Looking Back, with Eric Leaver THESE days when the temperature sizzles, so do the barbecues. But what was East Lancashire's summer speciality in the era before charcoal-grilled ribs and burned burgers were a favourite hot-weather food? Good old-fashioned
A CALL has been made for crime-busting security cameras to be moved after it was claimed they could be used to spy on residents. Burnley Council has secured funding of £85,050 to extend its award- winning, town centre CCTV system into South West Burnley
ROY Hodgson is optimistic that central defender Stephane Henchoz will have recovered from a head injury in time to face Sheffield Wednesday at Ewood tonight, as his Blackburn Rovers team bid to extend their unbeaten start to four games. And Martin Dahlin
Blackburn Rovers 1 Liverpool 1 - Peter White's big match verdict THE fraught life of a football manager is full of sharply contrasting emotions, with Roy Hodgson admitting in a pre-match interview that he's never far away from having a laugh or, for that
NEW community beat bobby Wayne Curness has promised the people of Knuzden an improved service from the police after taking over the role of tackling its problems. PC Curness began pounding the streets this week and is already forging links with local
THE public is being asked to help track a disease which has already killed thousands of trees. The phytophthora fungus has wiped out around 18,000 of the 580,000 alder trees in England and Wales over the last few years. Now the Environment Agency wants
SOCCER legend Sir Bobby Charlton was on the ball to launch a £1.5 million sports centre which was partly paid for by a local campaign. The former Manchester United and England star unveiled a plaque at the West Craven Sports Centre, Barnoldswick, in front
THE Princess of Wales came to Lancashire to make a private visit to a hospice. She had visited the Trinity Hospice on the Fylde before but made a special request to return. A spokesman for Buckingham Palace said: "The Princess wanted to go back to the
Lancashire League EAST Lancs stepped up the pressure on leaders Haslingden in the EW Cartons Lancashire League as they cruised to victory over Rishton at Alexanrda Meadows yesterday. It looked ominous for East Lancs as Rishton recovered from a dodgy start
HUNDREDS of friends and former work colleagues are expected to join the family of a popular and much-respected doctor at a special thanksgiving in his memory. Dr Sadru Jivani, who died last month, was a senior consultant paediatrician at Blackburn's Queen's
A COUPLE'S plans for a wedding in a Caribbean paradise have been thrown into chaos. Adrian Dugdale and his fiance Fiona Brown discovered by chance that their plans for a wedding in the Dominican Republic are being changed at the last minute. The Blackburn
ORGANISERS of Blackburn Lions' Gala want to change the date of their annual event after rain washed out the latest show. The gala is traditionally held on August Bank Holiday weekend, and bad weather has affected every gala except one for a decade. Torrential
SOCIAL security minister Harriet Harman is being urged to carry out a major review into child benefits by Blackburn with Darwen Council leaders. The call comes after the publication of a report highlighting the problems of child poverty by the Joseph
WITH regard to your story on Steve Preston (LET, August 19), it was obvious that Mark Templeton was not at King George's Hall for the show. If he had been, he would have seen a sell-out crowd spell-bound by his performance and a full standing ovation
A SUNNY Sunday saved Blackburn Lions Gala from disaster following the wettest day for weeks on Saturday. A massive 10,000 crowd enjoyed fun in the sun at the Witton Park showground in Blackburn yesterday, enjoying everything from clowns, mock gun-fighters
THE mother of murder victim Gillian Ellis has spoken of her relief at the recapture of her killer after he escaped from prison. Jean Peat was devastated when convicted murderer Darren Jackson cut his way out of jail. "Thank God they've got him back in
I READ with interest Coun J H Hirst's comments (Letters, August 18) and, tongue in cheek, debated with myself whether replying to letters in the Evening Telegraph was one of the things that councillors could claim expenses for. I also wondered whether
AS traffic congestion and pollution worsen daily, many proposals are being put forward as a solution. However, there is one solution - for short journeys - both practical and economical which seems to have been completely overlooked. It consists of standing
KILLER asbestos was found in a Blackburn school - but lessons were to carry on as normal for the 350 pupils. Quantities of asbestos were found after a structural survey at St Silas' infant and junior schools in Clematis Street. The school was to close
Accrington Stanley 2 Winsford United 1 ACCRINGTON Stanley could be forced into the transfer market after striker Peter Smith broke his leg in the UniBond League pipe-opener at the Crown Ground. Action man Smith is likely to be out of action until October
Vaux Ribblesdale League AFTER a near washout on Saturday, the Vaux Ribblesdale League bounced back with a full programme of matches yesterday. Only Whalley managed to take the honours on the first day of a double-header weekend when John Kearsley's 50
MIKE Atherton is set to miss this week's Roses Match as he ponders his England future. Atherton has been asked to give the selectors his decision before they meet to discuss the West Indies tour early next month. He did not travel to Bristol for yesterday's
Lancashire League: Haslingden 121, Ramsbottom 124-4 - Paul Agnew reports CALL it a swift kick up the backside - a new meaning to Acre Bottom. And no member of the Haslingden side felt the pre-title jolt more than Steve Dearden. Dearden was so often a
Lancashire League ON the surface the Corrie Jordaan saga is settled. Following last Monday's passionate extra-ordinary general meeting Jordaan was offered a new contract and is happy to return to Lowerhouse next summer. But what kind of club he returns
THANK you for publishing my search for descendants of the Hession family (Letters, July 22). I received four letters as a result. The first was from Mrs Evelyne Norse. Another was from her brother, Tony Hession, and yet another from a friend of the family
"ATTEN - (Wait for it! Wait for it!) - SHUN!" Upon which bellowed imperative - often with expletives inserted between each stentorian syllable - generations of British Army boots have crunched in disciplined unison on barrack squares the world over. But
IS BRITAIN'S drugs law out of date? Certainly, it is a question that needs to be thoroughly examined as the very explosion of drugs abuse and all the associated death, misery and crime dispute the ability of the 1971 Misuse of Drugs Act to contain what
FORENSIC science officers have launched an inquiry to discover the cause of the house blaze which killed 13-year-old Jane Walmsley. Scenes of crime teams went to the house yesterday and have sent samples to the laboratory as police and firefighters tried
Southend United 1 Burnley 0 - Tony Dewhurst's big match verdict ALVIN Martin stood in the Roots Hall corridor and pointed a finger in the direction of the Burnley dressing room door. "Yeah, I am thankful for the win, but I can't help thinking it could
HOW could anyone possibly disagree with the recent letters regarding the humps and bumps foisted on us by a dictatorial council? Certainly Adrian Shurmer, with his vast experience as a police driver/instructor, is quite right, as is Mr Farrer. I wonder
A TEENAGER died in a house fire which left her younger brother and sister seriously injured. Jane Walmsley, 13, brother Wesley, 10, and six-year-old girl sister Jordan, were pulled from their smoke-filled home on Lister Street, Accrington, by firefighters
A CARNIVAL atmosphere took over a town centre as it enjoyed its busiest weekend of the year with a cracker of a street festival. Entertainers, musicians, traders and crafts people combined to bring an exciting new look to Colne town centre as thousands
Blackburn Rovers v Sheffield Wednesday - Peter White's big match preview ALMOST a year on from when he made his Sheffield Wednesday debut against Blackburn Rovers at Hillsborough, Benito Carbone is now a well-established force in the Premiership. And
ONCE again, the outrageously ageist 'Graduates into Industry' scheme is being advertised (LET, August 13) Given a choice, employers almost always opt for younger graduates anyway. To illustrate my point, an adjoining advertisement for a sales correspondent
MANY people will be shocked and horrified at the recent video by the WSPA on BBC News, exposing the deliberate torture of the 'fire bulls.' More than 2,000 of these magnificent creatures suffer each year in honour of saints' festivals in the cities, towns
MIDFIELDER Michael Williams is out of tomorrow's Coca-Cola Cup tie against Lincoln City at Turf Moor. Williams was stretchered off late in the first half of Burnley's 1-0 defeat at Southend United and was rushed to hospital for X-Rays. Physio Andy Jones
A CONGREGATION designed and built their own special portable pool so that baptisms could go ahead at their church. The "invention" received its own baptism yesterday when three members of Rosehill Baptist Church, Burnley, took part in an outdoor ceremony
A BOY who suffered head injuries in a road accident was recovering in a hospital intensive care unit today. At first doctors believed nine-year-old Ricky Lawless had not been seriously injured when he was knocked down by a car in Gannow Lane, Burnley.
