AUTHOR Chris Stagg is compiling a book about football in Burnley. He is especially keen to obtain information for the period 1945 to 1955 and in particular the football programmes for those years. He will return any material lent or will pay excellent
YOU'D need to be barking mad to believe that the COs and NCOs don't know what is going on inside 42 Royal Marine (or at Deepcut). Nothing changes. In 1958/9 at Hilsea Barracks, Portsmouth, we had a basic training NCO who left camp at 3pm every Friday,
VISITORS to an Accrington shop can have their Christmas presents wrapped for free. Sure Start Hyndburn, an organisation which aims to support parents and young children, has just opened its new Right Start Information Shop, in Whalley Road. The shop will
A 36-year-old Clitheroe man stopped driving in Littlemoor Road later produced a forged insurance cover note at the police station. Blackburn magistrates heard that Paul Bialecki had changed a '7' into a '2' to suggest he was covered when he was driving
AN ACTION plan has been launched to tackle domestic violence across Hyndburn and the Ribble Valley. Since January this year, the Hyndburn and Ribble Valley Domestic Violence Team (HARV) has dealt with more than 270 women and children, an increase of 28per
Burnley FC Leisure and Community programme are running the following soccer courses during Christmas and New Year. All children who book onto courses before Tuesday, December 20 will automatically be entitled to a free match ticket for the Burnley v Plymouth
Burnley have announced ticket details for next month's FA Cup third round tie away to Derby County. The Clarets have been given an initial allocation of 1,829 tickets for the game on Saturday, January 7, priced at £16 (adults), £9 (senior citizens) and
STEVE Cotterill fears that Wayne Thomas may yet need knee surgery to rectify his troublesome cruciate injury. Defender Thomas, 26, is back in training after surgeons decided not to operate on the knee he damaged in a fall with Glen Little at Reading back
ADE Akinbiyi has vowed to carry on giving referees hell after scorching to the top of the Championship goalscoring charts. The Burnley striker is blazing a trail with 13 goals, including a recent hat-trick at Luton and the crucial equaliser in last Saturday's
A CHARITY group which provides second-hand furniture to families in need has received a big lottery boost. A £65,280 grant from the Community Recycling and Economic Development Programme means Blackburn with Darwen Churches Action can employ a white goods
THREE neighbours have transformed their homes into a winter wonderland. The residents in Elm Grove have lit up their street with a sea of twinkling lights. The Christmas spectacular has become so well-known locally for its flamboyant approach to the festive
A DAMNING internal report at Rossendale Council has criticised staff for taking excessive breaks, and claims absenteeism and sickness are rife. The report into the street scene and liveability department, which looks after waste collection, recycling,
CONVICTS who have had the book thrown at them have made their own book for a Blackburn school. Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School can now boast a brand new "Book of Benefaction" thanks to inmates from HM Prison Lancaster. Prisoners produced the leather-bound
ONE of Blackburn town centre's oldest pubs is due to reopen after reverting to its old name. The White Bull, Church Street, has been brought back to life by Adrian Garner, licensee of Bar Ibiza in Mincing Lane and town centre club Never Never Land. The
GRIEVING relatives of two tsunami victims from Blackburn received an apology for delays in identifying their loved ones. The coroner said sorry to scores of relatives as the mass inquest into the deaths of the 93 British people who perished came to an
THE man who beat ex-council leader Sir Bill Taylor in the local elections has quit the Lib Dems - and is refusing to rule out joining Labour. Coun Zamir Khan has told officers at Blackburn with Darwen Council that he has resigned from the Lib Dems and
MINI motorbikes are becoming more and more popular and no doubt some children across East Lancashire will be waking up on Christmas Day to find they have been given one as a present. But unless mum and dad have large gardens (and deaf neighbours), permission
After suffering defeat at the hands of Billingham Bombers last week, Hawks have a score to settle when the North East side arrive at the Arena tomorrow night (face off 6pm). The Bombers beat Hawks 7-4 last Sunday in the first of two English Cup encounters
BREWERS Daniel Thwaites has secured a hat-trick of nominations for some of the industry's most prestigious awards. The Blackburn-based company has been nominated in three separate catagories of the respected Publican Magazine awards. Thwaites has been
I WRITE in response to the headline 'Fury At Masts Threat' in the Burnley Citizen, (November 24). I would give my full support to these protesters and I would even suggest they should blockade the area when the phone engineers arrive to erect the mast
FORMER Blackburn midfielder Barry Ferguson has admitted his poor form is partly to blame for Rangers' disastrous start to the season. The Ibrox skipper, who left Rovers under a dark cloud in January, knows results have simply not been good enough for
BLACKBURN boss Mark Hughes has admitted he made a cheeky bid to sign Teddy Sheringham earlier this year. Hughes is a big admirer of the former England international and he tried to lure him to Ewood in January, when Rovers were struggling for goals up
BLACKBURN boss Mark Hughes today explained his reasons for dropping Robbie Savage and insisted the Welsh midfielder still remains a big part of his plans. Hughes sprang a surprise when he axed the 31-year-old from his starting line-up for last week's
A GREAT Harwood sailor was caught up in a dramatic £200million cocaine haul while his ship was patrolling the Caribbean. The frigate HMS Cumberland was in the western Caribbean when it was sent to intercept a 'go fast' -- a speed boat involved in drug
THE awards are beginning to pile up for Ade Akinbiyi, who was last night crowned the PFA Championship Player of the Month for November. And the Clarets striker has celebrated winning the prestigious award by becoming officially the top rated player outside
CARL Fogarty's Petronas team have plenty to look forward to after an excellent three-day test at the Losail desert circuit in Qatar. Riders Steve Martin and Craig Jones used the Pirelli organised test - attended by a number of the factory World Superbike
STEVE Cotterill fears that Wayne Thomas may yet need knee surgery to rectify his troublesome cruciate injury. Defender Thomas, 26, is back in training after surgeons decided not to operate on the knee he damaged in a fall with Glen Little at Reading back
BLACKBURN boss Mark Hughes today explained his reasons for dropping Robbie Savage and insisted the Welsh midfielder still remains a big part of his plans. Hughes sprang a surprise when he axed the 31-year-old from his starting line-up for last week's
A man arrested for being drunk during last weekend's Blackburn Rovers v Everton game has escaped a football banning order. Martin John Duxbury, 20, of Spire Close, Darwen, admitted being drunk in a designated sports ground and was fined £300 with £60
A DRIVER took his uncle's car because he claimed he owed him money for work he had done. Blackburn magistrates heard that Paul Wilson was staying with his uncle at the time and drove off in the Ford Fiesta after he had gone to bed. Wilson, 24, of Primrose
A WOMAN who was 22 weeks pregnant was kicked about the back and side by her partner who later told police he had drunk a bottle of vodka, three bottles of cider, and taken two bags of heroin. Blackburn magistrates heard that Mark Fisher wouldn't let his
A CANAL towpath is being treated like a "motorway" by children on mini moto motorbikes, police said today. The problem has become so bad along the Leeds and Liverpool canal in Blackburn that officers are speaking to British Waterways to see if certain
