Friends in Bereavement meet St John's Methodist Church, Albert Road, Colne, 7pm. "Famous shoulders I have rubbed," by Hazel Wilkinson. Rossendale Aviation Society meet Haslingden Cricket Club, 8pm. "Gliding" by Bob Peltfer of Blackpool and Fylde Gliding
REGARDING the flood of whinings directed against asylum seekers, the richer people become, the more selfish and less compassionate they become. With very few exceptions, we have never had it so good in this country. In the Bible there is a parable about
I WAS a post war baby. I was brought up to take great pride in a Britain which fought oppression and provided sanctuary to the oppressed. But recent tabloid headlines about 'bogus' asylum seekers 'flooding' into 'soft touch' Britain, now make me wonder
PASSING two people in the street, I could not help but overhear one say: "But they have been there for four generations." 'Zimbabwe' White settlers? Relatives? What are four generations compared with 4,000 over 40,000 years? And what have four generations
HUNDREDS of shocked residents watched a hot air balloon land on a patch of waste ground behind houses. Pilot Graham Church, of the Pendle Balloon Company, was carrying nine passengers on a pleasure flight when he landed on the 50- yard square patch behind
FIRE chiefs and police are investigating an early morning mystery fire which gutted a house in Clay Street, Burnley. The house is next door to where Ivan Parker died in an arson attack in March last year and which has remained empty ever since. Fire officers
EIDUR Gudjohnsen could be priced out of a big-money summer move from Bolton because of his agents. The Icelandic international -- believed to be a transfer target of Blackburn Rovers -- is being tracked by a host of top clubs. But his agents are entitled
A fan's-eye view from Ewood Park, with Phil Lloyd IT'S hard for the really committed, passionate, 110 per cent football fan to believe, but sometimes the game can be an irrelevance, a meaningless diversion. The loss of yet another away fixture at our
VILLAGERS in Higham have given a big boost to local marathon man Geoff Balfour, handing over £650 to the Meningitis Trust. The 50-year-old sales executive has taken part in all 20 runnings of the London marathon, raising more than £17,000 for the Trust
A 'WATCH your speed or be prosecuted' warning has been given by police to drivers in Briercliffe. A slow-down campaign started today with motorists in Burnley Road being targeted, following complaints about speedsters by local residents and the parish
VETERAN peace campaigner Bruce Kent (pictured) took up another cause when he spoke at Burnley May Day festival -- the plight of pensioners. In an attack on Britain's treatment of the elderly, he said payments to OAPs here were the meanest in Europe apart
A CREDIT union has ruled out taking over the former Barclays Bank branch, Earby, as a head office or collection centre. The idea was put forward after the controversial closure of the branch last month as part of a nationwide shake-up of Barclays. But
THE cream of Lancashire's young musicians will gather in Accrington Town Hall on May 7 for an afternoon concert including the music of Haydn and Vaughan Williams as well as some lighter pieces from television, films and the stage. The concert, which starts
A CHEESE and wine evening was held to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Accrington Local Studies Library. The local studies collection has been on the first floor of the former Mechanics Institute for a decade. It features sources of information which
BURNLEY boss Stan Ternent was today named as the Second Division manager-of-the-month for April after guiding his team to second place in the table and the verge of possible promotion. The Clarets won six out of seven games last month to take the biggest
THE taxman will soon be setting up shop in Chorley. The Inland Revenue's national mobile inquiry centre will be visiting the town on May 13 to offer advice on tax and national insurance issues. The centre will be based in Cleveland Street between 9am
A MAN with many friends and family in his home town of Darwen died suddenly at work, aged 52. Bob Chenery suffered a heart attack at St Regis Hollins Paper Mill on Easter Monday. His fiance Shirley has paid tribute to the Blackburn Rovers fan who loved
DARING Rossendale mayoress Janet Neal was one of the first to have a go on the army "death slide" (see picture) at the annual charity fun day. She was told to remove her chain of office by her chauffeur before being allowed to take her turn on the aerial
THE Mayor of Blackburn with Darwen, Councillor Salas Kiani, officially re-opened a sub-post office in New Bank Road, Blackburn. The shop has been given a facelift inside and out by postmaster Javed Iqbal (left of picture). A new computer system is also
HOPES of protecting the huge basking shark which swims off the North West coast have been dashed, one of the region's MEPs has said. Delegates at the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, held in Kenya, rejected plans to control the
FILM fans found themselves caught up in a horror movie when they went to Blackburn's Apollo cinema. Staff at the town centre cinema shocked the audience by staging a mock stabbing to celebrate the opening of the film Scream 3. A fake screen was erected
Rossendale 1 Mossley 1 ROSSENDALE UNITED just missed out on third spot in the First North Western Trains league First Division when they were held by Mossley in their final game. However, Micky Graham's men can still reflect on a superb season which looked
Chorley 0 Stocksbridge PS 3 CHORLEY'S season could hardly have finished at a lower ebb than with this comprehensive defeat against a lively visiting side which the Magpies had already beaten in Sheffield. Two down in the first six minutes, Chorley were
OUR invitation to pupils and students to report on interesting class activities has produced a crop of fascinating articles and we continue our publication of these this week. The opportunity to contribute to our Newspapers in Education column applies
IT is not every day that a real poet and an illustrator visit your school to talk to pupils. So when poet John Siddique and illustrator John Hutton agreed to take part in our Book Week, we made sure that we were on hand to report the sessions for our
WHATEVER assorted banners the mobs staging May Day demonstrations in London and Manchester were purportedly gathered under -- anti-capitalism, eco-activism, anti-state anarchy or whatever --sane people would group them under just one: that of mindless
PLEASE, let me thank the many readers who wrote to the Prime Minister in protest at his government's intention to pay pensions and benefits directly into banks from the end of next year instead of into post offices. Two thousand sub postmasters, mistresses
MOST councillors I have talked to on the subject have every sympathy with those pubs who are being told they need entertainment licences to hold karaoke sessions. But, contrary to what Peter Bramwell says (Letters, April 25), there is a logical reason
BLACKBURN Rovers boss Graeme Souness today shot down talk of a summer move for Arsenal defender Ashley Cole. According to a report in one of the Sunday papers, Rovers have been linked with the 19-year-old left-back, who is currently on loan at Crystal
WARNING letters were hand delivered by police to 15 known shoplifters in Burnley and Padiham today. The crooks have been warned they will be specifically targeted if they visit either town centre in order to steal from shops. Inspector Steve Hartley said
FIRE chiefs and police are investigating an early morning mystery fire which gutted a house in Clay Street, Burnley. The house is next door to where Ivan Parker died in an arson attack in March last year and which has remained empty ever since. Fire officers
A GREEN fair heralded a golden day as the sun shone on Padiham's May Day festival. The Environmental Agency event saw the crowds flocking into town for a host of attractions, many with a conservation theme, celebrating so much that Padiham has to offer
UNREPENTANT East Lancashire Labour rebel Gordon Prentice is set to defy John Prescott over government plans to sell off air traffic control. He is unconvinced by a letter sent to backbenchers claiming the privatisation would not compromise safety. Now
THE arts community in Colne have formed a group with the aim of setting up a local studio and exhibition centre. The Colne Arts Studio Association is already looking for an old mill or similar building suitable for conversion into studios for artists
MORE jobs were saved from the collapse of GEC operations at Clayton-le-Moors. Lancashire Enterprises stepped in to help create a second new company. An £80,000 investment paved the way for the management buy-out of the fabrication unit which was closed
PAINT giants Crown Berger were sold in a deal worth more than £200 million. The sensational sell-off was made to Nobel Industries of Sweden -- the industrial combine founded by the Nobel prize family. The new owner of the East Lancashire paints business
VISITORS to a charity shop had a brush with the stars...almost! Staff at the Scope shop in Broadway, Accrington, dressed up as pop stars for a day to boost their second-hand record sales. Geri Halliwell, alias manager Zoe Brennan (pictured centre) was
THE cricket-loving Mayor of Hyndburn, Councillor Bernard Dawson, launched a new book celebrating the Accrington and District Cricket League's 100th season of competition. The book, From Little Acorns, was written by cricket fan Nigel Stockley (pictured
TWO mothers today spoke of how two of their children were lucky to be alive after a pile of scaffolding came crashing down on them. Seven-year-old Abigail Bannister (pictured) was trapped beneath the rubble and had to be pulled out. Sam Houghton, four
FORMER Coronation Street star Roy Barraclough helped launch a new book at a Clitheroe shop. Roy, who played Alec Gilroy in the television soap, signed copies of Kevin Horkin's new book Star Dogs at Kevin's shop, Ken Varey Outdoor World, New Market Street
VOLUNTEER usherettes and ice cream sellers are being sought to help out at Clitheroe's community cinema. The Ribble Valley Volunteering Development Project is appealing for volunteers to help with the day-to-day running of the Grand Cinema, York Street
A fan's-eye view from Turf Moor, with Stephen Cummings ALL 2,092 Scunthorpe tickets gone in less than two hours. Queueing for 90 minutes to renew season tickets. A major announcement to be made tomorrow evening. And a giant screen at Turf Moor next Saturday
BURNLEY boss Stan Ternent was today named as the Second Division manager-of-the-month for April after guiding his team to second place in the table and the verge of possible promotion. The Clarets won six out of seven games last month to take the biggest
BLACKBURN Rovers boss Graeme Souness today shot down talk of a summer move for Arsenal defender Ashley Cole. According to a report in one of the Sunday papers, Rovers have been linked with the 19-year-old left-back, who is currently on loan at Crystal
PAY rises are starting to increase in line with higher inflation, a new report showed today. The shift in higher settlements has been "modest" but levels are starting to nudge up, according to pay analysts Incomes Data Services. Just over half of deals
A MEAT firm is celebrating a string of awards. Cranswick Country Foods, of Waterfoot, has recently received industry accolades from the British Retail Consortium and Asda. And now it has been awarded the Investors in People staff training development
AN engineering boss has hit out the the 'dot.com' fever that has hit his firm's share price. Eric Moore, chairman of Metalrax which owns Peter Ward & Co and George Wilkinson of Burnley, said despite continued success and profits growth the firm's
A POLICE helicopter was called to help search for two children who got lost walking in woods. Two girls aged ten and six were reported missing at about 1pm yesterday after they became separated from their parents as they walked through Sunnyhurst Woods
WALKERS took to the hills to raise money for good causes. The annual Darwen Tower Trudge was organised by the Rotary Club of Darwen and is expected to raise thousands of pounds for charity. To celebrate the millennium an extra route was added for those
THESE tenants from a Blackburn estate showed great community spirit by spring cleaning the area. The residents removed rubbish from paths and roads and cleared debris from grassed areas on the Whitebirk estate. The clean-up organisers were very grateful
A PART-TIME farmer has urged fellow farmers and landowners in Lancashire to use computers to help their businesses prosper. David Hall, who is also a part-time lecturer at Myerscough College, told members of the Lancashire branch committee of the Country
DEPRESSION, stress, amnesia and asthma were just some of the ailments treated by Blackburn Healing Centre during its first year. More than 1,000 'healings' have taken place at the centre since it opened 12 months ago. The centre operates on a Monday evening
HUNDREDS of shocked residents watched a hot air balloon land on a patch of waste ground behind houses. Pilot Graham Church, of the Pendle Balloon Company, was carrying nine passengers on a pleasure flight when he landed on the 50- yard square patch behind
RESIDENTS are not getting to know enough about decisions taken by small groups of "super-councillors" who often meet in private, according to Government-commissioned research. The Government has claimed that its radical shake-up of town halls will make
TWO major aerospace orders worth hundreds of millions of pounds look set to bring work to East Lancashire. Emirates has announced it will be a launch customer for the Airbus A3XX super jumbo -- a major coup for the Airbus consortium which includes BAE
TRIBUTES continued to pour in to the Lancashire Evening Telegraph today after the death of Peter White. Peter, our deputy sports sports editor who had reported on Blackburn Rovers for nearly 20 years, collapsed and died at his home in Great Harwood. He
Lancashire Lynx 4 Keighley Cougars 98 LANCASHIRE Lynx's dismal season took another turn for the worse when they suffered a record-breaking defeat at the hands of Keighley at Victory Park. Lynx had no answer to the power and pace of the Keighley side which
JOHN Crawley is aiming to play through the pain barrier to boost Lancashire's championship bid. The Red Rose captain was ruled out of the opening game at Canterbury with a thumb injury which will cause him discomfort for several weeks. But he plans to
Accrington Stanley 4 Belper Town 1 ACCRINGTON Stanley are 90 minutes away from lifting the Unibond First Division title after blitzing Belper in front of an incredible 1,826-strong Bank Holiday crowd. Fellow title rivals Witton and Burscough also both
HAVE you ever wondered what it would have been like to live in the past? Our class found out when we visited Gawthorpe Hall in Padiham. Long ago the Shuttleworth family lived at Gawthorpe. They owned a large area of land and employed many servants. During
