WORRIED workers today spoke about the jobs bombshell dropped on them at a Barnoldswick textiles firm. About 145 jobs are to go from a workforce of around 360 at Albert Hartley Ltd, including 87 - mainly women - in the hemming department, which is closing
A FREE car park at Ivy Street, Blackburn, may become a pay-and-display to stop it being clogged by all-day parkers. Drivers would be charged a flat rate of 50p for a maximum stay of four hours. Planning and highways councillors heard the car park was
BRIAN Flynn had a quick glance, Chris Waddle said no thanks, Inchy Heath is staying coy and hungry silver fox Mike Walker wants a crack. Place your bets ladies and gentleman, the great Burnley job auction is in full swing. And after a frenzied week of
PLUCKY youngster Cameron Howard, who was twice brought back from the brink of death after contracting meningitis, was given a welcome home party his family will remember for the rest of their lives. Cameron, two, from Padiham, was left fighting for his
THE annual "Rossendale Way in a Day" trek has been saved from cancellation by Rossendale Search and Rescue Team. It has been organised by Rossendale Council but declining entries and extra pressures on funds seemed to have wiped out the prospect of the
TAKE heart, as you struggle with the mysteries of programming the video recorder or getting the microwave to thaw your pork chops, the machines haven't outraced our brainpower after all. For in the battle of minds, human intelligence still outranks that
A TOP-LEVEL report revealed today that 28 people died from typhoid in the Blackburn area. The review also described keepers of lodging houses as "a class of men who are altogether unsuitable for work." But the public need not panic. The figures are from
DAVID Batty was linked with Arsenal today, as a transfer continues to look the only obvious solution to his present stalemate at Ewood Park. One report said that the Gunners were ready to launch a £3.5 million bid for the Blackburn Rovers midfielder who
A FATHER lost his fight for life before he could see his new born baby daughter. Howard Parkinson, of Hayhurst Road, Whalley, had received a new liver but his body rejected it. His wife, Christine was induced to bring forward the birth of the couple's
A SUSPICIOUS fire has destroyed scores of important legal documents at a solicitors' office. An investigation was launched after the blaze wrecked the basement at Leyland Molloy, James Street, Blackburn. Firefighters from Blackburn, Darwen and Accrington
STAFF nurse Jill Townsend was changing the soaking sheets of a bed when I arrived. She had already been on duty for three hours and it was a busy day. But then again, every day is a busy day on ward E2. All 17 beds were full and the nursing staff were
A SMALL businessman has been banned from using the word 'sales' in an advert in the phone book - because BT bosses think it would be unfair competition! David Dugdale runs a TV video and satellite business in Clitheroe, and also sells and services mobile
WORKERS from across East Lancashire are getting in training to challenge rivals. Managers and staff from Hilden Manufacturing's five textile sites in the area are taking on a team from Laundrycraft. "The challenge was initially issued during a meeting
A YOUNG woman and her pet cat are both lucky to be alive after two tonnes of steel sheets sliced through the roof of their house splitting open a double bed and floorboards. Tracy Webster, 26, relived the horror of her brush with death after a crane load
I READ with interest Jack Straw's attack on Pendle Clamping (LET, February 14). Peter Bailey is doing a job he has been hired to do by the owners of private car parks and doing it well. His signs say: "If you park illegally you will be clamped" - and
VULNERABLE members of the public can now dial up a personal guardian angel to watch over them in Accrington town centre. Superintendent Malcolm Rawcliffe today announced the launch of a camera helpline, linked to the closed-circuit TV system. Any member
LAUNDRY workers were sacked on the spot after the county's job creation arm, Lancashire Enterprises Ltd, called receivers in. They were given the bombshell news just ten minutes before they were due to finish for the day at Clayton Laundry, which was
LANCASHIRE paceman Peter Martin is the latest England player to go down with "Delhi-belly." Unlike his unfortunate team mate Neil Smith, Digger managed to survive yesterday's game against the UAE here in Peshawar, when he fielded for most of the UAE innings
WITH another murderous blast of Semtex in London the IRA blows the already-tattered Ulster peace process closer still to destruction. Yet if, as seems the case, this is their wicked aim, one is forced to wonder just what they hope to gain from it. For
NEW homes next to a Blackburn factory may force the company to switch its operation to Fleetwood with the loss of 55 jobs, Blackburn councillors were told. But the planning and highways committee gave permission for Salford Community Housing Association
EAST Lancashire soldiers head for Bosnia in the next few weeks for a six-month peacekeeping tour. An advance party from the Queen's Lancashire Regiment is set to leave and the 600-strong battalion is expected to follow soon after. It will be the first
IN REPLY to G Smith (Letters, February 8), I have been a member of the Conservative Party for a number of years and support the vast majority of the policies of the present government. However, there are areas where I have my own ideas which are not in
BRIAN Laws has ruled himself out of the furious race for the Turf Moor hot-seat. The former Clarets star had emerged as an red-hot frontrunner to succeed Jimmy Mullen. But today the Grimsby Town player/boss said: "I'm flattered by Burnley's reported interest
IN RESPONSE to Coun Eileen Entwistle (Letters, February 5), if the council has a policy to improve Darwen's Christmas lights, why the pathetic tree every year? If £8,500 has been invested in the display by the private sector, what has been done with the
TWO sets of mean conmen who were preying on the elderly were being sought by police investigating separate incidents in Burnley. Thieves stole jewellery worth £1,500 from a woman of 86 and £130 cash from a lady of 90. Police described the two thefts as
BURNLEY had their pre-match plans shattered four hours before kick-off against York City. Caretaker boss Clive Middlemass revealed today that he had planned to launch wing wizard Ted McMinn into the fray. But he explained: "We had sorted the side out
WITH reference to Maurice McHugh's letter of February 5. He took the words right out of my mouth and said just the things that make me seethe, too. I started to froth around the mouth over the women army officers who blamed the service for making them
TWO young girls, aged two and six, sparked a massive police search in Burnley when they went missing while they were out playing. Officers combed the streets while the police helicopter used themal imaging equipment to try to trace the youngsters. They
A NEW traffic system unveiled by Blackburn Council is expected to improve the flow in and around the Boulevard. The scheme, designed to tie-in with multi-million pound improvements currently underway, would reduce the volume of through traffic, making
COLLEGES across East Lancashire have joined forces with training chiefs to help plug the area's skills gaps. The Higher Skills Partnership has been launched by ELTEC and colleges in Blackburn, Burnley, Accrington & Rossendale and Nelson & Colne
WHEN is the Catholic Church going to do something about its appalling record regarding the rights of animals? In Spain, the unspeakable agonies of the bullfight and slaying innocent animals in the name of religious festivities seem never spoken of in
BURNLEY skipper Jamie Hoyland (pictured) praised the passion and commitment of his side after the explosive 3-3 draw with York City. The Clarets rescued a point after York had twice built up a two goal lead. "We showed a lot of character to come back
A PUBLIC footpath off Whalley Old Road, Blackburn, may be blocked off after residents petitioned Blackburn Council. Blackburn police crime prevention office backed 15 residents who wrote to Blackburn Council asking for the path behind their homes to be
THE bodies of two elderly people were discovered after separate fires at their homes. Firefighters discovered 83-year-old Margaret Hargreaves in her flat in Oak Street, Colne, at 4.50am yesterday. Half an hour later firemen were called to an end-terrace
A CAMPAIGN has been targeted to radically improve the poor state of dental health across East Lancashire. And health chiefs have renewed their call for fluoride to be added to the water supply. Public health bosses have revealed they are set to focus
