PLANS to create a new road network in Rawtenstall have been scrapped under revised proposals to transform the town centre. The original masterplan was submitted last year, but amended plans have been put forward which will see the Queen's Square gyratory
BRAND new postboxes have been installed in newsagents in Burnley and Padiham for Lancashire Evening Telegraph readers to keep us in touch with any local news. Our offices in Keirby Walk, Burnley, are now closed, but Barnaby Fudge in Parker Lane, Burnley
A NEW supermarket is to open in Colne just weeks after it was announced one was closing. Tesco Express is opening in Market Street in the former One Stop Shop building. The move comes after it was announced Kwik Save, Craddock Road, would close at the
DANGEROUS gas cylinders and debris were left on a play area after travellers set up camp on the site, council chiefs revealed today. Burnley Council said it was forced to launch a massive clean up operation on the site. Staff from the council's green
FOR every action, there's a reaction. It's imperative that we make ours a positive one on Saturday. On paper, there couldn't be a worse time to be going to York City with them winning six of their last seven games. But, perhaps for us, we couldn't have
The Lancashire Cross Country Team won three team medals at the Inter Counties Championships at Nottingham a week ago, then the road runners matched their efforts on Sunday with the men and women both striking team bronze at the ten kilometre Championships
The Ilkla Moor Baht'At Junior Races is a brand new fixture for 2006, and the inaugural event received a boost by being nominated as the first counter in this year's English Junior Fell Championships. Held at White Wells on the hillside overlooking the
TEENAGE stock car racer Micky Brennan has a new car and a new sponsor for 2006. For the 17-year-old from Nelson is contesting the Formula Two Championship with backing from Colne businessman David Fishwick. "Although Micky is just 17, he's already a
Blackburn are back in Premiership action on Saturday at rock bottom Sunderland, where Robbie Savage will be a spectator after his sending off against Middlesbrough last weekend. But the midfielder still insists Blackburn are far from favourites to land
WORK will start next week on a £5million facelift of buildings along a busy gateway into Blackburn town centre. The scheme, along King Street, has been funded by the lottery-backed Townscape Heritage Initiative and Blackburn with Darwen Council. Three
RAILWAY arches leading into Blackburn are to be given a £15,000 makeover. Eighteen larger-than-life images spanning more than 100 metres, have been designed to replace the original 1993 archway murals, behind Bolton Road, which have fallen victim to
TWO hairdressers were forced to hand over cash when a masked man brandishing a knife burst into their salon. The staff at the Temple Hair Studio, Bolton Road, Darwen, were tidying up at around 6.30pm on Tuesday when a man in a balaclava entered, pulled
HEALTH chiefs have been criticised after an investigation into how people were asked about controversial hospital shake-up plans. A two-month NHS campaign to ask the public what they thought of early proposals could have been better, researchers from
THE SIGHT of gangs of drunken youths at a fun fair has prompted moves to ban drinking alcohol in public in parts of Clitheroe. Police asked Ribble Valley Council to make an order controlling the consumption of alcohol in the Henthorn, Edisford Park and
In the General Election last year about £10,000 was spent on my campaign. Similar amounts were spent by the candidates for the other main parties. And by law there are strict limits per candidate (around £11,000 in a constituency of Blackburn's size
I went by bus to Blackburn Royal Infirmary for an appointment at the Endoscopy Unit, scheduled for 10.45am. The plan was that I would have a camera pushed down my throat to check on a gastric ulcer that had burst two months earlier, forcing me to spend
I WAS appalled to read (LET, March 14) that county councillors are to keep their silver service menu at County Hall where they can have a three-course meal for £5 which they can also claim back on their expenses. At the same time old folk are having
TWO senior Tory councillors have been reported to a national watchdog for allegedly using council staff and resources to produce a calendar for their constituents. The complaint made against Hyndburn Council leader, Coun Peter Britcliffe, and cabinet
COUNCIL chiefs have admitted more school bus cuts could be on the way across East Lancashire. This comes despite outcry over the axeing of two routes in Accrington. County Coun Tony Martin said Lancashire had to find £1.9million savings from the budget
A SCHOOLGIRL will fulfil a lifelong ambition when she flies the flag for England at this summer's World Cup. Nadiyah Jogee has even changed the date of her maths GCSE after the test date clashed with the three-day trip of a lifetime. The 15-year-old
Police have revealed that an accident in Accrington which saw a six-year-old girl knocked down at the weekend is not being treated as a hit and run. Officers said that the motorcyclist involved in the incident, at the junction of Eastgate and Burnley
A MOTHER today told how her two-year-old son's head was punctured when he was catapulted across a bus like a rag doll. The bus driver had slammed on the brakes to avoid crashing after a car allegedly pulled out in front. Today police released a CCTV
A MAN has been cleared of an arson attack on an Accrington flat, which put the lives of the residents at risk. It had been claimed that Gareth McCash acted because of a "grievance", a court has heard. A jury was sworn at Preston Crown Court and evidence
CHARLOTTE Hartley's dream of a Commonwealth gold medal was shattered by the Australians this morning. England's bid for the women's hockey final ended when they lost 3-0 to the tournament favourites in the semi-final at the State Hockey Centre in Melbourne
A NELSON care assistant has transformed her career by leaving behind ten years of working in nursing homes to become a nurse. Deborah Wolfenden is about to complete her Diploma in Nursing at the University of Central Lancashire and is already planning
POLICE have recovered thousands of pounds of drugs in Pendle following tip offs from the public. Today officers thanked residents for the information which led to the seizure of about £3,000 of heroin and cannabis in Brierfield, and highlighted the incidents
MINISTER of Health, Iain Macleod, lays the foundation stone for Burnley General Hospital's new twin operating theatres, in January, 1955. And during his visit he recognised the need for improvement in facilities at hospitals in the area. The Northern
WE continue our story of scouting in Burnley in the 1960s, which has been compiled by Stephen Child, of the Burnley and District Historical Society. St George's Day parade: This event was one not too popular with the scouts themselves, but it was good
TWO bobbies from Nelson who saved a man's life after pulling him from a blazing car have been given awards for their bravery. Constables Alan Stuart and Karl Anderson dragged the unconscious Shabir Chaudhry from the blazing car, sustaining burns in the
A DAD attacked a schoolboy after he repeatedly bashed the family kitten's head against a wall, a court was told. Burnley Crown Court heard how self employed John Kilgallon, 38, who has never been in trouble before, lost his temper and kicked the 15-year-old
FIRE crews have blasted youths who set fire to rubbish after being called out to seven such fires in three days on a Burnley estate. The latest incidents around the Accrington Road area happened yesterday at noon and again at 6.30pm in Florence Avenue
A TALENTED Burnley schoolgirl is set to take to the stage tonight as she follows in her brother's footsteps treading the boards. Budding actress Jessica Parkinson, nine, will appear as one of the sewer children in the production of Chitty Chitty Bang
POLICE are hunting a burglar who is breaking in to cars in a Pendle town centre. And today officers appealed for the public's help in tracing the offender following several incidents in Brierfield. In the latest incident, which happened between 10.20pm
A BURNLEY man is on the run after escaping from a Lancashire prison. Police chiefs today pledged to put Ahad Miah back behind bars and called for help in finding him. Miah, 22, of Arley Gardens was ten days into a four-month prison sentence at Kirkham
RALLYMAN Dan Boardman won a race against time to score his first points in the inugural Ford Fiesta Sporting Trophy. The 26-year-old Ribchester driver built his brand new car from a bare shell in just three weeks to finish eighth in class on the Malcolm
After more than a year in the international cricket wilderness, Lancashire's James Anderson is back, returning for what he called his "best match in Test cricket". Anderson was a star in England's draw against India in Mumbai yesterday, when Andrew Flintoff's
WELSH dragon Mark Hughes has offered the hand of friendship to England's Women side ahead of their World Cup qualifier against France at Ewood Park this Sunday. Hope Powell's team are gearing up for their biggest test yet in the quest to qualify for
BURNLEY loan signing Phil Bardsley is under orders from Sir Alex Ferguson to enjoy' life at Turf Moor. The Manchester United defender jumped at the chance of first team football after learning of the Clarets' interest. And ahead of his home debut against
STEVEN Reid has insisted he wants to stay with Blackburn Rovers. The Republic of Ireland international has been a midfield driving force in Blackburn's surge up the Premiership table, to the point where he was recently linked with Manchester United.
JOHN Wood is a man with a strong stomach and a passion for improving pollution levels in Blackburn and Darwen. As an environmental health officer working for the local authority, his job takes him to some unusual places from paint factories to maggot
THE Commonwealth Games is like TV wallpaper. You put it on and hours later you realise you should have changed channels ages ago. It's like hypnosis, it draws you into a TV stupor. There's the odd exciting bit when the Commonwealth nations race against
A TWO-year campaign to raise £14,000 for better disabled access at an Edgworth church has finally come to fruition. Worshippers at St James Church have now raised enough cash to install a disabled ramp at the front of their church after receiving £10,000
PENSIONERS in Lancashire should get free travel throughout the county across district council boundaries, transport ministers have been told. Chorley MP Lindsay Hoyle took the issue up during Question Time in the House of Commons. He told Public Transport
AFTER reading all the stories about the different reasons why our traffic wardens book honest, law-abiding people for so-called illegal parking, my wife recently parked outside our house to unload some shopping bags. Five minutes later, while unpacking
EAST LANCASHIRE'S rail services have been spared the axe following a review of routes across the North of England. Now regeneration chiefs in the area are stepping up efforts to get improvements to services. Government consultants have spent the last
RESIDENTS in the Milnshaw area of Accrington have backed plans for a new "no cold calling" scheme. The proposed zone is bounded by Queen's Road West, Pansy Street, Lancaster Avenue and Gloucester Avenue, and was chosen for the pilot scheme because of
A NINE-YEAR-OLD boy has been hailed a hero after wading into a bog to rescue four young children who had sunk in the mud. Ben Hindle was playing at the back of the Harwood House pub near his home, in Railway Terrace, Great Harwood, when he stumbled across
A POLICE officer who carried out an unprovoked baton attack has been found guilty of assault, perjury and perverting the course of justice. Whitebirk-based Police Constable Jason Livesey, 33, was convicted by a jury at Preston Crown Court yesterday and
LANCASHIRE Fire and Rescue is planning to issue fixed penalty notices to anyone whose anti-social behaviour gets in the way of firefighters doing their jobs. Twenty four community safety workers from the county-wide service now have the power to enforce
Listings of the big gigs coming to Accrington, Bacup, Blackburn, Burnley, Colne, Darwen and Oswaldtwistle. JUNE 2 - Whiskycats, Jazzy Kex, Blackburn 3 - Lunasa, Mechanics, Burnley James Loynes, Thwaites Empire Theatre, Blackburn 16 -
