ABATTOIRS across East Lancashire have escaped a slaughtering in a national hygiene inspection. Companies were given scores out of 100 based on hygiene levels and the risk to fresh meat. Great Harwood Food Products, part of the Slinger Group, came out
CAMPAIGNERS worried about the future of Ribchester Hospital said the reaction they were getting from Ribble Valley MP David Waddington was "disgusting" and showed how little Mr Waddington knew about the hospital. Doctors, nurses, community health groups
WORKERS at a Burnley factory had a narrow escape after a fire, which could be seen for miles, tore through the building. The 60 staff at toiletry manufacturers Robert McBride's, Windermere Avenue, had been evacuated just an hour before the blaze because
HANDYMAN Darren Weeks has invented a gas safety device which could prevent tragedies like the one in which three people died of carbon monoxide poisoning in Burnley. Emma Nelson, 75, and her grandchildren, 15-year-old Rebecca Marshall and Michael Wright
HUGE increases in council tax bills for most of Lancashire have been rubber stamped at a finance meeting. Labour bosses at County Hall had sent out warnings about the price hike and have been blaming Blackburn with Darwen's decision to go solo for the
RESIDENTS on a busy road claim they are having to play "Russian roulette" every time they reverse their cars out of their driveways. And angry householders have demanded action over speeding motorists who use the route as a rat run to British Aerospace
YOU were good enough to publish (Letters, January 12) my views on the subject of breath-testing during the last Christmas period. Significantly perhaps, there has never been any explanation from Lancashire Constabulary as to how they managed to test so
YEARS of talk about reducing traffic levels have produced a consensus that something must be done. However, congestion and pollution have continued to increase as actual action towards this goal has trailed way behind the debate. But do we now at last
Drive & Stroll, with Ron Freethy: Waddington IF I were to make a list of what the tourist wanted from an English village, the following would be included: an ancient church, a choice of pubs, an old hall, a stream, a set of alms houses and all this
Political Focus, with Bill Jacobs IF CHRISTMAS in the Straw household was a little strained with young William's indiscretion, the New Year is looking very happy and bright. For Home Secretary and Blackburn MP Jack has been anointed Tony Blair's right-hand
HUNDREDS of children were sent home early yesterday when a school had to close because of a water leak. The leak in a water main underneath Pleckgate School, Blackburn, meant that the school's boilers could not function. Headteacher Heather Jamison said
DEMAND for attack alarms has been so high among Pendle pensioners that an extra 800 have been ordered. The first consignment of 250 alarms were snatched up within hours and a waiting list of 700 names quickly built up. The surprise success of the scheme
TIM Sherwood has been rewarded for his inspired leadership of a remarkable Blackburn Rovers revival - by signing a one year's extension to his contract. The skipper, currently enjoying the finest scoring form of his Ewood career, is now contracted to
STAFF at a pizza factory have proved themselves to be among the upper crust! Five employees at the Pizzaman UK site at Lomeshaye Industrial Estate, Nelson, have been awarded NVQs. Anser Ahmed, Pauline Bayliss, Caroline Maclean, and Dawn Hutchinson gained
ENGINEERING firms in East Lancashire are being urged to bid to bring another accolade to East Lancashire. Two years ago the Rolls-Royce Trent engine, which the firm's Barnoldswick plant produces components for - won the MacRobert Award - the Royal Academy
HUNDREDS of new jobs are set to be offered to East Lancashire school leavers. Almost 100 employers have taken stands at the Jobs 98 events being held at Ewood Park and Turf Moor in March. The event is the third to be organised to give young people the
SNOWY the donkey really knows how to get the stars to make asses of themselves! For just one look at her white coat and Snowy is literally eating out of the palm of their hands. From the Spice Girls to Chris Evans, the rising star from Rossendale has
A YEAR after the murder of former Burnley man Stuart Gaskell, the two men accused of his killing have still to be tried in court. South African police are still waiting for the attorney general to forward a High Court date for the trial of the two men
DETAILS have been released of the £290,000 deal for Ilex Mill, thrashed out between councillors and jailed property tycoon Owen Oyston. The semi derelict mill in the centre of Rawtenstall has been earmarked by Rossendale Council for a new town hall and
A ZERO tolerance campaign is to be launched against private hire drivers who illegally ply for trade in Blackburn and Darwen. Council chiefs are worried about the number of unlicensed, rogue drivers illegally plying for trade in the borough and leaving
A POPULAR young mechanic from Clitheroe was killed after he lost control of his high performance Ford Capri on a canal bridge. Gareth John Dickins, 18, of York Street, died at the scene of the horrific accident in Blackburn Road, Clayton-le-Moors. His
LANCASHIRE Hawks face a head-to-head with a former skipper this weekend-twice over. A double date against Fife Fliers in the National Ice Hockey League, sees Hawks confront ex-goal ace John Haig, brother of Lancashire defenceman Bobby, and a player in
A SEVERELY disabled teenager's family have won compensation after they waited almost nine months for a council renovation grant for their "unfit" home. The couple and their five children, including a disabled 13-year-old boy who was incontinent, live
WHILE acknowledging that the Lewis Textile Museum is owned by Blackburn with Darwen Council, I feel that, at least in part, they do hold this amenity in trust to be enjoyed by the people of all those former textile towns that remain in Lancashire. TOM
SOUTH African spinner Corrie Jordaan will not be returning to Lowerhouse, writes TONY GARNER. The slow left armer claimed 100 wickets and topped last season's EW Cartons Lancashire League bowling averages with a miserly 9.44 runs per wicket. But the Eastern
I AM trying to contact an old friend with whom I've lost touch. Her maiden name was Sharon Maloney and I know she lived in Lancashire about eight years ago. We first met in 1986 or 87 when she was in the United States - in Greenfield, Massachusetts, where
REGARDING her remarks in 'Disgust at dustmen' (Letters, January 27), the woman concerned should get off her pedestal and stop being so patronising. Why do the binmen have to be grateful for a wage they work hard to earn? Does she realise how many hours
IF another example were needed of how dead Old Labour is, surely its response on public sector pay provides it. What do we have from Tony Blair and Chancellor Gordon Brown? A squeeze straight out of Tories' guidebook, backed up by the device that, in
I WAS concerned by statements made by Ron Freethy (LET, January 20) and Mike Clarke (Letters, January 23) about the proposals for the future of the Lewis Textile Museum in Blackburn. Ron Freethy suggests that "Lancashire seems happy first to let our heritage
Friday Folk CRAFTY Romeo Tony Raynor had an ace up his sleeve when he planned an extra special marriage proposal . . . his credit card! While other people save up their credit card points and pocket an alarm clock, a set of towels or a cuddly toy, Tony
A MAN was taken to hospital with a lacerated ear after being pinned against a wall by a bull at a slaughter house. Ambulance crews from Clitheroe said the animal tried to bolt for freedom over an iron gate which swung open trapping a worker against a
MORE than 200 workers from former housewares manufacturer Prestige in Burnley will receive three months' wages following an industrial tribunal. Unions were successful in two actions in Manchester; the first to secure a protective award for all union
BLACKBURN Rovers aim to stay at the forefront of youth development, chairman Robert Coar told the annual meeting of shareholders at Ewood last night. The Premier League is spearheading a drive to follow Howard Wilkinson's proposals for top clubs to form
Burnley v York City - Pete Oliver's big match preview WHILE Chris Waddle is demanding a win from his Burnley side to claw themselves off the foot of the Second Division table tomorrow, his counterpart at York City is just as desperate for the points -
CHRIS Waddle will turn to some Aussie grit to help Burnley climb off the foot of the Second Division for the first time since the turn of the year. Assuming he shakes off a minor foot injury, Mark Robertson will replace the suspended Mark Ford in midfield
Liverpool v Blackburn Rovers - Peter White's big match preview STEVE McManaman is now the finished article - thanks not least to some fantastic finishing. Goals have been the catalyst for the Liverpool star's re-emergence as the man to help restore championship
