COUNCIL tax-dodgers owe East Lancashire authorities more than £6million, it has been revealed. Town halls are missing out on vital funds that could be spent on services, with only three East Lancashire authorities owed less than £1million in
A DRUNKEN and banned driver stole a post office van, crashed it and fled the scene leaving his acc-omplice to face the music. Burnley magistrates heard how joinery student Christopher John France, 24, who was banned a second time for excess alcohol in
DARWEN Aldridge Community Academy was visited today by Beverley Hughes, Minister of State for Children, Young People and Families. She met principal Brendan Loughran, staff and pupils at the school which opened on Monday and replaces Darwen
TRAFFIC wardens are regularly being verbally abused and physically attacked by irate drivers who have been given tickets, figures have revealed. A catalogue of abuse has been recorded in recent months by wardens patrolling the streets of Blackburn
CALLS have been made for tougher sentencing after a ‘career criminal’ who assaulted a homeowner during a burglary walked free from court. Jane Elizabeth Greenwood, who police said has been arrested 17 times in the last 18 months, was caught
A BLACKBURN primary school teacher died two days after being diagnosed with a brain tumour. Clare Whittle, 27, has been described by family as caring and loving person who touched the hearts of everyone she met. And colleagues said she
QUITE rightly there are stringent background investigations on people from all walks of life who want to work with youngsters. Teachers, youth leaders and adults involved in all kinds of work, including for example voluntarily sporting activities, have
FARMERS turned out in force for the September dairy show and sale at Gisburn Auction Mart. Almost 50 cattle were on offer and the top priced entry came from Messrs Whitwell and Sons. Selling for £2,100, the newly-calved heifer went to H A Bradley
ENTERING the Lancashire Telegraph Business Awards raises the profile of a company and the confidence of employees, according to a past winner. The message comes from School of Sign Language’s Mary Mackenzie – last year’s Employee of the Year – as the
A 51-year-old man phoned the police and told them he had a knife and was going to stab somebody. Blackburn magistrates heard that Paul Mahon had made similar phone calls previously and had only been released from prison a week before the latest
A CAMPAIGN has been launched to clean up Hyndburn’s former waterside beauty spots. Hyndburn Borough Councillors are appealing for public feedback after a raft of complaints about fly tipping, litter, dog fouling and mini-motorbike nuisance
A man was punched and kicked to the floor by would-be burglars during an attack in Nelson. The 67-year-old answered his front door, in Rutland Street, to three teenage boys between 10.30pm and 10.40pm on Saturday. The trio told the man
FURNISHING chain MFI, which has a showroom in Whitebirk, is being tipped for a merger with the owner of rival kitchens brand Moben. Merchant Equity Partners, which bought MFI for a nominal £1 in 2006, is said to be exploring potential combinations for
I’VE an apology to make this week. Verbally over the years and more recently in print I’ve given the Royal Mail a hard time. Fewer postal collections and deliveries, disappearing post offices and regular industrial relations problems have provoked
A MODEST hero from Nelson who has twice turned life-saver has been shortlisted for a national award – for his day job. Youth worker Mashuq Hussain, 44, leapt into action when fire swept through the home of a neighbour last May, and also saved the life
ACCRINGTON Stanley boss John Coleman has swooped to add Blackburn Rovers youngster Rostyn Griffiths to his squad and has not ruled out further market moves. Coleman has recruited Griffths for a month following the opening of the loan transfer window
A CONMAN who distracted a confused pensioner whilst an accomplice raided and ran-sacked her Bacup home has been jailed for two years eight months. Graeme Wolsley, 48, kept the 82-year-old woman, who suffers from dementia, talking at her door as the other
AN ADDICT who helped deal drugs in the middle of Nelson town centre has been jailed for two years. Burnley Crown Court heard how Faisal Awan, 33, was the driver for the man known as AJ as he twice supplied undercover police with hard drugs
A CONSULTATION over four under-threat phone boxes in Burnley has ended. Now BT bosses will decide whether the phones, in Red Lees Road at Mereclough, Accrington Road at Hapton, Manchester Road close to the junction of Calderbrook Avenue and
A WELL-known gardening enthusiast has died just a day after his 90th birthday. Jack Bury, who was the life vice president of the North West Counties Association of Allotments, was also an organiser of local flower shows. His daughter-in-law
A MAN assaulted his mother and a police officer after an early hours fight with his brother, a court was told. Paul Fraser, 20, was said to have caught his mother when she was trying to break up a brawl between him and his brother and then repeatedly
A MAN died of multiple injuries after being run over by a taxi as he lay in the gutter in the early hours of the morning. An inquest heard that a consultant anaesthetist had stopped to see if he could help Peter John Stappard after spotting him lying
A WOMAN was punched in the face by a gang of youths in an early-hours attack. The 26-year-old was walking along Bird Street, Brierfield, when she was approached by a group of four to five males, police said. She was then punched in the face, leaving
FIVE people have been arrested during morning raids on houses in relation to a suspected money laundering plot. Police used warrants obtained under the proceeds of Crime Act to target properties in Clayton-le-Moors and Nelson. Detectives arrested
HUNDREDS of Lancashire driving instructors may never have received criminal record checks, it has emerged. The Driving Standards Agency (DSA) has revealed to the Lancashire Telegraph that it is in the middle of checking the background of the
REPRESENTATIVES of Darwen-based m-tec, part of the WEC Group, will be present at the official opening of the Bristol Temple Quay today. The specialist architectural metal working company were chosen to create a 60-metre stainless steel bridge
THERE is a saying that the law is an ass and stories the LT published on September 3 give credence to this. On page one we had the story of a thief who stole £7,000 from a local working men’s club, yet doesn’t have to repay any of the money and has not
I WOULD like to comment on the article on taxis (LT, September 3). Blackburn with Darwen Council holds a monopoly on the licensing/MOT of the public and private hire vehicles in the borough. It can call its own shots and name its own prices. For too
I WAS pleased to read (LT, August 30) that Mr M Diack has joined the campaign to ensure that the names of local heroes, who gave their lives for their country, are displayed on local memorials. I urge him to start now to compile a list of the Clitheroe
ACCRINGTON Stanley boss John Coleman has swooped to add Blackburn Rovers youngster Rostyn Griffiths to his squad and has not ruled out further market moves. Coleman has recruited Griffths for a month following the opening of the loan transfer window
DAVID Lloyd’s view that the Lancashire League must scrap professionals to save clubs from going to the wall financially has not been universally accepted in the competition. Not all clubs have concured, as some see the inclusion of professionals
LANCASHIRE legend David Lloyd believes financial difficulties should force the Lancashire League to consider scrapping professionals. Lloyd has returned to the Lancashire League scene this season to help out at Accrington, who capped a remarkable
UPBEAT Burnley boss Owen Coyle wants his potential match-winners to take their “top game” to Nottingham Forest on Saturday to help the Clarets to their first Championship victory of the season. Burnley stopped the rot following a losing start
Blackburn reserve goalkeeper Frank Fielding has signed on loan for Northampton Town. The 20-year-old will spend up to three months at the League One outfit, having made 39 appearances for Wycombe last campaign.
JOHN Williams fears the Premiership’s ‘golden years’ are reaching breaking point as the credit crunch threatens to destroy football fans’ traditional allegiances. The Blackburn chief believes almost every top club in the country will be feeling
A Chorley soldier was described as a “natural warrior and perfect commander” at an inquest into his death, yesterday. Royal Marine Jonathan Holland, from 45 Commando, was killed by a landmine in Afghanistan on February 21, 2007. The
AN EAST Lancashire man is opening the UK’s first ever supermarket dental surgery. Lance Knight, who grew up in Cambridge Avenue in Hapton, has teamed up with retail giant Sainsbury’s to offer in-store tooth care from next week. And the
A BURNLEY mum has warned parents to be on the lookout for deadly meningitis. Laura Bell’s one-year-old daughter Jessica was struck down with the illness last year but was saved by her mum’s awareness of the symptoms. The illness, along
A TEENAGE motorcyclist has died and another rider has been injured in a collision at a notorious accident spot. Eighteen-year-old Joshua James Holmes suffered multiple injuries when his bike collided head-on with a Volkswagen Polo on the A59
A TEENAGER is facing jail after his mum shopped him for killing a father-of-four. ‘Reprehensible and disgraceful’ Terence Gaskin, 18, had ‘consumed far too much alcohol’. In an unprovoked attack he crossed the street and felled Kenneth Turbull with
A CRACKDOWN on alcohol-related anti-social behaviour in Pendle resulted in 115 arrests, police have revealed. Figures from Pendle police also revealed that officers made 256 alc-ohol seizures during Operation Summer Ni-ghts, which ran between Monday,
A STATUE in memory of a Burnley rail campaigner and his faithful four-legged friend has been unveiled. The life-sized sculpture shows Ruswarp the border collie, who stayed by the side of his master, Graham Nuttall, when he collapsed during
