A PARTY of Chinese engineers scrutinised Potterton's boiler design and manufacturing procedures at Padiham. Six engineers and interpreters visited Potterton as part of a multi-million pound deal to make Lynx 2 combination boilers in China - exclusively
ARSENE Wenger wheels the Gunners into Ewood Park tomorrow determined to inflict more Premiership pain on Blackburn Rovers. The French coach finally takes charge of Arsenal for the first time after his protracted move from Japanese football. Highbury,
THE fox-hunting season begins in November. This sick sport is kept alive purely to satisfy the bloodlust of a few. Opinion polls have shown that 75 per cent of people are opposed to fox hunting. Many members of parliament are against it too. With a General
WORKERS made redundant from a hospital ten years ago are getting together for a reunion. About 40 cleaners lost their jobs in 1987 when Blackburn Royal Infirmary awarded the cleaning contract to an outside firm. Now ex-worker Marilyn Duxbury, of Windsor
A VAN driver narrowly escaped death on the M66 near Haslingden when a stone dropped from a bridge crashed through his windscreen. Farmer Cavan Maguire pledged to defy the law on registering his dogs and claimed hundreds of other owners were ignoring the
POSTMEN and women in Lancashire were today being balloted over more one-day strikes - after eight such stoppages in four months have disrupted the Royal Mail. But is not this industrial relations with a second-class stamp? This dispute over pay and conditions
AS POLICE and town hall chiefs team up to launch a new drive against criminals and trouble-makers on council estates, there comes a shocking disclosure - just 60 people were responsible for almost half the crime detected in Burnley last year. In short
HOLIDAY company Airtours is expanding overseas by setting up a subsidiary operation in California, the group announced today. Airtours said Sunquest Holidays would be based in California and would begin operating in April. The Helmshore-based group said
LOTTERY money could transform Pendle over the next few years if bids in the pipeline are successful. A number of new bids are set to be submitted in the near future and the council's Lottery Action Group has put forward a "shopping list" of ideas which
INTERVIEWING begins on Monday for the vacant manager's post at Colne. Five candidates to date have thrown their hat in the ring. Two have previous experience of managing North West Counties' League sides. Another has been assistant boss for a UniBond
THE Anne Frank and Holocaust exhibitions in Accrington and other parts of Britain, under the guise of helping people to understand the fear which racism causes and to encourage mutual respect, are, in fact, being racist themselves by brainwashing adults
A SHOCKED driver escaped with whiplash when her car was hit from behind by a lorry and flipped onto its side. The lorry failed to stop after the accident on the A56 Edenfield bypass and police are appealing for witnesses. Laura Clarkson, of Rhodes Avenue
Ron Freethy's England IN a recent article I mentioned Hargreaves and his Spinning Jenny. This has resulted in several letters asking for details of any museums where these machines can be seen. There are only three of Hargreaves' Spinning Jennies left
BLACKBURN Rovers face a defensive quandary before tomorrow's searching Premiership confrontation with Arsenal at Ewood Park. Defensive king pins Colin Hendry and Chris Coleman are both ruled out against the Gunners. Hendry is recovering from recent groin
WHO is Colin Carr-Lawton? Plucked out of the junior ranks, the 17-year-old striker has suddenly found himself the focus of Turf Moor attention. The Clarets youngster, a second year YTS, has recently claimed a place in Adrian Heath's first-team squad.
THE deformities of the little children in the Ukranian orphanages described in your report 'Brave babies live a life of hell' (LET, September 27) are too sad to contemplate. Most are the result of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. In this page a few years
INDUSTRIALISTS from across East Lancashire competed against the clock on a gruelling assault course and raised £20,000 for charity. Marie Curie Cancer Care benefited from the stint at the British Army base in Aldershot. The assault course challenge was
AN AID worker facing child smuggling charges has celebrated his release on bail from a Romanian prison by revealing: "I hope to be back home for Christmas." John Boast, of Great Harwood, was speaking on the day his trial was due to resume in the Transylvanian
A MAN who leaped for his life from the third storey window of a burning building today spoke for the first time of his amazing escape. Shakir Patel, 21, needed just five staples in a head wound and treatment for smoke inhalation after plunging from his
THE worried sister of a woman who has disappeared with a convicted child sex offender today made an emotional appeal for her to get in touch. Christine Mountain, 42, says she has been left sickened after discovering sister Elaine Wade had fled Blackburn
A NEW policy is being introduced to stop rowing neighbours falling out over "no ball games" signs. More than 20 residents complained to Hyndburn Council about a sign which has gone up on land behind St Albans Road, Rishton. The move has highlighted the
COUNCILLORS voted for High Court action to end a stench that had hung over Blackburn for more than 20 years. The decision meant that Brazendale's Blackburn Products - a controversial bone works company based at Whalley Banks - was likely to close. Walker
POSTMEN and women in Lancashire were today being balloted for more one-day strikes. Six hundred members of the East Lancashire branch of the Communication Workers Union are among 138,000 Post Office staff nationwide considering more industrial action.
SIR Bernard Ingham - probably best known as press secretary to Baroness Margaret Thatcher when she was prime minister - is to give East Lancashire business leaders tips on dealing with the media. Sir Bernard is to host a media masterclass, organised by
A BID of almost £500,000 to put the heart back into Rhyddings Park has been applauded as "inspired" and "exciting." Artist's impressions have been revealed of the shape of things to come in Oswaldtwistle if a bid to the Heritage Lottery Fund is successful
HEAD teacher Peter Booth ran over Pendle Hill to get to work and teach the kids a green lesson. He was supporting "Walk to School Day 3'' and at the same time raising money for improvements at his school, Hargher Clough Primary, Burnley. Mr Booth, a member
WHILE Jack Straw is claiming that unfair lobbying of the Conservative members of the Parliamentary Home Affairs Committee forced them to conclude that there was no rational basis for the banning of handguns, I suggest that it was the Labour members of
RAY Harford is relishing the challenge of pulling Blackburn Rovers out of trouble. The under-fire chief had considered quitting Ewood Park during last season when - on his own admission - he lost the respect of some senior players. But Harford is more
CAMPAIGNERS in East Lancashire committed to finding a cure for breast cancer are set to spread their wings. The local branch of Breakthrough UK, which has raised more than £21,000 since 1992, wants to recruit members from across the whole county. Regional
A HIGH school head has criticised Government proposals to allow schools to select some of their students based on ability. David Farrant told the audience at the annual prize-giving ceremony at Walton High School, Nelson: "I believe that schools should
A STATE-OF-THE-ART health centre will bring about a much-needed revolution in the care offered to one of Blackburn's most deprived communities. That's the view of the dedicated team chosen to run Bangor Street Health Centre which officially opened its
