STUART RIPLEY had to be left behind when Blackburn Rovers jetted out to Warsaw this morning because of a family crisis. The winger's wife Julie has been rushed into hospital and may face an operation today. Rovers' boss Ray Harford said that she was suffering
TWO VAT office workers are poised to shed piles of pounds and weigh in with a bumper boost for the SuperScan appeal. The £1 million appeal to buy a life-saving MRI scanner has given Joanne Roberts and Jan Morris the spur they need to lose the weight.
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CONGRATULATIONS to the Lancashire Evening Telegraph for trying to maintain at last some semblance of "freedom of speech," not only generally, but notably through the John Blunt and Your Letters columns. I would wager that there must be millions of people
RIBBLE Valley MP Nigel Evans joins in the row over the "unfair" share-out of National Lottery money for the arts with a smart idea. For while there has, quite rightly, been much fuss over so-called elitist London arts venues being so heavily favoured
SACKED prisons chief Derek Lewis is bitter about his dismissal. But though he may have cause to complain about the rude manner of his sacking - even if it was prompted by his refusal to resign - he is far from the blameless scapegoat his defenders maintain
A BRAVE dad has urged other men to become bone marrow donors after undergoing successful surgery to offer the gift of life to a German leukaemia victim. Father-of-two Richard Lomax is recovering at his Mellor home after doctors extracted a litre of bone
HUNDREDS of bright ideas are lost every year because small firms do not know how to find the right market. Now the North West Regional Technology Centre has come to the rescue with a scheme to help inventors and businessmen bring their ideas to the market
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POPULAR watering hole The Dog and Otter at Great Harwood is the place to go for a decent pint, according to real ale enthusiasts. The East Lancashire branch of CAMRA, the Campaign for Real Ale, voted it their Pub of the Season. The pub-restaurant is owned
THE WORLD shook its head as news filtered through that one of the most evil killers of the century had turned to religion. There was disbelief as mass murderer Myra Hindley claimed to have become a Christian and had suddenly adorned her cell with religious
BURNLEY boss Jimmy Mullen has extended Paul McDonald's loan spell at Turf Moor for a further month in time for tonight's Auto Windscreens Shield clash at Rotherham. The winger's future had been in doubt but Mullen has come to agreement with the player
COMPANIES in East Lancashire are managing to keep their businesses afloat despite a North West Water drought order. The non-essential use ban, now a week old, has affected businesses and clubs throughout the county, from car washes to private swimming
THE STEWARD of Haslingden Cricket Club was recovering at home today after his ordeal at the hands of three masked raiders. David Holden, 39, of Sudellside Street, Darwen, was beaten up by the robbers, who forced him to hand over cash from the club safe
TORY MP Nigel Evans today demanded a limit on the size of National Lottery handouts to London arts venues. He is furious at the decision to give more than £40million to two theatres in the capital while East Lancashire got a paltry £32,000. The Ribble
EACH year at services on Remembrance Sunday, tbe nation has the opportunity to remember and to reflect. Many will remember the ultimate sacrifice of those who gave up their lives in two world wars. Many will think of the 23,000 people currently risking
A YOUNG mum raising money for the hospital which saved her daughter's life has vowed never to hold a charity event in Earby again. Lorraine Jarvis and her three-year-old daughter Jade, who has Downs Syndrome, sat through two hours of torment when only
PUB regulars rolled out the barrel... all the way up to the summit of a hill! The "Swan Uppers" from The Swan pub in Accrington took it in turns to push the 18-gallon beer barrel up The Coppice and back down again, and managed it in an impressive 47.5
SICKENED church members were today clearing up for the third time in two months after another break-in. In the latest attack at Westbury Gardens United Reformed Church, Blackburn, burglars cut through the back of a safe and ransacked the vestry. At first
EAST Lancashire parents were hiring out video nasties and sex videos for their children to watch at home, it was revealed today. And one video shop manageress claimed that children as young as eight were attempting to hire horror movies. The parents were
FRIGHTENED truckers from East Lancashire were caught up in a border blockade that was threatening to erupt in violence. At least nine lorry drivers were among 75 Britons on the border between France and Spain as Spanish drivers protested against soaring
NO one will disagree that it is difficult to tell the age of anyone these days, especially of youths and young women. So is it any wonder that publicans, and off-licensees have the dilemma of whether to serve them or not, to keep to the law? I am sure
THE water situation is going worse every day and we should make all efforts to reduce consumption. The toilet uses far more water in general than any other appliance and, at two gallons a time, this is considerable. To reduce the water per flush get a
I WOULD add two proposals to those of Walt Meadows contained in his excellent remarks (Letters, October 6) on lawyers. The time is long overdue for the nonsense of "cannot be named for legal reasons" to be abolished. And, on the premise that twice telling
DETECTIVES hunting a brutal rapist have called in a real-life "Cracker" to help catch their man. The officer, who has a doctorate in offender profiling, is being used as Blackburn police try to build up a picture of the man they are hunting for the vicious
ALMOST a hundred acres of beautiful, wild moorland has been transformed into a blackened and charred lunar landscape. One of the worst grass fires in living memory caused enormous damage to Darwen Moor Common, so much so, that some of it will never recover
WEDDING belles have heralded the start of the mammoth £1 million SuperScan Appeal. Many exhibitors from all areas of the bridal industry took part in a fundraising bridal fayre, coinciding with the final of the Lancashire Evening Telegraph Bride of the
I WOULD like to comment on the customer service provided by British Telecom which, in this instance, leaves a lot to be desired. On October 9 at 4pm, I found that my phone was out of action due to a line fault caused by vandals. Other people were also
A GROIN injury may have prevented Nathan Peel from playing football in recent weeks but it has not interfered with his regular studies at Burnley College. And the 23-year-old Clitheroe-born striker is in ideal position to educate his team-mates tonight
RAY Harford could hardly have chosen a more daunting venue than Legia Warsaw's Lazienkowska Stadium, as he tries to steer Blackburn Rovers to their first share of the UEFA Champions' League jackpot cash. A near-capacity crowd of around 15,000 is expected
FIRMS from across Lancashire will head for a major exhibition tomorrow to find out how to cut their waste bills. The first North West Business Recycling Exhibition is being staged at the Wigan Investment Centre. "Recycling just one tonne of paper rather
