Lancashire | Archive | 1999 | May
MORE than 30 charges linked to the sale of illegal cigarettes and spirits have been brought against four men. more...
Sunday, May 16, 1999 more...
Tuesday, May 18, 1999 more...
Friday, May 21, 1999 more...
Monday, May 17, 1999 more...
Wednesday May 19, 1999 more...
Thursday, May 20, 1999 more...
VAN MORRISON: Back On Top (Virgin/Pointblank) - Music's answer to Father Jack is back with a soulful, doleful look at life, still sounding like he writes songs on a bar stool. Not the upbeat jig that was his last single Precious Time, the lyrics here have a bitter ring despite the relaxing rhythm. A familiar mix of sax, harmonica and keyboards that will probably miss the charts. (6/10) IM more...
THE top angling news nationally and, I suppose, locally this week relates to some new Government legislation. The nett result of this action will be a fairly dramatic increase in the price of maggots. more...
WITH their closest rivals Rivington losing against Southport, Belvedere won the Lancashire Amateur League at home with a victory over Accrington Amateurs. more...
BIGFLUFF, GONE BEGGIN', NECESSARY ELVIS, at Blakey's Cafe Bar, Blackburn more...
THE BEAUTIFUL SOUTH, at Manchester Arena more...
Teddy Bears Picnic, St Alban's Church, Blackburn, 12 noon-2pm. Bring your own teddy bear. more...
SOCIAL services chiefs are investigating allegations that a woman was attacked by another resident in a care home. more...
PEOPLE power is helping to transform a disused water lodge into a community space for the young and old. more...
THE River Darwen has been given a spring clean in preparation for an environmental event tomorrow. more...
HAVING two bands with similar-sounding names in the same town is likely to cause confusion - but that's the situation in Burnley where young rockers Caine and slighter older band Kain look set to live and let live. more...
TONIGHT (Saturday, May 15th) more...
ONE of Burnley's best-known town centre venues has countered reports that it may be demolished - by launching a new series of alternative music events. more...
NEWCOMERS Flux hope to wipe out memories of their shambolic debut when they support Nilstar in Accrington tonight. more...
A PRIMARY school headteacher has been suspended and an investigation launched amid allegations about the way national tests on pupils were carried out. more...
A £40million plan to create a Shakespeare theatre and centre in Lancashire have been unveiled. more...
POLICE are stepping up the hunt for a vicious thug who slashed a father across the throat minutes after Rovers' crunch game against Manchester United at Ewood Park. more...
A HEADMASTER gave his son top marks for completing this year's London Marathon - and raising £1,100 for the Blackburn Arthritis Care Group. more...
THERE are one or two Blackburn Rovers players who have relegation 'get-out' clauses in their contracts - but that does not apply to any of the five major signings made by Brian Kidd. more...
BURNLEY boss Stan Ternent hopes that next year's end-of-season plaudits will recognise a promotion challenge and not just beating the drop. more...
The Saturday Interview - with Enfield professional Dave Saker more...
THE Blackburn bullet Carl Fogarty forced his way on to the front row of the grid after the first qualifying session of round four of the World Superbike championship at Albacete. more...
HASLINGDEN will be keen to see the back of Joe Scuderi as they bid to maintain their impressive start to the season against Colne at Bentgate tomorrow. more...
DESPITE suffering a high-speed blow-out which punctured their hopes of a class win, Daniel Harper and Les Reger, pictured below, still claimed maximum points in the chase for the Mintex N3 title, more...
WHALLEY sidecar ace John Holden has moved into second place in the ACU British Formula Two Championship after claiming third and fifth in round three of the series at Knockhill in Scotland. more...
MIKE Atherton is unlikley to make his Lancashire comeback until next month. The former England captain, who was forced out of the World Cup by a recurrence of his long term back problem had been tipped to return in the championship game against Northants which started at Old Trafford yesterday. more...
LANCASHIRE Lynx face a difficult away trip to Workington Town at Derwent Park tomorrow. more...
DAVID Moyes is hoping for an exodus from the treatment table to the dressing room in time for Preston's Second Division play-off semi-final first leg against Gillingham at Deepdale tomorrow. more...
COLIN Todd isn't taking anything for granted in Sunday's Sky TV first leg play-off against Ipswich Town (kick off 1pm). more...
FIVE Jennings Ribblesdale League clubs launch their Thwaites LCB Cup campaigns tomorrow. more...
THERE are one or two Blackburn Rovers players who have relegation 'get-out' clauses in their contracts - but that does not apply to any of the five major signings made by Brian Kidd. more...
BURNLEY used a staggering 52 players in the reserves this season as the Pontins League team juggled the requirements of first-teamers, youngsters and trialists. more...
JOHN Filan will at least have something positive to remember the season for - a clean sweep of player-of-the year awards. more...
BURNLEY boss Stan Ternent hopes that next year's end-of-season plaudits will recognise a promotion challenge and not just beating the drop. more...
Premier League farewell: Newcastle United v Blackburn Rovers - Peter White's big match preview more...
RUUD Gullit reckoned he was on an each-way winner building up to tomorrow's final Premiership game of the season against Blackburn Rovers on Tyneside. more...
SUNDAY more...
IT'S do or die tomorrow when Premiership hopefuls Bolton Wanderers take on Ipswich Town in the first leg of the Division One play-off semi-final. more...
25 YEARS AGO more...
BOLTON MPs have been lending their support to the fight for fair trade. more...
BOMB squad officers were called in to detonate an unexploded grenade found on farmland yesterday. more...
TWO local teachers have gone to the top of the class after winning North West teaching awards. more...
I AM an experienced freelance theatre designer, living and predominately working in the North West of England. I am writing to ask for Culture Minister' Chris Smith's help. more...
My grandparents, Charles and Agnes Winch (nee Twist), were born in Crewe in 1883 and were married at St Gregory the Great RC Church, Farnworth, in 1907. They then spent about seven years in India. After returning to England in 1921 and spending some time in the Lake District, they returned to Hazel Grove in Farnworth. In 1924, they migrated to Australia with their children - Joe, Eileen, Dick and Kathleen. My mother, Agnes, was born in Australia in 1925. more...
I REFER to the article "20 years change the way we were". To which section of people is he (or she) referring to? more...
THE GOVERNMENT are spending vast amounts of money prosecuting people for smoking cannabis. more...
THE former Lostock Open Air School in Bolton is being earmarked as a temporary base to house dozens of Kosovo refugees. more...
I AM not sure, but I think your newspaper has set a precedent for itself by showing the crumpled front wing, bumper and bezel of the Rolls Shadowrecently. Ouch! £3,500 repair cost there? I am more than mildly surprised you have shown the damage. Certainly, up until 15-20 years ago, you would not have been allowed to re-print a damaged Rolls or Bentley, by order. The only other photograph of the vehicle I have seen damaged was in a national newspaper a few years ago when the late Leslie Crowther flipped his Rolls over a motorway embankment. more...
ELSIE Mellor bought Cliff Richard's first record when it came out in 1958 - but 40 years later she still hasn't heard it because she hasn't got a record player. The 89-year-old's home is a shrine to Sir Cliff - every room is covered in posters and pictures of her heart-throb. The grandmother-of-four says Sir Cliff is her life and charting his every move as a dedicated fan is her way of keeping herself young. more...
WHAT has happened to our roadway floral landscapes, I have never seen them so unkept and neglected, even the shows of daffodils were not as good as previous spring times? And I do think they were better kept when the Council gardeners were in charge of them, instead of private enterprise. more...
THE mother of a 10-year-old boy who died on a Bank Holiday trip to catch tadpoles and newts made a heartbreaking visit to the scene of the tragedy yesterday. more...
DOES anyone ever praise postmen. If not, may I nominate ours. He's such a pleasant chap and has a kind word for everyone and greets all with a smile. more...
A NEW church for the new Millennium is taking shape in Little Lever. more...
I am at a loss to understand the rationale behind these letters about the Octagon. It strikes me as having all the appearance of a concerted effort to influence things in one direction (known in theatrical terms as a claque, I believe) and I, for one, strongly object to letters, from as far away as London, telling Bolton how to allocate its hard earned resources. more...
LONG summer holidays could be axed in some local schools after a citizens' jury found the stretched-out break "guilty" of harming childrens' education. more...
ARE the Bolton motorists being ripped off regarding the price of petrol. more...
THE aftermath of a 16th century Spanish shipwreck brought an eve of Millennium gleam to Tommy Cunningham's smiling Irish eyes. more...
THIS is an appeal to keep theatre "Made in Bolton". I have recently moved to Bolton, love live theatre, and have been very impressed with a number of performances this past year. more...
WIGAN and Bolton Health Authority have thrown out plans to develop elderly dementia services with Westminister Healthcare and the University of Manchester. more...
PARENTS and staff are celebrating after confirmation that they will get their new school after a 20-year wait. more...
KATH and David Richardson are set to organise a car boot sale and cake stall in aid of Romania. more...
TWO Bolton artists are set for a brush with celebrity next month, when their works are exhibited at a show opened by actor Bill Owen. more...
I WENT to the doctor's the other day because I've not been feeling very well. Nothing serious mind. Just a touch of the aches and shivers. "Not you again!" shrieked the GP who then immediately apologised. "I'm sorry, Mr Silver, I was forgetting my professional etiquette. It's just that all my years of training seem to fall away when I see you step through the door." more...
IT'S looking like a cat and mouse game at the Reebok tomorrow with Play-off rivals Wanderers and Ipswich determined not to give anything away in the first leg. more...
TONY Mowbray - skipper and elder statesman of Wanderers' play-off rivals - says Ipswich are looking back in anger at their failed attempts to clinch a place in the Premiership. more...
IT'S looking like a cat and mouse game at the Reebok tomorrow with Play-off rivals Wanderers and Ipswich determined not to give anything away in the first leg. more...
SOCIAL services chiefs are investigating allegations that a woman was attacked by another resident in a care home. more...
FROM Burnley to London's Royal Albert Hall - it's all in a day's playing for Towneley High School Brass Band. more...
JUNIOR hospital doctors in Burnley are to meet to test the strength of feeling locally for industrial action. more...
ANGRY theatre supporters have won a top-level meeting with Arts Council bosses in London next week to thrash out the circumstances surrounding the decision to reject its multi-million pound lottery bid for a new theatre. more...
A FORMER delivery driver who got behind the wheel for a second time while banned, escaped a jail sentence. more...
THE FIRST British solo exhibition of work by international artist Dryden Goodwin will be at the Mid Pennine Arts Gallery, Burnley, from Saturday, May 29, to July 10. more...
THE DEMOLITION of the pedestrian link between Burnley market and the old multi-storey car stack in Curzon Street from Monday will not affect daytime access, council chiefs have confirmed. more...
STUDENT Matthew Halstead has left hospital and is on his way home to Pendle two months after falling under a float lorry during his college rag procession. more...
A MOTION asking deputy Prime Minister to intervene over cuts to Pendle Council's road repair budget will be debated at the annual meeting on Thursday. more...
FAMILIES have been urged to look at nursing and care home inspection reports before deciding where their relatives should live. more...
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