NEW jobs are in the pipeline following an engineering firm's expansion. C Caswell Engineering of Haslingden has taken over a unit next to its factory on the Knowsley Road Industrial Unit to cope with growing demand for its ventilation ductwork services
A MULTI-MILLION pound shopping centre plan must be scrapped if nearby streets are not closed, a planning inquiry was told. Businesses and residents have lodged objections to the plan by Great Portland Estates, owner of the Charter Walk shopping centre
PURPOSE-built homes for drug addicts are about to be set up in East Lancashire. The Inward House drug charity initiative would prevent people who have completed detoxification going back to live near drug dealers and users and returning to addiction as
THE Government's decision to impose a £20 fine indiscriminately on pavement cyclists is both hypocritical and lethal. A third of all accidents involving cars with pedestrians occur on the pavements, so why are pavement parkers not being fined? Forcing
THE SCHEME to build new homes for East Lancashire drug addicts is inevitably controversial. A reward for bad behaviour, some might say. And there is the prospect of protest from residents in the areas where these houses may be located. But, too frequently
CONSERVATORY roofing firm Ultraframe plc today impressed the city with its first results since flotation. The Clitheroe firm, in which employees own a £20 million stake, announced profits in the year to September 26 soared by 68 per cent to £12.84 million
A PENSIONER critically injured in an alleged hit-and-run accident in Accrington has lost his fight for life. Robert Holden, 68, of Royds Street, Accrington, had been in the intensive care unit at Blackburn Infirmary since the accident early on New Year's
Nature Watch, with Ron Freethy EAST Lancashire is one of the few areas of Britain where otters can still be seen - and very welcome they are too. Unfortunately, we also have many more mink and this mammal is far from welcome. Why should it be that the
BURNLEY is heading deeper into housing crisis with rent loss on empty council estate homes hitting record levels. New figures reveal the council will lose more than £640,000 in rent income this year on houses which are boarded up for months before they
FOOTWEAR firm Lambert Howarth has reported better-than-expected sales over Christmas. In a trading statement it said it expected to report a significant increase in profit before tax for 1997 against market expectations. The firm, which last year announced
FIRMS in Lancashire know little about the implications of the social chapter, according to a new survey. Almost 40 per cent said they were not well informed on the chapter's effect and a further 55 per cent said they were only "reasonably" well informed
EXPORTERS in the North West are hitting back. The latest Chamber of Commerce survey for the region - in which East Lancashire firms took part - found that firms reported a buoyant end to 1997. Export sales jumped sharply in the last quarter of the year
LUCKY-to-be-alive David Hughes suffered a double fracture to the skull after falling 15 feet backwards from a mill wall. And today his mother Karen praised emergency services after hearing that he could be back home with his family in Stanthorpe Walk,
I WAS appalled to read so much criticism of the staff on Ward 5 at Blackburn Infirmary (LET, December 27). I was admitted there for major surgery last June and the care and attention I received from the consultants, sister and every one of the nurses
I WOULD like to express my strong opposition on legislation of marijuana (cannabis). I have been a medical man in the town for the past 35 years and have seen many marijuana addicts in ruination. When the saturation point comes to the marijuana addict
JUDGING by your leader on next year's council tax (LET, January 9), the thing we had all "better be careful" about is explaining the true situation. It is not as you describe - perhaps understandably, as local government finance is a very complex area
NOW that the government has, quite rightly, reversed the policy of releasing mentally ill patients into the community when they should be in hospitals, it follows that extra accommodation will be needed because so many of the old institutions have been
FOLLOWING your rather critical Opinion (LET, January 8) and in defence of our local councillors who have been effectively gagged by Burnley's ruling Labour group, having lived in the town all my life and been resident in Lowerhouse Ward for many years
A SUPERMARKET is to be asked to foot some of the bill for a bus shelter to protect shoppers from the rain. Plans to put up a shelter at the stop on Bury Road, Rawtenstall, next to Asda hit snags because the pavement which runs alongside the river is narrow
TWO-year-old Jake Rose was in a jam when he locked himself in the bathroom of his home. But firefighters came to the rescue and broke a hole in the door with a hammer to rescue the sobbing youngster. Jake, who lives in Warwick Close, Church, had pushed
A DELEGATION from Poland is spending four days in East Lancashire to learn about urban regeneration. Delegates are visiting Burnley Council, East Lancashire Partnership, Enterprise plc, Pendle Council, Preston Council and Lancashire County Council. Poland
STUDENTS from a Burnley high school are looking forward to hearing a performance by the Halle orchestra and meeting the musicians. Ivy Bank High School has been linked with the acclaimed orchestra for two years as part of the TSB bank sponsored First
Mark Templeton Surfs the Net WE'RE probably still a long way from virtual prayers but one holy establishment has ventured on to the net. Clitheroe's Trinity Methodist Church is following in the footsteps of what American churches have been doing for a
A COUNCIL is to get tough on vandals who are costing ratepayers thousands of pounds for repairs. Plans could include "street wardens" and rewards for information leading to prosecution of the young offenders. The Ribble Valley Council's policy and finance
