THERE is nothing like a good game of cricket. It's the game of the masses played out over a full day in gorgeous sunshine. Gone are the days when we had to steal a milk crate from Akhtars Grocers and use it as wickets. And it's a long time since I had
THE Royal Mail is again in the firing line today after it was revealed that postal chaos in Blackburn has left residents waiting more than a week for their letters. Unions today blamed the sorting office delays on an increased workload following the Royal
RADCLIFFE got their Central Lancashire League campaign off to a disappointing start, losing to Littleborough at home then away to Oldham on Sunday. It was always going to be a tall order chasing the visitors target of 252 for 5 from their 50 overs. Professional
THE early May Bank Holiday weekend provided plenty of racing for the junior members of the Bury-Pedalsport. A group of youngsters travelled to Stoke on Saturday for the second round of the British youth and junior league and although no individual scores
AFTER losing on Saturday to the powerful unbeaten Lowerhouse outfit, the Rams finally got their season on track with a six-wicket win over Enfield on Sunday, courtesy of a magnificent bowling performance from their professional, Kartik. The visit of the
A NINE-wicket victory over Irlam has given Prestwich one of their best starts to the Lancashire County League season. Notorious slow starters, the Heys first team have now won both their opening games to give them 10 points out of a 10. It puts them in
I WOULD like someone to tell me how one can look in front of themselves, when one is driving, because one has got to look down at so many road markings. These include cycle tracks, no left turn, no right turn, street names, speed limits, chicanes, road
SEDGLEY PARK...51 VALE OF LUNE...25 Lancashire Cup Final CELEBRATING Sedgley Park's first ever 'double,' club president Geoff Roberts admitted that, despite being delighted to add the Lancashire Cup to the National Two championship won a week earlier,
LAUDABLE as the propaganda may be, for turning "some" speed cameras into "information gatherers" at a cost of £100,000 each, obviously it will still be the motorist who finances the scheme! Most criminals (professional sort) use stolen vehicles; stolen
LAST Saturday night I attended "Showdown" at King George's Hall -- a variety performance of dance, drama and singing, arranged by the Youth Inclusion Programme, and supported by a number of organisations. All the performers were young people from the
THERE is every reason to find the notion of a national system of identification deeply worrying for the following reasons: A national ID card is about authorisation or 'entitlement' - to borrow the Orwellian language of New Labour. In effect, a national
A MAN has been arrested on suspicion of driving offences following a crash involving two vehicles in Atherton. A Volkswagen Golf and a Citroen ZX were in collision in Newbrook Road shortly before 11pm on Thursday night. A 37-year-old man was arrested
A NATIONAL memorial to mark the efforts of British women during the Second World War has been backed by Bury MP David Chaytor. He has signed a Commons motion paying tribute to the 640,000 women who served in the armed forces and the seven million in the
THE young people of Tottington have finally got their own place. After four years of planning and building, the village youth club was finally opened on Friday. Councillor Bill Johnson spearheaded a strong campaign for a place for teenagers and was at
THE "countryside" makes its annual visit to Bury in July, this time complete with sheep. The devastating foot and mouth disease has meant flocks have had to stay away from the annual Bury Agricultural show for the past two years. Also making a welcome
IT'S Viva Las Vegas for poker whizz Conor Tate! Conor, of Gisburn Drive, Lowercroft, will compete in the World Series of Poker competition, held in the gambling capital later this month. The 38-year-old father-of-seven won a place in the contest after
THE only thing which could soon be allowed to smoke on the East Lancashire Railway line is the steam train. Bosses of the popular Bury tourist attraction are to meet next Friday to discuss implementing a complete smoking ban on its trains. The proposal
SOCIAL services are hoping Bury people will come to the rescue during national Foster Care Fortnight. In Bury, the council is aiming to recruit an additional 20 foster carers, especially for older children, teenagers, groups of brothers and sisters and
POINTS of view made prizes for mother-of-four Janice Birch for speaking up about her neighbourhood. She lives in Birks Drive in Brandlesholme and won £50 for answering a questionnaire concerning the new Families with Friends project. The survey asked
THE suspected driver of a car, which crashed in Radcliffe leaving two teenage passengers fighting for their lives, has handed himself in to police. The 18-year-old reported to Bury police station on Saturday and was arrested on suspicion of failing to
BLACKBURN boss Graeme Souness today said he wants four new players in time for next season. The ambitious Rovers chief has already begun drawing up a list of potential transfer targets for the summer. And speaking in an exclusive interview with the Evening
BLACKBURN Rovers goalkeeper Peter Enckelman is ready to pull out all the stops in his bid to impress Graeme Souness. The 26-year-old Finnish international will finally make his Rovers debut at Tottenham tomorrow - almost six months to the day since he
THE father of a young soldier serving with the Queen's Lancashire Regiment has rubbished photographs allegedly showing an Iraqi prisoner being tortured but, admitted he would be concerned for his son's safety if he returned to Iraq. Michael Wilson's son
A MOTHER who breast fed all of her three children has hailed an initiative to encourage businesses to be breast-feeding friendly. It comes as the Breastfeeding Strategy Group, part of Preston Primary Care Trust, launches a directory of business premises
A WOMAN who suffers from a condition similar to autism is planning to sue Preston Primary Care Trust and Lancashire social services for withdrawing her care. Lydia Livingston, 27, who suffers from Asperger's syndrome, says her life has been a daily struggle
SHOPPERS can shimmy to the sound of a samba band when they visit the Tesco store in Prestwich on Saturday.. The Bury-based Zambura Band will perform outside the store, off Bury New Road, from 11am to 2pm to raise money for Bury Hospice. Band member Jo
THE headteacher of a Burnley high school has resigned to take up a job in West Yorkshire. Stephen Ball has been the headteacher at Ivy Bank Business and Enterprise College for the 10 years. He started at the school 17 years ago as the deputy head and
WORK to tidy up St Mary's churchyard is still going strong, one year after volunteers formed an action group. The group was hard at it last Saturday (May 1) and members who had been there at the outset could notice a huge improvement in the church grounds
A DAY packed with gardening tips and plants is being promised by Stand All Saints Church. The church members have organised a plant fair in the church hall, Church Lane, Whitefield on Sunday (May 9). There will be something for all the family at the event
ROSEGROVE Fun Day was another success last Sunday. The five-a-side football matches kept the spectators on their toes until the end of the games. Ten teams took part and the winners and loses in each group were awarded a medal each. The winners of each
A GROUP of Bury teenagers has won high praise after rescuing a family who got lost in the Lake District. The Year 10 lads from Woodhey High School were doing their silver practice expedition for the Duke of Edinburgh's Award when the drama unfolded on
A KNIFEMAN who brutally slashed his victim in his own home has had his "unduly lenient" jail term dramatically increased by Appeal Court judges. The Attorney-General, Lord Goldsmith, QC, successfully argued that the prison sentence handed down to Burnley's
SOME fishermen are still putting lives at risk by not following new safety guidelines. The Health and Safety Executive warning came in response to claims from some city councillors that it was not tackling safety issues swiftly enough after the cockling
A ROYAL visitor swept into Lancaster this week although few people outside the city castle walls will have noticed. Fashionably late by 15 minutes, the Princess Royal touched down in a helicopter on Tuesday afternoon before a fleet of three cars conveyed
PRESSURE on the Government to tackle cockle picking in Morecambe Bay was mounting this week as the sands gave up another one of its dead. Growing frustration at the apparent lack of action to safeguard lives in the bay triggered an extraordinary meeting
THERE'S a club record at stake when Bury entertain Macclesfield Town on Saturday, but manager Graham Barrow doesn't want anything to do with it! Neither do his players, because anything less than a victory against the Silkmen, in what is the final game
BURY Football Club are the champions! Sounds good, doesn't it? A convincing 3-0 victory over a tenacious Chester City side on Wednesday morning gave the Shakers' Under-19 side the Umbro Isotonic League Merit Division Three title. Two second half goals
LANCASHIRE Constabulary's Mounted Branch rode into Nelson and Brierfield this week to support local officers in their fight against crime and anti-social behaviour. The extra officers and their steeds are working alongside local Community Beat Managers
WOULD-BE cyclists are being encouraged to keep fit this summer by hiring a mountain bike and exploring the countryside. An outdoor activities centre, based in Bury, is holding full, half day and evening sessions for groups and individuals who want to
SIXTEEN-year-old Sam Cadwallader was the hero of the day as PNE Women's FC kept their treble hopes alive when they beat Rochdale 3-1 in the League Cup final. Shortly after coming on as substitute she picked up a loose ball in the box on 82 minutes and
PRESTON climbed to second place in the Northern Premier League after narrowly defeating Leyland Motors on Monday. Good bowling spells by professional Raouf Akbar (4 for 39) and Manoj Parekh (4 for 32) restricted Motors to a total of 101 but Preston only
THE thoughts of the world were on wonder-miler Roger Bannister and there was a special feeling of pride in Trawden - where the athlete's father was born. Roger ran the four-minute mile the previous day, a feat athletes had been trying to achieve for more
WEST HAM supporters were hammered by Blackburn magistrates who handed out stiff fines totalling £1,600. Eight of the ten mean dealt with by the court for misconduct when Rovers played the Hammers at Ewood were West Ham fans. The two others were Blackburn
NURSERY staff foiled a bogus grandmother who tried to abduct a four-year-old boy. The woman was challenged when she walked into a nursery in Nelson. She gave the name of a youngster in the room, claiming to be his grandmother, but staff knew the identity
THE chairman of Accrington Stanley and the police today spoke out to reassure fans that the Reds were a football hooligan-free club. Eric Whalley and PC Les Sholicar joined forces to send out the message after a lout, initially said to be connected to
AN MP today claimed voters had the right to know the long-awaited results of a Hyndburn Council inspection before next month's local elections. Labour's Greg Pope spoke out after the Audit Commission's annual report into Hyndburn Council was delayed for
The promise of this fair day Give me my days by a running stream, When sun-found dragon-fly may dream, And chattering leaves who fling off care At summer's kiss in the scented air. Let me 'neath willows' shade lie free To find therein strange company
I TOOK a walk along the canal towpath from Ridge Lane to the aqueduct, down to the riverside path and then to Sainsbury on Sunday. It may be a very pleasant route for cyclists but the stretch between the aqueduct and Sainsbury offers little comfort to
I WOULD like to take this opportunity to place on record my sincere congratulations to the hierarchy at Lancaster and Morecambe College for finally achieving their long-term aim. They have got the college in debt to the tune of £2.7 million and succeeded
SINCE moving to Morecambe last year I have found the local weekly newspapers such as the Citizen of particular interest and value. Indeed, reading them has confirmed my view that Morecambe has real cause for optimism at last The weeklies do seem unanimously
I WRITE with regard to the Lancaster City Council plan to redevelop the Storey Institute in Lancaster. The covenant for the use of the building agreed between Sir Thomas Storey and the council states clearly that it is 'for the purposes of the advancement
NO HOME owner should be placed in the position of writing to a paper because he does not know whether his home and neighbourhood is to be demolished (Chris Ambler, Letters last week). Lancaster City Council has a new community strategy which stresses
IT WAS a tremendous weekend for Blackpool in the Northern Premier League as they won both their games and went to the top of the table. On Monday at St Annes Paul Danson led the side magnificently as well as taking an excellent 3-15 in St Annes total
LANCASTER'S summer rugby league season got off to a flying start with a 40-12 win over local rivals Blackpool Sea Eagles at Giant Axe at the weekend. But a whole new challenge is awaiting the men in the Lancaster team. They will be playing against each
MORECAMBE boss Jim Harvey has finally got his man - in the shape of Chester City forward Michael Twiss. Harvey has been a long-time admirer of the 26-year-old former Manchester United trainee and had a bid turned down by Chester boss Mark Wright earlier
A LECTURER from St Martin's College will be taking on some of the world's best athletes on the sun-soaked island of Madeira this weekend. Louise Rose, a lecturer in sports and exercise science, flew out to the holiday island on Monday as a member of is
NORTH West employers are being advised to review their recruitment procedures to comply with new rules to prevent illegal working. Following growing concern about the increasing number of illegal workers, the Government has issued revised guidance to
ST ANNES may have to wait another year before it gets its town council, organisers say. Elections for the new council were expected to go ahead this year, but now residents may have to wait until April 2005 for their town council - officially approved
STEVE McMahon has NOT quit Blackpool to fill the managerial vacancy at Burnley. McMahon left the Seasiders "by mutual consent" last night after four-and-a-half years in charge at Bloomfield Road. The former Liverpool and England midfielder is already
I DON'T mind admitting I'll be emotional when I see Stan Ternent lead the Clarets out for the final time on Sunday. It will be the end of an era for Burnley Football Club, and I'll be the first to start the standing ovation when he walks out on the pitch
SOCIAL services are hoping Prestwich and Whitefield people will come to the rescue during national Foster Care Fortnight. In the borough, the council is aiming to recruit an additional 20 foster carers, especially for older children, teenagers, groups
ASHLEIGH Vanderkamp is scaling new heights with her weekend pastime. For the seven year old has just conquered Britain's three highest peaks of Ben Nevis in Scotland, Scafell in the Lake District and Snowdon in Wales in the Three Peaks Challenge. The
READ begin their campaign to retain the Ramsbottom Cup title with a trip to Church Meadow to take on Ribblesdale Wanderers. The cup holders have already pulled out a seven point lead at the top of the league and will be looking to repeat their 'double
RESIDENTS living in a parkland setting should feel safer thanks to an £8,000 fence. A six-foot high mesh security fence has been erected around the perimeter of Victoria Park in Whitefield. People living in streets surrounding the Bury New Road park had
A VANDAL-HIT synagogue is to mark a new beginning with its 30th anniversary celebrations. Hillock Hebrew Congregation will commemorate the milestone anniversary with a special service on Sunday (May 9). At the same time members will see the building,
BE SENSIBLE, be observant and don't fight back! That was the message from Prestwich's leading police officer, Inspector David Jones, when he spoke to the local business community about carjackings. He said being more alert and aware could prevent motorists
BURY Council highways department has recently undertaken footpath improvement work on Heywood Road, Prestwich, from Bury Old Road to Daneshill Road. This came about as a result of a questionnaire which was circulated some time ago. After filling-in the
A COUPLE who met at a Blackpool health club made a big splash this week as they prepared for their wedding. Walter Morgan will wed 66-year-old Betty Holder on Saturday, his 70th birthday, after getting to know her at Bannatyne Health Club, Rigby Road.
PARISHIONERS of a Bury church without a priest have voted to keep it running after being faced with the possiblity of closure. Residents in and around the area of Holy Trinity will now be leafleted in a bid to address the problem of falling congregation
THE future of Bury Market will be the mandate for seven traders who are standing in June's local elections as independent candidates. And they will be urging voters to back them in their campaign to halt the planned relocation of the market. All seven
ALL interested youngsters are invited to attend the junior practise sessions at Greenmount CC's Brandlesholme Road ground from 6.15pm every Friday evening or ring John Stevens on 01204 884905 for details.
BLACK Lane B made a very good start to the season with two opening wins collecting 17 points. The club have a new greenkeeper this year, Mr John Butler, and has made the green much faster, which suits their top bowlers. MATCH RESULT BLACK LANE B...192
WALSHAW got their season back on track at the weekend with two emphatic victories over Standish and Blackrod. At Standish on Saturday they dismissed the home side for only 89, with eight wickets shared between professional Jon Fielding and Bret Collins
TONY Whealing became the fourth player to re-sign for Boro this week, as Kevin Glendon continued his team building plans for next season's assault on the Unibond Premier title. "Tony is the type of player we need at Stainton Park, he has experience, skill
RADCLIFFE Angling Association held its annual presentation evening at Radcliffe Cricket Club, where both juniors and seniors were presented with their trophies. R.Buckley won the senior aggregate winter trophy, and Jordan Howarth the junior trophy. Dennis
Honours list 2003-4 PRESENTATION evening will be held at Radcliffe Civic Hall on Friday, May 14, 7.30pm. PREMIER DIVISION WINNERS: Swan Hotel; Runners-up: Riley's A; Third: Riley's B; Sports award: Derby Hotel A; Knockout winners: Summerseat Lib A; Player-of-the-year
RADCLIFFE BORO...0 BURSCOUGH...2 Unibond League Premier Division Play-off Semi-final LIFE in Conference North will have to wait another season for Radcliffe Borough, as this semi-final defeat condemned the club to another season in the Unibond Premier
STAN Ternent has broken his silence to insist he is looking for an instant return to football management. The crestfallen Clarets boss admits that his final game in charge of Burnley, against boyhood heroes Sunderland this Sunday, will be an emotionally
BLACKBURN boss Graeme Souness today said he wants four new players in time for next season. The ambitious Rovers chief has already begun drawing up a list of potential transfer targets for the summer. And speaking in an exclusive interview with the Evening
EXCLUSIVE by David Magilton: OLYMPICS bound Amir Khan will not only be Great Britain's youngest boxer in Athens, he will be the country's only fighter at the Games. The highly-rated Bury Boxing Club 17-year-old qualified at his second attempt last month
A TEENAGER dubbed the Pied Piper of Darwen due to his influence on other youngsters has been given a chance to get his life back on track. Lee Taylor, one of the first in Blackburn or Darwen to be made subject to an anti-social behaviour order, was given
ROSSENDALE'S Citizens' Advice Bureau is having an Open Day on May 15 at their base in Rochdale Road, Bacup. The Open Day will be attended by the Mayor of Rossendale, Eileen Kershaw and the Mayor of Whitworth as well as councillors and other VIPs. The
NOVICE gardeners wanting to learn the basics are being invited to attend a gardening day for beginners. The event has been organised by Bacup and Stacksteads SureStart and is being held at 18 King Street, Bacup, on Tuesday, May 18, 1-3pm. Learner gardeners
ROSSENDALE and Pendle Mountain Rescue Team is urging hikers to get involved in a charity walk. The Haslingden Walk takes place on Sunday, May 16, starting from the rescue team's Clegg Street headquarters at 9am. Walkers will cover more than 12 miles on
A MAN is being interviewed by police and RSPCA inspectors after a warrant issued for an address in Bacup. The man was arrested yesterday morning at an address in the Todmorden Road area on suspicion of animal cruelty and officers seized property. Two
THE launch of a new cyber caf in Whitworth has saved youngsters travelling the length of the Rossendale Valley for free internet access. Centre 515, in Market Street, is now home to a cyber caf with a suite of internet-linked computers while an adviser
AS A MEETING place for Latin lovers, Rome's Spanish Steps have been a magnet for the world's beautiful people for nearly 300 years -- but Rawtenstall now wants a pizza the action! For ambitious plans for the town centre could soon see the Eternal City's
A HEADTEACHER has vowed to take prompt action if his pupils are caught misbehaving in public. Newly-appointed head at Parrenthorn High School, Mr Mick Fitzgerald, said he would tackle the problem there and then if he received any calls complaining about
A REFERENDUM on the new EU constitution will give Britain a chance to drain poison from its system, poison for too long spread through the lies and distortions of the eurosceptics. It will in effect be a referendum on whether Britain is to play its part
THE television cameras come dancing back to Blackpool Tower later this month as a BBC favourite is brought out of hibernation with a modern flavour. The new series, Strictly Come Dancing, goes live from the world famous Tower Ballroom on Saturday, May
STROKE patients on The Fylde are getting better care thanks to an amazing donation by hospital volunteers. Blackpool Victoria Hospital's League of Friends has donated a whopping £23,000 to buy specialist monitoring equipment for the hospital's acute stroke
FANCY getting your hands on a piece of the undisputed hero of English rugby? Then head for Norbreck, where limited edition, autographed prints of Jonny Wilkinson, have gone on sale. The individually signed copies of Sherree Valentine Daines' painting
BLACKPOOL voters will not be denied the chance to have their say in this year's all-postal Euro-election The crisis in the Royal Mail, fears of fraud and opposition from the House of Lords have cast a shadow over the June 10 poll. But the Royal Mail has
BLACKPOOL'S first gay Christian support centre has opened its doors in a bid to make the Church "more accessible" for all members of the faith. The Gay Christian Advice Centre is now up-and-running at the Body Positive offices, South King Street in the
HEALTHY cats could be destroyed on the Fylde Coast because of the closure of a cat welfare charity. The Blackpool, Wyre and Fylde branch of Cats Protection has to close because not enough fund-raisers, cat fosterers and committee members could be found
PRESTWICH businessman and internationally-renowned speaker David Frieslander will address a business audience in Bolton on May 20. He is presenting a "How to Engage and Develop Customer Relationships" breakfast event at the Ramada Jarvis in Bolton. Business
BURY companies can help prove that small is beautiful. They are being invited to enter the British Small Business Champions 2004 awards. The competition, sponsored by the Daily Mirror, Lloyds TSB and the Federation of Small Businesses, is open to firms
IT'S little cold comfort for workers suffering from the snuffles! For 88 per cent of employers are ignoring doctors' advice, by stating a heavy cold is not a good enough reason to take time off work. That's according to a survey by Croner, one of the
A 10-YEAR-OLD boy's arm was twisted by his stepdad's drinking partner until he screamed - after he picked up a cassette to see what music was playing, a court heard. Blackburn magistrates was told that he was stopped by Stephen Ribchester who said the
RESIDENTS have launched a legal battle over a £170,000 repair bill for the crumbling road outside their homes. The group launched the court action against Blackburn with Darwen Council yesterday after being told they would have to pay for work to end
SHEENA Ewing might only be a slight woman in stature but her presence in education has been felt across East Lancashire for the last decade. The mother-of-two started at Blackburn College in February 1991 as vice-principal of curriculum with several years
POSTAL chaos in Blackburn has left residents waiting more than a week for their mail as workers deal with massive backlogs. Unions today blamed the sorting office delays on an increased workload following the Royal Mail's decision to axe the second post
MAJOR mover on the Evalast Merit leaderboard was John Chatwin who had another tremendous score to add to his total and has reached his best-ever position at number five. Chatwin also leads his Great Harwood team mates for the first time and it will be
THE proposal by PM Tony Blair to nominate Chris Patten for Romano Prodi's job as President of the EU Commission bodes ill for democracy, as Patten is demanding that British schoolchildren be 'brainwashed into worshipping Brussels'. This promotion is just
THE Prestwich and Whitefield Branch of the Manchester City Centenary Supporters Association, held their centenary lunch at the Welcome Inn. Special guests pictured, left to right, are GMR Radio's Fred Eyre, Macclesfield Town and former City manager Brian
KERN Yates, currently Sedgley Park's longest serving player, will be the first member of the double winning side to leave the Park Lane outfit. Yates, who has just completed his fifth season with the Tigers, is taking up a new job opportunity. "He is
NOW that all the changes to Sunnybank Road, Bury, have been completed, I would make the following observations: The various colours are quite striking, with black, white, orange/red, dark red, green, buff and white. Then there are the mini-roundabouts
AN independent survey shows that Bury has the fourth worst roads in the country (Bury Times, April 30). Any commercial venture with such a poor performance would soon either go bust, be relegated or have managers looking for re-employment. So what do
IMAGINE: a chap comes to your door a few years ago with a proposition. He empties his purse to produce a mere one pound. He invites you to do the same. You can show a fiver. I have a good idea, he says, let's pool the money and share it..........that
COUNCILLOR Roy-E. Walker (Letters, April 30), not content with refusing to answer my legitimate questions about his stance on the council's recycling of domestic waste, instead has decided to confuse the issue with more "red herrings". Firstly I did not
HOW appropriate that Bury Metro's recycling slogan "Sort It" is an anagram of "It's Rot"! It is ill-conceived, poorly prepared and, worst of all, environmentally unfriendly. There are now many more vehicles involved in collecting the various multi-coloured
CHILDREN at Elton Primary School had a special friend in mind when they took part in a sponsored silence. The school was one of more than 1,100 across the country that fell silent in an event for Macmillan Nurses. Care was provided by Macmillan Nurses
BLACKPOOL - BLACKPOOL and North Lancs RSPCA branch will have a charity stall in Hounds Hill Shopping Centre this Saturday (May 8). There will also be a tombola, and the branch will be recruiting for forthcoming events, including a spring fair. Members
TENSIONS are rising at Prestwich Community High School as they await the outcome of their specialist status bid. Headteacher Geoff Barlow said the school is "very optimistic" as they go through to the second stage of assessment by the Department for Education
EARLY Bolton Association table-toppers Elton's excellent start to the season continued as they picked up a maximum 20 points from last weekend's games. Entertaining Edgworth on Saturday they enjoyed a fine seven wicket victory from a game they fully expected
CUP action was the order of the day, last week, and on Monday the Ashworth Cup set us under way by producing a couple of shock results. Perhaps the biggest shock came when Brocks XI B who have been struggling to find any league form, produced a 144-127
ON Thursday evening the first of the Bury Society's target matches was held on Parkers Bottom Lodge. Top weight, with skimmer bream and roach, was John Fletcher with 970 grammes. In second place was Chris Hogan with 660gr and third, Daz Shaw 530gr. On
AFTER beating Milnrow on the opening day of the season, UNSWORTH added the scalps of derby rivals Stand and then Royton to make it three wins out of three. On Saturday Unsworth entertained the Hamilton Road side and batting first, overseas amateur, JP
A TEENAGER is facing prosecution for his part in an arson attack at a disused school. Police said the 14-year-old boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was arrested last week and admitted playing a part in the fire attack at St Wilfrid's Lower School
A 48-YEAR-OLD woman was admitted to hospital after being wrestled to the floor by a robber who stole her handbag. She was released soon afterwards, but police said she was very shaken by the incident in Lambeth Street, Higher Audley, Blackburn, at 12.10pm
THREE games, three losses, this hasn't been the best of starts for Stand, although new signing Eddie Shah put in a couple of impressive displays over the weekend with both bat and a ball to show what can be achieved. After going down to Royton by two
AFTER beating Milnrow on the opening day of the season, Unsworth added the scalps of derby rivals Stand and then Royton to make it three wins out of three. On Saturday Unsworth entertained the Hamilton Road side and batting first, overseas amateur, JP
LIONS...64 WORKINGTON TOWN...26 RL National League Two AFTER a disappointing Arriva Trains Cup campaign, the Lions have hit a winning groove in the all important league, and this third win on the bounce sees them maintain top spot. But even after seeing
A TOP surgeon will travel with a five-strong Bury delegation to Pakistan later this month to bring vital medical aid to poor children. Representatives from Roof of the World are going to the country to help celebrate the golden jubilee of the conquering
CHILDREN at Elton Primary School had a special friend in mind when they took part in a sponsored silence. The school was one of more than 1,100 across the country that fell silent in an event for Macmillan Nurses. Care was provided by Macmillan Nurses
CHILDREN in East Bury who went on a "go slow" have been rewarded for their hard work. Rachael Rusolo, Rebecca Butler, Nigel Duke and Jade Dutton won a competition to design road signs imposing a 20mph speed limit in their area. The signs have been erected
A POLICEMAN has been charged with speeding while on duty after his force vehicle was allegedly snapped by a speed camera. Dog handler Kevin Taylor, 41, who works in Pennine Division, is also charged with failing to provide information required by the
BURY resident Naomi Heaton gave herself the key to the door when she re-opened Wellington House sheltered housing scheme. Naomi (94) was joined by the Mayor of Bury, Councillor Wilf Davison, at the official unveiling of the £700,000 project. Sited in
POSTAL chaos in Blackburn has left residents waiting more than a week for their mail as workers deal with massive backlogs. Unions today blamed the sorting office delays on an increased workload following the Royal Mail's decision to axe the second post
A GROUP of Bury teenagers has won high praise after rescuing a family who got lost in the Lake District. The Year 10 lads from Woodhey High School were doing their silver practice expedition for the Duke of Edinburgh's Award when the drama unfolded on
BOBBIE Goulding might have a surprise up his sleeve for his old mates from Leigh Centurions this weekend. The Rochdale Hornets player/coach is hinting that he might get the boots out again to face his former club in Sunday's LHF Healthplan National League
WHEN Dave Hadfield was invited to walk from the Humber to the Mersey along the M62 corridor, he jumped at the chance. For it gave the sports commentator and writer the chance to combine his love of walking with his passion for rugby league. And during
BLACKBURN Rovers are ready to listen to offers for controversial defender Andy Todd. Graeme Souness has slapped the former Charlton and Bolton Wanderers centre-back on the transfer list. And the Rovers boss today warned several more of Todd's team-mates
NEWS of Andy Todd's imminent departure from Ewood Park will come as little surprise to the vast majority of Blackburn Rovers fans. From the moment he refused to go on the bench against Leeds United, the writing was on the wall. History should have taught
CHEERING on a friend or family member during Cancer Research UK's Race for Life event is something that can mean so much to those taking part. For participants, hearing a personal 'good luck' message over the on-site PA system while trying hard to complete
A WEBSITE which will allow youngsters to surf the internet in safety has been developed with help of research by the Cyberspace Research Unit at Preston's University of Central Lancashire. The new child safety website, at www.websafecrackerz.com, was
A PLUCKY little dog had a lucky escape after a lorry ploughed into its owner's car. Welsh Terrier Bazil escaped without a scratch from the Hoghton smash that made headlines last week after the lorry driver fell ill at the wheel, shunting a Vauxhall Corsa
PARENTS who park their cars illegally while taking their children to school could soon be hit with fines of up to £90. The crackdown is part of a tough new Lancashire County Council initiative to put a stop to motorists who regularly flout the law by
IF there was a record for the most column inches devoted to an individual in the Guide, then Pastor Emlyn C. Jones could easily claim the title. For the tireless wordsmith has been submitting poems to our Letters page for no fewer than 30 years. Mr Jones
IT HAS been a long road to success, but Whitefield Hebrew Congregation can finally celebrate the opening of a new access route to their cemetery. Ivan Lewis MP and the Mayor of Bury, Councillor Wilf Davison were special guests at the launch on Sunday
A PRESTWICH dentist has been installed as the president of the British Dental Association (BDA). Dr Anthony S. Kravitz OBE will become the 117th president and will represent the BDA at meetings and events across the UK and overseas during his 12 month
A MAN who stole stone flags was exposed by his little boy after lying to police, Burnley magistrates were told. The court heard dad-of-four Andrew Michaeal Heaton, 32, of Ulster Street, Burnley, who was covered in dirt, told police he had stayed in all
VILLAGE life was disrupted by rowdy youngsters at the weekend, but it was all above board as part of a national event. Children in Simister were given the green light to raise the roof and make as much noise as they wished as they took part in fun activities
THE youngest player ever to play in an FA Cup Final is forging a new career for herself - as the female equivalent of goalie turned TV pundit Peter Schmeichel. Rachel Brown, 24, who lives in Todmorden Road, Burnley, appeared on BBC Match of the Day on
THE Prestwich Carnival programme is now on sale. Sponsored by the Prestwich and Whitefield Guide, the colour brochure is a 32-page guide to what's happening on the day. It contains everything you need to know about the carnival and parade for just £1.
BIG-HEARTED East Lancashire residents have been drinking coffee to help provide breakfast for deprived South Africa children. The gesture has been led by Kate Harbour, who used to work for Burnley MP Peter Pike, who was moved by his account of a visit
A POLICEMAN has been charged with speeding while on duty after his force vehicle was allegedly snapped by a speed camera. Dog handler Kevin Taylor, 41, who works in Pennine Division, is also charged with failing to provide information required by the
HOSPITALS in Morecambe Bay agreed this week to bid for foundation trust status. Morecambe Bay Hospitals Trust chief executive Ian Cumming said the move should deliver greater local control over health care and unleash large sums of cash. It was also agreed
A QUARTER of a million pounds has been pledged for waterproofing work to be done on Lancaster Town Hall's clock tower. Lancaster city council has approved a budget of £251,000 to fund the refurbishment. Scaffolding is set to go up later this month to
CLARETS supporters groups have called for fans to bury their differences over Stan Ternent's departure and give the team a rousing send-off at the last match of the season this weekend. Fans' groups have given a mixed reaction to the news that the club
MORECAMBE people are being offered a chance to point the way forward for the resort's controversial West End. A drop-in event is to be held at the United Reformed Church in Sefton Road in two weeks time. Planners and would-be developers want to get local
OLD soldiers from all around the district are being invited out for a meal and a drink - and it won't cost them a penny. The war veterans are wanted by a group of Morecambe people who are planning a massive commemoration of D-Day in the resort this summer
A TAXI driver has been suspended after leaving two blind people and their guide dogs on the street because he has a 'phobia' of dogs. Abdul Rehman Shah has been banned from holding a hackney carriage driver's licence for three months for refusing to allow
WITH her 60th birthday behind her and a grandson to dote on, Lancaster's Dr Ruth Henig is preparing for a new career as a life peer in the House of Lords. The appointment, announced at the weekend, brings the title of Baroness to the proud grandmother
THE successful Shakers Under-19 championship winning squad will be presented with their medals and trophy before Saturday's match with Macclesfield and Barrow has nothing but praise for the youngsters. "I'm delighted for them. They have made steady progress
A MAN has been charged with dishonesty offences after the discovery of a suspect package at a bank in Radcllife. An investigation was launched on Monday, April 19, by police and Army bomb disposal experts after a suspect package was found at the Royal
DRINKERS in Colne could be hit with a £500 fine under new proposals to combat drunken behaviour in the town. Councillors are to consider whether an alcohol exclusion zone should be set up in the town when the Colne and District Committee sit on May 16
A BRANCH of a community organisation set up to promote Hyndburn has decided to become a registered charity. Rishton Prospects Panel has voted for the move . The group, one of a handful of panels and and community forums in Hyndburn, meet once a month
HE travels all over the world giving speeches on "very impressive things" as one of education's leading professors. But Accrington boy Andy Hargreaves, chairman of education at Boston College, USA, said returning to his roots to unveil the foundation
AN anti-BNP protester was violently attacked as trouble flared between rival political groups outside Burnley town hall, a court was told. Magistrates heard how Anti-Nazi League supporter Michael Killian was left in pain and bleeding heavily from a gash
I SHOULD like to offer my sincere thanks to the local Rotarians for the wonderful display of daffodils they provided, from Wells Lane, Whitefield, along Manchester Road. It makes the journey for us, and I am sure many others, very pleasant. Thanks to
IN the past, I took my newspapers and bottles, glass and plastic to the Longfield Centre to be recycled. When I worked on my garden I took the resulting waste to the Buckley Lane facility. Now, services provided by the council come to my home and do all
LOCAL man David Allen is taking anything but a back seat role as he navigates a new and innovative business venture. He has teamed up with two motor sport professionals to open a driving school with a difference. David and business partners Andy James
IN response to last week's article about the lack of police to marshal our St George's Day Parade. I would like to make it absolutely clear that neither I nor my District Executive Committee have any quarrel with our local police force. They have always
WHILE I welcome your front page coverage in last week's Guide "Stink on bin deal", I would like to fill in some gaps. The thrust of our contention was that there were two separate issues. The first one was that of a weekly collection which the Conservatives
I HAVE followed with interest the unfolding debate about the local authority's household recycling scheme. Although my property is not yet included, I am looking forward to joining it and doing my bit for the environment. As a society, we cannot continue
TWO local men each jailed for 14 years for their part in one of the country's biggest-ever cash heists will begin their bid for freedom at a special hearing next week. Prestwich security guard Graham Huckerby and James Power, from Bury, are both appealing
I READ with some dismay in the Citizen that dogs are not to be allowed on that part of the beach that stretches from the stone jetty to the Battery in Morecambe. My dog Bramble's favourite pastime is to play ball and this is the ideal place. I will have
MANY thanks to Audrey Harland for attempting to put my mind at ease by explaining what CND is really up to (Citizen Letters, April 22). But contradicting everything I said and then stating the obvious says nothing and serves little purpose. Of course,
A CIVIL engineer who played a key role in developing the UK's first stretch of motorway has died, aged 87. The funeral of Richard Wordsworth MBE took place in Ribchester on Wednesday. He had died of pneumonia. A civil engineer for Lancashire County Council
LANCASTER City have signed on some of the brightest young prospects in schools and college football - and that's official. The Giant Axe club has forged a partnership with Cardinal Newman College in Preston with a view to forming a new official youth
OUT of contract Morecambe skipper Stewart Drummond has done what many fans at Christie Park feared - and opted for a new challenge away from the team he has led with such distinction. The 28-year-old midfielder (pictured) has joined newly promoted Chester
SEASIDERS boss, Steve McMahon, has left the club by mutual consent after a series of disagreements with chairman, Karl Oyston. McMahon, who is now being strongly linked with the vacancy at Burnley, said his goodbyes to staff on Thursday evening after
STAN Ternent has broken his silence to insist he is looking for an instant return to football management. The crestfallen Clarets boss admits that his final game in charge of Burnley, against boyhood heroes Sunderland this Sunday, will be an emotionally
CLARETS supporters groups have called for fans to bury their differences over Stan Ternent's departure and give the team a rousing send-off at the last match of the season this weekend. Fans' groups have given a mixed reaction to the news that the club
STAN Ternent could yet determine the fate of some of Burnley's out of contract stars. Clarets chairman Barry Kilby knows he faces a tricky decision on whether to offer six players new deals for next season without his choice of a new manager in situ.
WITH just six weeks to go before Prestwich's biggest day of the year, plans are hotting up for the bumper carnival. The event takes place on Sunday, June 20, Father's Day, and is sure to be one for the dads with a fun football match on the agenda. Dads
STEVEN Crook has again been given the chance to press for a first team place after being named in the squad for today's Championship game with Middlesex. Al though the 20-year-old all-rounder may not make the final eleven at Lord's he is clearly held
SURPRISE leaders Lowerhouse will be looking to their young guns to shoot down Todmorden at Centre Vale tomorrow. LOWERHOUSE'S Vishal Tripathi, 16, is quickly emerging as one of the league's top prospects, and he'll be looking to build on last week's match-winning
MOVE over Quasimodo! Prestwich Parish Church has got its own team of bell ringers! For the past few months, a group of dedicated volunteers has been practising the fine art of bell ringing in the tower of St Mary's Church. And, after making their debut
POLICE carried out early morning raids yesterday (Wednesday) as part of Operation Cyclone, which is cracking down on crime in areas including Leyland, Penwortham and Bamber Bridge. A 32-year-old man was arrested for possession of heroin following a dawn
A BLACKPOOL bingo club has struck it lucky twice in four days with two players winning massive sums on the National Game. A 61-year-old grandmother of five, Anna McDonald took home £69,000 at Mecca, Talbot Road, last week and, on Thursday, a 64-year-old
BLACKPOOL Private Hotels Association (PHA) has donated thousands of pounds to local charities this week. Cheques worth a total of £6,914 were presented to seven charities by Blackpool Mayor Cllr Lily Henderson, on behalf of the association's ladies' charity
MULTI-million pound plans to provide a retirement village for Bury's old people are moving a step closer. Social services bosses are drawing up a shortlist of potential partners to build and run the complex. Eight bids have been submitted to provide individual
THE hand of friendship has been extended to a band of unsung ethnic minority carers in Bury. A £25,500 befriending scheme to provide support for the carers has been launched at the Jinnah Day Care Centre in Bury. Among the guests at the event was the
TOWN Hall staff in Bury could take strike action in the summer after national pay talks ground to a halt. The grim warning comes after negotiations between the Local Government Employers Association and the trades unions representing employees stalled
ADJUSTING to life with a new baby can be tough for a new parent. But handling the news that the youngster has been diagnosed with cancer at just six months old is earth-shattering. Caroline Burch is one first-time mum dealing with just that. But on Sunday
DASHING Dave Donaghue became a lifesaver: twice in one day! The 58-year-old was hailed a two-time hero for helping save the lives of two people outside a Bury pub in separate incidents. In the early hours of last Saturday morning (May 1), Dave, of Martin
GREENMOUNT Gladiators have also teamed up with Lancashire Thunderbolts, the junior section of Lancashire County Cricket Club. Youngsters who team up with them get the chance to join the county's junior section for only £10. Benefits include: free membership
ON Sunday Stand almost pulled off a remarkable victory when Werneth were the visitors to Hamilton Road. Batting first, the local side were having a nightmare time of it and their opening six batsmen only scored ten between them! It wasn't until new-signing
THERE hasn't been a Roman invasion north of Bury but the Gladiators have certainly arrived! That's the name that's been chosen for Greenmount CC's newly-constructed junior cricket section. The Bolton League club have always had a fine record of producing
IT was the same story but a different ending for Brox in the Manchester Association at the weekend. After suffering their customary slump chasing a modest total, this time the Summerseat men were able to regroup and scrape home by a one-wicket margin.
GREENMOUNT continued their fine start to the Bolton League season with two useful results at the weekend. On Saturday they got the better of Egerton in a drawn game at Brandlesholme Road. The game marked the debut of new professional Nishit Shetty and
LANCASHIRE GMC SUPER LEAGUE: KIRKHAM...5 BURY...5 HAVING travelled to take on their nearest rivals for second place without several regular players, Bury knew they were going to be in for a difficult afternoon. This was soon apparent, as at the half way
ELDERLY people are being forced to walk into Darwen town centre after the Hollins Grove sub-post office closed without warning. The first people knew of the closure was when they turned up for their pensions this week and found the joint shop and post
A GROUP of Rossendale students are playing a leading role putting the finishing touches to a new £2.8m business centre. The group from Bacup's Fearns Community High School has designed a piece of artwork that will dominate the centre of the car park outside
THE Prestwich Carnival programme is now on sale. Sponsored by the Prestwich and Whitefield Guide, the colour brochure is a 32-page guide to what's happening on the day. It contains everything you need to know about the carnival and parade for just £1.
LYN Fenton and Pat Naylor, the local fund-raisers for Marie Curie Cancer Care, would like to thank everyone who helped with the collections on their annual Daffodil Day in Preston. The collections, which took place in local supermarkets and the city centre
WITH just six weeks to go before Prestwich's biggest day of the year, plans are hotting up for the bumper carnival. The event takes place on Sunday, June 20, Father's Day, and is sure to be one for the dads with a fun football match on the agenda. Dads
WYRE planners look set to kick-out the latest scheme in the long-running row over Poolfoot Farm. Officers will encourage members of the council's planning committee to turn down an application by Baxter Homes to build 24 new houses on part of the greenfield
RELATIVES of a fireman who lost his life in one of Blackpool's biggest ever fires are being sought to help create a permanent memorial. Fireman Raymond Laycock died in the basement of the Boots Store, West Street, on Wednesday October 7, 1936. Thousands
A MACHINE used in electro-plating caught fire at a factory in Radcliffe. Firefighters were called to Electro-Plating Ltd in Bury Road at 9.50pm on Thursday night after neighbours saw flames in the factory window. A crew from Whitefield fire station had
IT WAS Paris to Blackpool or bust on his gruelling 21-day 'Two Towers' back-to-back marathon challenge... but he made it! Now Ray Edensor - aka The Running Paramedic - is celebrating being able to give dozens of terminally-ill children the experience
ANIMAL rights activists have urged Blackpool council to scrap the resort's landau and donkey rides amid claims that they are animal welfare and public safety hazards. Members of the Preston-based Captive Animals Protection Society (CAPS) claim the familiar
BURY-based Spirit at Work will explore the "Heartland" at its latest meeting to be staged on Monday (May 10). The issue to be presented by Summerseat businessman Phil Clothier, who runs the organisation, will be Heartland, An Experiment and Experience
A 28-YEAR-OLD man thrown out of a Blackburn pub armed himself with a metal bar and stood outside, a court was told. Blackburn magistrates heard that when he was approached by four men from inside the Atlantic pub, John Damian Hughes raised the bar above
WATER bills for households in the North West are to rise by 7.8 per cent each year over a five year period, it has been revealed. Under new plans revealed by United Utilities, the supplier of water and wastewater services to seven million people in the
POLICE recovered a .22 Brocock revolver from a Blackburn address after an early morning swoop, a court heard. But Blackburn magistrates were told that Stephen Farrell had found the weapon when he was walking his dog the night before. And he told officers
MORE than 100 East Lancashire phone boxes are to be removed after BT bosses said they could no longer justify keeping them. BT published a phone boxes hit-list last October which included 80 in East Lancashire. But the first stage of its review has led
JACK Straw has been put on the spot by an all-party group of MPs over the detention of British citizens in the American prison camp Guantanamo Bay. The House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee, which includes Hyndburn MP Greg Pope, has expressed concern
CHILDREN gave stress busting lessons the thumbs up as they prepared for controversial SATs exams. The aroma of theraputic oils wafted from the nursery rooms at St Luke and St Philips primary in Blackburn yesterday. In a unique session for the NSPCC's
THE "countryside" makes its annual visit to Bury in July, this time complete with sheep. The devastating foot and mouth disease has meant flocks have had to stay away from the annual Bury Agricultural show for the past two years. Also making a welcome
JAMIE Speare has paid tribute to the supporters who backed him through his Accrington Stanley career. The goalkeeper has parted company with the Reds after six years because he could not afford to give up work to become a full-time footballer on the deal
YOUR correspondent, Tom Roberts, (April 29) has obviously no idea about the excellent work the EU is doing on environmental matters. Chris Davies has been taking a lead on matters as varied as forcing business to reduce energy to combat global warming
OF late we have been continually reminded of the amount of claims against the council for defective pavements. This is of little wonder, since the council does not do a decent job when, supposedly improving this situation does, in fact, leave them in
FOR New Labour it seems to be the season of U-turns. The PM has been forced by sheer weight of public opinion to concede to a referendum on the so-called EU Constitution. Since, according to informed opinion, this 'constitution' would strip Britain of
SADLY Chris Davies Lib Dem MEP for the North West has chosen to fight his Euro Election campaign in the gutter. The UK Independence Party ( UKIP) will not be joining him there. By using tactics so beloved by politicians and loathed by the electorate,
I AM bemused by Jonathan Grosskopf's recent letter. He pledges the Conservatives to spend very large sums of extra money. This conflicts directly with Councillor Roy Walker who says the Tories will cut spending in Bury, losing jobs and services, though
HAVING read Jim Homewood's informative letter (April 23) regarding the closures of sub post offices, I would like to remind readers of the time Bury's main post office in Crompton Street closed. The building is still unoccupied. The chosen site was Forbuoys
THE British National Party has confirmed it WILL stand in the upcoming local elections in Bury. It will "definitely" field three candidates in the June 10 poll, and will decide over the weekend whether to put forward a further two. The party says it is
RUTHLESS gunman John Adams fluffed an armed raid on a Bury pub, when brave staff and regulars fought back with beer and pool balls. Adams (28) was one of two men who burst into the Pack Horse pub at closing time, armed with a handgun and a baseball bat
