THE sight of young teenagers staggering around drunk in the evenings in town centres and on housing estates is a sorry one - and sadly not too unusual. Fourteen and fifteen year old boys and girls are not just ravaging their health and risking a possible
PEOPLE You just can't beat that Special feeling You just can't beat that Special feeling IT takes a special person to become a special constable -- and an even more exceptional person to do it for 25 years. DAVID HIGGERSON hit the beat with Pauline Walker
PUTTING armed police on the street will surely result in gunfights claiming the lives of innocent people and encouraging villains to arm themselves. Let us not go to the American style of life. Also, putting police in schools? Who on earth thought up
I FEEL sorry for any strange driver who wanders into Blackburn's new road layout. I rarely use my car for local journeys in Blackburn, but recently had to fill up with petrol and at the same time pick up a large package from a location on the other side
I READ with interest the Rev Kevin Logan's Saturday Message, subtitled 'There just has to be a humorous designer somewhere' (LET, May 4). I can understand what caused him to arrive at that conclusion because the life cycle of the Halipegus worm is certainly
THE aunt of a nine-year-old boy impaled on a spike after jumping out of a tree has started a petition to have a playground made safe. Catherine Simpson, of Kirkgate, Burnley Wood, has two children Carl, eight, and Chantelle, six, both of whom play in
A VISION for the regeneration of Pendle into a thriving and prosperous area has been set out by the council. The authority's Local Plan, which sets out broad issues affecting the borough such as housing and the environment, is up for renewal and a new
are partners STUDENTS Caroline Traill and Leanne Ward have made the transition from college friends to business partners after opening a health and beauty salon in Accrington. They studied together on a three-year beauty therapy course at Accrington and
Thursday, may 30 BLACKBURN: To 9pm: Lloyds Pharmacy, 4-6 Railway Road; Cohens Chemist, 63 Whalley Range; To 8pm: Johnston Pharmacy, 50-52 Johnston Street. To 7.30pm: Aston Pharmacy, 95 Accrington Road. To 6.30pm: Donald Wood Ltd, 53 Fishmoor Drive; Healthbook
Friday, May 31 BLACKBURN: To 9pm: Lloyds Pharmacy, 4-6 Railway Road; Cohen, 63 Whalley Range. To 8pm: Johnston Pharmacy, 50-52 Johnston Street. To 7.30pm: Aston Pharmacy, 95 Accrington Road. To 7pm: Moss Pharmacy, 314 Bolton Road; The Pharmacy, Oakenhurst
Wednesday, May 29 BLACKBURN: To 9pm: Lloyds Pharmacy, 4-6 Railway Road; The Surgery (Chiropody), 132 Lammack Road; Cohen, 63 Whalley Range. To 8pm: Johnston Pharmacy, 50-52 Johnston Street. To 7.30pm: Aston Pharmacy, 95 Accrington Road. To 7pm: The Pharmacy
A LORRY driver who knocked down and fatally injured a cyclist will have to live with the consequences of his actions for the rest of his life, a court was told. Blackburn magistrates heard that Steven Cowgill made a split second decision to turn the vehicle
DAVID BYAS' dream of winning a Lord's final with Lancashire is hanging in the balance today. Byas, who lost his only final appearance in 16 years with Yorkshire, guided his new county to the Benson and Hedges Cup semis with a brilliant innings at Leicester
CASH-strapped Bury have released a second player in 24 hours following the switch of Matt Murphy to Swansea. Murphy, who will sign a one-year contract on July 1, becomes the second Bury player to leave for Swansea City following the signature of midfielder
THE teenage girl must have been 15, at a push. Wearing tracksuit bottoms, a huge coat and an angry expression, she didn't look out of place at 8.30pm on Darwen's main street. What Sgt Ian Hanson spotted straight away though was the bottle in her hand.
DONATIONS continue to flood in to support the Country Show in Ramsbottom, organised as part of the Golden Jubilee Festival. The show will be staged on June 3 in Nuttall Park but a failed lottery bid left organisers hosting events and appealing for donations
ONE of two men who caused an explosion which blew up a phone box is behind bars while another walked free. Burnley Crown Court heard how Phillip Collinge, 19, and Howard Heap, 20, heard a "pop," and then a "boom," as a Chinese firework went off in the
A BUSY time looms at St Thomas's Church, Musbury, Helmshore, preparing to hold ten days of events to celebrate its 150th anniversary The Rev Norman Price said: "We start on June 2 with a special service of thanksgiving to celebrate the Queen's Golden
POSTMAN and charity champ Councillor Jimmy Eaton took delivery of a very important honour -- the Mayoralty of Rossendale. The man who has raised nearly £200,000 for local good causes in the Valley was praised by his proposer Coun Neil Smith who said:
THE multi-billion Eurofighter programme on which thousands of Lancashire jobs depend is running six months behind schedule. But a spokesman for BAE Systems insist that the revolutionary plane will go into full service on schedule and stressed that jobs
POPSTAR Kevin Simm today gave his backing to the Lancashire Evening Telegraph's Magic Eye Appeal and said: "I know what it is like to lose someone to cancer." The 22-year-old, who is a member of chart-topping group LibertyX, pledged his backing to the
PENSIONERS are claiming an extra £600,000 in benefits which they did not think they were entitled to, thanks to a campaign run by Lancashire County Council. Now all pensioners are being urged to contact the authority's welfare rights service to see if
THE numbers of people suffering from stomach and oesophageal cancers has been rising at an alarming rate in recent years. And the north west, along with the north east, has seen the biggest growth in numbers of anywhere in Britain. Cancers in these areas
ENGLAND boss Sven Goran Eriksson put his injury worries aside to send a good luck message to youngsters taking part in soccer match to promote racial harmony. The super Swede took time out to write to organisers of the Blackburn tournament and wish them
THE meeting which will decide the fate of Lancashire's 48 old people's homes is to be broadcast live on the internet. County council bosses will use their most contentious meeting of the year to try out new technology. It will allow people across the
A LOOK at events, from amateur theatre to rambles through our beautiful countryside. SUNDAY The Mr Men and Little Miss Show, Oswaldtwistle Civic Theatre, 2.30pm. Chipping Steam Fair, Show Ground, Chipping. The Caribbeans Steel Band, Thompson Park, Burnley
Drive and Stroll with Ron Freethy LAST week I explored Beacon Fell and in Jubilee year I thought that this week I would discover Pendle, East Lancashire's own bonfire hill. Many people enjoy climbing hills and I can well understand that but sometimes
By Keith Fort THE queen isn't the only one celebrating 50 years in her job this year. In 1952 when Her Majesty came to the throne, I started work too. I have no tours planned. I can't exactly claim that our careers have followed a similar course -- although
FOUR pensioners were taken to hospital following a collision in Preston Old Road, Blackburn, near the junction with Pleasington Road at 9.30pm yesterday. Matthew Beswick, who was driving an Audi A6, was in collision with a Vauxhall Corsa driven by Joan
LETTERS are going out to newsagents and small businesses in East Lancashire to warn them against a gang of confidence tricksters. Lancashire Police last week warned against the gang -- described as east-European -- which has been targeting mainly Asian
THE current immigration policy is burdening us with more than 70,000 extra people this year alone, and sure to increase in the future, due to this government's softly-softly approach to free housing, medical care, education, etc. Surely, this cannot keep
IN reply to Peter Dawson, chairman of Wired Up Communities (Letters, April 27), I have a copy of the Lancashire Evening Telegraph two-page report of March 16, 2001, which states that residents on Blackburn's Whitebirk estate were to get free computers
REGARDING the dreaded yellow boxes which have been mushrooming out of control in this region's towns over the past few weeks, the phenomenon is most alarming. You go to bed dreading the fact that on the way to work the following morning you will have
A PENSIONER suffering from Alzheimer's disease walked ten miles home in the rain after the bus from a council-organised OAP day trip left without him. Allan Jones, 69, set off from Preston Guild Hall at 5pm and arrived home tired and distressed at New
CENTRE Paul Anderson will miss Leigh Centurions' next three NFP matches after being banned by the RFL Disciplinary Committee. Anderson, who was also fined £100, was found guilty of deliberate use of the forearm in an incident against Hull KR two weeks
Bradford Bulls 28, Wigan Warriors 26 by Chris Hall JUST as their international superstars looked to have given them the edge in an almighty tussle against the world champions, Wigan were sunk by one of their own. Young scrum-half Paul Deacon, born and
BLACKBURN Rovers chief executive John Williams today defended the board's decision to increase season ticket prices for next season by claiming it's the only way the club can keep pace with the Premiership's "big boys". Rovers have released details of
PADIHAM's first mayor for 28 years will take part in the annual Trinity Sunday marches -- without his chain of office. Coun Granville Lord and his wife Pat, his mayoress, wanted to wear their chains with pride as they join other parishioners from St John
THE meeting which will decide the fate of Lancashire's 48 old people's homes is to be broadcast live on the internet. County council bosses will use their most contentious meeting of the year to try out new technology. It will allow people across the
TWO children and their mother needed hospital treatment after being in a collison in Skipton Road, Colne. One vehicle was a Vauxhall Cavalier taxi driven by Liaqat Ali Khan, 50, of Holly Street, Nelson, who was uninjured. The second was a Ford Ka driven
A MOTHER of two said to have netted almost £50,000 in a six-year benefits fraud has been jailed for nine months. And today the Department for Work and Pensions urged the public to "shop," anybody they suspected of coining it in at the expense of others
Day and date in here BLACKBURN: 10am-1pm: Aston Pharmacy, 95 Accrington Road; noon-1pm: HN Espley, Roe Lee Pharmacy, 450 Whalley New Road. DARWEN: noon-1pm: Lloyds Pharmacy, 11 Church Street. ACCRINGTON: 10am-2pm: Lloyds Pharmacy, 13 Peel Street; noon
Monday, May 27 BLACKBURN: To 9pm: Lloyds Pharmacy, 4-6 Railway Road; Cohen, 63 Whalley Range. To 8pm: Johnston Pharmacy, 50-52 Johnston Street. To 7.30pm: Aston Pharmacy, 95 Accrington Road. To 7pm: Moss Pharmacy, 314 Bolton Road; The Pharmacy, Oakenhurst
Tuesday, May 28 BLACKBURN: To 9pm: Lloyds Pharmacy, 4-6 Railway Road; Cohen, 63 Whalley Range. To 8pm: Johnston Pharmacy, 50-52 Johnston Street. To 7.30pm: Aston Pharmacy, 95 Accrington Road. To 7pm: The Pharmacy, Oakenhurst Road; Geloo Bros, Cleaver
A DRINK driver who urged a judge to cut his ban has lost a fight to be back on the road by the end of the year. Father of four Patrick Quigley, 45, claimed his drink had been spiked but told Burnley Crown Court he had no evidence to back up his claim.
CLARETS boss Stan Ternent has blasted media giants Carlton and Granada for being "immoral" in their handling of the ITV Digital debacle. And he had a stark warning as he admitted: "If we are left with a massive shortfall, and we are talking about nearly
A 16-YEAR-OLD girl had to be cut free from a taxi last night after a tree branch fell and crushed the vehicle. Firefighters were called to the scene at Mitton Hall , Mitton Road, Whalley, at 7.30pm in what was described as a "freak accident". Jennifer
RESIDENTS of Bacup's Pennine Road estate will be quizzed over the future of a piece of land on Hawthorn Road. The area, formally occupied by houses now demolished, was identified in a planning for real event as an area of concern. Bacup Pride Community
THE multi-billion Eurofighter programme on which thousands of Lancashire jobs depend is running six months behind schedule. But a spokesman for BAE Systems insist that the revolutionary plane will go into full service on schedule and stressed that jobs
A WOMAN who was helped back in to work after doing courses at her local access point, has urged others to follow in her footsteps and take advantage of the services on offer. Andy Rimmer, 43, says she wants others to know what Roman Road Access Point
TRAIN conductors are striking again, despite being offered better pay terms for the first time in the six-month-long dispute. Rail commuters' journeys on Arriva Trains Northern (ATN) will again hit the buffers on June 1 and June 7, when the TransPennine
POLICE today appealed for parents to help them to catch a man who has been making obscene phone calls to children in the Blackburn area. The calls have been from a man claiming to be calling from Tesco, Blackburn, and at other times claiming the child
PATCHY is the most appropriate word to use in describing local fishing at the moment. And that applies to the commercial fisheries along with the traditional ones. It is surprising, considering the intensity of stocking, that some commercials are occasionally
HAVE you ever dreamt of having the fame and the attention that is lavished on England football captain David Beckham? "You can keep it," said Burnley's Superbike star Neil Hodgson after the most hectic week of his season. Ahead of tomorrow's British round
A LEAKING irrigation system put paid to Michael Brockley's plans to grow a crop of cannabis plants. When water began dripping into the lower flat, workmen forced the door and found 52 immature plants complete with a custom watering system. But, despite
