Souness has targeted a New Year return for injured striker Nathan Blake. The Welsh international frontman is now back in light training after undergoing an operation on an Achilles tendon injury back in October. The former Bolton
BLACKBURN Rovers have killed their interest in Rangers midfielder Tugay. Work permit problems have proved impossible to overcome in Graeme Souness's bid to land the experience Turkish international. Tugay has only played in 64 per cent of Turkey's games
THE Great War had barely a year left to run when battle-hardened Rifleman Thomas Finney paid the supreme sacrifice. And now, 83 years after he was cut down in a hail of bullets and shells at the notorious Passchendaele ridge, the 23-year-old hero's medals
A FOURTEEN-year-old girl was attacked by three other girls in Burnley town centre and had her head pushed into a plate glass window. The attack happened on Thursday evening in The Mall. One of the offenders, possibly called Debbie or Beverley, is described
BURNLEY College held a celebration of achievements in the sciences and humanities department. Over 100 students, friends, families and staff met for the presentation of certificates together with college governor Jim Sutcliffe, principal John Smith and
FAST-Food chain McDonalds opened its new drive-through restaurant in Burnley -- just six weeks after work started at the Trafalgar Street site. The £1million centre also seats 85 people and will employ 20 full-time and 31 part-time staff. "We are up and
A WHEELCHAIR-bound paedophile who escaped a prison term because of fears that his disabilities could not be accommodated in jail is due to have his sentence reviewed. Richard Fitzpatrick, 48, who cannot stand unaided, has been called back to court on
TWO of Saints' forward imports, Wayne McDonald and Peter Shiels, met the media at Knowsley Road this week -- and left a towering impression on everyone! For Yorkshireman McDonald stands 6ft 7in with Aussie Shiels a 'mere' 6ft 5in, while both tip the scale
LEADING home improvements company St Helens Glass is highlighting its support for grass roots Rugby League by sponsoring the final of the British Amateur Rugby League Association (BARLA) Lancashire County Cup, for the second year running. The St Helens
Portico Panthers 16 Ulverston 8 PORTICO continued their solid start to the season in the North West Counties League Premier Division with this hard-fought success. The homesters got off to a flying start with a try after just five minutes, half-backs
Bold Miners 20 Haresfinch 10 BOLD maintained their Division Two title charge with this hard-fought derby success in a re-arranged game. With the slope in their favour, Bold dominated the first half. They opened the scoring with a try by Damian Spiers,
New Earswick All Blacks 11 Thatto Heath Crusaders 7 A BELOW-par performance and some dubious decisions saw Heath bundled out of the Silk Cut Challenge Cup at the second round stage. Despite some solid defence early on, ill-discipline gave All Blacks'
AEROSPACE workers in East Lancashire will get a massive boost from the launch of the new Airbus "super jumbo" -- even though only a small part of the airliner will be built locally. Rolls-Royce workers in Barnoldswick will supply fan blades for the Trent
MAY I wish all customers of this column a happy and peaceful Christmas and a healthy and prosperous New Year. And I raise my festive glass to toast to all those faithful readers who have contributed to this nostalgia-soaked page over the past 12 months
WOULD you believe it! I'm reliably informed that a few descendants of beady-eyed escapees from an old-time Moss Bank mink farm could still be rustling among the Carr Mill Dam undergrowth. Must confess that when I first heard of this possibility from customers
MORE than half a century after the end of the second world war, a few lingering memories of the conflict are still to be found in and around St Helens. There's the odd backyard air-raid shelter, dotted here and there, a few concrete pill-boxes such as
SICK vandals smashed the head off a statue of Joseph when they went on a mindless wrecking spree. The wreckers attacked the nativity scene at Barnes Square in Clayton-le-Moors as well as smashing the lights on the town's Christmas tree.
A FULL investigation got under way at a Blackburn factory as the source of the town's Legionnaire's Disease outbreak was pinpointed. Health chiefs vowed to leave no stone unturned in the search for the cause of the outbreak which was believed to have
WITH a huge plume of steam and smoke, a freight locomotive turned back the clock by three decades on the Settle-Carlisle line. Excited enthusiasts watched and camera shutters clicked as the steam-hauled train of 20 ballast trucks crossed the spectacular
A LOLLIPOP lady facing speeding motorists every day has been given an early Christmas present to make her job safer. Jackie Devine, 39, of Littlemoor Road, Clitheroe, felt as though she was dicing with death each school day morning and afternoon as she
BURNLEY'S bid for Birmingham's Dele Adebola still looks dead. This is despite the fact Blues boss Trevor Francis is close to completing a deal to bring Celtic striker Mark Burchill to St Andrews on a permanent basis for around £1.5million. Burnley's bid
WHILE Burnley strive to bring new faces to Turf Moor for Saturday, their opponents second placed Bolton Wanderers have player problems of their own. Danish midfielder Per Frandsen is set to be ruled out of the local derby after he took a knock on his
BURNLEY look set to escape punishment following pitch battles during their 2-0 derby defeat against Blackburn Rovers at Turf Moor on Sunday. Referee Fraser Stretton's report is set to land on the desk of the Football Association today but sources at the
WASN'T that an amazing insight into the modern-day 'must have it now' mentality of many people -- when colleague David Higgerson put his new Sony PlayStation 2 computer games gizmo up for auction on the Internet and received bids of £1,500, some three
DESPITE Blackburn with Darwen chief trading standards officer Chris Allen's view that government proposals to make sure drinkers get a full pint are excellent and will make the law clear and enforceable for his colleagues, this consumer finds them as
BURNLEY look set to escape punishment following pitch battles during their 2-0 derby defeat against Blackburn Rovers at Turf Moor on Sunday. Referee Fraser Stretton's report is set to land on the desk of the Football Association today but sources at the
TRANSPORT group Arriva, which operates the Trans-Pennine Northern Spirit train route through East Lancashire, has been short-listed for a new rail franchise in the Netherlands. Sunderland-based Arriva, in a joint venture with German national rail and
THE number of women going into business for themselves has risen 38 per cent in the past five years, according to a survey by NatWest. Research shows that women account for 124,000 of the UK's new business start-ups in the first nine months of this year
POLICE are appealing for witnesses to a road accident in which an elderly woman was seriously injured. The accident happened in High Street, Newton-le-Willows, the A49, at about 5.10pm on Thursday, December 15, when the woman was in collision with a red
EMERGENCY services sealed off a sector of the town centre as firefighters tackled a blaze which ripped though the derelict drop-in centre for the homeless in Corporation Street, at around 2.15pm on Thursday, December 14. Four fire engines attended the
BORO embark on a difficult four-match festive programme on Saturday when they entertain Gretna at Stainton Park (kick-off 3pm). It's back to league action after all the cup activity of the last few weeks and Boro have a fair bit of catching up to do.
A CHARITY band night held at the Sidac Club, Sutton Leach, has raised £1,000 for a children's cancer charity. The event, organised by local band Screw in the Rock, also featured four other local groups, who donated their time free to help raise funds
EIGHT schools in St Helens have been chosen to pilot the new Arts Ambassadors in Schools project. Art committees of teachers, parents and pupils have been set up at each of the schools to co-ordinate visits by professional artists and to set up courses
A HAPPY, tuneful Christmas was in jeopardy for a well-known musical ensemble -- after a heartless opportunist thief struck in this season of good will. For a black brief case containing Haydock Male Voice Choir's Yuletide music was stolen from a car owned
THE FEMALE founder of a construction company has won the Merseyside Princes Trust Young Achiever of the Year 2000 award. Susan Taylor, of Kestral Construction Products, Chalon Industrial Estate, was presented with the award at Liverpool Town Hall in front
A STATE-OF-THE-ART cardiac services centre will save the lives of heart attack victims in East Lancashire, one of the worst areas in the country for heart disease. The heart unit at Blackpool Victoria Hospital will provide specialist heart services for
STAFF at an East Lancashire college are awaiting news of a bid for cash help towards a £1million project to build a multi-media centre next year. St Mary's College, Shear Brow, Blackburn, teamed up with Hope University College last year to offer degree
CYCLISTS in East Lancashire are to benefit from the latest round of government grants for transport schemes. Both Blackburn with Darwen and Lancashire County Councils have received funds to build a cycleway across the county which will link into a national
DISABLED people are to benefit from a new scheme which aims to give them more choice in the services they use. The new Direct Payments scheme means that disabled people will receive a cash payment from the local authority to buy their own services, such
LOCAL knowledge paid dividends for Nathan Wrigglesworth at Bradford DMC's Cowling Crag trial. Wrigglesworth, who lives just yards from the venue, emerged quickest on the hard route despite a dusting of snow which made the going difficult. Second place
THE Ribblesdale League was today hit with fresh controversy after Read unveiled their new pro Akram Raza, who was fined as part of Pakistan's betting scandal. The 36-year-old was named in the Qayyum Report, which recommended that Blackburn Northern pro
NORTH West motorsport's annual antidote to turkey and tinsel, the Gibson's of Brock Rally, looks set to be a Christmas cracker. Belmont businessman Rob Barry heads a capacity entry for the all-tarmac event at the Park Hall leisure complex near Charnock
Prescot Cables 1 Oadby Town 1 (aet) CABLES' much-delayed FA Carlsberg Trophy third round tie against Midland Alliance champions Oadby Town finally went ahead and despite the heavy pitch both sides produced some excellent football with honours even after
West Park 34 Widnes 11 ALTHOUGH this game was billed as top of League North Two against bottom, games against Widnes always have a local derby atmosphere and given the wet conditions a tight forward battle could have been expected. However, apart from
St Helens Town 1 Clitheroe 2 THIS defeat for Town, only their second of the season, saw them slip to third place in the league with Clitheroe leapfrogging above them into second. A good win at Mossley in midweek, however, tempered the disappointment which
FIREFIGHTERS closed off part of a town centre street to traffic and pedestrians after strong winds loosened a large sheet of lead on top of a turret of the old SmithKline Beecham building, next to St Helens College. Westfield Street was cordoned off from
A BY-ELECTION has been called for Prescot West ward of Knowsley Borough Council following the death of Councillor Eric Byron. The election will be held on Thursday, January 4, with three candidates standing for the vacant seat. They are: George Hayward
MERSEYSIDE Police are looking for new canine recruits. The force's dog section needs German Shepherds to join 48 other working dogs. And the animals, which must be aged between 12 months and two years, are needed for courses starting in January. Inspector
