HUNDREDS of commuters were hit when electrical problems sparked off major train delays today. Passengers were left stranded on platforms in Darwen and Blackburn for over an hour and taxis were laid on for frustrated passengers. The delays were triggered
A CAMPAIGN aimed at hitting back against racists is launched in Blackburn tomorrow. More than 40 organisations are joining forces to form the Blackburn with Darwen Partnership against Racial Harassment. The new group is being launched at King George's
FINANCIAL corruption among council staff in Lancashire is almost non-existent despite a report which claims there was £4 million worth of fraud in Lancashire, North Yorkshire and East Yorkshire in 1997/8. Councillors and finance chiefs throughout East
PAUL Smith is facing an anxious wait to see if he will be added to Burnley's lengthy injury list. The Clarets' winger was withdrawn from Tuesday night's win over Oldham because of a knee injury. And manager Stan Ternent confirmed the full extent of the
FIREWORK yobs who risk their own lives and those of others are being targeted in a tough new Bonfire Night crackdown. The scheme was launched as a heartbroken mother spoke of her horror when she found out her son had been badly burned while playing with
A FAMILY accused of spearheading a two-year reign of terror on a Blackburn council estate faced eviction. Residents, police, council officers and councillors attended a packed meeting about vandalism and racial harassment on the Daisyfield estate. Blackburn
TRAFFIC experts said raising the official speed limit on a country lane "racetrack" would make the road safer. Worried residents on Blackburn Old Road, Great Harwood, opposed raising the limit from 30mph to 40mph at Hyndburn highways committee. But traffic
BANK of England governor Eddie George is in for a tough few weeks after he was reported as saying that job losses in the North were a price worth paying to curb inflation. He was quick to claim his remarks were taken out of context, and he was backed
DESPITE the ban on bangers and mini-rockets, I have seen unsold bangers and mini-rockets left over from last year on sale in one or two places. I bet airbombs will come under a similar ban next year. These are also powerful, and some of them reach good
I DON'T usually bother responding to the ranting of Walt Meadows, but his contribution to the discussion on homelessness (LET, October 19) leaves a lot to be desired. If he had gone to the trouble of reading the Council's response to the government on
SHEILA Brennan (Letters, 30.9.98) would like us to believe that medical advances appear out of thin air. This notion should be dismissed as pseudoscientific nonsense because any complete study indicates that animal research has aided medical progress.
A NEW system of accountability will be introduced to Burnley Health Care Trust to ensure all customers receive a first class service. Medical director Linda Patterson outlined the new system, called clinical governance, to a board meeting at Rossendale
PLANS to fund improvements to buildings at a Hyndburn school are on course, the headmaster told the school's 40th anniversary speech night. A building project at St Christopher's CE High School, Accrington, is set to start in February, with improvements
Evening Telegraph Insight TWO East Lancashire women who are living proof that breast cancer can be beaten are Lesley Knight and Elsie Collinge. Both faced the feeling of dread and uncertainty when diagnosed with the killer disease and came through the
BRITISH Aerospace has joined forces with Exeter University to make sure its customers get the best possible in-service support. The Customer Support business unit has signed the five-year Memorandum of Agreement with the university in a bid to collaborate
RESIDENTS and traders are being asked to get involved in helping to bolster trade in Brierfield town centre. The Town Centre Forum is asking for ideas on how trade can be improved and how life and vitality can be encouraged back into the town. The forum
THE future of Rossendale General Hospital will be known before Christmas -- and chairman of Burnley Health Care Trust Brian Foster assured residents that it had a "positive future." Former porter John Chown, of Gladstone Street, Bacup, told a meeting
experience FORGET the £3.3 million paid for Alan Shearer, the £5 million splashed out on Chris Sutton and the £7.25 million coughed up for Kevin Davies. Blackburn Rovers' next signing could be the biggest ever -- whatever the price. Players and supporters
A CONTROVERSIAL plan to extend at a quarry in Edenfield has been given the go-ahead despite the objections of residents who say more than 400 wagons will now thunder past their home every day. Lancashire County Council has given the green light to the
A BUTTERFLY dozing on a bilberry bush has won amateur photographer Simon Booth recognition in an international wildlife competition. Simon snapped the sleeping green hairstreak on moorland at White Coppice, near Chorley, and will receive a Specially Commended
A HEARTBROKEN young couple who have spent the last two months decorating their dream home wept today as they surveyed the damage caused by a devastating fire. Anthony McCombs and Victoria Roe only moved into the two-bedroomed house on Monmouth Avenue,
CHRIS Sutton has given Blackburn Rovers a glimmer of hope in the middle of the worst injury crisis at Ewood in memory. The striker, suffering from a stress fracture of the ankle, has been cleared to do some light training after another visit to the specialist
Lancashire harpist Maxine Isobella Mulin, at St Peter's Church, Darwen, 7.30pm. In aid of the Macmillan Nurses and church funds. New to You Sale, Cambridge Street Methodist Church, Accrington, 6pm. "Much Ado About Nothing" presented by the Players in
SUPERMARKET staff have joined forces with pupils to assist orphaned and injured hedgehogs. Chatburn Hedgehog Sanctuary was established by villager Anne Griffin at her home near Clitheroe three years ago. The sanctuary cares for up to 20 orphaned or injured
THE season of bangs and flashes is upon us. The celebration of the night Guy Fawkes was caught trying to blow up Parliament, which visitors to these shores find so puzzling, has developed into something more sinister. The yobs and hooligans who cause
DALE wasted a host of chances in this NWTL Floodlit Trophy first round second leg but Simon O'Brien's first half strike was enough to secure an aggregate win. A 2-0 victory in the first leg at Dark Lane gave United a platform on which to play some free-flowing
I WOULD like to thank you and all your staff for helping to promote our 33rd annual exhibition -- and especially the staff of your promotions department. Once again the exhibition was a success both financially and from the number of visitors through
WORLD Superbike Champion Carl Fogarty could be set for a triumphant return to the Isle of Man TT next year. The Blackburn bullet could do a special parade lap as a tribute to TT fans who helped him earlier in his racing career. Foggy said: "It was something
Accrington ace Shokat Ali's reign as snooker's latest giantkiller came to an end at Preston yesterday. Our man Andy Neild watched his sad defeat WHITE crushed last Thursday, white-washed yesterday -- it's been a strange six days for Shokat Ali. The Accrington
I FEEL that Ron Freethy (Letters, October 9) has misunderstood our concerns about the Duke of Westminster's recent announcement about access to his Abbeystead Estate. The government has said that if it is to be satisfied that freedom to roam legislation
VICKY Holden and Kurt Tomlinson received top honours after their hectic year of activities at Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale Sea Cadets. The 13-year-olds from Towneley High School, Burnley, were picked as best boy and girl cadet for 1998 and had their
TRANSPORT police who waged war on vandals and trespassers causing chaos on East Lancashire railway lines, have cut the problem in half, thanks to a hard-hitting summer safety campaign. British Transport Police, based at Preston, have hailed the initiative
VILLAGERS in Dunnockshaw are celebrating victory after a campaign to stop a former old folks' home being used for children who have been taken into care for their own protection. Lancashire County Council Social Services have told residents that the application
Evening Telegraph Insight PENSIONER Elsie Collinge is living proof that breast cancer can be beaten -- and she is helping to raise awareness and money to combat the disease. When breast cancer was still a taboo subject her story appeared in The Evening
Food News with Christine Rutter DIWALI is the largest and most lively festival of the Hindu calendar and marks the New Year for both Hindus and Sikhs. It is known as the Festival of Lights and lamps are lit throughout Indian homes to mark the homecoming
SIXTY five per cent of businesses in Lancashire and Cumbria have yet to provide the Valuation Office Agency with important information that may have a direct impact on the rates they pay. The review of rateable values, Reval 2000, is underway and affects
THE number of business failures in the North West has plunged by 25 per cent in the past three months, according to figures published this week. Thirty-six companies in the region folded in the quarter to September 30, compared with 48 in the previous
PRIVATE landlords in Pendle were given advice on the latest laws and their rights and responsibilities during the first in a series of forums organised by Pendle Council. The forum at Colne Town Hall yesterday was led by staff from the council's housing
A PUB company has withdrawn controversial plans to convert a former town hall into a pub, in the face of opposition from councillors and local people. But Preston-based Inns & Leisure is expected to come back with a new application in a bid to overcome
A "KIND-hearted" man was going to the aid of a woman under threat when he was stopped and caught over the drink-drive limit, a court was told. John Edward Durkin, 41, was "not quite a knight in shining armour," but a man whose heart was in the right place
A 44-YEAR-OLD Darwen man died two days after refusing hospital treatment following a fall in his garden. But an inquest heard there was no way of knowing if it was the fall that had killed him or the epilepsy from which he had suffered for seven years
FIREWORK yobs who risk their own lives and those of others are being targeted in a tough new Bonfire Night crackdown. The scheme was launched as a heartbroken mother spoke of her horror when she found out her son had been badly burned while playing with
VILLAGERS in Dunnockshaw are celebrating victory after a campaign to stop a former old folks' home being used for children who have been taken into care for their own protection. Lancashire County Council Social Services have told residents that the application
