JOHN McCririck never really appealed to me the few times that I saw him on television. A bit of an oddball perhaps, certainly eccentric, but overnight I have changed my mind on this man. He spoke more truth in church in a couple of paragraphs in his eulogy
AN INNOCENT man was "needlessly" chased through the courts for five months because of a bureaucratic foul up. Today the Crown Prosecution Service came under fire for a "farcical waste of public money" after changing their minds and dropping the case.
ROVERS striker Shefki Kuqi is confident that the club has the fire power to be a major force in the Premiership this season. Blackburn bagged a meagre 32 goals in the Premiership last season - the lowest return in the league. But the Finnish international
FOR the life of me I can't see why Blackburn Rovers have got the reputation they've got. Yes, I know they're up before the FA this week because of their bad disciplinary record, and I know Paul Dickov's red card against West Ham wasn't clever. But it
AN INNOCENT man was "needlessly" chased through the courts for five months because of a bureaucratic foul up. Today the Crown Prosecution Service came under fire for a "farcical waste of public money" after changing their minds and dropping the case.
THOUSANDS of walkers will descend on Pendle for a four- day festival out in the countryside. Visitors can walk with witches, or try Pendle's own version of the Three Peaks challenge - tackling Pendle, Weets and Boulsworth hills over three days. Organisers
CHILDCARE bosses are to meet relatives of a toddler who drowned in his childminder's bath -- raising hopes the profession may soon be governed by tighter controls. Senior officials from Ofsted will talk to the parents of Clitheroe youngster Joshua Massey-Hodgkinson
DANNY Karbasiyoon has suffered another frustrating injury setback. The summer signing from Arsenal had hoped to step up training this week following a visit to a specialist for treatment on his mysterious groin and hip injury. However, an injection into
CLITHEROE captain Neil Bolton says there's still all to play for in the VEKA Ribblesdale Senior League despite defeat at the weekend. Their loss to Baxenden and Settle's win against Barnoldswick - the only two games to be played in the league on Saturday
ROVERS striker Shefki Kuqi is confident that the club has the fire power to be a major force in the Premiership this season. Blackburn bagged a meagre 32 goals in the Premiership last season - the lowest return in the league. But the Finnish international
TRADERS have been warned not to use household recycling bins for commercial waste -- or risk losing the service. Blackburn with Darwen Council contractors have collected what they believed to be domestic waste from pubs since the recycling scheme began
ROSSENDALE Council's "failing" planning department could be taken over in part by an outside agency to clear a major application backlog, it has been revealed. That is just one suggestion councillors will look at when they meet to look at plans for improving
UP to 90 per cent of the council-owned Blackburn Transport bus company could be sold off - prompting fears that jobs and routes could be axed. Officials today stressed that the move was designed to raise money for investment in local transport. But unions
AT one time bus services throughout the country were run by municipal undertakings operated by local councils. But after deregulation in 1986 the bus scene changed dramatically and today Blackburn Transport is in the minority as a local authority-owned
THANK you for printing the most moving and beautiful letter from Mr Zahid Piracha (LET, August 1). It says it all, one needs nothing more and people should learn from this. The letter deserves wider publicity and I do hope it gets it. Like Mr Piracha
UNFORTUNATELY your recent letter writers Christine Oldfield (Redearth Street) and Jayne Waring (Gordon Street) have got hold of the wrong end of the stick in reference to the Darwen Academy. The option of clearance for the homes in the Redearth area was
ARE we becoming occupied like Iraq? As an anti-war protester, I, along with all the others, was assured by Jack Straw that the world would be safer once Iraq was "free" from Saddam. Yet we now know that Jack Straw's department had warned that the US had
UP to 90 per cent of the council-owned Blackburn Transport bus company could be sold off - prompting fears that jobs and routes could be axed. Officials today stressed that the move was designed to raise money for investment in local transport. But unions
THOUSANDS of walkers will descend on Pendle for a four- day festival out in the countryside. Visitors can walk with witches, or try Pendle's own version of the Three Peaks challenge - tackling Pendle, Weets and Boulsworth hills over three days. Organisers
FIREFIGHTERS had to cut an Accrington man free from his vehicle after it spun off the road following a collision with another car. Police said Imran Kahliq, in his 20s, was taken to Blackburn Royal Infirmary suffering minor back injuries after his Nissan
A MAN who acted as a football club mascot has received a six-month jail sentence for indecently assaulting a 14-year-old girl. Entertainer Alan Smith, 50, of Carter Street, Accrington, committed the offence while he worked with his victim in a pub kitchen
Friends of two amateur footballers killed in a sports car crash helped carry their coffins at their funeral yesterday. More than 2,000 mourners turned out for the burial service of Blackburn men Irfan Ahmed Musa, 24, and Suhel Congress, 20.
BURNLEY today swooped to sign Manchester City striker Karl Bermingham on loan. The Irish rookie, 19, has agreed an initial one-month loan deal at Turf Moor that could be extended, despite the new transfer window regulations coming into operation at the
