In turning down a plan to transform a derelict town centre premises into a school for 30 girls, councillors at Hyndburn put the spotlight on a vexed problem that has exploded into an immense social nuisance over a generation -- the school run. For, essentially
MOST people know how depressing it is to be too tired to move or think and how difficult it is to try and keep going when you are ill. But what if you felt like that all the time -- and everybody believed you were just putting on an act? Leading East
I READ with disgust about £1 million of debts being written off by Blackburn with Darwen Council (LET, January 10). I think the guilty should be pursued and brought to task. We all know who will be paying in the future. M SHORROCK, Wyre Crescent, Darwen
REGARDING gritting, after the recent snowfall, the slope to the subway and the steps at Salford, in Blackburn town centre, were quite dangerous. To turn back up the slope presented a more hazardous situation than continuing. The steps presented more danger
FORGIVE me for failing to share the heady delight of Gary Titley, Labour MEP, at the prospect of "new countries from central and eastern Europe" joining the EU (Letters, January 4). I can already feel my pocket being picked to subsidise their corrupt
FOR Mr A J Parker (Letters, January 3) to suggest he was up to his knees in uncollected refuse is simply not true. The weather on December 28 and 29 did prevent refuse collection for the majority of Blackburn with Darwen, as indeed it did for all surrounding
HUNDREDS of revellers had to be evacuated from a town centre nightclub after a late-night petrol bomb attack. The incident came after two people were ejected from the Eclipse nightclub in Accrington early on Saturday,13th. The bottle of flammable liquid
ARSONISTS severely damaged a town centre library and caused thousands of pounds worth of damage after starting five fires in three hours. The first floor of Haslingden library and a new lift which was due to be handed over today were destroyed after a
SHEFFIELD Wednesday boss Paul Jewell blamed his leaky defence for triggering his team's downfall at Ewood on Saturday. The struggling Owls had given a decent account of themselves in the opening half hour against a Rovers side looking to extend their
Rovers 2 Sheff Wednesday 0 Bent 30, Taylor 40 GRAEME Souness had a stark message for Martin Taylor after the giant centre back helped shoot down sad Sheffield Wednesday -- become my Mr Nasty and I'll make you one of the game's greats! A scorching left
A COUPLE from Brierfield sent their Christmas greetings in an unusual way by using a stamp-style photograph of themselves on their envelopes. Ron and Betty Ormerod, of Walter Street, Brierfield, felt like royalty as they replaced the Queen on the front
IT was the end of an era for shoppers Michael and Monica Hargrave as they became the last-ever customers to leave through the doors of Burnley's Pioneer Co-op. Saturday was the final day of opening for the store, ending the Co-op's 130-year stay in the
HOME owners in Barrowford are to benefit from a £25million pay-out to help carry out essential flood defence works. The North West Regional Flood Defence Committee announced last week they would increase their funding to £25.9million -- six per cent more
IT WAS a big day in the life of a little boy called Stephen -- when the Queen came to Blackburn back in 1955 on a two-day tour of Lancashire. But how much he saw of the occasion is uncertain. For, as he stood with a flag at the front of the crowd in King
IT was the biggest gathering ever seen at Blackburn Cathedral, when so many people -- more than 7,000 -- were packed shoulder-to-shoulder inside that all the chairs had to be removed to get everyone in. But, as they were on their way there 30 years ago
COLNE 0 ATHERTON LR 5 STRUGGLING Colne are hoping to recruit former Burnley defender Jamie Hoyland -- and they need him. John Lister's men are third bottom of the NWCL Division Two and both the teams below them, Ashton and Oldham, have games in hand.
RAMSBOTTOM UTD 2 NANTWICH TOWN 0 RAMSBOTTOM have lost just once in seven games and continued their climb up the table with a victory over Nantwich. Ken Bridge's men were always in charge and should have gone ahead through NWCL Division One December Player
A 24-YEAR-OLD Colne man was ordered to stand trial at Preston Crown Court when he appeared before Blackburn magistrates charged with a property repair deception. Ian William Stevens, of Birtwistle Avenue, is charged with obtaining several thousand pounds
Hall Popular Classics, at the Bridgewater Hall, Manchester THIS concert was like a delicious box of chocolates with all your favourite centres. Conductor Carl Davis stirred them all around, delighting the packed house, who dived in headlong, applauding
PARENTS were urged not to panic after it had emerged that stocks of meningitis vaccine had run out. Thousands of youngsters across East Lancashire were given injections as parents deluged hospitals demanding jabs. A health authority spokesman said there
ARSONISTS severely damaged a town centre library and caused thousands of pounds worth of damage after starting five fires in three hours. The first floor of Haslingden library and a new lift which was due to be handed over today were destroyed after a
THE Concert Society presents Liwei Qin (cello), with Greta Dowdeswell (piano) in Clitheroe Royal Grammar School, York Street, at 7.30pm on Wednesday. Tickets are £9, students £3, from Clitheroe Tourist Information Office or at the door.
LANGHO St Mary's RC School choir and recorder group will perform a concert at Pendle County Primary School on Princess Avenue, Clitheroe, on Monday starting at 7.15pm. Organised by Lancashire Music Service, the children will play alongside Lancashire
WEST Ham and Leicester were still sweating on a decision from Christian Dailly today as the Scottish international pondered his future. The 27-year-old defender had asked for the weekend to think over moves to both Upton Park and Filbert Street. But the
FORMER Turf Moor favourite Marlon Beresford admits he would love to make a Burnley return. The Middlesbrough goalkeeper was back in East Lancashire on Saturday making his 'debut' on loan for his first club Sheffield Wednesday against Blackburn Rovers.
BUSINESS is booming for Baxenden based importers Alliance Car Imports who have reported a record year with 1,500 cars delivered to customers over the last 12 months. And the firm already has 400 orders for cars to be delivered in the first three months
WORKERS at Pierce Chartered Accountants in Blackburn are making it to work on time without even leaving their house. The firm has launched a new scheme which allows staff to choose their own working hours and location. Employees can work any hours they
RESIDENTS are furious over plans for a caravan site on a patch of waste land. A Wolverhampton-based business man has submitted a second planning application to Rossendale Council to build the mobile home site on land between Pennine Road and Douglas Road
MARKET traders have pleaded with councillors not to close the car park opposite their stalls for this year's Rossendale Bike Show after suffering massive losses in 2000. Stallholders on Rawtenstall Market said they suffered "catastrophic" losses when
TETLEY WALKER 1 DARWEN 0 DARWEN failed to capitalise against ten-man Tetley Walker in one of their poorest displays of the season. Despite early pressure, Steve Wilkes's side sat back and let Tetley Walker come at them. Their best chance of the first
CASTLETON GABRIELS 0 BACUP 1 BACUP keeper Daryll Sloane won the NWCL Division Two Safe Hands award for December -- and then helped his side earn three points with a last minute save. The shot-stopper pushed a 90th minute Castleton corner over the crossbar
SOCCER: Bury manager Andy Preece will be talking to Chairman Terry Robinson this week as they try to bring a goalscorer in and halt their slide down the table. The Shakers have picked up just six points from the last 42, following Saturday's 2-1 defeat
CLITHEROE 1 ROSSENDALE 2 DENIS Hill and Darren Norman both scored against their former clubs but it was Steve Bird who had the last laugh as Clitheroe slipped to only their fifth NWCL Division One defeat of the season. Norman gave Rossendale a 38th minute
A MORI survey you published (LET, November 25, 1997) showed that 77 per cent of Blackburn constituents wanted Jack Straw to back a ban of fox hunting with dogs. That figure rose to 84 per cent among Labour voters. Sadly, but not unexpectedly, Jack Straw
WEST Ham and Leicester were still sweating on a decision from Christian Dailly today as the Scottish international pondered his future. The 27-year-old defender had asked for the weekend to think over moves to both Upton Park and Filbert Street. But the
LANCASHIRE advertising and marketing agency Capricorn Fulton Harris aims to keep the company's name in the headlines in 2001 with the appointment of a new PR account executive. Alexa Prescott, from Whalley, will be working on several accounts including
QUESTIONS will be asked after a survey revealed hospitals in East Lancashire have some of the country's highest hospital death rates -- and lower than average numbers of doctors. The first NHS survey of its kind revealed Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble
EMLEY 3 ACCRINGTON ST 0 ACCRINGTON's hopes of reaching the last 32 of the FA Umbro Trophy came to an end with another indifferent performance. UniBond Premier Division leaders Emley went ahead after six minutes. Wael Nazha rounded Robbie Williams and
Guided new year ghost walk, Sunnyhurst Wood Visitor Centre, Darwen. Book on 01254 55423. BARSA driving course, Blackburn Northern Sports Club, Pleckgate Road, Blackburn, 8pm. Week two: application of the system of car control. Blackburn Fellowship for
GOOD for Wendy Western (Letters, January 8). She hit the nail on the head with her comments on Jack Straw. He promises to be tough on crime, but it's this year, next year, sometime, never. It does not matter which party is in power, the spineless politicians
DUE to recent adverse publicity concerning GPs and the NHS, I feel I tell of the good side. In February last year I went to see my doctor with a slight pain in my back. Without hesitation, I was referred to the Radiology Department at Queen's Park Hospital
A MAN who was known to look after his pennies has left thousands to Burnley General Hospital. The £180,000 legacy of textile worker Thomas Harrison has been used to provide up-to-date X-ray equipment in the radiology department. The bequest is more than
SADDENED to hear of the recent arson attack that wrecked St Anne's RC Church in Blackburn, 84-year-old former soldier Harry Parsons sends Looking Back this picture of his class at the church's boys' junior school in 1926. Pictured third from the left
NELSON 4 BOOTLE 1 NELSON regained top place in the NWCL Second Division by beating Merseysiders Bootle in a game of two halves. The Blues enjoyed total domination from the start and took the lead after 27 minutes when Carl Howarth scored an opportunist
FIREFIGHTERS were called to a burning garden shed at a house in Laithe Street, Colne, at about 12.30am yesterday. The timber outbuilding was destroyed.
NIGEL Evans was unanimously selected to fight the Ribble Valley parliamentary by-election for the Tories. The shopkeeper from Swansea beat off 217 other applicants to become the man to defend former Home Secretary David Waddington's majority of 19,528
PARENTS who turn into maniacs behind the wheel on the daily school run are ruining plans to improve education for their children, a councillor has claimed. Coun Len Dickinson, a Hyndburn councillor, launched his broadside against parents of the borough
HUNDREDS of revellers had to be evacuated from a town centre nightclub after a late-night petrol bomb attack. The incident came after two people were ejected from the Eclipse nightclub in Accrington early on Saturday 13th. The bottle of flammable liquid
A LONER who was enlisted to help in a credit card fraud has started a two-month jail term. John Carver, 41, signed a false name when goods, including computer equipment, were delivered to the house next door. He had been out of trouble for 20 years and
CLOSE encounters of the harmonious kind awaited music loving newly weds when they arrived at their reception venue. As bride Margaret Lloyd and bridegroom Bob Sinclair-Tomlinson were ushered into the Calf's Head Hotel, Worston, near Clitheroe, 35 members
A FATHER has withdrawn his two children from school in a row over his son's treatment after he injured his knee. David Woolley claimed a teacher at Moorhead High School, Accrington, told him they weren't responsible for getting 14-year-old Lee to hospital
FORMER Turf Moor favourite Marlon Beresford admits he would love to make a Burnley return. The Middlesbrough goalkeeper was back in East Lancashire on Saturday making his 'debut' on loan for his first club Sheffield Wednesday against Blackburn Rovers.
PEOPLE interested in running their own business are invited to go along to the Franchisee Roadshow. The British Franchise Association will be holding workshops in Manchester on March 22, following on from the franchise exhibition at the city's G-Mex centre
LEARNING support assistants from all over East Lancashire gathered at the Astley Bank Hotel and Conference Centre, Darwen, for a presentation and speech night. John Springthorpe of Manchester University was the speaker along with Jill Baker, assistant
FIVE women Romanian asylum seekers were arrested after walking out of a Blackburn shop with £130 worth of blouses, jumpers and skirts. Blackburn magistrates heard that four of the women had addresses in London and one in Coventry. They had all travelled
A WOMAN was seriously ill in hospital with head injuries today after staggering to a friend's house and saying: "I've been raped." Police are investigating the incident, which happened in the Livesey Branch Road area of Blackburn. The woman, who cannot
A HUNDRED cacti left without a home are being offered a new resting place -- by a Sheikh! Zahir Sheikh has been collecting unusual house plants for more than 20 years and his house boasts foliage that is older than his children and even taller than him
WOODLEY SPORTS 6 GREAT HARWOOD 0 HARWOOD boss Denis Underwood will give his players the chance to make amends when they take on Stone Dynamoes in the Worthington Challenge Cup at the Showground tonight. The Reds stayed in relegation trouble near the bottom
DAISY HILL 2 PADIHAM 1 PADIHAM suffered a surprise 2-1 away defeat against Daisy Hill on Saturday, but had only themselves to blame for an under-par performance. Goals from Paul Prescott (12 mins) and Dominic Shinks (13 mins) exploited the Storks simple
CHORLEY 2 BRADFORD PA 1 CHORLEY manager Ken Wright received a magnum of champagne before the kick off as part of the December club-of-the-month award and there was plenty more fizz to follow as the confident Magpies extended their winning run to go fifth
