IHAVE known a number of licensed pistol, rifle and shotgun owners over the years and I have never ever been concerned about them owning such firearms. However, East Lancashire MPs Jack Straw and Greg Pope do not consider any of their Labour supporters
A GAME 89-year-old Burnley man was forced to the floor and robbed in his own home. Despite putting up a struggle against the six-feet intruder the pensioner was easily overpowered and robbed of his wallet. Police are appealing for help in their hunt for
Bury 1 Burnley 0 - Tony Dewhurst reports SPIRIT, Endeavour, Vigour and Fight. Bury manager Stan Ternent uttered these four words in his pre-match address - straight from the heart. The former Claret meant every word as he launched a successful Division
A TOWN was celebrating today after plans were announced to create 200 new white-collar jobs. Accountancy firm Latham, Crossley and Davis are hoping to build a £3 million extension to their headquarters in Chorley. If the plan gets off the ground, the
A YOUNG girl who nearly died in a serious road accident is back home with her family. Six-year-old Zoe Wilson was in a critical condition in intensive care suffering from serious head injuries and a broken leg after colliding with a car as she crossed
A DRAMATIC bid to transfer hundreds of jobs from London to East Lancashire was launched with the help of Rossendale and Darwen MP and Environment Minister David Trippier. Business chiefs were trying to attract up to 500 'well paid' jobs to Darwen's doomed
EAST Lancashire drug baron John Green received an extra year imprisonment for non-payment of fines, court costs and legal aid totalling £81,000. Green had been sent to prison for nine years at Maidstone Crown Court in 1983 for various drug offences. He
MR R Fisher (Letters, September 27) says that when the Prime Minister visited British Aerospace, the cheers were not for him. I find it rather strange that, just as Mr Major arrived, the workforce let out a loud cheer for no reason at all. I would not
THERE is a grim familiarity about the claim we report tonight of housing estates being turned into no-go areas by teenage thugs and vandals - and the demand for more bobbies on the beat. Time and again the problem surfaces. And it is not just in inner-urban
A VANDALISED infant school could get security cameras in a link-up with the successful Burnley town centre scheme. Barden Infants School was closed for a day after it was targeted by window-smashing vandals, who showered the school hall and classrooms
BURNLEY legend Brian Miller will part company with the Clarets at the weekend after a remarkable 44 years at Turf Moor. The Lancashire Evening Telegraph can reveal today that the former Clarets manager has retired as Burnley's chief scout. Clive Middlemass
Nature Watch, with Ron Freethy AS September gives way to October there have been periods of high wind and heavy rain. All has not been gloom, however, as some of the fruits and seeds are now at their very best. I collected enough blackberries to enjoy
A MAJOR project to monitor air quality in the Ribble Valley is to get under way within the next couple of weeks. Environment watchdogs will be in the area for eight weeks to check on chimneys at the Castle Cement, ICI and Tarmac plants around Clitheroe
ENGLAND star Graeme Le Saux could take another giant step on his Blackburn Rovers comeback trail at Nottingham Forest tonight. And if the Ewood star makes further significant progress in the Pontins League clash at the City Ground, that could pave the
TRAVEL agents Altham have beaten off competition from around the country in a national newspaper's awards. The Burnley-based firm, which operates eight branches in East Lancashire, came second in the Best Travel Agent category in the 1996 Observer Travel
SECURITY cameras should be installed on troubled housing estates in a bid to clamp down on thugs who have made them no-go areas, it has been claimed. And a Blackburn councillor has demanded to know when promised extra police will take to the streets to
RECENT official figures, says 'Devout Muslim' (Letters, August 27), reveal that at least half of all ethnic minority communities have been born in Britain." My one question is: What about the other half? Simple and to the point, that's all I want to know
LUCAS-VARITY has announced its first major purchase since its £3.2 billion merger. The Anglo-American group has bought the cargo systems arm of Boeing, the US aircraft giant which makes spares for Boeing 747, 767 and 777 planes. LucasVarity now has exclusive
LANCASHIRE last night hit back at allegations of dressing room disharmony and a lack of players' commitment to the Red Rose cause - but admitted Mike Atherton would no longer be vice-captain. Nearly 250 members packed Old Trafford to vent their anger
SCHOOL pals of a teenager who died when a damaged goalpost fell on him have marked the first anniversary of his death by putting up a memorial plaque. Wayne Turner, 13, of Brodick Road, Blackburn, died after the post he had been swinging on at Shadsworth
OUTDOOR equipment firm Karrimor is set to name a new partner providing a major cash injection. And the Clayton-le-Moors firm said the planned deal should help secure the firm's 300-strong workforce in the town and lead to expansion in the future. The
MAY I thank Geoff Sharples (Poet's Corner, September 26). He restored humour and laughter into my life with his Lancashire dialect poem about 'Mickey Plum.' Shades of my young life. Above Poet's Corner that night you had printed my letter, blasting the
PLANS to establish a private secondary school in Darwen look set to save one of the town's best-loved buildings from the bulldozers and continue a hundred-year-old tradition of town centre education. County council bosses have agreed the sale of the former
EIGHTY ONE people are sleeping in comfort, thanks to the efforts of furniture store organisers. The new Hyndburn enterprise, which invites people to donate household articles and then delivers them to needy folk, was launched on a trial basis in May,
HAS Blackburn Council no shame? The Lancashire Evening Telegraph consistently reports disaster on disaster - the new town hall falls apart regularly; more than 1,000 council houses, fewer than 20 years old, are just blown away; losses on the markets are
INJURY-HIT Burnley are ready to strike out in the loan market before Saturday's Turf Moor clash against Stockport County at Turf Moor. Manager Adrian Heath was forced to name himself as one of the substitutes in last night's 1-0 defeat at Bury as the
A DECISION on plans to build three-storey flats on a former sweet factory site at Church has been delayed after renewed protests from residents. Councillors had authorised the granting of planning permission for 44 flats and associated car parking on
