BURNLEY "Telling Tales," Painting Exhibition, Mid Pennine Art Gallery, Burnley, 10am-5pm. Until November 6. Concert with Matthew Balson (trumpet) and Philip Tomlinson (piano), St Peter's Church, Church Street, Burnley, 11am. "All That Jazz," Mechanics
THE last ten years have been extremely troubled times for the Royal Mail. Losses escalated out of control until this May when bosses reported a profit for the first time in four years. Tens of thousands of jobs were shed before the organisation was able
EAST Lancashire Tory Pat Young travelled to the party's Bournemouth conference and ended up meeting a millionaire rock star and winning a meal at a hotel once run by a serial killer. The pensioner from Balderstone bought a raffle ticket for the town mayor's
WHILE Jeff Green may be on the road again with a new tour, REBECCA ASHTON found out there's more to this comedian that simply being funny . . . BEING on tour is what it's all about for most comedians, but when it comes to Jeff Green, stand up is just
A TOTAL of £2,500 has been raised by staff at Bury Metropolitan Council in an annual charity golf tournament - a 'hole in one' sized boost for the Mayor's charities. The 16th Annual Mayoral Charity Golf Tournament was held recently at Whitefield Golf
M.E.N. Under-15 League: MANCHESTER BOYS 6, BURY BOYS 4: BURY took on last year's championship and cup winners in their first league match of the season and what an exciting match it proved to be, even if the result was disappointing. It took only ten
THE eighth annual Chairman's Cup Individual Meeting for second team riders produced a surprisingly good afternoon of racing at the Goshen track last Saturday and an unexpected 'hero' for the day from the Bury camp. Five of the sixteen starters were considered
IT WAS all "Wright" on the night when Manchester City fans attended Heaton Park Social Club in Prestwich. Blues star Shaun Wright-Phillips was joined at the venue by City's vice chairman Brian Bodek for a meeting of the Prestwich and Whitefield branch
STAND ATHLETIC 5, WHITWORTH VALLEY 3: GIVEN the frequency with which he was tormenting the Whitworth defence, it seemed implausible that Adam Dickinson wouldn't score. At half-time it seemed inconceivable that he would need to, as Stand, missing six members
I AM a parent of two children at Queen's Park Technology College and today I heard about the closure of Queen's Park Technology College and then read your exclusive story. I cannot understand why the LEA is putting all the blame on the teachers as I have
MR A D Gordon of Brighton Terrace, Darwen, fundamentally misunderstood the allowances councillors claim in regard to accommodation (LET, October 1). On the rare occasions councillors attend meetings in London (or elsewhere) the council has arrangements
I READ with utter disgust at the comments made by Sergeant Bob Easton in Tuesday's (September 28) Evening Telegraph. "Parents have a statutory obligation to send children to school and they are obliged to behave while there." I am afraid he is wrong.
TWENTY-six cuddly kittens have been found new homes after an appeal in last week's Bury Times. RSPCA staff say they have been inundated with inquiries since a box with five abandoned kittens was found in the car park at Asda, Pilsworth. Mandy Tierney,
A MASSIVE moorland search in Lancashire for a Bury youngster and two friends ended on Thursday when they were found safe. The trio disappeared at 4pm on Wednesday during a field-trip to Coldwell Reservoir at Widdop, between Nelson and Hebden Bridge. They
OLYMPIC silver medallist Amir Khan is coming "home" to make a special visit to Bury East Area Board. Britain's boxing sensation learned his craft with Bury Amateur Boxing Club, which is run from the Seedfield Centre in Moorside ward. And he has agreed
BUTCHER Robin Skinner has picked up a string of awards for his sausages. Mr Skinner, owner of Greenmount Butchers, notched up four gold and two silver awards at the regional British Pig Executive Award for Excellence in British Meat Products, held at
LOCAL history writer Peter Riley has captured 100 years of history. In an ingenious new book Then and Now. Peter has taken a photographic look at the changing faces of 11 towns incuding Leigh, Atherton, Tyldesley, Golborne, Astley, Glazebury, Lowton and
AMAZING Grace took Britain by storm in 1972 and was first choice in 'Top of the Pops' for nine weeks running. This hymn was written by John Newton (1725-1807). He was the only child of a sea captain and was taught the Bible by his mother who died when
rGEORGE Robinson talks to Westleyther Lesley Richards about the Ring o' Bells -- a no-nonsense alehouse where beer was served out of jugs straight from the barrel until 1970. Bungalows now stand on the site. THE Ring O'Bells last landlord, George Robinson
TOM Jackson has fond memories of The Falcons Dance Band which beat the best in Britain. The bass player with the band founded in 1942 from cadets of the 316 squadron of the Air Training Corps in Leigh, he has compiled a brief history of the Falcons which
THE Beckwith family are pulling out all the stops this weekend to help celebrate little Callum's first birthday. The youngster has made excellent progress over the past 12 months, after being born with duplex kidneys -- two on each side. The condition
BLACKBURN Rovers duo Steven Reid and Andy Todd are ready to give Mark Hughes a timely boost by making their long-awaited comebacks from injury next week. Assistant boss Mark Bowen today confirmed the pair have been lined up for a run-out in Tuesday night's
ONE of the key figures in the campaign to save the Queen's Lancashire Regiment (QLR) from merger has welcomed news that it could retain its identity, location and red rose badge. Lieutenant Colonel John Downham, regimental secretary to the QLR, said he
THE Harris Museum and Art Gallery will get a £500,000 make-over in the next six months to make it more user-friendly for disabled people. The work will include a bigger lift, improved emergency evacuation routes and a new shop and information point. A
TWO teenage boys have been cautioned by police for causing vandalism to a Whitefield Church. As reported in the Guide, the Whitefield and Prestwich Spiritualist Church in Victoria Avenue, had been targeted by vandals over a long period of time. After
A DOCTOR has been suspended from his post following the launch of a police investigation, it was revealed today. The GP, who has not been named, was suspended by Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale Primary Care Trust in late September following the allegations
NO-ONE can accuse Burnley nightclub boss Ray Harrison of following the herd. But clubbers at The Circulation may think he has gone a bit 'mad' when they see his latest acquisition -- a life-size fibreglass cow. Ray paid £11,000 plus VAT for the black
CASH has been secured to help kick-start a flagship regeneration project in Lancaster. Lancaster City Council has received funding from the Northwest Regional Development Agency for the Luneside East scheme to enable it to acquire the site and prepare
BURY reserves won through to the Lancashire Senior Trophy semi-final stages after a victory over Oldham Athletic on Tuesday evening. The Shakers came back from behind three times to draw 3-3, thanks to goals from Daniel Douglas-Pringle, Simon Whaley and
THE public inquiry into the loss of the trawler Gaul and its 36 crew - including the husband of an East Lancashire woman - was to reconvene today to hear from a new witness. A former Royal Navy chief petty officer, who previously claimed he overheard
PEOPLE living in Reedley will not find out the future of the former Lucas sports ground until next year. A public inquiry into whether 68 homes, a cricket oval, football pitch, tennis courts, and a sports stadium, should be built on the Colne Road site
PRESTWICH Thai Boxing club product Steve Rogerson became a double champion recently. It took the Radcliffe plasterer just 1 minute and 44 seconds of the first round to knock out Glasgow's Barry Denholm to become the SIMTA North West Super Middleweight
IT WAS all "Wright" on the night when Manchester City fans attended Heaton Park Social Club in Prestwich. Blues star Shaun Wright-Phillips was joined at the venue by City's vice chairman Brian Bodek for a meeting of the Prestwich and Whitefield branch
ANGELA McCLUSKY: The Things We Do (Parlophone) JUST when you think that all female singers are starting to sound the same, along comes a voice that makes you take notice. Angela McClusky at times sounds like Marianne Faithful. At others she's reminiscent
AN investigation was today under way after three boys in care went missing and sparked a major rescue operation. The three youngsters aged nine, 12, and 13, were taking part in an organised walk around Widdop Reservoir, above Burnley, when they disappeared
STAFF at Leyland's Farington Lodge Hotel, Stanifield Lane, rolled out the red carpet on Tuesday for a visit from HRH The Princess Royal. Princess Anne was greeted by the Mayor of South Ribble, Councillor Matthew Tomlinson, before attending a fundraising
WORSHIPPERS at St John's CofE Church, Leyland Lane, Leyland, celebrated the life of Linda Logan, who lost her year-long battle with cancer on Friday. Linda, 61, wife to Kevin, a former vicar at the Leyland church, helped at the church's playgroup during
THE prospect of hundreds of HGV trucks hurtling up and down roads in Leyland, en route to a proposed new waste technology park, has sparked anger among people living nearby. Dozens of furious residents packed a central area committee meeting on Monday
10 years ago ENTERPRISING thieves were getting their Christmas shopping done early by stealing 150 bicycles. The bikes, taken from homes across Blackburn over the previous two months, would likely be passed on as Christmas presents, according to police
A MAN who fell down the stairs while playing with his six-year-old son and his friend later died, an inquest heard. Retired writer and journalist Richard Clayden Hall, who was found unconscious at the bottom of the stairs by his son, never regained consciousness
BOSSES at an East Lancashire chemical plant have announced thirty jobs will go following a restructuring of the firm. Staff at William Blythe Ltd, which has bases in Church and Hapton and employs almost 200 people, were told of the cuts on Wednesday.
TOWN bosses in Accrington today revealed they are looking at several new sites to put a new bus station in the town. Land off Union Street, Edgar Street and School Street has traditionally been regarded as the probable site since the idea for a new station
SPECIAL classes to help youngsters settle in to their new schools are facing the axe. Now three East Lancashire primary schools are heading a campaign to try and keep the "nurture" classes, which offer a small group of children temporary one-to-one teaching
RADCLIFFE businessman Peter Weidenbaum has been appointed vice-president of the country's biggest single chamber of commerce. The 71-year-old chairman of measuring instruments company Trumeter takes up the office at the new Chamber of Commerce for Greater
STUBBINS-based Strategic Team Group (STG) has celebrated the conclusion of the first half of a £600,000 project on behalf of English Churches Housing Group. The occasion has been marked with a formal handover presentation involving STG which is one of
WHEN Simon Cobb set up his tape duplicating company in 1984, he never dreamed he would be supplying equipment for the BBC 20 years later. The 37-year-old started Siren Technology in a small office on Bury New Road, Whitefield, and worked on audio tape
STARS from a TV drama filmed in the Ribble Valley took time out from their busy shooting schedule to open a new health unit. Actors Richard Wilson, Peter Gunn and John Henshaw from BBC family drama Born and Bred, filmed in Downham, were invited to the
CHILDREN are being reared like battery hens in their bedrooms, a leading East Lancashire health specialist has claimed. And there are fears that the way children are looked after could help drive up obesity levels. Elaine Michel, public health specialist
BLACKPOOL return to their previously happy hunting ground of Oldham's Boundary Park on Sunday with a new midfield signing top of Colin Hendry's priority list. Hendry revealed this week that he chased 15 midfielders in the week following Mike Flynn's recall
JOHN McGREAL reckons Burnley's watertight defence have set a benchmark for the season. The Clarets have leaked just seven goals in 12 league games to fire optimism for the tough months ahead following a welcome break. And born-leader McGreal believes
CHARITY shop worker Ian Shears couldn't get to the mountain, so he brought the mountain to Prestwich. The mountain was Mount Everest and Ian, who runs Gift It in Bury New Road, climbed the equivalent of the tallest mountain in the world on a climbing
AFTER a lifetime of caring for others, Muriel Jackson got the chance to put her feet up for the day as she celebrated her 100th birthday. A former nurse, Mrs Jackson -- known as Jackie -- was treated to a big party by staff at Beaumont House residential
A CAR parking contractor has changed the way it processes parking fines after an office blunder led to threats of court action against one motorist. Prestwich resident Maria Fuller received a parking fine from Car Parking Systems (CPS) on behalf of Salford
FANCY being deputy Mayor of Bury and chauffeured to a match at Gigg Lane? For one day only, Councillor Wilf Davison will hand over his chains of office to one young person to help promote Local Democracy Week. The competition is open to anyone in the
WORDS penned by a world-famous Leigh author live on in Cambodia. James Hilton was born in a terraced house in Wilkinson Street, Leigh in 1900 and died in Long Beach, California on December 22, 1954. His utopian novel "Lost Horizon" - about the search
AN AWARD winning play, the second in a year by Julie McKiernan, is packing in the crowds in the Lake District. The Leigh drama lecturer from Charles Street was inspired by the tragedy of Donald Campbell, the speed hero who died when his jet-powered boat
THE best new rental title of the week Carandiru (15, Columbia Tristar, 146 mins) comes from one of the leading film-makers in Brazil, Hector Babenco (Pixote, Kiss of the Spiderwoman), who is back with this stunning based-on-fact prison drama that has
CHORLEY professional Mark Bradley failed to retain his Lancashire PGA Matchplay Championship crown when he was beaten by Mossock Hall's David Shacklady with a birdie at the first extra hole in the final at Royal Lytham and St Annes. Shacklady completed
ROSSENDALE United boss Mark Molyneaux is raring to go after re-organising his squad during their 10-day break. Dale picked up a point in their last league outing, Molyneaux's first game in charge, at Colwyn Bay a week last Tuesday and it lifted them off
DAVE Sharples is hoping it will be third time lucky as he looks to lift Great Harwood Town out of the relegation zone. The new manager has turned down the role twice before but thinks that lifting the club off the bottom of North West Counties Division
TEACHERS in Bury have been told that their schools could be inspected with little or no prior notice. This vision was outlined by Mr David Bell, chief inspector of schools in England, when he paid a visit to Bury Town Hall on Tuesday. He told an audience
RADCLIFFE BOROUGH 3, SHILDON 3 By Peter Collins: PATIENCE is a virtue Boro's fans will have to acquire, certainly as far as the FA Cup is concerned. Unable to dispose of Northern League First Division outfit Shildon at the first attempt, they faced a
JOHN McGREAL reckons Burnley's watertight defence have set a benchmark for the season. The Clarets have leaked just seven goals in 12 league games to fire optimism for the tough months ahead following a welcome break. And born-leader McGreal believes
BLACKBURN Rovers duo Steven Reid and Andy Todd are ready to give Mark Hughes a timely boost by making their long-awaited comebacks from injury next week. Assistant boss Mark Bowen today confirmed the pair have been lined up for a run-out in Tuesday night's
WHILE Accrington and Burnley have concentrated on bringing in big name DJs, a Blackburn venue has decided to bring in a pop act instead. Jumpin' Jaks, in St Peter Street, will welcome chart-topping Girls Aloud on Friday, October 23. They are one of a
H FANS of Preston's big night out - Feel - will have to wait a bit longer for it to return. Normally, the superclub House night returns to the University of Central Lancashire during September - but this year's return has been hampered by rebuilding work
A legendary name to anyone who knows about British blues, John Mayall is now 70. JENNY SCOTT spoke to the man who recruited rock giants like Eric Clapton and Peter Green. . . HE may have reached his 70th birthday, but John Mayall certainly has no thought
AN exhibition featuring the history of black footballers in British clubs can be seen across the borough. It ties in with annual Black History Month, a celebration of the contribution African and Caribbean communities have made to Britain. The Mayor of
THREE people have been charged with child abduction after an incident in Darwen. Two men and a woman were quizzed at Blackburn police station after the incident at around 5.30pm in the Redearth area. Patrick Smith, 44 and Angela Boland, 40, of Glenfield
DARWEN railway station has been highlighted in a regional report for its shoddy state. The Rail Passengers' Committee North West has appealed for improvements to the Clitheroe to Manchester line, and the station at Darwen comes in for serious criticism
A PROFESSOR will be educating students hundreds of miles from his home town after a textbook he wrote was translated into Croatian for university students. Professor Claudio Vignali, who lectures at Leeds Metropolitan University, is also a visiting lecturer
CORRIE'S cheeky Chesney Brown will be opening a new SureStart Centre in his home town of Bacup tomorrow. Sam Aston, who plays the TV soap's flame-haired cutie, is set to make a guest appearance and open the centre's new headquarters based at Maden Baths
TRIBUTES have been paid to a popular father of two who died after a fight on a family golfing holiday in Tenerife. Stephen Howard Bennett, originally of Rawtenstall, was involved with a late night clash with three other men at the exclusive Amarilla Golf
A DETAILED masterplan to shape the future of Bacup and Stacksteads over the next 15 years has been commissioned by Rossendale Borough Council. And local folk will be asked to help draw up the document so officials know where they should be spending government
SHILDON AFC 0, RADCLIFFE BORO BOROUGH booked a home tie against Moor Green in the Third Round, where the winner will get £5,000 in prize money, after a comfortable victory in County Durham. Simon Kelly returned from suspension to replace the injured Steve
SOUTH SHORE'S police station is back in business this week after an emergency evacuation during refurbishment. The Victorian building was closed in July after building work caused severe structural damage, but officers who moved to Bonny Street while
BLACKPOOL'S revamped Solarium is hosting an exhibition of images from the world's most prestigious wildlife photography competition. Entries from this year's Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition - including German Gerhard Schulz's winning photo
FORMER Blackpool FC goalkeeper, Lloyd Scott, is set for another remarkable charity challenge. Former fireman Lloyd, who played for the Seasiders in the 1980s, has already made headlines by completing the London Marathon in a diving suit - then followed
"LOUTISH behaviour, poor facilities, shabby streets and booze-fuelled violence." That's the verdict from chief executive of the Blue Flag beach awards - Alan Woods - on why Britain's seaside resorts like Blackpool are becoming "no-go areas" for families
OVER the past year the community department at Leigh Centurions has made some big strides within the community. Added to the successful Curriculum Center is now a four-week primary Schools Touch Rugby programme, a six-week Secondary Schools programme,
Leigh Centurions 66 Swinton Lions 6 by Mike Hulme: IT just gets better and better for Darren Abram and his legion of Centurions. Tougher tests may lie just around the corner, but all the signs are there that Abram is moulding a team that's a cut above
Oldham 20 Leigh Centurions 60 by Mike Hulme DISCIPLINE, and the lack of it, ultimately determined this top of the table showdown. While Leigh were accused of gamesmanship by Oldham coach Steve Molloy, there's no defending his team's actions. Two blatant
Doncaster Dragons 19 Leigh Centurions 14 by Mike Hulme: IF Darren Abram believed he'd put together a squad capable of taking Leigh into the Promised Land, he's probably having second thoughts this week. Last Sunday was a perfect opportunity for some of
POLICE today appealed again for information on the whereabouts of a man who has evaded capture for almost a month. Ron Taylor, 43, formerly known as Straker, is accused of assaulting his former partner, who lives in the Blackburn area, and threatening
THE army regiment accused of torturing Iraqi prisoners, when fake pictures were published in a national newspaper, today welcomed news that one of the men allegedly behind the incident has been charged. As reported in later editions of the Evening Telegraph
BLACKBURN'S first woman postie has been dragged back into service after 40 years, because she says today's mail service is "shoddy". Peggy Fearns, 79, of Revidge Road, today blasted Royal Mail after she and her neighbours in Revidge Road received post
STAFF at Blackburn College were today reeling from the shock announcement that 100 jobs will be cut by Christmas in a bid to claw back £3.5million. And union bosses today hit out at top college bosses for giving themselves 20 times the pay rise of lecturers
WE CAMPAIGNERS working for a better way of life for the landau horses now know why there has never been an answer given to our questions about which sanctuary or sanctuaries take in the retired horses when their working days are over. No wonder there
BILLY Davies faces having to sell striker David Healy after North End's board admitted they can't promise him the one thing which would make him stay - a chance to play on the bigger stage. Persistent rumours linking the Northern Ireland striker with
A YEAR ago Penzance and Newlyn were in the position Sedgley Park find themselves in now - it was their debut season in National One and their target was survival. They achieved it, but not without a struggle, turning around a mid-season slump to finish
"MARKET Saved" was a recent Bury Times headline. Well, maybe it will be. But it seems that the large and welcome extension to the town centre is now going to be about as far away from the market as possible. Mr Garman and his fellow traders must think
TEACHERS in Bury have been told that their schools could be inspected with little or no prior notice. This vision was outlined by Mr David Bell, chief inspector of schools in England, when he paid a visit to Bury Town Hall on Tuesday. He told an audience
Chorley Lynx 10 Leigh Centurions 78 by Mike Hulme: NEIL Turley has wiped the name of John Woods from Leigh's record books. The Centurions' current scoring sensation replaced his childhood idol as the holder of the most points in a match record with an
Keighley Cougars 10 Leigh Centurions 48 By Martyn Hindley:THE Centurions cruised back to winning ways at Cougar Park with an almost effortless eight-try thumping of bottom-placed Keighley. But injuries sustained before and during the win could force Darren
Rochdale Hornets 24 Leigh Centurions 74: IT'S an indication of just how high Leigh's standards are these days that even a near-record away win isn't good enough. Although Leigh breezed to top spot, scoring 13 tries against a poor Rochdale side that is
Halifax 16 Leigh Centurions 27 by Mike Hulme: CONFIRMATION that Halifax are no Salford or Huddersfield undeniably came at the Shay on Sunday afternoon. Leigh's first-ever win over a side relegated from Super League gives the Centurions a huge psychological
Leigh Centurions 42 Hull KR 14: IF history repeats itself Leigh will be in Super League next season. Huddersfield and Salford have set the precedent in the past two seasons with the Arriva Trains Cup winners going on to win the Grand Final to join the
I don't have a weight problem but I'm working on it. But for those who do, there is an answer to all your problems. It's called the Slim and Lift and it will make you look thinner in seconds. It was the latest invention I saw whilst wasting my precious
AN evening of sketches and monologues will bring some warmth to a chilly Saturday evening when Let's Do It comes to Darwen Library Theatre. The show - which has played to rave reviews around the country - features some of the finest moments from Victoria
JUST a week into October, shops are gearing up for the great Christmas sell. But with 78 shopping days to go to the big day, are we starting Christmas too early nowadays? Chief Reporter DAVID HIGGERSON investigates whether starting so early detracts from
BURY Croquet Club's season ended with an active week. Two internal knockouts were concluded, David Dean beating Paul Rigge in the final of the Golf Croquet event while Mac Hardman beat Ken Anderton in the Short Croquet. On Saturday the Advanced team visited
BURY RUFC 3, BURNAGE 25: WITH the Bury area catching the remnants of Hurricane Jeanne, a crossfield wind in neither side's favour gusting to 50 mph meant this game was never going to be a spectacle. The visitors opened their account after eight minutes
MAINE ROAD 0, RAMSBOTTOM UTD 0: Following the disappointment of crashing out of the FA Cup, the Rams returned to North West Counties League Division One action with a trip to Maine Road expecting to gain three points against a struggling side. However
SEDGLEY provided eight of the 22 players selected for the Manchester Under15s side that faced East Cheshire on Wednesday at Glossop. There were: (backs) William Bate (Bolton School), Tom Leader (Bolton School), Ross Watson (Bury GS); forwards Ciaran McGivney
PRESTWICH HEYS 7, MILTON 2: ANY cup draw, whatever the quality of the opposition can create upsets and Heys' game was just one of those examples. Nothing was known about Milton, so preparation had to be right. This was the complete opposite of Milton,
IT was interesting but worrying to read your piece on education cash. Interesting because I was unaware that schools were allocated money whether they needed it or not; worrying because the proposed solution is for the school to find one reason or another
WHILST we cannot generalise on the patterns of driving in the private hire business, the very nature of the work causes a few to drive in a particular manner. A probable cure for lacking standards and attitudes in the service would an advanced driver
THE man known as Mr Tottington is to be made an honorary freeman of the borough next Wednesday (Oct 13). Bill Johnson stood down at the June local elections after 44 years as a Conservative councillor. He was twice mayor of the metropolitan borough and
SPARKS are set to fly when the Ramsbottom, Tottington and North Manor Area Board meets next week. High on the agenda will be the issue of fireworks and the anti-social behaviour associated with them. As Bonfire Night approaches, the board has invited
EDUCATION bosses in Bury have recruited an expert to attract and keep quality teachers in the borough. Former head teacher Christine Abbott has been appointed as the council's first recruitment and retention strategy officer. Her job will include persuading
A CHANCE to become king or queen of Egypt for a night is amongst the attractions on offer as Blackpool's Grand Theatre gears up for the winter. Opera lovers get a chance to take to the stage in November - as extras in a spectacular production of Aida
The ANDY LOCHHEAD column ALL the focus this weekend will naturally be at Old Trafford for the great England v Wales game. But one player at Turf Moor will have to block that little contest out of his mind for another 24 hours and concentrate on his own
PEOPLE who rent council houses are invited to the borough's first annual tenants' conference on November 2. The event, at the Village Hotel in Bury, will give some of the authority's 9,000 tenants the chance to let their landlord know what they want from
SOCIAL services staff are going shopping for foster carers this month. They aim to recruit another 20 carers in the coming year, and will be giving out information at Union Arcade in the Mill Gate centre on Wednesday, October 13, between 9.30am and 2pm
In July, 1975, Keith Dawson, aged 25, left, of Hillside Avenue, Atherton, had to scratch from a charity race at Horwich when his 1935 Rudge let him down at the last minute. He should have joined 16 riders from firms associated with the motor trade in
IT'S 30 years since a long-haired line-up of rugby league players from Leigh scooped the Lancashire Shield in the schoolboys' final at Swinton's famed but long-gone Station Road ground. The lads from Manchester Road Secondary Modern School were trailing
AN exhibition featuring the history of black footballers in British clubs can be seen across the borough. It ties in with annual Black History Month, a celebration of the contribution African and Caribbean communities have made to Britain. The Mayor of
HAILED as "amazing" by carers, 103--year-old Ethel Hunsworth continues to astound everyone with her astute memory and intelligence. Born in Leigh in 1899, Ethel grew up in Leigh Road with her brother Fred and sister Doris. After teaching French and Latin
LOCAL history writer Peter Riley has captured 100 years of history. In an ingenious new book Then and Now Peter has taken a photographic look at the changing faces of 11 towns incuding Leigh, Atherton, Tyldesley, Golborne, Astley, Glazebury, Lowton and
FANCY being deputy Mayor of Bury and chauffeured to a match at Gigg Lane? For one day only, Councillor Wilf Davison will hand over his chains of office to one young person to help promote Local Democracy Week. The competition is open to anyone in the
VIEWS are being sought to gauge the level of hate crime across the borough and help to make it easier for victims to report problems. At present, hate crimes -- including racial abuse and homophobic bullying -- can be fully investigated only if they are
A £10,000 reward is being offered to catch a violent gang who hijacked a van five months ago, taking its elderly passenger on a high-speed terror ride. Grandmother Anna Hughes refused to get out of her son's vehicle in Bury Old Road, Prestwich, when it
This was the Falcons Dance Band well known in the area in the late 1940s/early 1950s. It was founded in 1942 from cadets of the 316 squadron of the Air Training Corps in Leigh, managed by Squadron Leader Charles Grundy and led by Vince Hayes, with Ken
A DENTIST who was given more than £30,000 of public money to set up an NHS practice just three years ago is going private, it was revealed today. The move is set to leave the town without a NHS surgery, meaning thousands of NHS patients will face a dental
Special report by Brian Gomm: OVER 200 years ago ironmaster Abraham Darby the Third made a giant step forward in the world of construction when he spanned the River Severn with his Iron Bridge. This remarkable feat of 18th century engineering was highlighted
STAFF at Blackburn College were today reeling from the shock announcement that 100 jobs will be cut by Christmas in a bid to claw back £3.5million. And union bosses today hit out at top college bosses for giving themselves 20 times the pay rise of lecturers
A FORMER Radcliffe man will follow in the footsteps of a great explorer when he undertakes the trip of a lifetime next month. Mark Spencer, who used to live in the town's Davenport Avenue, is taking part in an expedition to navigate the River Niger in
WORRIED Woodhill residents will pitch in with their objections against ambitious caravan site plans at Burrs Country Park. The Caravan Club is seeking permission for a five-hectare piece of land behind the Brown Cow pub to accommodate more than 80 caravans
IT'S never been easy to be a parent, but confused mums and dads across Bury now have somewhere to turn. A free booklet giving advice on the dilemmas faced by families was given an official launch this week. Bury's Safe Parenting Handbook will be distributed
A GROWING spirit of co-operation between two schools were among the themes of a boys' prizegiving speech at Bury Grammar. In his address, headteacher Mr Keith Richards spoke of an increasing range of activities taking place between the boys' and girls
PROPOSALS which could mark the end of Fairfield's special care baby unit are "flawed", according to the hospital's top doctors and the borough's GPs. Medical staff voiced their concerns over plans to cut maternity and children's services to the local
PHIL Jones could be the surprise inclusion for Leigh Centurions in Sunday's National League One Grand Final showdown against Whitehaven. Jones, the ex-Wigan RL, Orrell and Rotherham RU half-back, was ruled out for the season after he snapped tendons in
ENGLAND Under-21 boss Peter Taylor will hand Jon Stead the chance to rediscover his goalscoring form on home turf tonight. The Blackburn striker will definitely start the European Championship qualifier at Ewood Park against Wales after receiving the
AFTER months with no-one at the helm of Preston City Centre Management Company, a new chief executive has been appointed. Graham Penticost, 56, is currently working in Kent as a consultant for the Society for Local Authorities and Chief Executives. The
CURATES from Preston flew to Germany on Wednesday to learn lessons from fellow religious leaders on the Continent. The week-long mission involves the Blackburn diocese which twinned with the Lutheran diocese of Brauncshwieg in northern Germany, eight
COMEDIAN Bobby Ball was the star of the show when he visited Leyland Trucks for a special charity presentation in connection with Preston-based International Aid Trust. Funnyman Bobby, famous as one half of the 'eighties television comedy duo, Cannon
THE FUTURE of the Preston International City Festival has been thrown into doubt this week. It has emerged that a report is being carried out into the feasibility of the festival, although Preston City Council chiefs have denied rumours that the event
A HIGH-KICKING mum has spoken of her battle with breast cancer at the launch of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Karate enthusiast Wendy Rafferty, 32, of Earnshaw Drive, Leyland, was diagnosed with the disease in February this year. Until then the mum-of-three
A BRAVE mum had a close shave in effort to raise funds for children who suffer from genetic disorders. Paula Slater, 27, of Margaret Road, Penwortham, had her head shaved to raise money for the Jeans for Genes charity, which raises cash for research into
BATTLES, Bottom, betrayal and the Bard are on the timetable for schools in Preston and South Ribble as pupils tread the boards for a festival in celebration of Shakespeare. Students at four schools have been brushing up on their sonnets for the three-day
COUNCIL tax in Lancashire needs to rise by more than four times the rate of inflation if £20million of cuts are to be avoided, a shock report revealed this week. Lancashire County Council leaders, who last year said it aimed to peg back any future rises
IT WAS all "Wright" on the night when Manchester City fans attended Heaton Park Social Club in Prestwich. Blues star Shaun Wright-Phillips was joined at the venue by City's vice chairman Brian Bodek for a meeting of the Prestwich and Whitefield branch
PUPILS of the former Stand Grammar School in Whitefield are to be remembered in a special history project. Old boy Tony Wilding is compiling a history of the Old Standian's Association which celebrates its centenary in 2006. Mr Wilding is the honorary
A HEADTEACHER has attacked the "mayhem" surrounding the marking system for the Standard Assessment Tests. Stuart Smith, of Habergham High School, Burnley, said he was concerned that the Government was using the SATS as performance indicators, given the
A PETITION of nearly 30,000 signatures has landed on the doorstep of 10 Downing Street from residents in North Lancashire to help preserve the identity of a historic infantry regiment. The signatures piled up after Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon, recently
STUDENTS from Lancaster Royal Grammar School will be taken on a rollercoaster ride of discovery during this year's National Construction Week. They will join more than 150 pupils from across Lancashire who will be given the opportunity to learn about
SHOPLIFTERS will soon have to pay for their crimes after a new effort to deter theft in the stores across Lancaster and Morecambe was launched. The scheme was the brainchild of the police and retailers in the area following a £2billion loss in the retail
SCIENTISTS descended on a Lancaster primary school to set up a test bed in a bid to fight back against an uninvited guest. A water weed has settled in the pond at Quernmore Primary School and starting to kill plants and wildlife. The fairy fern, Azolla
IT promises to be a real football-packed weekend for the Shakers' backroom staff. They intend running the rule over the club's next two opponents because of a discrepancy in kick-off times due to the England v Wales World Cup qualifying game being played
JON Newby's equalising goal against Macclesfield last Saturday brought to an end an 18-month barren goalscoring run, that saw him leave Gigg Lane for a miserable season with Huddersfield Town, only to be rescued by Bury boss Graham Barrow during the summer
COUNTRYSIDE separating Nelson and Colne will not be built on -- despite being earmarked for housing -- councillors have promised. Several people turned up to a meeting of Pendle Council's decision-making executive in Nelson Town Hall to protest at the
HOMEOWNERS in East Lancashire will be able to see exactly what flooding risks they face following the launch of a multi-million pound flood risk map. The on-line map, part of a £30million five-year initiative by the Environment Agency, enables homeowners
SEDGLEY will face old rivals Manchester at Grove Park on Saturday October 16 in the third round of the 2004-2005 Powergen Cup, after Dave Baldwin's boys comfortably disposed of Chester 40-13 last Saturday in the second round. It will give the Tigers an
LITTLE LEVER 2, BURY AMATEURS 3: BURY Amateurs produced a scintillating fightback to take all three Redrow Lancashire Amateur Football League points against a well-organised Little Lever side. On a heavy pitch Bury were often guilty of playing too much
PRESTON'S Ian McCulloch tamed the Whirlwind in the second round of the Totesport Grand Prix on Wednesday to earn a place in the third round. In a thrilling three and half hour match McCulloch ground out a 5-4 against the fan's favourite Jimmy White. He
"BADDIE'S" suggestion (Letters, October 1) that "know-all Dawn" be appointed Czar of the Czars, is bizarre to say the least. I have known Dawn Robinson-Walsh for years and she is a person who genuinely cares about issues affecting her family, friends
PENDLE has turned into a scene from children's book Alice in Wonderland - according to leading councillor Tony Greaves. The LibDem said he felt like he had tumbled through the rabbit hole into Lewis Carroll's creation in which nothing is as it seemed
A DENTIST who was given more than £30,000 of public money to set up an NHS practice just three years ago is going private, it was revealed today. The move is set to leave the town without a NHS surgery, meaning thousands of NHS patients will face a dental
AN inquest into the death of a woman found stabbed in her Preston home at the weekend was opened on Tuesday. Shirley Wainwright, 72, of The Turnpike, off Black Bull Lane, Fulwood, suffered multiple stab wounds. She was found by husband Stan on Sunday
A £5,000 reward has been put up by a security firm after its van driver was held at gunpoint and forced to hand over a large amount of cash. Securitas has offered the reward following the robbery outside Boots at Deepdale Retail Park, Blackpool Road,
HYNDBURN Council today confirmed it has been given more than £800,000 to get a housing regeneration scheme back on track. Plans to buy homes in West Accrington for demolition were put on hold when the North West Development Agency (NWDA) pulled £600,000
A FATHER today spoke with pride about his son's three-year battle against leukaemia. Speaking from the Rishton home he shared with his son Simon, John Catlow described how his son's positive character meant that even towards the end of his life he refused
DRUGS and alcohol abuse and support and re-habilitation of individuals in the workplace will be highlighted at the next Bury Employment Support & Training (EST) employer forum. The latest meeting will take place next Wednesday (Oct 13) at the Bolholt
THE popular Wilkinsons store on The Rock in Bury has been at the centre of a £4.95 million acquisition deal. Acting on behalf of Edgehill Portfolio No 1 Ltd, Nelson Bakewell has sold the long leasehold interest of the store to Private Danish Investors
A MAJOR new Park and Ride is on the way for the Whitefield Metrolink stop after transport bosses gave the go-ahead for enabling works to start on site as soon as possible. Friday's meeting of Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Authority's Policy Committee
FYLDE are on the road again, the fourth time in six games this season, when they visit Bradford and Bingley's Wagon Lane ground in Bingley on Saturday. The Bees were outstanding champions of North One last season, triumphed at Twickenham to win the Powergen
THE drinks are on Prestwich barman Jahn Hanson after he clinched the regional title of Britain's best bartender. The 29-year-old, who works at T.G.I. Friday's in Bury New Road, Prestwich, wowed the judges with his elaborate cocktail-making skills, while
VISITORS to Rainsough Community Centre can bank on a warm welcome thanks to volunteers from Barclays. Staff from the bank swapped their suits for overalls to give the building a facelift. They worked for two days as part of the bank's employee volunteer
A CHANCE to discover Christianity in an informal and friendly way is being offered by local churches. Alpha courses are being run in churches in Prestwich and Whitefield, starting next week. St Paul's Church, Kersal and St Andrew's in Carr Clough, Prestwich
AN ambitious year awaits actors at Whitefield Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society (WAODS). After starting the season with a popular musical Scrooge, the group will then focus the rest of their attentions on the drama section with a range of plays to
CAMPAIGNING journalist Don Hale came back to his roots on Wednesday to reveal his latest exploits. Mr Hale, best known for his 10-year campaign to free Stephen Downing, attended the 73rd birthday luncheon of the Prestwich and Whitefield Townswomen's Guild
The SIMON GARNER column AS England and Wales prepare to do battle at Old Trafford tomorrow, Mark Hughes is getting ready to say goodbye to international football. The Blackburn Rovers chief has two games left before he relinquishes his post with Wales
BEDFORD High School students have impressed in GCSE and GNVQ exams. Topping the honour list were Richard Doyle 5A*, and Aciea Ali and Adrian Brammer each with 4A* -- all out of 10 GCSE exams. The Leigh school headteacher Stephen Preston said: "It was
MIKE Bennie returned an impressive net 64 to take the Division Two prize in Clitheroe Golf Club's medal Overshadowed for most of the season by his two low handicap sons, Mike proved that when the going gets tough the tough get going as he finished seven
PHIL Power has wasted no time backing up his new manager's assertion that age is no barrier. Bacup boss Brent Peters snapped up the prolific non-league striker this week and his two-goal debut against Salford City on Wednesday prompted Peters to compare
WE have assembled a number of easy to find links, many from our popular leisure pages, to What's On - and Where! Click on these links to find What's On around Bolton, Bury and Leigh or Ideas for walks Fancy visiting Museums and Galleries or reading our
BURY'S refuse collection, street cleaning and recycling plans have been given the thumbs-up by inspectors. The Audit Commission has awarded Bury Council's waste management service the second best "good, two star" rating with "promising" prospects for
ASPIRING farmers with time to spare are being urged to come forward and help get Pimhole Community Farm up and running. Stuart Andrews (64), of Chesham Fold, is opening up his two-and-a-half acres of land, situated off Pimhole Road, Bury, to give schools
FOOTBALL fan Barry Chaytow has more England caps than anyone else. After all, he is the man who makes them. Barry's Tie and Scarf Company, at Warth Road in Bury, is where all of the national side's appearance caps are now made. He set up at the former
RESIDENTS of Bury are being urged to get on their feet to show their anger at plans to axe Fairfield Hospital's special care baby unit. Details of a protest march were finalised at this week's meeting of the Fairfield Baby Lifeline Society (FBLS), the
HOLCOMBE Brook Sports Club could face extinction -- if it is not allowed to build a new home. The thriving tennis club, which has achieved national acclaim, desperately needs to relocate to ensure its survival and has applied for permission to construct
BABY Aaron Nolan-Massey experienced the great outdoors for the first time this week -- after spending the first ten months of his life in hospital. Little Aaron became Fairfield special care baby unit's longest patient before he was finally fit enough
BORO are bidding to turn the Stainton Park complex into a footballing centre of excellence. Manager Kevin Glendon spent a day in London last week, lobbying the sports' administrators at the FA's headquarters, with a view to obtaining grants for new facilities
BURY Golf Club's junior team climaxed a great season when it clinched the Manchester Junior League. The talented youngsters finished an impressive 29 strokes ahead of North Manchester and 42 in front of third placed Ellesmere in the strokeplay league.
ACCRINGTON has come out fighting in the battle to woo the clubbing crowds with a new night set to attract some big name DJs. Belief launches on Saturday, October 23 at Opium in Warner Street Accrington with two of the UK's best-known DJs. Brandon Block
ATHERTON Heritage Society's AGM starts at 7.30pm on Tuesday, October 12, in St Richard's Hall, Atherton. Glen Atkinson will talk about "Walkden-Out of Step".
FOOTBALL fan Barry Chaytow has more England caps than anyone else. After all, he is the man who makes them. Barry's Tie and Scarf Company, at Warth Road in Bury, is where all of the national side's appearance caps are now made. He set up at the former
HOLCOMBE Brook Sports Club could face extinction -- if it is not allowed to build a new home. The thriving tennis club, which has achieved national acclaim, desperately needs to relocate to ensure its survival and has applied for permission to construct
PUPILS of the former Stand Grammar School in Whitefield are to be remembered in a special history project. Old boy Tony Wilding is compiling a history of the Old Standian's Association which celebrates its centenary in 2006. Mr Wilding is the honorary
A FYLDE housing group says it's "disappointed" with a recent independent government watchdog report labelling it as as a 'one-star service'. According to the recent report from Audit Commission inspectors, the Poulton-based Wyre Housing Association has
A TEENAGER and his brother have been given life sentences after admitting to the "wicked" murder of Fylde pensioner - Jock Fleming. Edward Steven Quillan, 24, of East Kilbride, and 19-year-old James Angus Quillan, of The Esplanade, Fleetwood, face at
A ONCE notorious high school in Preston has changed its name in a bid to shed its former image. Students and staff at the former Ribbleton Hall High started the new term with a clean slate at their 'new' City of Preston High School. The name change was
Leigh Centurions 26 Hull KR 22 by Mike Hulme: NEIL Turley stepped off the treatment table to kick Leigh to a crucial victory in the race for the Minor Premiership. Had Damien Munro not failed a fitness test on his damaged ankle, Turley would have been
Leigh Centurions 30 Whitehaven 16: LEIGH will again make their annual pilgrimage to the National League One Grand Final next month. Finalists for three seasons in a row, and a fourth time in five, the Centurions are old hands at this kind of thing. But
A MAN accused of murder told police he had been in a fight but ran off, claiming: "I saw all the blood and panicked." A jury heard Damien Fiocca, 19, of Whitendale Crescent, Blackburn, was cautioned and on the three-mile journey to Greenbank police station
JOHN Coleman has vowed to work his players to the bone to pull Accrington Stanley out of their tailspin. The Reds have a blank weekend to mull over their three game losing streak before entertaining Hereford United in front of the Sky TV cameras on Monday
LAST week, I watched Fylde Council's nine-man Executive Committee decide to sell off part of Ashton Gardens, a move opposed by thousands of St Annes residents and visitors. Petition after petition, poll after poll, overwhelmingly people have said that
ELDERLY residents could be forced to leave their care home only four years after a successful campaign to save it. Bispham's Ashfield House, home to 36 people, has been earmarked to make way for 'extra care' sheltered housing which, supporters say, will
NO-ONE said life in National One was going to be easy, but it gets even harder if a team can't learn to cope with pressure, as Sedgley Park are finding out. "We just didn't show up," was player-coach Tim Fourie's take on his side's latest defeat, a 41
AS mothers and grandmothers, concerned about future health care for my family, we attended two public meetings about the proposed closures at Fairfield. The most recent, arranged by the Primary Care Trust (PCT), was enlightening on two fronts: First,
I CAN assure correspondent Mrs Willis (Letters, October 1) that the management of Pennine Acute Trust was well represented at the Fairfield Baby Lifeline public meeting in the shape of our chief executive Chris Appleby, plus other senior representatives
I HAVE given birth at Fairfield Hospital on four occasions in 15 years, the most recent being in June. My last two pregnancies were high risk and both babies were born prematurely and required admission to the special care baby unit. Therefore the proposals
EDUCATION bosses in Bury have recruited an expert to attract and keep quality teachers in the borough. Former head teacher Christine Abbott has been appointed as the council's first recruitment and retention strategy officer. Her job will include persuading
A GROWING spirit of co-operation between two schools were among the themes of a boys' prizegiving speech at Bury Grammar. In his address, headteacher Mr Keith Richards spoke of an increasing range of activities taking place between the boys' and girls
Leigh Centurions 36 Oldham 12 by Mike Hulme: DARREN Abram had every right to be in good humour after seeing his side consolidate their position at the head of the table with an eighth straight win. Only at full time was it revealed the misfortune Abram
Featherstone Rovers 20 Leigh Centurions 75 by Mike Hulme: WOW! Rarely do you see perfection on a rugby league field and even more rarely are you there to see it in the flesh. Awesome, magnificent, sensational. Use any of the adjectives you like - they
ON behalf of Bury's Conservative councillors, I would like to wholeheartedly congratulate Bury Market traders for their great victory and well-orchestrated campaign to save the market from threatened relocation. Your fierce determination -- coupled with
Leigh Centurions 43, Halifax 25 by Mike Hulme: THE old sporting cliche of a game of two halves was never more apt than it was at Hilton Park last Sunday. For almost the entire opening 40 minutes, the Centurions' unbeaten home league record was in jeopardy
Leigh Centurions 21 Whitehaven 14 by Mike Hulme: ANOTHER game and another classic. Leigh and Whitehaven just can't stop producing nerve-shredding finishes. First there was the opening league game at the Rec which 'Haven just edged; then there was the
Whitehaven 30 Leigh Centurions 34 by Mike Hulme WHEN Leigh needed a cool head they turned to an old head. With defeat staring them in the face, Leigh required something special from a special player. And Tommy Martyn provided it. His 77th minute try might
A SMOKING ban in Bury pubs, restaurants and workplaces is one step nearer becoming a reality. Council leaders are poised to adopt a new "working towards a smokefree Bury" policy in advance of expected Government moves to outlaw smoking in public places
BLACKPOOL return to their previously happy hunting ground of Oldham's Boundary Park on Sunday with a new midfield signing top of Colin Hendry's priority list. Hendry revealed this week that he chased 15 midfielders in the week following Mike Flynn's recall
