A NEW high-visibility fabric to help save lives has been launched by Nelson firm Carrington Career and Workwear Fabrics. Emergency services, transport maintenance workers and school crossing patrols could wear the fabric, designed to be seen in virtually
THE Asian community was in mourning today after a young student was stabbed to death while apparently trying to stop a street fight. A-level student Shazad Iqbal, 18, was stabbed in the stomach as he tried to intervene in scuffles between youths near
A TOP doctor today painted a bleak picture for the future of East Lancashire health care if people become tempted to travel out of town for cut-price operations. Consultant vascular surgeon Robert Hughes spoke out after reading a Lancashire Evening Telegraph
BLACKBURN Rovers manager Ray Harford has sought the advice of players boss Gordon Taylor over what action to take against Graeme Le Saux and David Batty. The PFA chairman today indicated that suspending them might not be appropriate. And that will almost
NORTH West Water has been condemned for buying expensive adverts in the middle of Coronation Street while allowing reservoir levels in East Lancashire to fall dramatically. Hyndburn MP Greg Pope has written to company chairman Sir Desmond Pitcher demanding
HUNDREDS of East Lancashire workers are applying for jobs driving buses - in London! A major bus operator in the capital has launched a recruitment drive in the area to try and tempt locals to fill vacancies paying up to 50 per cent more than Lancashire
PENDLE MP Gordon Prentice has sunk his teeth into loan sharks by backing a House of Commons move to control their activities. Mr Prentice fears many people will fall prey to loan predators' promises of easy cash, particularly at Christmas time when the
A TODDLER playing with matches was believed to have started a blaze which wrecked the downstairs of a Blackburn couple's new home. The two-year-old was in the living room of their house in Rothesay Road, Blackburn, and his mother was on the telephone
A BEER festival for 40 Burnley revellers fell flat when police were called to sort out a row between the coach driver and some of the passengers. The rumpus fizzed at a motorway cafe in Yorkshire and the cross-channel trip to a Belgian beer festival went
SPARTAK coach Oleg Romantsev has cooled speculation that his star players - including potential Rovers target Ilia Tsimbalar - will be on their way West before too long. Ewood boss Ray Harford has revealed an interest in Tsimbalar and has openly admired
SPY cameras are in the sky, on the motorways, in the shopping malls and heaven knows where else. We are told it is all for our protection, but there is a price to pay - that of the intrusion on our privacy. People need the freedom to run free and, with
IT did my heart good to read Ian Stephenson's reply (Letters, November 20) to Walt Meadows' attempt to belittle the excellent result of the year's working of the Operations Department of the Labour-controlled Blackburn Council. I suggest to Mr Meadows
I HAVE recently been assessed by the Burnley Purchasing Team of Lancashire Social Services. No complaint about that - if I must pay extra, so be it! What I do complain about is the attitude towards pensioners! The envelope was addressed to Miss M Chew
AFTER swingeing attacks on our schools, the Government is now squeezing the pockets of students. Next year will bring a further 10 per cent cut in student grants on top of cuts of up to 8.6 per cent this year. The National Union of Students claims financial
COUNTY council bosses' hopes of reigning supreme over Blackburn were dashed when a Government minister involved himself in a power review, the High Court was told. The claim was made at the start of Lancashire County Council's bid to prevent the town
THE man who has launched a bid to buy thousands of Burnley Football Club shares at £50 each said today: "This is not a takeover bid." Harry Brooks, arch-critic of the Turf Moor board of directors, said his aim was to exert influence for the good of the
BRIAN Flynn will roll back the years at Turf Moor tomorrow. The Wrexham boss returns to his old stamping ground with the Racecourse men firing on all cyclinders after a 7-0 thumping of Rotherham and an FA Cup first round replay victory. And Flynn, a product
ANGLERS have waded in to help with a fish "flit" from a reservoir which is being drained for maintenance. North West Water is draining Mitchells House number two reservoir on the Rossendale side of the Accrington easterly by-pass opposite Baxenden Golf
WORKMEN are still digging up Brunshaw Road, Burnley, trying to find out what caused the road to subside. It is believed a culvert leading from former mine workings, and following the route of Higgin Street, is damaged. But until the workers dig deep enough
RECYCLING schemes in the Ribble Valley have turned out to be rubbish. But councillors have decided to put staff and cash to the tune of £50,000 into new strategies which they hopefully will put the borough on top of the heap. The council's environmental
I AM trying to trace relatives of my mother in order to find a photograph of her mother, my grandmother, who died in 1918. She was called Teresa Smith and married Josiah Brockway at Pleasington. They had two daughters, Stella and Winifred (my mother)
RAY Harford today pinpointed his main task in the aftermath of Wednesday night in Moscow as ensuring a return to the sort of spirit which won Blackburn Rovers the title last season. "The hardest job is to get some unity," he said. "But the team spirit
ADVERTISING on buses in Blackburn is set for a new look after a major deal. TDI, the company which sells the advertising space on the London Underground and most of the capital's buses, has acquired 40 per cent of rights to bus advertising in the town
MECHANICAL engineering firm Lucas Aftermarket Operations has received a people-power boost. The Burnley firm, which remanufactures diesel fuel injection equipment for export to Germany, France and Sweden, has received the national Investors in People
REGARDING the proposed rent increase for allotment holders in Blackburn, I recently applied for a plot on the site that extends from Tockholes Road to the top of Barley Bank Street. Although I have not yet been successful in obtaining one - being informed
HAVE you ever taken testosterone? How did it make you feel? I am researching a documentary on men's health and I am interested in talking to anyone who has taken testosterone for any reason. Please call me on 0181 752 4685. CLAIRE BROUGHTON, BBC Education
IN DAYS gone by, sick patients were at least spared the anxiety of wondering where they were going to end up for their vital operation. But now it could be Timbuktu for all their GP cares - just so long as it's costing less. The fund-holding regime means
COMPUTER success story Granville Technology Group has won major recognition in a national awards scheme. The Simonstone firm won a Certificate of Excellence in the 1995 Midland Bank Business Enterprise Award. It received its award from Ian Lang MP, President
YES, they're off again! Today's the day when it's OK to be completely stupid and do things that might normally get you arrested. The annual BBC Children In Need Appeal gets under way in the hope of bettering last year, when it handed out £16.2 million
CYCLING fans in East Lancashire may soon be able to link into a national cycle network. Blackburn Council looks set to lobby for a cycle route through the town and surrounding districts to be included in future plans for the National Cycle Network. The
TALENTED children are missing out on music lessons and the Government is to blame, say Lancashire teachers. The National Association of Schoolmasters and Union of Women Teachers says last year's government initiative to privatise school music support
PIRATE video tapes bought for Christmas could be funding drug gangs, pornography and terrorism. The Federation Against Copyright Theft says a survey has revealed that many people think it is a worse crime to jam a parking meter with gum than buy a pirate
A MYSTERY motorist is being sought by police investigating a serious arson attack. A house in Oswald twistle was gutted on Guy Fawkes night after firebugs broke in and doused carpets and curtains with petrol. Detectives investigating the sinister incident
