A TERRIFIED family accused of harbouring a paedophile today said they were too scared to leave their home. Businessman Chris Taylor, of Cotton Tree Lane, Colne, spoke out after a backlash in the community left his family petrified. Leaflets with the heading
PIGEON fanciers flocked to Stacksteads for the sale of the century to raise money to send a teenager to America for a life-saving heart and lung operation. The sale was co-ordinated by Garry McCafferty who writes in the magazines British Homing World
STUNNING daffodils filled Barnoldswick Civic Hall as the town's horticultural society staged its fourth annual spring flower show. Some of the bulbs cost as much as £45 said show secretary Alan Greenwood but he added: "That bulb didn't win a top prize
PAUL CRICHTON: Did everything he had to efficiently in keeping a first clean sheet in 13 games but he could almost have taken the afternoon off 6 ALLY PICKERING: Another impressive performance from the full-back who was comfortable when asked to push
DAMIEN Johnson was one of several frustrated Rovers attackers after they failed to find a way through the massed ranks of a packed Middlesbrough defence. And the young Northern Ireland star admitted that it was disappointing only to take one point from
BURNLEY dangerman Glen Little will play just one more home game this season following this afternoon's crunch clash with Colchester after picking up a costly eighth yellow card of the campaign at Notts County. Little's caution in the opening minutes of
FILAN: One hairy first-half moment but was well protected and did little wrong under limited fire...7 McATEER: Another good game and was always going forward trying to provide an attacking spark...7 HENCHOZPEACOCK: Outstanding performance in difficult
THE NORTH West's new Regional Development Association has been launched by Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott who said it would be a major boost to the local economy. Flanked by Chancellor Gordon Brown and Regional and Regeneration Minister Richard Cable
Blackburn Breast Care Support Group meet Beardwood Hospital, Preston New Road, Blackburn, 7pm-9pm. For ladies who have had breast cancer or who are worried about it. Fashion Show and Video. Friends in Bereavement meet Care of the Elderly Unit, Burnley
A MAN has been charged with the murder of Anthony Leecy, whose body was found in a brook in Clitheroe. Danny Derbyshire, 24, of Burnley Road, Accrington, was due to appear before magistrates in Blackburn today. He was arrested after Mr Leecy's body was
THE question fired out of the blue from across the Atlantic at Blackburn reader Mrs Carmela Ainsworth hit the wrong spot, but she hopes that 'Looking Back' might steer it in the right direction. For what American ancestor-hunter Lester Ainsworth asked
A SENIOR police officer welcomed moves to crack down on lager louts and hooligans in Oswaldtwistle. Insp Alan Frangleton, of Accrington police, attended a meeting of councillors, traders and landlords in the town's Black Dog pub. Afterwards, he said he
JOHN Lund launched his bid for the 1999 World Stock Car Championship with podium place at the Coventry International Speedway stadium. The Rimington farmer brought his brand new Kramar Chevrolet V8 home in second place on the final race of the night,
A RECENT survey stated that one in five British adults cannot read and these these unfortunates would not be able to find a plumber in the yellow pages. What they failed to mention was the fact that the other 80 per cent of us have been having the same
IAN McCulloch has been handed one of the toughest possible baptisms at the Embassy Snooker World Championships. The Accrington-based cueman, who qualifed for his first ever finals at the Crucible with a nail-biting 10-9 win over Gary Wilkinson on Friday
WE are hoping to contact two of our customers, a lady and gentleman who rang our Insurance Office for information. On Tuesday, March 23, between 2pm and approximately 2.30pm, they spoke to a male worker at our office in King Street, Blackburn. We would
THE government seems to give with one hand and take with the other. They give pensioners £100 for winter fuel payments - full marks for that - then take £1m winter payments, granted last year, away from Burnley Health Care Trust (LET, March 26). Extra
THE situation faced by garage owner Mike Eccles, after his customers' discarded payment slips were used by criminals to purchase mail order goods (LET, March 25), is another outcome of plastic card crime which cost £135 million last year. Card Watch -
DOG fouling on public streets and land has brought hundreds of complaints from residents, says council Liberal Democrat leader Gordon Birtwistle. He said every public response leaflet returned to the party had spotlighted fouling as a major cause for
HOUSING chairman Rafique Malik talked of resigning when Labour bosses refused to back Daneshouse as the focus for a £25million government cash bid, Burnley Council leader Stuart Caddy revealed. He said Coun Malik and Coun Mohammed Najib spoke of quitting
FAMILIES were left dodging missles thrown from the roofs of nearby houses in two late-night incidents. Residents in Ardwick Street, Burnley, had to seek cover when slates were thrown to the ground from 8pm on Saturday. A Ford Escort was damaged and police
A COUNCIL chief has denied rumours that a national retail chain has pulled out of discussions to open a store as part of a proposed £7 million shopping complex in Accrington. Home and garden discount company Wilkinson were named last month as one of the
HYNDBURN MP Greg Pope has welcomed the introduction of the first-ever National Minimum Wage as good news for hard-up workers in his constituency. The Labour Whip spoke out days after the new rate was introduced, saying : "Some two million workers will
BURNLEY dangerman Glen Little will play just one more home game this season following this afternoon's crunch clash with Colchester after picking up a costly eighth yellow card of the campaign at Notts County. Little's caution in the opening minutes of
TWO pet shop owners are awaiting sentence after pleading guilty to a series of offences of mistreating animals at their Rishton store. Neil Hacking, 46, and Kelvin Kirby, 36, both of Hermitage Street, Rishton, have also admitted a string of charges relating
AN East Lancashire advertising agency has beaten off competition from the capital to land a major campaign. CW Advertising is to produce a cinema campaign for EMTA, a Government backed body which promotes engineering training to young people. "This is
Ron Freethy's Easter Walks - Aysgarth I MAKE a point of walking in the Yorkshire Dales in the springtime at least once every week. There are many reasons for this but two stand out in particular. Firstly, I was born in the Lake District and this area
A £250,0000 investment is helping an engineering firm celebrate its second anniversary. Fairbrother & Grimshaw Engineering was set up by David Fairbrother and Neil Grimshaw in 1997 and now employs 16 people. The firm is currently installing four new
POLICE are hunting a man who indecently assaulted two schoolgirls on the canal towpath in Clayton-le-Moors. The 14-year-olds were cycling near Pilkington Bridge when the man, who was riding a silver mountain bike, approached them. He indecently assaulted
FAMILIES were left dodging missles thrown from the roofs of nearby houses in two late-night incidents. Residents in Ardwick Street, Burnley, had to seek cover when slates were thrown to the ground from 8pm on Saturday. A Ford Escort was damaged and police
THE Clarets' new strip for next season was set to be unveiled at Turf Moor this afternoon. The millennium kit brings together the old and the new at Burnley with the contract for the new-look strip going to Superleague. An off-shoot of that company is
BURNLEY boss Stan Ternent felt his side had been denied a likely match-winner in their relegation stalemate at Notts County. Clarets striker Andy Payton looked to have won a clear-cut penalty when he was clipped by County defender Dennis Pearce, having
ROVERS' youngsters take on Croatia Zagreb tonight in the final of the Northern Italian under-16s tournament after some excellent performances over the weekend. A hat-trick from Marc Richards got Rovers off to a flying start in the competition against
ANOTHER multi-million pound investment for production of the Eurofighter Typhoon in East Lancashire has been unveiled. A £3.35 million machine to manufacture components has been delivered to the British Aerospace site at Samlesbury. More than £100 million
THE Bishop of Blackburn has warned the Government against damaging education through inadequate resources or ill-considered taxation policies. Speaking at the Easter Day Eucharist in Blackburn Cathedral, the Rt Rev Alan Chesters said: "Wherever the Church
IT WASN'T pretty but it was certainly effective. And come the final reckoning this point may be crucial to Burnley's aim of staying in the Second Division. Just as importantly a first clean sheet in 13 games extended the Clarets unbeaten run to three
Premier League: Blackburn Rovers 0 Middlesbrough 0 - Peter White's big match verdict ALMOST two years ago, in May 1997, a goalless draw at home to Middlesbrough signalled Premiership survival almost at the end of a traumatic season for Blackburn Rovers
WE know that the Red Lion Hotel puzzle pub in an old photograph featured in the newspaper on March 22 was run by "A. Gilleade from Blackburn" - because it said so on the side wall. But Ribchester reader Judith Ball comes up with a clue that strongly suggests
IN an echo to 'Looking Back's' tale of March 15 of the Army aeroplane that made an unscheduled landing at Guide, near Blackburn, an eye-witness of the 1952 event tells us that its pilot brought it down not so much as a precaution because of bad weather
EASTER Monday snow showers failed to deter members of a motor cycle club. About 30 bikers set off from their headquarters, the Rostron's Arms, Edenfield, and delivered Easter eggs to children's wards at several hospitals. The Lancashire Road Riders Club
THE WARNING by the Bishop of Blackburn to the government against harming schools through lack of resources or taxation policies may seem superfluous, given the priority Tony Blair has given to education. But the Right Rev Alan Chesters' Easter Day call
Accrington Stanley 1 Leigh RMI 2 ACCRINGTON Stanley are all but doomed to relegation after old boy Tony Black helped the Railwaymen to a comfortable victory on his return to the Crown. With Spennymoor winning at the weekend, Wayne Harrison's men are now
HONG Kong banker Ilyas Khan is considering legal action in his bid to buy Accrington Stanley. Accrington-born Khan's bid was last week turned down by current chairman Eric Whalley, who claimed the club is not for sale. But Whalley's reaction has provoked
I SET out to take my dog for a walk the other day, but when I got to the front door I thought better of it - the rain was torrential. I noticed three Hyndburn council workers laying tarmacadam in this appalling weather, in which, I am sad to admit, I
I RECENTLY came across an advance draft of the 2005 electoral manifesto for Hyndburn Borough Council. Much of it is intelligible, but you may be interested to read the section dealing with transport. It reads as follows: Roads: We are pleased that almost
GOVERNMENT legislation giving ramblers the "right to roam" on open and uncultivated countryside will be a suitable memorial to former Labour leader John Smith, Burnley MP Peter Pike has claimed. Supporting ministerial moves to give a statutory right of
SEVEN East Lancashire schools will get a share of a £2.9 million government package to improve access for the disabled in North West schools. Announcing the cash, Education Secretary David Blunkett said: "We are committed to promoting the inclusion of
AS THE sun rose high in the clear blue sky on the second day of the festival, it was the fringe that kept the flag flying until Reconsider took the Mechanics main stage at 5pm. What better way to start than with the wonderful, wacky Winchesters playing
POLICE are hunting a man who indecently assaulted two schoolgirls on the canal towpath in Clayton-le-Moors. The 14-year-olds were cycling near Pilkington Bridge when the man, who was riding a silver mountain bike, approached them. He indecently assaulted
THE granddaughter of a well-known former Rishton coach driver has slammed cemetery vandals for attacking his grave. Walter Barnes, who ran a coach firm in High Street for much of the century, died aged 94 on February 28. His coffin was decorated with
A MAJOR expansion programme has been announced by a fast-growing computer firm. PSL, based in Haslingden, is expanding into the computer information storage market which helps organisations manage electronic data. "Storage costs are coming down just as
