AS more and more businesses are, sadly, covering the front of their premises with necessary metal shutters, couldn't some enterprising artist or firm come up with some ideas to decorate them? It would certainly make the evening streets brighter and give
IWAS appalled by Councillor Ashley Whalley's allegation (LET, August 16) that my husband was responsible for delaying the consultation process into the closure of Church Street in Blackburn. As a member of the Chamber of Trade Church Street Sub Committee
FOLLOWING the vandalism of the Grandmother and Child statue on Blackburn's Boulevard, I would like to make a point of the wisdom of Councillor Ashley Whalley's comments. Firstly, he said: "Somebody must know who has done this," (LET, August 15). Excellent
REGARDING your report headed "Cue attack row: Police's reply" (LET, August 17) I felt anger and disgust at the excuses given by Superintendent Mike Barton, all of which smacked of apathy. This type of reply is "armchair" policing at its worst. This senior
POLICE are concerned for the welfare of a Whitefield student who disappeared last week. Mark Robert Hughes was last seen at 6pm on Thursday at his home in Pinfold Lane, where he lives with his parents and brothers. The 19-year-old is a student at Manchester
BLACKBURN ROVERS boss Graeme Souness launched a scathing attack on referee Alan Wiley last night after Rovers' Premiership showdown with Manchester United ended in controversy. For the second time in four days, Rovers were forced to watch precious Premiership
ROVERS gave as good as they got, fighting tooth and nail during an exciting night of football. FRIEDEL: Difficult to criticise the American for Beckham's equaliser after pulling off a string of saves to keep Rovers' in the game...7 CURTIS: Did an excellent
CHILDREN on a troubled Preston housing estate have put their heads together to produce a community magazine. The 11 to 14 year olds from the Brookfield estate, off Watling Street Road, launched the first issue of the magazine for the recent Brookfield
A BURNLEY man serving a jail sentence in Cyprus for drugs offences claims he has been beaten by guards and had a gun pushed into his face. Paul Hartley has spoken about his ordeal in the 100-year-old central prison on the holiday island. Through his solicitor
MUGSHOTS of people wanted in connection with racial disturbances in Burnley in June may be released by police. The on-going major inquiry has already resulted in the arrest and charging of more than 30 people. They have mostly been to court charged with
LANCASTER MP Hilton Dawson has agreed to lead a delegation to London in a bid to move forward plans for the Heysham M6 link. The MP met with County Councillors last week and assured them that he was 100 per cent behind the M6 link but wanted assurances
A CAMPAIGN has been launched against plans for a mobile phone mast and equipment cabin at Lancaster Cricket Club. Plans for a similar mast at the Franklyn Feeds site on the Lune industrial estate and the WH Smiths distribution centre on Willow Lane have
A MAN serving a jail sentence in Cyprus for drugs offences claims he has been beaten by guards and had a gun pushed into his face. Paul Hartley, of Burnley, has spoken about his ordeal in the 100-year-old Cyprus Central Prison where three people share
WORK on a new £3.3 million health care centre for Morecambe is to begin next month. The site of the Queen Victoria Hospital is to become a primary care resource centre, offering a wide range of out-patient services which will reduce the need for Morecambe
THIRTEEN may be unlucky for some but it has proved an excellent omen for John O'Reilly. John has been handed the general manager's role at the new Orange House in Hammerton Street, 13 years after arriving in Burnley as a cellar man. Mr O'Reilly left Dublin
HAVE you ever played trivial pursuits or tried your hand at a pub quiz? Lancaster's pub quiz league had its first season way back in 1970 - with 24 teams competing. Today there are 80 teams from across the district with around 800 players. Now there's
POLICE are warning local people to beware of cowboy builders after an elderly Bare resident was conned out of £5,000. The woman is still waiting for necessary roof repairs to be completed despite handing over the money, in one of a series of incidents
TWELVE colleagues from a Burnley packaging company hit the heights to raise money for Pendleside Hospice, Reedley. Shift team leader at Learoyd Packaging, Michael McNally, led the group of colleagues on a trek over one of the country's most notorious
PRESTON Grasshoppers pre-season game at New Brighton on Sunday was good news and bad news. The good news was that the pack, missing four of last season's regulars, outplayed their opponents ensuring regular possession and leading to territorial advantage
SPORTS crazy children had fun in a mini-games tournament this week as part of the finale to a summer of sports events organised by Preston Borough Council. The children - all aged between five and nine - have all enjoyed the council's special Holiday
AN area of land off Standroyd Road, in Colne, will be made surplus to the council's requirements and is likely to be used for residential development. The decision as to the future of the land, which will not include 13 garages at the bottom of the site
MORE than 100 jobs could be under threat after the takeover of a Preston plastics firm by American company Tyco Plastics for around £50 milion. The plastics division of Macfarlane, based at Walton Summit, Bamber Bridge, employs around 120 people. The
ALTHOUGH we're still desperately hanging on to the coat tails of the British summer, it's time to think about the Christmas party, and nothing will get your party in the swing better than a tribute night at Ingol Golf Club. Swedish pop legends ABBA get
MED-ALERT is holding a fun casino evening on Friday, September 14, at Lancashire County Council's staff club, in Arthur Street, off Bow Lane, Preston, at 7.30pm. Admission is a £5 donation including a hotpot supper and £1,000 funny money. Tickets are
AVENHAM PARK is set to ring to the sound of traditional jazz music in a new festival. World Rhythms is bringing a taste of Latin and Deep South American music to Preston on Sunday, August 26. Following the success of Jazzin' the Park music festival last
AN inquest has been opened into the death of a pensioner who died following an operation in Blackburn Royal Infirmary. Michael Carrol, 71, of Burnley Road, Accrington, was admitted to the hospital on August 7 and underwent an operation the next day. Although
A HOLIDAY company which has prompted complaints from East Lancashire customers is being investigated by the Office of Fair Trading. Lancashire County Council's senior trading standards officer Julian Edwards said the investigation into Holidays Direct
THE Brock Valley Cycle and Rickshaw Ride, in support of Christian Aid, will be held on Saturday September 15, starting at 11am from Myerscough College car park. The money raised will go to the Focus Project to provide safe drinking water for Bangladesh
I WAS interested to read the article in this week's Citizen about Jordan failing to appear at Liquid. I think the manager, Dave Jones, should be hailed as a hero for his efforts. Perhaps if he could get the Palestinians, Syria and Israel to come to Liquid
INJURY hit Lancaster City will be looking to continue their 100 per cent league record this weekend, despite losing a string of first team regulars. As well as long term casualty Jimmy Graham, City have also seen Paul Sparrow, Kenny Mayers, Lee Clitheroe
Morecambe 3 A SENSATIONAL seven minute goal blitz denied Morecambe what looked to be a certain victory in their first away game at Stalybridge Celtic on Tuesday night. The newly promoted Pennine side lost their manager and half their team to Southport
A WOMAN who suffered years of abuse from her violent partner has called on victims of domestic violence to make a stand. Susan Wallis heard last week that the man who subjected her vicious assaults, Kevin Woodhouse, now faces five years behind bars. And
BURNLEY'S Turf moor meeting with Manchester City on Bank Holiday Monday has been classed as a category A game. So the cost per ticket in all areas will be as follows: James Hargreaves Upper £19.00 / £9.50; James Hargreaves Lower £17.00 / £8.50; Bob Lord
CAMPAIGNERS are demanding a permanent memorial be built in Lancashire for speed ace Donald Campbell after the site where his famous Bluebird was built was cleared to make way for a golf driving range. Friends of the Earth, backed by Blackburn Civic Society
SATURDAY'S rain brought Morecambe's game against top of the table rivals Chorley to an abrupt end, another blow to Morecambe's once promising season. It was, perhaps, as well that the rain did intervene because when the clouds gathered Morecambe were
TWO controversial planning applications will go before councillors on Monday. The Lune Mills development at Halton, which has attracted 84 letters of objection from local residents, has been recommended for rejection. But planners have recommended that
PLANS for 80 new homes in a major city centre site look set to be given the go-ahead. The former Pye Feed Mill and car park on Cable Street and Damside Street could be bulldozed to make way for a development of one and two bedroom flats by Persimmon Homes
BLACKBURN ROVERS boss Graeme Souness launched a scathing attack on referee Alan Wiley last night after Rovers' Premiership showdown with Manchester United ended in controversy. For the second time in four days, Rovers were forced to watch precious Premiership
TOUGH tackling centre half Chris Lucketti has signed for Preston in a £750,000 four-year deal. The 29-year-old defender has been snapped up by North End boss David Moyes from Huddersfield and the Deepdale boss has high hopes for his new charge. "Chris
A RESIDENTS group hopes a series of car boot sales will have boost funds to buy benches for a recreational area it has created. Lodgeside Trust spent three years transforming a piece of derelict land off Watery Lane, Darwen, with the £30,000 cost was
A MAN who wants to give disadvantaged children a 'laugh on the house' before shutting up his joke and sweets stall has picked the group he will cheer up. Malcolm Hargrave, of Portland Street, Darwen, will hand over the stock of sweets and jokes for free
A RESTAURANT owner has defended the chip buttie after it came under attack from Lancashire Evening Telegraph readers. Steve Woods, of The Friendly Fryer, Hindle Street Darwen, said people constantly knock the old favourite for being unhealthy without
SEVERAL major retailers have expressed an interest in opening up in Rossendale on a £25million scheme for the Lower Mills site, off St Mary's Way, Rawtenstall. Managing director of Hurstwood Developments Stephen Ashworth said: "We are in discussions with
LANCASHIRE travel giant Airtours has moved swiftly to allay fears that holiday bookings in Spain had been hit following the recent spate of bombings by Basque terrorists. Media speculation prompted a 20p fall in the company's share price to 245p yesterday
I AM writing to ask your readers to nominate someone they think deserves a British Red Cross Humanity Award. This year's theme is 'Everyday Heroes' and we are looking for men, women and children who have shown extraordinary courage and compassion for
A LITTLE girl, who was born with a severe heart condition, has been granted her wish to be a fairy for a day in a royal castle. Six-year-old Sarah Freeman, who suffers from the heart condition Tricuspid Altresia, was whisked off to Windsor Castle on Wednesday
CARE workers are celebrating having gained a training award in record time. Lancashire County Council's Care Services (LCCS), which have 2,400 staff responsible for the county's homes for the elderly and home help scheme, have scooped the East Lancashire
CARAVAN enthusiasts beware, the police have launched a safety drive during the run-up to the busy Bank Holiday weekend. Officers will target unroadworthy caravans in a bid to improve safety on Lancashire motorways. Police say some caravans are only used
A WOMAN, who had been out celebrating a friend's birthday party, returned home to find her pet kittens slaughtered. Kimberley Whitehead, 21, of Limbrick, Shear Brow, Blackburn, said she was sick when she made the grim discovery which she described as
ORGANISERS of a popular playscheme for Chorley youngsters have slammed the council for not allowing them the use of its leisure facilities this summer. Chorley Playscheme bosses branded council chiefs "archaic" for imposing the no-go area at leisure centres
DENIS Underwood has denied that he is set to step down as manager of Great Harwood. Underwood's side fought a relegation battle in NWCL Division One last season and he took on a new number two, John Hughes, in the summer. It was rumoured that Hughes and
NELSON suffered their biggest home defeat in over two years on a night they will surely wish to forget. The Blues, bidding for promotion to the NWCL Division One after two years of near misses, had opened this campaign well with a 4-2 opening day victory
SUPERBIKE star Neil Hodgson is at the centre of a tug-of-war for his services next season. The Burnley rider has attracted the attention of Honda Europe following his brilliant performances at Donington and Brands Hatch. They want to prise Hodgson out
STANLEY boss John Coleman must once again be having harsh words with his defence after they crashed to a UniBond Premier defeat at the hands of title favourites Barrow. Although not pointing his finger at the backline, the Reds boss wasn't happy with
MICHAEL Hunt scored a course record eight under par 62 at the Marsden Park Memorial Open singles contest on Sunday -- but was later disqualified from the competition. The 22-year-old Burnley player turned up for the event after it had started but was
PRESTON finally got their first win of the new season at the third attempt -- but only after an extra time goal from Michael Jackson. North End went into the match with much the same team as finished Saturday's draw with Walsall, the only major surprise
SCHOOLS are celebrating a bumper GCSE year with many reporting their best ever set of results. As hundreds of youngsters arrived at schools across the town this morning there was a sense of jubliation from many headteachers who were beginning to realise
AN EAST Lancashire council today stands accused of presiding over a secretive and confused organisation where staff morale has been allowed to plummet and hit rock-bottom. And to make matters worse the staff survey, carried out last year, which turned
IAM a young Ghanaian man, aged 30 and would like to correspond with people of either sex as a penfriend. My hobbies are reading, travelling, sports and listening to music. N CHARLES, PO Box 1868, Sumyani B/A, Ghana.
REGARDING Supt M Barton's response to criticism of police handling of vandalism in Hoghton, and their poor response to appeals for help from shopkeeper Mr P Bretherton who, in sheer desperation, injured one of a gang of stone-throwing youths and as a
SCHOOLS are celebrating a bumper GCSE year with many reporting their best ever set of results. As hundreds of youngsters arrived at schools across the town this morning there was a sense of jubliation from many headteachers who were beginning to realise
A BURY man convicted of housing benefit fraud has been given a six months prison sentence suspended for two years. Shah Nawaz, of Massey Street, appeared before Bolton Crown Court where he was found guilty, after a four day trial, of four offences of
A WOMAN, who had been out celebrating a friend's birthday party, returned home to find her pet kittens slaughtered. Kimberley Whitehead, 21, of Limbrick, Shear Brow, Blackburn, said she was sick when she made the grim discovery which she described as
A SECRET survey of council employees today revealed a picture of low and deteriorating morale across the workforce. And the councillor who discovered the report on the council's computer information network said it should have been made public in January
MANCHESTER United boss Alex Ferguson looked on last night's 2-2 draw with Rovers as two points lost rather than one point gained -- despite having to rely on a controversial late equaliser from David Beckham to secure a draw. "At times in the first half
THOSE Manchester United fans who thought the title race was already over bar the shouting were left choking on their prawn sarnies last night after Graeme Souness's promotion heroes struck a major blow for the rest of the Premiership. Sir Alex Ferguson's
BIG Brother is watching a Preston housing estate thanks to a £200,000 Government grant to supply the area with new security cameras. The troubled Callon estate, off New Hall Lane in Preston, will be the first residential area in Preston to get help from
DEMONSTRATORS turned out in force to demand that trains stop again at Midge Hall station in Leyland on the Preston- Ormskirk line. The station off Longmeanygate in the town, has been closed for 40-years, and members of the Ormskirk, Preston and Southport
PRESTON people will soon be able to enjoy a boat trip on a new canal -- the first to be built in Britain for more than 100 years. The historic Ribble Link canal has been in the making for more than two centuries since a plan was drawn up to connect the
A DEAF charity worker is to embark on a once in a lifetime trek across the Himalayas to raise money for deaf people in the UK and poor deaf children in Nepal. Jimmy Anderson, 41, who is the team leader of Deafway, in Brockholes Brow, Preston, will be
THOUSANDS of crafty pot lovers are set to descend on Preston's town centre for the town's annual Pot Fair this week -- an event that has been around forever and a day. The history of the fair stretches as far back as 1199 to Preston's original charter
AN eco-friendly Fulwood lady got a lot more than she bargained for on her holiday, when she fell in love with a group of orphaned orang-utans in Borneo. What should have been ape-erfect two weeks monkeying around in the tropical sun for Anne Brindle on
SCHOOLBOY Neil Preston is hoping doctors can find a cure for a disorder which leaves him shaking uncontrollably. The 15-year-old, (pictured right) who lives with his parents Ken and Linda and brother Edward, 18, in Alder Close, Moss Side, Leyland, has
A 75-YEAR-old Preston woman died of a rare strain of the human form of mad cow disease which strikes one person in a million. An inquest in Blackburn heard that the sporadic form of Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease (CJD) has nothing to do with eating infected
THE mother of a 15-year-old boy who suffered a broken arm after a newsagent struck him with a snooker cue says the man should have gone to jail. Peter Bretherton, who owns Bretherton's Newsagents, Alder Drive, Hoghton, pleaded guilty to assault causing
MARK Stevenson has won a top award by being elected a National Boys Club member. Mark, 17, a voluntary worker at Burnley Boys Club, took the award at candidates' week in Birmingham when youngsters from all over the country were put through an intensive
MEMBERS of the Burnley and Pendle Anti-Nazi league are to go ahead with a leaflet hand-out in Burnley. The event will take place on Saturday, September 1, the day of a planned demonstration and carnival which was banned following the granting of an order
CARNFORTH could have its first street market, if a local councillor's plans get the go ahead. The town's Wednesday market has been forced to move from behind the Queen's Hotel to a site close to the war memorial. However, the move has hit legal difficulties
A MORECAMBE man is set for an adventure in the jungles of Peru in a new BBC TV series. Krishan Kapur, 26, an investment banker currently living in London, is taking part in 'The Heat Is On.' BBC1 viewers have already seen Krishan and 13 other volunteers
WEALTHY Arab tourists could be flocking to Morecambe shortly after a new website promoting North West tourism proved a big hit in a tiny gulf state. More than 90,000 people from the oil-rich state of Qatar have responded to the website, which features
FOUR key players at the town hall are looking forward to retirement after notching up more than 100 years' service between them. The city council's chief environmental health officer Jim Robinson retires next month after 30 years. Born in Nelson he began
A LANCASTER couple is set to climb one of the world's highest mountains to raise funds for an organisation they credit with saving their nephew's life. David and Angela Croxall, of Bowerham, are currently training hard for the climb of Kilimanjaro, the
NELSON'S Sure Start drop-in centre in Charles Street was praised during a visit to Pendle by the county's Cabinet Member for Education and Young People, County Councillor Alan Whittaker. The council house in the middle of a housing estate has been converted
A 35-YEAR-OLD asylum seeker who had recently received a letter to say he was going to be deported has been found hanged. Nassar Ahmed had been staying in the UK for more than a year after fleeing from the conflicts in Ethiopa. He was originally from Eritrea
A GROUP of model aircraft flyers have had their fund-raising grounded because of the closure of Pendle Hill due to foot and mouth. An exclusion zone on the Pendle side of the M65 has meant a large area popular with walkers and local groups is out-of-bounds
AMID the success of Preston's football team and more recently the cricket club one team which is often overlooked is Preston Hockey Club. The hockey club is based at West Cliff, South Meadow Lane and play their fixtures on the same premises as the cricket
THE University of Central Lancashire is pledging to help new students stay out of debt by offering a service to help them find work. The Bridge Employment Service, based at the Preston university, aims to make life easier by helping find student-sensitive
POP hopeful Jessica Taylor, from Preston, has given her first performance in public as a member of the band Liberty -- a rival group to chart-topping Hear'Say. Jessica, 20, from Mulberry Avenue, Penwortham, hit the headlines earlier this year as one of
POLICE investigating the death of an East Lancashire pensioner who died after an accident with a car on Blackpool promenade were today hunting a vital witness. May Holden, 77, of Hall Park, Haslingden, died on Monday in Preston Royal Infirmary after suffering
A SECRET survey of council employees today revealed a picture of low and deteriorating morale across the workforce. And the councillor who discovered the report on the council's computer information network said it should have been made public in January
A COUNTY councillor today backed a new road safety scheme to prevent accidents at a railway bridge but blamed careless lorry drivers for causing delays and disruption. County councillor Chris Holtom welcomed the £12,000 project by Railtrack, which will
A RECENT letter from a reader hammering speeding drivers is clearly not from a driver. I have just paid a speeding penalty of £60 plus three points on my driving licence for driving at 35mph in a 30mph limit. I have driven without any fines or accidents
LANCASTER City's new striker signing took just 29 minutes to show how Andy he is. Andy Whittaker has been a star at Unibond League and Conference level for most of the 90s, with Southport and, more recently, Bamber Bridge enjoying his services. Tony Hesketh
BURNLEY midfielder John Mullin is not set for a seaside rendezvous. The 26-year-old had been linked with Blackpool but the Tangerines are dismissing the rumours. "We have been linked to all manner of different players in recent weeks," said a Bloomfield
THREE and a half thousand potential students and families visted Lancaster University's campus this week as part of the annual visit day. Bookings were made from all over the country and even from Belgium, France and Germany as well as from local schools
NEW plans for one of Heysham's most troublesome sites will be put before councillors on Tuesday. Planning permission for a terrace of town houses on the site of the former St John Ambulance Hall, Middleton Road, was given in 1994, but the development
REFEREE Alan Wiley was today adamant that he made the correct decision in allowing David Beckham's controversial equaliser to stand in last night's 2-2 draw between Blackburn and Manchester United. Beckham took a quick free-kick following the dismissal
DARWEN youngsters are invited to meet giant mascot Christie the bear at Darwen Library on Saturday. The cuddly teddy, which represents the East Lancashire branch of Christies Against Cancer, will be popping along to the Saturday morning holiday club for
BURY have been tipped as surprise promotion favourites by a rival Second Division manager. QPR's Ian Holloway reckons Andy Preece has done a great job at Gigg Lane and believes the side will do well this season. That assessment flies in the face of all
AN appeal for information about famous rag and bone man Valderee finally came to an end when his son helped open an art exhibition. Artist Bob Lakey, 70, couldn't believe it when he got in touch with 54-year-old Kenneth Thompson -- the son of the well-known
A TEENAGER suffered a double fracture of his skull after being hit with a golf club during an incident in Darwen. Steven Heyward is receiving one-to-one care in the high dependency unit at Royal Preston Hospital where his condition is described as poorly
A 17 year-old girl was indecently assaulted after being stopped by a group of men as she walked along a main road in daylight. The girl was surrounded by four men, as one indecently assaulted her and exposed himself, while another verbally abused her.
EAST Lancashire's first motorway service station is set to be approved -- despite objections from residents living close to the M65. Councillors have been recommended to back plans for the service station on land next to junction four in Darwen. But nearby
WHAT a waste of Preston tax payers' money to plough £30,000 into yet another crackpot bid for city status (August 2). This money should be put into something to benefit Preston as a town instead of being spent on something so ridiculous. As a proud Prestonian
I WANT to thank your readers for helping to make Guide Dogs' first ever Shades for a Day such a fantastic success. On July 18 this year 250,000 people took part in the event by donning their sunglasses for the charity. Not only was Shades for a Day great
WILL Friargate between Ringway and Fylde Street continue to decline? Cut-off from the principal shopping area by the inner-ring road, it has failed to attract significant investment in recent times. Like many parts of the town centre, it needs to be given
GARDEN furniture, hanging baskets and flowers were donated by B&Q to brighten up the Wish Centre in Cardwell Place, Blackburn. The centre, run by the local branch of the Women's Aid charity, provides information, self help and support to the victims
THE Lancashire Air Ambulance Service says the coming Bank Holiday weekend could bring a record number of call-outs and is urging people to take extra care. The service, based in Blackpool, has seen an increase in call outs of more than 103 per cent since
GOOD buddies will soon be teaching youngsters across East Lancashire a lesson in how to survive their first year at secondary school. The classroom friends network will be set up thanks to a massive new cash injection from the New Opportunities Fund.
THE East Lancashire Hospice is the latest charity to back our appeal to save the Witton Park bonfire. Based at Park Lee hospital, Blackburn, the hospice provides care and emotional support for people suffering from terminal or life-threatening illnesses
THE East Lancashire Hospice is the latest charity to back our appeal to save the Witton Park bonfire. Based at Park Lee hospital, Blackburn, the hospice provides care and emotional support for people suffering from terminal or life-threatening illnesses
BURNLEY'S Anthony Keenan has received the letter he impatiently waited nearly two weeks for. It confirmed that he was on the plane to Sea Island, Georgia, for the Daily Telegraph/Center Parcs Junior Golf Championships final next month. The 18-year-old
TOUGH tackling centre half Chris Lucketti has signed for Preston in a £750,000 four-year deal. The 29-year-old defender has been snapped up by North End boss David Moyes from Huddersfield and the Deepdale boss has high hopes for his new charge. "Chris
SOUTH Ribble Borough Council planners have backed protests from residents in the Longton area of the borough over a Leyland company's plan to build an industrial composting plant nearby. It comes after a planning application by TEG Environmental, of Sandy
GOOD buddies will soon be teaching youngsters across East Lancashire a lesson in how to survive their first year at secondary school. The classroom friends network will be set up thanks to a massive new cash injection from the New Opportunities Fund.
