BLACKBURN MP Jack Straw is on the list of speakers at Manchester Business School, which has organised a series of celebrity seminars to celebrate its 30th anniversary. Mr Straw will be speaking on December 6 and other public figures lined-up for the series
OFFICE furniture group Calderburn has announced the appointment of Christopher Moore as deputy chairman. The firm, created by the merger of East Lancashire's Alan Cooper and Mayfield companies, has also named Oliver Chapple, currently chief executive
AN MP is to investigate just how much North West Water splashes out on its "parliamentary consultant", Conservative MP for Crosby Sir Malcolm Thornton. The Pendle MP, Gordon Prentice, says he has been treading water in his efforts to find out just how
THE step up from the Konica League of Wales to the hurly-burly of the Football League is a gigantic one. But Andy Cooke seems to be coping fairly well, thank you. Cooke's recent substitute appearances have caught the eye of avid Turf Moor watchers. His
LANCASHIRE lass Judith Quigley aims to bring more tourists to the county that drew her back from her new life in Canada. Originally from Waterfoot, Judith went to Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School before taking a degree at Bangor University which involved
A BITTER whiplash tore into brewery chiefs today after they closed Matthew Brown, Blackburn, with the loss of 140 jobs. Feelings were summed up by a worker who said: "The lion's heart has been ripped out." Owner Scottish and Newcastle was condemned by
A BONE marrow match has been found for an East Lancashire leukaemia sufferer. Nick Mallinson will go into hospital this weekend for preparation before his transplant operation on November 24. Nick, 36, of Ontario Close, Blackburn, discovered he had the
A NEW project is putting Lancashire firmly on the information superhighway. The Lancashire Server Project will establish the county as a major service station on the Internet over the next three years and enable firms to communicate with millions of computers
VANDALS who chopped down young oak trees at a school have been branded "mindless thugs" by the head teacher. Steve Isherwood, head of St Cuthbert's School, St Alban's Road, Darwen, was horrified to discover three 15-year-old oak trees had been felled
SHEILA Brennan's opposition to animal experimentation (Letters, October 18) is a little hypocritical as she herself, like everyone else, has benefited from treatments which would not have been achieved without animal studies. Perhaps it is worth her and
POLICE are running a gauntlet of serious attacks from thugs who have turned the streets of Lancashire into a police assaults blackspot. The county's 3,220 officers fell victim to eighty five serious assaults in the year 1994/95 - the second worst figures
TELEVISION astronomer Heather Couper told pupils how they could reach for the stars at a celebrity lecture in Blackburn. Heather gave an enlightening "Garstang Lecture" at St Mary's College, and revealed how her original career plan was for shop management
The golden boot of James Beattie could be a key factor as Blackburn Rovers launch their latest FA Youth Cup campaign against Shefield Wednesday at Ewood tomorrow. Beattie, still only 17, has proved himself a prolific goalscorer with both A and B teams
"WHEN you walk in the storm, hold your head up high," goes the famous song and it was the Blackburn heads that were proudly aloft after this magnificent victory over their closest and bitterest rivals. If there were any remaining doubts about Hawks title
THE success of an engineering firm based in rural East Lancashire is featured in a book. Euravia Engineering & Supply Ltd, based in Kelbrook, was set up seven years ago by managing director Dennis Mendoros. Help from the Rural Development Commission
A DAIRY has been targeted as the likely cause of a salmonella outbreak which has swept Burnley and Pendle, it was revealed today. More than 20 cases have been reported to the area's Director of Public Health - with many more not officially notified to
I AM greatly concerned about the gross misrepresentation contained in the last paragraph of your editorial on October 30, concerning dancer Sophie Molloy. It suggests that the decision of the county council not to provide financial support to Sophie was
THE fate of student hostage Paul Wells looked more optimistic today than it has in almost three months. The Foreign Office said the Indian Government was confident of the authenticity of assurances that the four westerners were still alive. The assurances
TALENTED Natalie Gumede will be in the TV spotlight when she helps present "Children in Need" in the North West. The 11-year-old, from Colne, was picked by BBC producers to help presenter Merryn Myatt from NorthWest Tonight on the regional "inserts" to
VILLAGERS are living in fear following a petrol bomb attack. Three bottles containing petrol were set alight and left on the doorstep of a cottage in Chapel Street, Belthorn. Luckily the house owner came home and managed to put out the blazing bottles
ALEX Ferguson has re-opened old wounds in the long-running war of words between Manchester United and the Premiership champions. In a controversial new video the Manchester United manager reveals for the first time the background behind his attempts to
MY deepest sympathy goes to the family and friends of Lancashire Evening Telegraph photographer Ken Rumney, who died recently. Many people will miss him. He took many pictures of rescued animals over the years - all logged in my album. He never complained
AS chairman of the Blackpool Friends of the Imperial Cancer Research Fund I would like to encourage members of the local community to take part in a sponsored abseil to help raise desperately needed funds for cancer research. The abseil is on Sunday,
IWAS extremely distressed to read that the Lancashire Education Authority has refused to give a grant to Sophie Molloy to study to become a professional ballet dancer (LET, October 30). The sad fact is that, due to the lack of grants, British ballet companies
I RECEIVED a disgraceful service from the TSB. I recently started work where a bank account was required for wages so I opened a bank account with the TSB with proper legal identification and they sent me a chequebook and other items. I started work and
TOMORROW we are being asked to observe two minutes' silence in memory of those who died in two world wars and other conflicts. It is a fitting gesture in the year of the 50th anniversaries of VE Day and VJ Day. The silence should be of particular significance
WE are right in the middle of the schools speech night season. This is the time of year when headmasters gain the attention, not only of their scholars, but of parents as well as they hand out prizes and report on the progress or otherwise of the school
UNION officials hope they can win a stay of execution for threatened Bairdtex during a face-to-face meeting with a top textiles boss. Ken Patton, a main board director of Bairdtex's owners, William Baird, is travelling from London to Trawden on Wednesday
BURNLEY roll out the FA Cup barrel against Walsall at Turf Moor tonight. But manager Jimmy Mullen still has several injury worries before he names the Clarets line-up for the tough first round tie. And of most concern to the Burnley chief are his options
EXPORT orders worth £200,000 have been won by a fast-growing computer firm. MJN Technology - part of the Granville Technology Group - has secured contracts to supply computer equipment to a company in Malta and the Zambian Government. The announcement
SCRATCHCARD success is believed to have brought a Clitheroe man a £50,000 Lottery instants prize. The winner, a driver with a firm in the town, has told workmates of his good fortune but was refusing to comment publicly today after receiving his cheque
ROPE-swing accident victim Nicola Southward has said a big thankyou to the 999 heroes who rescued her. Nicola,11, of Hood Street, Accrington, was playing at Priestley Clough in Accrington, when she plunged 30 feet from the swing into a step-sided gulley
FORMER printer Raymond Smith is hoping for a new career in speech synthesis after winning a bursary to carry on his studies. Raymond, of Dove Lane, Darwen, has started research studies in the art of speech synthesis after gaining a £2,350 bursary to pay
A HEADMASTER has told how he was forced to make four teachers redundant and increase class sizes because of budget cuts in education. Michael Humphreys, headmaster at Our Lady and St John RC High School, Blackburn, told guests and pupils at the school
