EVERY team in the country shall be gunning for the all-conquering Lancashire side next season. That is the stark warning from Accrington greenkeeper Trevor Foster who was a key member of the seven-strong Lancashire team which won the English County Championships
NORTH West Water looked almost certain to secure victory in its battle to take over Norweb today after stepping up its bid. The electricity company recommended shareholders accept the £1.83 billion offer from NWW and said it was unlikely the American
DRUG squad officers seized about 41,000 LSD tablets found hidden under an East Lancashire street. A major surveillance operation - partly carried out by Darwen Cricket Club - led to the discovery of the tablets, which have a street value of up to £200,000
A UNION probe was under way today after teachers at a primary school boycotted a half-day strike. The actions of a small number of staff at St Cuthbert's Primary School, Darwen, were to be discussed at a committee meeting of the Blackburn and Darwen branch
I WOULD like to thank our bin men and the grass cutters. Whatever the weather, they are always there - polite, friendly, hard-working and efficient. However, there is a small thing that the public can do to make the refuse service more efficient. Some
THE GOOD intentions of Blackburn Council's purge of shopkeepers' pavement advertising signs cannot be disputed - they are designed to make the streets and footpaths safer and easier for the blind and disabled. But there is something of a difference between
DID WE get an illuminating insight into weaknesses in the care-in-the-community system for the long-term sick and elderly when swords crossed briefly at the special East Lancashire conference yesterday on meeting patients' needs? For family doctors' representative
DANCER Lorna Edgar slipped and smashed two of her teeth on the first day of a major tournament. But after emergency treatment she was back on the dancefloor and ended up claiming a top solo trophy. Lorna was one of 43 students from Harlequin Dance Centres
A TEAM of Blackburn Rovers veterans take to the field on Sunday in aid of Noel Brotherston's family. Former Northern Ireland international Noel died suddenly earlier this year. The veterans' team will include Rovers' first team coach Derek Fazackerley
RUSSIAN voices were raised in song, with a performance of sacred and secular music at a one-off concert in Blackburn Cathedral. The 25 members of the Russian Cathedral Choir, including musical director Oleg Ovchinnikov , stayed with host families in the
YOUNG poets Sophia Karolia and Rani Dabrai are celebrating National Poetry Day today after being picked out as among the best in the country. The youngsters, both pupils at Our Lady and St John School in Blackburn, wowed the judges with two hard-hitting
CORONATION Street star Sherrie Hewson, alias Maureen Holdsworth, joined forces with pupils from Westholme School to give a helping hand to horses and ponies. The bubbly actress visited the Blackburn school to receive a cheque for £376 on behalf of the
LIBRARY users are being urged to back a campaign to protect the service from "cultural vandalism". Hyndburn Labour Party today launched a petition as part of a national campaign to stop what it claims is a plan to privatise library provision. The party
A KEEN gardener from Rossendale has created history by producing a new variety of dahlia which is in great demand by enthusiasts. Donald Kershaw, 60, of Hamer Avenue, Crawshawbooth. has produced a delicate salmon-pink variety after six years of secret
CONCERNED campaigners and councillors keeping an eye on the proposed development of a hospital site have won the backing of a Government inspector. And it could mean limited development of the controversial Calderstones area instead of the massive housing
A £2.5 million bid to create a Forest of Burnley will be officially launched at Towneley Hall next week. Council chiefs are hoping for massive public support for a scheme to win National Lottery cash from the Millennium Fund to plant 1,250 acres of community
BURNLEY are tracking Arsenal striker Soner Zumrutel. And the Clarets may step up their interest after the 20-year-old Gunners trainee grabbed a goal double for Burnley Reserves at Turf Moor last night. The Islington-born youngster is on an extended trial
NEIGHBOURS found 42-year-old Ken Riley dead outside his home in West View, Haslingden, in the early hours of the morning, coroner David Smith was told. But a post mortem examination failed to reveal he cause of the death, which had sparked a police inquiry
TWENTY jobs have been lost with the shock closure of the Mulberry Bush countryside centre at Rossendale Groundwork's Newhallhey premises in Rawtenstall. An emergency meeting was held last night to alter arrangements for a German Festival Week in Rossendale
DUNDEE United's Billy McKinlay was today ready to link up with Blackburn Rovers in a £1.75 million deal. We can reveal that McKinlay is due at Ewood Park to seal Rovers' second major signing in a week following the capture of Norway's Lars Bohinen. McKinlay
BILL Jacobs reported (LET, October 3) about the local government review and comments by Jack Straw MP and Blackburn Council about an alleged 'scaremongering' campaign. Reference was made to a meeting I had with head teachers at Lammack Primary School.
A MILLION pound plan to transform Blackburn's run-down Boulevard was unveiled today. The new scheme would see the redesign of the bus station, covered walkways, pedestrian crossings and landscaping to create a better first impression of the town. The
A FULL council debate on the sell-off crisis facing local bus services is being demanded by Independent councillor Harry Brooks. He says the facts surrounding Pendle's bid to pull out of Burnley and Pendle Transport by selling its 50 per cent share to
POLICING in Lancashire will suffer if £3 million worth of cuts are forced on the authority next year, police chiefs have warned. A bleak scenario of inability to react to changing crime patterns, coupled with more vacancies and fewer civilian staff was
BLACKBURN Rugby Union Club lost 8-6 against Old Salians with the last move of the match when No 8 Stuart Griffin crashed over after five minutes' solid pressure by the visitors ended with the winning score. In truth this was all the home side deserved
REGARDING your report (LET, October 7) about the bid by Royal Mail for permission to drive vans through Nelson's pedestrian precinct, so what's new? Four times this week alone, and many times before, I have had to move aside to allow vehicles of various
A MILLION-pound facelift for Blackburn's blighted Boulevard is unveiled. It is about time, too - as this part of town-centre Blackburn has been an eyesore and a disgrace for far too long. True, the huge revamp of the Boulevard and rail station area that
A BRAVE rape victim has issued a heartfelt thanks to people who have come forward with information to help the hunt for her attacker. The 22-year-old was left deeply shocked and upset by the brutal attack in Blackburn's Billinge Wood on Sunday afternoon
ROVERS are plucking out of Africa in their search for young raw talent. The club have given a 10-day trial to 14-year-old striking prodigy Gareth Devine. The young Springbok, from Johannesburg, returns to South Africa at the weekend. He was recommended
BRITISH Aerospace is putting its faith in Lancashire's school-leavers. A £2.4 million apprenticeship scheme will take it into the 21st century. The Military Aircraft Division, which employs more than 11,000 at its Samlesbury and Warton sites, is looking
THERE can't be many jobs where the boss is happy to pay for you to go out for meals with workmates, place a few bets at the bookies or buy a new set of clothes. But for the officers in the fraud team at Blackburn's VAT office it is all in the line of
SINCE 1983, Teigmouth-based Holiday Services has assisted elderly or disabled holidaymakers and their families, and gained a good reputation with authorities, organisations and individuals. We help in a variety of ways: Giving advice or assistance in
COUNCIL officials aim to sweep the streets of Blackburn and Darwen clear of advertising boards and displays, after a new ruling. The council is banning A-frame advertising signs and traders will need special permission for displays or cafes on the pavement
