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Lancashire | Archive | 1999 | May

Stories for 15 May 1999

Accrington News

Four charged in cig and spirit probe

MORE than 30 charges linked to the sale of illegal cigarettes and spirits have been brought against four men. more...

Blackburn Info

Blackburn Leisure

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...

ANGLING: Round-up, with Kingfisher

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...

SOCCER: Belvedere 3 Accrington Amateurs 2

WITH their closest rivals Rivington losing against Southport, Belvedere won the Lancashire Amateur League at home with a victory over Accrington Amateurs. more...

Won over by funky weirdos

BIGFLUFF, GONE BEGGIN', NECESSARY ELVIS, at Blakey's Cafe Bar, Blackburn more...

Down-in-the-mouth South

THE BEAUTIFUL SOUTH, at Manchester Arena more...

Events in East Lancs on Sunday, May 15th

Teddy Bears Picnic, St Alban's Church, Blackburn, 12 noon-2pm. Bring your own teddy bear. more...

Blackburn News

Disabled woman 'punched and kicked' in care home

SOCIAL services chiefs are investigating allegations that a woman was attacked by another resident in a care home. more...

People power will help to clean lodge

PEOPLE power is helping to transform a disused water lodge into a community space for the young and old. more...

River is flowing clean again

THE River Darwen has been given a spring clean in preparation for an environmental event tomorrow. more...

Same name, same town - but bands manage to love in harmony

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...

Who's playing where in the North West

TONIGHT (Saturday, May 15th) more...

Venue defies rumour over future

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...

Fiasco is forgotten

NEWCOMERS Flux hope to wipe out memories of their shambolic debut when they support Nilstar in Accrington tonight. more...

School tests probe head suspended

A PRIMARY school headteacher has been suspended and an investigation launched amid allegations about the way national tests on pupils were carried out. more...

£40m theatre plan for Hoghton Tower

A £40million plan to create a Shakespeare theatre and centre in Lancashire have been unveiled. more...

New appeal over Ewood throat-slash attack

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...

Head's top marks for marathon son

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...

Blackburn Sport

No clause for concern at Ewood Park

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...

Stan aims for bright future at Turf Moor

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...

CRICKET: Tooth-aker

The Saturday Interview - with Enfield professional Dave Saker more...

SUPERBIKES: Heat is on as Foggy goes fourth

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...

LOCAL CRICKET: Taylor wary of Scuderi threat

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...

MOTORSPORT: Mini men's maxi

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...

MOTORSPORT: Sidecar ace is Holden on to second spot

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...

COUNTY CRICKET: Athers sidelined

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...

RUGBY LEAGUE: Big test for Lynx morale

LANCASHIRE Lynx face a difficult away trip to Workington Town at Derwent Park tomorrow. more...

SOCCER: Preston wait on injuries before play-offs

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...

SOCCER: Todd vigilant as Bolton prepare for play-offs

COLIN Todd isn't taking anything for granted in Sunday's Sky TV first leg play-off against Ipswich Town (kick off 1pm). more...

CRICKET: Thwaites LCB Cup

FIVE Jennings Ribblesdale League clubs launch their Thwaites LCB Cup campaigns tomorrow. more...

No clause for concern

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...

Turf Moor Notebook

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...

Ewood Park Notebook

JOHN Filan will at least have something positive to remember the season for - a clean sweep of player-of-the year awards. more...

Stan aims for bright future

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...

Glass is in the frame for cup final run-out

Premier League farewell: Newcastle United v Blackburn Rovers - Peter White's big match preview more...

Gullit's each way winner

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...

Bolton Leisure

§MUSIC & DANCE

SUNDAY more...

Bolton News

Come on the Super Whites!

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...

From the BEN files

25 YEARS AGO more...

MPs add weight to fight for fair trade

BOLTON MPs have been lending their support to the fight for fair trade. more...

Farm war grenade blown up

BOMB squad officers were called in to detonate an unexploded grenade found on farmland yesterday. more...

Top class teachers

TWO local teachers have gone to the top of the class after winning North West teaching awards. more...

Octagon has a good record

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...

A family search

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...

Twenty years on

I REFER to the article "20 years change the way we were". To which section of people is he (or she) referring to? more...

Cannabis is here to stay

THE GOVERNMENT are spending vast amounts of money prosecuting people for smoking cannabis. more...

Lostock school to house refugees?

THE former Lostock Open Air School in Bolton is being earmarked as a temporary base to house dozens of Kosovo refugees. more...

Have you set a precedent?

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...

Mistletoe and shrine!

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...

Where have all those flowers gone?

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...

Grieving mum's pond pilgrimage

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...

Perfect postie

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...

Church for the Millennium

A NEW church for the new Millennium is taking shape in Little Lever. more...

Vote on theatre issue

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 school holidays 'harming education'

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 petrol prices a rip-off?

ARE the Bolton motorists being ripped off regarding the price of petrol. more...

Tommy just loves the high rollers

THE aftermath of a 16th century Spanish shipwreck brought an eve of Millennium gleam to Tommy Cunningham's smiling Irish eyes. more...

Made in Bolton

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...

Private health deal for elderly dropped

WIGAN and Bolton Health Authority have thrown out plans to develop elderly dementia services with Westminister Healthcare and the University of Manchester. more...

School will be 'fit for Millennium'

PARENTS and staff are celebrating after confirmation that they will get their new school after a 20-year wait. more...

Have your cake and eat it appeal

KATH and David Richardson are set to organise a car boot sale and cake stall in aid of Romania. more...

On Ilkley moor with Bill Owen

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...

Let's talk rhubarb...

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...

Bolton Sport

Too close to call!

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...

Anger will fire up Ipswich - Mowbray

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...

Too close to call!

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...

Burnley News

Disabled woman 'punched and kicked' in care home

SOCIAL services chiefs are investigating allegations that a woman was attacked by another resident in a care home. more...

Band sets its sights on top venue

FROM Burnley to London's Royal Albert Hall - it's all in a day's playing for Towneley High School Brass Band. more...

Doctors' pay crisis

JUNIOR hospital doctors in Burnley are to meet to test the strength of feeling locally for industrial action. more...

Youth theatre cash fight goes to top

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...

Banned driver's prison 'terror'

A FORMER delivery driver who got behind the wheel for a second time while banned, escaped a jail sentence. more...

Solo coup for gallery

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...

Overnight closure

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...

Nelson News

Injured rag parade student comes home

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...

Plea over cuts in road repair cash

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...

Rawtenstall News

Check out old folk's homes, families urged

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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