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  • College strike vote over'bully-boy' job move

    FURIOUS lecturers fighting the introduction of an employment agency at a troubled college vowed to step up their campaign at a second mass meeting. Part-time lecturers at Accrington and Rossendale College believe the introduction of the ELS agency will

  • Teenagers' hard-hiting drug drama

    A HARD-HITTING anti-drugs play written and performed by high school pupils has taken to the stage. "Sign of the Times" is a multi-racial production in English and Urdu aimed at warning parents about the dangers of drug abuse and how they can tackle it

  • Wishful thinking

    IN reply to D Pearson (Letters, August 6), the Labour Party does not accept the free market consensus forged by Thatcher. There are certain things that should never be privatised, and those that already are must be brought under more stringent control

  • Is there any such thing as a safe job?

    DOWN again goes the unemployment rate - but if, with it, the feel-good factor goes up, then it is at a barely-perceptible creep. Why is that, when so many other apparently-positive influences on our sense of well-being are also in place? Negative equity

  • Estate thugs must not be tolerated

    THE MENACE of thuggery on East Lancashire housing estates is revealed once again today in two of our towns - highlighting the need for tougher action to stamp out this malaise. In Darwen, householders of Queen Street are angry over teenage louts who subject

  • ROVERS: Top of the growth league!

    BLACKBURN Rovers' 1994-95 championship season saw the club enjoy a greater rise in income than anyone else, reveals the 1996 Deloitte & Touche Annual Review of Football Finance. It grew by a massive 103 per cent, to £14.1 million, including a 118

  • Charity thanks

    ON behalf of the Blackburn and District Committee of the Cancer Research Campaign, may I thank all those who contributed to the recent collection day at the Tesco (Hill Street) Store and the Flag Day in Blackburn Town Centre. The total raised was £1,308.59

  • Stolen bicycle boy beaming

    YOUNG Jamie Ball is only too happy to get on his bike - thanks to big-hearted businessman Frank Robinson. Three-year-old Jamie was devastated when cruel thieves stole his last bicycle just days after he had been given it. But kind Frank, from Accrington

  • NATURE WATCH with RON FREETHY: Lakeside hotel for wild birds

    THE 12th of August is when those who think shooting is good sport head for the glorious grouse moors. To the naturalist, August is a wonderful month to explore the moorlands because the heather is beginning to turn a gorgeous purple and the rich deeper

  • CLARETS: Warning shots from Heath

    TURF Moor chief Adrian Heath has renewed his search for fresh talent and warned his squad: "Start looking over your shoulders." The Burnley player-manager has his sights on a striker - and he hopes to have at least one new face in his line-up for Saturday's

  • Rev Rosemary heeds words of the father

    A VICAR'S new "flock" of young clergy will include his own daughter. The Rev John Priestley will take up new duties as director of post ordination training in the Church of England's Blackburn diocese from October 1. He will be responsible for co-ordinating

  • ROVERS: Harford tracking Euro aces

    RAY Harford is scouring Europe in his continuing search to strengthen Blackburn Rovers' squad with at least one major capture, writes PETER WHITE. And that includes Italy's Serie A stars as Rovers try to spend the multi-millions they didn't really want

  • £4m spending bid on crumbling homes

    PENDLE is bidding to spend £4 million to boost its crumbling housing stock and help the area's homeless. The council has drawn up a housing strategy blueprint to show Ministers the borough's urgent need for investment. The programme highlights problem

  • Tenants' 'fence us in' plea rejected

    COUNCIL tenants who claim they are being harassed by children have asked for fences around their sheltered accommodation. Twenty residents of Cambridge House, Darwen, claim local children are causing a nuisance and committing burglary. One recent incident

  • 5 YEARS AGO: Resorts' pollution rap

    LANCASHIRE'S resorts were reeling from another double-blast as their dirty beaches were branded among the worst in Britain. Blackpool and Morecambe came bottom of Holiday Which? magazine tests and a National Rivers Authority report branded every beach

  • 10 YEARS AGO: Telegraph Royal visit

    IT was announced that Princess Anne was to make a visit to East Lancashire in November visiting the Lancashire Evening Telegraph offices and the town's new £3m leisure complex Waves. The newspaper was to celebrate its centenary 15 days before the royal

  • GOLF: Hole for one - and one for all

    THE SKINNER family from Ramsbottom have gone hole-in-one crazy this season. After spending their entire golfing careers without even coming close, all three scored aces within months of one another. Strike one: April - Robin, a 19-handicapper, (pictured

  • CRICKET (NATWEST TROPHY): Up and Down Under!

    MICHAEL Bevan and Stuart Law had mixed emotions as they met up at Heathrow Airport for the flight home to Australia last night. Law set up Essex's semi-final victory over Surrey at The Oval with a 38-ball half century. But Bevan's 85, the highest score

  • Save our kids from violence

    WORRIED parents who claim their children have been subjected to violence at the hands of teenage gangs are fighting back. The residents of Queen Street, Darwen, have got together a petition detailing incidents of violence and abuse they say takes place

  • Braille town guide for blind

    A BRAILLE map for blind visitors to Burnley town centre may be in place by next spring. The Burnley and District Society for the Blind and Partially Sighted are appealing for sponsors towards the cost and have been promised help from the Mayor of Burnley's

  • Sue earns 'dream' job

    LONG-SERVING secretary Sue Banks has achieved her career ambition after 23 years. Sue has been appointed company secretary for Wolstenholme Rink plc and is now responsible for the firm complying with its legal and statutory obligations. Sue, who was assistant

  • It's good to talk if A-levels flop

    HELP for students unhappy with their A-level exam results tomorrow is just a phone call away- on THREE special lines. The Samaritans, East Lancashire Careers Service and the Business and Technology Education Council, are all prepared for calls from students

  • The irony escaped me

    IN response to the remark of Rose Ragnall (Letters, August 5) on the Channel 4 True Stories documentary 'Experiment of the Cross,' which detailed conditions in Youth Corrective Camp 115 at Almaty, Khazakstan, I find a loathsome smugness pervades her letter

  • Town council fight to keep services control

    A ROW has broken out after Rossendale Council announced radical plans which could strip Whitworth Town Council of its responsibilities. Since local government was reorganised in 1974 Whitworth, formerly an urban district council, has been in the unusual

  • It pays to seek financial advice

    BUSINESSES in Lancashire planning to sell are advised to get as much information as possible from a professionally qualified accountant. The Chartered Association of Certified Accountants (ACCA) says businesses should make sure they get a price that will