Lancashire | Archive | 2004 | February
A MAN has been charged with assisting his brother who is accused of murdering his mother-in-law. more...
MORE than two hundred mourners paid their final farewell to hit-and-run victim Shaun Metcalfe in an emotionally-charged funeral service. more...
ACCRINGTON market hall could be refurbished after traders drew up a wishlist of improvements. more...
THE man in charge of East Lancashire's bid for hundreds of millions of pounds of Government cash to revitalise the area's rundown housing today denied it had been snubbed as money was given to Merseyside and Tyneside. more...
AN ice hockey player struck an opponent in the face with a stick and punched him in the head during a match at Blackburn Arena, a court has heard. more...
HOLIDAY operators and coach firms have been given a taste of East Lancashire to highlight the area as a 'short break' destination. more...
RUGBY World Cup star Will Greenwood today thanked the people of East Lancashire for their support after he became the father of a new-born son. more...
YOUNG Muslims celebrating the festival of Eid in a mosque were urged to stop congregating in Blackburn shopping centre by community leaders. more...
A PLANNED £10million cinema complex plan will not go ahead because a council has refused to sell the land to developers, it was revealed today. more...
A PASSENGER smashed a window and jumped out of a moving taxi because he was frightened of what the driver might be planning to do, a court heard. more...
A FREE seminar could save some Bolton companies money in fines. more...
"IF you are eligible, claim it" is the advice from shopworkers union Usdaw after the recent rise in Child Tax Credit. more...
THE builder of a Bolton hotel has won an award -- from the company which owns the hotel. more...
A MULTI-million pound Bolton-based company has been helped to relocate by a high street bank. more...
THE majority of businesses are still not taking steps to sort out the pay gap between the sexes. more...
BUSINESSES and retailers must give consumers clearer information on settling disputes that do not result in court hearings. more...
Feast of St Blaise - patron of throats and woolcombers. An annual blessing of throats is held at St Ethelreda's Church in London. more...
NINETEEN pupils from Bolton School have been offered places at Oxford and Cambridge universities. more...
YOUNGSTERS who sing on the backing track for a new Warburtons TV advert have been presented with a copy of their recording. more...
A BOLTON nightclub which burned down more than two years ago could rise again from the ashes. more...
Octagon Theatre, Bolton. Runs until February 21 more...
Grand Operatic Charity Concert more...
The Railway Children, Farnworth Little Theatre, more...
THE 126th anniversary of the founding of the Salvation Army in Bolton will be celebrated this weekend. more...
COUNCIL tax payers would see a significant hike in their bills to pay for the creation of a regional parliament, says the chairman of the North West Says No campaign. more...
A FAMILY has been driven out of their Bolton home after a 15-month campaign of terror by two young hooligans. more...
NEW security measures are set to be installed at one of Bolton's most historic buildings to protect it from vandals and arsonists. more...
A BUSINESSMAN denies murdering a man from London and setting fire to his body in a remote field in Cumbria. more...
A FORMER DJ who is now patrolling the streets of Iraq with the Territorial Army has spoken of the dangers he faces in the country. more...
A FEARLESS motocross rider has already set his sights on the top -- at the tender age of seven. more...
BOLTON Samaritans have issued an urgent appeal for help -- to avert a cash crisis which could close the life-saving local service. more...
A FORMER haulage company manager who stole pensioners' handbags to fund his drug habit has been jailed for four years. more...
BOLTON Wanderers' mascot Lofty the Lion turned from king of the Jungle to king of rock 'n' roll this week. more...
ALICE Woodhead is a bubbly six-year-old with a real zest for life. more...
A PROLIFIC burglar escaped being jailed after a judge was told how he had lost his sight in prison. more...
A MAN enraged at unfounded rumours that he was a paedophile terrified a mum and her children with a gun. more...
A BOLTON nightclub which burned down more than two years ago could rise again from the ashes. more...
A BOLTON woman who has worked hard to help people with heart problems is to receive an award. more...
THE Red Arrows aerobatic team perform their well-known V for Victory fly-past to the gasping crowds below. more...
TRANSPORT chiefs in Bolton are turning back the clock -- by changing the colour of one of its buses. more...
AFTER finding lost cities and travelling across uninhabitable parts of the globe, intrepid explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes is coming to give a speech in Bolton. more...
A WOMAN was dragged along a supermarket car park as she tried to stop a thief driving off with her handbag. more...
A SCHEME which helps older people in Bolton get fit is celebrating the success of its first year. more...
A LOVING daughter's pledge to her parents was fulfilled when she held a charity concert at Bolton's Victoria Hall. more...
PRIVATE care home owners who say Bury Council has not offered them enough money to look after elderly residents have won the first round of their High Court challenge. more...
A DRIVER who gave a false name to police was caught when the man whose name he had used heard that a warrant was out for his arrest. more...
WANDERERS striker Kevin Davies and his girlfriend, Emma Shield, have been celebrating the birth of a baby boy, Lucas. more...
A COMPANY which charged high fees to list business entries on an internet directory has been wound up following an investigation by the Department of Trade and Industry. more...
NINETEEN pupils from Bolton School have been offered places at Oxford and Cambridge universities. more...
RAIL passengers travelling between Adlington and Blackrod may have to rethink their journeys after alterations to train timetables. more...
A CHARITY has received a huge boost thanks to the generosity of Bolton shoppers. more...
A TEACHER training course used by teachers in Bolton has been praised by education watchdogs. more...
YOUNG bookworms presented their favourite librarian with farewell cards and a song to mark her retirement. more...
A NURSERY is celebrating after passing an education watchdog inspection with flying colours. more...
THE 126th anniversary of the founding of the Salvation Army in Bolton will be celebrated this weekend. more...
A MAN who left a garage without paying for petrol was jailed for one day. more...
SCHOOLS are being invited to boost their citizenship education with a make a difference day. more...
SPECIAL half-term activities are being planned at Manchester's People's History Museum from Saturday, February 14, to Sunday, February 22. more...
A MEMBER of staff was struck on the head by robbers at a Bury newsagents. more...
A COFFEE day to raise money for Derian House and Cancer Research UK made almost £600 for the charities. more...
BLOOD donor sessions will be held from 1.30pm to 3.30pm and from 5.30 to 7.30pm tomorrow at the Formby Hall, Atherton. more...
BOLTON Cardiac Support Group has raised £1,030 from a Christmas raffle. more...
THE EXCITING classroom exploits of a teacher have been rewarded by the Institute of Physics. more...
FARNWORTH Councillor Jim Lord's next surgery is on Tuesday March 2. It will be at the New Bury Community Centre, Buckley Lane, Farnworth between 7pm and 8pm. more...
A MOTHER of two begged for her life when she thought a rapist was going to kill her. more...
A TWO-year-old boy escaped injury after vandals threw a stone through a bus window. more...
WITH reference to the article headed, "Grit was offered to ice-hit schools". more...
THE only thing other than education BMBC are not cutting is the wage bill. more...
ON the night that Lord Hutton's astonishingly one-sided attack on the BBC was published, the 10 O'clock News reported the criticisms against their own organisation in great detail. more...
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WITH reference to the Citizen's oath, "I will give my loyalty to the United Kingdom and respect its rights and freedoms. I will uphold its democratic values. I will observe its laws faithfully and fulfil my duties and obligations as a British citizen." more...
Jim Worsley Memorial Trophy more...
Fixtures and tables more...
Schools' football by Graeme Hollinshead: TURTON College striker Ryan Moore was on target in Greater Manchester U19s 5-3 win against Lancashire at Blackpool in the English Schools' competition. more...
Bolton Pioneer Sunday League Cup: THE Hulton Lane derby produced a 13-goal thriller in the Pioneer League Cup. more...
FOOTBALL coaches from around the world were in Bolton for a top-level conference last week. more...
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HORWICH world pro boxing star Robin Reid, four times WBC world super middleweight champion, was told today by promoter Jess Harding that he will have to wait until the weekend to learn whether his appeal over the controversial points defeat by Germany's Sven Ottke last month for the IBF and WBA World titles will be overturned. more...
LEVER Bridge have now changed to Volunteer, while Crofters Carckpots have been expelled from Section Three for non-payment of league fees. All points for the first half of the season will stand. more...
WANDERERS striker Kevin Davies and his girlfriend, Emma Shield, have been celebrating the birth of a baby boy, Lucas. more...
WANDERERS will play Middlesbrough in the Carling Cup Final after Arsenal were beaten 2-1 in their semi-final second leg at The Riverside. more...
VICTIMS of hate crime can report offences in a town centre gay bar in a bid to encourage them to come forward. more...
A BURNLEY project is appealing for volunteers to give town centre clubbers information on recreational drugs. more...
POLICE in the Pennine division have launched a 'Be Safe, Be Seen' safety campaign for school children in the area. more...
WORK on a new £1.25million school building for primary school pupils in Burnley is due to be completed in the summer. more...
COUNCILLORS are set to rubber-stamp plans to demolish two dilapidated community centres at tonight's executive meeting. more...
CLIVIGER - Parish Councillors will meet with Leanne Sheradon from Lancashire County Council Adult Education Department tomorrow night, as the LCC have stated that they want adult education classes to be available within the parish. more...
A MAN doing a friend a favour by taking her to see her son in prison ended up behind bars himself. more...
IT was a poignant trip down Memory Lane when the first-ever head girl of Elton High School made an emotional return visit after nearly five decades. more...
A NEWSPAPER for the Asian community has been removed from public display in Bury Town Hall, because it could offend the Pakistani community. more...
IT was more Scrapheap Challenge than Top Gear when Steve Berry got behind the wheel of his latest motor! more...
ALMOST 50 per cent of all 999 calls to the local ambulance service are for people who do not need accident and emergency treatment. more...
LEADERS of Bury Council have received a boost in their hopes of merging with parts of Rossendale. more...
TONY Grant believes Burnley need fear no-one as they battle to stay in Division One. more...
SO FAR so good. The draw at Wigan is perhaps the strongest sign yet that the lads have turned the corner. more...
IT IS one of football's most blindingly obvious maxims that if you don't concede goals, you don't lose matches. And if you don't lose matches, you have half a chance of being successful. So it is with Burnley at the moment. more...
THE father of a Whalley man allegedly murdered by his girlfriend on the Isle of Man has spoken of his shock over his son's tragic death. more...
CLASSMATES of a Clitheroe student who contracted tuberculosis (TB) will this week undergo chest x-rays to ensure the disease has not been passed on. more...
THOUSANDS of hi-tech East Lancashire jobs are hanging in the balance due to Government delays, a union chief warned today. more...
BOWLAND Pennine Mountain Rescue Team put themselves to the test with their annual training exercise. more...
A HOME library service in Pendle is appealing for more housebound customers after it became inundated with eager volunteers. more...
COMMUNITY groups in the West Craven area are being given a last chance to apply for grant funding of up to £800. more...
GRAFFITI which is making an area of Darwen look untidy will only be removed if the words are racist or offensive, a councillor has been told. more...
RESIDENTS and motorists in the Darwen area are being urged to make sure their property is locked up securely after an increase in thefts. more...
A FORMER Darwen head teacher is negotiating early retirement in the wake of a damning inspection report. more...
ANYONE planning to pop the question this Valentine's Night is being offered the opportunity to make the occasion extra special at a Cliviger inn. more...
TOMMY Delaney has just taken over the reigns at the Park Inn, Manchester Road, Accrington. more...
THREE fairy godmothers, a wicked witch and a cuddly panda are just some of the interesting elements in Temple Street Pantomime group's February pantomime - The Sleeping Beauty. more...
WHEN is an Englishman's home not his castle? According to the law a person may use such force as is reasonable in the prevention of crime. But how to assess reasonable? more...
BLACKBURN Drama Club celebrated its 60th anniversary in style. more...
HARRIET solves her financial problems by entertaining two men, Gordon and Alec, on different days of the week. more...
THE 'battle of slacks' at Maltby ended in a draw when Mrs E Dyson, whose 13-year-old daughter, Muriel, was sent home from Maltby Hall Secondary School by the headmistress for turning up in slacks, sought the advice of a family doctor. more...
THERE was to be a quick return to normal in the shops and factories of East Lancashire following the end of the lorry drivers' strike. more...
AN expert on circus law was calling for tougher legislation to protect performing animals. more...
RUGBY World Cup star Will Greenwood today thanked the people of East Lancashire for their support after he became the father of a new-born son. more...
A MAN has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving after two people died and a third was seriously injured in a car smash. more...
AFTER reading your headlines (LET January 20), I feel that I must write to offer my support to the 'gangs' of moshers and goths who congregate on Church Street. more...
READING this month's council propaganda news sheet, The Shuttle, I see that yet another independent set of auditors has pronounced Blackburn 'Excellent and improving.' Anyone who is familiar with the services provided to the town by its council must surely be as amazed as I am by such a decision. more...
EAST Lancashire's desperate need for government cash to revitalise rundown housing is well chronicled. more...
BLACKBURN Rovers' latest signing Jonathan Stead today vowed: 'I'm ready to prove myself in the Premiership.' more...
TONY Grant believes Burnley need fear no-one as they battle to stay in Division One. more...
CHORLEY have been boosted by the signing of Scarborough striker Tom Raw on loan for the rest of the season. more...
FOLK star Bram Taylor will see his seventh solo album hit the music stores next month before heading off for his sixth US tour and a debut trip to Canada. more...
A MAN enraged at unfounded rumours that he was a paedophile terrified a mum and her children with a gun. more...
BOLTON Association cricket side Golborne are looking for a professional for the coming season. more...
A SINGLE mum was found to be more than twice the drink-drive limit after she got out of a car in the early hours. more...
A HARD-UP mother-of-four who went on a £580 spending spree with a stolen chequebook and bank card is awaiting sentence. more...
A CAT was rescued from a burning house by firefighters last night. more...
BUS passengers will benefit from more reliable journeys and modern bus shelters when £500,000 is invested on a busy route between Bacup and Accrington. more...
A MAN has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving after two people died and a third was seriously injured in a car smash. more...
ROSSENDALE Chartists are issuing their own guidance on the Local Government Review in a bid to give residents information about the Boundary Commission changes. more...
TEN years ago, I travelled down to Stamford Bridge to watch Rovers play Chelsea and all the expensive stars were in Rovers shirts. more...
BLACKBURN Rovers' latest signing Jonathan Stead today vowed: 'I'm ready to prove myself in the Premiership.' more...
EWOOD new-boy Jonathan Stead will aim to follow in the footsteps of his childhood hero after finally completing a dream move to Blackburn Rovers. more...
Tonight's FA Youth Cup between Blackburn Rovers and West Bromwich Albion has been postponed. more...
ACCRINGTON Stanley centre back Jonathan Smith is praying that an untimely injury causes no more damage than a handful of missed games. more...
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