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  • Tandoori treat for Blairs

    IF you want to know what the Prime Minister had for supper just ask Rawtenstall take-away manager Chhanu Miah! Chhanu, 26, secretary of Rossendale Bangladesh Welfare Association, was at his brother-in-law's restaurant in Bispham raising money for flood

  • East Lancs crime 'hot spots' probe

    MPS, police and local authorities are to meet to see if any areas of East Lancashire should be put forward for inclusion in the 20 crime 'hot spots' proposed by Tony Blair. The Prime Minister promised in his keynote speech to the Labour Party conference

  • Lib Dems back benefit fraud councillor

    A COUNCILLOR who was convicted of benefit fraud after been seen repairing aerials on a roof today got the backing of his party. Liberal Democrat Paul Edmondson pleaded guilty at Blackburn Magistrates last week to four charges of making a false statement

  • Straw pledges £50m war on house burglars

    HOME secretary Jack Straw today launched a £50 million crackdown on house burglars who wreck thousands of lives every year. Plans include the loaning of alarms to the vulnerable and using mobile closed circuit TV systems in the most at risk areas. The

  • Starlets shine at Deepdale

    Preston North End Reserves 0 Blackburn Rovers Reserves 2 A YOUNG Rovers side claimed a comfortable win at Deepdale last night after getting off to a flying start with a goal in the first minute. David Dunn picked out Andrew McAvoy on the right and the

  • Lung-swap double for brave young brothers

    BATTLING brothers John and Robert Daly are celebrating double lung transplant joy after marathon operations just two years apart. Heart and lung transplant patient John Daly, 15, is already sitting up in bed after undergoing a gruelling six hour operation

  • Events in East Lancashire tomorrow (Friday, October 2nd)

    Macmillan Nurses "World's Biggest Coffee Morning," with the Ernie Riding Trio, in Blakey's Cafe Bar, King George's Hall, Blackburn, 9.30am to 12 noon. National Guide Dog Week -- caravan and stalls, King William Street (opposite Marks and Spencer), Blackburn

  • TEN YEARS AGO: Bus 'war' peace

    BLACKBURN's bus chaos was set to come to an end -- the day after a rise in fares. Government transport chiefs stepped in to force an end to town centre chaos which was choking the town's roads. Legal big guns were called in to force the peace when bus

  • FIVE YEARS AGO: MPs' jobs mission

    TWO Labour MPs flew to head a delegation to try to protect a Euro-lifeline for jobs and industry in East Lancashire. Burnley MP Peter Pike and Hyndburn MP Greg Pope cut short their conference activities in Brighton to meet trade and industry minister

  • A reader looks back

    I AM writing to tell you I have got the telegraph for 59 years -- honestly. We used to call it the pink then and there was the last sports Saturday. It was delivered by tram then to West End paper shop. To go to see Rovers play, we used to go by tram

  • The trouble with double

    THANK goodness for the large store in Blackburn town centre where you can buy one pan, one plate, one spoon, etc. instead of having to buy a set of three pans, a 21-piece tea set, six spoons or items of cutlery. I find most shops and supermarkets now

  • Children are grand

    WE HAVE four large steps from our kitchen to the yard and, as I have to use elbow crutches, negotiating them is easier when I can hold the rail and descend backwards. The other day, I was doing this as my six-year-old granddaughter, Lindsay, and her twin

  • Telly granny in the dock!

    FRIENDS and family of Burnley grandmother June Knight won't have to wait too long to see her TV appearance on new Sky One show Guilty. The programme producers have decided her performance in the dock on a charge of being "an overprotective mother" was

  • Man and woman on murder charge

    A COUPLE made a brief appearance in court at Burnley today charged with the murder of 53-year-old John Stoiles. Desmond John McDermott, 31, and Tracey Maria Parker, 28, both unemployed and both of Rylands Street, Duke Bar, Burnley, were remanded in custody

  • Party heads send their best wishes

    PRIME Minister Tony Blair and opposition leader William Hague have sent congratulatory messages to an East Lancashire Asian welfare group as it celebrates its 20th birthday. Hundreds attended Burnley and Pendle Bangladesh Welfare Association's party at

  • Catalogue of failures at school

    A CATALOGUE of failures in the running of a troubled Pendle high school were outlined to concerned parents as a new acting head vowed: "We will turn things around." A special Ofsted inspection was carried out at Brierfield's Mansfield High School in August

  • Funeral service is a 'Green' project

    A COMPANY offering environmentally-friendly funerals is the latest entrant in the Lancashire Evening Telegraph's Grimewatch awards. Baker's Funeral Service in Hammerton Street, Burnley, has been supplying biodegradable coffins, fittings and garments for

  • Roofer beaten to death

    POLICE have launched a murder-style inquiry after horrified residents watched a badly-beaten man collapse and die in the street. The 48-year-old local man was involved in a fight at the Commercial Hotel in Blackburn Road, Church, at around 7pm yesterday

  • Time set to be called on town hall pub plan

    A CONTROVERSIAL plan to convert a former town hall into a pub is set to be turned down by councillors. Inns & Leisure Ltd wants to transform the former Barnoldswick Town Hall into a pub and restaurant with a conservatory extension. But council planners

  • Sheelagh campaigns to save bridge

    ANGRY Sheelagh Burdus has launched a one-woman campaign to save a bridge from closure. Council notices have been sent out to some Mill Hill residents warning that Primrose Hill bridge has been earmarked for closure and asking for their views. The bridge

  • Four of the best short-listed for Woman of Year award

    FOUR East Lancashire women who have overcome personal adversity to hit the heights in community work and sport have been shortlisted for a top award. They have been nominated for the 1998 Lancashire Woman of the Year Award to be announced next week. The

  • Mothers' Union raises funds from the famous

    FOOTBALL chiefs have stepped in with a late substitution to help a Mothers' Union hit a cash goal after Christian soccer boss Glenn Hoddle failed to score a success with fund-raisers. The England boss was one of only a couple of celebrities who failed

  • Shirt gesture 'for the fans'

    TIM Sherwood was simply making a gesture of thanks to the fans when he threw his Rovers shirt to the supporters in Lyon on Tuesday night. Many of those who travelled to France were worried that it was a signal of the skipper's impending departure. But

  • Vindheim stars for reserves

    Burnley Reserves 0 Coventry City Reserves 1 NORWEGIAN defender Rune Vindheim stated a strong case to follow former Brann team-mate Frank Petter Kval to Burnley last night. Vindheim, who is out of contract with the top-flight Norwegian club, was given

  • Spurs want Sherwood

    TOTTENHAM Hotspur are expected to make a renewed multi-million pound bid for Blackburn Rovers skipper Tim Sherwood, following today's appointment of George Graham as manager at White Hart Lane. Rovers will not welcome a revival of the London club's interest

  • Jack has to come good on crime pledge

    WHILE the Tories lost the plot and contemplated their Eurosceptic navel, Labour concentrated on what really concerned the public -- and won the last general election. One of the main planks of that successful strategy was the pledge to be tough on crime

  • CRICKET: Slater forced to quit

    LANCASHIRE League clubs voted last night to accept Rod Slater's resignation as secretary -- even though the official had tried to rescind it. Mr Slater's resignation was first tendered prior to the monthly meeting of club representatives on August 26.

  • Feeling the bumps

    WHOEVER was responsible for the recent installation of speed ramps throughout Highercroft Estate has shown absolutely no consideration for bus operators. As a result of this short-sighted planning, buses will suffer extra wear and tear, drivers' health

  • SUPERBIKES: Foggy plays it cool

    CARL Fogarty and Pier-Francesco Chili look set to bury the hatchet ahead of Sunday's World Superbike championship showdown at Sugo in Japan. Chili had threatened to do all he could to sabotage Foggy's chances of a third World Superbike crown after the

  • Fight for Darwen's identity

    THE celebration of Darwen Tower's 100th birthday last Saturday, was a disaster and a terrible shame. As a resident, born and bred, of Darwen for 40 years, I am sickened by what the so-called Blackburn with Darwen Council is trying to do to the town. I

  • Spurs want Sherwood from Rovers

    TOTTENHAM Hotspur are expected to make a renewed multi-million pound bid for Blackburn Rovers skipper Tim Sherwood, following today's appointment of George Graham as manager at White Hart Lane. Rovers will not welcome a revival of the London club's interest

  • Vindheim stars for reserves

    Burnley Reservers 0 Coventry City Reserves 1 NORWEGIAN defender Rune Vindheim stated a strong case to follow former Brann team-mate Frank Petter Kval to Burnley last night. Vindheim, who is out of contract with the top-flight Norwegian club, was given

  • Mercy flight for injured holidaymaker

    A PENSIONER who broke her hip on holiday in Turkey hopes to come home on a special flight this weekend. And her daughter has spoken of her relief at hearing her mum could be back in East Lancashire by the end of the week. Elsie Greenhalgh, who lives in

  • Roofer beaten to death

    POLICE have launched a murder-style inquiry after horrified residents watched a badly-beaten man collapse and die in the street. The 48-year-old local man was involved in a fight at the Commercial Hotel in Blackburn Road, Church, at around 7pm yesterday

  • Airtours take off to new heights

    HOLIDAY group Airtours has expanded with the takeover of two tour operators, one in the UK and Ireland and the other in the USA. The Helmshore based firm is paying £10.5 million for Panorama Holiday Group which specialises in short-haul package tours

  • Firm date to remember

    A NEW factory which will help create more than 50 new jobs in East Lancashire was being officially opened today. Callender Aeropart's purpose built factory on the Altham Industrial Estate will house its 220 staff with plants to increase it to 275 by 2001