LANCASHIRE firms should look across the Atlantic for new business. That was the message from Watson Laing, agent for Manitoba province in Canada who addressed a meeting of the Consortium of Lancashire Aerospace. Mr Laing told members of the trade group
BUSINESS people will get the low down on this week's budget at a meeting. The six business clubs in East Lancashire have joined forces with accountants BDO Stoy Hayward for the event on Friday. "Businesses from all over East Lancashire have the opportunity
SPORTING bobbies are limbering up to test their soccer skills in a charity match to raise cash for the £1 million SuperScan appeal. The team from Accrington police station will be displaying their style and stamina at Accrington Stanley's Crown Ground
COUNCIL chief's have broken their silence over the theft of £36,000 in cash from the town hall. A report to councillors describes the events surrounding the mystery disappearance of money from the cash collection department. Last month we revealed that
POLICE arrested a suspect in the early hours of today during testing of Accrington's new closed-circuit TV system. Staff monitoring the town centre cameras saw a man trying to break into a vehicle. A 19-year-old local man was arrested and charged with
FRAUDBUSTERS have clamped down on housing benefit swindlers - and saved council taxpayers more than £600,000! Shock figures have revealed that troubleshooters from Blackburn Council are investigating a spiralling number of fraud cases. The Benefit Investigation
A GROUP of young people with learning difficulties may be forced to find a new home - unless they are found a lifeline. Blackburn Children's Society trustees have decided to end their operation at the specialist Dixon House in Whalley Road, Wilpshire.
EAST Lancashire motorists crawled to work as a sudden cold snap turned roads into treacherous skid patches. Freezing fog made driving conditions even more hazardous, after more than an inch of snow fell in an hour. Gritters were out on the main roads
HOLIDAYMAKERS were turning their backs on foreign travel and staying at home, the English Tourist Board said. And the industry was ready to welcome them back with 105 new hotels being built this summer - more than at any time in the previous 15 years.
DON RISHTON, chairman of Lancs South European Constituency Labour Party would have us in a Federal Europe (Letters November 22). I suggest we solve the matter one way or the other once and for all with a referendum - Europe Yes or No? If Don Rishton has
NEIGHBOURS, written by Mr Harry Hunter (Poet's Corner, Nov 21), made me feel that he lives in the wrong neighbourhood. I find all my neighbours in Baxenden are extremely kind and willing. Everyone has said If I need anything, even in the middle of the
WELL DONE Hyndburn Council. Only a few months ago we had to criticise the authority after a heartbroken young woman was told the writing on the headstone marking her stillborn son's grave had to be changed because it was the wrong shade of grey. Council
BOXER Warren Stowe today trembled as he confessed: "I thought I was going to die." The Burnley Bulldog took a dive under the Cape Town ring when shooting broke out and a man was killed during his bout against South African middleweight champion Simon
THERE is a new man at the helm of Blackburn College's marketing operation. Paul Mason takes over as Marketing Manager today. During his career, he has spent nearly 16 years in local government, working for five different authorities in departments concerned
HEARTBROKEN friends and family members have turned a street corner into a floral shrine to tragic stabbing victim Shehzad Iqbal. Messages of love and sympathy have been written on cards attached to an array of bouquets left on West Park Road, Blackburn
A HORRIFIC rush hour smash caused motorway mayhem on the M65 today. The westbound carriageway was completely closed after an accident involving the cab unit of an articulated wagon and a pick-up truck. Firefighters, police and ambulance crews raced to
IT had the taste and elegance of a society wedding. And the food was no doubt of a similar standard as top Lancashire restaurateur Paul Heathcote and his bride sat down to a wedding day meal prepared by friend - and rival - Nigel Haworth. Paul, 35, who
IN HER Panorama television interview, Princess Diana bared her soul, revealed her inner pain and exposed her human vulnerability. Everything she said was told with naked sincerity by this very sincere person, who had suffered inwardly for years, with
KEVIN Gallacher gave Blackburn Rovers a welcome boost at the weekend, when he finally returned to action with the A team. Gallacher played for an hour from the start before, as had been arranged, he was substituted. But he managed to score a goal in the
GRADUATE Rachel Rowan has taken a 'step' into full time work. Rachel took part in the Shell Technology Enterprise Programme, which places students with firms to carry out projects during the summer break, in 1993. Her placement was with the Strategy Group
SMALL businesses in East Lancashire today urged the Chancellor to give them a budget boost tomorrow (Tuesday, November 28). As the nation waits to find out what Kenneth Clarke has hidden in the famous red case, firms called for action to help them live
A LIGHT aircraft "buzzed" Highbury before the start, advertising ex-Arsenal manager George Graham's latest publication - "The Glory and The Grief." Well, after recent events, Blackburn Rovers players know all about those two emotions and would be more
THE word "justice" is fast becoming a mockery. Murderer Rosemary West has started ten life sentences, after all the deaths that have shocked the nation. Her life will be spared, scant regard will be given to those who will mourn for the rest of their
LABOUR MP Janet Anderson could see her paper-thin 120 majority - the party's smallest - fall further to just 42 because of boundary changes. Mrs Anderson narrowly beat "green" Minister David Trippier for the Rossendale and Darwen seat at the last election
GLADIATORS star Saracen is muscling in on Blackburn's annual pantomime after Aussie soap star Nic Testoni had to stay Home instead of Away. The production of Robin Hood faced disaster after Testoni, who plays Travis in ITV's Down-Under import, ran into
COUNCIL policy on cut-price one day sales in Pendle should be reviewed, says the area's MP, Gordon Prentice. He wants the council to look again at its policy of letting traders use civic halls for one-off public sales. Last week, Manchester-based Wentworth
ONCE more a bottomless pit of money seems to be available for "traffic calming" - this time in High Street/Heritage Street, Rishton. Can anyone provide figures for the so-called "worrying increase in the number of accidents" on this stretch of road caused
BATTLE WEARY - but sure as hell not beaten. At least that's the impression Lancashire County Council is trying to give us, the taxpayers, after the latest High Court debacle. Not content to accept a judge's ruling after a two-day hearing, the county council
FORMER Blackburn Rovers player Dave Whelan has netted another big profit from his JBB Sports retail chain. He made a cool £1.8 million from selling shares in the sports equipment chain he started in his home town of Wigan in the 1960's. The money comes
IT's almost getting monotonous as even the "in-form" opponents are being brushed aside with comparative ease as Hawks go marching on. But there are wins and there are WINS and last night's display - a 12th successive victory - was as stylish a performance
ANIMAL experts fear a deadly virus which affects red squirrels could spread to East Lancashire. Their concern has been sparked by an outbreak of the parapox virus infection in squirrels living in Ruff Wood, Ormskirk. The symptoms, which include ulcerated
SWOTS from a Blackburn school led the field in a tough orienteering competition. The St Wilfrid's Orienteering Team - or Swot for short - took part for the first time in the British Schools Orienteering Championships at Rothbury in Northumberland. Out
A TERRIFIED pensioner was asleep in bed when she was woken by intruders searching her bedroom. One of the burglars put his hand over her mouth to stop her from shouting out. The intruders also cut the phone wires to the house in Craven Street, Accrington
BEAUTIFUL blue-eyed Amy Allan smiles at her mum and gives her a big sloppy kiss. But two-year-old Amy will never be able to tell her mum how much she loves her, nor will she ever walk. Amy spends most of her days asleep, smiling happily to herself in
POLICE are trying to trace a teenage mother who has left home to join a travelling fair. Sabrina Simpson, 16, was last seen at her mother's home in Como Avenue, Burnley, a week ago. She left saying she was going to try to get a job with a travelling fair
STANLEY went out of the FA Trophy against Beazer Homes League Gresley Rovers. The Reds dominated the first half and Gresley keeper Stuart Ford twice saved, firstly on 18 minutes from Brian Welch and four minutes later when John McNally's shot was deflected
IT could hardly have been easier as Chorley cruised into the first round proper of the FA Umbro Trophy with a very professional performance. The new central defensive pairing of ex-Stockport County regular Andy Thorpe and former Bury player Steve Hook
GRAEME Le Saux has been hit harder than David Batty for the unsavoury scenes in Moscow which soured Blackburn Rovers' Champions' League clash with Spartak. Rovers made a formal statement today and, while they refused to reveal exact details of the fines
LANCASHIRE taxpayers will have to pay the bill for a two-day High Court battle brought by Lancashire County Council in a row over home rule for Blackburn and Blackpool. The council took Environment Secretary John Gummer to court, claiming his advice to
BURNLEY have checked out Notts County striker Nigel Jemson. But Clarets manager Jimmy Mullen today ruled out any move for the out-of-favour Meadow Lane star. Mullen recently watched the former England under-21 forward in a Pontins League fixture against
AS an exhausted but satisfied Andy Marriott clambered on board the Wrexham team bus he was suddenly stopped in his tracks. Hesistantly, his admirer, complete with Burnley hat and gloves, shook his hand approvingly. He offered Marriott generous praise
