HOW efficient Blackburn with Darwen Council are in fulfiling the old adages. They pursue Margaret Smyth at great cost to recover a penny (LET, August 8) yet one employee is able to allegedly lighten their coffers by £300,000 and one of their departments
THOUSANDS of under-aged boozers as young as 14 are buying alcohol in pubs and shops across East Lancashire -- and even getting served in nightclubs, according to a survey. Nearly half of 14-17 year olds in Blackburn and Darwen -- 47 per cent -- have admitted
MORTEN Gamst Pedersen is ready to show the rest of the Premiership that Blackburn Rovers can build a reputation based on quality football. The Norwegian scored a stunning volley to open his account for the season in Saturday's 2-1 win over Fulham and
BURNLEY boss Steve Cotterill was full of praise for his young guns despite defeat at Vicarage Road. Such is the injury crisis facing his squad Cotterill was forced to give full debuts to teenagers Kyle Lafferty, Chris McCann and Karl Bermingham - and
STEVE Cotterill today spoke of his relief after it was revealed keeper Brian Jensen suffered no lasting damage following the injury at Watford on Saturday. Jensen fell in agony clutching his throat after an innocuous-looking collision with Hornets striker
I'M beginning to wonder what Steve Cotterill has done to upset Lady Luck. But he'd better whip round to her house with a bunch of roses and a bottle of bubbly or risk seeing his injury-hit squad become even more threadbare. But some shocking officiating
LOWERHOUSE powered into a 14-point lead after Ramsbottom slipped up in what could turn out to be a pivotal weekend in the Lancashire League. On Saturday, Chris Benbow's 7-55 helped Lowerhouse to a 12-point win over East Lancs. They also picked up another
MORTEN Gamst Pedersen is ready to show the rest of the Premiership that Blackburn Rovers can build a reputation based on quality football. The Norwegian scored a stunning volley to open his account for the season in Saturday's 2-1 win over Fulham and
IN the past year a lot has been done to tackle the problem of large numbers of drunken teenagers causing havoc on our streets especially at evenings and weekends. Increasing numbers of under-17s have been prosecuted for drinking under age and being drunk
WE'RE glad that serious issues around provision and funding of care are finally getting the attention they deserve (following the DTI's response this week to the OFT's damning report into care homes). But the real losers in the meantime are older people
SOMETIMES the left hand doesn't seem to know what the right hand is doing, for I've long been of the opinion that it is possible to sit in a bar or cafe and smoke a cigarette with my left hand whilst drinking a glass of wine with my right, or vice versa
MARK Hughes was full of praise for his match-winners after Blackburn Rovers got off the mark with a 2-1 victory over Fulham. Ewood Park witnessed a couple of wonder goals as Morten Gamst Pedersen and Tugay blasted the Londoners into orbit with stunning
MORTEN Gamst Pedersen has virtually been running his own goal of the season competition since arriving at Ewood Park. But in terms of the 2005-06 campaign, bets for the winner could be off after Saturday's staggering opening goal set Blackburn on their
Sri Lankan professional Jeeva Kalatunta put Barnoldswick back in the Veka Ribblesdale League title race with an innings that destroyed Great Harwood's Bowling attack. Kulatunga raced to 111 and was backed up by his skipper, John Pickup, who added 50 not
STEVE Cotterill today spoke of his relief after it was revealed keeper Brian Jensen suffered no lasting damage following the injury at Watford on Saturday. Jensen fell in agony clutching his throat after an innocuous-looking collision with Hornets striker
