WOULD the Editor like to explain the difference between the yah-boo journalism of the tabloids' anti-German campaign that he so roundly and rightly, condemns (LET, Opinion, June 25) and the yah-boo journalism that he prints (and, presumably, encourages
I AM collating information for a research project about the ways people keep pet rabbits and the strange things they get up to. For instance, does your rabbit sleep indoors or outdoors? Do you spend much time with your rabbit? Or is he/she part of the
FAMILIES in Middlesbrough, Germany and the United States share the ordeal of Bob and Dianne Wells and their two other children, Sarah and Stuart. Keith Mangan and his wife Julie met Paul and Catherine on a bus trip from New Delhi to Kashmir. Self-employed
DELIGHTED Geoff Billington from Accrington has been called up to the Olympic four-strong showjumping team for Atlanta, writes BRIAN DOOGAN. The 41-year-old, who has competed internationally in all the major showjumping tournaments, will be joined by John
LANCASHIRE have a tricky selection dilemma for tomorrow's championship game against Worcestershire at Old Trafford - which bowler to leave out. Peter Martin is desperate to return after missing out against Somerset and then dropped by England for the
BARBED wire and secure windows did not stop determined thieves breaking into Nutshaw Kennels in Burnley and stealing four valuable puppies. Missing from the premises in Manchester Road are two golden retrievers, a dog and a bitch, aged 14 to 15 weeks.
A DOCTOR who was struck off for groping a female patient has withdrawn his bid to be restored to the medical register. Dr Nazir Dhar was found guilty of serious professional misconduct after "inappropriately massaging" the 33-year-old patient at Burnley
THE SISTER of hostage Paul Wells has issued a message of support on the eve of the first anniversary of his capture. Student Paul, another Briton Keith Mangan and two other Westerners have been held by Kashmiri separatists since they were kidnapped at
SMALL businesses in Lancashire have hit back against the banks with the launch of their own credit union - the first of its kind in the country. The new initiative will operate like a bank for savings and loans and organisers claim it will offer better
PUBLIC health bosses have responded to accusations of "secrecy" in the way they handle infectious disease cases, including meningitis. East Lancashire Health Authority has published a statement of good practice surrounding the release of patient information
FOURTEEN people were arrested when police swooped on a town centre pub labelled as a haunt for drugs dealers and users. Landlady Karen Buck, 30, was among those detained when officers raided The Swan Hotel, Blackburn, and recovered around £2,000 in cash
A SLIDE which claimed the life of a toddler may have been bought by hundreds of East Lancashire parents. The Early Learning Centre is urging parents who have purchased one of their Large Slides to get in touch with a local store immediately. Although
BURNLEY are locked in a race with Lancashire rivals Preston North End to land Exeter City's £300,000 rated defender Jon Richardson. And Turf Moor chief Adrian Heath has had preliminary talks with the third division club as he bids to capture the promising
A NEW 'smart mast' developed by British Aerospace engineers in Lancashire is helping yachtsman Richard Stenhouse's bid for Olympic glory. Made of carbon fibre composites, the mast was designed using lessons learned from the development of aircraft, including
BELGIAN Valerie Heine has been appointed international marketing co-ordinator for Precision Polymer Engineering, Blackburn. Valerie, fluent in French, English and Dutch, will manage business development and marketing. PPE exports 40 per cent of its output
A WARM smile belies the fact that Dianne Wells carries the biggest worry a mother can have. While many of her age fret about their children's career prospects or the state of their clothes, Dianne is often unsure whether 25-year-old Paul is still alive
SENIOR master Alan Scholes will leave Burnley's Barden High School for the last time this week after working there for 29 years. Mr Scholes, of Cliviger, started at the school as a teacher before being promoted to senior master. He has taught science,
PENDLE MP Gordon Prentice is in deep trouble with the Labour leadership for launching an attack on party leader Tony Blair's dictatorial style of party management. Mr Blair is said to be furious after being shown a copy of Monday's Evening Telegraph which
ALAN Shearer has revealed Jack Walker's personal reaction to intense interest from Manchester United in the Blackburn Rovers and England striker. And, having thrown out a renewed inquiry from United, Mr Walker clearly aims to see Shearer lead a strengthened
A COUNTRY pub is in the midst of a dispute with parish councillors over its major refurbishment. Bass wants to put up three illuminated signs on the car park of the Sparrow Hawk Inn, Fence, which is currently undergoing major work aimed at recapturing
THE family of a six-year-old killed in a road accident have raised £6,000 for the nurses who cared for him three years ago. Matthew Thompson, of Lomax Street, Great Harwood, died in the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, Pendlebury, following an accident
LANCASHIRE tennis champion Mark Schofield today dismissed Tim Henman's hopes of achieving long-awaited British success at Wimbledon. The 22-year-old from Hoddlesden, who defeated Henman in the final of the '92 junior Masters tournament, tipped American
IAM compiling a set of anecdotes on the subject of spectacles and contact lenses. If any of your readers have any interesting stories to tell (by letter) about spectacles/contact lenses, I would be most grateful to receive them. Examples could come from
NOW in their third year, the government's hospital performance league tables - in which East Lancashire's NHS Trusts got improved five-star ratings - were under fire today . Doctors, nurses and hospital managers blasted them as simplistic and misleading
THE CLOCK ticks to an awesome anniversary today - Blackburn hostage Paul Wells will have spent a whole year in captivity in remote Kashmir; a year in which the 25-year-old student's mountain trekking holiday turned into an enduring ordeal beyond our imagination
A NEW team of investigators is tackling booze bandits and fraudsters in East Lancashire. The Customs and Excise outfit has moved into offices in Blackburn as part of a reorganisation of its North West operation. The introduction of the team comes after
THE novelty of Sylvia Noble (Letters, June 20) and her naive notions! Her attempts to extol Hitler's Third Reich, I find to be nonsense and nauseating. She states medical experiments on animals were strictly forbidden in the Third Reich - what about experiments
RECORDS were sent in this week by Vincent Taylor, Victoria Plowright, Michael Dodds, Angela Stokes, Berry Downside, Harry Starway, Donald Telford, Quentin Hutchinson, Dawn Upway, Gordon Beckford, Pauline Dodgson and Peggy Mason Sightings in the Rossendale
A DAUGHTER who lost a High Court battle with Lancashire County Council after her mother's care money was withdrawn says the fight was worthwhile. Appeal Court judges ruled county had acted correctly in Mrs Annie Ingham's case. But, in a second action,
PARENTS whose children didn't get the secondary school of their choice have asked the Secretary of State to sort out the situation. Ideally, the 15 parents - who all have children in schools in Briercliffe - would like their children to go to their preferred
IF you fancy a wonderful day's bird watching or a session identifying flowers then I would not have expected to visit a nuclear power station. Over the last few years, however, a nature centre and trail has been set up at Heysham and many school parties
Sir Freddie Laker 'came out' recently and told a national newspaper that he was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 1992. He had radical surgery and is now on hormone treatment. This is good news for men in general for, whereas most women in the public
THE Bishop of Blackburn has warned fellow clerics not to openly back political parties in the next General Election. The Rt Rev Alan Chesters spoke out after a survey suggested that more bishops were swinging to Labour. Out of 50 bishops interviewed,
