PUPILS studying modern languages at Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Blackburn, practiced some of their conversational skills when they set up a French cafe as part of open day. The group of lower sixth formers ran Cafe Des Reves, meaning Cafe of Dreams
A GOVERNING body may be set up for a controversial special school even before plans for the establishment have government approval. Blackburn with Darwen Council sparked a storm of protest when it announced the restructuring of special school arrangements
A CHURCH plan to burn candles in thousands of homes to celebrate the New Millennium has been slammed as a life-threatening hazard, by the fire service. The Church of England is behind the scheme to deliver candles to houses across the county during celebrations
A HEALTH boss today delivered a stark message to people in East Lancashire's heart disease blackspot and warned: "No amount of money will save your life if you don't change the way you live." Dr Stephen Morton welcomed the Government's pledge to pump
WHERE are they now? In the last few weeks you have recalled Rovers' old players and teams, but may I bring back the World War II years and the guest players we had at Ewood Park - and there were some good ones. First to mind is T Person, an outside left
A FOUR-YEAR-OLD girl and her grandma were engulfed in flames today when a bottle of perfume fell into a fire as the toddler got ready for school. Kara Hall suffered burns to her legs and feet while she was getting dressed in front of the gas fire at about
IT'S in the dictionary, so it must be true. 'Lynch - a mob out to attack a person for some supposed offence.' Not that I'm advocating that sort of thing, you understand, but it does have a certain relevance to last Saturday's game. And you can forget
AN AMBITIOUS £1 million plan has been drawn up, aimed at making Blackburn and Darwen's roads safer. The blueprint includes a series of accident reduction schemes across the borough and work has already started on some of the projects. And part of the
BRIAN Kidd and his players held a summit meeting to discuss Blackburn Rovers' troubles at Brockhall yesterday - and came out fighting. The Ewood boss, determined to make the most of another home match against Crystal Palace tomorrow night, called for
PRESTON look to continue their unbeaten away run tonight as they travel to mid-table Millwall. David Moyes' side have not lost away from home in the league all season, picking up two wins and four draws on their travels. But the trip to the New Den will
HOLIDAY firm Airtours grounded its trouble-torn Jumbo flights for good. Hundreds of holiday-makers suffered delays when an Airtours chartered Jumbo jet nicknamed the "flying pig" underwent a series of repairs. The company announced the following year's
KEEPER Jussi Jaaskelainen is in line for his first start of the season when Bolton entertain Crewe tonight as the Reebok club start a new era tonight. Sam Allardyce was appointed new Bolton boss today but Phil Brown, his newly-appointed assistant, was
COLLEGE lecturers in East Lancashire took industrial action in their long running and increasingly bitter dispute over new contracts. Lecturers at Accrington and Rossendale College began a two-day strike and fellow NATFHE members at Burnley College were
REGARDING your report and photograph (LET, October 8) of our Northrop staff reunion. During the event we held a raffle in memory of Annette Flynne (ne Parker) who was a former colleague. The £92 raised has been sent to the East Lancs Hospice. D SUTTON
GREAT Harwood Town frittered away two more home points along with a 4-1 interval lead in a second successive draw at The Showground last night. Denis Underwood's side had been gifted their enormous half-time advantage by a hopeless display of goalkeeping
WHILE I can understand the stance of Lionel Walsh regarding Rovers and Burnley (LET, October 13), in the 1950s and 1960s there was more good-spirited rivalry and less violence between the supporters. Sadly, most of those supporters are no longer in evidence
RISHTON bounced back into top spot despite having to be satisfied with just one point from a 2-2 draw with Centurions in the Blackburn and District Combination. The result however, dropped newcomers Centurions from third to fifth. Ewood Amateurs, back
FOUR goals for Warren Peake showed holders Kings Inn will not give up their crown easily when they handed out a hiding to the Foresters in the first round of Blue and White Rosebowl. The Woodsmen's challenge was also cut down by a Darrel Winard hat trick
THE Government's decision to delay the introduction of a blanket ban on tobacco advertising shows what happens when policies are enacted in haste on the basis of political correctness rather than common sense. Politicians have no business prohibiting
WALT Meadows should be congratulated for his honesty in setting out the true logic of the Tories' position on the euro (Letters, October 9). The Tories pretend that what they are standing for is the independence of Britain and the pound. In reality, they
JACK Davies never misses a copy of the Lancashire Evening Telegraph - even at the Equator! Jack, 52, of Rochdale Road, Walsden, Todmorden, took a copy of his favourite paper with him when he went to Kenya on a charity cycle. Jack was one of 63 British
FIRMS in East Lancashire are being warned they risk fines of up to £3,000 if they fail to operate a new tax scheme to help famliies. Employers face penalties if they don't operate the new working families tax credit for staff. "As many as ten thousand
A NEW managing director has been appointed at a filter firm. David Simpson takes over the reins at Burnley-based Interfilta from Clive Holt who is now in a new role with the firm's parent company, McLeod Russel Holdings. David has been with Interfilta
A BOGUS electrician has sparked a police warning to shops and offices across East Lancashire after a series of thefts. The plausible thief, with a strong Irish accent, has raided premises in Nelson, Burnley, Accrington, Blackburn and Preston, stealing
A FABRIC firm has collected a top award. Perseverance Mills, of Padiham, won the award from the Outdoor Travel Writers Guild for a fabric - Denier Gradient - aimed at clothing for sports ethusiasts. The Denier Gradient is made with Pertex, manufactured
POLICE in Blackburn, Hyndburn and the Ribble Valley are well ahead of their targets for cutting crime, anti-social behaviour and road casualties. Chief Superintendent Eddie Walsh, head of Lancashire Police's Eastern Division, announced the figures at
A GOOD night's sleep and lot of laughter are among the keys to success for East Lancashire managers, according to a business guriu. Professor Mortimer Feinberg spoke to more than 200 bosses during his trip to the area. He began his visit with a workshop
TOWNS in East Lancashire have slipped down a league table of most profitable places to do business. A survey based on profit margins of towns across the country found that Blackburn had fallen from 63rd place to 115th with an average margin of 5.51 per
A SKILLS and training audit of staff facing the axe at the doomed Coloroll plant in Nelson will help experts trying to get them back into work. Pendle Council employment staff are working at the wallpaper plant to find out what kind of services are in
TOURISM spending could be boosted to almost £16million a year and an extra 100 full time jobs created if a blueprint aimed at making Pendle more attractive to visitors is a success. Visitors already spend £12.6million a year in the area and help keep
Cruse, a former first class cricketer for Tasmania in the Sheffield Shield, has been a development officer with Lancashire for three years, and will now take up this role as the focal point for all the recreational cricket organisations within Lancashire
A DEFIANT councillor who has refused to apologise for accusing staff of skiving today further stoked the row over his comments by claiming half of Burnley council workers who took time off were "swinging the lead" and saw sickness absence as a perk of
POLICE are investigating a savage knife attack on a man at a country pub in front of startled families and football supporters. The attack took place at the height of the Sunday lunchtime rush at the Red Lion in Blackburn Road, Wheelton. The pub was showing
BONNY baby Richard Staines and top tot Ellie Ainsworth proved you are never too young to start collecting silverware. The youngsters both scooped first prizes in the 1999 Lancashire Evening Telegraph Baby of the Year competition. Richard, aged 16 months
BURNLEY will be faced by the Second Division's leading scorer at the Abbey Stadium tonight. Martin Butler's hat-trick against Colchester on Friday night took his tally to 12, with nine of those goal coming in League action. The 25-year-old striker has
"WITHOUT wanting to sound hackneyed and cliched, the club (Millwall) has done a lot of work in promoting its role in the community, and a family spirit amongst the fans." The above quotation is lifted from John Ladd's usually reliable, "Guide to Football
REGARDING Rovers memories (Sports Letters, October 5), my best Rovers team would be: Roger Jones, Keith Newton, Bill Eckersley (capt) - (sorry Ronnie), Ronnie Clayton, Colin Hendry, Howard Kendall, Bryan Douglas, Andy McEvoy, Alan Shearer, Eddie Quigley
I'll make it hard for boss to drop me says Lenny LENNY Johnrose heads for Cambridge tonight on a double mission - to help the Clarets collect their first win for a month and cement his place in the side. Johnrose returned to the starting line-up for the
CLARETS chief Barry Kilby admits that manager Stan Ternent's transfer fund has dried up on the back of a £1 million trading loss. But the chairman revealed that further cash could be on its way to bolster a promotion push in the not-too-distant future
REGARDING Neil Bramwell's comments on Sir Alex Ferguson (LET, October 14), firstly, he accuses him of pulling Manchester United out of the FA Cup. I wasn't best pleased when that decision was made. However, the blame cannot be put on Sir Alex alone -
JUST how much longer is today's football fan prepared to be exploited? Over the past few years a climate of ever-spiralling admission prices, fuelled by players' demands for higher wages with a distinct lack of the necessary commitment of effort and sportsmanship
SOCCER: Accrington Stanley play hosts to Workington at the Crown Ground tonight (kick-off 7.45pm) in a UniBond Division One fixture, while Chorley also have home advantage against Trafford. In the FNWTL Division One, Ramsbottom United are at home to rock-bottom
IN REPLY to Mr K Sowerbutts comments (Sports Letters, October 12) on Mrs Sue Gregson's earlier complaints about Rovers' fans booing their own players, these two people are obviously not passionate about football or the Rovers. The so-called 'boo boys'
I WISH to express my heartfelt thanks for the kind attention you paid to my request regarding my father, Ted Flatt's 94th birthday. The article you produced (LET, September 29) and the pleasure it brought to my father, combined with the reception and
PLOUGH Inn and Lord Nelson continue to dominate Division One. Both have maximum points from the matches played. This week Plough convincingly beat Stanhill Lions 4-0, and Lord Nelson fared even better with a 8-0 win over Station Hotel, Helmshore. Oaklea
I AM an article writer for 'The Sound of Fury,' the magazine produced four-monthly about the late pop singer, Billy Fury. His contribution to British popular music in the 1960s was immense and he still has a devoted following, particularly in the North
AFTER my recent fall I am feeling a little sore and tender, but will survive as long as I don't laugh too much or sneeze with a few broken ribs. It's Doncaster sales day today and I will be there to see how the sale of Saffizz and Ribble Princess goes
NOW. I well and truly believe that the inmates have taken over the asylum. I refer to the decision by Ribble Valley Council to allow the Crosby Homes' application to build houses behind the corn mill off King Street in Whalley. The access and egress to
I WRITE on behalf of the Burnley and District Writers' Circle regarding the lack of facilities at the town's central library for local groups to mark National Poetry Day on October 7. Whereas we can appreciate that boards cannot always be available for
BLACKBURN Boys won the under 9's match of the day, defeating Akzo Juniors Blue and remain the only team not to have dropped any points so far this season. Also in the under 9's Blue section Borrowdale United continued their impressive run of form with
RECENTLY a double page spread colour supplement was circulated by the Lancashire municipal waste management steering group, presenting various options on how best to resolve the ever increasing dilemma of waste disposal and invited suggestions along with
NEW head of Barden High School, Burnley, Dr Adrian Lythgoe, revealed to an audience at the annual prize-giving that a key factor of his attraction to the school was it's logo: 'Achievement Through Caring and Partnership." That, he said, summed up his
A DEFIANT councillor who has refused to apologise for accusing staff of skiving today further stoked the row over his comments by claiming half of Burnley council workers who took time off were "swinging the lead" and saw sickness absence as a perk of
DAVID Robinson has joined Atlas Environments Ltd, of Stockport, as projects director. David, 30, who lives in Darwen, has been with the company for five years and holds a honours degree in construction. The company is a contractor specialising in the
BRIAN Kidd and his players held a summit meeting to discuss Blackburn Rovers' troubles at Brockhall yesterday - and came out fighting. The Ewood boss, determined to make the most of another home match against Crystal Palace tomorrow night, called for
CLARETS chief Barry Kilby admits that manager Stan Ternent's transfer fund has dried up on the back of a £1 million trading loss. But the chairman revealed that further cash could be on its way to bolster a promotion push in the not-too-distant future
STAFF from Oswaldtwistle Mills have returned from a 10-day trip promoting East Lancashire to leisure and travel bosses from around the country. Representatives of the shopping and tourism complex in Collier Street attended the Group Leisure and Travel
"YOU have to be in to win it," and two schools who certainly were received superb prizes in our draw for those taking part in our local history project. Students at a Blackburn high school now have a helping hand in finding their way though further and
PENDLE is hoping to make it three successes in a row in bidding for millions of pounds of Government cash to regenerate the centre of Nelson. The area around the centre, including much of Whitefield and Bradley wards, is the most disadvantaged in the
A MOTHER-of-two told of her fear as she was grabbed by the throat in a car park at night. Jacqueline Aldred, 33, recalled how she fought off her attacker and went to a nearby phone box - all the time hearing footsteps behind her. Weeks later she was in
