STUDENT Stephanie Whalley is top of the class! Stephanie scored the best marks on the MBA course at Blackburn College, and won the first prize to be awarded by chartered accountants Freeman Rich. She received an engraved trophy plus book tokens. Runner-up
TOP medics in Blackburn and Burnley are studying a private "hit list" of local hospital services which could in future be centred in just one of the districts. More and more specialities look set to be shared between the two health trusts as collaboration
POLICE were today starting to check almost £50,000 worth of stolen property netted in a series of dawn raids across the county. Cells were packed at every main police station as 204 arrests were made during yesterday's Operation Castle II. The blitz,
TEN-year-old Jayne Allinson misses her mum, especially at Christmas time. Her mother died four years ago aged 26 from cancer. Jayne has the genetic condition familial polyposis, which has run through her family and she has to attend hospital for regular
BUSINESS reaction to the Budget was mixed in East Lancashire, though there was anger from hauliers who face yet another increase in the price of diesel for their fuel-thirsty lorries. Haulier Barrie Jackson, of Brierfield, said fuel companies had absorbed
THE KING of rock and roll can take to the stage again thanks to an eagle- eyed shopkeeper in Blackburn. Great Harwood entertainer Roy Heald was thanking his lucky stars after he was reunited with his stolen Elvis suit. The hand-made jewelled outfit was
POLICE have expressed concern for the safety of a 13-year-old girl missing from home in Burnley. Victoria Marsden went missing on November 10 from the Fulledge area. She was seen in Nelson on Saturday with another girl. Victoria, a pupil at Walshaw High
VOTERS in East Lancashire were to be the first to deliver a verdict on John Major's new Government following Ribble Valley MP David Waddington's elevation to the House of Lords. His departure from the Commons meant a by-election in the New Year and the
TO prevent hedgehogs from nesting in their garden bonfires, many householders have provided their spiky friend with a comfortable home in the form of a hedgehog box. We provide a leaflet giving details of hedgehog homes you can make or, if you are not
AS THE dust settles after yesterday's budget, there emerges a clear vision of Prime Minister John Major clinging to power for as long as is humanly possible. A feeble, pepper-pot of mediocre measures shows this Government cannot be planning an early election
THE vandal-plagued Oswaldtwistle bottle bank is to be re-sited after an outcry from nearby residents. But Hyndburn councillors have not yet made up their minds about a new site for the recycling facility. Coun Peter Britcliffe said: "The last thing we
SWEDISH star Niklas Gudmundsson will be a significant spectator at Elland Road tonight when Blackburn Rovers bid for a place in the quarter finals of the Coca-Cola Cup. For Rovers boss Ray Harford warned: "He has come here to play first team football.
HOW the Budget will affect East Lancashire's small businesses will be top of the agenda at a meeting with a Shadow Minister to be held at the Tickled Trout, Samlesbury. Labour's Small Business Minister Barbara Roche, will be getting to know the concerns
WHO would be a Billingham Bomber? The ice hockey team with the worst defensive record come face to face with the British League's most productive strike force tonight with buoyant Blackburn Hawks looking for successive victory number 13. Even the sporting
A THREE-day-old baby died of a condition it had contracted while still in the womb, a Blackburn Inquest heard. Deputy coroner Michael Singleton recorded a verdict of death by natural causes on baby Fatima Ali after being told by pathologist Dr John Rutherford
MAXIMUM MAN Stephen Hendry has landed a lucrative five-year deal with snooker equipment manufacturer E J Riley. The world champion, who was facing Irishman Ken Doherty in today's Royal Liver Assurance UK Championship quarter-finals in Preston - where
PENSIONERS in East Lancashire will get some benefits from the Budget but no big Christmas present from the Chancellor. That's the view of local pensioners groups such as Age Concern and Pensioners' Voice. Since the 1970s, pensioners have received a £10
HOSPITAL negligence has resulted in a £150,000 damages award to a Burnley father-of-two who lost part of his leg. Steven Brett, 36, fractured his right ankle in a parachute jump accident in 1987 and was taken to the Royal Lancaster Infirmary. But the
GRAEME Le Saux and David Batty were banned for two games today in what appeared to be an amazing about-turn by UEFA who have imposed the punishment for "grossly unsporting conduct." The Blackburn Rovers duo, involved in the now infamous incident in Moscow
A DEVOTED couple are taking a last-ditch gamble in the hope that the Home Office will let them live together in Britain. Roy Llewellyn and his wife, Julieta, are to fly to the Philippines in a bid to bring a six-year saga to an end. Julieta, 42, is facing
BURNLEY midfielder Adrian Randall is a major injury doubt for tonight's Auto Windcreens Shield tie at Crewe Alexandra. Randall was today under intensive treatment for lateral knee ligament damage sustained in Saturday's 2-2 draw against Wrexham. And,
BRITISH Aerospace has been awarded a top honour for the way its younger employees help the wider community. The Military Aircraft Division won the 1995 Employee Development Award which recognised the voluntary efforts of its young employees. The award
GAYLE Highton has joined the sales team at Nayler The Printer Ltd, Church, as business development executive. A former employee of Nelson-based lingerie company Premoda, and healthcare firm Cupal, Gayle's new role will take her the length and breadth
CHAMPAGNE won't be on the menu as Tomas Brolin celebrates his 26th birthday today. But Coca-Cola could be tonight! Leeds United's new international star is in line to start his first game in England against Blackburn Rovers at Elland Road. And the new
AN OFF-LICENCE owner who has been offered cut-price drink from abroad blasted the Budget for not doing enough to stem the tide of imported foreign booze. Roger Yates, co-director of Cheers off-licences and Edwards Wine Shop in Blackburn, gave the Chancellor
SIX INCHES of snow fell in some parts of East Lancashire, but weathermen said the thaw was on the way and it would be clear by the following day. A late evening blizzard made roads in the Ribble Valley and some areas of Hyndburn, Burnley and Pendle almost
OUR exemptions from Value Added Tax on books, newspapers, house purchase, public transport and food in shops, will be challenged in 1996 in a futherance of the Maastricht Treaty. What will John Major, or for that matter, Tony Blair, do about it? Remember
IFEEL I must allay any fears that patrons may have attending events at King George's Hall, following an article in your paper of November 18, which suggests they are being compromised because numbers exceed the licence capacity. This is not the case.
WE are hoping in the excitement of this coming Christmas that you will spare more than a thought for a little girl who has been on a kidney machine since she was born, nearly two years ago. She has dialysis at home for 12 hours every night, month in,
ON THE eve of US President Bill Clinton's arrival in Ulster, a magic wand was waved and lo and behold, the peace process suddenly spluttered back into life. After a hastily-called late-night emergency summit, Prime Minister John Major and Irish Premier
EAST Lancashire's Labour MPs today condemned Kenneth Clarke's budget as a con trick that would not win the Tories the next election. Janet Anderson, MP for Rossendale and Darwen, said: "There is nothing for ordinary people in East Lancashire. "One penny
THANKS to your suppport, hundreds of children in five Romanian counties have left bleak orphanages for real loving homes. This Christmas, can you help us to reach out to the children who are still waiting? Eight thousand Romanian children under the age
MISSED chances and missing players contrived to produce an unrealistic scoreline in this ATS Lancashire Trophy game. Harwood conceded three goals from slack marking at the far post. Manager Mick Higgins said: "We were punished for basic errors. They were
THE season begins in earnest for forgotten man Adrian Heath tonight as Burnley take on Crewe in the Auto Windscreens Shield at Gresty Road. Fans' favourite Heath stepped back into the Turf Moor spotlight against Wrexham after only a couple of first team
