THOUGH controversy may accompany the aim, the council's plans for the multi-million-pound redevelopment of Church Street in Blackburn town centre can hardly be criticised for their ambition. For they seek to create the most up-market street in Lancashire
I WISH people would take the top off plastic bottles when they put them in waste bins -- as they flatten so much more easily when no air is trapped inside. DANNY McNAMARA, Leeds Road, Nelson.
LAST week, I was travelling through our beautiful Ribble Valley with my uncle from Australia. We remarked at the wonder of the scenery, and he said it was comparable with anywhere in the world. But this illusion was somewhat jolted when a Castle Cement
A CRACKDOWN on off-road motorbikes has started to drive noisy riders away from local neighbourhoods. Action by Wigan Council, which could mean machines being seized, started to bite after legal notices were served on bikers using land in Astley and Bickershaw
ON-LOAN centre back Henning Berg insists Rovers can turns things around despite concerns over the team's away form. "That's always a concern because, if you are thinking about getting promoted, then you need to win away from home as well," said Berg.
WEST Brom boss Gary Megson paid goal-ace Lee Hughes a glowing tribute after his second half strike earned Albion all three points against Rovers on Saturday. The flame-haired striker led superbly from the front with an all-action display and was rewarded
EWOOD boss Graeme Souness felt Rovers were 'outmuscled' as they crashed to their third defeat in four games at West Brom on Saturday. And, with Lee Carsley and Garry Flitcroft both struggling with injuries at present, he revealed he wants to beef up his
THE veterinary centre in Yorkshire Street, Burnley, where David Greenhalgh has been in practice for almost a quarter of a century, is to move and expand. The move to Oakmount House, overlooking the roundabout at Manchester Road and Trafalgar Street, is
INTERNET surfers Will Bailey and Norma Easter had a world wide wedding at Burnley. The couple first 'spoke' to each other in March on an internet Christian chat room and the following day Will travelled from his home in Loughborough to meet Norma, who
WOULD you put the baby in your washing machine? You could with this one (pictured) made in Blackburn more than 90 years ago. For its manufacturers H. Bell and Co, boasted that, as well as serving as a ironing table, baking board or scullery table when
THE Lancashire Evening Telegraph launched a £1million SuperScan appeal to help buy a revolutionary piece of life-saving equipment for the people of Blackburn. The MRI Scanner was to provide a way of detecting a range of serious and potentially fatal conditions
SOAP operas often reflect reality -- but for Jean Barrington (pictured), real life has begun mirroring a television plot. For the past eight weeks, jokers have held one of Jean's treasured garden gnomes hostage, apparently taking it around the world.
A TEENAGER who drew a knife across the throat of an 11-year-old boy causing a small cut has escaped a custodial sentence. Preston Crown Court was told that moments before the attack, he was told by the girl who was then 15: "You don't think I'll do it
ACCRINGTON Clarets hold their annual monthly meeting at the Queen's Hotel in Accrington tonight, start 8pm. Bookings will be taken for the games at Tranmere and QPR.
POMPEY boss Tony Pulis was disappointed to leave Turf Moor without a first away win of the season after feeling his side had done enough to take maximum points. He said: "I thought we controlled the game for long periods. Even before Steve got his goal
STAN Ternent has called on the supporters to be patient after a section of the home crowd voiced their disapproval at Burnley's performance in Saturday's game, when a 1-1 draw with Portsmouth lifted the Clarets up to 10th in the table. Burnley were booed
ABERDEEN are lining up a move to take Ewood misfit Billy McKinlay back to Scotland. Blackburn boss Graeme Souness today revealed the Dons are set to discuss an approach for McKinlay at a board meeting tonight. And that could trigger further transfer activity
BURNLEY are this week expected to return with an increased bid for Stockport County striker Ian Moore. However, if that fails they could turn to Birmingham City striker Dele Adebola to bolster their strikeforce. The Clarets were linked with the former
BURNLEY firm P3 Computers is investing in discs of a different sort by backing up-and-coming local girl band Bliss. The hard-driving sponsorship deal came as three-piece Bliss released their latest single, a cover version of the Undertones' classic Teenage
Swansea City 0 - Bury 2 ANDY Preece's Gigg Lane goal misers took their roadshow down to the Welsh valleys and returned with another victory. The Shakers have now chalked up six clean sheets from their first ten matches and it's that defensive solidity
THE new Kingfisher business centre in Burnley Road, Rawtenstall, had an up and down sort of opening with director Tony Brierley (pictured) abseiling from the roof of the former factory before launching a celebratory rocket. The £800,000 centre was officially
WHEN Nick Hardstaff went into hospital for his operation little did he know he would be treated in the car park! Nick was one of the first to be operated on in a new mobile theatre which will be at the hospital every Friday for a year. Just an hour after
DISABILITY care charity Leonard Cheshire is looking for runners from East Lancashire to take part in the London Marathon to raise funds for disabled people in the UK. Charity co-ordinator Olivia Heyworth said: "The money we raise from the marathon goes
GALLONS of coffee were drunk and a thousand biscuits dunked during the World's Largest Coffee Morning in aid of Macmillan Cancer Relief. Throughout East Lancashire hundreds of people took part in the annual fund-raising effort to help local people living
COUNCIL chiefs are to talk with motorcycling world champion Carl Fogarty over how his achievements can be recognised in his home town of Blackburn. Senior council officers are planning discussions with the four-time World Superbike champion following
A TEARFUL nightclubber was today praying for the recovery of the hero who saved her life after they plunged 25 feet through a glass canopy. The boyfriend of Simone Grosvnor, 19, of John Street, Church, said she could not stop crying because she was so
Bacup Borough 4, Squires Gate 1 THIS was without doubt Bacup's best performance of the season with manager Brent Peters parading his new signings -- defender David Esdale, goalkeeper Darryl Sloane, midfielder Wayne McKenzie, defender Ian McLelland and
Bolton 0 Fulham 2 THE fact that time will probably show that Bolton lost their proud unbeaten record to the First Division champions was scant consolation for manager Sam Allardyce on Saturday. For one thing Allardyce is getting mighty fed-up with Wanderers
Chorley 0, Whitby Town 2 TWO late strikes enabled Premier Division Whitby to pull rank over First Division Chorley in an uneventful FA Cup second qualifying round tie. The Magpies began promisingly in full cry for the Whitby goal, forcing three quick
Blackpool Mechanics 0, Nelson 0 A MAGNIFICENT goal line clearance by Craig Whittaker in stoppage time ensured that the Blues returned from the seaside with a thoroughly deserved point. Goals were the only ingredient missing from this entertaining game
CARL Parker struck twice to help Padiham to a comfortable North West Counties Second Division win over Atherton. Lee Chambers grabbed the opener and Andy Lawson made it four after Atherton were reduced to nine men for the final 20 minutes. Up until that
Durham City 2, Accrington Stanley 2 STANLEY came within four minutes of progressing to the next round but an 86th minute equaliser by Durham substitute John Outhwaite forced the sides to meet again at the Crown ground on Tuesday. A Paul Symons effort
Blackburn Breast Care Support Group, Beardwood Hospital, Preston New Road, Blackburn, 7pm-9pm. Chat Night. Friends in Bereavement, Day Hospital, Burnley General Hospital, 7pm. "A 1000 Years of Folk Medicine and Magic," with Mr Peter Watson. Huncoat Ladies
MAY we pay tribute to Carl Fogarty, a living legend, as he announces his retirement from an illustrious career. We have followed Carl from when he started as a young teenager in Motocross with a club we helped to run. He has given us hours of pleasure
THOUGH confessing to being impatient for the planned redevelopment of Blackburn town centre, Judith Moss (Letters, September 22) admits that mistakes were made in the past in a rush to modernise -- the word then used -- Blackburn in 1960-70. We are again
I HAVE no idea about whether or not Carl Fogarty should become a Freeman of Blackburn -- mainly because I don't know what qualities a person should have to become one. However, one thing I am sure about is that he should have some sort of lasting recognition
IAN Spencer (Letters, September 27) states that I appear to be living in the Dark Ages. If he is referring to the last war, the only thing that was dark were the blackouts when the air raids were on. And despite rationing, they were better times than
JACK Straw's wife was at the centre of a "cronyism" row today after winning a new promotion making her one of the most powerful civil servants in Whitehall. Alice Perkins has been appointed head of Civil Service Corporate Management and is expected to
POLICE this afternoon named the man blasted to death in an execution-style killing as Iain McKay, a 31-year-old warehouseman from Burnley. They revealed the unmarried Lucas worker had been blasted in the back of the head with a shotgun in a lovers' lane
Leigh RMI 2 Dover Athletic 1 TWO pieces of individual brilliance lit up a scrappy Leigh RMI performance and gave the Hilton Park side their first league win in over a month. Tricky winger Steve Jones scored a typically memorable solo effort to put some
West Brom 1, Blackburn Rovers 0 GRAEME Souness had hoped to nurse Craig Hignett slowly back to full fitness as he steps up his comeback from an Achilles injury. But after this disaster at The Hawthorns the Ewood chief may be forced to send the former
DISABLED runner Mark Brown won Burnley fire station annual seven mile road race. Mark was first of 200 runners to complete the course starting and finishing at the fire station in Belvedere Road. The win sets him up nicely for his trip to Sydney to take
CHILDREN gave special presentations at harvest festival services at St John's Church, Worsthorne. The morning and evening services were led by the Vicar, the Rev Lawrence Laycock. The church was decorated with gifts of fruit, vegetables and flowers. Cash
POLICE this afternoon named the man blasted to death in an execution-style killing as Iain McKay, a 31-year-old warehouseman from Burnley. They revealed the unmarried Lucas worker had been blasted in the back of the head with a shotgun in a lovers' lane
DETECTIVES want help in tracing two bogus workmen who stole £50 from an elderly woman's home in Nelson. Det Sgt Mick Collins said: "This was a callous offence and no doubt the victim was targeted because she is in her eighties." The men called at the
A NINETY-NINE year old former Nelson woman had the honour of holding the Olympic Games torch. Sophia Emmott used to live in Derby Street, Nelson, but now lives in Sydney, Australia. But it is only by accident -- literally -- that she has spent nearly
A £400,000 lifeline has been granted by heritage bosses to help save one of Pendle's best known landmarks. The money will be used to carry out urgent repairs to the crumbling St Mary's Church, Nelson, and to protect the listed building from vandals and
WITHOUT wanting to diminish the achievement of Great Harwood's Olympic shooting star, 42-year-old Ian Peel, whose near-perfect blasting away of flying clay pigeons brought him a silver medal in Sydney, I wonder if he could repeat the feat when he's 20
Great Harwood 1, Maine Road 6 GREAT Harwood gave themselves a mountain to climb at home to Maine Road, going two down in the first 10 minutes in this North West Counties Division One clash. A third goal for the visitors just before the break ended the
Swansea 0 Bury 2 THE Shakers eased themselves into second place in the table with an impressive performance at the Vetch Field. Bury took an early lead through Adrain Littlejohn and though the home side put Bury under some pressure, the Shakers defence
INFORMATION packs are being sent to butchers' shops in Pendle outlining the impact of an important new licensing system which comes into operation in November. The new rules are being introduced as a result of the Pennington Report into the tragic deaths
BARONESS Barbara Castle of Blackburn celebrated her 80th birthday surrounded by old friends and top names from the Labour Party. Around 400 people attended the special dinner at the Pembroke Hotel in Blackpool. The event also launched Blackburn Labour
YOUNG Stuart Vine was so upset about the state of a local grot spot that he organised his own clean-up. The 11-year-old recruited green-fingered volunteers from Accrington to rid Whinney Hill of its rubbish. The clean-up was organised after Stuart, who
A FIREMAN had to cope with a different kind of emergency when his wife gave birth on their bathroom floor. Stephen Horrocks, played midwife to his partner Paula Barnes during her 20 minute labour while their one-year-old son looked on in amazement. Paula
Burnley 1, Portsmouth 1 THIS weekend 12 months ago Burnley drew 2-2 with Brentford. The Bees are now wallowing in the lower reaches of Division Two, while the Clarets are sitting in the top half of Division One. What hasn't changed is the same rumbling
DOWN-TO-EARTH accounts clerk Dale Johnson believes in speaking "plane" English. Clients at Accrington-based Haworths chartered accountants can expect a first class service from the former air stewardess as she guides them through the ins and outs of profits
AN East Lancashire firm is enjoying some "southern comfort" after moving into new offices in Surrey. Within weeks of moving in First Business Support, one of the UK's leading employment law and health and safety consultancies, has launched a major recruitment
A 25-year-old man has appeared before Blackburn magistrates charged with robbing a 60-year-old woman's handbag on the car park of Highfield Working Men's Club in Darwen. John Francis McEwan, of Hawthorn Avenue, Darwen, was sent in custody to Preston Crown
A NEW community legal service partnership is being set up in East Lancashire. The aim is to bring together organisations providing advice and information with those who fund the service and use them. An event to launch the service will be held in the
WHEN actress Jane Horrocks was chosen for her role in Absolutely Fabulous she looked to her five-year-old neice for inspiration -- and Bubble was born! The Lancashire Evening Telegraph can today reveal that the character of secretary for the owner of
ELDERLY people are being encouraged to put their personal and financial affairs in order and review their plans for retirement during Age Concern's Planning for Your Future Week. Age Concern Blackburn with Darwen is holding an information stand where
HOSPICE supporters can now make donations at the Lancashire Evening Telegraph's Blackburn office to the £1.3million appeal for better day care facilities. The Park Lee building is now closed and workmen have begun extending the hospice to make more room
WALKERS will pull on their boots for the annual Bottom's Up Challenge Walks on Saturday, October 21. The walks, which has been organised by the West Lancashire branch of the Long Distance Walkers Association, starts from Hoghton Village Hall. There are
JACK Straw's wife was at the centre of a "cronyism" row today after winning a new promotion making her one of the most powerful civil servants in Whitehall. Alice Perkins has been appointed head of Civil Service Corporate Management and is expected to
AMBULANCE service chiefs have decided not to send ambulances to every 999 caller because people with minor injuries are wasting paramedics' time. Emergency calls for ambulances have gone up by 28 per cent in six years and ambulances are reaching fewer
THERE was no repeat of four years ago when Geoff Billington narrowly missed at an Olympic Games showjumping medal. The Accrington-born Billington, who was sixth in Atlanta, finished a disappointing 24th in Sydney. In fact Billington and his Dutch Warmblood
NEIL Hodgson will make his return to World Superbikes in 2001 after clinching a deal with GSE Racing. The 26-year-old Burnley rider, who competed in the World series with Ducati and Kawasaki before returning to contest the British Superbike Championship
Clitheroe 1 Hyde 2 CLITHEROE suffered the Hart-break of an FA Cup exit but not until they had given a great account of themselves against a Hyde outfit two leagues above them. Skipper Barry Hart missed a penalty opportunity -- twice! -- to pull Clitheroe
BUS commuters in Bury face increased misery with First Manchester's 1,750 drivers poised to escalate their strike action. Stoppages will be stepped up this month and into November as the ongoing dispute over pay and hours continues. The escalation increases
