I REMEMBER a time when I could get a pint at my local pub any day of the week. It appears that's all changed now. On Tuesday afternoon at about 1.30pm, I walked from my home to five pubs in the Revidge and Lammack area of Blackburn but they were all closed
RE the letter from Mr L Lawes (LET, December 24) 'Stop teaching children religion'. I didn't know they taught that much in schools now, apart from a brief 'Multi-faith' awareness. I'm sorry you've directed your anger and contempt against Christianity,
SICKNESS and diarrhoea bugs have swept through several wards at Burnley General Hospital -- prompting bosses to call for unwell visitors to stay away. East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust has confirmed that outbreaks of the highly-contagious norovirus
AN EAST Lancashire pub landlord is urging locals to donate the money they would spend on a pint to an aid appeal for the tsunami disaster. John Hopwood, landlord of the Bay Horse, Church Square, Worsthorne, is looking for community-spirited locals to
A MAN who flouted a community punishment order went to Pakistan because he thought he had been put under the spell of black magic. Burnley Crown Court heard that Sarvez Khan, 27, who also claimed to suffer from anxiety and heartburn, should have taken
SICKNESS and diarrhoea bugs have swept through several wards at Burnley General Hospital -- prompting bosses to call for unwell visitors to stay away. East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust has confirmed that outbreaks of the highly-contagious norovirus
POLICE have blamed sizzling summer weather for crime in Burnley soaring by nearly a quarter over the last three years. From April 2001 to March 2004, the total crime rate rocketed by 24 per cent in the borough, a new report says. Officers say this is
A MOBILE phone seized from one of the men accused of kidnapping Alec Cunningham was used near the Burnley businessman's house at the time of the alleged snatch, a court heard. A telecommunications expert employed by police to look at phone records during
POLICE today appealed to a hit and run driver to give himself up before his victim's family endured a year without knowing what had happened. Shaun Metcalfe, of Ruskin Avenue, Oswaldtwistle, was leaving the Hare and Hounds pub, Blackburn Road, at around
A 26-YEAR-OLD Clitheroe woman's love life landed her in court for the first time. Blackburn magistrates heard that Lisa Sanderson's on-off relationship with her boyfriend had been more on than off during a three month period when he was living with her
REFEREE Mark Clattenburg must be mightily relieved a stormy week is finally over. Chastised for the midweek gaffe, when Tottenham were denied a victory over Manchester United by the most controversial decision of the season, Clattenburg had to make another
BLACKBURN Rovers manager Mark Hughes has received a double injury boost with the news that Tugay and Lorenzo Amoruso are both eyeing first team returns. Amoruso is now back in full training after making a complete recovery from an Achilles operation and
FAMILY and friends have paid tribute to a champion crown green bowler who has died at the age of 55. Popular Keith Scaife, of Park Road, Waterfoot, died after a battle with prostate cancer. The keen bowler took up the sport when he was just 12 years old
A JUDGE has hit out at the amount of money a couple's troubled off-on relationship must have cost the public after hearing they were now to be married. Judge Barbara Watson made her comments after Kenneth Kelsall, 40, pleaded guilty to harassing his partner
AS one of soapland's biggest battleaxes Corrie's Cilla Brown is best-known for her questionable morals and explosive slanging matches with loudmouth lover Les Battersby. But off screen, Blackburn actress Wendi Peters is quietly championing a cause which
POLICE have recovered the body of a 91-year-old Bury man from a reservoir. Underwater divers pulled the body of Charles Lord from the water at Jumbles Country Park, off Bradshaw Road, Bolton, at 8.30pm on Friday evening. Mr Lord, of Walshaw Road, Bury
AT the time of year all sorts of nasty viruses are doing the rounds and sickness rates seem to soar. Whether it is flu-type illnesses or stomach problems windy, cold, dark January seems to be the period when they are most prevalent. In winter elderly
NHS finance seems a lot less transparent than was the case when District Health Authorities sat every month in public and had as members representatives who could ask awk ward questions. The awkward question that no-one seems to be in a position to ask
FIREFIGHTERS were called to Lowton on Saturday morning after power cables had been blown down because of the high winds. Police closed off Kenyon Lane while the power cables were cleared away and repaired. Police were warning drivers to take extra care
A SHAMED solicitor faces having his jail sentenced doubled unless he sells £700,000 of assets, including an apartment in Tenerife, to pay back his victims. Philip Pressler, 52, Darwen, was jailed for five years in August after admitting 36 counts of theft
BLACKBURN Rovers manager Mark Hughes has received a double injury boost with the news that Tugay and Lorenzo Amoruso are both eyeing first team returns. Amoruso is now back in full training after making a complete recovery from an Achilles operation and
KIND-hearted police officers have raised more than £2,000 for poorly youngsters. Pendlebury Children's Hospital will be £2,285 better off thanks to generous officers from Burnley and Padiham. Police officers and civilian staff raised the cash by organizing
A PRISONER twice exposed himself to two women custody officers after being taken to Burnley Police Station. The town's magistrates heard how ex-convict Francis Lawlor, 35, struck twice but claimed the paper suit he had been given did not fit properly
A BURNLEY chiropodist is hoping to give a young AIDS victim the gift of life by raising funds on a sponsored charity cycle race in South Africa. David Tinker, 47, who has a practice in Briercliffe Road, wants to raise enough cash to provide a year's supply
A BUS driver was terrorised by an abusive passenger and left upset and unable to work, a court was told. Burnley magistrates heard how Stewart Edward Beal, 33, who threatened to kill his victim, was himself a former bus diver and used to work for Burnley
AN East Lancashire man today described the terrifying moment aftershock tremors hit Indonesia -- sparking widespread panic that a second tsunami was on the way. Christian Fraser, who is reporting on the aftermath of the killer tidal wave from Banda Aceh
SHAKERS have been forced to announce a number of full and part-time redundancies as their cash crisis deepens. In a statement on Friday the club said: "The board of directors at Bury Football Club regret to announce a number of full and part time posts
A "NUISANCE" teenager who racially abused a police officer who went to his aid is awaiting sentence. Burnley magistrates heard how drunken David Connelly, 18, of Stanley Street, Brierfield, had been in a "stupor" before he verbally attacked the officer
PEOPLE living near Albert Mills in Barrowford will have to wait another month to find out if it will be used for housing. Barrowford's Civic Hall was packed for a Pendle Borough Council meeting due to discuss the planning application from Comfortable
A COLNE man rushed nearly 300 miles by air ambulance to hospital following a gas explosion is set for a return journey after making a speedy recovery. David Fretwell, of South Valley Drive, was taken to the nearest available intensive care bed at a specialist
A "FRENZIED" teenager who caused a pub fracas, sank her teeth into a police worker and attacked two officers after a cocktail of drink and drugs, is behind bars for 16 months. Burnley Crown Court heard how 17-year-old Leah Fraser bit Rosemary Young's
TORRENTIAL rain brought much of the Ribble Valley to a standstill yesterday as several rivers and streams burst their banks. One couple had to be rescued by fire crews from Chatburn Road, Clitheroe, when they went past road closure signs and their car
COUNCIL bosses might ditch a sports centre after they fell out with the school which is supposed to be helping them run it. Ribble Valley Council, which runs Longridge Sports Centre jointly with Longridge High School, has paid out nearly £1.6million in
BURNLEY stand to lose around £200,000 following the postponement of last night's FA Cup clash with Liverpool. Turf Moor ground staff battled around the clock to stage the third round tie, despite driving rain and gale-force winds hampering their valiant
YOUNG whizz-kids from a Darwen school are hoping to raise £10,000 for deprived children in Africa with another winning business project. Students at Moorland High School have won the Blackburn with Darwen Council's Young Enterprise competition for each
AN area of Blackburn was left without power yesterday after a firm laying gas pipes disturbed electricity cables. Businesses, houses, and a primary school were left without heating, or cooking facilities, following the incident which happened at about
PUPILS at an East Lancashire school have become the first in the county to form their own Cub Scout Group. Youngsters from Newfield Primary School in Blackburn - which caters for children with learning difficulties - enrolled as members of the Newfield
AN East Lancashire man today described the terrifying moment aftershock tremors hit Indonesia -- sparking widespread panic that a second tsunami was on the way. Christian Fraser, who is reporting on the aftermath of the killer tidal wave from Banda Aceh
