Lancashire | Archive | 2004 | February
POLICE seized 150 cannabis plants during a raid on an Accrington drugs factory. more...
DRINKERS in Accrington may still be targeted by national pub chain Wetherspoons after the company revealed it was looking at a fourth venue in the town. more...
POLICE are appealing for information after a 12-year-old schoolgirl went missing from home. more...
POLICE were today quizzing a 20-year-old man after an Accrington resident was tied up and robbed in his own home. more...
EXPERTS have been drafted in to tackle the school-run headache after revealing more and more Lancashire primary children are walking to class. more...
POLICE bosses fear their plans for 500 extra officers have been dashed after being told that a 28 per cent rise in council tax would be capped. more...
A BLACKBURN woman has criticised a Lancashire hospital after her husband's treatment was cancelled following a six-hour wait. more...
A BLACKBURN mum has left the school kitchen and become a teacher. more...
A LEADING Blackburn councillor is asking town hall finance bosses to pay for worn-out astroturf pitches to be replaced. more...
A COUNCIL is to consider compensation claims after a tree fell and smashed several headstones at a Blackburn cemetery during gale force winds. more...
A FUND-raising initiative for East Lancashire's three hospices brought in £1,400 last week. more...
EAST Lancashire people returning from the Hajj pilgrimage are being reminded to be aware of the symptoms of meningitis and septicaemia. more...
THIEVES are on the prowl in the Redlam area of Blackburn -- and residents are being urged not to make life easy for them. more...
A WELL-known face from Blackburn Royal Infirmary and Queen's Park Hospital has graduated from Liverpool University with a master's degree in clinical nursing. more...
MANY small firms in Bolton are not aware that company directors can be prosecuted for not having the correct computer software licences. more...
A NEW one-stop hair and beauty salon has opened its doors in Bolton. more...
A BAD claims experience is the key to most people changing their household or contents insurance. more...
THERE is still an employment life for the 40-to-retirement age worker. more...
BOLTON businesses are paying dearly as the Mydoom virus spreads. more...
FORMER Boltonian Les Tindall has emailed from Florida to say he still keeps in touch with home via the Bolton Evening News website. more...
FRIENDS and acquaintances trying to get in touch with Ron Knott (formerly of St Mark's Church School, Bolton) might have had some difficulty with the e-mail address we printed for his home in Clehonger, Hereford. more...
From the Evening News, February 4, 1904: TO the Editor. Sir, In this age of keen competition we humble folk are often reminded by those who profess to know, that as a nation we are considerably behind the times, and certainly if the speed of our trams in Bolton be taken as the criterion, the statement is not without a large measure of truth. more...
From the Evening News February 2, 1904: ONE of the most popular turns at the Grand Theatre this week is provided by Percy Farnworth, the Lancashire singing collier, who is daily working at a Standish pit belonging to the Wigan Coal and Iron Co. more...
From the Evening News February 3, 1904: MR J.T. Baxendale presided over a meeting of the Easter Monday Horse Show Society at the Swan Hotel on Monday evening, when it was stated that an effort will be made to secure a detachment of the Army Service Corps to give a military display. more...
From the Evening News, February 10, 1904: MR E. Briggs, the well-known reciter, paid a second visit to Halliwell Road Free Church on Tuesday. more...
1763: After the Seven Years War, the Treaty of Paris was signed with France ceding Canada to Britain. more...
BOLTON Community College on Manchester Road serves the needs of modern students, but it is still known to generations of local people as "the Tech." more...
PUPILS across Bolton helped to change lives by changing their uniforms for a day of themed dress fun. more...
PARENTS in Bolton are being urged to talk to their children more and watch television less to help improve children's verbal skills. more...
TUITION fees were the hot topic when students from a Bolton secondary school got the chance to question Bolton West MP and government minister Ruth Kelly. more...
COFFEE drinkers in Bolton are being urged to take a break for development charity ActionAid. more...
A NIGHT of music and karaoke is to be held at St Paul's Peel Parish Community Hall, Manchester Road West, on Saturday, February 28. more...
A CONTRACEPTION awareness campaign is being held this week in Greater Manchester to coincide with Valentine's Day. more...
A BOLTON MP will be flipping pancakes on Shrove Tuesday to raise money for charity. more...
POLICE are questioning seven people following the deaths of 19 cockle pickers in Morecambe Bay. more...
THE head of one of Britain's best-known Indian food companies is being sued by his two sisters for a share of the multi-million pound business. more...
THE guilt or innocence of a man accused of raping and attempting to murder a Kearsley mum hangs purely on his identity, a jury was told. more...
HORWICH New Heart Club has raised £140,000 in just 14 years and it is hoping to swell the coffers further with its annual fund raising walk this year. more...
RESIDENTS have vowed to fight plans to install three tanks for highly flammable fuel at a Bolton filling station. more...
BUSINESSES in Little Lever have been invited to join forces to help tackle crime in a scheme which could bring more CCTV cameras to the village. more...
RESIDENTS have vowed to fight plans to put in three tanks for highly flammable fuel at a Bolton filling station. more...
ONE of Bolton's oldest buildings -- which has become a target for vandals -- has been given the go-ahead to improve security with perimeter fencing and CCTV. more...
COUNCILLORS have called on power chiefs to pull the plug on Westhoughton's unreliable supply after the latest in a string of blackouts hit the town. more...
A PUBLIC meeting will be held to discuss ways of revitalising one of Bolton's most popular parks. more...
A 22-year-old alarm engineer suffered fatal brain damage when he took amphetamines, an inquest was told. more...
PUBLIC transport services in Bolton have received a boost after bosses agreed an increase for this year's budget. more...
WE are the champions - that is the shout from pupils from St Osmund's primary school, Breightmet, who celebrated winning a Bolton cycling competition. more...
A 13ft high rocket is being taken to a Bolton school to help stimulate interest in science and engineering. more...
A 13ft high rocket is being taken to a Bolton school to help stimulate interest in science and engineering. more...
SCHOOL inspections in Bolton are to undergo a radical review. more...
ROMANCE is in the air with Valentine's Day almost here. The incurable romantics among us, who consider February 14 to be one of the most important dates on the calendar, have been scouring the shops for that extra special present for their loved one. more...
BOLTON Brewers, the town's only baseball team, has issued a call for new players. more...
POP group Clea, which includes Ltttle Hulton singer Lynsey Brown, are confident their latest single will soar into the Top 10. more...
A MAN in his 40s brought traffic to a standstill on Monday night after he threatened to throw himself off a motorway bridge. more...
FIREFIGHTERS from Bolton's Crompton Way station were among crews sent to Rochdale yesterday to tackle a chemical incident. more...
BOLTON'S Citizens Advice Bureau is seeking more volunteers to help meet a growing demand for help. more...
TWO lucky radio listeners scooped the first prize of meeting five-times Olympic rowing champion Sir Steven Redgrave. more...
DRIVERS faced long delays after13 sheep wandered on to the M61 on Monday. more...
STAFF and shoppers at two Bolton supermarkets have raised more than £3,000 for Marie Curie Cancer Care. more...
PEOPLE who have experienced a difficult separation or divorce are being offered a four-week training course to help them move on with their lives. more...
PUPILS across Bolton helped to change lives by changing their uniforms for a day of themed dress fun. more...
PARENTS in Bolton are being urged to talk to their children more and watch television less to help improve children's verbal skills. more...
CHILDREN at Blackrod Primary School in Bolton learnedabout the work of a paramedic when the Greater Manchester Ambulance Service visited them. more...
THE mental health charity Mind has produced a leaflet for patients and families of patients who might have to be admitted to a psychiatric ward. more...
A BOLTON MP will be flipping pancakes on Shrove Tuesday to raise money for charity. more...
COFFEE drinkers in Bolton are being urged to take a break for development charity ActionAid. more...
A PAINTING by LS Lowry could raise £100,000 for a school. more...
A NIGHT porter slashed his arms in prison after confessing to an inmate that he had started a fire at a Bolton hotel in which an elderly couple died, a court was told. more...
SOME of Bolton's 14 axed post office branches could have been saved if new closure procedures had been brought in sooner, says a Bolton MP. more...
IN response to the article "Salsa dancing -- to the council's tune" (February 6) I would like to make the following comments. more...
IT is interesting to note Brian Derbyshire's concerns over lead pipes and the effects of lead absorption on a child's brain. more...
ON Monday, February 2, the Bolton Evening News reported on the startling fact that Bolton's GPs will not work on call or hold Saturday surgeries from the beginning of next year, the reason seemingly to do with the installation of a special computer system at home linked to a central database giving access to records. more...
ABOUT once a month or more often, a whingeing motorist breaks cover in your column to complain about the cost of car parking in Bolton, and the shortage of parking spaces. more...
WITH regard to Cllr Mary Woodward's comments of February 6. more...
SO there'll be no dancing in East Bolton if Tory Cllr Paul Brierley get's his way (Bolton Evening News, February 6). more...
I NOTE that traders of Horwich are complaining about Argos opening at Middlebrook. more...
I WOULD like to send a huge thank you to the cast and crew of Withins School production of Grease for a wonderful evening. more...
I WOULD like to assure the reader (Friday, February 6) that I am in no way taking the contaminated land issue in Little Lever lightly. more...
HORWICH RMI maintained their promotion ambitions in the LAL First Division, when they picked up three more valuable points with a hard-fought 3-1 victory over Astley Bridge Sladians. more...
LEIGH RMI Ladies produced a stirring display, when they fielded only nine players, but still managed to beat Greyhound Gunners 4-3. more...
THE ladies Three-a-Side will take place on Monday, February 16, at Halliwell Con Club. Draw will be 8.30pm. more...
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BOLTON BOYS & GIRLS FED: EAGLEY Youth U14 have reached the LFA Youth Cup Final after a crushing victory over Clarence Athletic. more...
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SEVERAL Grand National prospects are set to prepare for Aintree with runs at Haydock Park on Valentine's Day. more...
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THE Redrow Lancashire Amateur Football League is currently accepting applications for membership for the coming season 2004 -2005. more...
BOLTON-born Sajid Mahmood took four wickets for England A but could not save them from a second one-day cricket international defeat against India A in 24 hours. more...
CARL Thompson caused a major upset by winning the IBO cruiserweight world title at the age of 39. more...
THE Reebok Stadium is set to become one of the top venues in world darts. more...
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NEW Leicester signing Steffen Freund says that Tuesday night's Premiership clash against Bolton Wanderers is a 'must-win game'. more...
THEY have travelled thousands of miles to watch the Super Whites play every week. more...
WANDERERS have recalled midfielder Derek Niven as cover from his loan stint at Chesterfield. more...
IN terms of raw talent, ability and flair, Jay-Jay Okocha is undoubtedly the best Bolton Wanderers player since Frank Worthington. more...
Leicester City 1, Wanderers 1: WANDERERS came from behind to claim a draw on their first visit to the Walkers Stadium and stretch their unbeaten Premiership run to five games. more...
CHIEF Soccer Writer Gordon Sharrock reports exclusively for this web site from Leicester City. more...
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THE heartbroken family of the three sisters who died in a house fire have spoken about the tragedy for the first time. more...
AMBULANCE staff today warned of further tragedies after only one paramedic arrived to help the three sisters who died in an East Lancashire house fire. more...
PRIME Minister Tony Blair has promised to look into problems caused when funding for crime-tackling neighbourhood wardens and community support officers runs out. more...
A TEENAGER who had three children by the time she was 17 has admitted killing her 19-month-old daughter. more...
DISTRAUGHT staff today spoke of their shock and upset at the death of fire victim Gemma Waddington - nearly two years after she was saved from drowning at their pool. more...
BUDDING Britney Spears and Gareth Gates sound-a-likes have stepped up to the microphone to take part in a special Stars in Their Eyes-style talent competition. more...
FOLLOWING the meeting between Cliviger Parish Council and Leanne Sheradon from LCC Adult Education Department, it is proposed to run adult education classes in the parish. more...
A HALF-time cigarette almost cost football fan Clint Shackley the right to watch his Clarets heroes. more...
POLICE are warning youngsters and parents to be on their guard after a suspected pervert was spotted filming children in a Padiham park. more...
LANCASHIRE County Council is set to finalise its council tax proposals at a meeting this week. more...
A TWO-day business awareness event at Bury's Holy Cross College enjoyed added fizz when a Coca Cola executive addressed the students. more...
IT was not so much a white wedding as a green one when a couple tied the knot at an allotment site in Bury more...
ACCIDENT victim Michelle Williams remains critically ill more than a week after she was struck by a car in Radcliffe. more...
A TWO-day business awareness event at Bury's Holy Cross College enjoyed added fizz when a Coca Cola executive addressed the students. more...
A RIDER was rescued from moorland above Bury after she was thrown from her horse. more...
A 35-YEAR-OLD Bury man was treated in hospital for smoke inhalation after a fire involving a toaster. more...
BURY busker Nick Bold has missed out on a place in the grand final of ITV's popular Stars In Your Eyes. more...
BREAKING the school rules is allowed when you are the headmaster -- and especially when it's all in a good cause. more...
FAMILY commitments meant I just couldn't make it to Turf Moor on Saturday. more...
BURNLEY boss Stan Ternent has finally struck gold to boost Burnley's survival hopes. more...
BURNLEY have lodged an appeal with the FA after learning that Richard Chaplow could be forced to miss their FA Cup fifth round tie. more...
FORMER Burnley striker Gareth Taylor admits he faces an uncertain future at Nottingham Forest. more...
I THINK it was Pele who first coined the phrase "the beautiful game" to describe football. more...
A CONTROVERSIAL stage at the Colne Rhythm and Blues festival could be scaled down after complaints about disorder and noise. more...
RESIDENTS in the Cranberry Lane area of Darwen have set up an action group to fight plans for a large housing development behind their houses. more...
CROWDS of people made their way to Darwen Leisure Centre to hear a talk by two former punks who have become born-again Christians. more...
A SUCCESSFUL businessman and his friend have failed to get sentence cuts for their roles in smuggling four million cigarettes into the UK. more...
DARWEN'S St John Ambulance Hall was taken over by colourful blooms during Darwen Civic Society's Darwen Schools Bulb Competition and Exhibition. more...
GRANDPARENTS can go back to school during a special open day at Turton and Edgworth Primary. more...
THE multi-millionaire boss of Leyland-based Enterprise plc has quit the company he helped build. more...
DARWEN Moorland High School has been put into special measures by the Office for Standards in Education after being described as "unsatisfactory". more...
EXPERTS have been drafted in to tackle the school-run headache after revealing more and more Lancashire primary children are walking to class. more...
MORE than 1,800 pints were downed at the Black Horse Winter Beer Festival -- but the fun was all for a good cause. more...
THE pub is winning out in the battle against the nightclubs in Blackburn, according to a latest poll. more...
AN ambitious chef is hoping to bring 'haute cuisine' to Darwen. Mark Lord, 32, is the new chef at The Circus pub and has high hopes for his new post. more...
A FAT, plain, bespectacled girl makes for an unlikely heroine in Blackburn Arts Club's production of Wedding of the Year, to be staged at the Club Theatre, Gibraltar Street between March 2 and 6. more...
OSWALDTWISTLE Players' performances are typically spirited affairs. But the players' April production will prove a little more spirited than usual. more...
A MOP-haired orphan and her dog Sandy are paying a visit to Colne next month to star in one of the 20th century's most popular musicals. more...
ST Thomas' Players present Treasure Island, a pantomime by Jim Sperinck at St Veronica's Centre, Helmshore. more...
DARWEN Moorland High School has been put into special measures by the Office for Standards in Education after being described as "unsatisfactory". more...
HOSPITAL chiefs in East Lancashire are appealing to patients to let them know if they are unable to attend appointments in a bid to cut waiting times. more...
Blackie is a black and white cross Collie, approximately four to five years old. He was admitted to the Home on 30th October 2003 via the Oldham Dog Warden after he was found wandering in Coldhurst. more...
Max is a black and tan cross breed, approximately four to five years old. more...
A LOOK at events, from amateur theatre to rambles through our beautiful countryside. more...
A LOOK at events, from amateur theatre to rambles through our beautiful countryside. more...
THE Duke of Kent paid a visit to two of East Lancashire's most successful export companies in his capacity as vice chairman of the Overseas Trade Board. more...
BLACKBURN-born film star, Shirley Burniston, made her fourth film appearance in "You Know What Sailors Are." more...
SEISMOLOGISTS appealed for readers to help them solve the mystery of the tremor that shook Lancashire that week. more...
AMBULANCE staff today warned of further tragedies after only one paramedic arrived to help the three sisters who died in an East Lancashire house fire. more...
POLICE bosses fear their plans for 500 extra officers have been dashed after being told that a 28 per cent rise in council tax would be capped. more...
FOR those of us, who were, from the very start, against UK involvement in the attack on Iraq, the Hutton report can only be seen as a propaganda diversion and outrageously biased. more...
DARRENERS can be justly pleased and proud of their town hall clock, having recently been renovated along with the tower within which it is placed. more...
REGARDING the shock news that we, in the North West are to have postal votes for everyone -- I cannot believe it! Our democracy has always been held up by the one person, one vote system. more...
I AM replying to the letter about the black cabs on Penny Street (LET, February 2). more...
SOME weeks ago, Stephen Capriati appealed for toys for the children of Bam who lost everything in the earthquake. more...
THE dedication of all those who work so hard to save lives for Lancashire Ambulance Service is beyond any doubt. more...
ANDY Cole today issued a heartfelt thank-you to those Blackburn fans who have stood by him during one of the most frustrating spells of his career. more...
BURNLEY have lodged an appeal with the FA after learning that Richard Chaplow could be forced to miss their FA Cup fifth round tie. more...
BACUP goalkeeper David Felgate has picked up the North West Counties Division One 'Safe Hands' award for January. more...
COLNE get back to the nitty gritty of the league after earning a place in the FA Vase quarter final. more...
LANCASHIRE League champions East Lancs will be looking for a new professional for the summer after Northamptonshire signed South African all-rounder Johann Louw. more...
The cream of the county's secondary school runners met at Witton Park on Saturday morning for the Lancashire Schools' Cross Country Championships. more...
When George Doutel says that everyone involved in sport is a winner then you sit up and take notice. more...
Goalkeeper Thomas Wallbank was the unlikely goal-scoring hero as St Joseph's clinched a dramatic shoot-out victory. more...
Big Rick Wilson picked the right time to score his first goal in five years to boost Golden Cup's hopes of automatic promotion. more...
Barnoldswick United have shelved plans to join the North West Counties League. more...
Blackburn Northern under 11s are the first winners of this year's borough indoor six-a-side cricket championships. more...
THE head of one of Britain's best-known Indian food companies, which has a factory in Leigh, is being sued by his two sisters for a share of the multi-million pound business. more...
ROYTON Town resumed the leadership of the Premier Division with a 2-0 win over Dukinfield Town, wresting top spot from Prestwich Heys. Chris McKay and Danny Taylor scored the goals. more...
PENDLE MP Gordon Prentice is backing a campaign to stamp out uninvited doorstep trading. more...
PENDLE is celebrating its contribution to Lancashire's victory in a national recycling awards scheme. more...
SEAN Gregan insists he has many fond memories of Deepdale. Saturday's appearance as the skipper of the opposition won't be one of them. more...
NORTH End's list of walking wounded has lengthened after doctors confirmed Dickson Etuhu and David Lucas would be out of action for up to six weeks. more...
PARKS and public spaces in Ramsbottom and Bury are to be redeveloped thanks to a £3million boost. more...
YOUNGSTERS from a Ramsbottom primary school have been rewarded for completing their green mission to collect old Yellow Pages books and turn them into cash. more...
A HEADTEACHER has praised pupils and teachers at a Rossendale primary school after it received a good Ofsted report. more...
AS you probably know, my words in this column have not always been complimentary to the manager and players down at Ewood lately. more...
ANDY Cole today issued a heartfelt thank-you to those Blackburn fans who have stood by him during one of the most frustrating spells of his career. more...
BLACKBURN striker Paul Gallagher believes Rovers' young guns have what it takes to fire the goals to banish the club's relegation fears once and for all. more...
FURIOUS Accrington Stanley manager John Coleman believes his side has become a soft target for Nationwide Conference referees. more...
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