WATER and electricity giant United Utilities has appointed Gordon Waters as managing director of its international division. Mr Waters joins the group from Tarmac where he was responsible for major construction projects in the UK and overseas. Converted
MORE than half of firms in the North West expect profits to fall under a Labour Government, a survey claims. And more than 40 per cent of those questioned believed they would have to make redundancies if the minimum wage of £4.15 was introduced. A similar
OFFICE furniture group Calderburn has announced plans to sell another part of its business in a £6.5 million deal. The move comes just a week after the group revealed it was selling the office furniture division of Cooper Dauphin at Altham to Huncoat
COUNCIL TAX bills in Blackburn are set to rocket by 17 per cent - despite the borough having a standstill budget for the fourth consecutive year. In a stormy three-hour budget meeting the ruling Labour group blamed Government restrictions and a £1 million
JUNIOR news hounds were quick off the mark when a BBC film crew set up outside their school, providing them with a front page lead. The Whizz Kid's Weekly has been written, published and sold by 31 pupils from years three and four at St Stephen's CE School
RAY Harford is considering a Russian revolution at Ewood Park. And that could well signal a sensational transfer swoop on Spartak Moscow's international set. Ilia Tsimbalar and Yuri Nikiforov are the top names on the Blackburn Rovers manager's potential
WHAT a farce for Mr F Crompton (Letters, February 19) to criticise Coun Eileen Entwistle. He says he is concerned about Darwen, yet condemns her for the many improvements she has been involved with, including Sudell community centre, the play area at
AN URGENT inspection of a fairground big wheel was made after claims that it was dangerous. The wheel was part of the annual fair put up in Knott Street, Darwen. But Darwen councillor Paul Browne called for an immediate inspection by a safety officer
HERE in Malta, our small island has a well-planned water management system to cope with a hot, sunny climate and large influxes of visitors which creates a massive demand for water. There are no shortages, though. Our well-managed company puts the interest
IF IT were possible to can the council tax system, it could easily be sold to NASA as a sure-fire rocket propellant. For look at the shock about to hit Blackburn's taxpayers in the wallet - a 17 per cent leap in their bills from the town hall. That's
THE NEW owner of a former council building has agreed to let his property be used as a polling station following a campaign by elderly residents. Moves to sell off Cemetery House in Church caused a storm of protest because it meant senior citizens would
IT was a case of never mind the quality take your chances for Blackburn Rovers' youngsters at Deepdale last night. The Ewood kids have given far more accomplished performances in the two major knockout competitions this season than they did against neighbours
THE dream of a silver screen complex for the Ribble Valley has been shattered. But cinema buffs John and Dorothy Williamson are determined to re-build their plans to turn the Palace in Longridge into one of the area's top entertainment centres. The couple
BRITAIN'S most celebrated madame has broken all records at a top ladies' dinner club. Cynthia Payne - Madame Cyn - notorious in the 1960s for her sex-for-luncheon-vouchers deals for businessmen, will pack them in at Pendle's Fencegate restaurant on Thursday
IN HIS article "Tyranny opt-out," (LET, February 28), like a rottweiler with distemper, John Blunt rounds on the education policy of the Labour council in Blackburn and demonstrates just why he is such a controversial journalist. However, Mr Blunt, the
A MUTUAL love of walking in the countryside is set to lead to wedded bliss for a couple who met through the Lancashire Evening Telegraph's Two's Company column. Richard Clarkson and Jackie Wilcock will tie the knot at Burnley Register Office tomorrow.
A TEAM of experts is to be set up in Lancashire to deal with out-of-control pupils. The county has been selected as one of 22 local education authorities to get special help to deal with classroom troublemakers in a new £3.7 million initiative. Lancashire
IN REPLY to Coun Sue Reid's catalogue of improvements which Darwen has received (Letters, February 26), we who elect councillors are interested in the future, not the past. She speaks of Hardman Way and Bridge Street, but this work was planned under my
CHORLEY get a second chance to reach the quarter-final of the FA Trophy tonight when they play Boreham Wood in a third round replay at Victory Park. And the Magpies have an added incentive to win. The victors have a home draw against Gateshead. Manager
PARTNERS in the £2 million Blackburn Boulevard scheme inspected the flattened site and learned about the shape of things to come when the project is finished in six months' time. The massive refurbishment will involve the complete rebuilding of the bus
ONE of the country's longest established Honda dealerships has changed hands. Philip and Patricia Pozzi have sold their dealership, Greenacre Garage in Clitheroe, and Mr Pozzi is to retire after 25 years running the business. The dealership, which employs
WE READ (LET, February 26) of Blackburn Council's Operations Department scooping three contracts, worth over £8.5 million, and that, as winning the tenders has saved the council thousands of pounds, praise goes to the staff who have worked so hard. But
DENTISTS and a minibus are desperately needed to help a group of children from Chernobyl. More than 200 youngsters from the Ukraine's nuclear disaster area are coming to stay with host families in East Lancashire this year, and 30 of them arrive in three
A WOMAN shop assistant was struck across the back with a baseball bat in a robbery at a wine merchant's shop last night. The woman, who has not been named, was not badly injured but suffered bruising from the blow and was badly shaken by her ordeal. The
TOP LABOUR officials were to probe the controversial ousting of a leading Labour councillor from the ward seat she had held for eight years. In a shock result, Blackburn Cathedral ward committee dumped Coun Maureen Bateson, a deputy leader of Blackburn
QUALMS are certain to be expressed about the scheme to have ambulance staff standing in for doctors in East Lancashire hospitals at weekends. For while the aim is to lighten the workload of taxed junior doctors, having paramedics on overtime shifts taking
IT started six years ago as a dream but ended in tears. Today, the man "obsessed," with saving his beloved football club - and who took other people's cash to do it - began a two-and-a-half year jail term. "Devastated" John Carlton Howarth, once a respected
CONTRACTORS have started work on the first phase of a £500,000 marina and leisure complex based in Burnley on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal. The ambitious scheme is the dream of Londoner Dennis Bull, who saw the site at Finsley Gate and fell in love with
FIRMS in East Lancashire are being encouraged to look overseas for business opportunities. A major seminar is being staged to encourage small and medium sized businesses to increase trade with developing countries. The event has been organised by Lancashire
A TOP-LEVEL meeting has debated the controversial issue of water fluoridation. The North West Councils Against Fluoridation invited barrister Dr Paul McCormick to speak at Blackburn Town Hall yesterday. Councillors and other experts from across the UK
ONE of the country's busiest theatre groups is about to start a new tour of schools in East Lancashire. With giant props and mimes, jokes and "funny coloured hair", the CragRats will be using humour to get across a serious message about the choices faced
A SOCCER club has scored a winning goal for the environment by planting more than 600 trees in its grounds. Grimebusters at Nelson FC - traditionally named "The Blues" - have already transformed the ground from an ugly eyesore into a green haven in just
THE director of a pantomime that was so scary it carried a public warning, today hit out at the controversy over a production of Peter Pan that has had parents threatening to sue. Barbara Myers, director and producer of Kelbrook Players' Little Red Riding
MESSAGE to emergency services: M65 Motorway accident - one man dead, four seriously injured, one trapped in overturned vehicle, tanker on its side spilling acid, driver missing - SORT IT! That was the scenario facing police, fire and ambulance teams on
YOUNG thugs launched an arson attack on the home of a frail 86-year-old after putting her through months of torment. Anna Riley has been left too afraid to go out at night following a series of incidents involving youths close to her home in the Bank
A 5.8 PER CENT increase in council tax bills has been rubber-stamped by Pendle councillors. It means owners of Band A homes worth up to £40,000 - two-thirds of all houses in the borough - will pay £500.99 from April. Homes in the next band, valued between
INVESTORS and businessmen have been warned they could lose thousands of pounds by joining a top secret money-making scheme sweeping across the North West. New recruits invited by word of mouth to the business club, called Titan, are promised large cash
MARLON Beresford is poised for a dramatic call to arms at Bristol City - 41 days after double hernia surgery. Burnley's number one goalkeeper has stepped up his training schedule this week and is expected to feature in tomorrow's Pontins League clash
