ALL the potholes in Darwen's longest street have been filled in, thanks to the efforts of the two local councillors. I suppose the speed limit will now be 60mph - same as Exchange Street and Pole Lane! F CROMPTON, Lightbown Street, Darwen.
THE recent decision to place alcohol-based gels at the end of hospital beds to prevent the spread of the "super bug" MRSA ought not to divert attention from the reason for the emergence and spread of such dangerous infections. The introduction of private
A FRESH appeal for information has been made to identify a woman whose body was found in a canal at Leigh. Her body was discovered in West Bridgewater Canal on Wednesday morning near Mather Lane Bridge, Leigh. A handbag, believed to belong to the woman
BLACKBURN Rovers caretaker boss Tony Parkes today said the club should be looking to appoint a young 'up and coming manager' to replace Graeme Souness. Parkes believes a change of direction is needed following the free-spending days of high profile managers
AN ASIAN taxi driver was viciously assaulted by revellers returning to Leyland from a night out in Preston. The 31-year-old had picked up a group of four men and one woman in his black cab on Saturday, at 3.45am. On route, they verbally abused the driver
GANGS have been blamed for desecrating a church and its grounds, including a memorial ground where people's ashes are scattered. For more than two months groups of up to 30 youths gathered at Cuerden Church School, next to Bamber Bridge Methodist Church
A SHORTAGE of 'lollipop' men and women means the safety of schoolchildren across Preston and South Ribble is being put at risk, according to Lancashire's crossing patrol chief. Now the county council, which employs school crossing patrols across the county
A RUNDOWN area of Preston will be transformed with contemporary art works for two months at the end of the year. During November and December the area south of Church Street, from the back of the Minster and beyond, will get a contemporary art make-over
AS the fight to save the Queen's Lancashire Regiment (QLR) continues, one of its troops has received an award for service during the Iraq conflict. Captain James Thornton-Wakefield was awarded the Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service for his role
PASSIONATE football fans Alastair Campbell and Tony Livesey are to help kick-off a new trust tonight in a bid to secure the future of Burnley Football Club. Football chiefs in charge of the launch of the Clarets Trust have enlisted the help of the two
SHOPS and businesses in two villages have appealed for compensation after claiming a road closure led to takings plummeting by up to 60 per cent. Shopkeepers in Read and Simonstone insist they have lost thousands of pounds since safety work started on
YOU have to give the government credit for trying to do something about the nation's health, not that the nation appears to be taking much notice, judging by the number of people waddling across towns and cities, clutching cigs, burgers, cakes, chocolate
ANGRY Colne residents have vowed to fight plans which could threaten a 20-year-old community garden. Three-storey blocks of flats are earmarked for land off Hagg Street while another scheme could spell the end for the garden in Atkinson Street. At a meeting
THERE wasn't a ticket collector in sight as the annual Model Railway Show coasted ahead at full speed on Saturday. Train enthusiasts and young children alike came along for the ride at St Andrew's church hall, Leyland. That became the platform for ten
CHORLEY Lynx are to close down after losing their perennial battle for survival. The Lancashire club, who say they are losing £1,000 a week, have told the Rugby Football League they will cease to operate after Sunday's final LHF National League Two match
AN East Lancashire man will light a single candle in memory of a dead friend when America wakes up to the third anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks today. Michael Baldwin, who lived in Rishton until moving to New York in 2000, believes this year's
A TEACHER from Prestwich faces the sack after he was found guilty of making unwanted approaches to two schoolgirls. Ian Hamilton (40), of Oldfield Road, appeared in Bury court on Tuesday to be sentenced on two separate charges of harassment. In June last
MARK Yates could yet have a part to play in Burnley's fate this season. First team coach Yates has been topping up his fitness levels in his joint role as reserve team manager. And Clarets boss Steve Cotterill, who handed his right hand man a squad number
BLACKBURN Rovers caretaker boss Tony Parkes today said the club should be looking to appoint a young 'up and coming manager' to replace Graeme Souness. Parkes believes a change of direction is needed following the free-spending days of high profile managers
A SENIOR nightclub bouncer is set to face a crown court trial after being charged with the murder of a Blackpool clubber. Head doorman Sajad Hussain Ali, 32, of Palatine Road, appeared before resort magistrates on Tuesday accused of killing 24-year-old
HOUSEHOLDERS in Preston could face fines of £50 for putting their rubbish out on the wrong day. The tough measures are being adopted by the city council in a bid to clean up the streets of Preston. Council chiefs are targeting areas in Plungington, Fishwick
BUDDING stars will be given a lift up the showbiz ladder with the opening of Blackburn's first stage school. A cast of experienced teachers, with a principal from Rawtenstall, at the new Stagecoach academy will put the six to 16-year-olds through their
RAIL campaigners today vowed to fight for improvements to East Lancashire's only express service. The Rail Passenger Committee's move came after the Blackpool to Scarborough service -- known as the Roses Link -- was dropped from the new Transpennine franchise
with Kingfisher THE Ribble has a new record barbel, it was revealed this week and the captor, thank goodness, is not one of the new breed of Ribble anglers who speak with a Brummie or Scottish accent! He, David Dean, could hardly be more local to the
IN reply to Mark Hamer's letter concerning Wyre Council Meeting's Labour opposition walk-out (Citizen August 19), I would question as to whether he was listening to the Council business or not. The fact that the Deputy Mayor, Cllr Ramesh Gandhi, allowed
A JILTED Hell's Angel biker kept a factfile on the residents of a Radcliffe street where she gunned down a man with a sawn-off shotgun, a court was told. Police found the file when they raided the house of a friend in York following the shooting of Robert
THERE are few issues quite as contentious as parking in Blackburn and the cost of it. The recent introduction of paid-for on-street parking in and around the town centre and rigorous enforcement of penalties for those who err have upset a lot of people
Drive & Stroll, with RON FREETHY LAST week I did a two Ws walk in the Lake District following the Wordsworths. This week I continued to walk with the Ws and a three-mile circular from Wiswell to Whalley. Wiswell is a very pretty and unspoiled village
Rachel Horman has to deal with harrowing cases on a daily basis. JENNY SCOTT went to meet her SOMETIMES, it's a woman with a black eye. On other days it's a young mother with two children and a broken rib. Such are the tragic stories Rachel Horman has
THE Flag Day in aid of Leukaemia Research held in Accrington town centre on Saturday, September 4, raised £308.12. We would like to thank all those who contributed. MAVIS McDONALD, Blackburn branch chairman, Leukaemia Research Fund, Quebec Road, Lammack
ALTHOUGH not a Lancastrian by birth, I have lived in the county for the last 33 years and can understand the anger over the proposed changes in the Army which might lead to either the loss of our dilution of the QLR. I remember well having the same feelings
THE time will soon be upon us when we will be informed of next year's likely rise in community tax. This despised carry-on is daylight robbery. Instead of the increases being a pound or two, as would be acceptable the rise will be a percentage of the
REFERENCE to K Scott's letter (LET, September 3) about him living with the Hitler regime. Living! Chance would be a fine thing. Dying with the Hitler regime would be more apt I think. Maybe he should share his sentiments with the children of the Holocaust
SHOPS and businesses in two villages have appealed for compensation after claiming a road closure led to takings plummeting by up to 60 per cent. Shopkeepers in Read and Simonstone insist they have lost thousands of pounds since safety work started on
A TODDLER is facing a lifetime of deafness after health bosses told her there was not enough money for a vital operation. Now Ellie McAnish is involved in a race against time to secure the funding for the surgery before it is too late. And family and
LEIGH Centurions' priceless victory over title rivals Whitehaven last weekend will count for nothing unless they can tame Batley Bulldogs on Sunday. Victory at Mount Pleasant in the final league game of the season will almost certainly guarantee Leigh
TWO teenagers have been charged with arson after a fire badly damaged a Preston school. The boys, aged 13 and 15, were charged with starting the blaze which caused more than £100,000 damage to the newly refurbished roof on Holme Slack Community Primary
EXCITING plans for a £37million extension to the Fishergate shopping centre were given the go ahead by Preston councillors this week. The extension was put on hold last month after fears it could increase traffic congestion in the city. But at a planning
MORE than 100 people were evacuated from their homes in Lostock Hall after builders working on a new housing estate hit a gas main. Residents could only watch as two fire engines, the incident support unit from Chorley, police and paramedics swooped into
SCENES reminiscent of eighties television programme Challenge Anneka can be seen in Preston over the next fortnight as a community centre gets a makeover. The main hall in The Unity Centre, in Shepherd Street will get the full works from a group of volunteers
HUNDREDS of motorists were left stranded for hours after a horror smash left two dead and one man in hospital with serious injuries. Drivers were trapped between junctions 27 and 28 of the M6 after all three of the lanes on the northbound carriageway
A SPONSORED treasure hunt by children at Le Monde Petit Day Nursery in Burnley raised nearly £900 for the Meningitis Trust. Nursery staff handed over the cheque for £883.90 to Christine Hughes, regional development officer for the Meningitis Trust, at
IT'S some time since Leyland last reached three figures and they were dismissed twice for under 100 at the weekend, once in the league and once in the league cup final. They travelled up the M6 to Cumbria on Saturday and came back with a chastening defeat
A TALENTED young Accrington actor is set to burst on to the big screen. Nadeem Ahmed, 29, recently spent two weeks in London filming The King of Bollywood alongside model Sophie Dahl after winning the part during a two-day casting session. The movie,
IN the UK there are an estimated 24,000 people who are deafblind or dual sensory impaired. The Deafblind UK website (www.deafblind.org.uk) aims to use the internet to help reach out to people and offer support and advice. It is a very simple, well laid
MARK Yates could yet have a part to play in Burnley's fate this season. First team coach Yates has been topping up his fitness levels in his joint role as reserve team manager. And Clarets boss Steve Cotterill, who handed his right hand man a squad number
PAUL Blackledge is expecting more staggering and spluttering as his side drives towards the Musbury Fabrics Lancashire League title. The HASLINGDEN captain expects the nerves to be frayed once again tomorrow when they go in search of the points they need
STEVE Johnson is glad that motorsport is turning its attention to little cars, and little budgets. The Accrington firefighter said the cost of stage rallying was beginning to price some drivers out of the market. That is why he is delighted to be involved
THE generosity of Darwen people has enabled a local charity worker to help set up a nightshelter for children in India. Pat Monks, 52, first heard of the El Shaddi Charitable Trust for homeless children in Goa when she visited the country on holiday with
A ROSSENDALE businessman is set to be treated to a slap up meal after passing his computer driving test. Paul Shaw, managing director of Drury Adams, a foam product manufacture based in Bacup, was the 200th person to gain a European Computer Driving Licence
WELFARE assistant Sharon Riding has been named Rossendale's Learner of the Year, after clocking up a mammoth 21 courses in six months. The award, given by Kingfisher Learn Direct Centre, Rawtenstall, means she will be up against other learners in Lancashire
THE battle in the forthcoming Rossendale by-election is to be fought between a Labour and Tory candidate. The Liberal Democrats, who planned to field Michael Carr as their candidate for the Longholme ward of Rawtenstall, missed the deadline - leaving
BLACKPOOL'S first new major public library in 90 years opens next month - but four small local libraries will close to make way for it. Palatine Library and Learning Centre, St Annes Road, opens its doors on Monday, October 18, offering 30,000 books and
A BAD-TEMPERED town hall meeting has voted to give the go-ahead to controversial plans for the removal of seats at a historic committee room. Described by one senior councillor as the 'most vicious' he had heard in his time on the council, the debate
POLICE are hunting for a man who duped a Fylde pensioner into inviting him into her home by claiming to be a good samaritan. The 86-year-old female was approached by the offender as she made her way back from a shopping trip to her home on Kirkham Avenue
A COUNCIL was acting within accepted guidelines when it awarded members free car parking passes, it was revealed today. Blackburn with Darwen councillors have handed themselves free passes for a town centre car park-- just over a year after telling shoppers
A SIX-KILOMETRE cycle route through Blackburn is to open tomorrow in a bid to get more people on their bikes. The new route will connect Witton Park with Lower Darwen, via the Darwen Valley park, Ewood Park, Mill Hill and Higher Croft. The 5.6km route
A MOTHER of two has just moved into her new house with the beautiful view of - a dumped caravan. Lesley Speirs, of Rothesay Road, Shadsworth, was outraged when she realised the disturbance she heard outside her house was someone leaving the vehicle. The
A TODDLER is facing a lifetime of deafness after health bosses told her there was not enough money for a vital operation. Now Ellie McAnish is involved in a race against time to secure the funding for the surgery before it is too late. And family and
The Saturday Interview WHAT is it with snooker players sharing the names of music legends? There's David Gray, not to be confused with the singer of such hits as 'Babylon' and 'This Year's Love', there's Mark King, who most certainly isn't the same bloke
CRIES of 'shame!' filled Wyre's council chamber yesterday (Wednesday) as councillors rubber stamped controversial plans for a major leisure development on Cleveleys seafront. So many angry members of the public shouted their disapproval that planning
NEWLY-weds Darren and Sam Foster have landed back home to reality following their fairytale wedding in Cyprus. The pair, whose live wedding ceremony in Paphos was watched by millions of GMTV viewers last week, spent a few days lapping up the Mediterranean
FYLDE face former dual-code international John Bentley and his Cleckheaton side after making a winning start to their season on Saturday. Fylde took four hard-earned league points by grinding out a 20-5 victory over Macclesfield at The Woodlands. Fylde
