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Book reveals Rossendale man's wild adventures in Africa and US Author Peter North recalls brushes with witchcraft, diamond miners, and a hitman during escapades in the 60s, 70s and 80s 4 March 2021 An octogenarian who enjoyed wild adventures while working in Africa and America over 20 years has had his lockdown memoirs published. Peter North, of Haslingden, Rossendale, Lancashire embarked on the new venture last March at the start of the pandemic - writing tirelessly every day. The result - The (Mis) Adventures Of Pete North, An Ordinary Working Lad - has now been published. Peter, 80, says t...

Published: 9:30 AM February 27, 2021    Virtual singing and a Valentine’s eCard helped The King’s Barbers to raise more than £1,400 for an orphanage in India. - Credit: KING'S ELY Virtual singing and a Valentine’s eCard helped The King’s Barbers to raise more than £1,400 for an orphanage in India.  King’s Ely’s boys’ a cappella group decided to raise funds for their linked charity, the Bethesda Life Centre Boys' Orphanage in Goa.  They created audio and video to accompany an arrangement of John Legend’s ‘All of Me’ by Year 13 Barber, Jamie Layfield.   People ...

Published: 9:00 AM February 24, 2021    Olivia Frost's picture of a blackbird for the Rotary Club of Royston's photography competition - Credit: Olivia Frost Young photographers took part in a competition run by the Rotary Club of Royston to submit pictures on the theme of 'wild nature'. Graeme Dargie, the club's chair of youth opportunities, praised the quality of the entries. Winner in the age seven to 10 category was Jack Kirby, who took a photo of a dew-laced cobweb with a church in the background. Jack Kirby's picture of a church for the Rotary Club of Royston's photography competitio...

by Steve Newton on January 19th, 2021 at 10:47 AM 1 of 2 2 of 2 Veteran Vancouver bluesman Harpdog Brown will kick off a new Alberta-based music/interview series on his YouTube channel this Sunday (January 24). Titled In the Doghouse, the nine-episode show will feature vocalist and harmonica ace Brown in conversation with some of the country's top blues artists and personalities. "Many years ago I had a radio show on CJSR," says Brown in a press release, "broadcasting from an old bank vault in the basement of the University of Alberta campus. It was a fun project and a great vehicle to s...

Always one move ahead: chess drama The Queen’s Gambit tops MPs’ summer binge list We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Always one move ahead: chess drama The Queen’s Gambit tops MPs’ summer binge list Save Normal text size Advertisement Read into this what you will, but an orphan with a single-minded drive to dominate the chess world is the summer entertainment of choice for many of our federal politicians. Netflix’s drama The Queen’s Gambit has won its way to the top of the cultural consumption list for MPs in...