A LOOK at events, from amateur theatre to rambles through our beautiful countryside. Open Day, Rhyddings High School, Haworth Street, Oswaldtwistle, 9.30am-noon. The Women's Aglow Christian Fellowship, Accrington Town Hall, 7.30pm. Speaker: Ann Simpson
CAN anyone lend the Blackburn branch of the Gilbert and Sullivan Society a couple of tenors? Rehearsals are well under way for the next production, the Merry Widow, but producers are short of two men to complete the singing cast. The try-outs take place
I WISH to express my sadness and condolences to the American people over the recent senseless, evil crime carried out against their nation. I served in World War Two and recall the sacrifices made by the US armed forces who fought so courageously and
A BARN in Leigh suffered extensive damage after a severe fire earlier today. The blaze destroyed a large part of the brick-sided barn at Sandy Pool Farm, Alderley Lane, including the roof. A stack of 400 bales of hay inside the barn as well as 300 bales
A DISTRAUGHT father today told of his frantic efforts to save the life of his only daughter, who died in a pool accident on the Greek island of Kos. Parents Lee and Linda Wright think two-year-old daughter Kirsty slipped and banged her head on the side
MATT Jansen opened his goal-account for the season with a clinical strike in Rovers' second round victory over Oldham. And manager Graeme Souness will be hoping his star striker can rediscover that scoring touch again tonight against a Boro side with
WAS IT two weeks ago I mentioned football remained a funny old game? OK -- hands up. On Saturday at 3pm who predicted that a point saving 93rd minute free kick would be enough to send England through to Japan and South Korea as Germany struggled to 0-
YOUNGSTERS from the New Road Community Centre youth group, in Earby, performed a song from Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat to open the centre's annual autumn fair. Other attractions included face painting and stalls run by various groups
A DEVELOPMENT which would bring more tourists to Colne could be given the go-ahead this week. Blakey Hall Farm which was until recently a working farm is now being used as a bed and breakfast, with the farmhouse providing accommodation and a second farm
BARROWFORD councillor Barry Miller sported an 'I'm not Pavarotti' T-shirt after continued requests for song dedications. Despite only weighing in at 16 stone the machine operator was a dead ringer for the opera superstar but after five years had grown
A WOMAN has reached her 101st birthday fuelled by her favourite meal -- a jam butty and a cup of tea! Elizabeth Gregson celebrated the milestone with friends and staff at Springhill Nursing Home, Accrington. Elizabeth, who enjoys singing and used to play
DETECTIVES have called off a hunt for a couple seen with a small child in the boot of a car after they came forward to police. Witnesses alerted police yesterday afternoon after they saw the child moving in the boot of the car, which had pulled into Cooke
PUPILS at an ecologically-friendly school helped launch a conservation group's pledge to protect wildlife in East Lancashire. Keith Hall, chairman of River Enhancement East Lancashire (REEL) signed the biodiversity declaration at St. Mary's Primary School
SECONDARY school pupils in Rishton will try their hands in the world of business, courtesy of the government's Young Enterprise competition. The 21 youngsters from Norden High School, Stourton Street, have already formed their company 'Smart Remarks',
FIVE years of campaigning finally paid off after a demolition crew started the task of flattening a derelict block of flats hated by residents. Locals cheered when the first bricks were dislodged from the 16 Chapel Street flats, Rishton. Residents said
A NEW campaign to encourage Asian people to give up smoking is set to be launched today. Health bosses believe one of the reasons the number of people smoking in East Lancashire is nearly twice the national average is because of the large south Asian
IT WAS supposed to be a fortnight's break after a frantic start to the season. Yet over the course of last weekend, the Clarets took up more column inches than ever. John Mullin sold to Rotherham, Dimitri Papadopolous appearing for the Greek Under 21s
JOHN MULLIN admits the time was right to leave Burnley again in a bid to revive his career with First Division rivals Rotherham United. But the Clarets score will continue to be the first he checks for after a match as he admitted: "I will miss the lads
A MAN was stabbed at Blackpool Pleasure Beach on Friday evening as violence flared between two gangs of tourists. The two groups, one from Leicester and the other from Watford, are understood to have begun brawling at around 5pm, after a ride on The Big
HOSPITAL staff cheered Thwaites' Brewery after they funded a conference aimed at improving medical research. The Blackburn-based brewery's Charitable Trust donated £1,000 to Queen's Park Hospital to enable consultants, physiotherapists, nurses and other
A THEATRE group from Huddersfield raised the roof as the drinkers raised their glasses at a Clayton-le-Moors pub. Actors from Mikron Theatre Group put on a first class show with their performance of Warehouse Hill at the Albion Ale House, Whalley Road
TONIGHT Radcliffe Boro travel to this season's Unibond surprise package Rossendale United for a League Cup group stage tie. Having drawn their opening tie at home to Marine 1-1 Boro look to build on that foundation to finish in the final stages qualification
EWOOD new-boy Nils-Eric Johansson has set his sights on a place in the full Sweden squad after checking in at Brockhall today. Rovers' new £2.7 million signing was officially unveiled this morning at a Press Conference following his eagerly anticipated
JOHN MULLIN admits the time was right to leave Burnley again in a bid to revive his career with First Division rivals Rotherham United. But the Clarets score will continue to be the first he checks for after a match as he admitted: "I will miss the lads
TRANMERE are still watching Bury midfielder Jason Jarrett but, says Andy Preece, they have not made a bid writes Steve Canavan of the Bolton Evening News Sources on Merseyside suggested Rovers manager Dave Watson was about to make a cash offer for the
DARWEN firefighters' fund-raising weekend was a huge success with £1,8000 being raised over two days for the New York Firefighters' Benevolent Fund. The firefighters wanted to raise money for the families of their counterparts who were killed in the terrorist
ACTIVITIES at Sudellside Community Centre are now in full swing and new members for groups are always welcome. There is a varied weekly programme at the centre with classes including Kung Fu, Parents and Tots, archery and a Dad's group -- and there are
THE row over Darwen's drains has surfaced again after buildings were flooded following heavy rainfall on Sunday night. Firefighters were called out to premises on Cross Street in the town where a basement had flooded at around 5.25am yesterday. And a
US missiles struck the former home of Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar, it was revealed today. The attack was came as America launched its first daylight raid on Afghanistan. High-flying jets bombed the stronghold of the ruling Taliban militia in southern
STALLHOLDERS arriving for work at Blackburn three-day market found Michael Phearse McCann asleep in a corner. Blackburn magistrates heard that he had a small amount of change and two cigarette lighters on him which had been stolen from a stall. McCann
A TRANSIT van being photographed for the specialised used-vehicle sales magazine Autotrader became the focus of police attention. Blackburn magistrates heard that the van had been stolen in Doncaster and fitted with false plates before Christian Lee Grimshaw
COUNCILS will soon be able to punish bus operators who fail to reach agreed standards. Powers were laid down in Parliament last week under the Transport Act 2000 come into force on October 26. Councils will be able to specify standards in return for letting
A SHOP manager was arrested by police and spent the weekend in custody after arguing with his girlfriend. Asif Alli 26, of St Margaret's Way, Blackburn, admitted breach of the peace. A charge of assault against him was dropped. Alli, the manager of a
THE Bishop of Blackburn has slammed as "obscene" the situation where people in the developing world are starving while UK farmers are producing more than they can sell. And the Rt Rev Alan Chesters has called for reforms in international food production
ROSSENDALE United go into tonight's UniBond League Cup group clash with Radcliffe Borough at Dark Lane missing a vital cog. Keeper Mark Andrews suffered a serious leg wound during Friday's 3-0 league win at Witton Albion and he could be out for anything
A CAB driver from Bury was brutally murdered over a £2 taxi fare, a jury was told. Father of four Tariq Javed was dragged from his car during a row over the money and killed in a "vicious, cowardly and disgraceful" attack. As he lay defenceless and screaming
THE Rossendale Players have set up a busy season of drama at the their new home, the New Millennium Theatre in Waterfoot. Following their recent successful production of Jeffrey Archer's Beyond Reasonable Doubt, the Players will perform Anne of Green
WHAT the Dickens? Burnley theatregoers can jive in the aisles with the old maestro himself when St Stephen's Operatic and Dramatic Society stage the rock musical Ebenezer, based on Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. The show, loosely based on the famous
MANY of us are never fortunate enough to see a badger, apart from on TV, and are appalled when we hear of badger-baiting. Badgers are supposed to be protected by the Protection of Badgers Act 1992. But this does not help the thousands which suffer horrific
THE new fear of terrorism perfectly serves what has become known as the New World Order. This is a convert agenda to centralise power via a world government, a world army, world bank, cashless society and eventually a microchipped population. This is
THE economic analysis of the problems of East Lancashire by your business editor, Andrew Calvert, in your business supplement (LET, September 24) was first class, but also a damning indictment on the failure of central and local government to deal with
WORK on a major new gas pipeline for East Lancashire has started after it was delayed for nine months because of the foot and mouth outbreak. Bosses at Transco, the gas distribution company which is building the pipeline, delayed the start of construction
LEIGH RMI will be desperate for three points when they take on Forest Green Rovers tonight, their second home game in five days. RMI bounced back from an indifferent start to the season with four wins in five games, but last Friday's 1-0 reversal against
Atherton Colls 2 Kidsgrove Ath 2 Courageous Colls twice came from behind to grab a home draw with one of the leading NWCL Division One title contenders. Fifth in the table Kidsgrove opened the scoring on 20 minutes with Ryan Cain levelling for the Alder
PHIL Howard enhanced his growing reputation with a stunning strike for Rovers' Under 17s on Saturday -- but it still wasn't enough to see off 10-man Liverpool in a top-of-the-table clash at Brockhall. In a keenly-fought contest, the Reds were reduced
EWOOD new-boy Nils-Eric Johansson has set his sights on a place in the full Sweden squad after checking in at Brockhall today. Rovers' new £2.7 million signing was officially unveiled this morning at a Press Conference following his eagerly anticipated
MASTERPIECES are to be displayed at four Burnley schools to inspire an appreciation of art. Sainsbury's have supplied the four reproductions to Towneley High School, St. Hilda's Girls School, Gawthorpe County High School, and Habergham High School. It
YOU'RE not singing anymore! - That is the message Lancashire Constabulary and Burnley Football Club want to get across to racists. The local part of the national Kick Racism out of Football Campaign was launched at Turf Moor by road police and planning
A DRINK driver who had had four pints of beer thought he would be fit to get behind the wheel, a court heard. Burnley magistrates were told how Howard Davies, 39, thought he would be under the limit but the lowest of two tests showed 56 microgrammes of
MEMBERS of the Royal British Legion in Padiham are sounding the bugle to try to save this year's Remembrance Sunday parade by putting out an appeal for a band. For almost 80 years, members have marched through the town accompanied by a full band. Several
CONTROVERSIAL planning application to attach more antennae and a dish to the Pendle Forest transmitter station at Newchurch-in-Pendle has been put on hold until councillors have had the opportunity to do more research. The plans submitted by NTL were
A FACTORY worker who became a chippy boss is frying high after receiving a quality award. Tracy Owen, 39, sold her house in Trawden, near Colne, 11 months ago to try her hand in the fish and chip business. Her gamble paid off when the quality assurance
DAWN raids were carried out in Blackburn and Preston as police investigated a £2million benefits and insurance fraud. Operation Ocarina concentrated on alleged frauds relating to claims submitted to Government agencies and insurance companies.
A RAIDER who terrorised a woman and young child after breaking into their home has been jailed for a total of three years.. Burnley Crown Court heard how knifeman David Hindson, 22, whose later lost his temper again, was "dangerously out of control,"
UNITED Utilities have thanked residents and businesses in Clitheroe for their co-operation during a water cut-off at the weekend. Supplies to 10,000 homes and businesses, which feed off the town centre mains, were shut off at midnight on Saturday, with
PLANS to create a new 16-bedroom residential home at Langho are set to get the green light. Ribble Valley Borough Council's planning and development committee is recommended to approve the replacement of the existing Denholme, Kemple View Residential
THE senior players at Turf Moor all enjoyed the weekend off and, thanks to Mother Nature, so did the youngsters. Youth team manager Terry Pashley explained: "We were supposed to play Wigan down at Gawthorpe but torrential rain meant that we had to call
MOIST cafe bar in Blackburn has been officially named as Utopia's warm up venue for Wednesday nights. The Northgate bar has transferred its student night to tie in with this amalgamation and it is hoped by both parties that this will help to keep the
THE landlord and landlady of a Blackburn pub have donated money raised from a sponsored headshave to help fund a trans-Atlantic fact-finding mission for a youngster with a rare disease. Stuart and Ann Donnelly read about three-year-old Alex Cumberland
LAST week it was the turn of 1995. Yet another year we're supposed to have loved. "Oasis and Wonderwall, Damien Hirst, alcopops" gushed the blurb in my TV guide. We're being swamped by these retrospective shows: I love 1972, I love 1984, I love 1991.
A SPECIAL effort will be made in Todmorden next year to win accolades in the Best in Britain competition. The town council, hoping for backing from elsewhere, has upped the grant to the Todmorden In Bloom group to £1,000. Councillor Michael Goldthorpe
TONY Blair has issued a direct message to Muslims throughout the Arab world that Britain and America's war against terrorism was not directed against them. He used Osama bin Laden's favourite media outlet - the Al-Jazeera satellite television station
PRIME Minister Tony Blair's war cabinet was meeting today after a second round of military strikes against Osama bin Laden and his Taliban protectors. Twenty US warplanes and naval forces firing Tomahawk cruise missiles attacked targets across Afghanistan
TOP TV chef Brian Turner, of Ready, Steady Cook fame, entertained guests at a literary luncheon at Gisburn's Stirk House. Brian, who joined Blackburn-born author Josephine Cox and Fiona Castle, widow of popular entertainer Roy Castle, was there to talk
A DOCTOR from East Lancashire has taken a medical team to India to perform a series of vital operations. Anaesthetist George Teturswamy, who works at Blackburn Infirmary and is a member of the Blackburn Rotary Club, has taken nurses and specialist surgeons
RAIL passenger watchdogs have expressed concern for train services in the North West after Railtrack was placed in the hands of receivers. But a spokesman for train operator First North Western assured customers: "It's business as usual for us. "Trains
SOCIAL workers' record for visiting children on the at risk register in Lancashire is one of the worst in the country, Government figures have revealed. But the head of the county council's social services department today insisted that statistics did
A DISTRAUGHT father today told of his frantic efforts to save the life of his only daughter, who died in a pool accident on the Greek island of Kos. Parents Lee and Linda Wright think two-year-old daughter Kirsty slipped and banged her head on the side
STAND Athletic will be looking to put cup woes behind them, while Colne will be looking to build on a knockout success. Lying in second place Stand are 15 places ahead of their NWC League second division rivals but their fortunes differed at the weekend
ACCRINGTON Stanley pit their wits against a man of some experience tonight when they take on Marine in the group stage of the UniBond League Cup. Roly Howard is now in his 30th season in charge of the Rossett Park club and this term is looking to develop
A BLACKPOOL man has been charged in connection with the murder of Ashton Barry Jarvis, 27, at Poulton on Sunday (October 7). A Lancashire Police spokesman said 22-year-old Timothy David Henderson, of a Blackpool address, was due to appear before Wyre
