I WOULD like to clarify a few points relating to your coverage (LET, January 15) of my speech on moral education. I did not attack the teaching of morality in schools. Indeed, I said that most teachers do a good job of laying down rules of good behaviour
JUST a couple of hours or a fortnight of your time can make all the difference to people who are in need of help to look after themselves. In Blackburn and Darwen, the Women's Royal Voluntary Service serves over 19,000 meals on wheels to the housebound
NEIGHBOURS and nature lovers are preparing to battle against plans for a wind farm at a Ribble Valley beauty spot. Residents living close to the Longridge Fell site have formed a small action group to battle against even the early stages of the wind farm
TEACHERS and pupils were in a state of shock today after a staffroom was petrol-bombed in the third suspicious blaze at a Blackburn school in less than a week. And the head of St Michael with St John Primary, near Whalley Range, said he feared the latest
DETECTIVES were hunting a cool thief who snatched £5,000 in wages from a car while a company director changed a slashed tyre. The thief pounced just 50 yards from Barclays Bank, Copy Nook, Blackburn, where the production director and another employee
IT WAS interesting that Ribble Valley Tory MP Nigel Evans accused Emma Nicholson of betrayal (Letters, January 16) for joining the Liberal Democrats. It can, therefore, be assumed that one of the icons of the Tories, namely wartime leader Winston Churchill
AFTER reading about headmaster Mike Rothwell's problem with cuts in the water supply to Belthorn Primary School (LET, January 15), I was tempted to give him a ring and tell him to complain to Ofwat. But he may have done this already and found it to be
I WELCOME the news (LET, January 11) that Darwen Town Hall is to become a "nerve centre," serving the needs of a thriving town. However, I feel that there is a long way to go before the council fully appreciates that there are two towns in the borough
C A BAKEWELL (Letters, January 16), strongly supports the efforts of MP Andrew Mackinley and Greg Pope to clear the names of British soldiers shot for cowardice in the First World War. This, I understand, is their second attempt. At this late date it
CUSTOMERS in Lancashire are being warned to return a potentially dangerous lamp sold in Bhs stores. An electrical problem has been found on the brass and glass 'Star Lantern'. Customers are being warned not to use the light fitting and Bhs will be arranging
STAFF at a Roman Catholic comprehensive school popped the champagne corks after their week-long inspection was over. And they had more reason to celebrate when the results gave St Augustine's at Billington grade As in most areas. The inspection, by the
ROLLS-Royce bosses believe the feared collapse of planemaker Fokker will not affect jobs at its Lancashire site. The Barnoldswick plant makes components for the Rolls-Royce Tay range of engines which are used in some of the Dutch firm's aircraft. But
BACUP stalwart Roger Harper and Ramsbottom pro Chris Harris have been named in their countries' squads for next month's World Cup. The two stars, back at Lanehead and Acre Bottom for the 1996 season, join Rishton's Allan Donald in cricket's showpiece
ACCORDING to a recent Press report, GPs are being urged to keep sick patients at home, instead of sending them into hospital. Is this what is behind the proposed 31 bed closure at Rossendale General Hospital? This area has already lost Colne's Hartley
IF YOU fancy a good walk and want a balance between history and natural history, visit the area around Leighton Hall. There was a fortified manor house around Leighton on the banks of Morecambe Bay but all the ancient buildings were destroyed by the Jacobite
YOUR Opinion (LET, January 15) says "Voters know who is to blame for those cuts." But do they? Do you seriously suggest that capping should be removed from the Labour-controlled councils which have demonstrated time and time again that they have no monetary
ACCRINGTON Stanley crashed out of the ATS Trophy at Radcliffe and only had themselves to blame for some poor finishing. Two minutes after the break Borough took the lead, Andy Kilner striking a 20 yard free kick round the wall and past Rob Mulloy. It
HAS anyone, who has had the temerity to write to the Welsh wizard, Ribble Valley MP Nigel Evans, in the last few months, noticed a diminution, approximately to zero, in his note(s) of reply? I have written three letters in the last two to three months
BLACKBURN Rovers today angrily denied reports that Jack Walker had taken manager Ray Harford to task over the David Batty transfer saga. The England midfielder has been strongly linked with a move to league leaders Newcastle United. But with Newcastle
A BRICKLAYER was true to his word when his girlfriend won a Spanish holiday in an "Open the Box" event at a Rawtenstall pub. Nicholas Threader, 26, had promised to propose to Janet Hardman, 25, if she won the holiday and, in front of all the customers
BLACKBURN Hawks have denied that netminder Horatio Schlinger has been made available for transfer. Hawks boss Mike Cockayne slammed suggestions of a rift with team-mates. The British Ice Hockey Association's own weekly news circular contained a brief
A NEW engineering laboratory will help keep British Aerospace's Lancashire plants world beating. The new facility is in the mechanical engineering department at Loughborough University where dozens of trainees from Lancashire already receive practical
NEXT time you're queueing for a burger look up at the ceiling and you may spot a Haslingden firm's product. Air grilles made by ducting specialists Caswell Engineering's sister firm Konvekta are used in McDonald's restaurants around the country and the
A TEENAGE girl was being quizzed today after the dismembered body of a 35-year-old man was found in the bedroom of a tower block flat. The grim discovery was made by police shortly before 9pm last night at Victoria House flats in Queen's Park Road, Blackburn
BURNLEY'S number one goalkeeper Marlon Beresford will attempt to play through the pain barrier with a double hernia. I can reveal that Beresford faces major surgery to repair the damage after a specialist diagnosed the shock hernia trouble last night.
TURF Moor goal machine Kurt Nogan reflected on his senior Wales call-up against Italy and declared: "It is a dream come true." Nogan was kicking his heels today unsure whether he would force his way on to the substitutes bench for tonight's glamour friendly
A TRIP to the cinema by five friends ended in tragedy when their car crashed on the way home, an inquest heard. They were returning to Burnley after watching Batman Forever at Bury when their car went out of control, spun round in Burnley Road, Clowbridge
LEFT-WING Labour Euro-MP Michael Hindley today found himself at the centre of a Harriet Harman-style education row after the Lancashire Evening Telegraph revealed that he sends his daughter to a grant-maintained grammar school. The Lancashire South MEP
FROM the grimy South Yorkshire scrapyards of Rotherham to the chic high life of Italy's splendid capital, Rome. Forty-eight hours in the busy life of Burnley striker Kurt Nogan as he ponders a possible berth on the Wales substitutes bench in tonight's
CHILDREN in East Lancashire will get an insight into the workings of the human body, thanks to an anonymous donation of £45,000. The money will buy a mobile education unit to travel round schools in the region and help children to learn about healthy
JUST what does it take to bring down the monarchy? We have a never-ending saga of corruption in its ranks at the present. But worse than that, we are told that in the war years, ex-King Edward collaborated with Adolf Hitler throughout. He should have
IF the government's pollution watchdog thinks the concern in the Ribble Valley over Cemfuel will go away with their latest blessing for it, they are mistaken. That is because, in effect, what they are saying is that the burning of waste chemicals at Castle
THE shocking state of NHS dental care in East Lancashire is revealed by this newspaper tonight. It is on the brink of total breakdown. Indeed, the service is so badly gapped now that many people are simply unable to register with a dentist. In some areas
A STUDENT is considering legal action against a Blackburn nightclub after a bouncer stamped his driving licence with the word "Admission". Philip Bullock, 19, from Accrington, a former student of St Mary's Sixth Form College, Blackburn, joined a group
EX-ROVER Alan Wright is determined to make the most of his England chance - even though he is still catching his breath at a whirlwind rise. In a matter of just nine months, the little full back has jumped from Blackburn Rovers' Pontin's League team to
BANK customers are being urged to destroy sticks of rock given away at NatWest branches after two were found to contain metal staples. Thousands of the pink, green and yellow sticks were handed out at NatWest's 225 Saturday-opening branches, including
A GUTSY display by Chorley wrecked Boston's hopes of staging a Lincolnshire derby against Gainsborough in the second round of the FA Umbro Trophy. In extremely testing conditions the Magpies showed great character to come from behind and deservedly claim
KENNY Dalglish was finally ruled out of the running to succeed Jack Charlton as Republic of Ireland boss, after earlier claims in Dublin that he was about to be interviewed. As the Lancashire Evening Telegraph exclusively revealed yesterday, Rovers had
POLLUTION watchdogs have ordered Castle Cement to come up with answers to the problem of plume grounding within weeks. But a final report on the burning of controversial Cemfuel has said it can continue to be burned at the Ribblesdale works, despite opposition
