PEOPLE will get a full say in major changes to hospital services in Rossendale before any decisions are made, health bosses have promised. A special report on health care in the area said there was a future for Rossendale Hospital but warned developments
STAN Ternent today faced up to the fact that Burnley are in a battle for survival near the bottom of the Second Division after a disastrous run of results. But he vowed to put things right and make relegation thoughts a thing of the past. "Are we in a
MANY children of divorced and separated parents are facing a miserable Christmas, according to a Lancashire support organisation. The Lancashire Family Mediation Service claims thousands of children from broken homes are unhappy about arrangements to
A NEWBORN baby girl who was found in a carrier bag died in hospital despite desperate attempts to revive her. Police are investigating after officers found the child in the back garden of a house in the Brookhouse area of Blackburn at about 11am yesterday
Nottingham Forest 2 Blackburn Rovers 2 - Peter White's big match verdict AT half time on a tumultuous afternoon, the murky waters of the neighbouring Trent must have seemed an inviting proposition for Brian Kidd as he saw another side of the Jekyll and
A PRISONER serving a life sentence at a Lancashire jail has painted a Christmas gift for a Ribble Valley church. The crib at St John's Church, Hurst Green, has a brand-new nativity scene backdrop, thanks to an inmate known only as 'Dave,' who is serving
CHRISTMAS shoppers went on a spending bonanza despite the recession in Blackburn with traders reporting takings up on the previous year. Blackburn shopping centre car parks had to be shut because they were so busy and Darwen and Accrington also reported
'VICARS face the dole" (LET December 8): perhaps the Bishop of Blackburn should consider introducing performance-related pray. TONY CLARKE, Tythebarn, Rimington. Converted for the new archive on 14 July 2000. Some images and formatting may have been lost
A LATE comment on the matter of the old people's homes due to be closed by Blackburn Council. When I was in the nursing profession, at one time there were wholesale movements of long-stay patients due to changes in government legislation. Friendships
Wightlink Raiders 3 Blackburn Hawks 7; Blackburn Hawks 19 Oxford FOxblades 2 SO, who's backing against Blackburn Hawks for the title now? To go away to your main rivals and triumph is one thing. To then return 24 hours later and treat your home fans to
THE five churches in the central area of Burnley have announced Christmas services. Central Methodist Church is holding a 10.30am family service on Christmas Day. At Sion Baptist Church there will be an 11.30pm midnight communion on Christmas Eve, and
MP Peter Pike is backing a motion calling for rigorous and comprehensive scrutiny of evidence surrounding the loss at sea of the MV Derbyshire to establish guidelines so it doesn't happen again. Nineteen-year-old Nigel Coates, from Burnley, was on board
A TEENAGER was stabbed after an incident outside an Accrington nightspot in the early hours of today. John Robb, 19, of Church Street, Church, received stab wounds to his stomach. He was taken to Blackburn Royal Infirmary where his condition was today
BARNSLEY boss John Hendrie has told Blackburn Rovers - it's £5 million, not a penny less, for Ashley Ward or forget it. And that could signal the end of the Ewood interest in the striker, as their valuation is nearly £1 million below that figure. Hendrie
AN ambitious scheme to convert a historic Blackburn building into a top quality meeting place for deaf and hearing people alike has been launched by the East Lancashire Deaf Society. Reporter AMY BINNS spoke through a sign-language interpreter to one
FRED Nutter entertained Christmas shoppers in Nelson's Admiral Shopping Centre for the 70th year as a band member of Nelson's Salvation Army Band. The band was joined by the choir from the Nelson Council of Churches for a selection of carols. Fred, 77
A NEW-BORN baby girl who was found in a carrier bag died in hospital despite desperate attempts to revive her. Police are investigating after officers found the child in the back garden of a house in the Brookhouse area of Blackburn at about 11am yesterday
STUDENTS at a Catholic high school which has just been through its Ofsted Inspection have been praised for their achievements at the annual prize night. Chairman of governors at All Saints RC High School, Rawtenstall, Coun Alan Fishwick, spoke of the
CHECK-OUT operator Dot Ambrose escaped with just bruises after she trapped her hand in a cash box and was stuck for over an hour. Dot, 35, had put a note in the cash box at her till at Rawtenstall's Asda store when it got stuck. When she tried to free
MORE than 40 textile workers facing redundancy just after Christmas have been told they are unlikely to receive any money for months. Many of the 42 workers at Wills Fabrics, Sykeside, Haslingden, have worked for the company more than 20 years and will
ONE of the finest church organs in the North West is to undergo £40,000 worth of restoration work. The Willis organ at St Paul's Church, Longridge, has been deteriorating for years but top organ-builders have now been called in. Cash has been raised from
A 77-YEAR-OLD great-grandfather has become Britain's oldest live organ donor. Doug Gibson donated one of his kidneys to end the misery of two years on dialysis for his 51-year-old son, also called Doug, from Rawtenstall. He struggled to persuade his son
POLICE are trying to trace the driver of a car which forced another off a country lane, injuring a woman passenger. The incident happened at 1pm on Friday in Skipton Old Road, Colne. Police said a blue Vauxhall Tigra overtook a farm vehicle and forced
GREAT-GRANDMA Nellie Whitehead moved a step closer to her dream to toast the millennium yesterday when she celebrated her 99th birthday in style. Nellie, a lifelong Blackburn Rovers fan and season-ticket holder, is thought to be one of the club's oldest
A WOMAN watched in horror when her elderly father's car left the road and ploughed into a tree. Attempts by paramedics to resuscitate Kenneth John Thompson, 74, failed and he was pronounced dead at Blackburn Infirmary. His daughter, Shirley Thompson,
BARNSLEY boss John Hendrie has told Blackburn Rovers it's £5 million, not a penny less, for Ashley Ward, or forget it. And that could signal the end of the Ewood interest in the striker, as their valuation is nearly £1 million below that figure. Hendrie
Burnley 0 Northampton Town 2 - Andy Neild's big match verdict OUT-THOUGHT last week, out-fought this - Burnley are facing up to the grim prospect of a bleak mid-winter. A second successive relegation scrap is looming large on the horizon after another
BLACKBURN Rovers tested the loyalty of Mrs Thatcher - their vice president - in their opposition to a fans membership scheme. MP Jack Straw urged the club to put pressure on the Prime Minister and appeal to her loyalty as he feared a card scheme would
BRITAIN was today launching a major bid to cut traffic exhaust fumes as EU environment ministers met in Brussels, calling for a 30 per cent cut in emissions by 2000. This may mean that heavy lorries will have to have special exhaust filters - a cost that
WITH the Operation Desert Fox air strikes against Iraq now halted, the political truce in Britain also ends as Opposition parties pressure Tony Blair on what happens next. Mr Blair tells us that the four-day bombardment has put Saddam Hussein "back in
BLACKBURN shopping centre management would like to thank all our customers who have very kindly contributed toys to our 1998 toy appeal. Once again, thanks to your generosity the appeal has been a huge success and your kindness will, we are sure, make
I THINK J R Uttley is a townie (Letters, December 16). Who does he think produces his potatoes, his wheat for his bread? The farmer does not have five weeks' holidays a year, does not have Bank Holidays, does not have long weekends. A farmer's job is
CLEARING out the attic the other day, I came across a refreshment and bar list, the date on the card was 1961. It was a drinks price list issued at the Blackpool Tower and Winter Gardens. Even with wages much lower, draught Duttons Bitter, or William
AFTER reading Mrs Joan Bunyan's letter (Letters, December 14), I also had a similar experience, but the child price age limit was a much younger one. It was my son's 18th birthday, so for a treat, his mother and I and our youngest son, who is 13, went
THE voluntary nature of the government's recently-published draft Code of Practice still offers no satisfactory long-term solution to tackling the deeply-ingrained practice of discriminating against older workers purely on grounds of age. Experience in
New building contractors are being sought by the council to carry out large-scale programmes of renewal and improvement in the Central, Stoneyholme and Daneshouse areas. It will involve improving the stone-built terraced properties, including stone cleaning
STAN Ternent today faced up to the fact that Burnley are in a battle for survival near the bottom of the Second Division after a disastrous run of results. But he vowed to put things right and make relegation thoughts a thing of the past. "Are we in a
A FAIRYTALE story was more fact than fiction when two lovestruck teachers played Cinderella and Prince Charming in the staff pantomime at Mount Carmel High School, Accrington. Head of maths Bernard Mooney and English teacher Rachel Harper, who took the
STUNNED members of a church congregation were told during a nativity service yesterday that their vicar had separated from his wife. The Bishop of Blackburn, the Rev Alan Chesters, has suspended the Rev Christopher Peter - East Lancashire's first Asian
BOSSES at The Millstone Hotel, Mellor, have gained a prestigious Investors in People award. The complex, which includes a restaurant, bar and hotel, is one of eight Shire Inns to qualify for recognition. The award was presented by the East Lancashire
THE owners of a successful card and gift shop in Burnley have taken time out from the festive rush to praise ELTEC for their advice in helping them set up 18 months ago. Pat Sunderland and Carole Gibbins run the Crafty Things shop in Standish Street stocking
PENDLE MP Gordon Prentice has attacked the government's moves to relax the bankruptcy laws, warning it could be a licence for rogues to rip-off the honest. Trade Secretary Peter Mandelson has announced that he intends to make it easier for bankrupt businessmen
AN INQUEST into the death of a 28-year-old Pendle man was opened and adjourned to allow his funeral to go ahead. Mark Antony Turner, of Princess Street, Nelson, was pronounced dead at Burnley General Hospital on Monday. A post mortem examination was carried
PENDLE MP Gordon Prentice has won a pledge from International Development Minister that the government is backing worldwide moves to end child labour. The Labour backbencher, who has long campaigned on the issue, tackled the minister on the matter through
A LUCKY prize draw winner is looking forward to a 'grand' shopping spree in Darwen after scooping a bumper festive boost. A drum roll signalled the countdown to the free drawn, run by Darwen Town Centre Association, which offered a prize of £1,000-worth
POLICE are hunting a convicted robber from Darwen who escaped from a young offenders' institute in Northumberland. Steven Thomas Taylor, 20, climbed over the outer wall and scaled the perimeter fence at Castington Young Offenders' Institute on Saturday
MARKET traders are being asked to give up their stalls to make way for a one-stop shop dealing with council services. Negotiations are taking place between Blackburn with Darwen Council and the five businesses operating in the Darwen Market Arcade. The
A 77-YEAR-OLD great grandfather has become Britain's oldest live organ donor - giving the gift of life to his Rossendale son. Doug Gibson donated one of his kidneys to end the misery of two years on dialysis for his 51-year-old son, also called Doug.
