AN East Lancashire dairy is the cream of the crop after becoming a regional winner in the annual farming "Oscars." Little Town Dairy, Longridge, is the North West winner in the Food From The Countryside section of the National Farmers' Union's President's
NEIGHBOURS' objections to controversial plans to turn a remote farmhouse into a home for traumatised children look set to be overruled. Councillors will meet tomorrow to decide whether to approve plans to turn isolated Far Brex Farm at Coal Pit Lane,
THE Rossendale village of Stacksteads now has an official stone to mark the millennium. Coun Michael McShea, a ward councillor for eight years, had the idea for the stone when he was talking to Stacksteads businessman Brian Boys who asked what the village
STAFF at a Pendle primary school received a framed certificate and £100 after including a road safety clause in their home-school agreement with parents. Colne county councillor and Lancashire highways and transportation committee vice-chairman Tim Ormrod
BLACKBURN Rovers defender Callum Davidson is hoping to get the nod for the second leg of Scotland's Euro 2000 play off with England at Wembley tomorrow. Davidson was fighting to shake off a hamstring strain before last Saturday's first leg at Hampden
BURNLEY'S leading scorer Andy Payton will not be heading for promotion rivals Wigan Athletic in a swap deal involving prolific Latics' striker Stuart Barlow. Stories have been circulating that an exchange was on the cards following Barlow's decision to
AFTER criticising the lack of "live sport covered by the once-unbeatable BBC, I was interested to learn that, yet again, ITV have managed to secure the "live game for the second leg of the Euro 2000 qualifier at Wembley. Once again, they are outwitting
I AM writing to you to express my bitter disappointment about my treatment at Ewood Park a week last Saturday afternoon (v Ipswich Town). As a Blackburn Rovers supporter, I have been attending matches for many years. Like many other fans, I was very sad
JIMMY O'Donnell is making a habit of knocking over the stars of the Darwen Hotels Snooker League! The Prince of Wales veteran beat Mark Jennings in the last frame to clinch a 6-2 win which took Prince into second place above Jennings' Top Con B team.
SANTA Claus and television star Jim Bowen were tripping the light fantastic in Blackburn for the Christmas illuminations. The town was flooded with colour at 6.30pm when the Bullseye celebrity and Lancashire Evening Telegraph Good News Club number one
THE national hunt season has really started with a bang, and with the tragic death of French Holly it is looking like only a two-horse race for next March's Gold Cup. It's between See More Business and Florida Pearl - unless something really outstanding
THE cankerous influence of high inflation in the economy is an affliction that needs no spelling out to anyone who endured its effects a generation ago and suffered in the jobs holocaust that came with the "sound money" Thatcherite purge to get rid of
AN MP's missing mail is being investigated by Royal Mail. Burnley MP Peter Pike said he has had serious problems with post not arriving. He said investigations were going on but as yet there had been no explanation. In a message to constituents the MP
ARSONISTS have caused extensive damage to the former Waterloo Hotel in Trafalgar Street, Burnley, for the second night running. The empty building has just been sold to a buyer from the south of England who intends to redevelop it. Trafalgar Street was
RESULTS include- Best conditioned: 1 Christopher Brierley (Foxhills Candice), 1 Frances Perry (Ellarslea Brisas), 3 Amanda Edwards (Gandolpho's Dream Surprise), 4 B P Van Noortwrst (Winguard Jacobean); Shetland Pony: 1 Linda Craven (Creech Torch Dance
IN reply to Councillor Adrian Shurmer's letters in the LET, I would like to point out that the meeting with Lancashire County Council was a very constructive meeting. Although Coun Shurmer attended the meeting, I don't think he was actually there. He
I WAS aware of the situation on the Grane road, but recognise the very important role that the Lancashire Evening Telegraph and other media has in pressing for action on the Grane road. We agreed the introduction of the new speed limits, which I have
NEARLY 150 women gathered at Burnley's Habergham High School for the annual East Lancashire Women's Day Conference. Guest speaker was Reona Joly, from New Zealand, who now lives in Harpenden, Hertfordshire. She works for the Youth With A Mission Organisation
UP to 15 new jobs will be created in Burnley town centre if planners give the green light to a proposed private members snooker and pool club. National company Allied Leisure, based in Loughborough, is bidding to buy the top two floors above the newly-opened
BURNLEY Writers Circle had their handiwork rewarded at the group's prizegiving at Sion Baptist Church. And members were delighted that president Josephine Hilton, who is in her 80s, was able to attend the 45th prizegiving and buffet. The club meets monthly
THE race to find the new manager of Blackburn Rovers is believed to have been whittled down to just three candidates today. Jack Walker and the Ewood board met yesterday to draw up a short list as the quest to find Brian Kidd's successor hots up. And,
GASKELL Carpets, of Rishton, held a dinner dance at the Stirk House, Gisburn, for employees with more than 21 years service with the firm. Guests included Michael Hargreaves who has clocked up 50 years' service, Margaret Byrne who is about to reach 42
VISITORS to Accrington town centre will be able to get their skates on - whatever the weather - when a portable ice rink is erected during the run-up to Christmas. Hyndburn Council has arranged to hire a portable rink which will be set up in front of
WORKERS at British Aerospace are celebrating the Italian job! The first of the Eurofighter Typhoon rear fuselage assemblies has been delivered to Italy in the first major shipment between the four partner nations of the project. The assembly, built in
PROSPECTS at engineering group L Gardner, parent firm of Cleveland Guest, are "encouraging" after the firm announced a leap in profits. For the year to year to August 31 pre-tax profits rose to £9.6million compared with £6.34 million in the previous year
POLICE today revealed that a youth has been arrested and released on bail in connection with the rape of a 15-year-old girl while detectives await the results of forensic tests. The 19-year-old, from Brierfield, was detained following the attack in an
FRUSTRATED motorists have once more been left fuming in queues of traffic on the A666 - all because of a mound of rubble. Peak time drivers became stuck in huge traffic queues in and out of Darwen yesterday because rubble, dug up during a recent £1million
POLICE today revealed that a youth has been arrested and released on bail in connection with the rape of a 15-year-old girl while detectives await the results of forensic tests. The 19-year-old, from Brierfield, was detained following the attack in an
POLICE have questioned a man following a stabbing in Blackburn town centre in the early hours of Saturday. Twenty-year-old James Wrigley was stabbed after two groups of youths clashed outside the Never Never Land nightclub in Market Street Lane. Police
YOUNGSTERS who won a schools road safety quiz collected a new bike each. Michael Slevin, of Wellington Street, and Christopher Wilkinson, of Rylstone Drive, both Barnoldswick, picked up their prizes at Barnoldswick Library. The bikes were donated by local
A FIREFIGHTER has slammed vandals who broke into a derelict house and set fire to the staircase, warning they had put their lives at risk. The vandals broke into the house in Cockermouth Close, Blackburn, at 10.30am on Saturday, by breaking the shutters
EXTRA security guards will be drafted in to patrol Blackburn hospitals on Millennium Eve amid fears that casualty units could be swamped by violent, drink-fuelled patients. The number of security staff patrolling Blackburn Royal Infirmary and Queen's
RESIDENTS in the Rossendale locality of Weir say planned open-cast mining will destroy their village. Seven years ago they successfully fought a similar mining application by R and A Young, from Wigan, when they formed the protest group Weir Against Moors
A SINGLE man allegedly sexually assaulted five little girls and got into bed with one of them, a court heard. Burnley Crown Court heard how Graham Farrer, 44, "babysat" for his alleged victims, using the opportunity to fondle the children. Farrer, of
PISTOLS, ammunition and weapon-making equipment were seized by police who raided a Blackburn flat after a man threatened youths with a gun. It is understood the man was angered by a young gang standing near his car in Fosse Close, Blackburn, at 7.30 last
I FEEL a lot of sympathy for Brian Kidd with his pride and passion for football. What a pity it was not displayed on the pitch by his 11 players who in my opinion must take a lot of the blame for his sacking. Football - do they know what that word is
UNION leaders have expressed serious concerns over job losses at a factory network which employs more than 150 disabled people in East Lancashire. Remploy was today expected to announce seven factories around the country were to close with the loss of
A fan's-eye view from Turf Moor, with Stephen Cummings EVERY year they come. They turn up in their hundreds. Droves of them file through the Turf Moor turnstiles like a group of over-excited schoolkids out on a day trip. And they invariably depart the
THE performance of the England football team can be summed up as "adequate," or even "workmanlike." They did all they were expected to do against an ordinary Scottish team. Let's not get carried away - there are far sterner tasks to face, to prove their
A WELDER escaped serious injury when an explosion blew his welding equipment 30 feet into the air and through the roof. Colin Griffiths, 50, was working on a tank with two other men at Loks Plasma Services, Lower Philips Road, Blackburn, when the accident
A fan's-eye view from Ewood Park, with Phil Lloyd I HAVE it on good authority that Uncle Jack and the Rovers board have decided to adopt a beauty contest format to decide who should be the new Rovers manager. This column now gives a unique insight into
EDUCATION in East Lancashire received a multi-million pound boost today as the government pledged to raise standards in schools and set up after-school clubs. Lancashire County Council and Blackburn with Darwen Council won an £8 million share of the money
THE race to find the new manager of Blackburn Rovers is believed to have been whittled down to just three candidates today. Jack Walker and the Ewood board met yesterday to draw up a short list as the quest to find Brian Kidd's successor hots up. And,
Not the National Theatre present "Not About Heroes," King George's Hall, Blackburn, 7.30pm. Institution of Mechanical Engineers meet Barton Grange Hotel, 6.30pm. Lunchtime Recital, Blackburn Cathedral, 1pm-1.30pm. Local History Talk "Padiham At Play,"
VETERAN swimmer Barbara Morton took a break from local competitions and headed off to Perth, Western Australia, for the 7th Pan Pacific Masters Championships. She was the only local representative among 700 swimmers from 16 countries who were taking part
A £4.5 million new look was coming to the Blackburn branch of Marks and Spencer. Work had started to almost double the size of the store in King William Street. The project which would make the branch a two-storey store was due to be completed the following
GREAT Harwood cruised into the second round of the Lancashire Marsden Challenge Trophy with the minimum of fuss last night to make up for their disappointing FA Vase exit at the weekend. Manager Denis Underwood was gutted after Crook Town comprehensively
RAMSBOTTOM United have the incentive of a home tie against Consett awaiting them in the next round of the Carlsberg FA Vase providing they can overcome Tow Law Town tonight in a second round replay. Ken Bridge's men drew 1-1 in the North East on Saturday
YET another nightmare appears on the A666 in Darwen where everlasting excavations make it a drivers' hell. This time, it is a mound of rubble blocking one half of this major commuter route. Dug up during a recent water mains replacement project, it could
IN THE Allspeeds Cup this week there was an emphatic 9-0 away win for Whalley over Razor Blades in Group Seven, Des Graham and John Just were too good for the opposition. A depleted Slammers team came away with a creditable 6-3 defeat against second placed
LANCASHIRE face the longest and most hectic cricket season on record next year. The start of the new millennium brings a new look in the domestic programme with seven Tests, a triangular one-day series, and a revamped two divisional county championship
THIS is a letter to the person who broke into my car on Monday, November 8 and stole a small suitcase and carrier bag. The contents belonged to my friend who had died suddenly less than 24 hours previously. Among them was the tape his widow wished played
WHALLEY Juniors, top of the Under 14s Blue League, were beaten 1-0 in a closely fought battle with third placed Oswaldtwistle Juniors. There were mixed fortunes for the Hyndburn sides in the LFA Under 14s Club Cup competition. Blackburn Eagles progressed
TODAY it is five years since our son, Glenn, had a bone marrow transplant. The support we have received from your readers and members of the community all over Lancashire has been fantastic. We could not have done our work in raising the profile of the
THREE members of the trophy-winning Towneley High School brass band have been presented with merit awards, the school's highest honour. David Hughes, cornet, Terri-Marie Hitchon, double bass and Kay Taylor, flugel, received the awards from headteacher
I REFER to a letter, 'Deprived of Church Hall,' (Letters, November 3). Oh how I wish ill-informed people would keep their opinions to themselves or take the trouble to find out the facts before 'spouting off!' To say that Knuzden has been deprived of
POLICE have launched a murder-style inquiry after the death of a 32-year-old man following an incident outside a Todmorden nightclub. Darren Jay, 32, from Littleborough, died at 11pm yesterday in Trafford Hospital, Manchester, after an alleged fight outside
THE switch-on of Burnley's Christmas lights on November 25 promises to be an explosive affair when it is accompanied by a firework display. Town centre manager Lisa Durkin announced plans for the display and an additional 2,000 Christmas lights in the
ROAD safety campaigner Anne Ravenhill is determined to fight on despite a House of Commons transport sub-committee inquiry failing to take on board her calls for compulsory motorway tuition for new drivers. Mrs Ravenhill of Burnley said: "I have been
BURNLEY'S leading scorer Andy Payton will not be heading for promotion rivals Wigan Athletic in a swap deal involving prolific Latics' striker Stuart Barlow. Stories have been circulating that an exchange was on the cards following Barlow's decision to
A GANG wielding baseball bats attacked a man as he walked through Accrington town centre, leaving him in hospital with head injuries. The 40-year-old man was attacked in Paradise Street at about 6.45pm on Saturday and is recovering in Blackburn Infirmary
ROLLS-ROYCE is flying the flag for Britain in the Middle East this week. The aero engine firm, which employs more than 1,000 at its Barnoldswick site, has a major presence at the Dubai 2000 air show. And the firm has announced at the show that the Rolls-Royce
STUDENTS in a Nelson high school are keeping up with the news, improving literacy skills and earning bonuses, thanks to our Super Story Search classroom resource. A daily delivery of our newspaper is going to a group of pupils in year seven at Edge End
IT was a day to remember for young winners of our two NIE local history competitions when they collected their prizes from Lancashire Evening Telegraph editor Peter Butterfield. Superb books and software, all on the theme of history and the millennium
A YOUNG boy suffered serious burns to his hands when a "fire walking" stunt went wrong. Eight-year-old Leroy Potts tripped as he ran across a 6ft-wide pile of hot ashes behind his home in Charles Street, Nelson. He managed to scramble from the ashes but
A HEROIN addict attacked her mother in front of her children, threatening to put her in hospital. Burnley magistrates heard that Nicola Bonsall, 26, branded her mother "a bitch". Mother-of-three Bonsall, of Gibson Street, Nelson, was given 12 months probation
THERE was a chance to do some early Christmas shopping at Derwent Hall's Christmas fair in Darwen. And children had a special treat as Santa paid a visit and talked to youngsters in his grotto, helped out by Holy Trinity Brownies. A variety of stalls
A CONTROVERSIAL sculpture which features a bare bottom will be unveiled at a ceremony on Saturday. "Arte et Labore" has been on view since October to motorists using the junction of the Lower Eccleshill Link Road and the M65. The sculpture has prompted
