CANCER patients are at less risk of losing their hair thanks to a charity which donated scalp cooling machines to East Lancashire's hospitals. Breast cancer charity Walk the Walk has given two of the machines to Royal Blackburn Hospital and Burnley General
POLICE in Pendle are offering free information, advice and - while stocks last - free purse alarms, as part of a personal safety roadshow in Colne. The roadshow, organised by local neighbourhood police officers and funded with help from Pendle Community
A NEW survey revealing that a large majority support the principle that doctors should be able to assist terminally ill patients to die should pave the way for a new law, said a Lancashire Euro-MP. The British Social Attitudes Report found that eight
A DARWEN market trader is worried after plans were announced to increase service charges. The proposed rise for traders' contribution to the building's maintenance comes as the next phase of regeneration work on the town centre, which is expected to
STUBBINS residents are being offered the chance to make the most of their money by setting up their own credit union. Since the village Post Office in Bolton Road North closed last year, residents' nearest service for money matters has been in Edenfield
A MAN whose body was dragged from the canal in Burnley was wanted in connection with a robbery in the town. Police have revealed Ruud Jacob Mikhout was a suspect for a robbery in which a shop worker was threatened with a metal bar before the offender
NEW figures show that Lancashire is recycling more than any other county council in the North of England. In the last financial year, 2005/06, 194,429 tonnes of rubbish, which is an additional 132,000 tonnes more than five years ago. It means that 35
A MAN who runs a rottweiler refuge lets the potential killers live side-by-side with his children to highlight public misunderstanding of dangerous dogs. For 12 months Dan Holland, of Thorn Street, Clitheroe, has been fostering abandoned rottweilers
A COMPANY director assaulted a police woman after a four-hour drinking session, Burnley magistrates heard The court was told how car dealer Gavin Forrest, 39, repeatedly kicked the officer as he was being arrested over a taxi altercation. Forrest, who
A DRUNKEN man was arrested and kept custody for two nights for a non-imprisonable offence, a court was told. Burnley Magistrates heard how Simon Holden, 22, had been found screaming and leaning against a wall trying to cut himself with a stone. He was
BEREAVED families are preparing to fight plans to force them to take tributes away from their children's graves. Parents whose youngsters are buried at Walton Lane Cemetery, Nelson, say they will descend on Pendle Council's Nelson Committee on Monday
CIVIC leaders have reacted with anger after a BNP councillor who assaulted his estranged wife and a police officer as well as shouting racist abuse kept his job. Coun Brian Turner, who was also convicted of football-related violence, was cleared of bringing
Burnley's David Fishwick (Cricket Field) Stand will remain closed for the next two Championship games after suffering storm damage earlier this month. The games affected are Burnley v Sheffield Wednesday on Saturday, February 10 and Burnley v Leicester
A REWARD is being offered to help catch the culprits who vandalised a block of newly opened £34,000 toilets in Ribchester. Nearly £1,000 worth of damage was caused to the environmentally friendly toilets in Church Street, which were opened last week.
MORE than £150,000 is to be spent on replacing worn out street lighting in Hyndburn over the next two years. But there are fears that despite the large amount of money being spent it is still not enough to solve problems in the area. A £32,000 scheme
THE family of murdered Burnley aid worker Michael Blakey is planning a concert to help raise the cash needed to build a memorial in his name. Michael's dad, Paul Blakey, said family and friends were now busy organising a host of fundraisers to help raise
A TEENAGE arsonist who repeatedly flouted an anti-social behaviour order imposed to bring peace to Briercliffe has kept his freedom. Burnley Magistrates heard how jobless troublemaker Stuart Colin Graham, 18, who is banned from buying alcohol and also
A MAN who suffered a fractured skull after being attacked in a pub has denied being a primary school bully. Defence barristers said that Stephen Hitchen was attacked by 22-year-old John Street inside the Golden Cross pub, in Union Road, Oswaldtwistle
WORK has begun to improve the surface of the East Lancashire Railway level crossing in Bridge Street, Ramsbottom. Bury Council and the railway ompany are refurbishing the crossing. It will be replaced by a steel duct encased in concrete and buried below
NEW units should be allowed at the edge of an industrial estate despite fears over falling house prices and noise nuisance, planning officers said. The two units at Ravenscroft Way, Barnolds-wick, would house light industry or office spaces and a warehouse
ROSSENDALE pooches will be rubbing noses with supreme champions when they perform in the main arena at Crufts. The Rossendale Borough Dog Club has been invited to the main ring of the world-famous dog show to demonstrate its skills in ensuring that their
Blackburn Hawks clinched a valuable victory in a nail-biting encounter against Bradford Bulldogs on Saturday. Hawks emerged triumphant after hanging on to their 9-8 lead in a thrilling English National Ice Hockey League fixture at the Arena. General
ANOTHER weekend without a game watching the results come in - it was certainly no fun for me and the rest of the Burnley supporters and I wouldn't be surprised if the players feel the same. Since I retired I've really missed being involved in the game
THE situation at Chelsea just proves that money can't buy you happiness. After a couple of years of Jose Mourinho's men sweeping all before them in the Premiership, all isn't well at Stamford Bridge. There seems to be a fault within the club that runs
FIVE pupils have been disciplined after a boy was filmed being kicked and punched during a series of Happy Slapping attacks'. Mobile phone video footage shows Jack Martin, 11, being hit by other pupils inside classrooms, on corridors and on the way home
Hyndburn's first citizen councillor Mohamed Rahman welcomed guests to a delayed celebration of his mayoral inauguration. Coun Rahman, who was unable to hold the event when he became mayor in April last year due to ill health, was joined by the borough's
A STOLEN kiss has landed a 21-year-old Blackburn man on the Sex Offender Register. Blackburn magistrates heard that David John Noel Martin and the girl "stumbled" into an embrace of the doorstep of her home. They went on to kiss in the front room but
A ROYAL Marine from Burnley has been given a medal for his efforts for serving in the front-line with the Royal Marines on Operation Herrick 5, in the Helmand Province of Afghanistan. Corporal James McDonald, 27, known as Macca, is based at Camp Bastion
By Pat Preece. Today I went to see my mum Today wasn't much fun I sat and had a real good cry Time just passes me by Mum noticed my tears And said what's wrong I said nothing mum! They are all for the love of you For the love of you What
BOSSES at Accrington Stanley have backed down in a row over a fence that saw them being faced with legal action. Residents had complained to Hyndburn Council that the staircase of the newly built security control centre at the Livingstone Road stadium
THE Bishop of Blackburn has called on the Government to ensure Blackpool's future after the super casino snub. The Rt Rev Nicholas Reade, called for new regional and national government aid packages to revive Blackpool after the town was overlooked.
Olympic athlete Craig Heap has received the backing of Pendle MP Gordon Prentice for his plans to build a specialist gymnastic centre. The Commonwealth Games gold-medal-winning gymnast is hoping to use his expertise and experience to train up the next
A MOTORIST who was banned after his car mounted a kerb and killed a child has walked free after being caught behind the wheel. But magistrates who sentenced Ryan Frayne to do community work for his latest offences were told nothing about the circumstances
BLACKBURN ROVERS manager Mark Hughes is planning to do Sir Alex Ferguson a huge favour tonight by blowing a hole in Chelsea's title hopes. A victory for Rovers at Stamford Bridge could leave the defending champions a whopping NINE points behind Manchester
A PENSIONER who dishonestly claimed housing and council tax benefit for more than five years from Burnley Council has been fined £700 by magistrates. Brian Nuttall, 72, of Bevington Close, Burnley failed to disclose substantial personal savings to
ETHNIC and community groups in Blackburn and Darwen have joined together to become the stars of a unique calendar. The calendar shows the Mayor, Coun Dorothy Walsh, and charity volunteers from the Audley, Queen's Park, and Whitebirk having fun and taking
PLANS to demolish an abandoned bowling green and social club to make way for 11 new houses have been put before Hyndburn Council. The sports club in Moor Street, Clayton-le-Moors, has fallen into disuse and it is hoped that the new properties could help
BLACKBURN racing legend Carly Fogarty has given up hope of racing for this season. But he has vowed to spend the coming year searching for sponsorship that will see him come back better than ever in 2008. It is understood the four-times World Champion
A YOUNG dad torturing himself over his partner leaving him for another man pinched a telephone so he could listen to messages. Burnley Magistrates heard how Mark Schofield, 26, who was banned by bail conditions from going near his ex's home, thought
A CRIME fighting charity has been given a cash boost thanks to an annual fundraising dinner. Lancashire's Crimestoppers charity raised more than £7,000 at the dinner at Farington Lodge in Leyland. The event raised £7,490 to help promote the charity's
EAST Lancashire could lose millions of pounds of regeneration cash after Blackpool lost its bid to host the country's first super casino, it is feared. Business experts predict cash which would have been used for the county as a whole will now be pumped
LANCASHIRE is becoming one of the UK's international tourism hotspots, according to a new survey. Figures published by the office of national statistics show there were more visitors flocking to the county who were staying longer and spending millions
BENNI McCarthy reckons Blackburn Rovers manager Mark Hughes has the credentials to become even more special than the self-proclaimed special one'. The South African marksman is perfectly placed to compare Hughes with Jose Mourinho, having played under
Burnley's Gifton Noel-Williams is set to join Spanish club Real Murcia in a £50,000 deal today. The striker, who is out of contract at Turf Moor this summer, has agreed a permanent move to the Segunda Division side ahead of the January transfer window
A NEIGHBOURHOOD priorities campaign is to be launched in February to give residents a chance to say what matters in their area. Blackburn with Darwen Council, the police, health officials and other bodies involved in the Local Strategic Partnership have
GOVERNMENT minister Margaret Hodge visited Burnley business leaders to discuss plans for industry. The minister for manufacturing spoke to bosses in a question and answer session at Lancashire Digital Technology Centre, Bancroft Road. Pictured,
AN excellent adaptation of Zoë Heller's superb best-selling novel, Notes On A Scandal features towering performances from its two leading ladies Judi Dench and Cate Blanchett. An intriguing story of passion, repression, love and envy, director Richard
A PATCHY but sometimes enjoyable children's computer animated movie directed by Luc Besson, Arthur and the Invisibles is a real mixed bag. The film looks stunning and has the added attraction of featuring the voices of a host of acting and musical
Steve Cotterill praised his Burnley players for the way they recovered from Derby's early goal to threaten an equaliser on numerous occasions. "We are delighted with our performance and I can't believe we lost that game," he said. "We fell asleep
A FORMER furniture factory could be converted into a children's day nursery if plans are given council approval. The Heathland School and Nursery wants to establish premises in the old Stanhill Works, in Tennyson Avenue, Oswaldtwistle. Plans submitted
POLICE called to a disturbance at a Darwen club were forced to retreat because of fears for the safety of women, children and old people, Blackburn magistrates heard. Officers had wanted to arrest builder Paul Anthony Taylor but were forced into a
TONI Crossley, a shining "example to her peers", has added a Lancashire Youth Achievement Award to her list of accolades. Toni, from Brennand Street in Burnley, was presented with the achievement award in recognition of fundraising for and organising
RYAN Nelsen is ready to put nine months of injury Hell behind him by leading Blackburn Rovers out at Stamford Bridge tonight. Mark Hughes' defensive lynchpin has not kicked a ball in anger in the Premiership all season after being laid low by a serious
SO I see they're abolishing the ancient law against walking your bull through Accrington town centre. And fairground whirligig operators in Oswaldtwistle must be over the moon - no longer will they be prosecuted if they fail to regard the age and sex
BAFFLED Burnley manager Steve Cotterill admitted he was stunned to be sent to the stand to witness his team finish last night's game at Derby County with 10 men. The Clarets boss was asked to leave the dug-out by Premiership referee Mike Riley in stoppage
I HAVE been prompted to write after seeing an item on the TV about what it means to be British'. Here is my personal view of Britishness: A sense of humour i.e.the ability to laugh at one's self. Patience to stand in queues without trying to sneak
I'm sure our Hyndburn Council and its officers have more worthwhile and deserving schemes to spend their time discussing than a gay pride march' (LT, January 23). It is patently obvious that Paul Freely is trying to jump on the regeneration bandwagon
Jack Straw's comments "Union ties will stay" (LT January 13) seems to indicate that he has made his mind up to contest the Deputy Leadership of the Labour Party when it becomes vacant later this year. One other potential candidate was brandishing his
Just when is the Government going to use common sense? In pandering yet again to the minorities' (in this case the rights of gay couples to adopt children) they forget that it is the rights of children' which should be central to any such policies.
A COUNCIL is trying to trace the whereabouts of a former Ribble Valley man in connection with the will of his mother who has died. Anyone who knows the whereabouts of former Clitheroe man Carl Snaith is asked to get in touch with Ribble Valley Borough
RESIDENTS are being encouraged to take part in a new way of recycling which will help raise money for Guide Dogs for the Blind Association. Pendle Council is appealing to staff and residents to donate any unwanted jewellery, watches, keys, foreign coins
Boosted by the presence of Altrincham's Steve Rose and Rod Thornley and fielding their fifteenth keeper of the campaign in John Ogden, signed from FC United, the Magpies could not break the deadlock. Chorley went close early on, Thornley only just
BLACKBURN ROVERS new-boy Chris Samba reckons he would rather face Chelsea striker Didier Drogba than his old pal Henri Camara. The 6ft 5in centre-back could be handed a Premiership baptism of fire at Stamford Bridge tonight, where the league's leading
ACCRINGTON STANLEY boss John Coleman says he can't wait to have captain Peter Cavanagh back on the park. Injured Cavanagh has been out since November but is stepping up his training and is on the verge of a return. And Coleman said: "He's coming along
THE statistics will say Derby's seventh straight win condemned Burnley to their ninth game without a Championship victory. But statistics don't tell the full story. Burnley manager Steve Cotterill believed "getting their noses in front" would be integral
THE sister of a Blackburn man found dead after he went missing on New Year's Day has said that nobody was to blame for his death. Joe Culshaw's devastated sister Charlene Dugdale spoke after his funeral yesterday, which was attended by more than 200
JOB CENTRES, tax offices, driving test centres, and courts in Lancashire are closed or operating on skeleton staff today as thousands of civil servants staged a strike. Hundreds of members of the Public and Commercial Service Union in Lancashire stayed
A LOTTERY winner dreamt she won two weeks before scooping a prize of £40,000 a year for the rest of her life. Student Roxanne Newton, 25, of Burnley, has become the first person to win the Rich for Life lottery scratchcard prize. She bought the scratchcard
Mark Hughes landed Switzerland defender Bruno Berner from FC Basle for a 'small transfer fee' yesterday, and the 29-year-old goes straight into the Blackburn Rovers squad for tonight's game. Berner joins Stephen Warnock, David Dunn and Chris Samba
IMAGINE the following scenario: You're seven stone overweight after developing a - frankly frightening - addiction to chocolate biscuits and have been told you're a heart attack waiting to happen and must lose weight. Do you: a) Undertake a balanced
A SCHOOL has objected to a shooting range's bid for longer opening hours - after the headteacher said pupils shouldn't be educated to the sound of gunfire. Hyndburn Council has received over 60 letters of complaint on plans to extend the opening hours
A Huncoat man did not die of CJD, despite fears from his family that his death was caused by the disease, an inquest heard. Michael Walter Crossley, 62, died at Mapleford Nursing Home, Bolton Avenue, last July after battling dementia since 2000. At
HEALTH chiefs have written to GPs to defend a "privatisation" plan for NHS services. The top manager and doctor at East Lancashire Primary Care Trust, covering Burnley, Pendle, Rossendale, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley, made the move after East Lancashire's
