Archive
-
Date
Bramwell Speaks Out: Abuse that sticks in the throat
THE throats of Blackburn Rovers supporters are becoming inflamed with panicky rantings. And, as is usual, there has to be a scapegoat for the current plight. So, starved of the customary 'sack the board' or 'sack the boss' fodder, a player must take the
-
Date
Police probe house fire
POLICE and fire officers were investigating a suspected arson attack on a house in Colne today. Two people in the semi-detached house in Rosehill Road, Colne, escaped from the building as it filled with smoke. They were not injured. Firefighters were
-
Date
Irish ace Duff returns to training
DAMIEN Duff is ready to jump from the frying pan into the fire when Blackburn Rovers go searching for precious survival points against Liverpool at Ewood on Saturday. The young Irish winger returned to training at Brockhall yesterday and was delighted
-
Date
Events in East Lancashire tomorrow
Adult Craft Workshop - Tatting, Burnley Mechanics, 7pm-9pm. Blackburn Drama Club present "The Anniversary," in Blackburn College Theatre, 7.30pm. Accrington Theatre Group Buddies present "The Wiz," Oswaldtwistle Civic Theatre, 7.30pm. "The Vagabond King
-
Date
Motorcyclist dies near picnic site
A MAN died after his motorbike crashed into another car on Ribchester Road, Ribchester. The man's Honda 750cc motorbike was heading towards Blackburn when it crashed into a Citroen AX saloon car which was turning across the road into a picnic site, at
-
Date
Instant shelter for refugees
REFUGEES fleeing war-torn Kosovo are to be sheltered in special tents designed and made by a Ribble Valley man. Award-winning inflatable buildings designed and manufactured by Richard Bailey, who was brought up in Hurst Green, are also being used to house
-
Date
Sports centre lottery bid rejected
A £1 MILLION plan to turn a rundown sports pavilion in a Ribble Valley village into a multi-purpose centre of excellence has been rejected by lottery bosses. The plan for a "sporting jewel" is the second major lottery scheme in the area to be given the
-
Date
TEN YEARS AGO: Superloo is craned in
A MASSIVE new superloo arrived in Blackburn, whichwas designed to clean itself. It was craned into position behind the shopping precinct rotunds in the dead of night - so it didn't "inconvenience" traffic. Both lanes of Ainsworth street were blocked off
-
Date
SOCCER: Tip top United
SOCCER: Borrowdale United captured top spot in the Barden Community Association Seven-A-Side Summer League and kept their 100 per cent record intact with a 4-0 win over a battling Kestrels side. Chris Roger, Gavin Lynch, Matt Swallow and Chris Greenwood
-
Date
Penpal for a Sapper
I AM currently serving with the Royal Engineers, working 18 hours a day supplying water and doing other tasks for 27,000 refugees from Kosovo in a place called Brazda, in Macedonia. I've been here six weeks and have another four and a half months to go
-
Date
League faces Kenyans
CRICKET: Five professionals will line up in the EW Cartons Lancashire League side to take on Kenya in a World Cup warm-up match at Alexandra Meadows next Wednesday. East Lancs' Claude Henderson will be joined by Roger Harper, Joe Scuderi, Brad McNamara
-
Date
Coach has paid for mistake
IF Mr A Lingwood (Letters, April 16) had seen the Hawks through the hard times, like I had, he would know what a brilliant coach Bobby Haig is. He has turned the team around. He has the respect of all the players and the fans. I am not saying what he
-
Date
TABLE TENNIS: Leo's trio seals win
BRIERFIELD'S chances of Hyndburn league and cup double glory progressed this week when they overcame East Lancs 5-4 in a terrific away win, Leo Tansey the star on the night with three fine victories and with Derek Parkinson clinching the last game 22-
-
Date
Let children be children
REGARDING "Responsibility is mothers'" (Letters, April 15), I am the mother who wrote the original letter the writer was replying to. Firstly, there is a metal railing along the pavement all the way along the outside of Darwen Leisure Centre, so my daughter
-
Date
ATHLETICS: East Lancs elite break three-hour barrier in London
ALMOST a hundred runners from East Lancashire clubs took part in the Flora London Marathon on Sunday and in conditions ideally suited to marathon running, many set personal best times. Out of a total entry of over 30,000, just 1,420 elite athletes completed
-
Date
Campaign of shame call
WE have had dogs in the past and trained them to 'do-do' in our own garden, so we could then put it wrapped in the bin. If the worst happened outdoors, we took the animal into the gutter, where it could be washed away and not trampled into someone's carpet
-
Date
Week for the youngsters
SAVE the Children week 1999 starts this Sunday and once again it marks the start of a flurry of activity by the Blackburn branch. The week will focus on the use of child soldiers. If you could collect signatures for our petition calling for the outlawing
-
Date
Police name suspect in murder hunt
DETECTIVES today took the unusual step of identifying a man they are hunting in connection with a brutal murder. They named David Terence Poole, 37, as a man they want to question as part of an investigation into the murder of 34-year-old Stephen Mills
-
Date
End of the line for food factory
A FOOD factory in Hyndburn is to close with the loss of 60 jobs. Management at the former Noel's factory in Stanhill Lane, Oswaldtwistle, called a meeting with workers yesterday to announce that the plant will shut in October. At least 48 workers will
-
Date
Award honour just in Time!
COMPUTER giant Time has swept the board in an industry awards competition. The Simonstone firm won three awards at the PC Direct Hits Awards organised by a leading trade magazine. The firm also won the Outstanding Achievement Award in recognition of its
-
Date
Old folk angry at bus cuts
PENSIONERS and councillors in Accrington are demanding action after it was revealed that bus company Stagecoach has cut services in the town. Now Lancashire County Council, which is responsible for bus transport in Hyndburn, is set to look at the possibility
-
Date
I weighed 4 stone and still didn't eat
Anorexia victim Elizabeth shares experience to help others with disorders ELIZABETH Foster has suffered from the harrowing eating disorder anorexia for 30 years. Now she has her condition under control and wants to use her experiences to help other people
-
Date
Golden millions
THE controversial former head of car parts group LucasVarity, which employs hundreds at its plants in East Lancashire, will receive a golden handshake of £17 million. Victor Rice has quit the firm after being offered a less important job by the company's
-
Date
North West is the bright spot
THE number of business failures in the region is falling, according to figures out today. According to statistics compiled by accountants KPMG 35 companies in the North West called in the receivers between January and March compared with 48 in the last
-
Date
Heroin addict stole electricity
A HEROIN addict by-passed his electric meter because he was "freezing" and had no cash, Burnley magistrates heard. Colin Greenfield, 21, living a "chaotic lifestyle" had been hooked on drugs since the age of 16, the court was told. He was sent to prison
-
Date
Doors closed to housing opponents
CAMPAIGNERS from across Pendle fighting proposals to build 1,000 houses in the borough almost found themselves without a 'home' when they turned up at Nelson Town Hall for a meeting. The town hall doors were closed and a puzzled caretaker was in the dark
-
Date
'Deathtrap' site to be made safe
THE owner of a demolished mill site, branded a potential deathtrap by a local councillor, has promised urgent action to make the area safe. Liberal Edwina Sargeant, who is fighting to retain her Waterside, Colne, seat in next month's local elections,
-
Date
Concern for missing girl
POLICE are hunting in the Blackburn area for a teenage girl who has been missing from home for more than a week. Gemma Victoria Webster walked out of her Fleetwood home just days after celebrating her 15th birthday. Police believe she is staying with
-
Date
WEST BROM RESERVES 2 BURNLEY RESERVES 2
BURNLEY were denied a priceless win in their bid to beat the drop from the Pontin's League First Division by an injury-time equaliser at the Hawthorns last night. Goals from Tony Shandran and John Williamson looked to have given a young Clarets side the
-
Date
Crime fight idea sets an example
A PIONEERING drive to clamp down on youth crime in Blackburn and Darwen is to come under the microscope. Officials from the National Youth Justice Board are visiting the borough to take a closer look at the project. The youth offending team was launched
-
Date
Reid pushing for return
BRIAN Reid is concentrating all his energies on pushing for a first-team return, before sorting out his Burnley future in the summer. Scottish Premier League strugglers Dunfermline have reportedly been keeping tabs on the former Rangers defender. As he
-
Date
Town hall chiefs deny double standards
BOSSES at Blackburn Town Hall today insisted that they are not guilty of double standards in a long-running dispute over working conditions. Chief executive Phil Watson has denied claims that bosses have kept privileges such as overtime pay, holidays
-
Date
These pampered pets will never look woof again!
DOGS across Ribble Valley will be wagging their tails with delight thanks to Catherine Curry. Catherine, of Higher Cross, Slaidburn, has just launched her Happy Hounds mobile dog-washing and grooming service. Her little van contains a special doggy spa
-
Date
Man charged after siege
A MAN was due to appear at Blackburn magistrates today charged with a firearms offence. Peter Cruttenden, 41, of Conway Avenue, Clitheroe, has been charged with possession of a firearm with intent to cause a person to believe unlawful violence would be
-
Date
Online way to revise
Val Cowan surfs the Net WORRIED GCSE students preparing for their exams can get help online. The BBC's new GCSE Bitesize revision guides (http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/revision) cover 11 of the most popular GCSE subjects - English, maths, geography,
-
Date
FIVE YEARS AGO: Traders given pledge
ANGRY traders were promised a meeting to discuss ways of promoting Accrington town centre. The pledge of talks with an "open agenda" were made by Hyndburn council Labour leader George Slynn. Traders protesting against road closures and pedestrianisation
-
Date
CYCLING: May day call for festival
JUST a reminder that in a week's time the Travelwise Tour of Lancashire will be starting and covering much of its five-day route in our area. There is still time for BCF members to enter the Accrington Cycling Festival sponsored by Express Gifts to be
-
Date
Stop the seal slaughter
THE slaughter of seals is raging right now off the east coast of Canada. This savage bloodbath must be stopped. Scientists say the seal population is in grave danger. Last year, at least 280,000 seals were cruelly slaughtered. This year, it could be even
-
Date
Nato prepares way for war on the ground
OFFICIALLY, the strategy over Kosovo remains unchanged - the NATO air strikes against Serbia go on relentlessly and a land war will not be waged. Yet, the ground is clearly being prepared for this ruled-out measure to now be ruled in. In parliament yesterday
-
Date
ATHLETICS: Bissell tops the rankings
SIMON Bissell of Burnley AC is the country's top ranked discus thrower and is also ranked in the top ten for the shot, and yet he has only been competing for six months. He started training with the club to improve his speed for rugby, but the coaches
-
Date
CRICKET: Lancashire are expected to support proposals to increase the amount of one-day cricket play
A number of counties, led by Essex, are unhappy at the loss of the Benson & Hedges Cup from the early part of the season, and there are proposals to bring it back in place of the Super Cup next year. Meanwhile, the championship match against Middlesex
-
Date
Parry's cup final search
CLITHEROE boss Steve Parry is searching for solace from tonight's Floodlit Trophy Final against Kidsgrove Athletic after a disappointing campaign on the league front. The ex-Haslingden chief, who took over from Dennis Underwood just three months into
-
Date
Rumours unfounded
REGARDING your editorials (LET, March 31 and April 9) about the allocation of secondary school places by Blackburn with Darwen Local Education Authority, your references to 'social engineering,' 'a determination to fill places behind desks' and 'directing
-
Date
Woman faces two child charges
WOMAN appeared in court at Burnley charged with two offences of child neglect. She made a five-minute appearance and spoke only to confirm her name. She is charged that having responsibility for two boys she wilfully neglected them in a manner likely
-
Date
In the frame
LOCAL artist and author Robert Watson is hoping to raise thousands of pounds for underprivileged East Lancashire children by selling limited edition, framed prints. Robert, of Branch Road, Burnley, spent three months completing Blackburn Heritage in acrylic
-
Date
New burglary blitz launched
A NEW crime and disorder strategy aimed at cutting down on burglaries in Burnley by 10 per cent by March 2002 has been launched. The strategy, which has just been published by Burnley's Community Safety Partnership, also aims to reduce juvenile nuisance
-
Date
Footballer denies punching player
A SOCCER match ended in violence when a footballer smashed the nose of a rival player, a court heard. Burnley Crown Court heard how the Woodman Pub team refused to play after the referee failed to do anything about Norrie Doogan, of Lane Ends A team punching
-
Date
A nicer shade of blue?
THE fall-out from the Stephen Lawrence inquiry has affected police forces throughout the country. Ethnic minority officers have finally become an essential part of policing in Lancashire and attempts are being made to ensure that forces throughout the
-
Date
Peak of fitness for Alan
A DARING mountaineer is hoping an East Lancashire manufactured stove will help him achieve a record breaking feat. Alan Hinkes is currently tackling the world's highest 14 peaks and his hoping to be become the first Briton to achieve it He has already
-
Date
Lorry fears over causeway plan
A PROPOSAL to use 250,000 tonnes of crushed stone and top soil to create a farmland access track over a deep ravine has alarmed a leading county councillor. Stuart and Jean Douglas have applied to Lancashire County Council for permission to form a causeway
