RYAN Giggs' apparent reluctance to pull on the red of Wales midweek while wearing the red of Manchester United at weekends calls into question more than simply the 23-year-old's allegiance. It raises doubts about the sanity of anyone who thought Giggs
HARD-to-fill council houses may be offered to tenants at a discount in a bid to prevent them lying empty. Tory group leader Councillor Peter Britcliffe, put the idea of introductory discounts forward as Hyndburn Council's policy and resources committee
BLACKBURN Hawks already know who and when they will be playing in the ice hockey play-offs...even though the Northern Premier League season hasn't yet finished! Hawks are destined to finish in fourth position in the NPL irrespectivce of how results go
FAR from 'malfunctioning and literally bankrupting the town' (Walt Meadows, LEt, January 31), the 'nasty' Socialist council of Blackburn were given special praise for their planned capital programme. Also, the annual check of accounts and balances were
AT approximately 10pm last week, I needed a doctor for my sister and rang her doctor. Answer phone, please ring this number. I rang it - another answer phone, please ring this number. I rang and BT cut in, please place a 1 behind the 0 in the code. I
AFTER reading your article 'Church Extends the Hand of Friendship' (February 8), I would very much like to express my views on the subject. Last year a group of councillors from Pendle Council, including myself, were invited to a small community home
BLACKBURN Rovers won't just roll over and accept Lazio stealing Sven Goran Eriksson from under their noses. Eriksson has continued to duck the issue, even when contacted earlier this week by the Lancashire Evening Telegraph, and despite the continuing
HARD pressed working mens clubs in Hyndburn have again been knocked back in a long-running battle for discretionary rate relief. The council's policy and resources committee said that the authority simply could not afford up to £40,000 to extend rate
DESPITE personal tragedies in the lives of fun-loving pop stars Right Said Fred, their music is still remarkably upbeat. They have had to cope with public scorn, divorce and the news that singer Richard Fairbrass's lover is suffering from AIDS. Yet their
PENDLE MP Gordon Prentice visited Colne's biggest employer after receiving assurances that Lear Corporation have no plans to close its operations in the town. Mr Prentice made inquiries following speculation that Spring Garden Mill might close. He met
BURNLEY are the best supported club in Division Two. The Clarets boast a healthy league average of 10,142 - with promotion rivals Bristol City breathing down their necks on 10,013. Remarkably, that gives Burnley a bigger average home gate than 10 clubs
AN ex soldier died a lonely and troubled man and felt he was worthless, an inquest heard. Patrick Kearns, an alcoholic, had been sexually abused in the Royal Irish Guards, was depressed all the time and "just wanted oblivion," his ex-girlfriend told the
A SPECIALIST firm is being brought in to draw up plans for a new sports facility for the Brookhouse area of Blackburn. The council recently produced a document which underlines the need for an outdoor sports and recreational centre in the area. And the
BILL Birch's letter 'Labour feeding food propaganda' appears to have touched a raw nerve, judging by the sentiments expressed. However, the truth is that even a casual glance at Hansard over the past four years will reveal that the Tories planned to extend
BURNLEY Mechanics has teamed up with the Lancashire Evening Telegraph to promote events on the Internet. Net-surfers tapping into the East Lancashire Arts and Entertainments Centre web site, part of the service provided by Newsquest owners of the Lancashire
BLACKBURN Hawks are going all out this weekend to end their season flying high. Hawks' form has been inconsistent this season, but they're determined to go out with a bang. On the back of four wins in five games, and a full squad of players, manager Mike
IF we, as human beings and teachers, are to make the best world we can in which the compassionate quality of our society can mirror the compassionate quality of education, this process must start in every single classroom, or our hopes for a kinder society
OBJECTORS have won their fight against a proposed amusement centre close to a youth project and a primary school. Councillors ignored planning officials' advice and refused the application to open the MJA Leisure centre in Mill Hill, Blackburn. Moves
REPAIRS to a water mains at a flood blackspot will come too late for the families whose houses were left waterlogged, it has been claimed. Angry Blackburn councillors believe the latest flood in the Fishmoor Drive area could have been prevented if water
