AS a resident of Fulledge in Burnley, I would welcome your support in making more public our problem in getting Burnley FC and Burnley Council planners to resolve our TV reception problem that has been going on for nine months now. More publicity would
A FORMER MP's aide and Labour councillor has broken her silence on why she is taking her ex-employer to an industrial tribunal insisting it is 'not political.' Jean Hayler is waiting for a date for her claim for unfair dismissal from her post as Labour
RAY Harford is ready to step up his efforts to bring another Serie A star to English football. The Blackburn Rovers boss has recently shown interest in several strikers plying their trade in Italy, including Swedish international Martin Dahlin, of Roma
I FOUND your editorial 'What we really need are more police officers' (LET, September 5) very interesting indeed, but not new, as you have been promoting this idea for a very long time. Essentialy, I agree with most of the points you make, particularly
POLICE officers are to be allowed to ride free of charge on a bus company's vehicles in a bid to tackle crime. Blackburn Transport looks set to introduce the scheme in the next few weeks following the success of a similar initiative in Merseyside. Talks
HOTEL landlady Liz Bannister got top marks for service with a smile during a dress rehearsal. The mock inspection was part of an accommodation grading workshop run by the Lancashire Hill Country Tourism Consortium, and hosted by the George Hotel, Accrington
A STUDENT is limbering up to tackle her first half-marathon to boost the funds of the Anthony Nolan Bone Marrow Trust. Fariha Quraishi, of Duke's Brow, Blackburn, will be among the 30,000 runners lining up for the Official Half Marathon in Newcastle.
COUNCILLORS have urged the community of Hyndburn to join them in observing a two-minute silence on Armistice Day, which this year falls on a working day. Activity in council premises will be suspended for two minutes on Monday, November 11, the eleventh
TRADERS have launched a campaign to stop blatant midday sex in a bus shelter, drug pushers and drinkers driving shoppers out of town. The 25 shopkeepers in the Valley Centre in Rawtenstall have launched a three-pronged attack against a host of illegal
IT'S A jungle out there and the 'Triffids' are taking over, according to a leading Pendle councillor. Tony Greaves has called for the 'jungles' which are taking over Pendle's streets to be chopped down. He said the growing problem of weeds sprouting up
BURNLEY'S management team of Adrian Heath and John Ward seem to have spelt out a message to the Turf Moor squad this week - We're in this together. And that means there is no place for anyone who isn't completely committed to the cause or finds it difficult
HOSPITAL staff have rejected the final pay offer from Burnley Health Care Trust, but they have until October 9 to reconsider their decision. A meeting of the joint negotiating committee, which involves the main unions and management, rejected the local
MR R Butler (Letters, September 5) is under a misapprehension if he thinks I was grovelling in praise of Margaret Thatcher's policies. It was with pride that I praised her. For, without doubt she was the right leader for the time and did more good than
HOSPITAL bosses who feared they would lose a £5 million contract to provide adult mental health services have been given a reprieve. East Lancashire Health Authority, which buys patient services from NHS trusts, warned medics in Burnley 12 months ago
GRAHAM Lloyd could be Lancashire's next captain - at least for one match. Bumble jnr is in the reckoning to take over for the last game of the season against Warwicks at Edgbaston on Thursday. Lancashire will be without Mike Watkinson, who flies out on
ANGLING is not a 'sport!' At least in my view it's not - in the sense that it should be included in the Olympic Games, as some would have it. It isn't a 'hobby' either, like making model aeroplanes or something, where patience and skill and experience
IDON'T live anywhere near Burnley's football ground, but can sympathise with anyone who does - having read the letters from nearby residents regarding their poor TV reception caused by the construction of new stands. The football club should fully fund
THE sale of Hyndburn Transport bus company to bus giant Stagecoach has re-opened old wounds in Pendle. Leading Liberal councillors in Pendle have again called on the local Labour Party to apologise in public for their comments made when the council sold
A CONTRACT to install closed circuit television cameras in Clitheroe town centre was badly managed and supervised by both the council and the contractors, an investigation has revealed. Ribble Valley Council launched a probe into the events which cost
A PARA medics crew struggled over rough terrain for more than a mile to rescue an injured mountain biker. Carol Pinder took a heavy tumble during a cycle club ride as she travelled on moorland under Darwen Tower. The 33-year-old from Rickard Road, Nelson
A REGISTERED nurse who claims her sleep has been disturbed by a neighbour's noisy cockerels for four years is looking forward to a night's rest after a council was granted a deprivation order. Blackburn Magistrates ordered that up to nine cockerels belonging
