DOZENS of officers will be returned to patrol the streets of Lancashire after prison escort duties are handed over to private security firm Group 4. The firm is due to take control of transporting prisoners to and from courts, jails and police stations
A PLUCKY schoolgirl has been nominated for a top swimming award for her outstanding courage. When just a baby, Jenny Hill had her leg amputated from the hip. But that has not deterred the 12 year old, who loves sport. Jenny, from Bacup, has an artificial
CHORLEY manager Dave Sutton has a host of injury worries on his mind prior to his team's UniBond Premier Division clash tomorrow at Frickley Athletic. Striker Brian Ross is almost certainly out with an Achilles injury while Karl Marginson is definitely
HEART operation drama girl Rachel Howker is returning to Florida. And this time the 12-year-old hopes she will see all the attractions of Disney World. Earlier this year her dreams of visiting the Magic Kingdom turned to nightmare when she collapsed and
A HIGH court judge put a ban on an acid house party planned to take place in Lancashire. Revellers who bought £15-a-time tickets were warned not to try and find the party. A trouble torn estate won a top award for transforming hard-to-let council houses
HAVING being blocked by public protest over their earlier plans to demolish the three historic and listed, but neglected Waterloo buildings in Blackburn's Church Street, the town council owners are now trying to sell them to developers who will have to
A MUM and her baby fled for their lives as a blazing settee filled their home with poisonous fumes. Lindsey Jones, 18, of Staffa Crescent, Blackburn, grabbed her sleeping one-year-old daughter Bethany and ran from her house after she was woken by the
COWIE Group, the car trader and bus operator, has signed a deal to lease non-combat hardware such as fork-lift trucks to the Ministry of Defence. But the company, which has a major dealership in Blackburn, disclosed it was also involved in talks with
GRAEME Le Saux looks set to make his first Premiership appearance since suffering that horrific ankle injury against Middlesbrough last December. Tony Parkes revealed that Le Saux would travel with the squad. And that signifies that the England full back
I KNOW that John Blunt plays the devil's advocate in his column, but his recent article "Putting brake on the absent dads" (LET, October 16) is to generalise to its extreme. I recently separated from my wife due to her adultery. However, although I work
MARK Winstanley has been given the all-clear to boost Burnley boss Adrian Heath's options for tomorrow's home game against Plymouth Argyle. And the manager is looking for a third successive home victory to help give the club lift-off in their bid to bridge
CONTRARY to popular belief Ray Harford was a successful manager before coming to Ewood Park as an essential part of the Kenny Dalglish "dream ticket" in October 1991. Acknowledged as one of the finest coaches in the country his first senior experience
STAFF of the Philips Components plant at Simonstone have collected a top green award. It was presented with its EMAS environmental management standard by Richard De Lange, Philips Electronics UK chairman, during a visit to the site. Converted for the
IN his reply to Dave Heaton (Letters, September 20) questioning the 'hypocrisy' of Margaret Thatcher's 'official' meeting with Nelson Mandela, Walt Meadows (Letters, October 17) points out that during most of Mrs Thatcher's time in office "Nelson Mandela
MS Geeta Sidhu, Blackburn's prospective Conservative Parliamentary Candidate (Letters, October 18) stated that if retirement age was brought down to 60 for everyone, it would mean people would have their basic pension cut by £20 a week for the rest of
A LIFETIME of loyal and dedicated service to her home town and the people living in it has earned a 92-year-old Clitheroe woman a top honour. Miss Dorothy Rushton is to receive the title of Honorary Burgess from Clitheroe Town Council, the highest honour
A YOUTH employed by carpet processors McKendrick and Wane was charged with starting a multi-million pound blaze which wrecked the factory. A double-deck bus was sliced open like a sardine can when the driver attempted to take it under a low bridge at
Burnley v Plymouth Argyle - big match preview HE has been called the Clown Prince of football...among other things. But Bruce Grobbelaar has proved in more than 500 League games that, above all else, he is an enduring character. And Plymouth Argyle, due
CASTROL Honda rider Carl Fogarty set a blistering pace during Friday's opening qualifying session to grab provisional pole position for Sunday's 12th round of the World Superbike Championship at Phillip Island in Australia. Fogarty grabbed the fastest
JIM Pennycook's message for Blackburn Hawks is simple: stop the rot. The player coach takes the inconsistent Hawks into a double header this weekend declaring: "We've got to sort things out right here and now." Ahead of tomorrow's home date with Murrayfield
THE THIN end of a sinister wedge is discovered by the Lancashire Evening Telegraph today - moves to muzzle the patients' NHS watchdog. For what is evident from the disclosure that NHS Executive - the health service's top management body - has commissioned
THE father of student hostage Paul Wells today spoke of his emotional visit to the Kashmir village where unconfirmed rumours have suggested his son was killed. Bob Wells says he may now stay a little longer in his quest for clues about Paul's disappearance
West Ham United v Blackburn Rovers - Peter White's big match preview SOME familiar faces could well come back to haunt Blackburn Rovers against West Ham at Upton Park tomorrow, not least tricky little Portuguese forward Hugo Porfirio. Remember him? Porfirio
ON behalf of the animals and staff at the RSPCA shelter at Altham, I express our deep appreciation for all the help the Lancashire Evening Telegraph gives us in promoting not just our animal home, but the RSPCA in general. Your Animal Aid feature keeps
PROFESSIONAL marketing consultants are being brought in to try to find a future for three historic town centre buildings. Controversial plans to demolish the Waterloo buildings in Church Street, Blackburn, were halted earlier this year following a public
ONE of the Ribble Valley's most ardent environment campaigners has been nominated for a top national 'green' award. Mary Horner has been invited to London to attend the prestigious British Environment and Media Awards where John Gummer, Secretary of State
THE search has begun in earnest for Ray Harford's successor as manager of Blackburn Rovers. And, with a top name needed at Ewood, some well known bosses are likely to be linked with the job, such as Terry Venables and Johan Cruyff. Another man who could
Ron Freethy's England: Oswaldtwistle Mills IN recent columns I have mentioned James Hargreaves and his invention of the Spinning Jenny. Recently I visited the museum at Halifax and saw an exhibition of machines including a Jenny. After that I had an interesting
RAY HARFORD resigned today as manager of Blackburn Rovers, just 16 months after taking over from Kenny Dalglish. Harford and Rovers chairman Robert Coar announced the decision at a Press conference at Brockhall, following two days of soul-searching by
MORE than 6,000 people are being asked to fill in a questionnaire which could help shape the future of healthcare in East Lancashire. The survey forms, which will be posted out randomly to households later this week, will aim to find out what residents
SHOOTING enthusiasts from East Lancashire, fighting to keep their guns, are invited to a meeting next month. The British Association for Shooting and Conservation, based in Gisburn, is hoping to enlist the help of members, and anyone else interested,
Brian Doogan meets Colne's new manager DENZIL Hart's priority at Colne is to introduce ideas and quality. That combination and an unrelenting desire for hard work, he is convinced, are the keys to establishing Colne as a force in North West Counties'
