ADMIRERS of the success of Lancashire businesswomen are urged to nominate them for an award. The last finalist from the county for the Veuve Clicquot Business Woman of the Year was in 1993 when Mavis Gradwell, joint managing director of Simon Jersey of
THE North West is the country's blackspot for business failures. The region was the only one which saw company collapses rising in 1997, according to new figures. Statistics show 153 North West firms went into receivership last year compared with 143
A £250 MILLION engine order has been added to the bulging order book of aerospace giant Rolls-Royce. The firm, which employs more than 1,000 at its Barnoldswick plant, has announced the order for Trent, RB211 and V2500 engines from an aircraft leasing
UNLUCKY businessman Michael Rogan believes gales not only cost him a brick wall but gave thieves the perfect opportunity to raid his business. He is still counting the cost of his misfortune which culminated in raiders plundering his premises and stealing
TABBY cat Toyah needs a new home after being abandoned on a doorstep over Christmas in a box covered in festive wrapping paper. The unwanted moggie survived her ordeal and is now being cared for by staff at the RSPCA's animal centre in Altham. She was
A SHOCKING rise in Blackburn's crime rate was revealed by police. Thieves stole £15 million worth of electrical goods from homes in the previous year, with an average of 20 burglaries a day. Crime figures revealed that 7,462 pieces of hi-fi equipment,
FAMILY doctors are being forced to fend off patients who take a "strong fancy" to them, it was claimed today. Cases of sexual harassment against male and female GPs are rife in East Lancashire, according to GPs spokesman David Noblett. His views echoed
ANGRY nurses jostled junior environment minister David Trippier as they protested over health cut plans. The Darwen and Rossendale MP ran the gauntlet of hostility to Government cost-saving demands as he joined other Burnley health district MPs for a
THE WAR of words over big differences in council tax rises is threatening to split the Labour Party in Lancashire. County Hall leaders are claiming council tax payers outside Blackburn and Darwen will be footing the bill for local government reorganisation
AS a parent of an adolescent and a youth leader, I would commend the support Jack Straw has given his son at this time and welcome his decision not to resign his post. To those interviewed who thought his response was 'disgusting,' I would say that the
REGARDING the comments of John Blunt about the BSE crisis (LET, December 24) let me put the record straight. He commented that the so-called greedy farmers knowingly fed feed containing meat and bone meal to their animals. This is not strictly true as
Political Focus, with Bill Jacobs HOME Secretary Jack Straw's desire for a quiet Christmas was destroyed by the Daily Mirror's revelation that his son was acquainted with the very criminal subculture of drugs he was committed to cracking down on. Although
MANAGER of the month Roy Hodgson has plenty to celebrate as Blackburn Rovers prepare for their first Premiership clash of 1998 at Derby County's Pride Park on Sunday. For Hodgson's team have equalled a record established by the 1994-95 championship side
Burnley v Watford - Peter White's big match preview PETER Kennedy is an expert in the export business - exporting goals that is from Vicarage Road. For his stunning strike last Saturday, to give Watford a third round FA Cup replay against Sheffield Wednesday
BED giant Silentnight is buying a rival business for £3 million. The Colne-based firm has announced it is purchasing the Rest Assured business from home improvement products group The Spring Ram Corporation. Silentnight said it was holding talks with
HOME office officials have confirmed that millions of pounds have been set aside for a new police station in Blackburn. Around £7.5 million will be spent on relocating or refurbishing Blackburn's ageing station in the next four years. Plans were drawn
THE man acknowledged as the Godfather of ambient dance music is to appear at a benefit event for Blackburn hostage Paul Wells. The Orb's Dr Alex Patterson has waived most of his fee for the charity bash at the Burnley Mechanics on March 28. The event
DOG owners whose pets foul council-owned land in Rossendale could soon face fines of up to £1,000. Councillors are being urged to make fouling of land an offence but are still unsure about how the new order would be enforced. The order, which is to be
YOUNG leukaemia sufferer Aimee Read is facing the biggest battle of her life today as she undergoes a vital bone marrow transplant. The brave five-year-old captured the hearts of hundreds of East Lancashire people who were told she would die within 12
TOWN hall bosses have come up with a compromise package in a bid to bring an end to a long running row centred around a footpath. Residents living near Witton Park High School in Blackburn were furious when a fence was built around the school, preventing
I WAS dismayed to read the criticism levelled at the staff of Ward 5 at Blackburn Infirmary (LET, December 27) as I feel it is totally unjustified. I was a patient there last year, enduring what was, for me, a very difficult time. The staff were wonderful
HOME Secretary Jack Straw comes though politically unscathed from the affair of his son being arrested for alleged drug-dealing. Indeed, a new opinion poll shows his standing with voters may have actually improved as a result of his handling of the matter
COULD I pick up Mr Ron Taylor's comment (Letters, January 2) regarding suggestions that taxi drivers claim to have made. I have met with their representatives recently and their comments are limited to the number of MoTs and the alleged excessive costs
COUNCIL tax payers in East Lancashire are much less likely to be interested in the political feuding going on between County Hall and newly-independent Blackburn with Darwen over the size of their bills next April than in the differences in impact on
JACK Straw should not and must not resign. Only self-opinionated people - the ones who wear 'blinkers' and shut out the realities of life, or those with selfish or ulterior motives - would disagree. They have no idea what it is like to be involved in
Friday Folk ARTISTIC Linda Falconer isn't one to sit feeling sorry for herself. Despite being struck down by the debilitating effects of Multiple Sclerosis, she turned her hands to producing an array of fascinating items for charity. Linda, 43, of Durham
CHRIS Waddle was today battling against the clock to try to sign Huddersfield Town striker Andy Payton in time for tomorrow's match against Second Division leaders Watford at Turf Moor. The Burnley player-manager has set up a swap deal, with the intention
