A SOLICITOR has questioned why prostitutes who ply their trade in Blackburn's red light district are regularly prosecuted but their "customers" rarely appear in court. Stephen Parker told Blackburn magistrates there were two sides to every story but the
THERE have been two startling and far-reaching transformations at Blackburn Rovers in recent months. Roy Hodgson was sacked and the club has returned as a major force in the transfer market. And Tim Sherwood has been instrumental in both through his candid
WATCHDOGS praised Blackburn Royal Infirmary's casualty department when they swooped on the hospital for a spot check. The Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley Community Health Council found that most patients were treated within an hour of arriving at
POLICE who unveiled a cardboard cut-out of Britain's most wanted armed robber have received scores of calls about the case. Detectives said several callers had suggested names for the offender who has carried out 34 raids on building societies across
LANCASHIRE fire brigade has improved its performance over the past year - but Home Secretary and Blackburn MP Jack Straw has told firefighters they can still do better. And Mr Straw has told forces all over the country that performance has no link to
PRIME Minister Tony Blair today praised the progress of the New Deal in Lancashire as the jobs scheme's first set of figures were released. More than 3,000 young people in Lancashire have started on the New Deal since its launch in April, with 1,000 of
FA Youth Cup: Blackburn Rovers Youth 1 Sheffield United Youth 2 - Peter White reports NOT EVEN a marvellous solo goal from left winger Paul Forsyth could prevent Blackburn Rovers from going out of the FA Youth Cup at Ewood last night. A disappointing
TONY Parks is rejoining the staff at Turf Moor - just four months after being given a free transfer by the Clarets! Parks is returning in a part-time capacity as goalkeeping coach to Stan Ternent's squad. And his appointment will come as a welcome birthday
A FLASH frost brought mayhem to Blackburn's roads with the worst driving conditions for seven years creating localised gridlocks as many roads were completely blocked. A brewery lorry slid off the Grane Road, Haslingden, a van was blown over in Belthorn
DAVID Wilson (LET, January 19) has refused to pay a £1,000 fine for having cannabis worth £2 in his pocket. William Straw was caught selling the same drug, yet he escaped with a caution. This iniquity demonstrates the haphazardous way in which the prohibition
I COMPLETELY agree with Jack Lord (Letters, January 10) and Mr A L Fisk (Letters, November 10) regarding German domination of Europe. What is going on in Europe is the beginning of the Fourth Reich. Everybody knows the Third Reich was Adolf Hitler and
A GOLD and jewellery supplier was attacked and robbed as he was making a delivery to a stall on Burnley market. The man, who had driven from Blackburn where he lives, was just getting out of this silver BMW on level three of the market multi-storey car
PATIENTS will be sent for operations at private hospitals in Bradford, Blackburn and Gisburn as the race hots up to meet Government waiting list targets. Burnley HealthTrust chiefs still have to clear another 100 in-patients from waiting lists by March
A PILOT scheme to reward people who provide information about crimes has been launched in the police Pennine division, which covers Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale. The Crimestoppers initiative provides money directly to the division, giving local police
SPURS are expected to hold talks with Blackburn Rovers skipper Tim Sherwood before the two clubs meet in the Premiership on Saturday, with a bid of £4.2 million believed to be imminent. With Sherwood still under a lengthy Ewood contract and insisting
POLICE hunting a sex pest said to resemble soccer star Eric Cantona may be closing in on their target after 12 more women came forward to say a man had exposed himself to them. It is now believed the Cantona lookalike may have exposed himself more than
Food News, with Amanda Killelea A RESTAURANT owner has launched a nationwide campaign to stop chefs from using potentially harmful artificial food colourings. Shofiq Raji Mia owns the popular Nila Indian Restaurant, in Bacup Road, Rawtenstall. His chefs
As his old school is demolished, Lancashire Evening Telegraph sub editor Eric Beardsworth makes a sentimental journey CLOUDS of demolition dust are rising where I used to sit among clouds of chalk dust. The old Accrington Grammar School - that impressive
POLICE are being kept in the picture about town centre crime now that long-awaited closed circuit television cameras are rolling in Darwen A distraught mother who had become separated from her six-year-old son was the first person to benefit from the
BUS drivers have called off a series of strikes after voting to accept the revised pay offer from Stagecoach Ribble. The bus company announced the end of the dispute after the revised pay offer drivers had initially rejected was subject to a re-ballot
A CONVICTED child sex offender, due to be released from prison in less than a month, has confessed that he will continue to pose a threat to young children. And a full-time magistrate has called for urgent action from all agencies involved to tackle what
Lancashire Group of the Geologists' Association, meet Samlesbury War Memorial Hall, 7pm. Slides "Knocking about the World." Jack Straw MP Advice Surgery, Ivy Street Community Centre, 4pm-5pm; Audley Community Centre, Chester Street, 5.30pm-6.30pm, both
PLANS to turn the former Huncoat power station and hundreds of acres of unused land into a £200 million leisure park was a very real probability, said Hyndburn's industrial policy committee. They hoped to create more than a thousand jobs with the Zeri
JUST as the arrest this week of Sidney Cooke by Thames Valley Police investigating sex attacks on children going back 20 years discloses that this member of the most notorious paedophile gang in British criminal history has been living in a police station
I AM trying to contact any living relative of the late Margaret Mary Smith, my great-grandmother. She married twice - her first husband being Robert William Pickering. Their daughter, also called Margaret Mary, married my grandfather, Matthew Cosgrove
ONE sees (LET, January 16) that, among their other theme weeks, Blackburn with Darwen Council are going to have a 'Daft Week.' Are we to presume that at last, the councillors are going to come out and perform in public as the true jesters and comics that
REGARDING your report on the mini-roundabout to be made at the junction of Sandy Lane and Branch Road, Lower Darwen (LET, January 20). Once again, the incompetence of the highways department is only surpassed by its arrogance. The spokesman for the council
AN individual win for Pendle's Lee McCash plus three team victories were the East Lancashire highlights of the Lancashire Schools Athletic Association's annual championship, held at a muddy and icy Witton Park, Blackburn. The weekend also proved to be
POLICE in Burnley have revealed their latest weapon against speeding motorists, a laser gun with a range of more than 1,00O metres. The gun was put on show at the launch of a national speed campaign, supported by the Pennine police division, which covers
A TEENAGER from Accrington who ventured inside the Arctic Circle last year is heading south for his latest expedition - a research trip to Antarctica. Linden Davies, 17, of St John's Close, Baxenden, will join a 15-strong team of explorers set to land
A SUPERMARKET owner claims his bid to save a 'lifeline' town centre shop has been blocked by Co-op bosses. But today the shop's owners said that a final decision has not yet been made on the move. Mr Bob Whitehead said he was ready to snap up the Late
A SEMINAR to help firms keep in touch with the latest developments in technology is being staged tonight. The Lancashire branch of the Chartered Institute of Marketing is holding a seminar to look at how new media can help firms reach a wider audience
STAFF at a holiday firm are celebrating after scooping a top award for a brochure. Accrington-based Tradewinds, the worldwide holiday arm of part of the Airtours travel empire, beat off stiff competition from other UK and North American tour operations
EXPORT manager John McCaughran is a world champion! John, who works for Hilden Manufacturing in Oswaldtwistle, has become the only person to have won the East Lancashire Chamber of Commerce's export achievement award twice. John has won the 1998 trophy
A MOMENT in kitty-vision history came and went at around 7.45pm yesterday - purr-fectly placed in the interval of Coronation Street to ensure maximum mewing figures! But did Whiskas' first ever TV advert designed especially for cats leave moggies in a
SPURS are expected to hold talks with Blackburn Rovers skipper Tim Sherwood before the two clubs meet in the Premiership on Saturday, with a bid of £4.2 million believed to be imminent. With Sherwood still under a lengthy Ewood contract and insisting
JASON McAteer made an emotional exit from Liverpool Football Club today. The new £4m Blackburn Rovers shed a tear with his former colleagues before clearing his locker after a light training session. McAteer was due at an Ewood press conefernce later
A YOUNGSTER from Burnley has become the latest child to be struck down by suspected meningitis. East Lancashire Health Authority was notified of the case on Tuesday and the youngster is receiving treatment at Burnley General Hospital. It is the 20th suspected
YOUR editorial (LET, January 19) was spot on about Blackburn with Darwen Council's housing policy. That was particularly the case with your forthright comments on the millions of pounds that have been spent on the foolhardy attempt to prop up estates
HALF a million pounds of public cash will be put into a private scheme to transform a derelict foundry in Burnley into a hotel and nightclub complex, councillors have been told. Work is expected to start next month on massive improvements to the listed
A HEALTH watchdog today called for all GPs to carry penicillin for the immediate treatment of meningitis in the home. Burnley Community Health Council chairman Frank Clifford made his appeal as it was revealed a youngster from Burnley was the latest child
TONY Parks is rejoining the staff at Turf Moor - just four months after being given a free transfer by the Clarets! Parks is returning in a part-time capacity as goalkeeping coach to Stan Ternent's squad. And his appointment will come as a welcome birthday
