WE would like to thank the Lancashire Evening Telegraph, Blackburn Rovers FC (in particular, Colin Hendry and Carmel Dillon), Walter Green of KW Cars, Ken and Debbie Elvin, of the Ellerbeck Hotel and all our friends in Blackburn for making our honeymoon
DESPERATE families are battling against the clock to save their back gardens. The gardens, known as 'the pens' are rented from textile firm David Whitehead Ltd, formerly of Burnley, now based in Wigan. But the company has told residents their lease is
THE family of an Accrington airman who died when his Manchester bomber crashed in Belgium during the Second World War has been found. Belgian researcher Wim Govaerts sent a letter to the Mayor of Accrington to say he was writing a book and hoping to contact
COMMUNITY spirit is alive and well in Bury, as villagers prove that a friend in need is a friend in deed. Catherine Smith, of Tottington Road, Woolfold, underwent pioneering new treatment after suffering a stroke while on holiday in Tunisia. But when
I AM sure many readers watched the Channel 4 programme Countryside Undercover on April 2 in which Barry Anderson revealed how landowners are breaking the law by illegally blocking footpaths and bridleways to deny public access. In 1987, the Countryside
CLOSED circuit TV cameras in Accrington town centre have slashed the cost of reported crime by more than £500,000. In its first full year of operation, the CCTV system helped in the arrest of 332 people, Hyndburn economic development board was told. The
BURY Council's most senior officer has died after a long battle against cancer. David Burton, chief executive of the local authority for nine years, died on Good Friday aged 52. Mr Burton had been on sick leave since last summer. He leaves a widow, Gill
A £3 million overspend on social services in Bury has led to a call for the committee chairman to resign. Things got so bad that Croich Hey old folk's home at Hawkshaw was closed in an effort to balance the books. The cash-control crisis also brought
TORY chickens have come north to roost in Pendle, according to the area's Liberal Democrat candidate. Tony Greaves and his Labour rival Gordon Prentice have both accused Tory candidate John Midgley of snubbing the people of West Craven by pulling out
AS part of this drive to restore morality to the public domain, The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr George Carey, today urged schools to teach more about marriage as the ideal form of family. But the curriculum-crafters and teachers have hedged on from this
A CRIPPLING increase in workload could make a new East Lancashire drug abuse service ineffective, a councillor has warned. Burnley's Peter Kenyon said the take-over of a community drug treatment scheme by Accrington-based Communicare meant caseloads would
MAN-MOUNTAIN Peter Swan is fighting to keep his Second Division season alive, writes TONY DEWHURST. The Turf Moor stopper faces a race against time to be fit for Burnley's hectic race for a play-off place. The big defender is suffering from a troublesome
CHARITY-minded workers at BAe Samlesbury are celebrating after being rewarded for their fund-raising efforts. At the firm's Charity Challenge awards ceremony the site won two second place awards for its efforts. The site's contribution helped towards
CONTRARY to the ignorance of John Blunt (LET, March 26), public servants are subject to stress. They are sandwiched between the constraints of laws and regulations and the demands of an increasingly difficult public, trying to attempt the impossible and
SACKED barmaid Tracey Harrison ended up fighting on the floor with her former boss after she returned to the pub where she once worked. Bury Magistrates were told that 26-year-old Harrison called into the Eagle and Child in Bolton Road, Bury, from which
A SPORTS club is hoping for a £330,000 lottery 'win' to help fund plans for major improvements. The East Lancashire Club has put together a £330,000 package which will pay for improved disabled access, better coaching facilities and changes to the clubhouse
A NEWSAGENT has slammed a council policy which bans advertising boards on the footpath - but turns a blind eye to washing machines, fruit, flowers and rabbit hutches. Rishton newsagent Les Smalley was one of many traders in Hyndburn who received letters
TWINS Christine Creek and Pauline Tiler, formerly Barlow, are searching for old school pals and friends to take part in their 50th birthday celebrations. The pair, who used to live on Kent Street, Audley, Blackburn, want to hear from any friends in their
A HOLCOMBE Brook businessman was left feeling bitter on Good Friday after closing his shop an hour early - at the request of the police. The owner of Holcombe Brook News and off-licence Mr Peter Harrison complied with the 2pm closure, as did the landlord
RAIDERS who smashed their way into Bury's newly-opened B & Q Warehouse were tailed by police helicopter during a dramatic eight-mile motorway chase yesterday (April 3). Night staff ran for cover as the gang struck at 3.40am, hurling a concrete slab
I MUST respond to your shallow reporting of our Stress Management Strategy. Nearly all the local authorities are currently developing stress management policies, including Lancashire County Council. Amazingly, the county's own policy was the subject of
THREE East Lancashire MPs were today standing firm in their desire to ban bloodsports after threats to try to oust them at the election from the pro-hunting lobby. Greg Pope, Janet Anderson and Gordon Prentice are on a "hit list" of 72 MPs from all parties
A PRINTING boss is blaming Burnley Council for breaking promises, forcing his company to consider moving out of the town. Mark Clarkson blames the council for placing the jobs of 60 workers at Lords Printers in jeopardy. He claims he was promised £250,000
BLACKBURN Rovers play their biggest FA Youth Cup tie for 38 years at Selhurst Park tonight, when they take on Crystal Palace in the first leg of the semi-finals. They have been forced into making a change to their regular line-up, with Leam Richardson
THE Shakers have launched a share scheme that will wipe out all the debts on their balance sheet. It involves major shareholder, Hugh Eaves, capitalising £2million of his loans into shares. He will underwrite the new issue. Shareholders will meet on April
CENTRAL defender Chris Lucketti is Bury's only fitness doubt as they prepare for tomorrow's trip to Bristol City. Lucketti had four stitches in the bridge of his left foot after clashing with Terry Evans in the 2-0 win over Wycombe on Monday. He hasn't
BURY'S meteroric rise to the top of Division Two has brought its reward for boss Stan Ternent. The manager has been named Nationwide Manager of the Month for March after his Shakers garnered 18 points from 8 outings. Their record included five straight
Bury 2 Wycombe Wanderers 0 TWO gloriously constructed set-piece goals killed off resilient Wycombe and let everyone know that Bury's promotion bid is for real. This was no Easter extravaganza but the Shakers put behind them a dismal first half performance
Brentford 0 - Bury 2 A MAN who has, by his own admission, played only a bit part in the Shakers rise to the top of Division Two finally took centre stage at Griffin Park on Saturday. Dean Kiely produced a string of breath-taking saves as he and his teammates
AN AMERICAN whose grandfather built Darwen Tower is just one of the guests of honour who have been invited to the landmark's 100th birthday celebrations. William Whalley is among 18 people who have come forward to say their ancestors played a part in
A COMPETITION has been launched to find the best pictures of hobbies and pastimes. Blackburn Council's 1997 Photographic Competition, launched at the Lewis Textile Museum, is looking for snaps taken within the boundary of anything from hill walking to
DESPERATE George Donis asked Blackburn Rovers today - Do you really want me? The Greek international star has become increasingly frustrated at having to sit on the sidelines while Rovers have been battling to climb out of relegation trouble, writes PETER
A 33-year-old man woke to see flames spreading through his bedroom ceiling after a blaze broke out at a shop next door. Five people had to be evacuated from their homes as the fire ripped through the Horne Street off-licence in the early hours of Sunday
THE battle for Bury North and South began in earnest this week, as the parties officially launched their election campaigns. Nationally manifestos were published, party leaders were out in the provinces and on their soap boxes, the national media was
RAMSBOTTOM'S Peel Lions Club is being urged to set up a Charitable Trust Fund to ensure future success with National Lottery grants. The advice follows the club's rebuff by the National Lottery Charities Board in December for a £52,000 grant towards the
BOUNCERS in Bury are to be taught vital life-saving techniques. They will be included in the Whitefield-based Greater Manchester Ambulance Service (GMAS) campaign to train the club and pub doormen to open up more than just doors. Contracted to train nearly
PRESTWICH Jewish Day School has left the local family of schools - but vows to keep links with Bury Council. The school became only the second in the borough to achieve grant-maintained status on Tuesday, April 1, only five days after hearing that the
EPILEPSY sufferer seven-year-old Alyce-Jayne Greenwood will get on her pony and ride for 32 miles to raise awareness of the condition. The youngster and 25-year-old Poppy will be joined on the three-day sponsored venture in the Lake District by her mum
SCHOOL pupils have been praised by a team of inspectors for their behaviour and 'positive attitudes'. Youngsters at Benjamin Hargreaves Primary School, Accrington, were singled out for praise by officers from the Office of Standards in Education, OFSTED
BURY'S leisure services department is on the move as the cash-strapped council tries to save money. Its Textile Hall headquarters in Manchester Road will close to the public on Monday in the first phase of a huge corporate shake-up. Staff who work in
A COMPANY is finally taking steps to remove dangerous toxic waste from its premises after being served with a contempt of court notice. But the bosses of Kiely Developments Ltd could still face imprisonment for their delay in taking action. The Bury-based
JUBILANT John Major led the Tories to a record-breaking fourth General Election victory. The Prime Minister confounded pollsters and pundits who predicted a hung parliament with Labour as the largest party, by sweeping to a totally unpredicted win for
TRADERS have threatened legal action after council chiefs did a U-turn on a £5 million revamp of Bury market. They are furious that local authority leaders ripped up a compromise location for the new meat and fish hall after town centre developers MEPC
ONE-LEGGED Bacup steeplejack Stephen Goggins had an amazing escape from serious injury when he was struck by lightning as he worked 45ft up a mill chimney. He was fitting a new lightning conductor to the outside of the 200ft-high chimney at Kearns of
MANCHESTER United may be the championship favourites but Blackburn Rovers have already finished top of one table. The Ewood pitch has been named as the best in the Premiership - and head groundsman Steve Patrick is absolutely delighted. Rovers pipped
FORMER world superbike champion Carl Fogarty was third fastest on the final day of a two-day test at the Misano circuit in Italy. The Ducati rider from Blackburn clocked 1min 34.517secs, more than half-a-second slower than the best time of 1:33.885 by
THE WARNING by a police chief today that it is time to call a halt to so-called "zero tolerance" policing will not please the law-and-order politicians who urge it. Nor will it be welcomed by many people waiting for it to actually commence in their crime-plagued
THE Ombudsman is being asked to investigate the sell-off of Hyndburn Council assets, including Accrington bus depot. More than 30 busmen and passengers calling themselves The Concern For Hyndburn Group have signed the letter to the Local Government Ombudsman
REGENERATION of the former Huncoat power station site is high on the Hyndburn Council agenda. The pledge came from John Tilley, the council's former head of strategic development, the new director of the East Lancashire Partnership. Mr Tilley said the
A MOTHER-OF-SIX alleged her sons had been threatened with a 'baseball batting' by neighbours after being wrongly accused of terrorising an area of Burnley. Julie Hawke said other large families on the new Mountree Fold Housing Estate had also been wrongly
THIS weekend it is safe to bet that a large number of local enthusiasts will be stationed in front of televisions watching progress in the Flora London Marathon, writes GEORGE KIRBY. Some of Blackburn Road Runners who failed to find a place in the race
DETECTIVES are investigating a fierce blaze which ripped through the storage section of a Bury housebuilding company. At its height, the fire threatened a nearby carpet manufacturers although battling crews succeeded in stopping it spreading. However,
THE Bury Times is on the move . . . but it is not going far. The Bury Times Group, which has been publishing weekly newspapers in the town for 142 years, is to leave its Market Street headquarters and is looking to relocate into modern office accommodation
FIVE-year-old Christopher Hurst had a lucky escape when he found a blood-covered hypodermic needle in the town centre. Christopher, of Woodhill Road, Bury, was playing with other youngsters at Bury Lions Gardens, close to the former Post Office on Crompton
TWO experienced woodland officers have joined Burnley Council this week to oversee the creation of a new £3.5m forest for Burnley. Keith Wilson, 43, formerly woodlands officer at Bolton Metro, and 27-year-old lecturer Richard Jones from Myerscough College
A REFURBISHMENT plan for Prestwich's Longfield Precinct could see cash in the region of £1.5 million and £2 million being spent. It is understood that discussions between Bury Council's planning department and owners of the precinct, Bourne End Developments
TWO armed 'teeny terrors' who tried to rob lone women in a park are being hunted by police. The young thugs carrying a knife and a metal bar were sent packing on each occasion by two women walking their dogs in Drinkwater Park, Prestwich, near to a graveyard
LOCAL watchdogs say health bosses are risking patient care by spending too much money on management. But Bury and Rochdale Health Authority claims every penny of its £3.7 million management bill is needed to distribute its huge budget. The chief officer
Food News, with Christine Rutter SIZZLING garlic sauce trickled out of chicken breasts, raspberries cascaded over meringue baskets and wickedly fresh fish nestled on a bed of spinach. Such superb food, and imaginatively presented, I could be forgiven
VILLAGERS for volunteer work will be sought when a mini roadshow sets out in the Ribble Valley later this month. The Ribble Valley Volunteer Bureau is normally based in Clitheroe, but on April 18 a drop-in session will be held in West Bradford Village
AN interest in aviation and local history that spans almost a lifetime is behind a new book published this week to help mark a special East Lancashire anniverary. Former primary school headteacher David Brooks has spent the last 10 years researching his
THE new owners of Burnley housewares company Prestige could keep a manufacturing base in Burnley. Talks have been held between the new owners Meyer International, of the British Virgin Islands, and Burnley Council's economic development unit. The unit's
AN engineering firm has just completed a rapid repair job. Brookhouse Composites of Darwen were asked to carry out specialist repairs to wing access panels on an Airbus A310 aircraft. The work had to be carried out within the aircraft's 28 day ground
