A £250,000 investment will help bring many happy profit returns at a Burnley firm. Printing company Turner & Earnshaw have bought a new foil stamping and die-cutting machine for production of greetings cards and packaging products. "We expect this
A BOLT of lightning struck six golfers when it tore into a waterlogged course. Players were carried from the fairways after the bolt spread through puddles, shaking 30 match-playing members. Two players were left temporarily blinded after the strike at
THIEVES made sure a factory compound was secure so they could drive off with £40,000 worth of carpets. They forced open gates at Cavalier Carpets' yard at Bank Top Mill, Blackburn and hitched their lorry to a box trailer containing 140 carpets. On the
A DISTRESSED man threatening to jump off a bridge with a rope around his neck was talked round by police in the early hours of today. The alert, which lasted more than two hours, centred on a bridge over a culvert in front of the Arndale multi-storey
Ribblesdale League PADIHAM pulled clear at the top of the Vaux Ribblesdale League after the first double-header weekend of the season. On Saturday they took a four wicket victory over Baxenden and followed up with a comfortable win over Oswaldtwistle
TAXI passengers in Chorley are being warned to be on the look-out for rogue private hire drivers. The call comes after a campaign was launched in neighbouring Blackburn and Darwen against the pirate operators and drivers. Chorley Council officials are
Lancashire League: Rawtenstall 162, Accrington 97-8 RYAN Campbell does not seem particularly daunted by the sort of responsibility that so often weighs heavy on the shoulders of overseas crickers in the league game, particularly when they are associated
Lancashire League: Lowerhouse 175-9, Haslingden 86 LOWERHOUSE'S chances of winning the Lancashire League could all hinge on whether professional Matthew Mott can start 'snaking' in the coming months. The men from Lane End showed their championship potential
REGARDING Mr C A Bakewell's remarks about Emperor Akihito of Japan being honoured in this country, he should blame the Government for his arrival. They are the ones who advise royalty of these things. Like him, I think it is obscene for this visit to
"WE'RE staying up!" - the ecstatic chant hailing the Clarets' survival echoes around Burnley still. Well done, the Turf Moor team. But amid all the rightful rejoicing at Burnley clinging to Division Two status, another note should be sounded. And that
IT IS rather like the cruel irony faced by campaigners for road safety measures who find that they first must have casualties to prove their case in order to prevent more. For when the case is put for Darwen needing to catch up with other East Lancashire
HAVING pledged the taxpayers value-for-money in its bid for unitary status, Blackburn with Darwen Council embarrassingly emerges as a bottom-of-the-table performer in a nationwide survey on how well local authorities serve their citizens. Indeed, the
AS a 'Darrener' born and bred, and now bringing up my own child here, I (along with countless other locals), have been complaining for years about the appalling industrial developments in the town. The older employers such as Crown were always quite responsible
TWO-GOAL hero Andy Cooke was as good as his word as he fired home a double salvo to keep Burnley in the Second Division. Cooke said before Saturday's relegation showdown at Turf Moor that to score the winner against Plymouth and see Bristol Rovers beat
ARTS and crafts ranging from blown glass and giant wood carvings attracted hundreds of visitors to a parish hall over the Bank Holiday weekend. The annual arts and crafts fair at Kelbrook proved another success with around 30 exhibitors drawing in the
THE SUN put its hat on to help make the first Rotaraction fun weekend a huge success. Blackburn Rotary Club and the town's Rotaract Club joined forces to put on the two-day gala at Westholme School, Blackburn. They expect to have raised about £4,000 which
MORE than 10,000 people turned out to support local charities during the Mayor of Rossendale's fund-raising fun day. The annual charity event was in its third year and it was third time lucky as far as attendance was concerned. Sunny weather brought out
A TEENAGER was lucky not to be blinded after being hit by a ball of flame from an exploding aerosol can. Mathew Turner, 14, suffered serious burns to his face after the blast in a primary school yard. The flash of flame shot into the air after the can
A WAR of words has broken out over the level of crime in Darwen town centre. A prominent local councillor has hit back at claims that the town has become a 'no go' area in recent years. Paul Browne, the leader of the Liberal Democrats on Blackburn with
ENFIELD surged to the top of the Lancashire League table after winning a tight encounter against Church to cap a bumper Bank Holiday weekend for Andy Barker's men. Wickets fell at regular intervals throughout the Enfield innings as Nick Westwell claimed
Clarets survival special round-up FANS went into party mood after Burnley FC pulled off the biggest Great Escape since the Steve McQueen movie. Ecstatic fans danced and sang on the turf at Turf Moor as dozens of police officers, stewards and dire warnings
RESPECTIVE professionals Keith Arthurton and Brad Young turned in blistering all round displays which few will equal this season, and finished shaking hands on a draw, East Lancs unable to claim the last wicket to record a victory. Young fell just two
GWHEATMAN (Letters April 28) gave a clear picture of what is happening in Blackburn - dumping, fly tipping and littering on a grand scale. Measures to stop this should be brought in by the council without delay, instead of them chasing shopkeepers with
HOW I and several others agree with the residents of Portfield Bar, near Whalley, regarding the planting of trees in the field below the road (LET, April 17). My immediate reaction on seeing them, was regret that, soon, the beautiful view across to the
THE Labour Government is pushing manufacturing industry to the very brink of recession. Interest rate rises, an overvalued pound, more than £25 million of extra taxes and new burdens such as the minimum wage are all hurting companies. The high pound is
Looking Back, with Eric Leaver HOW was it possible for American folk hero Davy Crockett to cause trouble at t' mill in East Lancashire - 120 years after he died, guns blazing, at the Alamo? To blame for the bother that blighted the region's shuttle-makers
BURNLEY Football Club's bankers have given the thumbs up to Peter Shackleton. TSB have been running detailed checks on the wealth of Shackleton's backers, which runs into billions of pounds. Those checks are now completed and Shackleton is ready to start
ROY Hodgson was left counting the cost of the high drama at Highfield Road which threatens to wreck his plans for Sunday's "cup final" against Newcastle at Ewood. Billy McKinlay hobbled off during the second half of Rovers' 2-0 defeat by Coventry and
MISSION accomplished! And the only way is up for Burnley after they secured their Second Division safety with a heart-stopping 2-1 victory over Plymouth at an emotion-charged Turf Moor. Brentford's defeat at Bristol Rovers coupled with two Andy Cooke
Coventry City 2 Blackburn Rovers 0 - Peter White's big match verdict HIGHFIELD Road presented a serene end-of-season scene with Coventry City in unaccustomed mid-table security and just two games left. The fans were slow to turn up in the pleasant sunshine
Burnley 2 Plymouth Argyle 1 - Pete Oliver's big match verdict CHRIS Waddle said in the run-up to this game of all games that his players could emerge as heroes or villains. And to a man they donned the mantle of heroes to keep Burnley in the Second Division
