HARRY Richmond has been appointed national sales manager for the underlay division of Gaskell Textiles. He will be responsible for increasing the distribition of the felt and rubber underlays manufactured by the Clayton-le-Moors firm. Previous news story
FAMILY lawyer Barbara Crook has joined Blackburn-based Forbes & Partners. Barbara, who changed her career from banking to the law in her twenties, is a member of the Law Society's Children's Panel and the Solicitors' Family Law Association, and is
A BIG noise will be created in the village of Barrowford in time for the millennium. Peter Kendall, a brass player for more than 40 years and band manager of Nelson Brass Band, is on his way to seeing the village have its own band to herald the start
A RARE miniature Japanese motorbike has been stolen from a shop just three days after it opened for business. Shop owner Peter Bleackley is now offering a reward for the return of the unusual bike - one of only three in the country. The Kawasaki KS11
A MYSTERY buyer paid around £1million for a former cotton mill in Darwen. It was believed that the new owner of India Mills was an East Lancashire-based firm which intended to use the site for manufacturing. Former owners Coats Viyella were remaining
SCOUTS have launched a £100,000 appeal to build a new indoor sports centre at an East Lancashire camp. The shell of the new sports barn at Bowley Camp, Great Harwood, is being built, but the scouts desperately need cash to kit it out with facilities.
DOG wardens revealed that more than 1,000 healthy dogs were being destroyed every year in Blackburn and Darwen. The wardens told councillors that nearly 2,600 dogs had been picked up as strays during the last year, and that 1,300 had been taken to the
A £19 million development of the former Padiham power station site into a major business park which could create 500 new jobs could get the green light tomorrow. The 73-acre Shuttleworth Mead project could get the go-ahead from the Government for a £2.3
A SIX-YEAR-OLD boy is facing a safer future following a landmark victory for haemophiliac children throughout the country. East Lancashire Health Authority will be forced to pay for safer but more expensive blood-clotting treatment for the youngster after
BLACKBURN Rovers' ace Kevin Gallacher released 122 balloons when a church celebrated a double anniversary. The original St Barnabas' Church, Blackburn, was built 122 years ago but fell to dry rot then rose again in an old Co-op supermarket. Since then
BLACKBURN Rovers' ace Kevin Gallacher released 122 balloons when a church celebrated a double anniversary. The original St Barnabas' Church, Blackburn, was built 122 years ago but fell to dry rot then rose again in an old Co-op supermarket. Since then
ALL wildlife plays an essential part in our ecosystem and man's survival depends on it. Each day, Nature shows us every aspect of living that is in tune with itself. Every species from the smallest to the largest is entitled to share the earth, as intended
A LIFELINE has opened in Blackburn for women experiencing domestic violence. The Wish Centre in Cardwell Place, run by Blackburn and Darwen Women's Aid, is the area's first drop-in and advice centre for women in violent relationships. It will complement
MRS H HAMER, (Letters, February 24), is incorrect in stating that the council is nearly 90 per cent Labour and that it is not democratic. In fact, the current composition of Blackburn with Darwen Council is 46 Labour councillors, 12 Conservative and four
WHETHER or not they are being laid on thick as part of the dispute there over staffing levels, the claims made today about dangerous mental patients being housed at - and escaping from - the medium-secure unit at Calderstones Hospital are bound to alarm
IT was pleasing to read "Bombing opposed" (Letters, February 24), regarding the Iraq crisis, if only because it added to my sense of some sort of groundswell of public opinion against the policy of Bill Clinton. However, the polemic was slightly marred
LORRY driver Robert Briggs, who was airlifted to hospital after a dramatic five-hour rescue operation in Wales, has been discharged from hospital. Mr Briggs was trapped in the crushed cab of his articulated Woolworths lorry after it smashed through a
Looking Back, with Eric Leaver THINGS at Burnley are so tough money-wise that the council might even have to sell off assets like its markets and car parks - which makes it all the more surprising to recall that the town hall still managed to afford a
A WEEK of events to raise awareness and highlight the plight of the people of Kashmir came to an end with a conference at Nelson Civic Theatre. In Pendle, more than 5,000 people are of Kashmiri heritage and so it was fitting that the borough should lead
MEMBERS of a fire- ravaged working men's club worked throughout the weekend to try to repair the damage. The blaze in the games room at the Pioneer WMC on Tanpits Lane, Church, is believed to been started by a cigarette thrown into a waste bin. Committee
GERRY Harrison is backing Burnley to win their fight against the drop and plans to be playing for the Clarets in the Second Division next season, writes PETE OLIVER. The central defender is in contract talks with Burnley boss Chris Waddle and hopes to
IT seems to be either feast or famine for Blackburn Rovers these days, but manager Roy Hodgson's pre-match battle cry to go all out for a shot at the Champions' League had a realistic ring as his team leap-frogged into second place, writes PETER WHITE
A BID to plug the skills gap in East Lancashire is set to be launched this week. A major conference is being held on Friday to look at efforts to solve the lack of local employees with higher level skills such as degrees and HNCs. The launch of the task
A YOUNGSTER who is awaiting pioneering brain surgery has now been told he needs an operation to correct a heart problem. Kurt Hines' mum Lynda Strickland, of Blenheim Terrace, Foulridge, is expecting to get confirmation this week from a Leeds hospital
I AM seeking descendants of my great grandfather, William Halstead Dewhurst, who lived in Accrington from 1835-1914. I shall be in Accrington from March 29 to April 4. I can be contacted at the Sparth House Hotel, Whalley Road, Clayton le Moors GRAEME
A CHANCE visit to a medieval castle turned a woman who hated history at school into a leading amateur historian. Susan Ingham, 45, of Finsbury Place, Ewood, Blackburn, who admits she found the subject 'boring' at school, has brought the War of the Roses
REBECCA White of Blackburn Harriers made nonsense of pre-match predictions with explosive sprinting in her debut on the indoor athletics international scene at Birmingham's National Indoor Arena. Running in the Great Britain colours she sped to a 7.56
I RECENTLY wrote, expressing my concern about the threatened closure of Shadsworth Leisure Centre in Blackburn. Now, I have heard that the closure is imminent. Are the views of the public of Blackburn taken into consideration or will they discover the
WASIM Akram has issued a glorious parting shot to Lancashire "we can win the championship this season." Wasim flies to South Africa tonight to join up with his Pakistan team mates after a remarkable recall to the international fold. He plays in the third
I FIND N Caton's comment (Letters, February 25) that the majority of the country supports the proposed ban on hunting rather difficult to believe. The pro-hunting supporters have, with little difficulty, organised two major rallies in London, the second
ARE we in danger of missing the point in the continuing debate about wind "farms"? Darwen Moor is a relatively small area which can be walked over and enjoyed partly because of its open vistas. I certainly do not want to look at 300-feet monsters on White
TOO often, in all kinds of careers, those who are best at the job end up being promoted out of it. How wise, then, of the government, with its pledge to improve education, to come up with a new grade of highly-paid "super teacher" who will stay in the
FOUR people were taken to hospital after being overcome by gas fumes during a chemicals incident at Darwen Leisure Centre. The members of staff are being treated at Blackburn Royal Infirmary but are not thought to be seriously hurt. Lancashire Ambulance
AMBITIOUS plans have been unveiled to record every listed building in the borough of Blackburn with Darwen in time for the year 2000. Blackburn, Darwen and Turton and Belmont civic societies will work together for the first time. Blackburn Civic Society
HAT-TRICK hero Chris Sutton hit twin targets against Leicester City on Saturday - yet still doesn't expect to receive a telephone call from England coach Glenn Hoddle, writes PETER WHITE. The striker's second hat-trick of the season fired Blackburn Rovers
RAY INGLEBY today slammed his "shoddy" treatment from the Burnley Football Club board of directors, writes NEIL BRAMWELL. The New York-based tycoon had tabled a £4.9 million bid for the unissued shares in the club - a 70 per cent stake. But his February
NOW is not the time to lose the winning habit but Burnley have misplaced the key to success and are locked in relegation trouble, writes PETE OLIVER. Four points from the last four games is the Clarets' sorry return which has undermined much of the good
