A FAMILY doctor has spoken of his concern that the system of long-term care for the sick and elderly was failing some East Lancashire patients. Dr Chris Ward spoke out at a top-level conference which was debating how far the NHS should be responsible
A MAN jailed for five years for planning to rob a restaurant has gone on the run from prison as part of a campaign to prove his innocence. Robert McEwen, formerly of Darwen, was sentenced at Preston Crown Court last year for his part in a plot to raid
"BLESSED are those who are persecuted and ridiculed for preaching the word of God, their reward shall be great in heaven" - Matthew 5:11-12. Dave Merrington would probably settle for Southampton avoiding another relegation battle! Although God might have
A PENSIONER was rushed to hospital earlier today after a fire gutted her flat. And fire fighters say the 80-year-old was lucky to survive the blaze and owes her life to a smoke alarm. Annie Macmillan was making a late night cup of tea in the kitchen of
TRADE unions are opposing plans to install closed circuit television cameras in Accrington. And a councillor also fears that footage of criminal acts could be sold off to television companies for profit. The security cameras are due to start monitoring
POLICE issued a 'be alert' warning following a run of seven house burglaries by the same team. Detectives they had burgled houses in Alexandra Place, Church Street, Coronation Street, Hillside Close and Park Lane and stolen property worth between £1,000
THE latest recommendations from stockbrokers Henry Cooke Lumsden advises investors to buy shares in Haslingden computer firm P&P. Other firms highlighted include Scapa (Hold/Buy), Wardle Storeys (recovery buy), Wolstenholme Rink (long-term buy), TDS
OUR class hopes to produce a booklet of memories of men or women who travelled through Thurso to Scapa Flow in Orkney with the Royal Navy during the Second World War. We would be very grateful if any of your readers could write to us with memories they
I READ with dismay the planning application for the former Burnside elderly people's home in Blackburn to be turned into a mosque. As a home help visiting the elderly living on nearby Didsbury Street, I know that the tenants are most upset by the idea
I READ with dismay about the bid that North West Water has made for Norweb. To have spare cash for such things appalls me. Presently, North West Water is left high and dry after an unusually dry summer. Surely the 'fat cats' which this government encourages
FIRMS will be given £50-a-week for every job they give to unemployed people from Burnley's most deprived areas. The back-to-work handout is part of a £5 million Employment and Training Charter for Burnley, launched today by Labour Party Deputy leader,
ELECTRONIC tortoises are set to become the latest weapon in the fight against crime in Lancashire. Police in the county are urging owners of the slow-moving creatures to get them implanted with microchips to stop them disappearing fast. The amazing move
PRESSURE on school places in Darwen should be eased if councillors agree to ten new classrooms at a secondary school in the town. Darwen Vale High School has submitted a planning application for a new two-storey block with extra classrooms, toilets, plant
A GOVERNMENT clampdown on car tax dodgers may backfire to create more problems for motorists, says Burnley MP, Peter Pike. He says he has still to be convinced that plans announced by Transport secretary, George Younger, to wheelclamp drivers who fail
A VILLAGE that once saw some of its troubled citizens forcibly transported to Australia is now sending hundreds more people Down Under - this time on holiday. Helmshore, in Rossendale, has received its first Blue Plaque to mark the place where loom riots
A JOINT plea for cash came today from Lancashire County Council and the county's district councils. A letter signed by the county and districts will go to local government minister David Curry and all Lancashire MPs. The move comes as the Government decides
ADRIAN Heath's move to Third Division Bury appears to have collapsed. Heath was linked with a player/coach post at Gigg Lane a week ago but now any further developments appear unlikely. "I have heard nothing since I asked about his availability for the
MR B Atkinson, vice chair of the Roman Road Tenants Association in Blackburn (Letters, October 9) claims I have misrepresented the facts in claiming that the council lavishes more money on council houses than the private sector. But, to explain, one should
WHIPPET owners Helen and Shaun Callon have revealed their secret recipe of success - plenty of prime steak and Lancashire black pudding. The couple are celebrating their third national racing trophy thanks to two-year-old Rudy. Proud Shaun has been racing
A TEARFUL mother brought the real heartache of the poll tax debate into focus when a town's magistrates heard its first cases of non-payment. And as a result of the hearing, Blackburn Council was given the power to recover the £365 bill plus costs by
ANGRY market tenants say they are being used as a political football by Blackburn councillors. Their comments come after Labour development services committee chairman Gail Barton accused stallholders of a 'negative attitude.' She was annoyed the Conservative
SCOTT Moore's programme notes struck a note of icy doom and despondency at Dark Lane. He ended his 'From the Dugout' missive by asking Rossendale United's long-suffering fans to keep smiling in the face of adversity. Boardroom upheaval, a severe cash
SMALL businesses in Lancashire are being offered the chance to take part in a national pilot scheme to help them expand 'on the cheap'. Organisers are looking for up to 30 firms in the area to help set up a Mutual Guarantee Society which would be the
A MOTORIST had an amazing escape after she careered through a car park and ploughed into a gas sub station. Her Vauxhall Nova crashed through a wooden fence, trees and seven foot steel railings and was only prevented from hitting a high pressure gas mains
FORMER policeman Tom Kay has fiddled his way to thousands of pounds - but he is handing it all over to charity. The veteran violinist, who gives performances in Blackburn town centre, has already raised £1,000 for the Imperial Cancer Research Fund. Now
RESIDENTS were threatened with ejection from the council chamber last night in a debate about a Padiham ball court. There was uproar as residents from the Lancaster Drive area interrupted the meeting, making comments on the application being discussed
NEWSAGENT Irene Pickard is baffled by the late-night wanderings of Sammy the newsboy. The dummy paper lad is supposed to stand outside her shop in Victoria Road, Padiham, announcing what to read in your Lancashire Evening Telegraph. But someone has decided
THE pressure on school places in Darwen should be eased if councillors agree to ten new classrooms at a secondary school in the town. Darwen Vale High School has submitted a planning application for a new two-storey block with extra classrooms, toilets
THIEVES have stolen a brave boy's bike while doctors were battling to save his badly crushed leg. As 12-year-old Martin Carroll, of Douglas Drive, Darwen, lay in his hospital bed after a harrowing road accident, he dreamed of the days when he would be
IN response to G Smith (Letters, October 3), it is important to make clear that Blackburn Council pays for the bus passes for older people, not Lancashire County Council even though the County runs the scheme. Our passes are issued free and allow half-price
BURNLEY'S defensive rock Peter Swan today pleaded with the Turf Moor faithful: "Give Jimmy Mullen a break." Swan is worried the fierce criticism dished out to the under-fire Burnley boss is undermining the Clarets' performance. And Swan had this stark
BLACKBURN Rovers were today due to unveil the £1.75m signing of Scottish international Billy McKinlay. McKinlay travelled to Lancashire last night and was due to put pen to paper on a stunning four year deal following routine medical examinations. The
UNION leaders fearing hundreds of job losses were today lobbying shareholders as North West Water's takeover of Norweb looked certain to go ahead. They fear jobs will go in rationalisation when the electricity and water giants merge with areas such as
A WASTE recycling centre is opening its doors in Blackburn this month in response to a new 'green' tax on businesses. The site, in Roman Road, is part of a network of industrial waste centres being established across the region by LWS Waste Services.
