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Stories for 05 October 1998
Accrington News
`Last-gasp' attempt to raise £200,000 to save sanctuary
AN APPEAL to save the Only Foals and Horses Sanctuary has been launched and organisers need to raise £190,000 in two months. more...
Markets in crisis as trade slumps
RISING rents and dwindling custom are causing a crisis at two brand new markets. more...
Court uproar at street death remand
A MAN has appeared in court charged with grievous bodily harm against a man whose body was later found in a street in Church. more...
Real ap-peal for new Millennium
A PEAL of bells will be music to the ears of Rishton people following a 10-year silence. more...
Blackburn Business
She's dreaming of a right Christmas
WENDY Hobson is urging local businesses to take up a challenge and make Christmas better for the needy. more...
Purge on safety of solvents
FOOTWEAR firms are being urged to improve the way they use solvents in the workplace. more...
Callender success a boost for jobs
A NEW factory has been officially opened which will help create more than 50 new jobs in East Lancashire. more...
Blackburn Leisure
FIVE YEARS AGO: Gallery raided
ART raiders smashed their way into the Haworth Art Gallery and stole eight rare pieces of the world famous Tiffany glass collection. more...
TEN YEARS AGO: Straw on attack
ANGRY Labour MPs - led by Blackburn's Jack Straw -- accused Britain's most powerful union boss of treachery for his attack on party leader Neil Kinnock. more...
Events in East Lancashire tomorrow (Tuesday, October 6th)
Blackburn Breast Care Support Group meet Beardwood Hospital, Preston New Road, 7pm. Flower Arranging. more...
Blackburn News
Town centre traffic ban plan
HIGHWAYS experts are recommending traffic is banned from large areas of Blackburn town centre. more...
A graves disgrace
IWAS born and brought up in Blackburn and still visit the town from time to time, though I have lived away for more than 30 years. more...
A trip to treasure
WE have just had the most wonderful four days holiday in the Lake District, run by the Lancashire Evening Telegraph and operated and organised by IGT. more...
Humps are necessary
IN reply to Mr P S Woods (Letters, October 1) regarding the speed humps that have been added to various roads on the Highercroft estate, the reason for these is to slow traffic -- that is cars and buses. more...
Celebrations did us proud
ON Saturday, September 26, I must have been in a different Darwen from Mrs Broadbent (Letters, October 1). more...
The rich lose out - shame
I THANK Councillor Hirst for clarifying the new tax increases on savings. more...
Supporters a joy to meet
WHAT a good crowd of supporters you have in Blackburn. more...
Tories lurch into the wilderness
THE DESIRED image is cool and forward-looking as the conference TV set features trendy IKEA armchairs for the party chiefs. more...
Let's have a fanfare for fabulous Foggy
FABULOUS, Foggy! more...
Home Guards were drunk with power
THE enthusiasm of the wartime Home Guard volunteers who flocked to Britain's defence in 1940 as the Nazi invasion seemed imminent has already been chronicled in Looking Back, writes ERIC LEAVER. more...
Peal for church that became a cathedral
A CELEBRATION peal of bells will mark the 60th anniversary of the laying of the foundation stone at Blackburn Cathedral by the then Princess Royal. more...
Full marks for blitz on truants and bullies
EDUCATION chiefs have welcomed plans to tackle truancy in Blackburn and Darwen schools. more...
DNA tests for 230 woods rape hunt
POLICE searching for a savage rapist are planning to run DNA tests on more than 230 men following a dramatic TV appeal. more...
Revamp goes on in spite of job losses
ONE of Britain's biggest breweries is forging ahead with a £350,000 refurbishment project for a busy Blackburn town centre pub -- despite announcing massive job losses. more...
Super biker Carl is world champ again!
BLACKBURN'S Carl Fogarty collapsed in tears after rewriting the motorcycling record books with a record third World Superbike title. more...
Blackburn Sport
Directors quit Turf Moor board
BERNARD Rothwell and Dr David Iven have sensationally resigned from the Burnley board of directors. more...
SUPERBIKES SPECIAL: I thought my title dream would blow up, admits Foggy
CARL Fogarty endured the "worst race of his life" to clinch his third World Superbike title. more...
ICE HOCKEY: Hawks too hot for the Chill
Swindon Chill 4 Blackburn Hawks 9 ; Blackburn Hawks 14 Swindon Chill 6 more...
Garry glitters! Mr Consistency nets just rewards
Blackburn Rovers 3 West Ham United 0 - Peter White's big match verdict more...
Predatory pride: Burnley so close to shooting down City slickers
Manchester City 2 Burnley 2 - Pete Oliver's big match verdict more...
Blackburn want unhappy Sherwood to talk
BLACKBURN Rovers chief executive John Williams told Tim Sherwood today -- let's talk. more...
Burnley fight 'poaching' claim
BURNLEY will fight Bury's claims over the 'improper' appointments of Stan Ternent and Sam Ellis when they appear before a Football League commission a week on Wednesday. more...
Directors quit Turf Moor board
BERNARD Rothwell and Dr David Iven have sensationally resigned from the Burnley board of directors. more...
Bolton Business
Safety law comes first for Colin
SOLICITOR Colin Fletcher backed Fire Safety Week when he talked to a business seminar about the devastating blaze which wrecked his town centre offices . more...
`Hollywood' date at lecture
A TOUCH of Hollywood magic has been added to the prestigious Bolton Business Lecture on Wednesday, October 21. more...
Bolton Leisure
What's on in and around Bolton (Tuesday, 6.10.9)
THEATRE, MUSIC & DANCE BOLTON Burns Club is holding a dancing class at the Social Centre for the Blind at 7.45pm. more...
Bolton News
School's fine
I FEEL I must write to express my feelings on the report (BEN, September 29) about the Ofsted report on St William of York Primary School. more...
From the BEN files
PENSIONS of £10 a week for a single person and £16 for a married couple will be an absolute priority for the next Labour Government. Shadow Home Secretary Mrs Shirley Williams also promised a revolution in Britain's pensions system 'on the scale of the creation of the National Health Service'. more...
Nationwide backing for Bolton painting campaign
BOLTON's high-profile bid to prevent the export of an acclaimed masterpiece by locally-born Thomas Moran has attracted countrywide support this week. more...
Stop exports of live animals
THREE years ago many of your readers supported Compassion in World Farming's call for the export of live farm animals to be brought to an end. more...
THE BIG ISSUE: Switched on to the digital revolution?
IT does not seem long since the rather odd word NYNEX was in vogue around Bolton and the North-west. The company's name stands for New York, New England and X for the future. more...
OPINION: Take a realistic look at rules
A GOOD old-fashioned dose of commonsense appears to be necessary in dealing with the problems of finding "lollipop" patrols for busy roads. more...
Daily poem
Never think that you don't matter, more...
Demolition rather than renovation
I WAS perturbed by your recent article on the demolition of the Silverwell Street Sports Centre. I see there is, in my opinion, more "apathy on sale", as it now seems the norm to demolish buildings rather than renovate them. The area allocated by the Bolton Technical College for the "fleamarkets" does not compare to the old sports centre's capacity. more...
Tragic son peddled heroin from home
GRADE A student David Crook turned into a violent drug addict who became a perpetual offender -- even thieving from his own family. From being a quiet, fresh-faced pupil of Hulton High School, Little Hulton David suddenly changed into a "lively" teenager with hundreds of friends. Looking back, his devastated mum, Kathleen, realised that it was then -- when he was just 16 years old -- that her son became a heroin pusher. more...
Mission impossible: the job no one wants
LOLLIPOP patrol jobs on one of Bolton's busiest roads have been vacant for FOUR YEARS. Now highways chiefs admit that they are faced with "mission impossible" trying to recruit for the jobs that nobody wants. They have been attempting to take on two people for crossing patrol duties on dual carriageway Moss Bank Way since May 1994. more...
Talented Julie fashions help for the hospice
A BOLTON student made her very own 'fashion statement' when her design skills were put in the shop window of one of the region's foremost department stores . more...
Wedding day joy as David's last wish is granted
A DYING man was granted his wish at the weekend -- to wed his teenage sweetheart in a tear-jerking service in hospital. more...
Charity champs: Pupils raise thousands to help community
PUPILS at Harper Green School, Farnworth, can teach the public a thing or two about community spirit . . . raising thousands of pounds for no less than a dozen charities in just one school year. The mammoth effort by pupils and staff puts the school in a class of its own according to members of the Rotary Club of Bolton. So much so that the youngsters have scooped the Rotary Club's Community Service Award for the second consecutive year. more...
Glamour girl Zoe speaks out on TV
A TEENAGE glamour model has defended her Page Three profession in front of millions of television viewers. Zoe Parker was joined by her dad, Bob, during a studio debate on the Trisha show, which has recently replaced ITV's Vanessa show. Despite some grilling from members of the audience opposed to Page Three modelling, Zoe claims she defended herself well. more...
Boys burned in fireball horror
TWO schoolboys were seriously burned after a prank went horribly wrong. Damien Obertelli and his pal Mark Longworth were set on fire when a can of petrol they were playing with exploded. Flames from the explosion set fire to their nylon tracksuit bottoms and the boys fled screaming from the waste ground known locally as Ladybird Hill. more...
Shaun takes up his army post!
A BOLTON part-time soldier has taken up a posting with a difference in the Territorial Army. more...
Boy, 15 in sniff death tragedy
A SCHOOLBOY has died after a "sniffing for kicks" tragedy with lighter fuel. more...
Cyclists facing town centre ban as council gets tough
WORRIED highways chiefs are calling on police to get tough with cyclists who break the law by riding in Bolton's Victoria Square. more...
Nowt to it!
AH dearn't know if it's me or what. But ah think it's a load o' codswallop abeyt yon Niagra pills. Av bin takin um nay fer a few wicks un, fert be honest, like, a can't raise us smile, never mind owt else. But ut same time, mi rumatics seem a lot bether. more...
Top quality service at the pharmacy
I WAS extremely disappointed to read G Firth's letter of Thursday, September 24, regarding waiting time for outpatients presenting at a hospital pharmacy. more...
Practical tips
Most of us take domestic chores for granted. But imagine what it would be like if your hands were so stiff and crippled that it was impossible to turn the key in the lock of your front door, use a vegetable peeler, open cans or even turn on a tap. more...
Bolton Sport
Todd plans signing swoop
COLIN Todd today revealed his plans to make Wanderers unstoppable in their pursuit of an more...
SOCCER: Chris the culprit
BURY 0 - BRISTOL CITY 1 WHEN the team with the worst defensive record in the division meets a team struggling to find the net regularly, something has to give. Unfortunately for Bury it was their unbeaten home record as City picked up three points from a game that really should have been beyond them. more...
NATHAN'S ONE TRACK MIND
Barnsley 2, Bolton Wanderers 2 NATHAN Blake didn't sound as though he had transfer thoughts in mind as he plotted his route back to the Premiership. "At the end of the season, if we keep winning our home games and picking up a point away, I'll be more than happy," reckoned the in-demand striker, consoling himself after Wanderers had gone within five minutes of ending their 90-year Oakwell jinx and leapfrogging Sunderland. more...
Wanderers chip in with a good turn
WELL-PAID they are but prima donnas they are not. more...
Burnley News
Heroin suppliers trapped by undercover police operation
THREE drug suppliers who got together to peddle heroin with a street value of almost £40,000 to undercover police, have each been sent to jail for three years. more...
Drug dealer sent down but girlfriend escapes
A DRUG dealer who supplied heroin to undercover police is behind bars while the girlfriend he 'begged' to help him has escaped an immediate jail term. more...
Pensioner robbed in his home
A PENSIONER was pushed to the floor and robbed by a man in woman in a frightening ordeal at his home. more...
Vandals in arson attack on police vehicle
VANDALS stole police uniforms and set a patrol car alight as the officers were dealing with a death. more...
`Make-or-break' for aerospace
BRITAIN'S aerospace industry, on which more than 400,000 jobs depend, faces make-or-break as a result of global restructuring after the Cold War, East Lancashire Euro-MP Mark Hendrick has warned. more...
Sculptor makes a REEL impact
SCULPTOR Thompson Dagnall is leading a workshop at Gawthorpe Hall, Padiham, as part of a series of events to mark an environmental action week. more...
Colne News
Asda traffic chaos in store, blasts highways chief
A MASSIVE expansion scheme by two of Pendle's largest stores has come under heavy fire from a county highways chief. more...
Children blamed for mill blaze
FIREFIGHTERS from across East Lancashire helped tackle a fire at a disused mill in Colne. more...
Darwen News
Councillor cleared of DSS benefits fraud
A COUNCILLOR who claimed a statement he made was misinterpreted by DSS officials has won an appeal and had a conviction quashed. more...
Rawtenstall News
Matthew's Raleigh-ing call for cash
A ROSSENDALE student will be taking part in the youth challenge project Raleigh International, but first he needs to raise £3,000. more...
Bid to end grief along the Grane
RESIDENTS living on a notorious East Lancashire road were meeting with council bosses today to demand action before another life is lost. more...
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