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The Great Train Robbers killed
11:10am Thursday 9th July 2009
I see the bleeding hearts are out again, this time for Ronnie Biggs as it seems that keeping him in prison is inhumane.
Have your say »Thanks to heroes
11:11am Thursday 9th July 2009
Please may I thank three wonderful men who gave a great deal of help to me on Saturday, June 29. I had a slashed tyre. I managed to drive into the forecourt of Somerfields on the Clitheroe bypass when these wonderful men got my old tyre off and my new one back on! I had not got my mobile with me, so I was at my wits’ end. I had three knights in shining amour! I’ll never forget your kindness.
A quango by any other name
11:08am Thursday 9th July 2009
David Cameron is pledging to reduce the number of unelected quangos to save money and increase accountability.
Calling all former colliery workers
11:09am Thursday 9th July 2009
I wonder if your readers can help me with my hobby, which is collecting brass- embossed colliery lamp checks, or tallies and tokens as they are sometimes called.
Fast food the cause of litter
3:56pm Wednesday 8th July 2009
I AM in total agreement with Lynda Hammond (Letters, June 30) regarding attitudes to pride and cleanliness regarding properties and streets in general.
Somme service was splendid
3:56pm Wednesday 8th July 2009
IT was my pleasure on Sunday, to attend the 95th annual commemoration of the battle of the Somme, on 1st July, 1916 where many local men were killed or injured.
Africa fan seeks Clarets ‘stuff’
3:57pm Wednesday 8th July 2009
I would like to congratulate all members of staff, players, the gaffer and the supporters of Burnley FC for the marvellous job you have done.
Blackburn's £14m eyesore
3:58pm Wednesday 8th July 2009
THE £14m university centre on Barbara Castle Way, Blackburn, has with it the intention to halt the ‘brain drain’ and revitalise the region. Obviously that has to be distant projection but more immediate is the design of the place.
Wearing veil over face is threatening
1:31pm Tuesday 7th July 2009
I don’t always agree with the comments made by Councillor Brian Gordon, but this time I fully support his comments about the wearing of the veil. It is a fairly recent thing in Blackburn, that young women, and it is mostly young women, have started to wear the burka. Five or six years ago it was quite rare in the town. Why has it suddenly become more common?
Country’s laws must be obeyed
1:32pm Tuesday 7th July 2009
IN relation to your article (LT, June 30) ‘Muslim told to remove veils on visit to college’, to be told to remove the veil in a public place is for security reasons and not any attempt to deface religion.
Money could be used in our ward
1:32pm Tuesday 7th July 2009
At the last Blackburn with Darwen Council meeting, Councillor Jim Smith, of Mill Hill ward, stated that any monies allocated to his ward for the facelifting of properties would be ‘thrown back into the face’ of the executive member by the residents.
Ways to clean up graveyard
1:33pm Tuesday 7th July 2009
When I was the councillor for Meadowhead Ward in 2002-2006, I had the probation service clean up the Heyes Lane, Blackburn, graveyard (LT, July 3) on two occasions. Why can they not do it now?
Outraged by Rovers’ action on cats
11:13am Monday 6th July 2009
I DO not live in Blackburn. However, having recently received a copy of an article printed by your paper (June 17) ‘Rovers’ Catch of the Day’, I could not help but write to express my outrage at the actions of the Blackburn Rovers Football Club.
Recycling has also suffered
11:13am Monday 6th July 2009
The letter from the Blackburn with Darwen Council employee (LT, June 30) quite rightly highlights the unnec-essary and unpopular cuts made to the cleansing budget by the Con/Lib/Dem/For Darwen coalition running the council.
School keeping to the rules
11:14am Monday 6th July 2009
You have reported on the cross and chain worn by a Christian child attending a Christian school (LT, July 2).
A cross has to be significant
11:14am Monday 6th July 2009
RE your report on the banning of the wearing of a cross in school.
Mayor for Darwen is ridiculous
10:50am Saturday 4th July 2009
MEMBERS of the new Darwen parish council seem determined to have a Darwen mayor instead of simply a chairman when they next meet.
Darwen needs to be welcoming
10:50am Saturday 4th July 2009
I share the same sentiments as Ms Bernadette Munro-Scott regarding Darwen town centre, and am at a loss to know what ‘the towns image’ is supposed to be.
Salim doesn’t speak for us all
10:50am Saturday 4th July 2009
Isn’t it time that Salim Mulla, vice-chair of the Lancashire Council of Mosques, ceased making pronouncements on behalf of “the community” because he is definitely not addressing the views of the majority of the community.
Glorifying this war is pointless
11:25am Friday 3rd July 2009
THE correspondent who criticised Joan West last week for her comments on ‘Armed Forces Day’ misses the point. Surely it’s better that wars are seen for what they are rather than covering them in glory.
The veil: Consideration has to work both ways
11:26am Friday 3rd July 2009
I have written on numerous occasions on the subject of veiled women in Blackburn. Back in April I challenged Anjum Anwar to do something positive for community cohesion by calling upon veiled members of ‘the community’ to meet their fellow citizens and shoppers face to face.
Disabled need toilet facilities in town
11:27am Friday 3rd July 2009
AS a supporter of the Changing Places campaign, I think it is a disgrace that Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council doesn’t provide public toilets that meet the needs of local people with severe disabilities and their carers.
Money has been wasted on ID card scheme
11:28am Friday 3rd July 2009
After six years of trying to force people in Britain to have an identity card, the Home Secretary, Alan Johnson, in a recent speech said: “Holding an identity card should be a personal choice for British citizens just as it is now to own a passport.”
Servicemen’s photos wanted
11:11am Thursday 2nd July 2009
I aCT on behalf of the authorities at the United Nations Memorial Cemetery in Busan, South Korea, where over 800 British servicemen are at rest.
Thank you for the lift home
11:12am Thursday 2nd July 2009
On Sunday, me and my sister missed the last bus to Blackburn from Preston, it was 11.30pm, we only had our bus passes and we were going to stay overnight in the bus station and get the first bus the following morning but they locked the station up, so we couldn’t stay. Then we bumped into a security lady and explained our situation and she kindly said if we waited till the end of her shift at 12pm, she would drive us to Blackburn.
Council should rethink hall plan
11:13am Thursday 2nd July 2009
I’m writing to you about ‘Hall to host new council’. I cannot imagine why the new Darwen town council should be changed twice to hold their annual meetings in Darwen town hall as we are already paying for this in our council tax etc.
Sad waste of a man's life
11:14am Thursday 2nd July 2009
What a sad waste of a life. Michael Jackson with his status with world-wide youth following and massive wealth could have been such a power of good.
Litter louts make a mess of town
11:10am Thursday 2nd July 2009
I agree entirely with Councillor Brown (LT June 27). The town is very dirt.
Clean-up kids need support
1:01pm Wednesday 1st July 2009
AT the council meeting on Thursday, I requested the executive member for regeneration to reinstate the 10 litter pickers who were dismissed a few months ago.
Still too little on climate change
1:01pm Wednesday 1st July 2009
Scientists say we need to cut our emissions by 80% by 2050 just to keep climate change within two degrees centigrade of current world temperatures.
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