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REGARDING our doctors hours -- is it a case of work 'til you drop? If you want to work long hours you will, but it's good to have choice! H MOOREHEAD, Belvedere Road, Burnley.

I REQUESTED help to assist my going up my stairs and a hand rail in my bath with shower above as I need support owing to sciatica pain. Blackburn with Darwen Primary Care Trust Independent Living Services were very helpful. I did wait a few weeks as so

FURTHER to Francis Swarbrick's letter (LET, July 22) about the closure of St Theodore's Sixth Form College in Burnley, which was sadly crucified by the Diocese of Salford. There was no regard paid to the education not only of Catholic young people but

THE number of Burnley Council staff calling in sick for work has rocketed by a third in just one year - costing taxpayers more than half a million pounds. Last year staff at the authority took off an average of 13.3 days a year because of sickness - an

A WOMAN who found her son dying in the road after a car hit his bicycle today made a life-saving call for youngsters to wear safety helmets. Blackburn mother-of-four Joanne Lord had stopped to help an injured boy - only to discover it was her 13-year-old

MORE THAN 4,000 cycling fans hit the streets of Clitheroe to watch the UK's top riders put through their paces. The Ultraframe Clitheroe Cycling Grand Prix saw racers hurtle at up to 35mph on the market town's cobbled streets. And it is hoped its success

ROBBIE Savage is ready to prove the doubters wrong after emerging from one of the most traumatic periods of his professional career. The 30-year-old midfielder is the first to admit that he has failed to live up to his £3 million price tag since joining

JULY has been a wonderful month for Rachael Thompson. It started when she clinched her first English Fell Championship at the Settle Hills Race and ended on Sunday with victory at the World Trophy Trials in Keswick. Now she will head the England women's

THERE has been a good deal of understandable anxiety throughout the country since July 7 and the failed bomb attacks in London on July 21. Many people have been worried about travelling to the capital and even that similar attacks could take place here

LAST week I drove up North Road, Blackburn and saw the wild flowers on the sites of demolished houses. They are wonderful. It has inspired me to seed my own garden with wild flowers. D FALLON, Belthorn Road, Belthorn, near Blackburn.

I AM writing to say please leave Darwen Leisure Centre where it is and always has been. Renovate it by all means but leave the existing building where it is. More or less everything that you need is in there and there is easy access where it now stands

IN April 2006 I am going to travel to Costa Rica to take part in the journey of a lifetime, with my school, RNIB New College, Worcester. I have a condition known as Albinism and I have been registered blind for a number of years, so a trip like this is

ROBBIE Savage is ready to prove the doubters wrong after emerging from one of the most traumatic periods of his professional career. The 30-year-old midfielder is the first to admit that he has failed to live up to his £3 million price tag since joining

THE number of Burnley Council staff calling in sick for work has rocketed by a third in just one year - costing taxpayers more than half a million pounds. Last year staff at the authority took off an average of 13.3 days a year because of sickness - an

A £70,000 plan to revamp rundown Colne Railway Station is set to be announced next month. Lancashire County Council is putting the finishing touches to a scheme it hopes will make passengers feel safer. It also hopes to boost the number of people travelling

A SECURITY guard who stopped a man jumping from the sixth floor of Accrington's multi-storey car park has won a national award. Zain Khan-Kiyani, 32, from Blackburn has already received a police commendation for the incident at the Arndale Centre. He

BURNLEY boss Steve Cotterill today moved to ease supporters' fears over the size of his squad ahead of the new Championship season. The Clarets have just 14 professionals on their books ahead of Saturday's curtain raiser away to Crewe Alexandra. But Cotterill

FRANK Sinclair insists Burnley will not be bullied into submission by the Championship big boys. The tough-talking Clarets skipper certainly made his presence felt last season, picking up 14 yellows and one red card in a colourful campaign. And with more

SINGLE seater racer Jonny Lang is closing in on the North West Formula Ford title after scoring his first-ever win. The Barrowford driver was the class of the field, at Oulton Park, after setting the fastest time in qualifying and leading for most of

BURNLEY boss Steve Cotterill today moved to ease supporters' fears over the size of his squad ahead of the new Championship season. The Clarets have just 14 professionals on their books ahead of Saturday's curtain raiser away to Crewe Alexandra. But Cotterill

OFF-ROAD bikers have been warned that police are getting tough after two vehicles were seized because their owners were causing a nuisance. Darwen police are leading the way in East Lancashire by launching targeted enforcement days to stop people riding

A WOMAN who found her son dying in the road after a car hit his bicycle today made a life-saving call for youngsters to wear safety helmets. Blackburn mother-of-four Joanne Lord had stopped to help an injured boy - only to discover it was her 13-year-old