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Diarmuid O’Carroll had come out on top of a three-man shortlist for the position.

A LOCAL authority leisure boss has promised to help local indoor bowlers find a home for a new indoor arena. Blackburn with Darwen borough's executive member for well being Cllr Damian Talbot made the pledge to members of a special local working group on the issue at last night's Council Forum. Bill Stemp told him: "Bowling has over 8,000 registered players in Lancashire and is the second most participated sport in the county after junior football. "There are over 300 purpose built indoor bowling centres in England but none in Lancashire. Bowlers are reduced to limited playing time in t...

A federal judge reinstated a midshipman’s lawsuit against the superintendent of the Naval Academy and former secretary of the Navy while also ordering that the Naval Academy, once again, cannot temporarily remove Midshipman First Class Chase Standage.

Today marks the official Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, a day we set aside to honor the civil rights leader who was slain 53 years ago this spring. That seems an apt time on which to reflect on the life of a lesser-known civil rights figure and former Virginia office-holder who was murdered 152 years ago — and is just now getting his due from history. This is the story of Joseph R. Holmes. We must rewind to the years immediately following the Civil War, when Virginia was formally known as the First Military District as it awaited readmission to the Union. That required a new state const...

More than 350,000 people have been vaccinated by Pfizer /BioNTech jab in UK It comes amid hopes Oxford University's jab could be approved by the New Year  Vaccinations against coronavirus will continue on Christmas Day as part of a national drive to halt the spread of the new mutant strain spreading across the country.   Britain's GP surgeries and hospital hubs have seen more than 100,000 bookings for the Pfizer jabs this week, NHS sources say.  ADVERTISEMENT Medical staff are preparing to inoculate patients throughout the week, even in areas that face fresh restrictions, to maintain the...