BEACHES in the North West and Isle of Man have been named the second dirtiest in the country after an annual litter survey. Beachwatch '98 found more than 25,000 items of litter on 18 beaches - including a whole fishing net, film negatives and 19 Irish
BOSSES at British Aerospace have denied they have received an approach to buy its arms-making business Royal Ordnance despite reports that a German company was poised to make a bid for the company. Germany's Rheinmetall was tipped in newspaper reports
A ROSSENDALE school branded as "failing" three years ago, has won through with flying colours. Cribden House special boys' school, Rawtenstall, was placed in special measures after it was judged to be failing to give pupils an acceptable standard of education
LANCASHIRE people start "clubbing" at 15 and are still at it for six hours a week well into their 40s, according to research by a building society. But forget all night raves, the real stars of Lancashire's club scene are rambling groups, chess clubs
HOME secretary Jack Straw will kick off a new after-school study centre for youngsters at Blackburn Rovers' ground. The Playing for Success scheme at Ewood Park will help pupils tackle literacy, numeracy and study skills by reinforcing school work. Backed
Eric Leaver on the Darwen air raid AVIATION enthusiast Mr R Whittle, a pensioner, of Heaton, Bolton, asks when was the daylight air raid on Darwen during World War Two, how many were killed, was it the only time the town was attacked and is he right in
SHOCK waves spread through Blackburn Town Hall after the resignation of council leader Peter Greenwood, Labour leader for almost five years. He was thought to have quit after an internal row over the year's spending programme, which he felt were over-ambitious
CRICKET: Lancashire's bid to capture Muttiah Muralitharan was boosted today with a turnabout by the Sri Lankan authorities. Until this weekend it seemed they would prevent their ace spinner from joining the Old Trafford club after the World Cup in June
HAWKS 6 WIGHTLINK 4 Kings rule the Hawks roost FLU-hit Hawks blew hot and cold - a severe attack of travel sickness followed by a much more comfortable night at home. Hawks defeat on Saturday probably leaves Milton Keynes odds-on to lift the English Premier
AFTER living on two different council estates I thought I had seen how irresponsible people were when discarding their unwanted household items. How wrong I was! When rents went up again, my husband and I decided to take the plunge and buy our own house
LONG-serving Burnley solicitor Colin Sanderson has been appointed to the shadow board of the new company which will take over Burnley's 5,600-home housing stock if tenants vote to give the go-ahead this year. Mr Sanderson is one of six independent representatives
FOUR out of five council house tenants in Burnley claim they have been victim of one or more nuisance problems over the last 12 months, an independent survey reveals. A substantial 37 per cent of those interviewed felt housing chiefs were too soft on
A DATABASE of rural buildings which could be used for commercial ventures has been expanded into Lancashire. The service aims to help owners find new uses for their buildings and create jobs. Further details are available from 0800 137316. Converted for
A LIFEGUARD dived into a pool to rescue a nine-year-old girl and her aunt at Hyndburn Sports Centre. The girl swam out of her depth and began to sink beneath the water at about noon on Sunday. Her aunt tried to rescue her but also began to struggle. Lifeguard
SHARES in industrial materials group Scapa are "totally undervalued" according to a stockbroker. A report by Henry Cooke says that Blackburn-based Scapa's restructuring plan is going well and prospects are improving. "Whilst recovery will not be immediate
THERE'S now just one week left to enter the first quarterly final of the 1999 Lancashire Evening Telegraph East Lancashire Business Awards - so get your skates on! You can get hold of an entry form by telephoning, faxing or emailing our special hotlines
A LORRY driver was among four men who were due to appear before magistrates in Macclesfield today in connection with the alleged theft of £20,000-worth of Easter eggs. The charges follow an incident last Wednesday, when Paul Motler, 30, of Moston, Manchester
A PATIENT died two days after being released from hospital where she had undergone a routine hip replacement operation. And an inquest heard that post-operative death from the blood clots that killed 61-year-old Margaret Delafield was a one in 400 chance
A MOTORCYCLIST from the Earby area was killed instantly today in an accident with a milk delivery pick-up vehicle. Police said the Suzuki rider was travelling to work towards Colne when the accident occurred on the A56 between Foulridge and Kelbrook.
A CANDLE which has burned since student Paul Wells was taken hostage in 1995 has been extinguished to signify that his family accept he will not be coming home. A yellow ribbon which has been tied around a tree in the grounds of Immanuel Parish Church
PARENTS in Trawden and Laneshawbridge could be about to win their long battle for places for their children at Park High School, Colne. County education chiefs have put forward a plan to change the admissions policy to give youngsters from the two villages
TRAVEL company Airtours has been boosted by demand for holidays abroad for the Millennium celebrations. The firm, which employs more than 1,000 people at its Helmshore and Accrington sites, said bookings for its winter 1998/99 season were six per cent
A FORMER steward helped himself to £6,500 from the till and spent it on the club's fruit machine, a court was told. Andrew Calleja, 33, kept two separate records to cover up the fact he was gambling away some of the bar takings at Earby Central Workingmen's
HOME Secretary Jack Straw was today unveiling a new detention regime to deal with psychopaths and sex offenders that could solve the crisis surrounding an East Lancashire paedophile about to be released from prison. The authorities and Bernard Snape do
BURNLEY striker Phil Eastwood has joined Kettering Town's bid to win Football League status. Eastwood has moved on loan to the Nationwide Conference leaders and was among the Poppies' substitutes on Saturday. But Andy Payton proved himself less disposable
AN actor from Blackburn is returning to Lancashire with a starring role in a new stage play. Zach Lee is touring with the Hull Truck Theatre Company in Unleashed, written by John Godber. The play, about a group of men who go to Amsterdam, is on at Preston's
BRIAN Kidd could well be back in the transfer market soon but Blackburn Rovers joined forces with Harry Redknapp today to refute reports that they had already made a £4 million bid for midfielder Steve Lomas. They have also been linked with Manchester
Burnley 1 Reading 1 - Pete Oliver's big match verdict BURNLEY may be back among the big spenders of the lower divisions, but a scrambled draw salvaged only by a last-minute goal proved again that they are not yet one of the big hitters. Having taken his
THE East Lancashire Hospice could be just a year away from becoming a centre of excellence. A public appeal is aiming to raise £1.3 million to extend the building by developing a day therapy unit. But the effort to double the size of the hospice would
FA Cup 5th round: Newcastle United 0 Blackburn Rovers 0 - Peter White's big match verdict THE case for the defence, and in particular the goalkeeper, was presented ever so eloquently in both words and deeds by its youngest member - Marlon Broomes. He
Friends in Bereavement meet in the Day Hospital, Care of the Elderly Unit, Burnley, General Hospital, 7pm. "The work of the Burnley Dog Rescue." Blackburn and District Stamp Club meet in the Feilden Room, Central Library, Town Hall Street, Blackburn,
lROMANTIC Nic Barker gave his girlfriend a Valentine to remember by walking her down the aisle just 12 hours after proposing. Nicola Stott said "I will" when Nic popped the question over a candlelit dinner with friends at the Wellspring's Inn, Nick o'
A PENSIONER who was viciously assaulted when she confronted a thief in her Clitheroe home today revealed: "He left me for dead." Thelma Isherwood, 78, was pushed down 12 stairs and knocked unconscious when she tried to stop the robber searching her bedroom
Eric Leaver on post-war housing BRITAIN'S forces were still fighting on foreign fronts but, as the tide was turning against the Nazis and Japanese in the last year of the war, there was another battle to be won - that of where to billet more than a million
LITTER louts dumped 12 bin bags of trash in a Ribble Valley ravine only hours after sixty Scouts had cleared Holden Clough at Bolton-by-Bowland of 50 years' accumulated rubbish. They removed 12 tonnes of rubbish but when council officers arrived to put
THE PROPOSALS announced by Home Secretary Jack Straw today for the locking up of dangerous psychopaths and other people with untreatable personality disorders, such as intractable paedophiles - even if they have not been convicted of a crime - may be
WE wish to add our concern to those of others in Your Letters regarding the possible closure of the Only Foals and Horses Sanctuary at Oswaldtwistle. Surely, there are some businesses and others with cash to invest who could help towards this very deserving
A BAD injury to Worksop defender Tim Atkinson sparked a first-half rumpus at the Crown Ground and led to Stanley's Ian Harold being sent off. Harold's tackle on Atkinson after 25 minutes did not look particularly bad, but Atkinson went down, clearly seriously
I AM appealing for volunteers to become part of a local Community Help Group for the National Meningitis Trust. We already have many active help groups throughout the UK, but many of them are looking for volunteers to support their work. There are also
WHAT kind of council 'tourism' department is it - whose political leader is also chairman of Lancashire County Council tourism committee - that has so little knowledge of its own area that it produces a map (LET, January 7) that has hundreds of street
RAIDERS ransacked MP Peter Pike's office in an overnight break-in at Burnley Labour headquarters. The burglars kicked in a door panel of the first-floor Labour party office in Victoria Street before going to the ground-floor room used by the MP. Mr Pike
Burnley 1 Reading 1 - Pete Oliver's big match verdict BURNLEY may be back among the big spenders of the lower divisions, but a scrambled draw salvaged only by a last-minute goal proved again that they are not yet one of the big hitters. Having taken his
SALLY Collins, managing director of the Action for Haslingden Partnership, has been awarded a degree in community care management. Sally, originally from Norwich, joined the Partnership in 1996 after a holding a similar post at Burnley Council. She was
BUSINESSMAN Joe Dwek has been appointed chairman of a water watch group. Mr Dwek, chairman of Bodycote International in Manchester until last year, is to head up the Mersey Basin Campaign. The Government backed group aims to improve water quality and
SINGERS of all ages are expected to join a choir's 50th birthday celebrations. Nelson Civic Choirs - the first choir has now grown into three - will begin the golden anniversary year with an open evening at Park High School, Colne, on Friday, February
AN access campaign group is calling on people from East Lancashire to pledge their support to Pendle MP Gordon Prentice's right to roam bill. Access Boulsworth Campaign representatives have already visited the House of Commons to discuss the bill with
A MOTORCYCLIST from the Earby area was killed instantly today in an accident with a milk delivery pick-up vehicle. Police said the Suzuki rider was travelling to work towards Colne when the accident occurred on the A56 between Foulridge and Kelbrook.
