BUDDING businesses in East Lancashire have been given a boost from Boots. For the fifth year running, the store has donated £1,000 to help the Blackburn & District Enterprise Trust with its work with firms in the area. Preparations are under way for
A £250,000 investment is proving a tonic for an advertising firm's customers. Scott Dawson Advertising has invested into specialist equipment which will save clients' money. A new colour proofing machine will enable customers to make amendments to work
HUNDREDS of shoppers signed a petition to back the production of British beef, as more than 30 East Lancashire farmers mounted a protest in Clitheroe town centre. The farmers spoke to shoppers outside Tesco's and Booth's supermarkets and at virtually
DRIVERS in East Lancashire were today praised after police revealed a reduction in the number of drink-driving offences. The number of positive breath tests in the region has dropped by nearly half on the same time last year. Police conducting roadside
MOTORISTS diced with death after a busy by-pass was reduced to an early morning skid pan. Drivers were caught out by the frost which later turned to black ice on the Accrington easterly by-pass between Huncoat and Rising Bridge. Police recorded eight
WORK is set to start on an £11 million scheme to transform a run-down area of Blackburn. Housing bosses have agreed in principle to declare Bank Top a renewal area following the success of a similar scheme in Bastwell. The cash will be used to clear slum
A TAXI driver told a coroner how he had to brake to avoid a man who staggered into the road and who was later found drowned in the River Irwell. Mr Andrew Leach, of Bye Road, Shuttleworth, said he had known 61-year-old former cook Brian Francis Nuttall
Obituary MURDER, suicide, sudden death and treasure were a part of life for George Graham during his 32 years as the coroner for East Lancashire. Mr Graham, 67, who died peacefully in his sleep on Friday night, was 30 when he became the youngest coroner
EAST LANCASHIRE'S new M65 extension has claimed its first victim after a young woman was killed just six days after the £145 million highway was opened. Police were today still trying to discover what caused the accident but they issued a warning to motorists
Paisley Pirates 11 Lancashire Hawks 4 ; Lancashire Hawks 2 Telford Tigers 6 LANCASHIRE Hawks have recruited Arena old boy Ian Plews - and more new faces could soon follow. Young forward Plews re-signed in time to ice the Christmas Cup last night, but
THE person who found my TV licence card and stamps in the Blackburn rent hall, and, as there were a number of witnesses, handed it in, returned later and demanded it so that he could hand it in at the police station. But of course, he had no intention
THE long, tortuous path that the controversial £40billion Eurofighter project has taken reaches a smooth finish today as Britain and its three European partners today sign up to the legally-binding agreement for investment in the plane. Though critics
REGARDING your article (LET, December 11) on the police strippergram scandal, what is not clear to the public is whether the officers involved were suspended because the strippergram party was held at police headquarters or because of the behaviour of
IN TAKING command of the Cabinet committee on welfare, Tony Blair is evidently emphasising the priority that he gives to reform - and warning potential rebels they face a personal battle with the leadership. Yet, no matter how much he tries to stamp his
YOUR report (LET, December 10) regarding the planning application for the former May House restaurant in Blackburn to become an Islamic religious school was totally inaccurate and misleading. St Silas' church council's objections to the proposals were
Looking Back, with Eric Leaver READERS of colleague Ron Freethy take over Looking Back today as his popular Friday feature, Drive and Stroll, is blacked out because we are not publishing on Boxing Day. But, responding to Ron's request for memories of
IT has been a long, a very long, time since Stuart Ripley had the chance to celebrate that special feeling of scoring a goal at senior level. In fact, it was three years, eight months and four days from his previous strike at Southampton on April 16,
TIM Sherwood, seeing the possibility of a Champions' League place for Blackburn Rovers, has set his team-mates a tough target - a repeat of their first-half of the season points tally. The Ewood skipper, reflecting on an outstanding haul of 39 points
Blackburn Rovers 3 West Ham United 0 - Peter white's big match verdict THE odds on a white Christmas - some chance - are shorter than those you will get for Blackburn Rovers to win the Premiership and the bookies aren't often wrong. But surely it must
UPHOLSTERY manufacturer CSL won't be lounging around in the New Year! The Burnley-based firm, which employs 70 people, is set to open two new stores in Liverpool and Salford as part of a major expansion programme. The company is also expected to double
A YOUNG woman from Blackburn is making her way in what is traditionally a man's world, thanks to an East Lancashire training and recruitment programme. Rebecca Leeming, 21, is completing a Modern Apprenticeship in print origination at Great Harwood-based
TAXI operators are vowing to stand firm in their battle with the town hall over the increasing cost of safety checks on vehicles. Private hire firms and black cabs brought Blackburn town centre to a standstill with a lightning protest over the cost of
DAVID Trippier pulled the wrapping off Blackburn's biggest Christmas present for more than 20 years. The Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department of the Environment unveiled a £30 million package to rescue and revitalise run-down areas
THOUSANDS of Lancashire aerospace jobs were set to be secured today with the crucial signing of the Eurofighter production investment agreement. Workers at the British Aerospace sites at Samlesbury and Warton in the county were celebrating as Defence
A STUDENT who was chauffeured to college on a 57-seater bus by himself has failed his course. Thousands of pounds of European cash was spent on transporting Ismail Patel from Blackburn to Ormskirk for the two-year course in union studies. But the 55-year-old
CHRIS Waddle was today taking steps to bring in two new faces in time for the busy Christmas fixture programme. The Burnley player-manager refused to reveal details about the targets. But I understand Waddle has made a fresh attempt to land Gerry Creaney
