ON Tuesday you published a photograph and text about the overturning of almost forty grave stones at St Leonards Old Langho. Today we were visited by a group of lads and one lass, from Blackburn Rovers Community Group. In very short order, with the help
A YOUTH club is threatening legal action over moves to open a bail hostel in Blackburn. West End Youth Club are furious at Blackburn with Darwen Council's decision to approve planning permission for the hostel in Clayton Street. Organisers at the club
ALL eyes were turning to Chancellor Norman Lamont's autumn statement as the battle to get the new European Fighter Aircraft into production and protect 20,000 Lancashire Aerospace jobs reached a climax. It was hoped the chancellor would use the occasion
SMALL firms have switched to the power of new technology after taking part in courses. The Blackburn companies have introduced computers for the first time after attending a bilingual Computing for Small Businesses course. Sessions were organised by Blackburn
BRITAIN'S courts are often a quagmire of delay and bureaucracy, not least when it comes to dealing with minor offences. And it is not just a swifter and, thus, more salutary link between each offence and punishment is needed, the routine clutter of the
IF THERE is a carrot-and-stick approach to the government's bid to get people out of their cars and on to public transport, it may receive a backlash from motorists if measures are deemed to involve more compulsion than persuasion. And deputy premier
SILENCE fell on East Lancashire yesterday as people remembered the dead of two World Wars. Services took place across Blackburn, Darwen, Hyndburn and the Ribble Valley as standards were lowered and the Last Post sounded throughout the county. Old soldiers
A LUCKY lady who won a three-day trip to the French vineyards in a pub's fund-raising project has offered the prize up for auction. The woman from Colne, who is called Jackie but asked to remain anonymous, won the spare seat in a car which will set off
Slough Jets 7 Lancashire Hawks 4 ; Lancashire Hawks 3 Kingston Hawks 8 LANCASHIRE Hawks' loyal fans continue on a starvation diet, living in hopes of jam tomorrow with their team smarting from a dismal run of seven successive empty plates. A bumper Arena
WHO ate all the pies? The celebrities did, and a fashion model took 25 home in a doggy bag! Television stars tucked into no-nonsense Northern nosh at the glittering opening of a top fashion store in Manchester. Red Or Dead was set up 15 years ago by Blackburn-bred
A SAD pot bellied pig called Fatso is looking for a new home after his owners split up. The 150-pound porker, who loves having his ears tickled, is hoping a new family can find a trough for his snout. Owner Sheree Kay, 32, of Low Moor, Clitheroe, says
A MAJOR strategy designed to turn Blackburn and Darwen into the business training and education capital of East Lancashire has been unveiled. The blueprint has been put together by council leaders and town hall officials and has won the backing of ELTEC
POLICE interrupted a half-time television film interview of a Blackpool fan in Saturday's Lancashire clash with Burnley when he made a one-fingered gesture at nearby Clarets' supporters. The smartly-dressed man then faced the angry Burnley fans taunting
THOUSANDS of people in Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale stood in silent tribute to remember the service men and women who gave their lives for their country. Services and wreath laying ceremonies were held in towns and villages with young and old standing
DEVELOPERS have been given permission to build a major shopping complex in Blackburn despite fears over the impact on town centre trade and traffic. The Town's Moor centre will be built at the site of the former British Gas works in Russell Street and
A BUDDING young karate star was left with a fractured skull and multiple injuries after a road accident. Steven McLaughlin, 10, suffered serious injuries following a collision with a car as he crossed Whalley New Road, Blackburn, to go to a shop. He had
FIRST Division Crewe Alexandra are ready to step up their interest in Clarets striker Andy Cooke. I understand Dario Gradi is ready to table a bid for Cooke after the Alex boss transfer-listed want-away striker Dele Adebola on Friday. It looks certain
AN empty town centre shop is set for a new life as the local headquarters for the Benefits Agency. If the plan gets the go-ahead, the Benefits Agency currently housed in Hurstdale House, outside Rawtenstall centre, would move to a former greengrocer's
Peter White reports THE transfer trail still looks lukewarm for Blackburn Rovers boss Roy Hodgson, despite another rash of speculation linking him notably with Monaco forwards Thierry Henry and Viktor Ikpeba. A French connection for the Ewood boss is
A FAST track scheme for dealing with minor offenders which has been piloted in Lancashire is set to be adopted nationwide. A government bill to allow the new system to be used in magistrates' courts throughout England and Wales has had its second reading
Blackburn Rovers 3 Everton 2 - Peter White's big match verdict ROY Hodgson was savouring his post-match cigar and chat so much that he almost forgot to attend the Ewood Press conference. But what else was there to say? Blackburn Rovers' performance had
AFTER reading LET (November 3) I was astounded that the council, who have previously applied for city status for Blackburn, appear to think that by restricting the town's business growth they are protecting an already declining market trade. Surely encouraging
A CAMPAIGNER bidding to free imprisoned British nanny Louise Woodward has written a song to sum up her supporters' feelings. Robert Robinson and other volunteers were in Burnley town centre and collected 870 signatures on a petition calling for the Chester
ANGRY war veterans were forced to abandon their Remembrance Day parade when their police escort vanished. Members of Oswaldtwistle and Church Royal British Legion cut short the parade after laying wreaths during a 30-minute service at the war memorial
MAIL deliveries in Blackburn were brought to a standstill when more than 100 postal workers walked out on strike. The lightning action followed a swoop by the Post Office's internal investigation branch and the suspension of a postman/driver on the night
I AM appalled at the manic practice of fireworks going off long before bonfire night and also after. It is making both cats and dogs terrified and they are more likely to dash into the road to escape from the thunderous noise, and be maimed or killed.
A HEAD teacher today paid tribute to "well-liked" pupil Simon Laughland, who was killed on Friday crossing a 70mph by-pass. Nigel Jepson, head of Haslingden High School, called all the school's 1,400 pupils into the hall for a special assembly to tell
Blackpool 2 Burnley 1 - Tony Dewhurst's big match verdict ANGRY Glenn Roeder launched a scathing attack on referee John Brandwood after Burnley left Bloomfield Road nursing their wounds. Roeder was incensed after schoolmaster Brandwood waved away TWO
MORE than 30 organisations are now lined up to give budding businesses a flying start. A Business Advice night is being held at Haslingden Sports Centre on Wednesday. Free advice and information will be available on areas including finding suitable business
A FORMER mayor has put away his golf clubs for the last time after retiring as a club's secretary. Donald McNeil decided to bow out of Rishton Golf Club on his 90th birthday and the occasion was marked with a party. His children flew in from Los Angeles
WITH regret I returned to this town some 20 years ago only to see it vastly deteriorate. I pass down Preston New Road regularly to be met with the eyesore of neglect. This council seems content with tearing down anything resembling taste. I feel ashamed
A MAN suffered a serious head injury which led to his death when he fell in a Blackburn car park, an inquest was told. Retired weaver Mohammed Khan, 69, died in Blackburn Royal Infirmary following the accident in the car park of a doctor's surgery off
OUTLINE plans have been approved for a vet's surgery on land at the centre of a "tug of war" planning battle. Councillors have agreed planning permission to Stanley House Veterinary Surgery to build the animal centre on council-owned land in Crown Way
Looking Back, with Eric Leaver WHO has still got a moquette-covered settee or a kitchenette? Not many, I'll warrant, for they are time-warp trappings of the era when East Lancashire had homes heated by open coal fires, precious few TVs, washing machines
THE erratic and inconsistent application of disciplinary measures by the Labour Party, as demonstrated by the original suspension of four Labour MEPs which has been lifted, shows once again that within the Labour Party it is not what you say, or what
HOMELESS people in East Lancashire could be offered the chance of a new start through an initiative just launched. The Emmaus Lancashire project aims to build a community which would offer shelter and useful work to homeless people. The community would
A CARPET underlay firm is expanding across the Atlantic. Duralay, based at Haslingden, has bought Sponge Cushion Inc, of Illinois in a £6 million deal. The American firm manufactures sponge rubber underlays and employs 100 people. The takeover by Duralay
