BLUE-blooded East Lancashire publicans today toasted the monarchy despite the indiscretions that have made a major airline drop the "Royal" tag from one of their services. Britain's biggest holiday airline Britannia Airways has abandoned its high class
WHILE feeling some sympathy for Local Gun Collector (Letters, October 23), there are two points that cannot pass without challenge. To say the Snowdrop campaign intentionally misled is not only untrue but is rich when we consider how the gun lobby rammed
HEALTH workers are urging more than 6,000 householders not to ignore survey forms which will drop through their letterboxes this week. East Lancashire Health Authority believes the questionnaire could help shape the future of healthcare in the district
HASLINGDEN'S Happening, the town's first multicultural extravaganza, was such a success that it may happen again! The fun day event, which got under way with a procession through the town centre, was organised to mark Haslingden's successful bid in attracting
BLACKBURN Borough Council was to go straight to the High Court to stop one of the country's largest DIY chains trading on Sundays. The action was against B and Q, which had been trading on Sundays in its new store at Whitebirk. Sportswoman Alice Home,
A £2.8 million rejuvenation scheme was announced by the Government for the rundown Fern Gore area of Accrington. The 181 houses earmarked for improvements were sited high above the town. NORWEB chiefs ruled out hopes of a pre-Christmas cash refund for
WHAT is evident from the outbreak of strike threats by teachers over unruly pupils, is how their profession lacks real support in dealing effectively with the disruptive. For though there may be an element of copy-cat behaviour in the sudden spate of
ITHINK Blackburn Shopping Centre looks beautiful now all the refurbishment is near completion. But I wonder why many shop units are still empty. And why are we not attracting big High-Street retail giants like Woolworths and the Co-op, back to Blackburn
A TEAM of crimebusters who turned to Grimebusting celebrated in style - after transforming a rubbish-strewn stream into an attractive community garden area. Members of the Cawl Terrace Neighbourhood Watch Scheme turned their attention from crime to grime
A LIFE behind bars is a desirable prospect for many women in East Lancashire. From air hostesses to housewives, company directors to bus drivers, women from all walks of life are drawn by the irresistible urge to manage a pub. Famous TV landladies Bet
WILL the Labour Party never learn? Twenty years ago, under their control, inflation rose to 26 per cent and eventually they had to go cap-in-hand to the International Monetary Fund to be bailed out, but their proposals for raising taxes, should they actually
DAVE Sutton has resigned as manager of UniBond League side Chorley. The 39-year-old ex-Rochdale boss tendered his resignation to club chairman Jack Kirkland yesterday. Assistant manager Steve Doyle, a former midfield player at Preston North End, Huddersfield
PEOPLE in the North West are more confused than any other region about the health risks concerning one of the nation's major killers. More than 60 per cent of people interviewed in the region wrongly believe they would experience early warning signs of
THE owner of Accrington nightclub Afrika's has abandoned her bid to prolong the partying at Christmas and New Year. Anne Miller says she has withdrawn an application for extensions to its public entertainment licence because there was little prospect
Off the Record, with Peter White TOMMY Docherty always reckons he's had more clubs than Jack Nicklaus. But Jim Furnell must have had more managers than Tommy has had clubs - and the list includes The Doc himself. The atmosphere is always a little strange
MORE than 37 per cent of company directors in the North West have been involved with at least one company that has failed. And 13 per cent of those are classes as 'serial failures' with multiple company collapses behind them - the highest rate of the
TO us, a Guy Fawkes' Night bonfire is for burning, but, for a hedgehog, it looks like the ideal place to make a nest. Unfortunately, it does not hang a sign outside to say it is in there. Before you light your bonfire, please check carefully to make sure
A HUGE industrial quarry isn't most people's idea of a nature reserve - especially one belonging to controversial Castle Cement. But the company's Lanehead Quarry site, in Clitheroe, is haven for wildlife, including a pair of peregrine falcons, badgers
DAVID Reeves is the best thing since sliced bread, as far as Preston North End manager Gary Peters is concerned. Mind you, such admiration is not altogether uncommon for the Deepdale striker who re-established himself at Carlisle where he averaged almost
BLACKBURN'S new-look boulevard is back on track after a £2m facelift. Improvement work to the public transport site has included a new bus station and a major refurbishment of the facade and canopy of the railway station. Following eight months of intensive
CHRIS Sutton is back in training and will be ready to take on Liverpool at Ewood on Sunday. But, in a tale of two strikers for beleaguered Blackburn Rovers, Danish international Dan Petersen has not yet decided whether to travel to England for a trial
HAVING blundered over handguns the government dithers again over knives. It is badly out of step with public opinion. For after the Dunblane massacre and the murder of London head teacher Mr Philip Lawrence, the demand for the outlawing of lethal weapons
THE father of student hostage Paul Wells has visited the site where his fellow captive was found beheaded in Kashmir. And today Mr Bob Wells, of Bracken Close, Blackburn, spoke of the intense emotion he has felt during his mission as he left for a surprise
A TEAM of teen detectives are helping to catch shopkeepers who sell fireworks to children. Trading Standards officers are sending the youngsters into shops throughout East Lancashire to try and catch the law-breakers. The children, aged around 13, are
Preston North End v Burnley - Tony Dewhurst's big match preview BURNLEY face old Lancashire rivals Preston North End at Deepdale tonight with Adrian Heath insisting: "On our day we're the best side in Division Two." The Turf Moor chief predicted: "It's
THWAITES is putting more than 20 of its local pubs up for sale. But the Blackburn-based firm is looking to buy more pubs outside the area as it continues to expand its estate throughout the North of England. The firm said the pubs it was selling were
HOPES of making significant early moves in the transfer market will depend on the time it takes Blackburn Rovers to find a successor to Ray Harford. And the search does not - at the moment - promise to come to a rapid conclusion. A telephone call from
