WITH reference to the article concerning St George's Day (LET, April 24), when I was a boy, it was a school holiday. Of course, in these days that would be deemed politically incorrect, or being too patriotic. Our bureaucratic masters in Brussels would
A DISTRAUGHT couple today claimed medical staff failed to detect a rare heart condition which led to the death of their son just 12 days after his birth. Anthony Holt and his partner, Anna Kellett, say they would never have gone ahead with the pregnancy
I HAVE, during the last few days, listened to and read much about Chris Sutton's 'questionable' action at Arsenal last weekend. I think, if I had not been watching football in all its shades for upwards of 60 years, I would have laughed. By and large
WALKERS will be putting their best feet forward to raise money for a Rossendale-based search and rescue team. Two treks are planned, one on May 18, when walkers will be sponsored to complete 25km. The second, the annual Rossendale Way In A Day walk, will
MADCAP merry-makers with a mobile maypole will be touring the streets of Clayton-le-Moors on General Election night. Seven game-for a-laugh ladies will be celebrating May 1 in traditional style by dancing around the maypole to canvass cash for Chaigley
BLIND walker Steve Cooper was planning to make hiking history by conquering three of Britain's highest peaks in less than 24 hours. Piano tuner Steve, of Nelson, was attempting to scale the faces of Ben Nevis, Snowdon and Scafell Pike. Teenager Gary Hope
BUSMEN threatened to take the law into their own hands after a series of late-night attacks on drivers by marauding gangs of youths. Five drivers had been attacked during the previous three weeks by teenagers, who leapt on to buses, punched the drivers
GLEN CHAPPLE was still in a Manchester hospital today with Lancashire battling desperately to stay alive in the Benson and Hedges Cup. Chapple was kept in overnight after an operation on the dislocated knuckle he suffered fielding in Lancashire's defeat
AS THE longest election campaign in living memory reaches its climax, an unfortunate aura hangs over it - a sense that is already all over. It is, of course, an atmosphere that has prevailed throughout - fed by the national media and by the opinion polls
TWO terrified teenagers were attacked with iron bars by men who forced their way into a secluded home. A 16-year-old girl and her 17-year-old boyfriend were assaulted just after 4pm yesterday at a farmhouse off Lench Road, Waterfoot. They were taken to
A LANCASHIRE union leader has urged pressure be put on the German government to get a decision on Eurofighter. Speaking at a conference in Germany for works council representatives, John Deans said the country's commitment was vital to production of the
MILLIONAIRE club owner Margo Carmichael-Grimshaw has nailed her election colours to the mast for all to see. Blackburn's queen of clubland is standing in the General Election as an Independent candidate. And, in a bid to attract the attention of voters
Nature Watch, with Ron Freethy LATE April and early May is a wonderful time for botanists as the spring flowers are at their best. There are so many to choose from that it is hard to know where to start. Our ancestors always knew where to start because
GLENDON Green, replying to my letter supporting Blackburn Council's initiative to target stress, says (Letters, April 24) it is up to the individual to 'fix it up.' I agree wholeheartedly that individuals should be responsible for themselves and work
INNOVATIVE young chefs battled it out in an inter-schools cookery competition sponsored by the Lancashire Evening Telegraph. Blackburn College restaurant 'Scholars' was the kitchen for the competition heats. The winners were Blackburn's Witton Park School
ADRIAN Heath sparked his Turf Moor revolution today when he announced the release of eight Burnley apprentices. The Turf Moor chief confirmed that the bulk of the second year batch of YTS trainees are being allowed to leave Turf Moor. Only Carl Smith,
COARSE jokes about religion, sex and race are simply no laughing matter, says the Bishop of Burnley, the Rt Rev Martyn Jarrett. He warns the continual coarsening of life's deepest moments risks trivialising the very things that call people to a better
LIVERPOOL boss Roy Evans looks poised to join the race for Blackburn Rovers' 'want-away' goalkeeper Shay Given at the end of the season. And Ewood striker Graham Fenton is also a wanted man - by former Rovers boss Ray Harford, now in charge of West Bromwich
REGARDING the withdrawal of funding for breast care nurses Wendy Birtwistle and Hazel James (LET, April 3), I want to inform the East Lancashire Health Authority that consultant surgeon Mr John Tresadern, together with the breast care nurses, are an excellent
YES, I think that Saint George's Day should be celebrated more. I wore my red rose with pride on April 23. M MASON (Mrs), Clitheroe. Previous news story Converted for the new archive on 14 July 2000. Some images and formatting may have been lost in the
THE tiny village of Pendleton has something big to celebrate this year - its church's 150th anniversary. When the church of All Saints was built in 1847 a great deal was happening in the country. As the building was being completed, literary history was
FORGOTTEN villagers are desperate to get back on the map...and now they're twinned with Fraggle Rock! It all began when Belthorn, just off the Blackburn-Haslingden road, "disappeared" during work on the M65. First, drum shop boss Chas Hooper put up a
WHEN is something going to be done about the Lodge of Gawthorpe Hall in Burnley Road, Padiham. This is the only building with any character on the roadside going to Burnley. The other Lodge is beautifully kept, and is surely kept in excellent repair as
EXPOSURE to asbestos led to the death of Rossendale electrician Roy Waite. Mr Waite, of Crabtree Avenue, Waterfoot, died in Burnley General Hospital on March 24. He was 61. Although his contact with asbestos could have been at any time over 30 or more
TRICKSTERS posing as council workers are being hunted by police after conning their way into an 81-year-old woman's home. The men went to their victim's home off Livesey Branch Road in Blackburn at around 10.45am yesterday. They said they wanted to check
A SON fought in vain to save his father's life after finding him collapsed at home. Philip Allan Crook, 22, performed mouth-to-mouth and heart massage techniques on his father Phillip, 60, following instructions over the telephone from the ambulance service
