YOUR article "Spare those trees" (LET, October 31) failed to report that, at the entrance to this site, there were more mature trees on which we understand preservation orders applied. However, a few weeks ago these trees were suddenly removed. On investigation
LAWYERS Lisa Marie McNulty and Jenny Alobaidi are the toast of their office. Lisa, from Blackburn, has just qualified as a solicitor, and her colleague Jenny, from Langho, has been appointed associate at Fieldings Porter Solicitors in Blackburn Converted
SHARES in engineering firm Meggitt -- which employs more than 200 in Blackburn -- nosedived after it announced the end of a contract with Boeing. The aerospace giant pulled out of a deal to upgrade its aeroplanes' flight display instruments when the American
A £300,000 cash injection is set to help a velvet firm open the door to a profit goldmine! Three major investment funds have ploughed money into Red Rose Velvets to help it develop its markets across the world. The Lancashire County Fund and the Rosebud
DETECTIVES are investigating a terrifying gun attack on a Darwen house. Two bullets were fired through the windows of the house in Ash Grove in the St James Estate area of the town in the early hours of Saturday morning. One person was in the house at
DETECTIVES are investigating a terrifying gun attack on a Darwen house. Two bullets were fired through the windows of the house in Ash Grove in the St James Estate area of the town in the early hours of Saturday morning. One person was in the house at
BLACKBURN: A motorcyclist injured in a road accident on Friday was still in a critical condition at the Royal Preston Hospital today. Stephen Baron, 51, of Carnforth Close, Blackburn, was thrown from his motorbike when it was in collision with a car and
A TRAVELLING moggy set off to find its young owner and completed a 600-mile round trip before they were reunited. Ceefor, a seven-year-old tabby, was pining for Todmorden High School student Katie Newbury, 11, who had gone on holiday so she hopped on
A POLICE chief has supported moves to install CCTV security cameras in Pendle. Superintendent Mike Griffin, head of police in Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale, said he welcomed moves by Labour councillors in Pendle to get cameras sited in Nelson and Colne
A NINE-YEAR-OLD tearaway is being hunted by police after he conned his way into a pensioner's home and stole cash and property. The schoolboy crook and a 12-year-old accomplice searched their victim's house in Cornelian Street, Brownhill, Blackburn, after
ROY Hodgson has been tipped as a possible target for leading Swiss club Grasshoppers of Zurich, whose manager is also under pressure. Speculation in the Swiss Press says the Blackburn Rovers boss is their top target and expects developments soon. But
One of Bedlington Terriers' FA Cup heroes has not gone unnoticed by Burnley. John Milner scored twice to take his total for the season to 26 as the Northern League club beat Colchester United 4-1 on Saturday. Milner has been monitored by the Clarets'
TOWN centre pubs could be closed to revellers seeing in the new Millennium as bosses refuse to pay sky high wages or opt to give staff the night off to celebrate. Bosses of one of Blackburn town centre's biggest and busiest pubs, The Postal Order, in
EAST Lancashire schoolchildren are leading the way in a new £220 million education package unveiled by the government. Education and Employment Secretary David Blunkett has announced plans for 6,000 homework clubs and out of school hours study centres
THE road to relegation is no doubt paved with good intentions, not to mention hard-luck stories and glorious failures. Sound familiar? It should do, because that's the story of Blackburn Rovers' Premiership campaign so far -- never better illustrated
JUST as the Tories and Labour each sought to show who was the toughest on crime, now, it seems, it is over support for the family that they battle. But if Labour backs the traditional family, but shies from criticising single-parent or same-sex ones,
WITH a mixture of persuasion and manipulation of its licensing system for animal experiments, the government is today able to hail a voluntary ban by firms on animals being used to test cosmetics. It is a long overdue victory for both animals rights and
WERE you a member of either St Aidan's Youth Club or Choir at Mill Hill, Blackburn, from 1948? If so, you may be interested in a reunion that is taking place on Thursday, November 26, at Mill Hill Working Men's Club at 7.30pm for 8pm. The event has been
British title By ANDY NEILD CRAIG Heap beat off the challenge of his flatmate and fellow Commonwealth Gold Medalist team mate Andy Atherton to be crowned the British Men's Gymnastics Champion in Stoke at the weekend. The Burnley gymnast went into the
HAWKS 4 WIGHTLINK 3 ICE HOCKEY: Blackburn Hawks flew straight to the top of the English Premier League last night with a phenomenal 4-3 win over high flying Wightlink . . . but it took over 40 minutes for them to find their feet. A supercharged final
CAMPAIGNERS against the threatened closure of the Royal Mail sorting office at Colne collected 300 signatures in just an hour on Saturday. Labour councillors fighting the closure took their campaign out on to the streets. Coun Ann Doult said: "Within
RAIDERS who carried out a £9,000 burglary at a remote farmhouse in Mellor may have been captured on film. Burglars used a heavy concrete block to smash their way through patio doors after tampering with security devices. Security cameras on the track
TEACHING union leaders have slammed possible moves to introduce performance related pay in the classroom. They say the plans could have devastating results in East Lancashire. Speculation has been mounting in the national press that the government is
BLACKBURN Rovers are slipping deep into the relegation mire on a flood tide of red cards -- and manager Roy Hodgson saw red himself at Old Trafford, following the club's fifth dismissal of the season. Tim Sherwood's sending-off prompted a furious response
STAN Ternent is set to hold talks with Gavin Ward as he tries to thrash out a deal for the Bolton Wanderers goalkeeper. Ward has returned to Wanderers following his three-month loan spell but Ternent looks keen to bring him back to Turf Moor on a permanent
THE principal of an independent school warned of the challenges facing the world in the new millennium. Muriel Ashcroft, principal of Moorland School, Clitheroe, spoke out at the school's annual prizegiving ceremony. She praised exam results and said
WITH a giant superstore plan bringing the prospect of demolition to the old factory buildings near the Eanam roundabout in the town centre, Blackburn faces losing its last tangible link with a business that was once a byword around the world for heavy
ARTWORK worth hundreds of pounds was stolen when thieves broke into Minerva craft shop on Ainsworth Street, Blackburn. Raiders smashed the door during the night to steal 3-D pictures and paintings in the latest of a series of burglaries on the shop. Converted
A COUNCILLOR provoked a row when he removed nude photographs from an exhibition at the council sponsored gallery in Scotland Street, Nelson. The exhibition included nude self-portraits by male photographer Hiro Sato and Susan Hardy, who photographed herself
I AM concerned at the sale and misuse of fireworks. The type being used today are no longer bangers -- they are more like explosive devices. It's some use telling pet owners to keep their animals indoors on Bonfire Night when these types of fireworks
HEALTH Secretary Frank Dobson hears there is a looming recruitment crisis among GPs in East Lancashire (LET, November 9). Do readers know what it is like lately, trying to get a new GP after moving house? Many surgeries are not taking on new patients
READING your comments in reply to Councillor Dave Hollins remarks (Letters, November 10), on "rewriting" history, I couldn't help thinking that he and John Blunt aren't the only ones with a prepared script concerning Oliver Cromwell and the Puritans.
FROM their comments (Letters, November 3), it appears that the three Wensley Fold, Blackburn, councillors, Don Rishton, Mohammed Khan and Kate Hollern, are living in the past. For we are now almost a decade on from City Challenge making many of the points
TWIN sisters on the eve of their 16th birthday were among six passengers injured when a bus was involved in a collision with a car in Burnley. Nicole and Cassandra Williams were on their way home from Burnley to Mount Lane, Cliviger, on Saturday, on a
YOUNGSTERS who started a fire at a former printers in Burnley could have been trapped and killed, fire chiefs say. Fire crews were at Lords Printers, in Trafalgar Street, for three hours, during which time other firefighters had to be brought from outside
FUNDS raised for Hospice Care for Burnley and Pendle have smashed through the £2 million mark. The generosity of local people was praised by chairman Muriel Jobling at the 10th anniversary meeting when it was reported record income for the year amounted
PLANS to stage East Lancashire's first women's professional boxing bout have been slammed as monstrous by opponents of the sport. The contest at the William Thompson Recreation Centre in Burnley is the first in the country to be sanctioned by the IFBA
ROY Hodgson has been tipped as a possible target for leading Swiss club Grasshoppers of Zurich, whose manager is also under pressure. Speculation in the Swiss Press says the Blackburn Rovers boss is their top target and expects developments soon. But
STAN Ternent is set to hold talks with Gavin Ward as he tries to thrash out a deal for the Bolton Wanderers goalkeeper. Ward has returned to Wanderers following his three-month loan spell but Ternent looks keen to bring him back to Turf Moor on a permanent
CARING children packed a trailer full of food in just one day for hurricane-hit Honduras. Pupils and staff at St Christopher's High School, Queen's Road West, Accrington, launched a rapid appeal after a plea for help from Christian Aid for victims of
HOUSING chiefs are to discuss a revamp of their services in Hyndburn following a decision to reject a sell-off of council properties. Councillors will be asked tomorrow to back the formation of a unified housing services department for the borough The
ONE of East Lancashire's oldest organisations is set for a major expansion programme. The Blackburn Philanthropic Mutual Assurance Society -- one of only a handful of active Friendly Societies in the North West -- is set to undergo a series of changes
DETECTIVES hunting the rapist who attacked a teenage girl in the grounds of a disused church are to take to the streets tomorrow in a major stepping up of their investigation. Teams of officers will be in the area around St Mary's Church, Manchester Road
SCHOOLS, libraries and other buildings across East Lancashire are crumbling and the county council is facing a £77 million cash crisis in its efforts to repair them. The authority has set itself as part of a five year plan to complete necessary repairs
