STAFF at Greyhound Ford, Accrington, are celebrating after reaching the finals of a national competition for motor dealers. The Whalley Road dealership reached the last four in the quality award section of the 1997 Motor Trader Industry Awards. Representatives
CONGRATULATIONS on your War on Drugs campaign. If ever we needed co-ordinated action to end the evil and dangerous dealing in ever-increasing types of narcotics it is now. The problem is one which knows no boundaries, whether political, wealthy, young
NEIGHBOURS fighting plans for a hot food takeaway near their homes will have to wait another three weeks to learn whether they have won their battle. More than 70 people living in Britannia, Bacup, are campaigning to prevent the takeaway from opening
MONTHS of hard work by local residents paid off when 80-year-old Jessie Pedlow officially opened a children's play area named in her honour after she led the fight to make their dreams become reality. Jessie, whose house in Sefton Terrace, Burnley, overlooks
TWO old masters got Lancashire's young guns off the hook at Southampton yesterday - and put the Red Rose back on top of the Sunday League. Lancashire were in danger of squandering a winning position against Hampshire as Andy Flintoff and Mark Chilton
REGARDING the fiasco of the tables and chairs near Darwen markets, what a shame we have been deprived of them during the lovely weather - all because of the bloody-minded vindictiveness of Blackburn councillors who never wanted them in the first place
A GLIMMER of hope for the release of hostage Paul Wells emerged today with the disclosure that the Indian government is now prepared to hold unconditional talks with the Muslim separatists in Kashmir, where the Blackburn student was seized two years ago
HARD ON the heels of Tony Blair's recruitment of a Liberal Democrat to a Cabinet committee, there comes another surprise appointment - that of ex-Tory minister David Mellor to head a new Football Task Force to sort out soccer. Plainly, the soccer-mad
A MULTI-MILLION pound sale of jet warplanes built at British Aerospace's Lancashire Military Aircraft Division is to escape a ban on arms sales to dictatorships. Foreign Secretary Robin Cook was today authorising the sale of the 16 Hawk jets to Indonesia
HARD-PRESSED farmers are to suffer swingeing cuts in the subsidies they receive for the slaughter of ageing cattle. And they are having to travel further afield, in some cases as far as Northumbria, to find abattoirs able to destroy cattle under the Government's
A MULTI-MILLION pound development is due to come on stream next month at an East Lancashire printing firm. The development by commercial and specialist printers Carrprint will breathe new life into the formerly disused Calf Hall Mill, in Barnoldswick,
PLANS for a new playground in Burnley have been given an £8,000 helping hand. The money will be used to involve local youngsters in designing and installing a new fence for the area behind Daneshouse and Stoneyholme Community Centre, and the playground
VITAL lifesaving equipment has been donated to Lancashire Constabulary's Air Support Unit. British Aerospace - a member of the Lancashire Partnership Against Crime - paid for a self-inflating life raft which will be carried on board the Air Support Unit's
STILL having a struggle getting Channel 5? Imagine then going to the lengths of drilling a hole in your telly with a carpenter's brace and bit in order to get the latest channel. Yet, that's what lots of folk in East Lancashire did to theirs when the
TURF Moor player-boss Chris Waddle today heaped rich praise on his Burnley squad. The Clarets returned from Northern Ireland unbeaten in their four pre-season fixtures. And Burnley saved their best performance to last as two goal Andy Cooke inspired a
A MURDER-style inquiry was launched after a woman was found dead at her home in Queensberry Road, Burnley, three days after being beaten with a baseball bat. Former Accrington woman Deborah Homes, 29, was found dead in bed at 6am yesterday. Although a
ROY Hodgson today left the door open for Graeme Le Saux to settle his differences and stay with Blackburn Rovers, writes PETER WHITE. But the manager also made it clear that he only wants players committed to play for him and Blackburn Rovers. And that
A POLICE solicitor whose son died of a methadone overdose has urged stronger intervention from Home Secretary Jack Straw in the drugs fight. Niamh Noone-Astles, of Langho, has been an ardent anti-drugs campaigner since her 16-year-old son Gareth died
A FLEET of lorries will soon be spreading smiles across the land - thanks to a new marketing campaign from Barnoldswick-based Silentnight Beds. The firm's delivery trucks will be brightening up traffic jams with giant-sized pictures emblazoned on their
UNIONISTS are, as expected, full of condemnation of Sinn Fein for agreeing to enter negotiations for peace in Northern Ireland. With the brutal murder of a protestant teenager because she was friendly with a Catholic boy, it is obvious that Sinn Fein
CAPTAIN Puddles, Mr Whetton and Mrs Weatherill were just three of the aptly named people who braved the elements at the Royal Lancashire Show. But after a rain-soaked Saturday, the clouds lifted to leave Sunday relatively drizzle-free. Whatever the weather
ALL the fun of a summer's fair came to a revitalised housing estate yesterday as hundreds of local people enjoyed a carnival atmosphere in the sunshine. The summer fun day at Hodge House Community Centre, Nelson, was organised by the residents' association
DOUBLE yellow lines, a pedestrian refuge and pavement extensions are not enough to improve road safety at a blackspot. Robert Taylor and Sarah Marshall are not convinced the new measures will prevent children being knocked down in Hermitage Street, Rishton
THE sight of captain Tim Sherwood turning into commander-in-chief from the back underlined both the positive and punitive sides of Blackburn Rovers' continuing pre-season preparations at The Hawthorns on Saturday, writes PETER WHITE. For almost the whole
I THANK all the customers and local people who gave their overwhelming support for our aquatic store to stay open on Scaitcliffe Street, Accrington. Public opinion was very strong against moving the business into the town centre and I think that I speak
THE threat of compulsory redundancies has been lifted from Hyndburn Council workforce. But staffing cuts will still hit the authority with the loss of 31 administrative and managerial posts. The cash-strapped council has been forced to make cuts because
A MOTHER was reunited with the baby son she had abandoned two months before. The Brierfield mother left her 10-month-old son at Valley Gardens, Barnoldswick, with a note saying she could not love him. After she admitted she was his mum, she was allowed
ABOUT two million small investors made an instant profit of 42p when dealings opened in BAA shares. But with only 100 shares allocated to each applicant, after dealing costs the profit would have been less than £30. Five hundred million shares in the
TWO old masters got Lancashire's young guns off the hook at Southampton yesterday - and put the Red Rose back on top of the Sunday League. Lancashire were in danger of squandering a winning position against Hampshire as Andy Flintoff and Mark Chilton
WHEN you get praise from a legend you know you must be doing something right, writes TONY GARNER. And James Peterson must have left Lanehead last night feeling a couple of inches taller after scoring a ton which brought a verbal bouquet from Lancashire
A DECISION to investigate the Salvation Army and the YWCA has been labelled absurd by Tory leaders. A major review into the work of quangos in Blackburn and Darwen is being put together by town hall bosses. But the council's Conservative group has slammed
A SERIES of projects designed to improve the environment in Blackburn and Darwen are set to take place over the next 12 months. The schemes are part of a community action programme being drawn up by the council. Just under £90,000 has been set aside to
TOP gun Andy Cooke left Chris Waddle purring with pleasure after his ruthless Glentoran demolition job, writes TONY DEWHURST. The bruising Clarets centre forward was in hot water with his new boss after an ugly second half incident with Glenavon goalkeeper
THIEVES raided a changing room at Accrington Cricket Club escaping with more than £150 cash, credit cards and jewellery from players' pockets. The theft happened yesterday afternoon when all the Accrington players were fielding against Rawtenstall at
A COUNCILLOR was rewarded for his electioneering efforts in helping to bring Labour to power when he met Tony and Cherie Blair at a garden party at 10 Downing Street. Tim Ormrod, who serves on both Pendle and Lancashire County councils representing Colne
BREWERY bosses have offered one off their dray horses for the funeral cortege of a former driver. Keith Crossley, 61, of Wilson Street, Blackburn, was employed by Daniel Thwaites for 20 years. The firm has also given the go-ahead for the cortege to tour
THIS week's £10 Boots token-winning letter was from F Burns of Livesey Branch Road, Blackburn, which raises the interesting point: Is mechanism always best? The letter is re-printed here: Cleaner sweep in the old days WHEN are we going to have our pavements
HUNDREDS descended on Blackburn's Witton Park as it was transformed into a Kabbadi stadium yesterday. The Blackburn Kabbadi Club played host for the tournament against a side from Keighley, who went home winners 20-17. Event co-ordinator Parwaiz Akhtar
A YOUNG women arrested by Turkish airport officials, held in a cell and finally deported, is warning other holidaymakers to check their passports before setting off. Armed guards at Dalaman airport seized Nicola Alderson because her passport photograph
A COLLECTION of 200 dolls, some from across the world, attracted the crowds to a church bric-a-brac sale. The unusual collection was gathered by the late Gladys Taylor of Nelson, who was a life-long member of St Mary's Church in the town. When she died
I WRITE in reply to Mr K Spencer of Chorley (LET, July 21) concerning the duck problem at Rhodes Avenue. Without living in the area, how can he comment on the pros and cons of having the duck pond nearby? The houses on Rhodes Avenue were built long before
HELP the Aged, through the Millennium Commission, is offering grants of between £1,000 and £10,000 to older people who want to start up grass-root projects in their villages or towns. Some exciting ideas have already been put forward such as a community
GERRY Harrison ended up in a Belfast hospital following Burnley's final pre-season fixture in Northern Ireland. A second half substitute for Richard Huxford, Harrison was only on the field for 12 minutes before a heavy tackle saw the utility man carried
A POLITICAL breakthrough on the future of the troubled region of Jammu Kashmir was welcomed by the father of student hostage Paul Wells today. In a shock move aimed at ending a seven years of violence, Indian prime minister Inder Kumar Gujral has offered
A FIRM of Blackburn solicitors is hoping to take some of the pain out of divorce. Fieldings Porter Solicitors, of Richmond Terrace, have been appointed members of The Relate Quality Partnership, which is committed to the idea of amicable divorce in a
