WHILE agreeing wholeheartedly with D Pearson (Letters, May 30) that the Dome has proved to be the equivalent to a herd of white elephants, in all fairness I feel that the blame should be allocated to the previous government (Conservative, I think) who
HOW many pencils are chewed in the corridors of power in finding directives to issue to the long suffering populace? The latest government-backed booklet calling for the banning of the party game musical chairs, which it suggests causes children to be
HOW do we improve the NHS? -- cut waiting lists is the public answer. Then let this start with the public -- confirm appointments immediately, enabling cancelled ones to be replaced by another patient on the list. Many appointments are wasted by patients
I RETURNED home to my parents recently and had occasion to walk into Darwen town centre. I am amazed at the amount of shops that are boarded up. It looks like down town Beirut. It appears that since we (Darwen) became part of Blackburn, the town has been
SO the Women's Institute were upset that Tony Blair gave a politically biased speech at their conference. Have I missed the plot somewhere?....isn't Tony Blair our Prime Minister? The leader of the government? A politician? What on earth did the WI expect
GRAEME Souness is backing England to recover from their opening night upset and make it through to the quarter-finals of Euro 2000. Kevin Keegan's side surrendered a 2-0 lead to lose 3-2 to Portugal in their Group A curtain-raiser in Eindhoven. But Rovers
A SPECIAL celebration Mass was held to mark Father Jack McQuillan's 60 years as a priest. Father McQuillan, 88, of Westbury Close, Briercliffe, has been a supply priest for the St Gregory's Deanery in Burnley for the past eight years and was previously
A YOUTH who raped a terrified 17-year-old girl, threatening to slit her throat, has been sent to custody for five years. Asif Ali, 20, committed the attack on the victim in her own home in the early hours, after complaining she was not being nice to him
A MAN who harassed his ex-girlfriend, may end up in jail. Burnley Crown Court heard how Jason Clegg, 27, threatened mother-of-two Lisa Payton on the telephone and damaged the back door of her home. Assistant Recorder David Hernandez, told him the courts
RESIDENTS in Grindleton have the chance to make their mark in the village. At a recent meeting locals were asked by the Woodland Trust -- the country's leading woodland conservation charity -- to get involved in the plans to design a 12-acre community
CLITHEROE Health Centre will run a series of screenings for people who think they are suffering from diabetes. In support of Diabetes UK's national awareness campaign, the Railway View Road centre will be open throughout next week for people to drop in
BLACKBURN boss Graeme Souness is hoping Jeff Kenna could be back in time for the start of the new season. The Republic of Ireland international is currently recuperating from a long-term Achilles tendon injury which has kept him out of action since the
UNIFORM firm Simon Jersey is celebrating its first internet order. A seaside hotel in Filey used the Altham firm's website to order a new range of clothing for her staff. And 24 hours later Mavis Gradwell, the firm's managing director, turned up to deliver
TRADERS fear their businesses may be hit if Rossendale Council lets farmers use Haslingden market to sell their produce direct to customers. Vinnie Walsh, secretary of the Rossendale Branch of the Market Traders Federation, has written to Janet Anderson
POETS are being sought to represent the area in the best of British poetry book. Editor Peter Quinn said: "The National Poetry Anthology is designed to encourage new writers. We picked 200 town winners last year, but we want the new edition to include
HELICOPTERS, jets, and vintage aeroplanes gave a stunning display over Blackburn -- but their pilots kept their feet firmly on the ground! Model aircraft enthusiasts from all over Britain were at Pleasington playing fields to show their skills at the
HEALTH and safety officials have been informed of the death of a 26-year-old man who plunged from a multi-storey car park after leaving a town centre night club. Mark Turner, of Cuerdale Lane, Walton-le-Dale, was found lying on the ground next to Ainsworth
TEN men who have been caught kerb crawling in Blackburn's red-light district are due to be visited at home by police. The move is part of a summer-long purge aimed at clearing the streets of men using prostitutes in around the Bank Top area. Police decided
A LITTLE girl collapsed in the street just hours after her hand was impaled on a used syringe at a site notorious for fly-tipping. Eight-year-old Chantelle Louise Murray was rushed to hospital where she underwent a series of tests. She discovered the
CHRIS Schofield was back in Lancashire colours in Liverpool today with his England career on hold. The 21-year-old Littleborough leg spinner suffered the first disappointment of his fledgling international career yesterday at Edgbaston when he was left
NEIL Simpson has lost his appeal against exclusion from the Scottish International Rally. A brake pad three millimetres too large cost the Colne driver his first-ever win in the Mobil 1 British Championship. In a decision described as 'harsh' by Simpson
THE rain in Spain falls mainly in East Lancashire, or so it seems. The recent down pour sent players and groundsmen alike running for galloshes and sowesters, rather than the ubiquitous sunblock. TakeTodmorden for example, last weekend under three feet
A study of our headlines and reports is helping to prepare students in a Pendle school to tackle their own writing project. Pupils in year 8 at Park High School, Colne, are using our Pick and Mix activity sheets, along with a delivery of our newspaper
YOUNGSTERS are taking on the roles of editor, picture editor and reporters, to create their own front pages as a result of working through our Super Story Search literacy resource. All twenty six pupils in year 6 at Worsthorne County Primary School are
WITH regard to the Moorhead, Accrington, sports development, the area of land involved is too close to surrounding houses. The activities planned will impinge adversely on the lives of residents. I object to the prospect of floodlights, noise, traffic
AT the time of writing I have in front of me a copy of the so-called racist leaflet which seems to be causing leader of the Labour group on Hyndburn Council, Ian Ormerod and Hyndburn MP Greg Pope much consternation (LET, June 6). They are clutching at
ONE persistently reads letters in the Lancashire Evening Telegraph from disgruntled veteran Labour supporters, throwing in the towel and turning their backs on Tony Blair's middle class party. Is it any wonder? Blair has succeeded in the devastation of
UP to 60 jobs are set to be axed with the closure of an engineering works. Sermatech Manufacturing today announced plans to merge its businesses at Colne and Dunnockshaw, near Burnley, next month. The Sermatech-Mal Tool site at Cotton Tree Lane in Colne
FIREMEN smashed their way into the top floor of a blazing pub as a seven-week-old baby was rescued from the flames early today. The child's parents John and Tina Young, landlord and landlady of the Commercial Hotel in Whalley Road, Clitheroe, were also
BLACKBURN boss Graeme Souness is hoping Jeff Kenna could be back in time for the start of the new season. The Republic of Ireland international is currently recuperating from a long-term Achilles tendon injury which has kept him out of action since the
INVITATIONS with a difference are dropping through the doors of more than 900 firms in the Burnley area this week -- all in the form of Chinese fortune cookies. Boxes containing the snacks invite the business community -- the town's fortune makers --
A MAN who suffered three heart attacks and a stroke in four years died in hospital after an operation to remove bowel cancer, an inquest was told. Harold Marshall, 79, of Rosegrove Lane, Burnley, died on February 28 at Burnley General Hospital. East Lancashire
BURNLEY Council bosses will spend £10,500 on planning consultants to lead their case at a public inquiry into businessman Andrew Brown's plans for a 100-acre leisure complex on green-belt land. The resources committee is tonight expected to approve emergency
CRICKETERS who vowed to fight to the end to save their ground have been told they will face the police if they use the pitch again. Members of the Hussania Cricket Club, in Burnley, were told by county councillors that they were trespassing and would
BUDDING young artists have been showing off their drawing and painting talents in a competition to design a striking logo for a Nelson residents' group. RAG (Residents' Association Group) was formed two months ago by tenants in Oxford Road with a start-up
UP to 60 jobs are set to be axed with the closure of an engineering works. Sermatech Manufacturing today announced plans to merge its businesses at Colne and Dunnockshaw, near Burnley, next month. The Sermatech-Mal Tool site at Cotton Tree Lane in Colne
DIGGERS moved in to tear up the terraces at Ewood Park as Blackburn Rovers, along with all other Football League clubs, started creating an all-seater stadium. The Walkersteel stand was being made all-seater as part of a safety drive which followed the
RESIDENTS and traders were worried about plans to create a retail park at the former Associated Dairies site at Eastgate, Accrington. Concerns about the plan were set to be raised at a meeting hosted by the Accrington Civic Trust. Shopkeepers in other
BANDS entertained the crowds at the Timeline Festival as part of Hyndburn's Millennium celebrations. Energetic samba band Pulse played in the grounds of St James' Church, Accrington, along with the Fastest One Man Band in the World, singer Angie Palmer
ENGLAND supporters who are going to watch their team's clash with Germany on Saturday can pick up a free survival pack of pies from the Accrington-based firm. Holland's pies has recently scored a hat-trick of awards as the best football pies in Total
HISTORIANS claim a case of mistaken identity has left a pub adorned with tributes to the wrong man. Caroline Smith and Peter Butterworth have just reopened the Hargreaves Arms, in Accrington, following a major refurbishment. As part of the revamp, they
FIREMEN smashed their way into the top floor of a blazing pub as a seven-week-old baby was rescued from the flames early today. The child's parents John and Tina Young, landlord and landlady of the Commercial Hotel in Whalley Road, Clitheroe, were also
CLARETS chairman Barry Kilby wants manager Stan Ternent to stay with Burnley "for many years" as he looks to map out a successful future at Turf Moor. Ternent has been linked with the managerial vacancy at Sheffield Wednesday after guiding Burnley into
CLARETS chairman Barry Kilby wants manager Stan Ternent to stay with Burnley "for many years" as he looks to map out a successful future at Turf Moor. Ternent has been linked with the managerial vacancy at Sheffield Wednesday after guiding Burnley into
A MAJOR event to highlight firms which support education in East Lancashire is being staged tomorrow. The Investors in Education scheme has been launched by East Lancashire Education Business Partnership to recognise businesses it works with. The EBP
BUSINESS services group Rentokil Initial has made a further step in its £600million disposal programme with the sale of two businesses for £118million. The group, parent firm of Blackburn security firm Initial Shorrock, is selling its US personnel services
THE family of a former Darwen woman who vanished in the south of France more than five months ago have been told her disappearance is now being treated as murder. Mother-of-three Evelyn Lund, 53, went missing on December 29 along with her Toyota Landcruiser
RESIDENTS in Darwen were left high and dry early today after water was cut off from more than 6,000 homes. Engineers from North West Water were battling to restore the supply after a main which provides water to Earnsdale Reservoir burst at 3am. Twelve
A MEMBER of Rossendale Mencap has become the first person in Lancashire to receive a top award from the charity. Jonathon Boaden, 41, from Newhallhey, Rawtenstall, developed a sub-committee of Rossendale Mencap Gateway Society to ensure the opinions of
THERE was ecstasy followed by agony for soccer fans as England left them crying in their beer. Football fans gathered in pubs across East Lancashire to watch England go to battle in their first game of Euro 2000, against Portugal. But pints bought in
BOMB disposal experts detonated a parcel in East Lancashire's main postal sorting office after workers discovered wires hanging out of the package and raised the alarm. Royal Logistics Corps bomb squad members were called to the Royal Mail centre in Canterbury
ALMOST a quarter of the workforce at a steel distribution centre is to be axed. Corus, which was formerly British Steel, is making 28 staff redundant at its Blackburn service centre site. "These changes, which are being made in the face of difficult market
NATHAN Ward moved a step closer to his first ever Lancashire Evening Telegraph sponsored Harold Ryden final after a dramatic 19th hole victory in last night's quarter finals. The 20-year-old from Pleasington appeared to be cruising into the semi-finals
OLD Rossendalians will be hauled before a Jennings Ribblesdale League disciplinary committee this week after allegations of sledging following a recent game against Settle. League officials have launched an investigation into claims that fielders from
