A MAN'S 'sense of chivalry' led to him being arrested and held by police, a court heard. Daniel Peter Leatherbarrow, 26, of Booth Road, Stacksteads, was arrested by police called to a disturbance in Newchurch Road, Stacksteads, Rossendale magistrates
TELEVISION viewers across the country will tonight be asked to help catch a serial armed robber who raided 29 building societies, including one in Colne, last month. A reward of £20,000 is being offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction
CLASSIC cars will roll up to Hoghton Tower this weekend for a major rally. The seventh Lancashire Classic event on Sunday is expected to attract more than 500 cars and motorbikes from years gone by. There will be everything from pre-1930s vehicles to
SEBASTIEN Perez was a shock absentee from Blackburn Rovers' opening Swedish tour game, tied up in red tape as his international clearance has yet to be provided by the French Football Federation. "It's just a bureaucratic problem" said Rovers boss Roy
STAN Ternent is yet to bring in any new faces but has taken his number of big summer 'signings' to four with the agreement of new deals with Paul Smith and Chris Brass. And the Burnley boss is still hoping to make it a nap hand by keeping Paul Weller
EIGHT residents are being kicked out of a Blackburn tower block following a stream of complaints about drug taking and vandalism. And the council has also revealed that they are looking at the long-term future of the flats following the problems with
Malmo 1 Blackburn Rovers 0 - Peter White reports THERE was to be no happy "homecoming" for Roy Hodgson as he returned to the Malmo Stadion where he enjoyed so much Swedish success in the eighties only to endure a bizarre evening with Blackburn Rovers.
ASTONISHED pedestrians dived for cover as Clitheroe was bombarded with hailstones yesterday afternoon. Chatburn weatherman Ted Boden described the freak storm as "highly unusual" and said prospects for a hot summer were looking bleak. The parish and district
TOWN hall bosses in Clitheroe are forming plans to win a chunk of money to boost public transport in rural areas. The Government has given Lancashire County Council £740,000 to develop transport services in the countryside. And a seminar has been called
A MASSIVE cervical cancer scare was sparked after the North West's leading test centre admitted that a batch of "negative" smears could be wrong. Hundreds of East Lancashire women who received the all-clear were waiting to hear if they were affected by
MOTORISTS and traders will no doubt be glad that the council is not to introduce car parking charges in Accrington town centre. But they and others may be upset that, with the all-party decision to keep parking free, there comes a price - the imminent
IT IS not surprising that New Labour are found to be indulging in similar feats to the unlamented previous Tory government, having imitated their policies of favouring the rich at the expense of the poorer members of society. They similarly have their
NOT for the first time we expose how life in the high-rise flats has become hell. Decent folk, who have for years lived in peace and contentment in their tower-block homes at Larkhill, Blackburn, now find them turned into a frightening, filth-strewn vertical
I AM trying to locate Linda Harling, my penpal for about six years in the early 1960s. Her address as late as 1968 was 27 Coniston Road, Blackburn. She sang in a group called the Swinging Koalas with Michael and Hiliary Johnson and attended St Stephen's
DAVID Shacklady booked a date with the big boys in the Open at Royal Birkdale on Thursday after a day of high winds and high drama in the final qualifiers. Shacklady, a teaching professional at Yarrow Valley on the outskirts of Chorley, squeezed through
WARNING signs are to be provided at a dip deep in a country road where a talented young musician died. Lancashire County Council confirmed today they were giving the matter priority treatment following comments made by the East Lancashire Coroner David
FOUR cyclists will be tackling a gruelling four-day marathon ride from London to Burnley to raise money for the Cystic Fibrosis Trust. Graham Fothergill and his brother-in-law Nick Daden made the 280-mile trip for fun, a couple of years ago. But this
STAN Ternent is yet to bring in any new faces but has taken his number of big summer 'signings' to four with the agreement of new deals with Paul Smith and Chris Brass. And the Burnley boss is still hoping to make it a nap hand by keeping Paul Weller
CAR parking charges will not be introduced in Accrington town centre - but the decision spells the end of the crime-busting community safety wardens scheme unless a sponsor can be found in the next two weeks. The decision to keep free parking had unanimous
CONGRATULATIONS to 10-year-old Sam Last from Holy Trinity CE Primary School, Stacksteads, winner of our NIE Sports Word-search competition. The chance to win the prize of Ivor Baddiel's Ultimate Football book was offered only to pupils who visited our
PUB customers will soon be able to pay for their pint in Euros thanks to a Blackburn firm. Electronic till terminal suppliers Uniwell has adapted its range of systems to handle the new European currency. From later this month prices in pubs and restaurants
PUPILS at Daisyfield CP School, Blackburn, paid a fact-finding visit to our head office and printing plant. The school has been using our Story Search reading scheme and young readers visited several departments to discover how their local newspaper is
JUNIOR journalists in Rishton have been working hard to meet their deadline to produce a school newspaper before the end of term. Year six pupils at St Peter and St Paul's CE Primary School have reported on highlights of their final year at the school
YOUNGSTERS from St Veronica's RC Primary School, Helmshore, left the classroom for the great outdoors for a study project. The pupils examined life in the River Irwell, which ranges from stonefly to leeches. They also studied the dimensions of the river
WASHING line thieves who are plaguing Darwen clocked up five more offences at the weekend. Almost 50 raids have now taken place in the town since January, involving £9,000 worth of clothing, mainly sports and designer wear. During the most recent raids
A FORMER worker at the factory at the centre of the Blackburn pool of blood mystery has gone missing, police revealed today. Mubarak Musa Patel disappeared from his Blackburn home just hours before the blood was found at the Randal Street clothing factory
HOME Secretary Jack Straw has pledged to take action to try to reduce the risk of suicides at a jail following a series of hanging deaths involving men from East Lancashire. But the Minister looks set to turn down calls for an independent inquiry into
WAKE Up Bacup is the title of a day of discussion which could lead to a plan to regenerate the Rossendale town. Councillors have been working with other agencies to put together a draft community plan which will be presented at Trinity Baptist Church,
THOUSANDS of Muslims took to the streets of Blackburn to mark the birth of the prophet Mohammed. People travelled from across Britain to take part in the procession through the Whalley Range and Audley Range areas of the town. Organisers say worshippers
THE SEARCH is on for former steam locomotive workers for a special reunion. Ex-fireman Mr Ray Butcher is trying to contact ex-Lower Darwen and Blackburn steam locomotive crews who worked at the loco sheds in the 1960s and the Blackburn Station signing-on
A MOTORIST drove at over 65mph in a 30mph zone to try to get away from a relative who was using a powerful Escort XR3i to 'push' his vehicle along the road, a court heard. The motorist, Nicholas Doolin, had driven a mile down Bacup Road towards Waterfoot
CALLUM Davidson was left wondering if he had unknowingly run over a black cat as Blackburn Rovers kicked off their pre-season tour of Sweden without him last night. The £1.75 million defender was left kicking his heels on the sidelines as Rovers lost
DEFENCE Secretary George Robertson has promised to go into battle in America on behalf of Lancashire's aerospace industry. He made the pledge during the launch of an exhibition by the Nelson-based Consortium of Lancashire Aerospace at the House of Commons
A HUSBAND and wife teaching team are heading off on a trekking holiday to Nepal, courtesy of their friends at St Leonard's CE Primary School, Balderstone. Keith and Aderyn Turner were presented with £800 - enough to pay for their flights - when head teacher
POLICE carried out a safety crackdown in a bid to cut the number of fatal motorcycle accidents on the A59 through East Lancashire. The operation revealed 40 per cent of the bikers stopped by police were committing offences involving illegal or unsafe
A GANG of youths dangled themselves from signals as they played "chicken" with 50 mph trains. The alarming incident was revealed by police who reported a catalogue of dangerous stunts on East Lancashire's rail line. Other problems including youths stoning
JUST over a year ago, Tony Blair had made five 'early pledges' to the British people - for early action if elected. There has been lots of government embarrassment as what must have seemed like a good idea has gone horribly wrong. Even the meaning of
NATHAN Wood was the unlucky victim of a Lancashire batting reshuffle at Lytham today. The 23-year-old, who hit 79 in Lancashire's last Championship match against Warwickshire at Edgbaston two weeks ago, was left out of the team to face Worcestershire
IN response to the article 'Police called to JobCentre protest' (LET, July 1), I happened to be shopping in Blackburn with my wife on the day of the protest, and was searching for any vacancies on the boards in the JobCentre when it began. Listening to
AFTER Mr Ray Smith's remarks (Letters, July 1) regarding Blackburn Golf Club's attempt to tamper with public rights of access, I decided to do some further research. According to a map from Blackburn with Darwen Council, dated 1996, there are, in fact
REGARDING the remarks of Phil Rostron (Letters, July 6), one of the main arguments in favour of pavement displays is that they are necessary to advertise the business displaying the goods. The point that I was making and which was reported in the Lancashire
WE have recently been issued with wheelie bins by Burnley Council and have been advised that, on the day of the week when ours is emptied, we must leave our back yard gate open to enable this to take place. We feel this is unreasonable because of the
A BLUEPRINT for a brighter environmental future for Pendle will be launched at Nelson town hall on Friday. More than 200 people responded with ideas and suggestions following recent public consultation on the council's environmental action plan. Concerns
A MAN locked himself in the bathroom for two hours after his wife armed herself with a knife and threatened to kill him, a court heard. Diane McQuaid, 29, had earlier being arrested for fighting with her niece, Burnley magistrates heard. McQuaid, of Nairne
SHARES in bed giant Silentnight and printing products supplier Wolstenholme Rink are both being tipped by a stockbroker. In its monthly review of companies, Henry Cooke Lumsden also believes Scapa and Skillsgroup are worth hanging on to or buying. But
Tuesday Topic, with Andrea Muldoon A NEW trend which is sweeping East Lancashire looks set to change the face of the traditional girls' night out forever. Hordes of women are turning their noses up at the usual ways of celebrating a special event, like
A NEW group aimed at boosting the region's economy has been officially launched. The North West Regional Chamber was launched at the Park Hall Hotel, Charnock Richard.. The Chamber - which is seen as a possible forerunner to an elected North West Assembly
JEWELLER Peter Jackson has been hailed as a gem for his work in supporting the arts! Blackburn-based Peter has won a £3,000 award under the Government's pairing scheme aimed at encouraging businesses to sponsor the arts. His firm won the award - one of
TEACHERS looking for up-to-date classroom material to help in achieving objectives in literacy and numeracy should be delighted with our NIE projects planned for the autumn term. Our highly successful Story Search reading scheme is being updated and extended
AN inquest into the deaths of a Nelson couple who were found dead in their fume-filled bedroom will be held on Thursday. The couple, Tauseef Ahmed, 23, and his 20-year-old wife Qaila, were discovered by shocked relatives at their home in Every Street
COMMUNITY leaders have attacked plans to open a centre for drug addicts in the heart of Darwen. Charity group Lancashire Alcohol and Drugs Advice Service (LADAS) wants to open a rehabilitation and drop-in centre Bridge Street, close to a planned supermarket
A TEENAGER walked into Bacup Police Station with his father and confessed to a series of burglaries in business premises, a court was told. Stephen Lord, 19, of Heathbourne Road, Stacksteads, was eager to admit the offences, said Julie Reddish, prosecuting
COUNCILLORS are being asked to consider charging for car parking in a bid to block commuters who are hogging long stay spaces in a town centre. Limited pay and display and charges for long stay parking are among the suggestions being made by Rawtenstall
PENSIONERS John Small and Margaret Greenwood were due to tie the knot today - just five months after meeting on a bench in Blackburn shopping centre. Around 100 friends and relatives will watch the couple make their vows at a ceremony at Blackburn Ragged
ARTS and crafts from Rossendale students are on display this month at Rossendale Museum, Whitaker Park, Rawtenstall. Rossendale mayor and mayoress, Coun Mrs Mollie Disley and Mrs Mary Lynch, presented prizes to the winners from schools in the borough.
SHOCK figures today revealed an alarming increase in the number of people contracting oral cancer across East Lancashire. Latest statistics have showed there has been a 57 per cent rise in cases of the disease. Health bosses said the increase was noticeable
MARLON Broomes looks set to get a reprieve from the possibility of a ban after being dramatically sent off in Blackburn Rovers' opening tour game against Malmo here in Sweden last night. The England Under 21 defender was shown the red card for a "professional
Organ Recital, Blackburn Cathedral, 1-1.30pm. National Federation of Post Office and British Telecom Pensioners meet in the Feilden Room, Blackburn Central Library, Town Hall Street, 2pm. Blackburn and District Stroke Club meet The Ardley Centre, Bent
