WORKERS behind the Eurofighter, Tornado, Harrier and Hawk aircraft have been given a quality seal of approval. The Military aircraft division of British Aerospace, with sites at Samlesbury and Warton in Lancashire, has been awarded the international quality
A YOUNG driver who killed an 85-year-old woman has been fined £250 and banned from the roads for a year. Margaret Agnes Walton died from multiple injuries hours after being hit by a speeding car driven by student Mohammed Makda, Blackburn magistrates
SOCCER hero Jimmy Armfield and deaf people's champion Doug Alker are being given Honorary Fellowships of the University of Central Lanca- shire. They are among seven public figures recognised for their contribution to "society, the region and the development
THERE are simply no excuses for drink-driving. The all-year-round message is being hammered home in the Christmas party period by Burnley Health Care NHS Trust. An exhibition - with videos and leaflets and "No Excuses'' bumper stickers - is on display
MYSTERY surrounds the Australian professional being sought by East Lancs Cricket Club for the 1996 season. The club and cricketer are in the final stages of negotiation but East Lancs are reveal the identity of their target. "The situation is very sensitive
RISHTON CC hit back last night at the "sniping" which accompanied their first Lancashire League championship success for 40 years. The club's success came under some fire because they replaced injured professional Peter Sleep with Phil Simmons during
CONGRATULATIONS on your article (LET, December 4), "Our big threat to life as we know it," which showed sensitivity to the unprotected and undeserved suffering of our planet. Parents, teachers, educators and politicians have a responsibility to our children
THE GREEN protesters' slogan, "Nuclear power? No thanks," is, it seems, now to be the watchword of the industry itself - as nuclear British Energy, heading for privatisation next year, drops plans to build any new generating plants. But it is too soon
BIRD lover Derek Moss was left spitting feathers after a kind-hearted act left him facing a cold Christmas and a bill from British Gas. He called the RSPCA when he discovered a distressed starling trapped behind his gas fire. They in turn rang British
BURNLEY striker Nathan Peel has turned down a move to Third Division Torquay United. New Gulls boss Eddie May asked if he could take Peel on a month's loan but the Clarets forward did not fancy the move to Devon. Instead he has elected to stay at Turf
A MAN narrowly escaped being hit by a train after he stumbled and fell on a railway crossing. And today transport police warned people to be aware of the dangers of railways and to be on their guard when using public crossings over the lines. The man,
HAIRDRESSING students proved they were a cut above the rest when they took a national competition by storm. Blackburn College second year NVQ Hairdressing students took the War of the Roses to a new dimension when they became overall winners of the Yorkshire
NEARLY 30 years after St James' Players, Lanehead, Burnley, first discussed producing A Christmas Carol the curtain will finally go up on the show tomorrow. A cast of 53, the players' largest ever, including chorus and choir, will present the classic
TEN people have been charged by police following dawn raids on a suspected crack cocaine network. The people were among 14 arrested by officers in Blackburn yesterday in Operation Raven. Five men and three women were due to appear before Blackburn magistrates
THE final pictures taken by Kashmir hostage Paul Wells before his capture will be part of an exhibition of his work to be seen by thousands of theatre-goers Paul, 24, of Bracken Close, Blackburn, has been a captive of separatist group Al Faran for five
A FORMER Accrington woman is at the centre of a nationwide anti-drugs campaign following the tragic death of her teenage daughter. Angela Wood, and her husband Tony, hit the headlines in Australia when their 15-year-old daughter, Anna, died three days
BURNLEY fans' favourite Adrian Heath has emerged as a red-hot candidate to link up with Howard Kendall at Sheffield United following the departure of Dave Bassett today. Kendall's name has surfaced as an early favourite to replace Bassett after the Bramall
A NEW commercial improvement area is expected for Darwen to complement a proposed conservation scheme. Darwen's new conservation area plans to include the town centre areas of Market Street, Bolton Road, the markets area and old housing surrounding St
A 250-million-dollar order should mean more work heading to a Barnoldswick factory. Rolls-Royce has signed a contract with Gulfstream Aerospace to supply Tay engines for the firm's new corporate aircraft. Staff at Rolls-Royce's Barnoldswick factory manufacture
A WORLD-beating firm has taken the plunge with a £500,000 expansion move. Apeks Marine Equipment, which won the Lancashire Evening Telegraph Small Business award six months ago, has moved from Darwen to purpose-built premises in Blackburn. The firm, the
SUMMER holidays laying pipelines helped Elspeth Green to a top engineering award. Elspeth, 21, won a £1,000 graduate prize from the Royal Academy of Engineering. The award, one of 11 nationally, recognises academic achievement and commitment to an engineering
DEJECTED Coventry City boss Ron Atkinson today accepted that Blackburn Rovers had won the £2.8m chase for Chris Coleman and admitted: "Our 5-0 win cost us our man." Big Ron believes the 5-0 hammering of the champions at Highfield Road set the wheels in
EAST Lancashire towns hit the cash jackpot today with the go-ahead for £100 million schemes to bring new jobs and a better life to the area. Haslingden scoops £11 million of Government money to trigger a massive £53 million spend in a project led by Airtours
MARKS and Spencer chief Lord Sieff was urged to boycott Silentnight until the bitter dispute with sacked workers was settled. The appeal came from Burnley Labour MP Peter Pike after he said Marks and Spencer buyers were expected at Silentnight today to
THE POLICE in Lancashire had caught more litter louts than almost any other force in the country, it was revealed today. They appeared fifth in the top-of-the-cops league table, which showed how effective police authorities had been in dealing with litter
CHORLEY Rugby League Club ended a losing run of six games when they draw with in-form Bramley at Victory Park. Chorley were behind in the first minute with a Dean Creasser penalty, but were level in the 12th minute with a Martin Holden penalty after a
HAWKS' remarkable 15-game winning run came to an abrupt end at the Arena last night as Ryan Kummu's glory hunters crashed to a first defeat in two months. Telford Tigers - a traditional "bogey" team - stunned Hawks with an awesome display to chalk up
IS anyone interested in the campaign to restore the use of our real county name throughout Lancashire? It was given to us in 1168 and taken from us in 1974. Our county is called Lancashire, not Greater Manchester, Cumbria, Merseyside or Cheshire. Come
AFTER studying the real meaning of Christmas, the 11-to-14-year-olds in the Pathfinder Group at our joint churches, St James' C of E, Good Shepherd RC, Revidge Fold URC and Lammack Methodist in Blackburn, have come up with a new carol. Though I don't
INOTICE that, once again, all over Hyndburn, they will be flicking the switch on the Christmas tree lights - except, that is, in Oswaldtwistle centre, on Union Road. All it has is a crib next to the monument on the corner of Rhyddings Street. But I am
RELAXING its recommendations for safe drinking - putting them up to the equivalent of 14 pints of beer a week for men and 21 glasses of wine for women - the government is responding to evidence that the previous lower levels were over-prescriptive. But
BOSSES at British Telecom have been labelled the Scrooges of the business world in a row over staff car allowances. And customers have been warned they could soon receive a poorer service as a result. Union officials say BT employees could refuse to use
IAGREE with your article "Biteback on Fluoride" (LET, November 21). Fluoride is no magic chemical. Among the people with the least tooth decay in Britain are those in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire - where the water supply is not fluoridated! Fluoride
A ONCE-mighty textile factory was in its death throes today with news that another 61 jobs are to go. The pre-Christmas axe fell at Holmefield Mill, Barrowford. It once boasted a 700-strong workforce but it will now become a virtual ghost shed with a
A FOUR-foot wall was too high a hurdle for a 'halfway' horse. When he tried to get over he became stuck on top and had to be rescued by firefighters. The horse's front legs were over the pavement in Whalley Road, Clayton-le-Moors, but his backs legs were
ANXIOUS pet owner Lorraine Lawless picked up her collie dog, Bracken, and sobbed with relief: "My baby is back." Lorraine, of Redearth Road, Darwen, believes her four-year-old pet is the same animal that was tied to a railway track by sick thugs last
A SCHOOLBOY is recovering well after being confirmed as having meningitis. The boy, a pupil at St James C of E primary school, Oozebooth Terrace, Blackburn, was confirmed as having meningococcal meningitis yesterday but has not been seriously affected
PUB thugs in Padiham are facing a dry Christmas and New Year. Nearly every pub and club in town has joined the Padiham Pub Watch scheme. Licensees got together following increasing complaints of abuse, violence and drug-taking in the town's pubs and clubs
BOARD of Trade president Ian Lang has been asked to cut through American red tape holding up a major export order for Blackburn's Royal Ordnance factory. The Rovis vehicle intercom system made at the Lower Darwen works has been successfully exported to
KEVIN Gallacher suffered a further setback to his comeback plans when he was sent off for fighting in last night's reserve match against Sheffield United at Saltergate. The midfielder, who has been beset by injuries, may now face a three-match ban for
