E.LADD Family Support Group, Peel Street Baptist Church, Accrington, 7.30pm. Complimentary Medicine. Mock Auction, Cambridge Street Methodist Church, Accrington. Viewing from 6.30pm. Women's Aglow Fellowship, Accrington Town Hall, 7.20pm. Speaker: Sointu
FOMER nursing staff met up to share stories about their careers in East Lancashire hospitals. More than 100 people attended the reunion event in the main hall at Queen's Park Hospital, Blackburn. Many of the former health services workers brought photographs
ANIMAL lovers who went shopping to pick up supplies for their pets ended up getting help to raise £107 during a charity fun day. The event was held at Care For Pets in Morrison's, Blackburn, as part of National Pet Week. Shop manager Lisa Reynard, her
I AM writing an article on Laurence Edwards, Mayor of Blackburn in 1965 and would be thankful for any information, photos, etc from readers. MATTIE LENNON, Kylebeg, Lacken, Blessington, Co Wicklow, Ireland.
AFTER reading complete nonsense and fictitious drivel for years in the national tabloids, it was always reassuring to know that Peter White's sports column would give every Blackburn Rovers supporter the accurate news about their club in a down-to-earth
DOES your family have a skeleton in the closet that you think needs an airing? A new family history series on BBC2 is looking for people who want to find out more about their family history. We'd like to hear from people we could help get to the bottom
I WAS sorry to read of the death of Peter White. He was a much-respected sports journalist who, although his heart was with Blackburn Rovers, still respected the views of match officials, referees and umpires. When you spoke to him, his bright, cheerful
DOES anybody really believe that this person exists? I read the letters every week (concerning BRFC) and often find myself either agreeing or disagreeing with them. However Mr. Keith Reynolds continuously opts to tell eveybody else his unwanted views
YOUR Comment 'A victory for common sense' (LET, May 1), made interesting reading. I would like to make you aware of a piece of work recently completed here in Lancashire that shatters the traditional myths of the 'anti private sector lobby.' It consisted
Blackburn Rovers Supporters Club are holding their Player of the Year presentation evening this Thursday. The event kicks off at 7.30pm in the Premier Suite at Ewood and tickets are priced £3 on the night or £2.50 (non-members) and £1.50 (members) in
BLACKBURN Rovers chiefs today insisted the club will not have to "downscale" before next season's bid to return to the Premiership. A recently published report, which identified Rovers as one the highest spenders in the Premiership in the relegation season
THOUSANDS of fans will line the streets of Burnley tomorrow when the Clarets take part in a promotion parade. Players, directors and staff from Turf Moor will then attend a civic reception at the Town Hall where the Mayor, Coun Eddie Fisk, and Mayoress
NELSON butcher Philip Hanson is hoping other butchers will tuck into the great pork pie challenge during the town's annual food festival. Mr Hanson, of Hanson's Butchers, Leeds Road, won the contest to find the area's tastiest sausage at last year's event
THIEVES scaled a school building and stole its bell. The 104-year-old bronze bell, the pride of St Stephen's Infant School, Little Harwood, was only used on special occasions. It disappeared from the wall's apex and headmistress Kath Brown said it was
A DOUBLE celebration for local magistrates took place at the New Drop Hotel, Ribchester. Hyndburn magistrates held their annual dinner and paid tribute to the work of former chairman Ivan Smith, who has retired from the bench. Mr Smith, who had served
YOUNG Rebecca Bradshaw is the millennium Oswaldtwistle Carnival Princess. The seven-year-old was crowned by 1998 Carnival Queen Janet Bradshaw at Oswaldtwistle Conservative Club. Rebecca beat off competition from 13 other youngsters. She will ride in
TRAGIC but touching musical "Carousel" will be staged at Oswaldtwistle Civic Theatre this week. Patrick Stewart plays Billy Bigelow, the circus barker who is killed in a knife fight before he can see his unborn child. But when he realises the tragedy
ARTY Sarah Howard has big designs in life -- and she will be soon be striding in the right direction. The art and design GCSE pupil designed a T-shirt logo which was judged to be the best of more than 300 fellow pupils at Haslingden High School. The 15
RACIAL equality campaigners have called for a Conservative councillor to be disciplined over an election leaflet which they claim could stir up hatred among local residents. The leaflet, distributed by Douglas Deakin in Huncoat just a day before Thursday's
A 28-year-old man has suffered serious facial injuries after being "glassed" in a disturbance at a Clitheroe pub. He suffered wounds to his neck and left cheek and was rushed to Blackburn Royal Infirmary for surgery after the incident at 6pm on Sunday
PROCEEDS from a charity auction will help send talented young sportsmen to represent England at a rugby tournament in Durban in July. The auction at St Mary's Hall Centenaries Theatre, Stonyhurst, raised £5,000 for the school's rugby team. More than 80
RIBBLE VALLEY parents will have the opportunity to meet education chiefs at a public meeting in Clitheroe. Senior education officers and Lancashire county councillors will host a meeting at Ribblesdale High School at 5.45pm on Wednesday May 17. Parents
BURNLEY'S cock-a-hoop players are looking forward to a well earned rest -- but not without keeping half-an-eye on next season's First Division campaign. The Clarets earned themselves an extended holiday when they snatched promotion from Gillingham on
BURNLEY boss Stan Ternent has already set his sights on next year's First Division campaign and insisted today: "We will stay up." The Clarets' promotion party is still in full swing following their weekend triumph with a Civic Reception in the town being
MILLIONS of pounds of business opportunities will be up for grabs for East Lancashire firms next week. More than 50 organisations will be exhibiting at the East Lancashire Chamber of Commerce business-to-business exhibition at the Dunkenhalgh Hotel on
A NEIGHBOUR had to have two fingers amputated after an horrific garden accident with a lawn mower. Jeff Law, 53, of Rosehill Street, Bacup, was mowing the lawn at Melanie Gowing's flat in Pennine Road, Bacup, on Sunday when his petrol driven lawn mower
AS A regular traveller to away games to watch the Clarets, I was reading Brentford's matchday programme on the way home and I couldn't help but notice the price for Brentford's away trip to neighbours Gillingham the following week. The trip of approximately
LABOUR leader Malcolm Doherty has successfully survived a challenge for control of the ruling group on Blackburn with Darwen Council. Former leader Peter Greenwood was bidding to take hold of the reins of power at Blackburn Town Hall. But his rival councillor
PETER WHITE was unique as a regional journalist for both his contacts and the respect in which club officials held him. He did an excellent job over many years. Although I was on the Ewood patch for the Lancashire Evening Post for a relatively short time
LABOUR leader Malcolm Doherty has successfully survived a challenge for control of the ruling group on Blackburn with Darwen Council. Former leader Peter Greenwood was bidding to take hold of the reins of power at Blackburn Town Hall. But his rival councillor
HAVING known Peter White since he was a rookie reporter at the old Blackburn Times, I would like to add my own tribute. Peter certainly deserves a prominent place among the respected journalists who have chronicled the Rovers down the years -- Charles
BUS services across East Lancashire are set to grind to halt tomorrow as drivers stage a strike over pay. Drivers at Stagecoach Ribble decided to call the one day strike after pay talks broke down and have warned of more similar stoppages in the near
EAST Lancashire community projects are just about to receive a £41,000 Barclays Bank boost. The money is coming from Barclays Sitesavers -- a £1million scheme to boost environmental regeneration projects across the country with the help of charity Groundwork
THE ANTICIPATION, weather, crowd, atmosphere -- it was all there, coupled with the fact Blackburn had their best first half of football for a long time. However, one thing Rovers' supporters have learned to avoid over the last few seasons is -- don't
AS A long-standing Blackburn Rovers season ticket holder, I was dismayed to read John Williams' comments in the Lancashire Evening Telegraph (April 27). If this is the best we can expect in terms of vision and leadership from the club's chief executive
BLACKBURN Rovers today moved to reassure angry fans in the wake of Sunday's game at Ewood Park and said: "Any lessons to be learned will be taken on board." Club secretary Tom Finn spoke out as the Lancashire Evening Telegraph was bombarded with letters
WHEN I wrote earlier in the season praising the vast improvement in the Rovers' performances immediately following the appointment of Tony Parkes, I was not to know it would be limited to a relatively-short honeymoon period. With his own even briefer
Preston defender Ryan Kidd could miss the start of next season's Division One campaign after a neck injury, writes DANY ROBSON. The defender, influential in North End's Second Division championship season, is expected to go under the knife in the next
LANCASHIRE called up Chris Schofield today for their Benson and Hedges Cup quarter-final against Durham. Schofield is not normally a member of the one-day squad, but he got the nod ahead of the much more experienced Gary Yates for the Old Trafford clash
A BURY cemetery has been bulldozed -- exposing graves more than two centuries old. Mystery now surrounds who is behind the desecration of the graveyard at the rear of homes in Chaffinch Drive. A number of graves are visible after machinery was used to
HAVING suffered an election jolt for ignoring regions like ours and pretending there is no North-South divide, the evidently-unconcerned government displays its out-of-touch attitude yet again today as it junks East Lancashire's bid to run its own service
ARTIST Charlotte Verity has beaten the professionals. A sixth form student at Westholme School, Blackburn, Charlotte, 17, entered an open art competition held at King Edward VII and Queen Mary School, Lytham and her 'Triptych' work won a major prize and
TINY tots joined pensioners to bop the afternoon away during a charity danceathon. The sponsored event was run by Pat Eaket's School of Dance at Tony's Ballroom in Blackburn. About 50 pupils and their friends took part. They hope to collect more than
YOUNGSTERS showed off their musical talents to scoop a pile of prizes at Leyland Music Festival. Winners from the Music Learning Centre, based at Blackburn College, were: Class 8 piano: 1, Rachel Clarkson and Sophia Carroll. Class 1 singing: 1, Sophia
THIS autumn will see the largest family reunion in the world -- when Barnardo's old boys and girls meet at Barkingside, Essex. The reunion, on September 9, is open to anyone who was once in Barnardo's care -- and to their families and descendents. We
NOMINATIONS are now open for this year's prestigious national People of the Year Awards. RADAR -- The Royal Association for Disability and Rehabilitation -- would like your nomination. It can be somebody already famous who you feel has achieved still
WALKING down Montague Street, I spotted what I thought were Blackburn College's latest modern art sculptures. Imagine my surprise, therefore, on noticing at the top something announcing 'Bank Top Urban Park.' Perhaps the persons responsible for erecting
I WRITE in response to a recent article in the Lancashire Evening Telegraph which asked the question why, unlike "the rest of us," schoolteachers should not be subject to performance-related pay. The "rest of us" presumably referred to everyone except
BUS services across East Lancashire are set to grind to halt tomorrow as drivers stage a strike over pay. Drivers at Stagecoach Ribble decided to call the one day strike after pay talks broke down and have warned of more similar stoppages in the near
THOUSANDS of fans will line the streets of Burnley tomorrow when the Clarets take part in a promotion parade. Players, directors and staff from Turf Moor will then attend a civic reception at the Town Hall where the Mayor, Coun Eddie Fisk, and Mayoress
GRAEME Souness today ruled out a summer swoop for unsettled Everton midfielder Don Hutchinson. Reports had suggested Rovers were lining up a move for the fiery Scottish international, who was sent off against Leeds last night, as they start the rebuilding
TRAINS to Nelson and Colne were cancelled today after a lorry got stuck under a railway bridge in Barden Lane, Burnley. The cab of the V-registered flat back articulated Iveco lorry belonging to Allens jammed underneath the metal bridge shortly before
WORK on a traffic scheme designed to reduce risk of accidents and to combat "rat running" through a Burnley estate could start later this year. Residents in the Hillingdon Road, Kibble Bank estate area have met Lancashire County Council representatives
BURNLEY director Iain Speak is preparing for a gruelling trek up Ben Nevis, Scafell Pike and Snowdon -- all within 24 hours. He took up the challenge of tackling all three peaks to raise money for the Children's Aid Direct charity and will join seven
MORE than 70 people who "owe time for a crime" are being given the chance to wipe the slate clean. Probation and police chiefs have linked to urge offenders who failed to complete community service orders handed out by Burnley area courts to turn themselves
KELBROOK Primary School youngsters will be happy to be accused of moving the goalposts following a successful Easter fair. The event is expected to raise around £200 -- enough to buy the primary school team a set of portable goalposts for use on matchdays
LANCASHIRE county development bosses are raising no objection to the multi-million pound plan to re-develop Colne's North Valley with new shops and housing. But they do want to see more green space on the site of the former Stonebridge and Langroyd mills
A TAPESTRY made by youngsters at a Pendle school for the Millennium Dome has spent six months gathering dust in a warehouse, according to their head teacher. Now staff at Coates Lane Primary School, Barnoldswick, have launched a campaign to bring the
COMPUTER whizzkids from St Barnabas School, Knowsley Road, Darwen, had an extra £600 worth of software to tap into after winning a competition. The keyboard experts from the Darwen primary school used their data to come up with a winning design for a
THESE energetic supermarket colleagues (pictured) from Asda, in Accrington, braved the heat to complete a 12-and-a-half mile circuit around Hyndburn for charity. The sponsored walk was in aid of Macmillan Nurses. The group hopes to have raised more than
THE people of Hyndburn have voted to retain the borough's name instead of changing it to Accrington and District. The result has led to calls from council leader Peter Britcliffe to ask the Post Office to change the postal address for all residents within
A fan's eye view of Turf Moor's triumph with Stephen Cummings NAKED from the waist up, the lad stood on the table in the pub's beer garden. His grin went from ear to ear. Punching the air in triumph, he sang the words every Burnley fan had been longing
A NEW conference centre offering state-of-the art services to business went on line in Burnley. MP Peter Pike officially launched the facility at Anvic Development's Northbridge House complex at the Elm Street Business Park. The centre features ISDN lines
THE former finance director of Salterforth-based bed and furniture firm Silentnight Holdings received £205,206 compensation for loss of office. In addition to the payment to Barry McKenzie, who retired from the board in April 1999, his pension was increased
Notts County 2 Bury 2 BURY'S turbulent millennium campaign came to a sunny conclusion in more ways than one at Meadow Lane on Saturday. Those shirt-sleeved Shakers fans who sang throughout the full ninety minutes of what turned out to be an entertaining
A QUARRY owner's word without his bond is not good enough for planning chiefs who are set to turn down a waste collection scheme in Rossendale. County council development control bosses were prepared to give temporary permission for Little Tooter Hill
A KITTEN used up one of his nine lives when a brick fell past his head as he was trapped in a box. Heartless owners dumped the black and white kitty in a small cardboard box outside Aquamania pet shop, Kent Street, Blackburn. A brick was balanced on top
A KITTEN used up one of his nine lives when a brick fell past his head as he was trapped in a box. Heartless owners dumped black and white Pierrot in a small cardboard box outside Aquamania pet shop, Kent Street, Blackburn. A brick was balanced on top
IN ALL the glare of publicity surrounding the efforts of Blackburn Rovers to climb the table, and the well-earned rise of the Clarets, let us give a word of praise for the table toppers, Accrington Stanley. They have proved football can be enjoyable at
C PRITCHARD (Sports Letters April 26) says Burnley fans know exactly what Rovers are: "A mediocre First Division team." He isn't telling genuine Rovers fans anything we don't already know about the past couple of seasons. Does he not remember a few seasons
A SUMMER school scheme can go ahead with plans to expand, after winning a grant of £451,386. The money has been made available under the New Opportunities Fund which was set up by the National Lottery. Five projects across the North West will share £1.2million
NURSING staff have come under fire in a survey of complaints made to the Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley NHS Trust. The biggest single category was treatment and diagnosis -- members of the public complained about 66 incidents. There were 44 complaints
I WANTED to let you know that I and all at Rishton Cricket Club appreciated the coverage you gave to the sad loss of Pete White. Not only did I find your "editorial" on the back page (LET, May 1) to be a tribute to your friendship with him, but it seemed
THE organisation regarding the Rovers v Manchester City game on Sunday was quite appalling, with many questions requiring answers. Why did the club allow so many Manchester City supporters to purchase tickets in the Walkersteel stand and Jack Walker stand
THE hopes and visions of people living in Blackburn and Darwen have been included in a wish list for the future. Local people have all come up with ideas for the kind of borough in which they want to live by the year 2020. All their visions for the future
Lancashire Lynx coach Steve Hampson is sorting out his future after he parted company with Ford Premiership's bottom club by "mutual consent". The former Great Britain, Wigan and Salford full-back has seen his side win just one of their 19 league games
VOLUNTEER mentors were thanked and presented with certificates at a Blackburn school by Cheryl Drinkwater, employer liaison officer at East Lancs Education Business Partnerships. The mentoring scheme at Witton Park High School links adults with students
SUMMER suns are just about glowing, which means that the exam season is upon us again. With her tongue firmly in cheek, Carolyn Mercer, 16, a student at St Mary's RC Sixth Form College, Blackburn, has advice on how to prepare for the worst possible grades
