MANUFACTURING firms in East Lancashire are being offered the chance to show they are in the premier league. Organisers of the Manufacturing Industry Achievement Awards 1998 are looking for local firms to put their achievements forward. With East Lancashire
DAMIAN Cowell is boxing clever in his new venture! The Darwen entrepreneur has seen his one man band grow to employ five staff in just over a year. Cowell Enterprises, which was set up under the Firmbase programme for start-up businesses, supplies pallets
BREAST cancer experts in East Lancashire have received a stream of calls from worried women after the tragic death of Linda McCartney. The wife of ex-Beatle Sir Paul McCartney lost a two-year battle against the disease just months after being in remission
AN HISTORIC square, described as "an oasis of tranquillity," has won a lottery grant of £105,000. The lottery cash, plus £60,000 from Rossendale Council, will restore Whitworth Square and its churchyard which dates back to the 16th century. The square
A FATHER-of-two has spoken of his horror at finding dozens of used syringes scattered along a canalside. Brian Ravenscroft, 24, was walking along the Leeds and Liverpool Canal at Highfield Locks when he made the grim discovery. Mr Ravenscroft, of Blackburn
AFTER all the hysteria surrounding the so-called 'free Deirdre' campaign, I am feeling very bemused. Are we losing our marbles completely - when we cannot distinguish between fact and fiction? No wonder we are such a nannyed and easily-led nation when
FAIRLY does the stardust fall on Tony Blair. For after steering Northern Ireland towards peace, he emerges from the Middle East tour as the peacemaker between Israel and the Palestinians. Actually, it is more a case of him being in the right place at
WILL someone from Blackburn with Darwen Council - maybe Coun Dave Smith - please tell me why money after money is poured into certain areas of Blackburn, time after time, not only to build houses but to create other facilities? In Little Harwood, where
Tuesday Topic, with Christine Rutter ALTERNATIVE therapies often bring out the sceptic in us. Medical experts and members of the clergy are wary of individuals who claim to cure sick people or animals by the laying-on of hands. The reaction to homeopathic
MEMBERS of Soroptimist International of Blackburn will present a cheque for over £1,000 to the Superscan Appeal tonight. Terry Barber, fund-raising co-ordinator SuperScan Appeal in the Blackburn area, will receive the money, raised at events ranging from
BLACKBURN Rovers are hoping to get the go-ahead for two significant developments to enhance the Ewood facilities. They have put in planning applications to build a new RoverStore on the Blackburn End car park and aim to turn the present shop into a sports
DENMARK'S top marksman Ebbe Sand has come under Blackburn Rovers' scrutiny in their Eurowide search for new talent. But Rovers boss Roy Hodgson may be looking for more experienced players than the young Brondby striker, who has yet to make his mark at
KEVIN HENDERSON'S first season in the Football League has been cut short by injury with the Burnley striker facing an operation this week. Henderson has been diagnosed as having a double hernia which is likely to require surgical treatment to repair.
CHEMICALS group Akzo Nobel has unveiled an agreed takeover bid for UK group Courtaulds worth £1.83 billion. News of the deal comes a fortnight after Courtaulds announced it had received an approach, following a surge in the company's share price. Akzo
CONCERNING 'Dahlin poser', who can really say should he go or should he stay? He hasn't played enough games for anyone really to assess him properly, has he? So I think until they know, he should stay. He's not in the Swedish team for nothing, is he?
A NEW housing scheme, named in memory of a former councillor, has been officially opened at a cost of nearly £2 million. The late Coun Allan Critchlow, a former mayor of Hyndburn and long standing Rishton councillor, has been honoured by the Eaves Brook
LABOUR leaders in Burnley are celebrating the completion of a road safety scheme after years of campaigning for action. The move comes after calls for footpath widening at an accident blackspot at Glen View Road. In the past, motorists entering the road
EXPERTS have urged people across East Lancashire to take steps to prevent the risk of bowel cancer. Shock figures have showed that more than 2,000 people in the North West die from the disease every year. Bowel cancer is the UK's second most common strain
FURY erupted as health watchdogs gave the go-ahead to the closure of Burnley's Victoria Hospital. Campaigners hoping to save the hospital saw their last chance of success evaporate as the Community Health Council voted not to oppose the closure. The watchdog
WELL-respected Burnley headteacher Christopher Meehan has lost his brave battle against cancer. The 52-year-old head of St Theodore's RC High School was diagnosed two years ago and had been undergoing treatment, but in the last 12 months it became clear
WORKERS battled to avert a crisis after vital equipment and tools were stolen, threatening a £25,000 export order. The burglary at the Great Harwood engineering works of NPK Die Systems Ltd, brought all computer aided design and laser cutting to a halt
A PARTNER in a beds business has claimed that traders are being discriminated against in the controversial A-boards row. Keith Perry, from The Bed Centre, Darwen Street, Blackburn, claimed he only received a threatening letter from Blackburn with Darwen
INTERVIEWS will take place next month to find a project co-ordinator for an ambitious Pendle church scheme to help people from all sections of the community. Around 35 people from across the north asked for details about the £17,481-a-year post to work
A CHURCH hall in Pendle will be put up for sale next year to save on running costs and raise extra money for the parish. The decision to sell St George's Hall was made by Colne Parish Church's parochial church council in February but the move was kept
IAN Austin is out of Lancashire's floodlit clash at Hove tonight after a shock injury blow. Austin was hurt as he and Richard Green collided in a fielding mishap during the championship game with Sussex which Lancashire lost by two wickets. "We both went
FROM a public relations viewpoint, it may come across badly that, having qualified for a big rise in their allowances because of Blackburn with Darwen's new unitary status, its councillors are already considering how they should be increased annually.
I TAKE exception to the call by the Bishop of Blackburn, the Rt Rev Alan Chesters, for an end to the arms industry in Britain (LET, April 13). I recall the last world war was caused not by the arms industry but by appeasement - people wanting peace at
WE invited young people to celebrate World Book Day, April 23, with us by sending reviews of their favourite books. Around 90 youngsters did just that for a chance to win more books in our competition. District children's librarian Jean Gabbatt, based
YOUTH coach Rob Kelly saluted his Blackburn Rovers starlets as they set up a trilogy of cup clashes with Everton - including a two-legged FA Youth Cup final. Rovers clinched their first final appearance for almost 40 years by beating Peterborough last
FA Youth Cup semi-final 2nd leg: Peterborough United 0 Blackburn Rovers 1 (Agg: 0-2) - Peter White reports OLD heads on young shoulders saw Blackburn Rovers through to the FA Youth Cup final last night, for the first time since 1959. And it was the head
