THE GOVERNMENT is being called on to give extra cash to fire services across Lancashire to avoid a pensions funding crisis. The Association of County Councils is claiming the Fire Brigade could be facing a £400 million shortfall on pensions unless the
SUPER skipper Andrew Hindley is embarking on the second stage of the world's toughest yacht race, despite a meningitis scare. The 29-year-old, who was born in Accrington, landed in Rio de Janeiro after the first leg of the race - the BT Global Challenge
A MASSIVE mopping-up operation was being carried out at Blackburn's Co-op after the store was flooded with thousands of gallons of water. Staff were called out to help in the emergency after a water main burst outside the store in Ainsworth Street. A
IS PAUL Wells dead? No-one knows for certain. But the belief expressed by the Indian Home Secretary that Paul and fellow hostage Keith Mangan were killed by their Kashmiri separatist captors last December provides a grim twist in this agonising saga.
SPANISH import Jesus Seba could make his Second Division debut for Burnley this month. Burnley have agreed to extend his trial at Turf Moor for a further four weeks and the 22-year-old Seba has signed for the Clarets on a non-contract basis. Manager Adrian
SO the people of Blackburn are going to have to pay five times more than they were told - £6 million - for the privilege of unitary status. Whether this was the result of gross incompetence or downright deceit, the present councillors should have the
PARAMEDICS were called to a packaging firm in Nelson after a worker became trapped by the foot in a conveyor belt. He was working alongside the belt at Strategy on Lomeshaye Industrial Estate when the accident happened yesterday tea-time. The conveyor
POLICE are looking for a 'scruffy' trio in connection with the theft of an elderly woman's purse in the Burnley and Pendle Hospice shop. The purse, containing £45 and a bus pass, was stolen from a zip-up pocket in the woman's shopping bag at 1.30pm yesterday
HAPPY birthday National Lottery! The nation's favourite gambling game, which has millions of punters on tenterhooks every week, is celebrating its second anniversary on Thursday. And in an exclusive interview, Mystic Meg - famous for her accurate predictions
SHOULD corporal punishment be restored in our schools? The liberal argument against corporal punishment is that you cannot condemn violence between two fighting children in the playground and then use violence against them as punishment. You cannot teach
VANDALS used a saw to cut down 14ft trees at a Burnley school in what the caretaker described as a "mindless and pathetic" act. Mike Awty, caretaker at Rosehill Junior for seven years, said the trees were about 11 years old and had survived vandal attacks
STUDENTS between aged eight to 16 are eligible to receive up to four free penpals from Student Letter Exchange in the United States. Every student who wants to be a penpal should send their name, complete mailing address (including country) age and sex
A HIGH ranking member of the Indian Government has revealed his firm belief that student hostage Paul Wells and his fellow British captive Keith Mangan are dead. Indian Home Secretary K Padmanabhaiah's revelation is contained in The Big Story documentary
SAMPORDIA chief Sven Goran Ericsson has emerged as a shock contender for the Ewood Park hot-seat. Reports in Italy today state the Swedish manager has had his name put in the frame by a top European agent. English-speaking Ericcson is in his final season
PENDLE MP Gordon Prentice states the banning of legally held handguns would make England a safer place to live. But he appears unable to offer a solution to the one million-plus illegal firearms in our society or to the annual increase of 6.5 per cent
THREE teenagers who saved the life of a friend after a rope became tangled round his neck while he was climbing a tree will be rewarded for their quick-thinking. Fifteen-year-olds Paul Hooper, of Tysley Grove, and twins Michael Steven Plummer, of Salterforth
POLICE were planning to raid shops throughout Lancashire in a crackdown on the teeny trade of computer porn. The move followed an investigation by the Lancashire Evening Telegraph and demands for action by Rossendale and Darwen MP David Trippier. Faults
REGARDING your article 'First For College' (LET, October 31), I believe you have been misinformed as to the status and the nature of the course mentioned. The Institute of Legal Executives has never been a 'graduate' entry course. The fact that Blackburn
IF EVER there was a broken Tory promise it was that which pledged less centralised government. But as councils are increasingly emasculated through state capping, as the NHS has lost virtually all accountability to the community and as quangos have sprung
LABOUR'S policy on reforming the Child Support Agency deserved support, said Pendle MP Gordon Prentice. He was saddened to hear that "one or two'' party members, including Pendle councilor Tony Leather, were considering voting Liberal Democrat at the
A GROUP of severely disabled students from East Lancashire have been rewarded for helping to improve schools' security and raising £150 for the Dunblane Appeal. Five young people from Townhouse School, Nelson, were honoured at County Hall for their work
HUNDREDS of families in East Lancashire could be denied justice by proposed changes in the Legal Aid system, solicitors have claimed. Local law firms believe that a decision by the Government to cap spending on the current system would prevent people
Blackburn Rovers Res 1, Bolton Wanderers Res 0 GRAHAM Fenton's goal three minutes after half-time settled a disappointing Pontin's League Premier Division derby at Deepdale last night. Rovers didn't play well but picked up another three points when James
