Archive

  • Shopping complex gets go-ahead

    A CONTROVERSIAL business and retail complex that will create 490 jobs has been give the go ahead despite objections from local residents. Developer Greenfield Park Ltd, run by Pendle businessman Graham White, will have to meet a series of strict conditions

  • Smith sets sights on winning new deal

    CARL Smith hopes to get the chance to continue his rise to prominence at Luton Town tomorrow with a new contract at Turf Moor as his long-term goal. The 18-year-old midfielder has rocketted to prominence this season with a combination of injuries and

  • Pollution fines 'too low'

    THE head of the North West's environment watchdog has called for courts to impose higher fines on companies which cause pollution. Ian Handyside, North West regional manager for the Environment Agency, told the organisation's regional annual meeting in

  • Police plan for drugs advice to 10-year-olds

    PRIMARY school children as young as 10 are to be targeted by police in a ground-breaking new anti-drugs initiative for East Lancashire. Officers from Lancashire Constabulary's Eastern Division Crime Prevention Unit based in Blackburn are currently considering

  • Street's Janice may be heading for the Valley

    CORONATION Street actress Vicky Entwistle may be about to set up home in the picturesque Ribble Valley. But the Clitheroe estate agent said to be behind a possible property deal and the soap star's family was today keeping tight-lipped about the matter

  • TEN YEARS AGO: Post bosses blasted

    POST Office bosses were branded "the lowest of the low" by a union chief after police were called in to eject workers from an East Lancashire sorting office. Nelson postal staff were fuming over the move which saw them suspended without pay after they

  • CRICKET: Chapple warning

    GLEN Chapple goes back to the scene of his greatest triumph tomorrow warning: "Don't expect it to happen again." The Lancashire seamer destroyed Essex in the 1996 NatWest Trophy with an amazing spell of 6-18. Tomorrow he takes on Derbyshire at Lord's,

  • Polluters must be hammered

    IF A KEY point of the battle to clean up the environment is frightening the polluters by making them really pay, is not the whole effort wasted if offenders are only made to pay a slap-on-the-wrist pittance? So asks the North West boss of the Environment

  • NON-LEAGUE: Gardner's Blues

    TEENAGE striker Dave Gardiner could be forgiven for having the blues. After being part of the Haslingden side which went out of business at the end of last season he was then snapped up by UniBond league side Leigh RMI but failed to break into their first

  • Currency thin end of wedge

    JUST because we trade quite a lot with Europe, that is no argument for the single currency. Proportionately, Canada has far greater trade with the United States, its neighbour, than Britain has with its neighbour Europe. No-one has ever suggested that

  • CRICKET: Wasim hopes

    JUBILANT Lancashire captain Wasim Akram today set out his treble hopes - and threw his hat back into the ring to stay with the club next season, writes ANDY WILSON. Wasim had been ruled out of the running as Lancashire's overseas player for next summer

  • SUPERBIKES: Assen price for Foggy

    CARL Fogarty is coming up to an important milestone in his career as the race for the 1998 World Superbike Championship enters the penultimate lap, writes ANDY NEILD. It will be 10 years at the end of this month since the Blackburn ace's first major championship

  • Thanks for gala success

    DARWEN Gala Committee would like to thank everybody who supported the town's annual fun day on Saturday, August 15. The aim of the gala is to provide a forum for local talent, help charities raise money and provide a great day out for townspeople. Earlier

  • Arthritis pain relief

    ALTHOUGH arthritis still cannot be cured, the outlook for the eight million people in the UK who suffer from its crippling effects is better than ever. That's mainly due to the improvement of drug therapies in the treatment of the whole range of arthritic

  • Di's legacy of love

    MRS L SMITH'S remarks in "It's in the Book" (Letters, September 1) were surprising - when, if she is an avid reader of it, she doesn't understand that the Bible also contains references to people who are "without sin casting the first stone.". Personally

  • Human rights being ignored

    I READ with amazement the views of Sarah Wheatcroft (Letters, August 25) who does not think Clinton was targeting Muslims, but retaliating - rightly or wrongly - against terrorist attacks. I have always believed that terrorists should not have any rights

  • Traffic safety petition wins promise

    ANGRY neighbours have won a promise of action from county council bosses about traffic calming for their area. More than 80 residents from the Lanehead district of Burnley packed the Kibble Bank community centre last night to confront county highways

  • Home closure battle pledge to old soldiers

    WAR veterans seem to have lost the campaign to keep their residential home open, but a local councillor has vowed that the fight will go on. Liberal Democrat leader Coun Gordon Birtwistle told a Burnley Council committee meeting he would join residents

  • Court shame of ex-Claret Nathan Peel

    FORMER Burnley football star Nathan Peel was sprayed with CS gas by police after he challenged an officer to a fight outside a town centre pub, a court heard today. Peel was given a 12-month conditional discharge after pleading guilty at Hyndburn Magistrates

  • SHELLEY WRIGHT COLUMN

    It's a hard life on the dawn patrol WHEN I told my mum I was going to write for an evening paper where the staff started work as early as 7am she laughed out loud in the most disconcerting way. She was pleased, of course, that I had got the job, but simply

  • Public gets say

    THE public is being offered the chance to have its say in how Plunge and New Hall Woodlands in Edenfield should be managed. Groundwork Rossendale and the Lancashire Countryside Service is asking local people for their views on the future of the site.

  • We're in our new home

    LANCASHIRE Evening Telegraph customers in Darwen will soon be able to pick up a paper or book an advertisement at a more central and spacious location. The Darwen office of your local evening newspaper is moving from Railway Road to 26, Bridge Street.

  • Gas blast fear brings traffic snarl-up

    FIREFIGHTERS prepared for a gas blast emergency after contractors broke a main, disrupting a busy main road for eight hours. Seven homes and a pub were evacuated as emergency repairs were carried out at Hollins Grove, Darwen. The leak started when contracters

  • Help for 'weaker' schools

    EDUCATION bosses in Blackburn and Darwen have drawn up guidelines to help schools identified by the Government as having serious weaknesses. Schools found to be under-performing by government inspectors are placed in to a category called "special measures

  • Neighbours fight estate office closure plan

    RESIDENTS in the Shadsworth area of Blackburn are drawing up a petition against the possible closure of their local housing office. Blackburn with Darwen councillors will consider the proposal to close the Arran Avenue office and re-locate staff and services

  • C&A to close Blackburn store

    BLACKBURN town centre was today dealt a major blow as the town's C&A store announced it is to close. The firm said the store, which employs 23 people, was one of six it had decided to shut across the country. Efforts are now being made to attract

  • Netlon axes 85 jobs

    ONE of Blackburn's biggest employers is cutting a quarter of its workforce. Plastic mesh firm Netlon is the latest East Lancashire employer to blame problems with exports caused by the strong pound for the 85 job losses The firm also said that the collapse

  • Casino Gamble

    CASINO Salzburg's loss could be Burnley's gain if Stan Ternent decides to sign Scottish defender Brian Reid, writes PETE OLIVER. The former Rangers player, who moved to Ibrox from Greenock Morton for £300,000 in 1991, spent a summer trial spell with Casino

  • Sherwood not for sale insists Rovers chief

    BLACKBURN Rovers patience over Tottenham Hotspur's media-led chase for captain Tim Sherwood has finally snapped with a complaint to the White Hart Lane club. Blackburn chief executive John Williams said they are sick and tired of the "constant rumour-mongering

  • WHATS ON SATURDAY

    Open Day at Hyndburn Magistrates' Court, Manchester Road, Accrington, 10am-1pm. Demonstration courts and tours of the building. Accompanied children are welcome. 50/50 Dancing with MCs Jack and Olive, Tony's New Empress Ballroom, Town Hall Street, Blackburn

  • Council power battle as 2nd Tory quits

    A SECOND Ribble Valley councillor has suddenly resigned, paving the way for a double by-election in the borough. The future of the area's split council already hung in the balance following the resignation of Chipping representative Richard Walne at a

  • Frozen food firm pulls out

    A TOWN centre frozen food store is to close with the loss of up to 15 jobs. Iceland, in Castle Street, Clitheroe, is to close on September 19 because it can "no longer operate satisfactorily" in the town. And clothing retailer Mackay's, which has outlets

  • FIVE YEARS AGO: Emily in a fix

    CURIOUS Emily Denton caused a stir when she slipped her fingers into a wall to see what was inside. The18-month-old was stuck for 45 minutes while mum Tanya tried to free her. The fire brigade was called to the family home in Cunningham Grove, Burnley

  • ICE HOCKEY: Doherty makes it six

    BLACKBURN Hawks could take their import catch to six this weekend. Arena officials are hoping to land experienced Canadian defenceman Kevin Doherty. Doherty, who played for Murrayfieeld last season and previously performed in Holland's Elite League, has

  • CRICKET: Harwood must right Read loss

    GREAT Harwood must bounce back from their shattering defeat at Read last weekend and win at Earby tomorrow if they are to keep alive their slim hopes of lifting the Ribblesdale League title, writes PETE OLIVER. But even then they will need struggling

  • Ill luck wish for thief

    WHOEVER picked up the carrier bag which I left on the market car park in Blackburn on Friday, August 29, at 5.30pm, will know it contained a white cardigan and two gift cards. I do hope the cardigan suited and the cards were appropriate. No, sorry, I

  • Shopping blow could not come at worse time

    THE ANNOUNCEMENT today that store chain C&A is pulling out of Blackburn - coming on an already grim day for employment, with 85 job losses at the town's Netlon works - is a severe blow. It is adverse at any time for a shopping centre to lose a key

  • No joy for children

    CAN I inform the children of Bank Top, Blackburn, when they will get a long-awaited playground - not a £5,000 loo, just a playground. The answer is: they will not. The reply I got from Andrew McHugh, environmental health manager, at Blackburn Council

  • NON-LEAGUE: Round-up

    GREAT HARWOOD boss Ian McGarry should have a selection headache of a different kind for his side's match against Belper Town at the Showground. The Reds boss was missing six of his first team squad for a variety of reasons for the Bank Holiday weekend

  • Unpaid artistes Prom organiser can't be traced

    CREDITORS were today still trying to trace Burnley Proms organiser Alex Markham as police continued their probe into complaints that artistes at last week's Towneley Park spectacular had not been paid. The 21-year-old ex-Clitheroe Grammar School student

  • Polish mix-up brands MP 'chairman of anarchy'

    VETERAN East Lancashire MP Peter Pike is in danger of being branded an anarchist in Poland! The middle-of-the-road Labour backbencher has run into language trouble as a result of being asked to join trade minister Barbara Roach at a conference in the

  • 'Fortress' fence plan is breached by residents

    HYNDBURN planning chiefs have thrown out a plan to erect a steel security fence between a school and a housing estate. The development services committee rejected an application by Lancashire County Council on behalf of Accrington Moorhead High School

  • Mum's drug anguish over dead son

    A DISTRAUGHT mother said today that if her 24-year-old son died from an overdose it was the first time he had taken drugs. The family of Carlos Brankin were shattered by the sudden death of the popular young builder who was found collapsed at his home

  • Footsteps of the holy men

    Drive and Stroll, with Ron Freethy THE view from the top is certainly awe-inspiring and John Fox, the 17th Century founder of the Quaker movement, gave the hill an honourable mention in his diary. An alternative to the climbing in the hill is to stroll

  • Shopping early for Christmas

    A LITTLE Christmas shopping is on the cards for Pendle councillors although the festive season is still four months away. A shopping list of Christmas decorations for Nelson town centre will go before Pendle Council's Nelson area committee, who have more

  • C&A to close Blackburn store

    BLACKBURN town centre was today dealt a major blow as the town's C&A store announced it is to close. The firm said the store, which employs 23 people, was one of six it had decided to shut across the country. Efforts are now being made to attract