DETECTIVES hunting a burglar who targeted the Burnley home of a pensioner and caused her to collapse with heart problems today said the offender could have targeted others in the area. Police said they had received a number of reports from residents
COUNCILLORS will discuss plans for a controversial new school on playing fields in Brierfield this evening. Pendle Council's development control committee will decide whether to back plans for a 1,050 secondary school on Bent Head playing fields as part
One of the delights of the House of Lords in June is strawberries and cream on the terrace. This year the service is sadly suspended because the kitchens and some of the catering facilities are being replaced. We are getting brand new kitchens that
PAEDOPHILES are to be moved from a Blackburn bail hostel just two weeks after the Evening Telegraph revealed how a children's day centre had been opened just yards away. Home Secretary John Reid has ordered convicted child sex attackers to be moved out
THE Army regiment which is taking over from the Queen's Lancashire Regiment has appeared in public for the first time with the red rose taking pride of place on new uniforms. Soldiers from the Duke of Lancaster's Regiment, which comes into force on
A Lancashire MEP says a campaign to get Brussels to deb-ate more openly has paid off. Liberal Democrat Chris Davies was speaking after foreign leaders agreed that draft EU laws should be debated in public. Mr Davies had fought for the move. He said
CARERS in East Lancashire are still not getting the support they need, it was revealed today. While more than 27,000 people in Blackburn with Darwen care for someone at home only 1,500 have accessed help, support and advice in Blackburn with Darwen.
IN response to the lead story (LET, June 13) "72 attacks on teachers". The answer is really very simple. We are not trying to split the atom here or find the formula for some miracle cures for terminal diseases or design a car that will do 1,000 miles
A COLLECTION held in Blackburn town centre on Saturday morning, June 10, on behalf of Leukaemia Research, raised £365.40. Our most grateful thanks go to all those who gave so generously. MAVIS McDONALD, Chairman, Blackburn Branch.
I READ a report in the Evening Telegraph about four testicular cancer awareness events coming up in various areas of Blackburn and arranged by the NHS. These events are to promote the health of men and to provide knowledge of early symptoms of this
Newfield Special School in Blackburn has had its commitment to the arts rewarded with a prestigious award from the Arts Council. The school in Roman Road, has become one of only five schools in its borough, and the first special school in the county
Having ranted and raved about cars with flags (who is going to pick up all the grubby frayed ones lying at the roadside?), I feel the time is right to move on to another type of road user: the topless kind. Not in the St Tropez sense, you understand,
A local plumber has beaten off competition from over 1,100 other nominees to finish in the final three of the Employer of the Year category at the National Apprenticeships Awards. David Shuttleworth travelled to London on for the presentation ceremony
RESIDENTS in Hyndburn are being urged to map dog mess hot spots in a bid to crack down on irresponsible pet owners. With the help of the dog mess map, the borough's dog warden, Steve Wood, will be able to target problem areas. At a meeting of Oswaldtwistle
A selection of the finest British DJs are heading to a Burnley nightclub on June 23 to raise money for the National Children's Home charity. Club XS is the venue for the event called Satori where progressive house music through to psyche trance will
A BACUP business has shown its burning desire to support England in the World Cup with St George cross-designed fire-places. Petra Hellas, which is based in Stacksteads, exhibited at the Hearth and Home national fireplace exhibition in Harrogate, flying
A mother-of-four claimed benefits of more than £10,000 as a single parent, even though she had got married, a court heard. Lisa Currie, 24, was interviewed by Department for Works and Pensions officials after the church ceremony in July in 2004 when
IT was a bad day for the leaders in the SponsorBank Lancashire League as both Enfield and Ramsbottom both lost on a rain-affected day. It was the second consecutive loss for Enfield as they went down to a resurgent Burnley in a shortened game. Jonathan
STEVE Cotterill expects activity with Burnley's quartet of transfer-listed players to "hot up" in the next couple of weeks. Micah Hyde, Duane Courtney, Danny Karbassiyoon and Gifton Noel-Williams are all surplus to requirements at Turf Moor and told
ROSSENDALE could still be revving up for a bike show in September. Bike Shows Europe Ltd, which runs a small-scale show in Manchester has contacted Rossendale Leisure Trust for permission to hire Haslingden Sports Centre and the surrounding fields.
THE regeneration of a run down part of Burnley took a major step forward with the opening of a new £400,000 park. The new community area in Burnley Wood was officially opened on Saturday and those behind the project said the new facility signalled an
PENDLE is set to become a cleaner borough after the council was given £500,000 to tackle grot spots and increase house prices. And now councillors are being encouraged to put forward their proposals on how they would like to see the cash spent. Executive
THE main suspect in the case of a Pendle woman brutally murdered 15 years ago has been cleared of involvement in her death. Detectives hunting Cheryl Shackleton's killer today confirmed they had discounted the unnamed person from their investigation.
THOUSANDS of people turned out in force for one of the biggest events in Colne's calendar the Colne Gala. About 6,000 visitors descended on Holt House playing fields for the annual event on Saturday. The day started with a procession through the town
A caravan in Brierfield was destroyed in a blaze after the owner accidentally dropped a cigarette on the floor. Fire crews were called to the caravan on allotments at the back of Hardy Avenue just after 9.20pm on Saturday. The blaze spread quickly because
A GROUP of Burnley youths headed to Paksistan following a visit to the East Lancashire town by race hate cleric Abu Hamza, a new book claims today. And months later two of the youths were dead following a blast at a mosque in Afghanistan fuelling suspicion
AN INDIAN restaurant chef is being hunted after his estranged wife was stabbed with an eight-inch knife possibly after a row over a failed reconciliation. Student Nazia Ahmed, 23, was stabbed to death and her 20-year-old sister Shazia was left critically
BLACKBURN MP Jack Straw has admitted more space is needed to deal with Britain's criminals as experts warned they were close to putting up "house full" notices in the country's jails. Chief Inspector of Prisons Anne Owers revealed prisons would soon
Tockholes village's United Reformed Church is to hold a coffee morning in the church hall, between 10am and noon, on Saturday June 24. The event, which costs £1 for admission, is being held the day before the church's 344th anniversary service.
RESIDENTS are being warned to take extra security measures after a spate of shed burglaries in the Darwen area. Sgt Mark Thackeray-Scott, of Darwen Police, has also released descriptions of three people he is hoping to trace in relation to recent incidents
MORE than £1million has been seized from criminals and given to Lancashire police to help fight crime. The £1,050,921 was taken from crooks over the last 12 months, under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2003 which allows assets to be seized from criminals
RE "Violence on teachers" (LET, June 13), first I must congratulate you on printing the article. I hope after reading it all the do gooders and politically correct people, the government, the court of human rights for interfering in the business of other
REGARDING the parking problems on Ashworth Street, Baxenden, it has been brought to my attention by one of the residents that a simple solution may be found through reading the Department of Transport's "Know your traffic signs." In the booklet there
LANCASHIRE pupils will be hoping to prove they are mad about maths during a special-week long initiative dedicated to the subject, which starts today. For the second year running Lancashire County Council's economic development department is hosting
A CREATIVE writing class which looked condemned to the history book has pulled off a phoenix-from-the-flames success story. And the news of the group's revival came as council chiefs insisted they were committed to offering other courses, from sewing
THE Blackburn-born headteacher of a school in Iran has been awarded an MBE for his work. Peter Yates, 50, who leads the ex-pat Embassy School, Tehran, has become the third in his family to receive the honour. Mr Yates, who is married with one daughter
A BLACKBURN firm has been bought out by its management in a deal expected to create new jobs. Barcode technology firm BEC Systems Integration, which employs fewer than 50 people at its base in Blakewater Road, has been taken over in the management buy-out
CROWDS turned out in glorious summer sun to enjoy Ribchester field day on Saturday. The parade through the village included an appropriately named float called the Sun Always Shines, that was packed with people wearing summer gear like sunglasses and
A young mum who wants to kick drugs and crime was told to think of her son next time she felt like breaking the law. Kelly Ferguson, 25, whose little boy is four, had been introduced to heroin as a way of helping with depression after she lost new-born
TWO women are hoping to breathe new life into a former chapel of rest by creating a children's party venue. Owners of the Party Box Shop, Philips Road, Weir, have applied to Rossendale Council for permission to convert the former chapel of rest in Schofield
BURNLEY racer Neil Hodgson was left frustrated in Utah yesterday, just 24 hours after racing with such promise. Hodgson, who races for Parts Unlimited Ducati, worked his way from outside the top 10 to finish sixth in in yesterday's AMA Superbike race
PROMOTION fever is still high at Accrington Stanley as the club has announced that season ticket sales are well up on this time last year. The majority of existing season ticket holders have already renewed their membership and the club has also been
ACCRINGTON Stanley may look to bring in a new player-coach following the departure of Paul Cook. But assistant manager Jimmy Bell said he and boss John Coleman would not rush into a decision over any potential replacement. Cook was set to become a full-time
Kashif Siddique returned to form with a scintillating innings as Padiham kept in touch with VEKA Ribblesdale League senior division leaders Clitheroe and Baxenden. Siddique scattered Earby's bowling attack with a memorable 166 not out as Padiham gained
STEVEN Reid has snubbed Tottenham Hotspur and agreed a deal to stay at Blackburn Rovers. The Republic of Ireland international, who was the subject of a £2 million bid by Spurs last week, has committed his long-term future to Blackburn by accepting
MARK Hughes wants urgent talks with Craig Bellamy in order to clarify the striker's position following fresh speculation linking him with a move to Liverpool over the weekend. The Welsh international, who scored 17 goals in 32 appearances for Rovers
From Shameel Khan (10 years old), Cheltenham Road, Blackburn. I remember when I was seven The day I had to go The day I was sent away For 1,000 days in a row. She took me away to a station Where there was monstrous machine Making a sound like
The word cover' seem slightly inappropriate for this version of Radiohead's High And Dry. Mask' probably suits it better, or blanket'. Some songs suit a 21st Century facelift, and the previously-released rustic version of Just by Mark Ronson, taken
Iain Archer used to play with Snow Patrol, and you can tell. Soleil is a light-hearted, jangling song with a catchy chorus that could drag the Northern Irish singer/songwriter a little bit further into the mainstream glow that his former compatriots
If ice skating-style judging were brought in to decide who wins the World Cup, the Argentinians would have been awarded the trophy already and would currently be celebrating under a mass of blue and white ticker tape. For that breathtaking second goal
"You were screaming at your mum and I was punching your dad." I beg your pardon? The post-punk revival tendency has yielded yet another minor triumph in the form of The Young Knives, and their yelping, clattering, witty new single. The Young Knives
Pockets is a new track from folktronic, post-rockin' remixer chap Four Tet, who is to be the latest compiler of a mix album in the esteemed DJ Kicks series. Like almost everything Four Tet's Kieran Hebden does, this is teetering on the verge of brilliance
Every single person in the country must surely by now be familiar with the shrieking dark-side-disguised-as-pogoing-pop joy that is The Automatic's latest single Monster. And here's the kicker - Not Welcome Anywhere utterly and absolutely fulfils the
The Heights take dorm-crushing slabs of US college rock and a Thin Lizzy chorus and shove them together for a last-gasp snog on an indie dancefloor. The growled vocals are reminiscent of fellow Welsh rockers The Stereophonics on The Bartender And The
