CARL Fogarty may have lost the World Superbikes Championship to John Kocinski but he still believes he is the better rider. The Blackburn ace hit out one last time at his American rival on the eve of the final round of the championship at Sentul, Indonesia
HEROIN abuse has soared in Blackburn and Darwen over the last three years, a major survey has revealed. Doctors and community workers in the borough now deal with more cases linked to heroin than any other illegal substance. The figures on drug abuse
LANCASHIRE Hawks may well find the heat turned down this weekend - but there's no chance of a rest. It will be business as usual for the Hawks as they travel to Fife tonight for the conclusion of the Autumn Cup, before entertaining Perth Panthers at Blackburn
WHEN I wrote (Letters, September 23) about my wartime job, riveting flaps for Halifax bombers, little did I know of the ill-fated bomber with upside-down flaps and a suicidal skipper which George Lee told us about (Letters, October 1). I am glad we never
IN response to the comments on the blitz on traders' A-boards (Letters, October 7), if you take a drive from my place of work in Palo Alto to my home in Gilroy, California, you will be inundated with lurid signs in luminescent paint exhorting you to buy
SUPERSTITOUS Colin Hendry refused to have his blond mane cut before today's vital World Cup qualifier against Latvia at Celtic Park. The Rovers star laughed: "There was no chance of it being cut before the this game. "For a start, my wife is a hairdresser
The Saturday Interview - Enduro rider Phil Smithson is poised to land the British Championship. But his sport is far from an easy ride. . . PHIL Smithson is trying to explain why he travels thousands of miles to take part in bike races that last 10 hours
AN INNOVATIVE business centre has set the standards for the 21st Century which others will follow, a top government minister said after a whirlwind tour of the site. DTI Minister John Battle was full of praise for the Northern Technologies centre, Nelson
CHRIS Waddle today delivered a message to old mate Paul Gascoigne before tonight's crucial World Cup qualifier with Italy in Rome. Waddle telephoned Gazza at England's hotel in Rome just hours before the epic struggle at the Olympic Stadium. And Waddle
FORMER health minister Edwina Currie and ex-union boss Jack Jones will be in Hyndburn next week for a two-day national summit on issues affecting the over-fifties. They will be speaking at the Association of Retired and Persons Over Fifty biennial conference
MORE money must be invested in arts and culture in Blackburn and Darwen if the borough is to be a success, according to speakers at a meeting to launch a new arts policy. Speaking at the launch of the "cultural development policy" in Blackburn Cathedral
HOW about this for loyalty to the cause with Burnley bottom of the Second Division and England live on television against Italy tonight. A coach load of Burnley fans from the South West Clarets Supporters Club have travelled up to Turf Moor for today's
WORKERS at a Blackburn compact disc plant were today bracing themselves to celebrate helping produce the world's biggest-ever selling single. The PolyGram factory at Whitebirk has produced millions of copies of the Diana tribute record, which is expected
AN ALADDIN'S cave of hundreds of brass ornaments has been recovered by police in Burnley. Detectives believe they were stolen in house burglaries in Burnley and Padiham from June onwards. They include carriage clocks, horse brasses, candle sticks, vases
NEITHER Tony Blair nor Gordon Brown left university with a £10,000 debt concentrating their minds. John Prescott also had so few worries as he found time to be involved in the seaman's strike which Harold Wilson, then MP, called "A strike against the
REGARDING the traders who are angry over the clampdown on street displays (Letters, October 2), do they ever consider the blind, elderly, infirm, wheelchair-users, the disabled and mothers with push chairs? No, they don't. There are a fair number of people
THE hopes of the nation were today focused on the Eternal City as England's footballers prepared to take on Italy tonight in the hunt for World Cup glory. The streets of Rome were thronged with thousands of English fans heading for tonight's crunch qualifying
SKATING stars are looking for local youngsters to join them in their Christmas Fantasy. Blackburn unveiled its panto-on-ice spectacular at King George's Hall yesterday. Stageworks Worldwide Productions, producers of the Hot Ice Show in Blackpool, have
PULSE - music and more, with Simon Donohue ACCLAIMED actor John Simm made quite a name for himself as downtrodden gambler Danny Kavanagh in Jimmy McGovern's latest TV drama The Lakes. But few know that the Nelson lad is also a member of a real-life band
BURGER giants McDonald's say Pendle councillors have been too slow in deciding on their scheme for a drive-through restaurant in Colne. The international fast food sellers have lodged an appeal against the council for not determining their planning application
