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  • Tory stalwart's future in balance

    SENIOR Tory bosses have revealed that a long serving Blackburn councillor's membership of the party is "under review." Coun Edna Arnold, who represents the Livesey and Pleasington ward, was not described as a Conservative party candidate in May when she

  • Goal ace silences Micky-takers

    SEASIDERS old boy Micky Mellon conjured up the perfect response to the flak he received from the Blackpool fans - and made a friend rich into the bargain by shooting Burnley to victory at Turf Moor yesterday. Mellon's sizzling second-half strike sunk

  • Diwali festival celebration

    A SPECTACULAR dance display formed part of a colourful celebration during the Diwali "Festival of Lights" held at Beardwood School in Blackburn. Blackburn Hindu Centre organised the festival, which also included live Indian music with modern songs, folk

  • Bomb blast terrifies old pair

    A TERRIFYING home-made bomb blew out the windows of two elderly neighbours' homes. The old women, who live next to each other in Heysham Crescent, Blackburn, were badly shaken after the explosion late on Saturday night. Residents in Fairhaven Road raised

  • Burnley 1, Blackpool 0

    MICKY Mellon has forged a reputation for surging runs deep into opposing territory which he enhanced to the full with a spectacular celebration of Burnley's winner against his former club yesterday. Having secured three more vital points for the Clarets

  • Principal's fear of 'too much technology'

    THE principal of an independent school warned against the dangers of the overuse of technology during her prize-giving speech. Muriel Ashcroft, principal of Moorland School, Clitheroe, said the overuse of computers was threatening family values and national

  • Wall of water drama

    IT had already been a wet month. So, after more heavy rain overnight, drivers heading along the A677 Blackburn-Haslingden road cutting through the farm country above Oswaldtwistle just after dawn on that November day 29 years ago were hardly surprised

  • TEN YEARS AGO: Power cut mystery

    DOZENS of town centre businesses were hit by a mystery power cut - just an hour after another blackout caused by a car transporter knocking over an electricity junction box. Stores in Blackburn shopping centre shut up shop and covered parts of the precinct

  • NON-LEAGUE SOCCER: Fleetwood Freeport 2 Rossendale United 2

    TWO goals from Jim McCluskie seemed to have put United on the road to another victory, but they finished up hanging on desperately to a vital point. The visitors got off to a dream start when McCluskie toe-poked home from the six-yard box a cross from

  • People power is a boost for democracy

    WHETHER or not the fondness shown by the ruling Conservative group on Hyndburn Council for getting the people it serves to make its decisions is in some part due to it having such slender control that it fears being voted out of power if gets the blame

  • NON-LEAGUE SOCCER: Gt Harwood Town 0 Crook Town 4

    TWO goals in a minute midway through the first half sank erratic Harwood as Denis Underwood's men crashed out of this season Carlsberg FA Vase with little more than a whimper. Underwood was bitterly disappointed at the manner in which his side capitulated

  • Kicking out pet dogs

    HAVING seen dogs on the streets, roads and paths in Nelson and Colne, I think some owners are kicking them out all day in all kinds of weather, when they go to work. If they cannot look after their dogs themselves, they should ask their neighbour to look

  • NON-LEAGUE SOCCER: Accrington Stanley 0 Matlock Town 0

    ACCRINGTON can count themselves unlucky not to have taken all three points as they had what appeared to be a perfectly good goal disallowed five minutes from time. Russell Payne's close range strike being disallowed for a push on a Matlock defender. Visitors

  • SNOOKER: Ali makes it through

    SHOKAT ALI, the Accrington professional, booked his place in the third round of the Liverpool Victoria UK championship, at the Bournemouth International Centre yesterday. Ali, who faces Peter Ebdon for a place in the last 32, defeated Dean Reynolds 6-

  • Frustration major cause

    REGARDING your leading article in the Lancashire Evening Telegraph (November 3) concerning the number of accidents on the Grane Road. Over the past three years, I have used this road daily and have noted the increase in the number of vehicles, following

  • Dragon man's visit is a roaring success

    BEST-selling author Nick Toczek brought his own brand of poetry to classrooms in Burnley Schools. Nick visited St Mary's RC and Todmorden Road Primary Schools to give a poetry performance of his books which include Dragons Everywhere and The Dragon Who

  • Burglar tips off police - about himself

    A DRUG addict rang police to say a house was being burgled - but didn't mention he was doing it. Burnley Crown Court heard how Thomas Fitzpatrick, 23, made the call because he felt remorse when he realised his victim was a woman living alone. Fitzpatrick

  • Stanley chairman wins gate gamble

    ACCRINGTON STANLEY chairman Eric Whalley will not be dipping into his wallet to make up for lost revenue after the club's decision to go ahead as normal with their UniBond First Division clash against Matlock at the weekend paid off. Whalley had said

  • Accident not my fault, claims driver

    A BUS driver interviewed by police after a 24-year-old nurse was hit as she waited to cross the road today said: "She banged her own head against the bus". Ian Moorcroft, who has worked for Accrington-based Pilkington's for more than six years, was interviewed

  • Funding aid for region's firms

    MORE than £800,000 of funding is up for grabs for East Lancashire firms. The East Lancashire Partnership has announced the final round of European funding available to local applicants under the Objective Two programme. Money is available under categories

  • 'Angels' help reduce pain

    A PAIN firm is feeling better about the future thanks to a business angel service. TEChINVEST has helped Advanced Pain Management attract interest from private investors and venture capital funds to help expand the business. APM was set up four years

  • Disabled ramp 'being used as dogs' toilet'

    A DOUBLE amputee today claimed he had become a virtual prisoner in his own home because irresponsible pet owners are allowing their animals to use his disabled ramp as a toilet. Tom Lupton, 54, said the problem had become so bad during the last three

  • Bomb blast terrifies old pair

    A TERRIFYING home-made bomb blew out the windows of two elderly neighbours' homes. The old women, who live next to each other in Heysham Crescent, Blackburn, were badly shaken after the explosion late on Saturday night. Residents in Fairhaven Road raised

  • Amphetamines land man in court

    POLICE who searched a man who looked drunk found a teaspoon and amphetamine on him, Burnley magistrates heard. Wayne Stobbs, 31, of Hawley Street, Colne, was conditionally discharged for six months, after admitting possessing a trace of amphetamine. Margaret

  • Grane Road accidents slashed

    ROAD accidents have been slashed on the notorious Grane Road since the start of the Lancashire Evening Telegraph's Stop the Carnage campaign, it was revealed today. On average, four people were killed or injured every three weeks on the Blackburn to Haslingden

  • Fury over homes plan for fields

    PLANS to allocate a controversial site for house building sparked fury at Pendle full council meeting. The council is in the process of re-drawing its map of potential sites for homes in the borough and has taken out Gib Hill, a large tract of open land

  • Form watch

    DAVIS: Blackpool were no mugs up front but Davis handled the threat and contributed significantly to Burnley's attack as well...9 THOMAS: Like Davis, he came through to win the battle against John Murphy and John Durnin to record another clean sheet..

  • Ternent aims to bolster squad

    STAN Ternent stressed again that his side is not yet the finished article despite their derby triumph over Blackpool which lifted Burnley back up to the fourth place in the Second Division. And the Clarets boss will be looking to bolster his squad when

  • Remembrance Sunday: Sun goes down on century

    CHURCH services and wreath-laying ceremonies were held across East Lancashire, as people remembered those who gave their lives for their country. The service at Blackburn Cathedral on Remembrance Sunday, followed by a procession to Corporation Park for

  • Friendly rivals for Scotland v England

    THE England-Scotland showdown created a fever-pitch atmosphere across East Lancashire as fans from both sides of the border got together to support their teams. Supporters gathered in pubs and clubs when England and Scotland kicked off the first leg of

  • Kelly in fight for fitness

    ALAN Kelly faces a battle to be fit for Blackburn Rovers Nationwide League clash with Fulham at Ewood on Saturday. The 31-year-old keeper suffered a groin strain during the Republic of Ireland's Euro 2000 play off game against Turkey on Saturday and has

  • What's On: Events on Tuesday Nov 16

    Huncoat Ladies Club meet Methodist Hall, Marshall Avenue, Huncoat, 8.15pm. "Into Africa." Friends in Bereavment meet in the Day Hospital, Burnley General Hospital, 7pm." Experiences of a Middle Aged Trekker on the Everest Trail." Blackburn and District

  • FIVE YEARS AGO: Teenage trouble

    TERRIFIED shoppers watched in horror as scores of angry teenagers confronted each other outside Blackburn College. Seven youths, some students from the college, were arrested during the incident which began near Waves in Blackburn. Three of the youths

  • NON-LEAGUE SOCCER: Tow Law Town 1 Ramsbottom United 1 (aet)

    THE Rams deservedly lived to fight another day in the FA Vase after a stirring North-east battle ended all-square . . . and with both sides down to 10 men! The home side hardly got a look in for 20 minutes and David Yorke-Robinson missed a clear opening

  • ICE HOCKEY: Blackburn Hawks 0 Kingston Jets 7

    HAWKS assistant boss Mark Ward summed up this Border League clash in three words: "One to forget." After a disappointing 60 minutes of play Ward was understandably despondent after watching his side fail even to score one goal. "We didn't play well tonight

  • Is pot really harmless?

    THE lobby for the legalisation of drugs to end the criminal control of their supply will no doubt be boosted by the research revealed on BBC1's Panorama programme tonight showing a widespread belief among the police that cannabis is harmless. But can

  • NON-LEAGUE SOCCER: Morpeth 1 Clitheroe 2 (aet)

    CLITHEROE made hard work of this FA Vase clash but booked a place in round three with a goal five minutes from the end of extra time. Paul Greenwood's late, late strike sealed the win for the travelling Blues side who are now unbeaten in five games. It

  • You can make a difference

    I WOULD like to ask readers to give generously to an appeal for victims of the devastating cyclone in Orissa, India. At least 10 million people have been affected by the disaster. Up to 10,000 are thought dead and two million have lost their homes. People

  • Clear code of practice

    SOME days ago I had the pleasure of meeting Councillor Adrian Shurmer for the first time. He was one of several people making up a delegation from Hyndburn Council. We met to discuss issues about road safety, a matter that I take very seriously indeed

  • You've got it wrong

    IT would appear that the Lancashire Evening Telegraph's 'Stop The Carnage' campaign has degenerated to a point where it is beginning to resemble the 'Stoning Sketch' in Monty Python's Life of Brian. Perhaps you have entirely missed the crucial point that

  • The love rivals!

    THERE were mixed feelings at a Burnley pub after England thrashed Scotland 2-0 - the English landlord felt it was the right result for the right team while his Scottish wife had other ideas! Sharon Smith was hoping for moral support from fellow Scots

  • Mum's quick action saves Danielle's life

    BUBBLY Danielle Smith can smile at her mum unaware that last weekend she was fighting for her life against the potential killer disease meningitis. The bonny blonde four-year-old was diagnosed with suspected meningitis last Friday after her mum Mary,

  • Sparks to fly at Big Banger Bash

    A TON of gunpowder will be ignited when a millennium fireworks show takes place at Accrington Asda tomorrow - and staff hope 10,000 people will join them to celebrate the year 2000 at the Big Banger Bash. The event, which begins at 6pm, will include a

  • Wheelie bright idea

    RESIDENTS in Hyndburn could be asked to vote in another referendum - to decide what they want, what they 'wheelie wheelie want' when it comes to refuse collection. Following the referendum which gave people in Great Harwood the chance to vote on the sale

  • Climbing new heights

    A GROUP which promotes environmental awareness among businesses in Pendle has just welcomed its 70th member. Groundwork's Business Environment Association (BEA), established to help firms take a positive approach to environmental issues, has almost 400

  • Girl,15, raped down alley

    A 15-YEAR-OLD girl was dragged into an alley and raped just yards from where people were making their way home in the afternoon rush hour. The girl was dragged into the alley behind shops in Colne Road, Brierfield, and subjected to the sex assault. Detectives