A SWITCH of backroom roles at Gigg Lane has seen Cliff Roberts confirmed as the club's chief scout, the position he had when he first joined the club. His place in charge of the Pontin's League side has been taken over by Wally Downes while former Leeds
FARMER Rennie Pinder has found sheep savagely ripped apart by dogs for the second time in three weeks. Now he has warned pet owners that farmers can shoot or have dogs destroyed if they are found worrying farm animals. Mr Pinder, who owns a farm in Burnley
A GUNMAN who blasted the front door of a couple's home twice in four days is being hunted by detectives. And a senior officer says it is a "miracle" no-one was killed or injured in the double shooting. Shotgun pellets peppered the door and hallway of
HENPECKED with a Docker's Hook and Four Thumbs? No, not the average Bury bloke, but the return of the town's annual beer festival! The above are just three of the many alcoholic beverages awaiting connoisseurs next Friday and Saturday (Nov 15 and 16)
OLD folks' lives are being put in danger because there is no cash left to pay for their care. And Council leader John Byrne has blamed the borough's two MPs for not fighting to get more money to solve the bed-block crisis. Coun Byrne launched his attack
A PRISON at Agecroft will attract drugs and crime into the area according to a Prestwich councillor. St Mary's Ward councillor, Stuart Kaufman's fears were expressed at the public inquiry into plans for an 800-place prison on the site of the former Agecroft
FORMER Radcliffe resident Peter Chamberlain has been resting in Kenya after being at the heart of the refugee crisis in Zaire. His brother, Radcliffe North council member Tim Chamberlain, this week told of the dramatic few days for the Oxfam worker caught
SIXTY firemen tackled a dawn blaze which wrecked a cloth factory. The fire at Belmont Bleaching and Dyeing Company destroyed two single-storey buildings and a three-storey block. The firms mananging director said the damage caused would not affect jobs
THE Lancashire League 1997 programme starts on Sunday, April 20, and Rishton, champions for the past two seasons, open with two successive away matches. They visit Rawtenstall on the first day and go to Colne the following Saturday. The first round of
Sports Letter I DESPERATELY hope I'm wrong, but I have to say I feel the Blackburn Rovers' directors have made a very difficult decision wrongly. I do believe the manager must take the ultimate responsibility, but I also feel that the players on the park
Sports Letter IS Igor Wowk (Sports Letters, October 31) not aware that Peter White can only report the facts presented to him? If he resorted to speculative journalism, then there would have been many more critical letters before Mr Wowk's. Peter White
Brian Doogan takes to the air "IF the good Lord had intended you to fly, boy, he'd have given you wings." Maybe. But the good Lord gave us the Wright brothers instead and the effect was more or less the same. Aeroplanes have since taken transport to a
WHAT a blunder - and what a disaster! For top-secret files on Britain's most-wanted drugs barons, stolen from a Customs officer's car while he was at a concert, are now in the hands of the underworld. It is as if the plans for the D-Day landings were
BRUSSELS bureaucrats have been accused of "double dealing, cheating and twisting" in their drive to impose a maximum 48-hour working week on Britain. Ribble Valley Tory MP Nigel Evans made a blistering attack on the European Commission and the European
GOOD environmental management doesn't only help the environment - it also makes good business sense. Paul Rink, chairman of Groundwork Blackburn and joint chairman of Wolstenholme Rink, said the tens of thousands of pounds saved by many member companies
SUNDAY APRIL 20 Burnley v Haslingden Church v Lowerhouse Colne v Todmorden East Lancs v Nelson Enfield v Bacup Ramsbottom v Accrington Rawtenstall v Rishton SATURDAY APRIL 26 Burnley v Accrington Church v Bacup Colne v Rishton East Lancs v Haslingden
BONFIRE Night in Bury passed off without incident or injury. And the atrocious weather meant the number of fire brigade call-outs on the evening was down compared with recent years. Bury crews dealt with more than a dozen bonfires which needed to be put
I READ with interest that Labour Leader Tony Blair says that although colleagues such as John Prescott and Robin Cook, want to put up taxes, he will consider it. He stated the only time there needs to be a tax increase is if there were to be new proposals
NO police action will be taken against Bury goalkeeper Dean Kiely following allegations about his behaviour during the team's Nationwide League Second Division clash against Bristol Rovers. Complaints were made by Bristol fans about Kiely's alleged gestures
THE parents of a child who died following an alleged delay in diagnosis have decided to take no further action. The couple went to the Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale Community Health Council for advice, complaining that failure to diagnose the condition
THE signs they are a-changing - but not for the better thanks to a blunder by a red-faced Bury Council. And French lessons might not be a bad idea after it erected a new sign for Belle Vue Terrace spelled "Belle VIEW Terrace." The Gallic gaffe was spotted
THOUSANDS of council workers may be asked to take a pay cut in order to save their jobs. Town hall bosses have to chop between £10-12 million from next year's budget, and, as previously reported in the Bury Times, staff terms and conditions will be on
TRADING Standards officers in Bury say they are still overwhelmed by dangerous fireworks, days after Bonfire Night. Stringent tests have managed to keep thousands of potentially lethal fireworks out of Bury shops, but some have still managed to slip through
JADED GPs want Bury people to pause before requesting a housecall. Doctors face intolerable strain after a 100 per cent rise in the numbers being called on out-of-hours. Changes to services now mean that there are alternatives to housecalls such as telephone
I DISAPPROVE of the state in which Witton Country Park, Blackburn, was left in after the charity bonfire on November 3. The park looked more like a construction site than an area of natural beauty. Surely, the car park at the entrance would have been
DETAILED proposals for a massive leisure and commercial complexthat could create 1,000 new jobs have been submitted to Pendle Council. The scheme is the brainchild of local businessman and former Colne Dynamos FC boss Graham White. It has been opposed
A MAN who played Santa to hundreds of East Lancashire's poor and orphaned youngsters has died at the age of 96. Arthur Farmery joined the Northern Daily Telegraph - forerunner of the Lancashire Evening Telegraph - at the age of 14 as an office boy and
EMPLOYEES at Royal Ordnance in Blackburn have struck gold with a world-beating success. The site's Electronics and Fuzes business unit designed and developed a vehicle intercom system which has already become a market leader. The system - Royal Ordnance
BUBBLING BURY'S Cherry picking mission to Dean Court yielded just one point, though they felt aggrieved not to have brought home the full bunch of three. Master marksman Mark Carter gave his side a dream start with his eighth goal of the season but that
MICHELLE Bryan (Letters, November 5) readily accepts the need for fox control, yet states that they should not be hunted by hounds but controlled by more effective methods. However, she gives no indicatiM-?n of what they should be. As for her quoting
FORMER Beirut hostages Terry Waite and John McCarthy joined Paul Wells's girlfriend, Cath Moseley, today to light a candle to mark the men's 500th day in captivity. And they issued an appeal to the world: "Don't forget about them." Paul and Keith Mangan
FAMILIES preparing for the festive season are being urged to ensure thieves don't have a happy Christmas - with their cash cards. Credit, debit and bank cards traditionally take a hammering in the run-up to December 25 as people rely on plastic to see
GLENTORAN'S young player of the year Glen Little is Burnley's target in Northern Ireland. Burnley have had discussions with the Smirnoff Irish League side-managed by former Clarets star Tommy Cassidy-and they hope to land the 21-year-old attacking midfielder
BURY has been chosen by the Government as one of the areas to pilot its new Project Work scheme. But the decision has been swiftly condemned by a local trade union activist who wants Bury Council to ignore the initiative. Yesterday (November 7) Education
REGARDING your article 'Masonic Register For Cops?' (LET, October 26) on a move by the Association of Chief Police Officers to establish a register of members of the force who are Freemasons, the implication is that such policemen cannot be trusted not
IT'S time to get out your flat cap, defrost the black pudding and dust down your George Formby and Gracie Fields LPs. Yes, on November 27 the first-ever celebration of all things Lancastrian takes place with Lancashire Day, and local folk are being encouraged
PEOPLE are homeless or living in bad houses because of political games played by Bury housing chiefs. In a scathing attack, local MP Alistair Burt has told residents to blame dogmatic councillors, not the Government, if people are sleeping on the streets
LOCAL schools are back at the top of national league tables - but this time they are at the wrong end, with one of the highest figures in the land for overcrowded infant classes. Nearly half the borough's four to six-year-olds are taught in classes of
A TOP doctor has been seriously injured in a road smash just days before he was due to start a new job in East Lancashire. Eye specialist Dr Arthur Nylander, 42, suffered serious injuries in the accident as he drove through the Snake Pass between Sheffield
THE death of an East Lancashire man has saved the life of a a person from Yorkshire after relatives agreed for his liver to be donated. Stunned relatives are struggling to come to terms with the sudden death of 41-year-old Ian Watson. The mother of the
MP Nigel Evans has been assured by the government that the basic state pension will be protected. The Ribble Valley Tory told Social Security Minister Oliver Heald that while two-thirds of pensioners were in occupational schemes, one-third had no supplementary
SABRES were drawn and blood spilled when swashbuckling star Sean Bean stormed into action...at a museum. The Yorkshire-born movie and TV actor was at Helmshore Textile Museums, shooting a new series of the historical action drama Sharpe. The museum fitted
A £10 MILLION town centre development has created a stink with local residents. Residents living near the Tesco development on Peel Way have even called out the fire brigade after smelling gas. Mr Alec Coleman, of Hornby Street, said: "Some pensioners
KILLER drug heroin was a major problem in East Lancashire, the county's Chief Constable revealed in a report. Thieves had started an illegal cottage industry in recycled park benches, according to Hyndburn Borough Council. A spate of thefts of cast iron
Sports Letter IN response to Mr R Allen's remarks (Sports Letters, October 22) regarding the condition of the football pitches within Blackburn and Darwen, I would like to point out some important facts which he has overlooked. The capital cost of the
AFTER much controversy over many of the causes helped so far by money from the National Lottery, it celebrates its second anniversary with a turn for the better - with grants to help British sportsmen and women become world-beaters. For, up to now, in
WITH as many as 1.5million refugees facing starvation in Zaire, the need for military-backed international response that, after weeks of reluctance, Britain is to be a part of cannot be denied. But there is no denying either that the multi-national force
COURAGEOUS Ragen Lonsdale is facing her toughest battle yet. The brave seven-year-old who has fought cancer for three years is this week undergoing her strongest dose of chemotherapy at the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, Pendlebury. Ragen's courage
A BRIDE claims her special day was ruined after the hotel where she held the ceremony and reception threw her bouquet and her daughter's head-dress in the bin. Charmaine and Russell Chamley, of Shakespeare Street, Padiham, planned their wedding at the
A TOP-LEVEL meeting has edged Blackburn closer towards setting up a new education authority. The council will run the borough's schools when they gain independence from County Hall in 18 months. And the first steps are being taken to arrange the complicated
JACK Charlton was given a top-class reference by former England coach Terry Venables today - if he wants to succeed Ray Harford as the manager of Blackburn Rovers. Venables was the first man Rovers approached in their search for a new boss, just 24 hours
STUDENTS who have launched their own radio station got off to a flying start with an exclusive showbiz interview. Pupils at St Mary's College, Blackburn, landed an interview with Robson Green, one half of the pop sensations Robson and Jerome and former
ANTI-hunt demonstrators had a quiet reception at the opening meet of the Holcombe Hunt on Friday - as the hunt failed to turn up! The demonstrators gathered outside Smithills Coaching House in Bolton, but the meet had been moved to a different location
A VICTORIA Cross won by a Bury teenager during the Great War has been sold in London for more than £30,000. The VC, won by 18-year-old George Peachment during the Battle of Loos in September 1915, fetched £31,050 at Spinks auction house in London. Pte
THE children's ward at Bury's Fairfield Hospital has received a real firemen's lift. For £1,450 raised by 32 Bury firefighters from a climbing tower challenge held in September has been presented to the ward. The money comprises the proceeds from sponsorship
DISABLED riders, schoolchildren, victims of crime and the homeless are just some of the people who have benefited from BT's Community Partnership scheme. Within the last three years, over £43,000 has been ploughed into numerous schemes across the region
IT was a case of "love me, love my dog" when John O'Donnell and his fiancee Shelley Ann Evans decided to marry. Aero the Airedale was a special guest at their wedding and travelled with the entourage to witness her mistress tie the knot at Radcliffe Parish
FED-UP residents are meeting tonight for talks with council chiefs about traffic problems in Feniscowles. Local people are furious with the decision to allow a new takeaway to open near Livesey Branch Road and a public meeting has been called to discuss
STRESSED out shopworkers and overloaded office staff could have the answer to their prayers thanks to a new service being offered by a pair of Bury therapists. Local hypnotherapist Richard O'Neill and massage therapist Michael Emerson have joined forces
BT isn't just the largest communications company in the UK, it is also the biggest supporter of good causes. During 1995, BT donated £15 million through its membership of the Per Cent Club to various community and environmental groups and schemes. Cash
A NEW halfway marker was unveiled on the canal at Clayton-le-Moors by the Mayor of Hyndburn, Coun Mirza Yousaf. The marker and information point for visitors, opposite Enfield Wharf, indicates the mid-point of the canal on its journey between Leeds and
Birmingham 3 Bolton 1 BOLTON were singing the Blues last night, their march towards the Premiership hitting a brick wall with a 3-1 defeat at lowly Birmingham. It was a night which brought a heap of worries for manager Colin Todd. Todd had warned in advance
THREE teenagers have clinched Bury Athletic Club's first national title in 25 years. They eclipsed their Northern Road Relay conquerors Liverpool and Morpeth and clinched victory by a single stride ahead of Kent based Medway . Katrina Rostron set up the
