A MURDER-STYLE investigation was launched today after an 90-year-old woman found dying on her bedroom floor claimed she had been the victim of an attack. Mary Johnston was found suffering from hypothermia at her home in Reservoir Street, Darwen, after
THE government was bitterly attacked last night for ignoring the plight of an East Lancashire granny who earned just 15 pence an hour. Pendle MP, Gordon Prentice, told the Commons how he had sent copies of the Lancashire Evening Telegraph to Competition
IT annoys me to read that Princess Diana wants to be called "The Queen of Hearts." The only person entitled to that is "Our Gracie," the late Gracie Fields - not blue blood, royal Diana. OLIVE SLATER (Mrs), Sussex Street, Nelson. Converted for the new
WHAT John Farrar (Letters, November 23) has heard about Labour replacing The Red Flag is but rumour. 'The New Flag' was compiled some time ago, when "new Labour" experienced the difficulty of rendering the original version tongue in cheek. The new version
IF you have applied for a place in the 1996 London Marathon, then the Imperial Cancer Research Fund would love to hear from you. Please consider running this famous marathon for us and help save lives by freeing future generations from cancer. Runners
THE PARENTS of a teenage soldier are sending their daughter a Christmas message through the pages of the Lancashire Evening Telegraph. Joanne Scaife is spending her Christmas hundreds of miles away from East Lancashire in war torn Bosnia. And her family
FESTIVE drinkers are being urged not to get behind the wheel in an exclusive Christmas message from the Government in today's Lancashire Evening Telegraph. Road Safety Minister Steven Norris has chosen the region's premier newspaper to put across his
EXPERIENCED Burnley striker Tony Philliskirk was today on the verge of joining Third Division Cardiff City. I can reveal Philliskirk has verbally agreed a two and a half year deal. He is expected to sign in time to make his Cardiff debut against Hartlepool
THIS dedicated mother has gone without money for them, stays up till the small hours nursing them through illness and even gets out of bed in the middle of the night to pick them up from another part of the country. "Some people think I'm quite batty,
THE new-look FA Cup draw gave Blackburn Rovers a new challenge last night - a first-ever tie with Ipswich Town in the major domestic knockout competition. And the First Division club welcomed the chance of facing the champions, with a sell-out crowd anticipated
COMMUNITY care will still not be available for all those who need it, social services bosses warned. Chancellor Kenneth Clarke's claims of extra resources for social services have proved untrue, say the Association of County Councils and the Association
STEFFEN Iversen is set to parade his remarkable teenage talents for Rosenborg at Ewood tomorrow night with a message for all the clubs who would like to tempt him away from his native Norway - Hands Off! The 19-year-old star tormented Blackburn Rovers
REFERRING to Walt Meadows' letter of November 28, I should like to ask him since when has gas, electricity, petrol and beer been a necessity of life as water is. I question the correctness of his statement that "it can only be right that water should
TWO policemen were injured in a deliberate smash caused by suspects during a car chase. The men they were following after a theft in the area, crashed their car into the officers' vehicle. Rural beat bobby John Barber of Slaidburn and Sergeant Lee Halstead
CORONATION Street star Nigel Pavero who played Terry Duckworth was to set Burnley aglow tonight when he switched on the Christmas lights at 7.30pm in the town square. Workers at Lucas Electrical's two Burnley factories were given an early warning to brace
AROUND a million pizzas a week were soon to be turned out from a Nelson factory following an investment package which would create dozens of jobs. The Canadian Pizza Crust Co had taken over the former Master Baker Hotplate premises on the Lomeshaye Industrial
SOME years ago I purchased a checked cloth cap, the quality of which always appeared exceptional. Not too long ago I was somewhat surprised to discover that the makers, Lock and Co, of St James Street, London, also happened to supply Lord Nelson with
HOSPITAL chiefs are on the brink of asking the sick to stay away once more as, for a second time this year, a staffing crisis grips the casualty department at Blackburn Infirmary. But, while the bizarre prospect is again raised of patients being expected
THIEVES ransacked a church and stole everything from silver cutlery to a tub of ice cream. Congregation members from Hollin Bank Mission Church, Kirby Road, Blackburn, have been left shocked and saddened by the break-in. The thieves got into the church
THE impact that Lancashire County Council's recently-published 'Minerals and Waste Local Plan 1991-2006' will have on everyone in Lancashire who enjoys the areas of outstanding natural beauty around the Forest of Bowland and Pendle Hill has not, I think
HOSPITAL bosses are battling to prevent a recruitment crisis from causing havoc at their casualty department. And health chiefs are poised to renew a call for patients not to attend Blackburn Infirmary's accident and emergency department unless they have
SEVEN months hard-work has gone into creating a brightly-coloured mural on Hapton's railway footbridge. The project, the brainchild of clerk to Hapton Parish Council Jo Garrigan, was initially delayed because British Rail were not happy with the sketches
