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Lancashire | Archive | 1999 | September

Stories for 25 September 1999

Accrington News

Serious injuries

A WOMAN suffered serious spinal injuries in a car crash in Church Lane, off Whalley Road, Clayton-le-Moors. more...

Blackburn Info

Blackburn Leisure

SINGLES

GROOP DOGDRILL: Angel Wings (Mantra) - Loud, brash directionless rock which sounds like a poor man's Therapy? - a poor prospect indeed. (4/10) PB more...

Cellar Bar, Blackburn: GONE BEGGIN', Irish folk

King George's Hall, Blackburn: HISTORY OF NORTH WEST SOUL, Wigan Casino reunion event, £8/£10, 9pm to 2am more...

What's on Sunday and Monday September 26, 27

Picture This! - help to create a giant collage, Pepper Hill Barn, Wycoller, 2pm. more...

Blackburn News

A-Jay sign record deal

ACCRINGTON's funk rock exiles A-Jay And The Maya have clinched a record deal and hope to have their first single out by February. more...

Girls aged 12 seek pregnancy tests

GIRLS as young as 12 have been turning up at a sex advice centre for pregnancy tests, according to its annual report. more...

E Lancs 'nearly lost' health authority

THE man who spearheads the NHS in East Lancashire today revealed that the area was in danger of losing its own health authority. more...

Pub's late hours bid for High Court

A PUB landlord is taking his fight to serve until 2am to the High Court. more...

Mum and kids forced to flee 'war zone' home

A DISTRAUGHT woman and her four children have been left homeless by vandals who are running amok on a troubled Blackburn estate. more...

Free smoke detectors for house fire victims

FIRE safety officers across East Lancashire are launching a campaign to stop fires happening twice. more...

Women's views sought on road plan

WOMEN have been asked to get involved in the consultation over plans for a new ring road round Blackburn town centre. more...

'Stolen' TV and video had been pawned

A WOMAN faked a burglary at her home to conceal the fact that her rented television and video had been pawned. more...

Ellie and Richard are top of the tots

MEET bonny baby Richard Staines and top tot Ellie Ainsworth - winners of the Lancashire Evening Telegraph Baby Competition 1999. more...

Traffic chaos after lorry overturns

AN overturned lorry caused traffic chaos for more than five hours after overturning at a busy junction - but the driver narrowly escaped serious injury. more...

Blackburn Sport

ANGLING: With Kingfisher

PROSPECTS for the next few weeks are nothing less than excellent, and all you pleasure anglers must take full advantage while you can. more...

MOTORCYCLE: Barton after podium place

DARREN Barton heads for Donington Park tomorrow knowing that a place on the podium will be enough to take the British 125cc title. more...

STOCK CARS: Crash go John's title hopes

JOHN Lund, above, just missed out on a record seventh World Stock Car title after an action-packed final at Coventry's International Motor Speedway. more...

TOP PER-FORMER: Saturday Interview with Per Frandsen

IT'S no wonder Per Frandsen likes to spend his spare time at the movies. more...

Clarets notes

IT'S OFFICIAL. Paul Cook is the pass-master of the Second Division. more...

Rovers notes

THE Worthington Cup third round draw will be made on Sky Sports One tomorrow at 3.15pm and a completely new format will be used. more...

Robbo's going nowhere, saystTernent

MARK Robertson will not be heading out of Turf Moor - despite claims from his national team boss that he needs to be playing first-team football to win a place in the Olympics. more...

Macca on road to recovery

JASON McAteer could make his long-awaited comeback with an appearance for Blackburn Rovers Reserves at Bradford next Wednesday. more...

Bolton Leisure

WHATS ON IN BOLTON W/E 25-9-99

MUSIC & DANCE - SUNDAY more...

Bolton News

Model mum's stalking ordeal

She was showered with letters... and a plant By Matthew Taylor A BOLTON man has been found guilty under stalking laws of harassing a former model by bombarding her with letters - and a plant. more...

The drivers shouldn't hit trees

COUNCILLOR Foster's explanation for the removal of trees on the A58 ring road is completely illogical. On the one hand he claims that it is not satisfactory to have contra-flow traffic on one carriageway, i.e. a single lane in each direction, to enable road repairs to be carried out and then goes on to say that they propose to do just that by widening the road and adding cycle lanes to leave a single lane in each direction. There is nothing wrong with removing some of the trees if the end result is to give more room for motor vehicles to by-pass the town centre. more...

Take the plunge for cancer charity

THE 10th Anniversary year of my Swim for Life Swim Challenges has one remaining challenge and I am delighted that John Barnes has joined me in this Challenge. So far your readers have made this a very special year. more...

There is good and bad in all

I HAVE been reading the current debates about God's existence with great interest. more...

Looking for friends

I WOULD like to trace two ladies from way back. more...

Wheels put in motion to restore industrial treasure

THE last piece of Turton's industrial heritage - a water wheel 200 years old - is being lovingly restored to its former glory. more...

Reunion planned

I am trying to trace Joyce Hilton and Mavis Cook who lived in the Breightmet area in the fifties and attended Radcliffe new school or anyone else now living in the Bolton area who left the same school in 1955. We are planning the reunion in May 2000. Ifanyone is interested please get in touch with: Jennifer Fitton (Taylor) 0161 724 9582 or Mavis Barnes (Lomax) 01204 795476. Many Thanks. more...

Neighbours being driven to despair

A QUIET residential cul-de-sac of four houses is being used as nothing short of an unofficial car park for a large company plant, according to the residents living there. more...

Super-office 'will fight' for residents

NEW Bury Housing and Community Office intends to "raise the roof" when it comes to the needs of its local tenants. more...

Jodi needs a ticket to ride

A TRAINEE hairdresser says a jobs loophole is threatening an exciting new work opportunity after years on the dole. more...

BEACON WILL BECKON IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM

A TORCHLIGHT procession and lighting of a beacon will mark an atmospheric start to Bury's Millennium bash. more...

Sarah heads West for dance show success

A BOLTON teenager is going stateside for the dancing chance of a lifetime. more...

Shut shops in memory of our fallen heroes

SUNDAY shopping could come to a temporary halt while Bolton remembers its war heroes. more...

Special day for old boy Sir Alan

BOLTON Institute's annual awards ceremony marked a special day for a former Farnworth Grammar School boy. more...

£300,000 HAS TO BE STUMPED UP TO REPLACE ROTTING LAMPS

BOLTON Council is going to have to find £300,000 to replace corroding light columns. Shocked highways chiefs have discovered that they have 750 which need replacing. Cllr Jack Foster, chairman of Bolton's planning and environment committee, said that they are all below standard. He later explained that councils across the country had been warned that one particular type of column has been found to have a design fault. He said: "They are not dangerous at present, but they are corroding sooner than they should have done and they need replacing." The council has so far replaced 370 and the whole project should be finished by 2004. But Cllr Foster warned that the money will have to come out of the planning and environment committee budget. However, officers will be looking at ways of bringing in extra money to fund the project. He said: "This has come as a bit of a blow to us. There seems to be a fault in these columns." more...

Chippy torture for super dieters!

MUM and daughter super slimmers certainly had their work cut out when they joined a diet club. more...

Pieces of Silver

MY daughter, who doesn't live with us any more, came to stay the weekend a couple of Saturdays and Sundays ago. more...

Bolton Sport

FANS VENT FURY OVER TODD'S DEPARTURE

WANDERERS fans from near and far have their say on the Wanderers crisis which has left the club managerless and could lead to an exodus of star players. Here are just some of the many messages E-mailed to the BEN from fans at home and overseas. We will publish more of your views in tomorrow's BEN! WELL that has put a dampener on things - what do we celebrate, Todd leaving at an opportune moment or the arrival of a new manager? more...

HISTORY SHOWS THAT TODD WAS A SUCCESS

THE passing of time will show that Colin Todd was a successful Bolton Wanderers manager. more...

Fans' warning

DISGRUNTLED Wanderers' fans were urged today not to deepen the club's financial plight by voting with their feet. more...

Burnley News

Bag-snatch teen left victim needing artificial shoulder

A PENSIONER seriously injured after a schoolboy tried to mug her today told of her "devastation" after the 15-year-old walked free from court. more...

Freda's fury as teen robber is freed

A PENSIONER seriously injured after a schoolboy tried to mug her today told of her "devastation" after the 15-year-old walked free from court. more...

Council staff first in scramble for 'fat cat' jobs

TOWN Hall workers have a head start in the race for "fat cat" salaries for running the company which will take control of all Burnley's council houses. more...

MP joins coal mine protest

CONCERNED residents from three boroughs are expected at a public meeting to thrash out issues surrounding a planned 67-acre coal mine on moorland above their homes. more...

Resource centre work to start at last

WORK on converting Burnley's former Water Board premises into a new information and activity centre is finally expected to start next week - more than seven months after community volunteers bought the building. more...

Dialysis progress welcome says MP

BURNLEY MP Peter Pike, has welcomed progress being made for renal dialysis facilities in Lancashire, after receiving a letter from the Department of Health outlining the plans. more...

Clitheroe News

Fight for grammars urges head teacher

A HEAD teacher has called for community support in the face of Government moves to close grammar schools. more...

Lib Dem call for tax on green field building

A PROSPECTIVE Parliamentary candidate has called on a rural MP to support a 'greenfield tax.' more...

Cancer fighter Margaret's booklet helps other

BATTLING Margaret Seed has not let her fight against cancer get her down. more...

Darwen News

Developer quells flood fears

WORRIED residents have been assured their gardens will not be flooded when new homes are built nearby. more...

Grammar school reunion planned

A reunion is being planned for pupils and staff of the former Darwen Grammar School. more...

Nelson News

Thieving care worker sent back to prison

A SENIOR care assistant who stole a pensioner's savings, was sent to prison, later freed, and is now back in jail. more...

Houses may go on 'industry' field

FIELDS earmarked for a controversial industrial estate may be used for housing instead, a senior Pendle councillor has suggested. more...

Rawtenstall News

Carolyn to be Harley rider

MOTHER-of-two Carolyn Wolstenholme will have her dream come true riding pillion on a Harley Davidson thanks to the Lancashire Evening Telegraph. more...

Going, going, Gola. Firm buys Shankly's boots

A SPORTSWEAR firm topped the bidding for boots worn by soccer legend Bill Shankly. more...

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