A VILLAGE church is planning to flatten gravestones unless money can be found to make them safe. Following a review at All Saints' Parish, Glazebury, over 50 old headstones and memorials have been found to be in a dangerous condition. If money is not
A COLNE schoolboy has been banned by magistrates from wearing a hood to protect the public. Nicky East, 14, of Duke Street, is only allowed to put his hood up when the weather is bad under the interim anti-social behaviour order. It is thought to be only
SHAKERS' boss Graham Barrow has wasted no time getting over his disappointment at missing out on former Macclesfield hitman Matty Tipton by snapping up hotshot Tom Youngs from Leyton Orient. The 25-year-old has agreed terms with the Gigg Lane club and
AMIR Khan has asked for help from two-time Olympic champion Mario Kindelan as he looks to launch his professional boxing career. The former Bury ABC fighter visited the legendary Cuban in Havana this week, hoping to finalise a deal which could see Kindelan
IT'S SIMPLY not cricket! The game's purists have been choking on their strawberry tea and scones after this week's NatWest series group match between England and the Aussies. The game was dominated by an angry confrontation between Simon Jones and Matthew
RAIDERS smashed a stained glass window and stole antique communion silver from a Holcombe church - some dating back more than 150 years. Worshippers at Emmanuel Church were left distraught after the vestry was ransacked and three safes containing the
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CHRIS Hart and Laura Finucane have set qualifying times for the European Junior Championships at the British Milers Club Nike Grand Prix fixture at Solihull. Hart's event, the 3,000 metres steeplechase, was the first race of Saturday night, which started
A LOCAL authority transport manager has been awarded £100,000 in compensation after winning a claim for constructive dismissal against council bosses. Today Blackburn with Darwen Council revealed that a member of staff had been suspended following its
LEIGH Centurions will never get a better chance than Friday to win a "Battle of the Borough" for the first time in two decades. With their cross-borough neighbours in turmoil after back-to-back whippings by Leeds and St Helens, Leigh will relish the chance
I'll make my mark The former Ipswich Town player, who joined Rovers on a free transfer earlier this week, believes he can nail down a regular starting place next season, even though Mark Hughes is set to sign another striker before the transfer window
A COLNE schoolboy has been banned by magistrates from wearing a hood to protect the public. Nicky East, 14, of Duke Street, is only allowed to put his hood up when the weather is bad under the interim anti-social behaviour order. It is thought to be only
SEVEN apprentices have signed up as Burnley Football Club's youth team squad return to pre-season training this week. Jay Rodriguez, Ali Akbar, Connor Smith, Dale Underwood, Tom Blackler, Paul Casey and Jack Overson - the son of Head Of Youth Development
DANNY Coyne is backing Burnley's summer signings to take the club forward with renewed confidence. The Welsh number one was one of a clutch of new arrivals this time last year who helped to stabilise the club following two years of steady decline. Clarets
LANCASHIRE Lightning moved to the top of their Twenty20 Cup group with an emphatic 66-run victory over the Derbyshire Phantoms at Old Trafford. Australian Test squad member Brad Hodge continued his love affair with the competition to put in yet another
DANNY Coyne is backing Burnley's summer signings to take the club forward with renewed confidence. The Welsh number one was one of a clutch of new arrivals this time last year who helped to stabilise the club following two years of steady decline. Clarets
I'll make my mark The former Ipswich Town player, who joined Rovers on a free transfer earlier this week, believes he can nail down a regular starting place next season, even though Mark Hughes is set to sign another striker before the transfer window
A LOCAL authority transport manager has been awarded £100,000 in compensation after winning a claim for constructive dismissal against council bosses. Today Blackburn with Darwen Council revealed that a member of staff had been suspended following its
