EAST Lancashire's lone Tory MP has called for government action to save the area's village sub-post offices. The Ribble Valley's Nigel Evans is alarmed at a new report which shows that a staggering 200 such institutions are closing every year because
CHRIS Waddle faces a Coca-Coca Cup joust against First Division Stoke City - without strikers and Andy Cooke and Paul Barnes. Both Burnley's frontline forwards are rated "very doubtful" for tonight's second round, first leg tie at Turf Moor (7.45pm).
AN inquest has been opened into the death of a Rossendale businessman killed in a motorcycle crash. Father-of-two Ray Hardman, 37, Died after a high speed crash during a race event in Scarborough on Sunday. His classic Honda CB500cc bike went out of control
COMMUNITY groups in Clitheroe are invited to a special meeting to discuss the use of a new minibus. Trinity Youth and Community Centre has been given lottery cash to buy the minibus, which will be fully accessible to the disabled, and wants to share it
VILLAGERS lost their fight to prevent a big housing development springing up near their homes. But there were promised that no houses would be built until problems with access roads and sewers were sorted out. Hyndburn Council agreed to dispose of nine
DONNA Potts was breaking new ground for women in the ambulance service - she had just qualified as East Lancashire's first female paramedic. The ambulancewoman from Nelson station joined the ever-increasing number of staff who underwent extra training
A FURNITURE manufacturer has been snapped up by a billion dollar American corporation. Centurion Furniture has been acquired by La-Z-Boy Inc in a £4 million deal. It is expected to see the 200 Leyland workforce double in the next five years. The Lancashire
LANCASHIRE will be playing in the same old county championship next season after their hopes of two divisions were shattered at Lord's yesterday. Along with the other counties with Test Match grounds, Lancashire were firmly behind Lord MacLaurin's revised
TO the residents around the lower end of East Lancs Road, Blackburn - your leafy avenue looks lovely with pretty houses and gardens and a little grass verge. Pity about the dog dirt all over the pavement and grass areas. Still, you must like it!! Remind
IT was a great privilege for my colleagues and I to make provision in the Cathedral for the thousands of local people who came to honour the memory of Diana, Princess of Wales. There were some very moving scenes as we welcomed folk to say their prayers
A COMPUTER software firm is sponsoring a top industry award. Blackburn-based LK Global Manufacturing Systems is backing one of the main categories in the Management Today Best Factory Awards. Previous winners have included Pilkington, Van der Bergh Foods
HEALTH visitors and family doctors are being urged to cut down on the number of times they weigh and measure babies and toddlers. The move is a key part of a new child health policy, drawn up by public health chiefs in East Lancashire. GPs and health
CLARETS AFTER watching Burnley lose 3-1 at York, I would like to know what was said to the players at half-time. In the first half the players worked hard for each other. Burnley attacked and the defence coped well with the few York attacks. At half-time
HAVE Tony Blair and all Members of Parliament not noticed 'People Power' this last week? For example, we have told the Government that we don't want the Millennium Dome. Now Tony Blair is telling the representatives of the working people to toe the line
MORE than a year's work has gone into investigations into plans to quarry 30million tonnes of limestone from a Clitheroe beauty spot. Reports have been done, public meetings held and councils consulted - so that, apparently, all aspects of the controversial
THE SHOCK disclosure today that more than £1million, earmarked for treatment of East Lancashire patients, was not spent last year reveals one of the biggest flaws of the internal market in the NHS. This is the fundholding system which is designed to benefit
FURIOUS cement firm bosses have hit out after plans to quarry 30 million tonnes of limestone from a Clitheroe beauty spot were put on hold at the last minute. County councillors, Castle Cement chiefs and quarry protesters were taken by surprise at a special
THE debut novel by an East Lancashire author was today shortlisted for the prestigious Booker literary prize. The Underground Man, by Great Harwood-born Mick Jackson, 37, is one of six works in contention for the most coveted of all the English language
COLIN Hendry looks set to sit out tomorrow night's Coca-Cola Cup tie against neighbours Preston North End after picking up a 'dead leg' in Sunday's defeat by Leeds United. Blackburn Rovers boss Roy Hodgson is resigned to being without iron-man Hendry
WEDDINGS could be performed alongside council business in Colne town hall with the announcement of plans for a major refurbishment. Coun Tony Greaves described the town hall as a "jewel of Victorian public architecture" but said it had the image of a
Tuesday Topic, with Christine Rutter THE Full Monty, a film about a group of Sheffield male strippers is taking the cinemas by storm, proving that raunchy entertainment for women is as popular as ever. So I decided to control my blushes and investigate
SERVICE reviews and difficult cash-saving decisions face Airedale NHS Trust, its chief executive Bob Allen is warning. He says the trust, which treats many patients from the Colne, Barnoldswick and Earby areas, is a victim of its own success - caring
WHEN it comes to accommodating disabled fans, Blackburn Rovers is top of the league. And that's official. Ewood has been named the most disabled-friendly ground in the country by the Football Association. Its manager Mel Highmore will accept the award
