MAMTA Dave has been appointed principal immigration case worker with law firm Ramsbottom & Co. Ugandan-born Mamta, 24, joins the Blackburn-based firm's immigration department after spending two years working for the Independent Immigration Support
FIRMS keen to do business across the Channel can get a taste of the French life this week. Blackburn College is hosting a taster day for its French business language course on Wednesday. Further details from Christine Holmes on 292502 or 292500. Converted
BEATLEMANIA was rekindled today with the first new song by the fab four since they split up 25-years-ago. Free As A Bird, which features the vocals of the late John Lennon, forms part of an album of previously unreleased material released today. The single
THE spy from French club Lyon came to Ewood to prepare a dossier on their next UEFA Cup opponents Nottingham Forest. He left eulogising about Alan Shearer and Blackburn Rovers. But that is hardly surprising as Bernard Lacombe, a formidable ex-French international
RECENT press reports on comments which I made about the Brunshaw Avenue shops in Burnley appear to have caused a good deal of concern and distress, so some explanation on my part is necessary. First of all, I want to make it clear that the press reports
THE bravery of a young woman was praised by a coroner after she tried to revive a man trapped in a vehicle with petrol swilling around. A Blackburn inquest heard how Lynn Horsfield, of Fulham Street, Nelson, did not hesitate to offer medical assistance
CABLE television giants Nynex face a court appearance after complaints about laying cables. The company is legally entitled to dig up pavements and roads, but obliged to reinstate them to proper standards, Blackburn planning and highways committee was
HOLIDAYMAKER Arthur Hughes has been officially honoured in Thailand after becoming the hero of a ferry sinking disaster. Mr Hughes, a roofing contractor, gave up his own life jacket and saved a three-year-old boy as two passengers died in the waters 270
I AM compiling a database of Christmassy things in the North West - tree lightings, etc. I am interested in all things where the public can join in - Santa in the streets, carols, the lot. I would be over the moon to receive any information either by
I NEED to respond to some of the wildly inaccurate statements made by Walt Meadows (Letters, November 7). Firstly, Blackburn Borough Council's Operations Department does not start off with "a given amount of money." All work carried out is under contracts
A TOP East Lancashire clergyman today launched an unprecedented attack on what he claimed were "startlingly inept" Government plans to encourage more schools to go grant maintained. Canon John Hall, Director of Education for the Blackburn Diocese, lent
THE tranquil environment of Gay Meadow proved a lethal killing field for Burnley. While sharp-shooting Shrewsbury pulled the trigger on another damaging defeat, this Division Two encounter hinged on one moment of courtroom controversy. Referee Scott Mathieson
SCHOOLS across the country could follow the musical lead taken by talented youngsters at a Colne primary school. Music-mad pupils at Sacred Heart RC Primary School have spearheaded a pilot project that could be taken up nationwide. The children have been
A SOCCER team was today mourning the death of their joint team manager. And yesterday teams in the Burnley and District Junior League held a minute's silence before their games as a mark of respect for Ian Rusk, joint manager of the Brierfield Celtic
LARS Bohinen had one word to sum up the confrontation with his former Nottingham Forest team-mates - "Unbelievable!" The Ewood midfield ace defied the boos and jeers of Forest fans to turn in a spectacular show and inspire a 7-0 Rovers romp. "Yes, it
CLOSED circuit TV cameras will monitor shoppers and troublemakers alike in the Accrington town centre area from next Monday. The operation will be mounted from the town's police station in Manchester Road, where five members of the Remploy organisation
WINGER Paul McDonald's spell at Turf Moor is over. The Southampton star returned to the Dell today after a two month loan period with the Clarets. And Burnley confirmed that they will not be asking the Premiership club for a further extension on his loan
LOUISE Ellison has been appointed associate at accountants Downham Train Epstein. Louise graduated from Cambridge University in 1987 with a masters degree in geography. She qualified as a chartered accountant in 1990. Converted for the new archive on
SEVERAL appointments have been made by Accrington-based Isothane. The firm, which specialises in coatings, foams, elastomers and prepolymers, has recruited Tony Hughes as joint managing director. Laurence Kuras, formerly with ICI, is to head up technical
A YOUNG care firm is celebrating after picking up a £8,500 European grant. A & M care Specialists was set-up just a year ago by partners Amanda Howarth and Michelle Atherton to offer care for the elderly, including a home help service. And now the
RUNAWAY teenager Paul Armstrong was today safely back at home with his family today after he was found hiding in a tent on the moors at midnight. Search and rescue volunteers and the Lancashire police helicopter were called out after Paul's Suzuki motorbike
FIVE voluntary organisations from in and around Burnley were presented with cash awards by Co-operative Retail Services in recognition of their work in the community. Burnley Hospital Radio, Burnley Deaf Group, Imperial Cancer Research Fund, Pendle Age
EVEN their best friends did not want to know ten Padiham firemen after they rescued a cow from a slurry pit. They had to battle waist deep in manure for two hours before freeing the animal at Pennyfold Farm, Hapton, using rescue lines. Said a Fire Brigade
ROVERS' 7-0 victory was their best ever in the Premiership, beating the 7-1 success they enjoyed over Norwich City in 1992. IT was the second-best victory ever achieved since the Premier League was formed in 1992, the only greater margin being Manchester
I REFER to the new style No Entry signs leading off the Boulevard down Railway Road, Blackburn, permitting only buses, cyclists, taxis and other registered private hire vehicles the right of exit. I would suggest that, unless these traffic signs receive
BRITAIN'S cash-starved rail system is being denied more than £1billion so that Railtrack, owner of the rail network, can improve the look of its balance sheet as privatisation looms. All this has a very familiar ring to it. The water industry was suitably
THE man who has steered Ribble Valley's most historic and famous college through the last decade is moving. For the last 11 years Dr Giles Mercer has been headmaster at Stonyhurst College but next summer he will take up a new appointment. Dr Mercer, an
THE old medical centre at the former Leyland Daf site is proving a real tonic for small busi- nesses. The building has been converted into small offices as part of the redevelopment of the Lancashire Enterprises Business park. All of the units were let
EVERTON could be poised to make a move for Blackburn Rovers' out of favour striker Chris Sutton if the £5million man does not regain a place in the side. But suggestions that Rovers are about to do a deal involving a swop with Aston Villa for Sutton and
WHEN you hear about barely-weaned Shetland pony foals being sold at auction in October for one guinea each (£1.05), you feel so strongly that somehow this indiscriminate breeding must be controlled or indeed stopped altogether. Hundreds, if not thousands
FOUR late goals in the space of five minutes left Accrington Stanley with a point in a match they could have won. Bishop Auckland's Paul Norton and David McKinley had goals disallowed for off-side in the opening 20 minutes. Stanley's best effort of the
RECORD buy Brian Ross put on a five-goal show as Chorley reversed last week's scoreline against Gainsborough to overwhelm a poor Droylsden side. With Kenny Mayers stamping his authority in midfield and Dean Emerson at his creative best, the Magpies looked
THE stadium that Jack built was officially opened by the man himself, Jack Walker, on Saturday And Blackburn Rovers celebrated their 120th birthday with a seven-goal salvo against Nottingham Forest. Mr Walker, who has pumped around £25 million of his
