Archive

  • Simple answer to nagging problem

    THE parking nightmare for staff, visitors and local residents around Blackburn Royal Infirmary has become worse and worse over the years. A system of residents' permits got off to a bad start when there were complaints that it was not being properly policed

  • The Saturday Message

    with The Rev Kevin Logan, Vicar of Christ Church, Accrington. . . ONE pleasant evening in '94, I perched precariously atop a stepladder outside Asda undoing the last tie of a banner proclaiming "OPEN SUNDAY". "Okay," called up a most obliging Asda trolley

  • Accent on drama

    Actor Steven Pinder has developed a reputation for playing plummy middle class smoothies -- but his roots lie in gritty East Lancashire. He spoke to JENNY SCOTT. . . AS soon as Steven Pinder steps through the doors of the Manxman Hotel in Blackburn, his

  • Storyline not that wide of mark

    RE your story headlined 'What a Drag' (LET, September 1). I do not think that the ladies bowling team in Blackburn need to worry about the antics that arise when a very important game is in motion. I can well remember when as a Crown Green bowler myself

  • Speed checks can be cause of accidents

    GRAHAM Carter asks that the nonsense being written about speed and safety is stopped, however his views and support for the Lancashire Partnership for Road Safety are both flawed and subject to considerable debate. Yes, speed has a direct consequence

  • Addict burgled house as family slept

    A WOMAN awoken by her crying baby in the early hours later realised her home had been raided. Burnley Crown Court heard how drug abuser David Craig, 35, who has almost 80 previous convictions, got away with a haul worth almost £2,000 as his victims slept

  • Would-be drug dealer jailed for four years

    A MAN said by a judge to have been selling drugs from his Burnley home has been jailed for four years. Thomas Cairns shouted "police" as a warning to another man on the premises when officers turned up to search the house in Hudson Street. That second

  • £2m investment for improvements

    RESIDENTS in Brierfield are to benefit from £2million of investment to improve their homes. The money is part of the £12million Pendle will receive as part of the Government's Housing Market Renewal Initiative - a massive housing improvement scheme known

  • Banned driver may face a prison sentence

    A BANNED driver who got behind the wheel while twice the limit could be facing a jail term, a court heard. Burnley Magistrates were told Zahid Hussain, 29, earlier disqualified for failing to provide a specimen, had smashed into a lamp post, knocking

  • Chemists on Duty

    MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 6 BLACKBURN: To 9pm: Lloyds Pharmacy, 4-6 Railway Road; Cohen, 63 Whalley Range. To 8pm: Johnston Pharmacy, 50-52 Johnston Street. To 7.30pm: Aston Pharmacy, 95 Accrington Road. To 7pm: Moss Pharmacy, 314 Bolton Road; The Pharmacy, Oakenhurst

  • Chemists on Duty

    TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7 BLACKBURN: To 9pm: Lloyds Pharmacy, 4-6 Railway Road; Cohen, 63 Whalley Range. To 8pm: Johnston Pharmacy, 50-52 Johnston Street. To 7.30pm: Aston Pharmacy, 95 Accrington Road. To 7pm: The Pharmacy, Oakenhurst Road; Geloo Bros, Cleaver

  • Clarets boss fights charge

    STEVE Cotterill has been formally charged by the Football Association following his 'sending off' against Gillingham last Monday. During the league game, which the Clarets lost 2-1, the Burnley manager was sent to the stands by referee Richard Beeby following

  • Newby on song for seconds

    OLIVER Newby, the 20-year-old Blackburn seam bowler, enjoyed an outstanding match for Lancashire 2nd XI against Derbyshire this week. The tall right-armer, who made his Championship debut against Northants in June, smashed his first ever century and then

  • Leaders aware of complacency

    HASLINGDEN skipper Paul Blackledge is well aware that Burnley can spring a shock in tomorrow's Musbury Fabrics Lancashire League showdown. Needing 22 points from two games to clinch the title, the leaders will take on the bottom side at Turf Moor looking

  • Dan eyes an Irish smile

    BRITISH Championship leaders Daniel Barritt and David Higgins are confident that won't need the luck of the Irish when they contest this weekend's Ulster Rally. Fresh from their victory on the Kwai Chou Rally in China, the in-form pair will be relishing

  • Thompson boost for Rovers

    BLACKBURN Rovers midfielder David Thompson is hoping to be fit for next week's trip to Newcastle United. The former Liverpool and Coventry City star saw his long-awaited comeback cruelly cut short by a fresh injury set-back in last week's game against

  • School wins apology over lack of information

    GOVERNORS at a high school placed in 'special measures' have received a public apology. It comes after education bosses left them in the dark about plans to improve the school's performance. Blackburn with Darwen Council's executive member for education

  • Petition calling for market manager

    MARKET traders in Rawtenstall have launched a petition to press council bosses to re-employ a market manager. Traders fear their livelihoods are being put in jeopardy after being left without any management for more than six months. Rawtenstall's former

  • Missing person police spot would-be burglar

    A POLICE patrol and dog handler managed to spot a would-be burglar while they were searching for a missing person at the time, a court heard. Paul Handley, 19, of The Pool House, Loundslack Farm, Haslingden, appeared in front of Bury magistrates and admitted

  • 'Keep your nose out', attack bid husband told police

    TELLING police officers to mind their own business while he was attempting to assault his wife outside a nightclub landed a Ramsbottom man before the magistrates. Michael Hayes, 37, of George Road, Ramsbottom, was before the bench at Bury after admitting

  • Sports hall plan gets green light

    PUPILS at a Rossendale school are celebrating after planners gave the go-ahead to build a new sports hall at the site. The re-submitted plans at Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School were approved after the size of the proposed sports hall was reduced

  • Council takes over parking penalties

    MOTORISTS who park on double yellow lines and break other parking regulations will have to change their habits from Monday when the Lancashire-wide 'ParkWise' initiative launches. The scheme will see parking restrictions enforced by local councils rather

  • CYCLING: Colne's Burke bags four-medal haul

    RACING cyclist Steven Burke of Colne has just returned from the brand new indoor track at Newport in South Wales with the magnificent haul of three gold and one silver medals won in the National Championships for under 16 year old riders. Burke, now 16

  • Wandering like Wordsworth

    Drive & Stroll, with RON FREETHY SEPTEMBER and October are perfect months to explore Wordsworth Country. The crowds have mostly gone and it is possible to see the walking country which William (1770-1850) and Dorothy Wordsworth (1771-1855) explored

  • Festival was marvellous

    ANYONE who didn't go to the Flower Festival at St Bartholomew's Church, Great Harwood, missed an absolute treat. It is always lovely but, in my estimation, every person involved deserved "a gold." Thanking all concerned for a delightful afternoon out.

  • Regiment must not be lost

    I WRITE to offer my support to the Save Our Regiment campaign. Being a former member of the regiment I feel I can speak with some knowledge and experience of the professionalism of the Queen's Lancashire Regiment. I saw active service in 1987 when the

  • £30,000 'drugs farm' is raided in sting

    A MASSIVE cannabis factory that may have supplied drugs across East Lancashire has been uncovered by police in a dramatic swoop. Officers found around 800 plants in a sophisticated 'cultivation farm' after raiding the former shop in a busy Clayton-le-Moors

  • MPs unite in blast to firework yobs

    EAST Lancashire's MPs fear new laws to curb the misuse of fireworks are failing after residents were plagued by yobs months before Bonfire Night. They are urging the Government to get tougher after being stunned by the number of complaints already received

  • Thompson boost for Rovers

    BLACKBURN Rovers midfielder David Thompson is hoping to be fit for next week's trip to Newcastle United. The former Liverpool and Coventry City star saw his long-awaited comeback cruelly cut short by a fresh injury set-back in last week's game against

  • Why new boy Morten's an all round good guy

    The Saturday Interview. . . FOR most people, mastering one sport proves tough enough. Hacking away on the golf course to no avail, being sent to field at third man, or worst of all, being told to go in goal are all familiar tales of woe for the average

  • Special schools set for shake-up

    THE first step has been taken to transform special education in Burnley and Pendle as part of the plans to reorganise secondary education in the boroughs. Lancashire County Council's cabinet member for education, Coun Alan Whittaker has agreed to closure

  • Nurse was twice drink-drive limit

    A DISTRICT nurse caught more than twice the legal drink-drive limit had just found out her long-term boyfriend had an inoperable tumour, a court was told. Burnley magistrates heard how Victoria Lancaster, 34, had the "ground taken from under her feet"

  • The Fred Shawcross column

    THE world is a crazy place. Every day something happens to deepen that conviction. When God set about constructing Planet Earth, he couldn't possibly have imagined the human race would turn it into a gigantic lunatic asylum, or that violence would become

  • Unique Stanley fax in cyber auction

    WHEN a non-league club receives a fax from international football bosses calling up a striker for World Cup duty there's only one thing to do - put the document up for sale on an internet auction site. That's what Accrington Stanley has done after a request

  • Residents' anger as travellers move in

    HYNDBURN residents today told of their upset after travellers moved on to land near their homes. A convoy of around 20 vehicles arrived on the site, off Whinney Hill Road, owned by Marshalls Clay Products, just after 9pm on Thursday to the dismay of local

  • £30,000 'drugs farm' is raided in sting

    A MASSIVE cannabis factory that may have supplied drugs across East Lancashire has been uncovered by police in a dramatic swoop. Officers found around 800 plants in a sophisticated 'cultivation farm' after raiding the former shop in a busy Clayton-le-Moors

  • MPs unite in blast to firework yobs

    EAST Lancashire's MPs fear new laws to curb the misuse of fireworks are failing after residents were plagued by yobs months before Bonfire Night. They are urging the Government to get tougher after being stunned by the number of complaints already received

  • Chemists on Duty

    SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 5 BLACKBURN: 10am-1pm: Aston Pharmacy, 95 Accrington Road; 10.30am-4.30pm: Superdrug Pharmacy, 5 Stonybutts; 10.30am-4.30pm: Boots Chemist, 2 Cobden Court; noon-1pm: Geloo Bros, Cleaver Street. DARWEN: noon-1pm: Geloo Bros, 14 Union

  • Chemists on Duty

    THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9 BLACKBURN: To 9pm: Lloyds Pharmacy, 4-6 Railway Road; Cohens Chemist, 63 Whalley Range; To 8pm: Johnston Pharmacy, 50-52 Johnston Street. To 7.30pm: Aston Pharmacy, 95 Accrington Road. To 6.30pm: Donald Wood Ltd, 53 Fishmoor Drive

  • Chemists on Duty

    FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 BLACKBURN: To 9pm: Lloyds Pharmacy, 4-6 Railway Road; Cohen, 63 Whalley Range. To 8pm: Johnston Pharmacy, 50-52 Johnston Street. To 7.30pm: Aston Pharmacy, 95 Accrington Road. To 7pm: Moss Pharmacy, 314 Bolton Road; The Pharmacy,

  • Chemists on Duty

    WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8 BLACKBURN: To 9pm: Lloyds Pharmacy, 4-6 Railway Road; The Surgery (Chiropody), 132 Lammack Road; Cohen, 63 Whalley Range. To 8pm: Johnston Pharmacy, 50-52 Johnston Street. To 7.30pm: Aston Pharmacy, 95 Accrington Road. To 7pm: The

  • Ribble Valley landmark pub reopens

    ONE of the Ribbley Valley's best-known pubs yesterday reopened its doors after being closed for three years. Bosses of the Three Fishes in Mitton Road, Mitton, unveiled 12 weeks and £600,000 worth of renovations to a VIP party at lunchtime and to Ribble

  • Web World

    COLLECT Britain (www.collectbritain.co.uk) is a new site launched by the British Museum that brings over 100,000 images and sounds to the internet. The site contains carefully selected the maps, manuscripts, topographical drawings, photographs and rare

  • John's well and truly pole-axed

    POLE vaulting and rallying aren't usually mentioned in the same breath, but John Stone managed a combination of the two when the contested the Mewla National Rally. For the highly-rated Blackburn driver made a spectacular exit from the event, based on

  • Petronas riders are hungry

    THE Foggy Petronas racing team go into tomorrow's 10th round of the World Superbike Championship at Assen in Holland in a positive frame of mind. FPR Rider Troy Corser, who has been on the podium seven times at Assen, said: "I'm looking forward to the

  • Hodgson looks to bright future

    NEIL HODGSON NEIL Hodgson is looking forward to a productive future in MotoGP after turning his fortunes around with two superb results. The World Superbike champion from Burnley found life in motorcycling's top class difficult going at the start of the

  • Harper Mulling over Mini move

    TOUR of Mull winner Daniel Harper looks set to make the switch to a BMW Mini Cooper for this year's event. Harper, engineering director of Minisport of Padiham, drove the famous car -- subject of a documentary on Men and Motors earlier this year -- on

  • Clarets boss fights charge

    STEVE Cotterill has been formally charged by the Football Association following his 'sending off' against Gillingham last Monday. During the league game, which the Clarets lost 2-1, the Burnley manager was sent to the stands by referee Richard Beeby following

  • Aussie couple celebrate honeymoon at Blackpool Illuminations

    NEWLYWEDS Gareth and Jessica Bull celebrated their honeymoon in a blaze of lights as VIP guests at the Blackpool Illuminations switch-on last night. Darwen-born Gareth, 23, who emigrated with his family to Australia seven years ago, brought his bride

  • Army bid to recruit more ethnic minorities

    THE army was sending high-ranking officials into a Blackburn community today in a bid to recruit more people from ethnic minorities. Lieutenant Colonel Leanda Pitt and Brigadier Jonathan Powe OBE were visiting Audley to address 250 leading community figures

  • Cure for hospital parking problems

    HOSPITAL bosses have found a cure for staff parking problems at Blackburn Royal Infirmary. Last month the Evening Telegraph was called by nurses and a new doctor at the hospital to say their cars were being clamped in a parking crackdown by security staff

  • Former Crown Paint manager dies, aged 80

    A DARWEN exile who helped to set up Crown Paint factories in Africa has died aged 80. John Yeadon left the town in 1960 to go on his travels, but was well-remembered for his singing in local clubs. He worked his way up from the bottom at Crown Paints

  • Fight in street leaves man hurt

    A MAN suffered head injuries in a street fight in Blackburn's Brookhouse area. The fight between three people broke out about 5pm yesterday in Earl Street. Two men aged 28 and 19 were arrested on suspicion of assault and were today being questioned at

  • ANGLING: Ribble keeps on producing

    by Kingfisher IT DOES not matter how well other waters in the area are fishing, it is impossible to ignore the fantastic sport the Ribble and its tributaries continue to produce. This has been, so far, the best season on the Ribble for many years and