The Lancashire Group of the Geologists' Association, Nelson and Colne College, 7pm. Janet Anderson MP Surgery, Sudellside Community Centre, Darwen, 5.30pm-6.30pm. The Kaos Volpone, Charter Theatre, Preston, 7.30pm. Helen Shapiro, The Mechanics, Manchester
AS three East Lancashire MPs call for a special debate in Parliament to end the deadly destruction caused by highly-explosive commercial display fireworks -- citing the Lancashire Evening Telegraph's Opinion column as part of their case -- a frightening
Ihave been enjoying reading the news about my old home town of Blackburn after coming across the Lancashire Evening Telegraph website. I still have family there, so the news interests me. ELSIE RAYTON, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
IWONDER if anyone besides myself has noticed the beaming smile of the Mayor of Blackburn and Darwen when he is photographed by the local media. He is apparently enjoying his civic duties. Future mayors please note. DOREEN HIGGINSON (Mrs), Rothesay Road
LABOUR agent Councillor Bill Taylor could regret his dismissal of the new Liberal Democrat candidate for Blackburn as 'lightweight' (LET, February 13). Imtiaz Patel is just the sort of person a lot in Blackburn have been waiting for -- a local man who
RECENTLY, when I filled up at the BP garage in Grimshaw Park, Blackburn, I realised I had forgotten my purse. I really was embarrassed. My husband is disabled and I was taking him to a therapy group. I just didn't know what to do. I use the same garage
COUNCILLOR Paul Browne says that the idea of pay and display car parks in Darwen is insane (LET, March 2). I think it would be insane not to go ahead. As a regular shopper in Darwen who finds it very difficult to find a parking space near to the markets
THERE is no need to travel to London to enjoy the benefits of rail travel -- Virgin or otherwise -- as our East Lancashire line can provide all the excitement we need. Travelling to Blackpool on St Valentine's Day, we arrived at Accrington booking office
A PENSIONER accused of assaulting his girlfriend has appeared before magistrates in Bury. Kenneth Donohue, aged 68, from Thorp Avenue, Radcliffe, is alleged to have unlawfully and maliciously inflicted grievous bodily harm on Susan Lomax. The case was
CIVIC leaders are determined to regenerate the Longfield Centre and keep it as a shopping and community centre. Bury Council Leader, Councillor Derek Boden, has underlined the local authority's commitment as rumours and speculation grow following the
SOCCER: Rovers have been allocated 5,258 tickets in the Clock End for their FA Cup quarter-final clash at Highbury on Saturday. Tickets went on sale immediately after last night's victory over Bolton and the ticket office will be open until 8pm tonight
Rovers: (3-5-2) from right to left Friedel Taylor, Short, Bjornebye Hignett, Berkovic, Flitcroft, Mahon, Duff Hughes, Bent Subs: Jansen (for Bent, 46), Johnson (for Mahon, 55), Keller (for Duff, 72) Not used: McAteer, Kelly (gk) Bolton: (4-4-2) Banks
FIRE crews fought to release a woman driver after she was trapped under her car. The incident happened at Burnley's Finsley Gate car park early today after the woman had parked up and was about to walk away when she realised the Renault Laguna was moving
COUNCILLORS have agreed in principle to the release of Hargher Clough recreation ground as the site of a proposed new primary school and neighbourhood learning centre, if that is the option chosen by Lancashire County Council. A site in Melrose Avenue
A HOMELESS Romanian found on the motorway was walking to Manchester to look for a job, a court heard. Burnley Magistrates were told how Basilica Bursuc, 32, had been spotted by police with his back to the traffic on the hard shoulder on the westbound
THE director of a dairy firm was ordered to pay £1,000 in fines and costs after a customer found cow dung in the bottom of three bottles of milk. The milk was delivered to a house in Wareham Street, Blackburn.
A COUNCIL officer has resigned after an internal inquiry revealed financial irregularities within his department. Hyndburn Council's Licensing Officer Robin Hargreaves, has quit -- just a fortnight after being suspended from his post in the licensing
A HUSBAND and wife have been disqualified from acting as company directors for a total of eleven years. The disqualification order prevents Andrew Whittaker and Andrea Michelle Whittaker , both of Whalley Banks Farm, Whalley, from being a director of
ORGANISERS of a controversial act of remembrance today hit back at their critics and said: "Your comments are an insult." The president of the Accrington Branch of the Royal British Legion spoke after members of the town's Royal Air Force Association
AS IF pop queen Jennifer Lopez hadn't had enough to put up with, what with the Puff Daddy court case business, now chart-topping star Shaggy is having a go at her. And he can't claim "Wasn't Me" because it's all down there on the net. What did he say?
"We're not happy with the result but we are certainly happy with the performance," commented Atherton Colls secretary Emile Anderson after his team's 2-1 home defeat by Flixton. "It was the best we've played for two months but it's just not happening
Leigh RMI 0 Lancaster City 3 LEIGH RMI threw away their last remaining hope of a trophy as Unibond Premier Division side Lancaster City annihilated them at a sodden Hilton Park in this Marsden Lancashire Cup. The Dolly Blues fully deserved their win after
GARRY Flitcroft today warned Arsenal not to expect an easy ride after Rovers booked an FA Cup quarter final showdown with the Gunners last night. Flitcroft exacted revenge for his sending off at the Reebok a fortnight ago by scoring Blackburn's opener
A QUESTION mark was today hanging over the future of the Blackburn and Burnley branch offices of Britannic Assurance after the insurance company announced 2,000 job losses. Around 1,600 sales staff based around the UK will be axed along with 400 support
SENIOR bosses from American aircraft giant Boeing has pledged to help Lancashire aerospace firms to break into the lucrative US defence markets. The Nelson-based North West Aerospace Alliance invited a top-level delegation from Boeing to the region to
NELSON-based Devonshire Pub Company has been sold in a £32 million deal to Honeycombe Leisure PLC that has created the North West's largest independent managed pub group. Devonshire operates 35 pubs throughout the North West, Yorkshire and Cheshire, including
A 29-YEAR-OLD woman died after falling downstairs at her home after a Christmas works party. An inquest heard that Victoria Ann Simm had to be helped home at 5am by colleagues. And when her body was discovered the following evening by her live-in partner
THE memory of a young cerebral palsy sufferer who captured the hearts of his community will live on at the special school where he was a popular pupil. Karl Graham, five, died of natural causes peacefully in his sleep last July and money donated in his
COUNCIL leaders are urging people not registered to vote to get in touch with their local local authority ---fast. The deadline for registering to vote in the May local elections is Monday. Leaders of all three political groups in the council came together
A BLACKBURN GP will find out today what action will be taken against him following the death of a young patient he prescribed metahdone to over the phone. Francis Quasi Apaloo, 55, was yesterday cleared on a disputed charge of being asked to visit his
TEACHING practices learnt Down Under will be shared among schools in East Lancashire. A delegation of nine teachers from three primary and one high school in Blackburn became pupils again for two weeks as they toured schools in Adelaide, Australia, to
SELF-CONFESSED fattie priest Brian McConkey has made a rash-er decision to help raise cash for local students -- bacon butties are off the menu! Rev McConkey, who weighed in at a hefty 17 stone, quit his favourite food as part of a fund-raising diet at
A SEX offender virtually banned from contact with children under 18 was a disc jockey at a party for families. Burnley Crown Court heard how David King, 36, also known as David Finn, had been given probation with conditions after he had fondled a 10-year-old
FOUR times World Superbike champion Carl Fogarty believes Burnley's Neil Hodgson is one of three riders who can win this year's championship. Foggy believes the championship, which starts in Valencia this weekend, is wide open with no one rider set to
KERRY Smithson warmed up for the forthcoming track season with a decisive win in the Trafford 10K, as East Lancashire runners were forced to travel further afield because of the countryside ban. Road race organisers as Trafford and St Annes benefited
NEIL Hodgson admits that he will feel 'very sick' at the start of the World Superbike Championships this weekend in Valencia -- but his new 'hard man' image should see him through. The 27-year-old Burnley rider's slogan last season was 'No more Mr Nice
Food News, with Sonja Karlsen A NEW Lancashire cheese is set to hit the supermarket shelves after its official launch later this month. The blue regional delicacy, as yet unnamed, is produced by Dewlay's Dairy, in Garstang and is due to be unveiled at
WHAT'S the big balloon that's sprung up over Blackburn Railway Station? Is it to protect the rails or to keep the pigeons warm? It's money that could be better used to reduce rail prices and update the trains. K HARTLEY, St Michael's Court, Daisyfield
WHERE has it all gone wrong? Thirty-four years employed, never claimed a penny, always taught my children to pay their way in life -- taxes, road tax, TV licence, council tax and any other debt incurred -- and above all, to be honest. For what? I have
UP to 15 council jobs could be axed following swingeing budget cuts in Burnley, town hall bosses revealed today. Main potential casualties will be at Burnley Mechanics, where 10 jobs are at risk following last night's council decision to close the arts
EAST Lancashire MPs today said "enough is enough" and demanded action to halt the carnage caused by highly explosive commercial fireworks. The move comes after one death and a series of dangerous explosions throughout the area in the last six months.
BOLTON manager Sam Allardyce may strengthen his squad as his side now focus fully on sealing a return to the Premiership. Wanderers struggled against Rovers, having two shots on target all night and Allardyce is keen to get them out of a poor run of form
How the teams performed... FRIEDEL: For the second time in five days a virtual spectator all night...6 TAYLOR: Didn't give Ricketts an inch all night. Another valuable lesson in his education...8 SHORT: Kept things tight at the back thanks to his no nonsense
GARRY Flitcroft today warned Arsenal not to expect an easy ride after Rovers booked an FA Cup quarter final showdown with the Gunners last night. Flitcroft exacted revenge for his sending off at the Reebok a fortnight ago by scoring Blackburn's opener
ROVERS3 BOLTON0 Flitcroft 55, Hignett 70 (p), 78 CRAIG Hignett must have feared the worst when Rovers boss Graeme Souness swooped to sign Eyal Berkovic last month. With competition for places already ferocious at Ewood, the little Israeli's arrival was
STUDENTS at Burnley's Towneley High School were celebrating success today after being among the first to receive new Princess Diana Memorial Awards. Head girl Charlotte O'Horo, 15, Beth Hughes, 16, Danny Hunter, 15, and Kevin Hall, 16, all scooped the
TAXI bosses have accused Burnley council of empire building after the authority decided to employ an extra taxi enforcement officer. Burnley's 400-strong Private Hire Association voted unanimously to reject the council move after hearing the cost of the
EIGHT neighbourhood wardens will be on patrol on estate streets in Burnley by the summer. Their job will be to help build up community spirit and cut down on anti-social behaviour. The scheme will have government funding of £500,000 over six years and
AGE Concern has announced big plans to improve its services for the elderly in Todmorden. A major fund-raising scheme has been organised and plans are already in hand to provide some of the new services. Chairman Ruth Goldthorpe, said the first aim was
BURNLEY'S biggest landlord, Burnley and Padiham Housing is celebrating its first birthday -- with a promise of further service improvements to tenants. The company, which took over all Burnley's 5,200 council houses last year, has already spent more than
UP to 15 council jobs could be axed following swingeing budget cuts in Burnley, town hall bosses revealed today. Main potential casualties will be at Burnley Mechanics, where 10 jobs are at risk following last night's council decision to close the arts
A FIRE at J and J Autos, in Sharples Street, Blackburn, wrecked 25 vehicles and piles of tyres but the fire was brought under control before it spread into offices and a workshop containing gas cylinders.
A FUNERAL with military honours was held at St Thomas's Church, Barrowford, for 22-year-old soldier Paul Sutcliffe, who was murdered by the IRA near Armagh during his service in Ireland with the Ulster Defence Regiment.
WORKERS at India Mill in Darwen were told that 165 people were being made redundant because of cheap imports and the recession. The jobs were the latest in a series of redundancies which resulted in almost 1,000 textile jobs being axed in the area since
NEIGHBOURS of a young boy injured in an accident with a bus are calling for traffic-calming measures. Alexander Tolley was in an accident yards from his home in Manchester Road, Accrington, after he came out of Oakhill Park. He remains critical in Pendlebury
SICK of burning money? According to research, about 13 million adults in the UK smoke cigarettes -- resulting in 120,000 smoking related deaths each year in the UK alone. A website has been set up dedicated to smokers, lending support from experienced
BURNLEY RESERVES 2 WOLVES RESERVES 1 JOHN Mullin underlined his eye for goal with a stunning strike to help the Clarets reserves to victory over a useful Wolves side last night in the Avon Insurance League Premier Division. Mullin has had to be content
FIT-AGAIN full-back Lee Briscoe aims to be an ever-present during the Clarets' run-in in an effort to salvage something from a frustrating season. Briscoe's campaign has been blighted by knee and hamstring injuries following an impressive start to his
RAMSBOTTOM United continued their winning roll in the NWCL Division One with a 3-0 home win over Glossop North End. Russell Brierley looks to be the hottest striking property in the semi pro ranks at the moment following up Saturday's hat-trick at Leek
FIT-AGAIN full-back Lee Briscoe aims to be an ever-present during the Clarets' run-in in an effort to salvage something from a frustrating season. Briscoe's campaign has been blighted by knee and hamstring injuries following an impressive start to his
JON Newby has revealed that he would like to stay at Bury permanently. Whether that is financially viable is another question but it shows how much the Liverpool loan striker has fallen in love with the club and the fans. Newby, who struck a last minute
MORE than 150 jobs will be created when a Darwen landmark is transformed into a hi-tech office unit. Building work is well under way at the former Darwen Technical College, which was bought last year by American company, Burberry, who specialise in modernising
FARMERS were today urged to prevent stray lambs and calves from roaming away from their farmland during the lambing season in a bid to stop the spread of foot-and-mouth disease. The warning came as Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF) officials
PUBLIC footpaths are to remain closed for at least another month as the foot and mouth epidemic continues, council chiefs have announced. Restrictions will remain in force around Blackburn with Darwen until the current crisis comes to an end. Bin collections
EAST Lancashire MPs today said "enough is enough" and demanded action to halt the carnage caused by highly explosive commercial fireworks. The move comes after one death and a series of dangerous explosions throughout the area in the last six months.
STEPHEN Henwood is an accountant. And it is through an accountant's eye for the bottom line that he is viewing his new role as the man in charge of BAE Systems' operations in Lancashire. After four months as Group Managing Director Programmes, Mr Henwood
SOCCER: Clitheroe have to get back into league mode when they make the trip to Cheadle in the NWCL Division One tonight. Boss Dave Burgess said it was a case of 'after the Lord Mayor's Show' on Tuesday night with FA Vase quarter-final glory still fresj
ALLAN Greenwood, one time organiser of the South Pennine Grand Prix, has recommended a hilly road race to frustrated fell runners. The Tina Horn Memorial 10K includes 1,000ft of climb. It is on Sunday at 11am from Holy Trinity, Holdsworth Road, Holmfield
VICKY Gill, making her international debut, helped the Great Britain team to 10th place in the Yokohama International Women's Ekiden. Running the third leg of the Japanese relay over the marathon distance, she clocked 19.42, the fifth fastest time for
RACE organisers, and the sport's governing bodies are continuing to take a responsibility tough stance in the battle against foot and mouth disease. The Fell Runners Association reports that "all National Parks, National Trust, County Council Land and
LEIGH Centurions' reserve stand-off Radney Bowker has joined his old boss Ian Millward at St Helens. Bowker, 21, has only made one substitute appearance for Leigh's senior side this season after being a regular for the previous two years. Now he has again
A LAST-ditch attempt to save the East Lancashire Paper Mill has failed and the company will now definitely close with the loss of 200 jobs. Talks took place last week between the mill's management team, financial advisers, Bury South MP Ivan Lewis and
