FAIR comment by John Blunt (LET, March 27) - why should we compensate farmers? What about all the people who will lose their jobs because of what is now happening in the beef industry? Will they get compensation? I think not. If I lose my job because
CHRIS Coleman's fast-developing partnership with Colin Hendry has been a real bonus for Blackburn Rovers manager Ray Harford. The loss of Ian Pearce, who played such an important role in last season's championship success, was a stunning blow to Rovers
WHY should farmers be compensated for producing commodities unfit for human consumption when other businesses are more likely to be prosecuted for doing so? Why should those who oppose flesh-eating and factory farming and who have been warning of the
TWO MEN narrowly escaped serious injury after an office roof collapsed, sending bricks and rubble crashing down around them. The men were working at A1 and Tiger Cabs Private Hire in Church Street, Burnley, when tons of masonry collapsed just a few feet
YES, one BSE-infected cow on a farm and all the herd should be destroyed - like in France. Take what happens with Foot and Mouth disease. All the herd is shot and burned, plus all the sheep, all the pigs, all the goats and the cats and dogs. Everything
AN unwelcome return to wintry weather put the brakes on a display of monster trucks and dazzling stunts. But sleet and falling temperatures failed to stop a show of muscular motors in Burnley last night and hundreds of hardy onlookers braved the elements
A RAWTENSTALL man challenged the might of the country's big financial institutions with a protest at the takeover of the National and Provincial Building Society by Abbey National PLC. Paulinus Barnes told N&P chairman Lord Shuttleworth and hundreds
BURNLEY'S hopes of halting Second Division title favourites Swindon Town will still be in safe hands on Wednesday night, even though goalkeeper Wayne Russell will be suspended. For manager Adrian Heath is confident that he will be able to recall number
CARL Fogarty will have to put old rivalries behind him tomorrow in the opening round of the World Superbike Championship in Misano, San Marino. The Blackburn double world champion has a new brand new team, bike and most important of all, team-mate for
IN reply to John Blunt's remarks on the Mad Cow plague (LET, March 27), he obviously has no idea what he is talking about. In the 1970s, the Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food gave permission for animal feed compounds to include meat and bone
THEY CALL themselves Manilovers and they follow their man up and down the country from concert to concert in a Barry Bus, armed with signs, torches and an array of glittery jackets, writes CAROLINE SEPHTON. For them, American smoothy Barry Manilow can
ONE of Pendle's leading high-tech firms came under the spotlight during a visit by Labour's frontbench spokesman on industry. Frank Dobson MP toured aerospace firm Euravia and spoke with its managing director Dennis Mendoros, who is also chairman of the
READERS may be interested in a brief political history of the BSE fiasco and make their own minds up who is to blame. In 1979, the Labour Party published draft proposals to tighten up the animal feed industry. The following year, Margaret Thatcher deregulated
A THREE-FOOT long machete was found in the car in which two people died, the Lancashire Evening Telegraph has discovered. And an inquest was told that the car was being driven by a disqualified driver. Coroner Andre Rebello was told that Barry Tyrie,
THE mystery writer of the grim letter of forboding, penned in 1939 and recently discovered in a wall, has been solved, thanks to the Lancashire Evening Telegraph. He was John Osbaldeston, an RAF rear gunner and former teacher. Last week we revealed how
HOW is it that France can blame contaminated British beef, and get away with it? It's just another Euro con against our country. France slaughtered just three herds of cattle after 16 cases of Mad Cow disease were reported there. Also, is French veal
FIVE-MONTH-OLD Katie Vallance saved her entire family today by screaming when a fire broke out in their home. Little Katie began to make a noise after the blaze started in the living room of a home on Wycollar Road, Blackburn, at around 1.30am. Her crying
TWO prominent buildings near to Burnley town centre have been put on the market. Buyers are being sought for Caldervale House, the former Questword store, and for the former County Court buildings on Bankhouse Street. Caldervale House has been empty for
