VILLAGERS are to keep their "Heartbeat" style beat bobbies after a public campaign. But popular PC Nigel Baker might not stay on his Samlesbury and Hoghton beat, despite the fact that police bosses have agreed to maintain the level of officers in the
EAST Lancashire is set to consolidate its position as the Credit Union capital of the county with the creation of three more community savings and loans groups. New unions are planned for Colne, Mid Rossendale and Clayton and Altham - giving the area
THREE children aged from two to six fled their blazing house at Higher Antley Street, Accrington, with dad Andrew Ashworth and blind and pregnant mum Tracy Newson. Mr Ashworth said: "I thought I could smell burning, but I checked and found nothing. Later
PREMIER league football clubs should pay a levy to support teams in the lower divisions, says Burnley MP Peter Pike. He believes it will help clubs like the Clarets to survive and warned Blackburn Rovers that they should back the move as insurance against
TWELVE people were arrested after Burnley's football hooligans ran amok following a defeat by Wolverhampton Wanderers. A policeman was injured and a Padiham teenager suffered cuts to his face after a brick was thrown through a bus window. Burnley police
THE fiancee of teenager Sajjad Mahmood has been left devastated after his body was pulled from a reservoir. Eighteen-year-old Sajjad had been working round the clock for his marriage which was due to take place later this month in Pakistan. His father
BURNLEY Labour treasurer Bob Chadwick has quit the party and told of "civil war" in the ruling council group. And he said Labour leader, Coun Kath Reade would be toppled in a free vote of councillors - but predicted the national Labour Party would step
WAKING up, I realised that it was the day that Blackburn assumed Unitary status. I was hopeful that as I passed the town hall there would be a big sign there saying 'April Fool.' Regrettably there wasn't. G SMITH, Bold Street, Blackburn. Previous news
LANCASHIRE slumped to a surprise 49 runs defeat in a 50 overs game against a Western Province Eleven in Cape Town despite a brilliant bowling display from Glen Chapple. The 24-year-old seamer grabbed 5-27 from 10 overs as Western Province slipped from
LABOUR came to power promising to protect the most vulnerable in society. However, in 10 months they have launched an attack on pensioners' incomes which is set to deliver the exact opposite of the security in retirement they said they wanted to see.
SEAN Gregan is almost certainly out of North End's trip to big-spending promotion-chasing Fulham tomorrow amid further fears over a worrying knee injury. Preston will also be without suspended French striker Habib Sissoko following an incident after last
TIM Flowers is to undergo exploratory keyhole surgery, with the possibility that part of his season and his lingering World Cup hopes can still be saved. The results of the scan on the Blackburn Rovers and England keeper's damaged shoulder have shown
CHRIS Waddle put his players under orders today - to relax and enjoy their football, despite the pressures of the relegation battle. The Burnley player-manager, who is unlikely to make much if any change for tomorrow's crunch clash at promotion-chasing
SARAH Ashmole has been appointed to the board of Altham-based uniform firm Simon Jersey. Sarah, international catalogue sales director, has been with the company for six years. Previous news story Converted for the new archive on 14 July 2000. Some images
A GUARDIAN Angel has helped a fast-growing software firm wing its way to success. Formfill, based at the Blackburn Technology Management Centre, was set up three years ago to specialise in data capture for major companies. The firm's software helps large
A RUNAWAY lorry careered out of control down a hill overturning a parked car and damaging several garden walls. The lorry was delivering potatoes to Auntie Wainwright's fish and chip shop in Beaufort Street, Nelson, when it rolled 150 yards down the street
THE Midas touch that made Jack Walker one of Europe's richest men looks set to pay handsome dividends again. The airline that Jack - who made his fortune out of the family steel business in Blackburn - uses on his regular trips from his Jersey home to
NATIONAL union leader Doug McAvoy has warned teachers in Blackburn and Darwen that a pioneering new school scheme is full of pitfalls. The general secretary of the NUT raised doubts about Education Action Zones when he was guest at the first meeting of
A CATHOLIC primary school where pupils are given high quality education and make good progress has been given top marks by inspectors. Sacred Heart RC School, Colne, won the best primary school section and best overall school prize in last year's Lancashire
BLAZING chip pans kill and maim - but a safety campaign launched today aims to reduce the toll. The Home Office and Lancashire fire brigade have teamed up to tell the public how to use chip pans safely - and what to do if their pan does catch fire. A
NOW the dust is beginning to settle on the abandonment of Blackpool by the Labour Party conference, perhaps all is not doom and gloom for the rest of Lancashire. I believe I have seen it reported somewhere that the cost of the security is spread across
DULL it ain't at Burnley - as the town hall ructions seem to never cease. For hard on the heels of the row over council house waiting lists and an ex-mayor's declaration of gay pride, there comes a new commotion. Now, the ruling Labour group is accused
QUOTE from Mr Phil Watson: "From now on, it will be local people taking the decisions about the things which affect the borough most." Are the decision-makers in the town hall still the same people who have ignored a petition with over 5,000 signatures
IN announcing a stepped-up crackdown on housing benefit fraud and focusing on the level of it in Blackpool, with its thousands of rooms for rent and seasonal shifts in population, the government may be citing an extraordinary example. But even so, it
WHY does Marilyn Hawke assume the scrapping of the wakes weeks is only of interest to parents with children in local schools? It is a matter for everyone who lives in the town. There must be many men working in factories and the like who wonder why they
Drive & Stroll, with Ron Freethy - Barnoldswick TO many people, tourism means open countryside, fresh air and glorious scenery. To others it means the smell of hot oil, the clank of machinery and the glories of industrial archeology. Occasionally
Friday Folk THE efforts of a Clitheroe soldier are proving lucky for the people of Northern Bosnia. Private Gary Dixon, 22, has been handing out free horse shoes in the country where many people still rely on four-legged transport. The former Ribblesdale
Political Focus, with Bill Jacobs LABOUR Minister Nigel Griffiths has been shuttling around European capitals meeting his opposite numbers - sometimes in hastily scheduled meetings on the airport tarmac. His travels are to stitch up a three-pronged deal
WORSTHORNE brothers William and Stephen Henaghan are training hard for the London Marathon in a bid to raise money for Burnley General Hospital. William (right), 21, and Stephen, 20, of Langfield, are looking for sponsors for their run in aid of the new
A HIGHWAYS boss has expressed his dismay at claims by Pendle councillors that cuts in the road gritting budget will mean more accidents this winter. Pendle Liberals said Labour-controlled Lancashire County Council's move to axe 40 per cent from the budget
BURY have to come back down to earth after their visit to the magnificent Stadium of Light but are in determined mood to continue their fight for survival with the visit of Huddersfield Town to Gigg Lane on Saturday. The Terriers are a single point ahead
SCOTT Sellars again seems likely to watch from the sidelines tomorrow as his Bolton colleagues fight for their Premiership lives. The ex-Rovers star hasn't played for close on two months - first through suspension and then, most recently, with a calf
RAY Ingleby was today told that his bid to buy Burnley Football Club remained in the hands of a united board of directors. The New York tycoon now needs just one director to break ranks and sell his shares to scupper the Peter Shackleton rival bid. With
Northampton Town v Burnley - Peter White's big match preview AT least one familiar face will be waiting to greet Chris Waddle and Burnley when they arrive at Northampton Town's Sixfields Stadium tomorrow afternoon - Nigel Gleghorn. And the former Turf
