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  • Lessons must be learned from dad's death

    THE son of an Accrington pensioner allowed home from hospital with a broken neck does not plan to take the matter any further. But Colin Sagar said today he hoped lessons will be learned from his father's tragic death. A coroner this week recorded an

  • Vanishing cops

    IT may seem tongue-in-cheek, but may I ask a serious question? Where do all the police personnel, now saturating Blackburn town centre (and I, for one, am glad to see it), disappear to, after Christmas? N SMITH (Mr), Shakespeare Way, Blackburn. Previous

  • Farmers 'facing extinction' in cheap beef imports war

    FARMERS' union leaders are warning that scores of people in East Lancashire could be forced out of business unless the Government takes action on cheap beef imports. The East Lancashire branch of the National Farmers Union has warned that 10 per cent

  • FIVE YEARS AGO: New rules on guns

    TOUGH new rules covering the ownership of firearm and shotgun certificates were to be introduced. Under the regulations gun owners in possession of specific types of weapons would have to register or surrender them. In particular, owning a firearm which

  • TEN YEARS AGO: Just the ticket

    BUS barmy Christopher Segnatelli thought his early Christmas present from Blackburn Transport was just the ticket. Six-year-old Christopher from Darwen was given a VIP tour of Blackburn Transport's Intack depot after the company heard of his passion for

  • Wind it up, Walt!

    WITH reference to the views of Walt Meadows (LET, December 11) some of us are increasingly bored by his pearls of wisdom. Most are a mixture of spite and a lack of common sense. The spite seems to have commenced on at May 1, 1997. To compare man's propensity

  • New code welcome

    HAVING long drunk in the Last Chance Saloon - the final stop before it is made to swallow a gagging privacy law - the British press, damned as a whole by the excesses of the tabloid nationals, now sobers up by ordering itself a revised code of practice

  • Straw's 'lynch law'

    JACK Straw intends to "give back power to people in law-abiding communities" in the Crime and Disorder Bill. Throughout the world and, particularly in Africa and the Third World, one can see examples of where this power is in the hands of communities.

  • Congratulations, sir, you're now a prince!

    MEALS at an Indian takeaway have got the "royal" seal of approval after the owner traced his origins and discovered he is a prince. During British rule in India, certain people were given different areas to rule and were treated like royalty and given

  • NON-LEAGUE: King James aims to Crown 'em

    LEIGHTON James is playing "patience" at Accrington Stanley, confident in the knowledge that he has enough cards up his sleeve to revive the sleeping giant. The former Welsh wing wizard - is there a more-capped manager on the non-league circuit? - admits

  • Beware the smiling PM

    ONCE upon a time, there was a land called England, with farmers and butchers and then ... New Labour, new young Labour, the People's Party. What a load of clowns are now in charge of our country. As a lifelong socialist, I cannot understand their policies

  • Fuel bill fear for poorer families

    FAMILIES on low incomes in East Lancashire are set to lose out when gas and electricity companies are opened up to competition, say council bosses. Experts are predicting some fuel bills will fall by a quarter when the utility companies are deregulated

  • ROVERS: Rio the hero has world at his feet

    Blackburn Rovers v West Ham United - Peter White's big match preview SHADES of '66 - when next summer's World Cup finals come around, expect at least one young man from the Upton Park academy to play a prominent role for England. Teenager Rio Ferdinand

  • A desperate plea for help

    I AM so very desperate. My husband has prostate cancer, and bone cancer and I have been trying for months to get the council to instal a stairlift to help him get upstairs. I recently had another phone call from them saying that the board - whoever they

  • Don't give in to blackmail

    THE gridlock chaos created in Blackburn town centre by a taxi drivers' wildcat protest over tough new safety tests was as disgraceful as it was selfish and spiteful. For whatever their beef with the council, they have no right to lash out at the public

  • Shop's 'A' board grabbed by council

    A TOWN centre trader who is fighting for the right to display an 'A' board outside his shop has had the board confiscated. David Wilson said the board was the best way of letting customers know that his shop, Naturally Yours, was there. But the sign has

  • CLARETS: Kev tries to do a Kenny

    Fulham v Burnley - Peter White's big match preview THOSE who believed that Kenny Dalglish had the biggest problem, trying to fill the shoes of Tyneside legend Kevin Keegan at St James's Park, should spare a thought for the man he succeeded. For, while

  • Spiroflow in Aussie expansion drive

    MANAGER Tony Town is heading Down Under to help an East Lancashire firm's overseas expansion drive. Tony, of Barnoldswick, has been appointed sales and marketing manager of Clitheroe firm Spiroflow's subsidiary in Adelaide, Australia. The subsidiary was

  • Happy days: Article that stirred fond memories

    Drive & Stroll, with Ron Freethy I LOVE it when one of my columns persuades a reader to write and add more information to my interest in Lancashire's history. Mrs M Little, of Commercial Street, Rishton, wrote about my memories of Stopper Lane and

  • Labour as heartless as Tories

    I AM a little confused by the actions of the so-called New Labour on social security spending. I'm all for cutting spending and making government leaner and more efficient, but is it not obvious that for cuts in society security, then, in addition to

  • Nothing changes

    AS the year comes to a close, I look back on my one-man crusade to get the area where I live cleaned up. Unfortunately, nothing has changed in spite of the many letters you have kindly published and phone calls to councillors, etc. Things have gradually

  • CLARETS: Let's put on a proper show!

    CHRIS Waddle reckons Kevin Keegan must feel like Lenny Lottery, with the millions he and team boss Ray Wilkins have had to spend. But it is tonight's TV showdown against Fulham at Craven Cottage that concerns the Burnley player-manager more than tomorrow's

  • Farmers in meat pies protest

    AROUND 70 East Lancashire farmers picketed a pie factory today in a dawn protest over the use of imported beef. The demonstration started at Holland's Pies, Baxenden, at about 3am and protesters dispersed peacefully shortly before 7am. The farmers said

  • ROVERS: Hammer them for me, says Sutton

    CHRIS Sutton is banking on his Blackburn Rovers team-mates to help him beat his ban blues. Ewood's leading goalscorer is forced to sit out tomorrow's home game against West Ham and summed up his feelings in one word - "Sick!" And just to pile on the personal

  • Broadley jobs boost

    A RECRUITMENT drive is underway at a fabric firm which has already doubled in size in the past three years. J B Broadley of Rawtenstall is looking for 20 people following a £1.5 million investment in new machinery at its factory. The firm specialises