COLNE'S First Mayor's Scouts are in line for a £600 grant from Pendle Council to help put right damage caused by vandals who ransacked their premises. The donation is among several "one-off" payments totalling £7,480, recommended for approval by the council's
Dawlish Town 0 Burnley 4 - Pete Oliver's match report THE 'A' team of Andy Cooke and Andy Payton wasted no time in slipping into the old routine with a goal apiece as Burnley made a satisfactory start to their pre-season programme in sun-kissed Devon.
A FORMER Blackburn couple are hoping new treatment can transform the life of their son, who suffers from a rare brain disorder. The only known long-term treatment for seven-year-old Robert Pickup's condition - which causes him to have up to 100 seizures
Elmia United 0 Blackburn Rovers 2 - Peter White's match verdict IT MIGHT not seem the same without Stuart Ripley roaming the touchline next season and Damien Duff and Jason Wilcox are two of the prominent members of Ewood's current lengthy casualty list
HEARD the one about the old lady whose husband trapped her by her clothes in the mangle to stop her going to town? Comic actor Wilfred Pickles, host of the hugely popular radio show Have A Go, got the story straight from her own mouth - and so did millions
IT LOOKED like the end of the line for Bobby when, as the last of Blackburn's railway horses, he received his redundancy notice 44 years ago. Next stop for the 13-year-old four-legged British Railways' employee might have been the glue works after his
A COMMONS storm erupted over a claim by Inner Cities Minister Kenneth Clarke that it was boom time in Lancashire. He angered Labour MPs by insisting the county's economy was looking up and doles queues were shortening faster than ever. Burnley MP Peter
AS Tom Bromley (Letters, July 6) pointed out, his right to good health is a priority. Yet despite huge research resources in animal experiments, we are not a healthier nation. If we are to change the situation we must invest resources in human-based epidemiological
CHORLEY are just two steps away from a fourth visit to Lord's in five years after beating Birkenhead Park and the rain at Windsor Park yesterday to reach the quarter finals of the Abbot Ale Cup. Their immediate reward is a home tie against Doncaster provisionally
REGARDING Mrs M Hales' remarks (Letters, July 10) about drink being worse than smoking, I would like to point out that I and all other non-smokers have the right to breathe fresh air, especially in restaurants. Why should we be forced to "smoke" as well
FURTHER to the remarks (LET, July 14) of Rossendale's planning officer, Philip Cunliffe, on people "hogging" car parking spaces in Rawtenstall so that they can travel to work in Manchester on the bus, while I can understand the frustration of people who
IN reply to Arthur Finch (Letters, July 9) who was upset about your account of the congregation of the old St Barnabas' Church in Blackburn, the church records show quite clearly that only a few people were left in an old decaying church. It was only
CONFECTIONERY giant Mars is writing to the chairman of Burnley Football Club asking him to reconsider the ban placed on its Snickers bars. It follows a "joke" which was written inside losing wrappers in a competition run by Mars which made reference to
SAINSBURYS today unveiled its multi-million pound plans for the redevelopment of Burnley's Prestige factory site. The scheme will create 600 jobs, 450 retail related and 150 in business and construction work. It will include a new Sainsburys retail store
OVER the years, we have become accustomed to Nigel Evans' prolific publicity machine. Thus, Bill Jacobs reports (LET, June 18) the Ribble Valley Tory MP is about to accuse the government of "dragging its feet" over the millennium bug; then, the next day
A TV licensing blitz on Burnley during soccer World Cup month achieved its goal - netting a record 1,083 licence dodgers. The yellow card warning from the TV Licensing authority that it was about to swoop during the tournament, also resulted in a scramble
THE firm heading the £9 million re-development of Burnley's Weavers' Triangle has snapped up the former Lord's Printers works as part of its overall strategy. Liverpool-based Millview Developments has bought Sandygate Mill in Trafalgar Street for an undisclosed
CAT lovers are demanding action after a bull terrier savaged two pets - killing one and badly injuring another. They fear a child could be the next victim. Tanya Whittaker's cat Charlie had his back right leg amputated by vets after being attacked in
A DRUNKEN house breaker who shinned up a drainpipe before leaving empty-handed as his victim was downstairs, has gone to jail for eight months. Andrew Partington, 28, who struck after taking a mixture of the anti-depressant drug Prozac and alcohol, had
ROY HODGSON is expected to wheel out what big guns he has available here in tonight's final game of Blackburn Rovers' Swedish tour against Second Division side Kristianstad. But he also saluted the efforts of several young bloods who have risen to the
AN Accrington teacher is celebrating double success after becoming the first in East Lancashire to pass a new national headteachers exam. Valerie Malcolm, a deputy head at Hollins County High for the last five years, missed her graduation ceremony - because
JEWELLER Peter Jackson has been crowned! The Blackburn businessman won the title of Independent Retailer of the Year at the UK Jewellery Awards held at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London. "It is a tremendous honour. To have won this treasured award out
A BUSINESS green group from Poland has been picking up tips in East Lancashire. Four visitors from Eastern Europe spent the week in East Lancashire, visiting Groundwork's Business Environment Association network in the area. The group is in the process
A COUPLE who met doing the 'sleazy slide' stepped out in style for their Country and Western wedding at Burnley Register Office. The American line dance routine at the Railway Club in Rosegrove two years ago led to romance for Derrick Nolan and Janette
INSPECTORS have been ordered into a troubled East Lancashire high school by the Government amid concerns that pupils' education may have been affected by events in recent months. Schools Minister Stephen Byers has called on the Chief Inspector of Schools
A SECURITY guard was hit over the head with a sawn-off shotgun before three armed robbers made off with his cash box containing thousands of pounds. The guard had made a collection from the Aldi supermarket, Harpers Way, Chorley, at 3.40pm on Saturday
FIREFIGHTERS said farewell to retiring colleague Craig Steele at a summer barbecue. Craig, from Belthorn, Blackburn, has decided to call it a day because of injuries he received tackling a blaze. The retained firefighter was hurt when he fell through
MPs have called on the Government to build a super sports stadium along the lines of the "Stade de France", Paris venue of the World Cup final, as the centrepiece for the Manchester 2002 Commonwealth Games. The MPs, including Chorley's Lindsay Hoyle,
A NEW league of shame today reveals Blackburn as a black- spot for television licence evasion. Blackburn is placed seventh and is the only East Lancashire town listed in the table of 50. The information has been compiled from TV Licensing's database,
MAUREEN Borrows, who has dealt with thousands of emergency calls from people across the county since she joined the Lancashire Ambulance Service in 1958, has retired. The service's longest serving emergency medical dispatcher, has sent ambulance crews
MONEY has been made available for East Lancashire folk who have a bright idea to improve the neighbourhood in which they live. The Lancashire Environmental Action Fund, sponsored and administered by the county council, offers funding and advice to people
IT'S a case of so far so good for Stan Ternent after Burnley opened their pre-season programme under the new boss with a comfortable 4-0 win over Dawlish Town. The first of five warm-up games at first-team level was a low-key affair at the Western League
DENTAL experts have set themselves a 10 point target in a bid to put the smile back into East Lancashire. The strategy will aim to drive out decay and improve the oral health of the district's 500,000 population. East Lancashire has one of the worst dental
STEVE Morgan could be the man to solve Burnley's left-back conundrum. Morgan played his first game in a claret and blue shirt as Burnley beat Dawlish Town 4-0 in the first leg of their Devon double-header on Saturday. He has been given the pre-season
A "SAD and lonely" divorced man who sexually abused a schoolboy has started an 18 month jail term. Brian Hall, 56, of Oban Drive, Blackburn, admitted specimen allegations of two counts of indecent assault and two of indecency with a child. He is not related
ROY HODGSON is expected to wheel out what big guns he has available here in tonight's final game of Blackburn Rovers' Swedish tour against Second Division side Kristianstad. But he also saluted the efforts of several young bloods who have risen to the
Summer Playscheme, Sudellside Community Centre, Darwen, 1.30-4pm. Inner Wheel Club of Blackburn Charity Shop, Lord Street West, Blackburn, 9.30am-4pm. Summer swimming course (30 minutes), Daisyfield Swimming Pool and Shadsworth Leisure Centre, Blackburn
TODDLERS at a Clitheroe nursery serenaded the town's mayor with songs about their pet "mini-beasts". Clitheroe Mayor and Mayoress John and Patricia McGowan presented leavers at Ribblesdale Nursery with special Record of Achievement books. More than 50
IF progress is measured in terms of possessions, then we have come a long way since 1954. For, back then, the Northern Daily Telegraph reported the findings of an American "political scientist" who surveyed the lifestyles of Lancashire workers. And, out
AN EAST Lancashire MP slammed a windfall bonus which took Norweb chairman Ken Harvey's annual earnings up to £208,287 as "grotesque". Pendle MP Gordon Prentice said the £20,625 windfall payment showed how Norweb directors were on a "gravy train", paid
LONG-awaited, much-delayed and heavily-trailered, the government's White Paper on transport hit the streets today - apparently, with John Prescott cautiously pressing on the throttle. For, despite him having a boot full of congestion-cutting, anti-car
WITH reference to your editorial concerning the M65 extension (LET, July 10), I am pleased for the people of Blackburn, and particularly Brownhill, that things have eased up for them. However, you naively assume that the problem of congestion has gone
CONSTRAINTS on town hall spending may force councils to prioritise services, but must the system be so harsh that people have to suffer like wheelchair-bound Eveline Price - a prisoner in her own home because the council cannot find a paltry £5,000? Sixty-year-old
PADIHAM let a golden opportunity to consolidate their place at the top of the Vaux Ribblesdale League slip when Great Harwood took the honours with a spectacular run chase. The top club set the target of 220 in just 39 overs with Andy McNicholas top scoring
LANCASHIRE cricket has the chance to hail its next Test cricketer at Old Trafford tonight. Andy Flintoff, who was yesterday called into England's squad for the third Test against South Africa at Trent Bridge, will be keen to celebrate in the floodlit
ALONG with several dozen other residents of Billington, I attended the County Highways sub-committee on June 24 which dealt with the proposal to introduce a traffic management scheme that would allow more than 50 houses to be built on a site behind our
DAMAGE costing tens of thousands of pounds was caused when fire swept Todmorden Cricket Club pavilion yesterday. Flames were shooting out of windows and a doorway and licking the roof of the single storey wooden structure at Centre Vale when firefighters
ENGINES roared as leather-clad bride Amanda Brazier and groom Billy Baillie rolled up on their bikes to get married. The happy couple were followed by an impressive procession of 32 gleaming machines ridden by friends from across the country. And Amanda's
A POPULAR town centre bar in Accrington is to be transformed in a £500,000 refurbishment. Work on the huge revamp at the Regency Bar is set to start in the second week of August and expected to take almost eight weeks to complete. The Thwaites pub, in
A WHEELCHAIR-bound woman has been left "trapped" in her own home because council bosses will not pay to instal a ramp. Angry Hyndburn MP Greg Pope today took up the case of Eveline Price and said he despaired at the local authority's attitude. Mrs Price
NEARLY half of small company investors are shunning the junior stockmarket. The Alternative Investment Market, which two East Lancashire firms are listed on and a third is set to join, is snubbed by many investors because of high profile problems with
YOUNG Dylan Wildman is facing another battle against the killer disease leukaemia - knowing that a stranger could save his life. His desperate parents today launched an appeal to find a bone marrow donor. Russell and Caroline Wildman of Jubilee Street
DAWN raids on the homes of known drug dealers and burglars today kick-started a major police blitz on criminals operating on troubled Darwen estates. Officers swooped on several addresses in the Sudell area as part of Operation Edward - aimed at tackling
