I WOULD like to thank the doctors, nurses and all staff of Ward 6 at Burnley General Hospital and the eye clinic at Blackburn Infirmary, as well as the district nurses from the Bentham Road and Montague health centres who have looked after me after an
LANCASHIRE tomorrow face the first of four CGU National League matches which will decide their title chances. The Lightning take on Gloucestershire Gladiators at Old Trafford with skipper John Crawley in no doubt about the importance of the game. "We've
I AM sure the people of Great Harwood think debate over the proposal for a Safeway supermarket in their town has gone on long enough, and that it is time it was sorted out one way or another. It is evident from public opinion that it is wanted and much
COLNE won a Worsley Cup final with more twists to the plot than a Shakespeare play thanks to their own King Leah. Andy, the 33-year-old batsman was named man of the match for a scintillating unbeaten 53 that helped post a target which proved marginally
JOHN Blunt's article, 'Passing le buck' (LET, July 28), certainly hit the nail on the head. We are the soft touch of the world. Our social security system leaves nothing to be desired for many asylum seekers and refugees and others who have paid nothing
CLAUDE Henderson's amazing season continued with another five wicket haul as Lowerhouse found runs impossible to find. They finished with just 57 from their 50 overs but hung on with nine wickets down to deny East Lancs the bonus points. Henderson finished
MORE than a fifth of older people miss out on important weekly benefits, such as Income Support. This is paid to older people who do not have enough to live and who have less than £8,000 in savings. In April, the rates for Income Support were raised more
IT is hardly surprising that statistics show Blackburn with twice the national average of chronic lung disease cases (LET, May 14, 1998), when it is one of the most 'traffic calmed' towns in Lancashire and the worst affected districts appear to be those
A BOUNCER has been convicted of attacking a nightclubber after 'losing his rag.' Paul Goodman, 23, was found guilty of assault causing actual bodily harm after a two-day trial at Burnley Crown Court. He was cleared of the more serious allegation of inflicting
PATIENT watchdogs have renewed their demand for health authority bosses to name the food outlet at the centre of the latest E.coli outbreak, after taking legal advice on the issue. Burnley Community Health Council (CHC) chiefs said a local newspaper report
A BLUES Festival will live on in Burnley, despite the decision to axe the town's world famous music event. The assurance has come from leisure chairman Coun Barry Guttridge, who has also agreed to meet critics of the council's decision to pull the plug
HALF the jobs at a Padiham firm are under threat as part of a major restructuring following a drop in sales, union bosses claimed today. The jobs blow at pipe manufacturer Hepworth Building Products will take effect from the end of next month and will
VETERAN ceramic painter Lily Thom spent the day at Accrington Library demonstrating her skills. The 79-year-old of Whalley Road, Clayton-le-Moors, who took up the craft more than 30 years ago, also answered questions during the session. Her work, which
A FAMOUS son of Accrington who worked for the Tiffany glass company, is set to be commemorated at Haworth Art Gallery. Joseph Briggs left Lancashire in 1891, aged 17, to begin a career in the United States. Mr Briggs joined the Tiffany glass company and
DISAPPOINTED residents who missed out on a share of a £2million government handout have been assured by council bosses that they will launch a fresh bid to raise cash. Several projects on the Within Grove estate in Huncoat were shelved after a decision
HEATHCARE group Smith & Nephew today revealed profits were on the mend. The firm, which employs 435 people manufacturing bandages and surgical dressings in Brierfield, reported pre-tax profits for the six months to July 3 of £131.1million, up from
STEEPLEJACK and TV personality Fred Dibnah raised spirits sky high as he opened Barnoldswick Gala and reacquianted himself with the town where his handywork is clear to see. Thousands of visitors to the gala field at Victory Park had their eyes to the
AMBITIOUS plans to create a leisure lake, hotel and restaurant complex in Darwen have been shelved after the develop blamed red tape for holding up the scheme for more than six years. The £2million project to redevelop Jack's Key Lodge, off Bolton Road
STORE wars were set to break out in East Lancashire today, knocking millions of pounds off supermarket prices. Asda, which has five supermarkets in the area, announced it was slashing £30million off prices, with 600 price cuts which will include 100 top
A TEAM of Prince's Trust volunteers from Burnley and Pendle were pushing the boat out today in aid of meningitis research. The team of six set off today to push a canoe 96 miles from Blackpool to Colne. Team member Josh Marsh said: "We were required to
SIMON Grayson could be satisfied with his first League game in a Rovers shirt but, while he enjoyed his own individual contribution, he acknowledged the problems the team are going to face. And he believes they need to show more patience to produce the
A WORLD famous artist has gone missing - from Stacksteads. But local people have been assured that sculptor Chris Drury hasn't left them high and dry. Artist Chris Drury has spent months working on the latest addition to the Irwell Valley Sculpture Trail
WORK colleagues put on their running shoes to take part in 1999 Blackburn Corporate Challenge. The 5k race took place at Witton Country Park and was supported by Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council and East Lancashire Health Authority. Mayor, Coun Salas
BLACKBURN Rovers' chase for Bradford City striker Robbie Blake could well be resolved one way or the other this week. And there is a possibility of an outgoing transfer, with Rovers' First Division rivals Charlton Athletic maintaining their long-standing
ANDY Cooke gave Burnley a morale-boosting start to the new season by getting their first point on the board and then pledging his future to the club. Cooke had been linked with a summer move to Crewe Alexandra but made it clear he's going nowhere after
FAMILIES in Blackburn are asked to extend their famous Northern hospitality to young exchange students from all over the world. The Foundation for Foreign Study says it has received a record number of application from teenagers wanting to stay in the
WELCOME to the real world - and that includes the bookmakers, any Blackburn Rovers fans who presumed First Division success would be a formality and others at Ewood living, as manager Brian Kidd put it, in "cloud-cuckoo land". Those who witnessed the
TORIES in Blackburn and Darwen are calling for warden patrols to be introduced on council estates to improve safety and cut crime. The government wants to encourage councils across the country to look at 50 pilot warden schemes which are now operating
Music Training Open Day, Victoria Building, Blackburn College, 1.30pm. "Read Teddy Go," craft workshop, Roman Road Library, Blackburn, 2pm-3pm. Age five years and over. Blackburn Home Organists' Club meet St Stephens Conservative Club, Robinson Street
IN THE LIGHT of all the warnings about the dangers of looking at the sun during Wednesday's eclipse, it seems amazing now that, on the approach of the total eclipse which East Lancashire experienced in 1927, watchers were advised to looked straight at
DESPITE going down to another narrow home defeat, Lynx can take a great deal of heart from their display. After the game coach Steve Hampson said: "I was happy with the overall performance of the team considering that they were full of ex-Super League
HISTORY repeated itself for the Rev Eric Joselin who stepped out on a sponsored walk of the Pendle Way. Twenty years previously, the former minister of Whalley Methodist Church walked nearly 90 miles to raise money to renovate the church. He did the 45
Darwen maintained impressive league form with a thrilling last ball victory over Morecambe to register their 11th win of the current campaign and remain undefeated. Replying to a total of 162 which saw two fine batting performances from Morecambe opener
THIS newspaper has over long years heard many a specious sob story from defendants' lawyers, but the whinge at Burnley Crown Court by barrister Mark Stuart is among the most asinine. Mr Stuart complained that his client, John Wilkinson, who ran off with
THE CLOBBERED consumers in so-called "rip-off Britain," where the prices of so many goods and services have for decades been disproportionately higher than those in other countries, may mark this week as the one when their exploitation was at last eclipsed
MY husband has just come out of hospital, having had really bad problems with his spine for nearly four years and has recently lost the use of his bladder. He is only 36 years old and feels he is on the scrapheap. From being a hard working dad to being
A SIX-year-old boy was fighting for his life today after colliding with a car as he played on his bike with friends. Ryan Craig Cooper, of Russell Terrace, Padiham, was near to his home when the accident occurred, just after 7pm yesterday. He suffered
A JUDGE has defended the Press's right to report court cases after a barrister blamed publicity for a thief losing his job. Mark Stuart, whose client had disappeared with almost £3,000 of his bosses' cash when he was an assistant pub manager, had taken
THERE were double celebrations for an East Lancashire family this weekend as they marked two special occasions. Accrington-born Pat Ferguson married her fiance Colin Catlow at the town's register office. And Pat also celebrated her parents' golden wedding
FIRMS could face major rises in business rates, an East Lancashire surveyor has warned. Blackburn-based Singletons said industrial buildings and warehouses were highly vulnerable to large increases under the year 2000 revaluation being carried out. "Companies
STAFF at a hair salon can call themselves a cut above the rest! Mojo Hair Design has become the first hair salon in East Lancashire to secure the Investors in People standard. "Staff training has always been a priority for Mojo but we wanted to ensure
A MANUFACTURING firm has won a clutch of new contracts. Cakeboards, one of the country's largest makers of cake boards, decorations and sugarcraft equipment, has struck a deal with Hobbycraft. The Burnley firm will now sell its range of products in Hobbycraft's
A WOMAN raider found by a pensioner in her home had helped herself to the 72-year-old's jewellery. Lynsey Ormerod, 22, then a drug addict, but now a new mum, escaped a jail sentence - even though a judge said she ought to have gone to custody when she
LOVE blossomed for Tom and Beryl Duckworth at a romantic Valentine's Day dance in their home town. The couple, of Earnsdale Road, Darwen, are celebrating their golden wedding anniversary today . Tom, 74, who spent his career as a PE teacher at St Mary's
A TEENAGE girl was due to appear at Reedley Youth Court today charged with the attempted murder of a nursing home owner. The 17-year-old from Rawtenstall was charged on Saturday night after an incident at Hazelwood Nursing Home, Bury Road, Haslingden,
CRICHTON: Fine start to the campaign with a couple of excellent saves to keep the Clarets in the hunt...8 WEST: Made a disappointing start to his debut before finishing strongly when he linked well with the attack...6 SMITH: Preferred at left-back to
THE biggest agricultural show of its kind in the North lived up to its reputation again with record numbers of entries from across the country. Trawden Show took over the village and surrounding farming community yesterday as thousands of visitors flocked
DUFF: It was a difficult choice for top man in a game where ordinary was the watchword. But he gets it because he produced more quality, in several excellent crosses, than anyone else - on either side - in the attacking third of the field...7 SUBS JOHNSON
BURNLEY boss Stan Ternent admitted his new-look side played towards its potential for only an hour of Saturday's opening 1-1 draw at Wycombe - but insisted the Clarets were still good value for a point. Ternent said: "I felt we started off quite brightly
AMID much talk of fresh beginnings and bright new dawns, it was an old favourite who struck to get the Clarets up-and-running at the start of a season heavy with expectation. With three new signings in Burnley's somewhat surprising starting line-up and
BLACKBURN Rovers' chase for Bradford City striker Robbie Blake could well be resolved one way or the other this week. And there is a possibility of an outgoing transfer, with Rovers' First Division rivals Charlton Athletic maintaining their long-standing
A TERRIFIED family came within a few yards of death when a plane crashed on a holiday beach. Burnley teachers Mike and Susan Howarth and their five-year-old son Simon watched in horror as the light bi-plane "dropped like a stone" from the skies above
ACCRINGTON STANLEY continued their impressive pre-season build up with a 1-0 victory over Runcorn at The Crown Ground on Saturday. Striker Billy O'Callaghan came off the bench in the second half to bag the decisive goal with his first touch. Clitheroe
JASON Lobo scorched into the Great Britain team for the World Athletics Championships in Spain later this month by smashing his personal best at Crystal Palace yesterday. The former Blackburn Harrier had already booked a provisional berth on the plane
RUSSELL Whalley led Oswaldtwistle to an impressive nine wicket win over Settle with an amazing 42-ball century. The Immanuel professional's 111 not out off just 49 balls and included 12 fours and eight sixes in one of the most stunning centuries seen
