SUSPECT many readers are struggling to find products that are free of both beef, and its derivatives. Fortunately, for the confused and bewildered, help is at hand with the 200-page Animal-Free Shopper - a guide to products that are entirely free of animal
A VANDAL plagued company is set to defy a council ruling and re-fit controversial razor wire following a £6,000 wrecking spree. Accrington car dealer Walker Farrimond was ordered to dismantle the lethal looking wire by Hyndburn planners last year because
STRIKERS at the Walkersteel plant in Blackburn were back at work today after a peace deal ended a seven week dispute. Both unions and management declined to give details of the settlement, which saw 130 men return to work at the Guide stock holders. A
AN EAST Lancashire Tory MP hit out at Mrs Thatcher's decision to allow US planes to launch their attack on Libya from British bases. Hyndburn MP Ken Hargreaves, spoke out after the Prime Minister's Commons statement to back President Reagan. Peace campaigners
ACCRINGTON CC have finally ended their long-running search for a professional by signing South African 23-year-old Chad Grainger. "Chad comes highly recommended by Alan Ormerod - the former Lancashire CCC manager," said a relieved cricket chairman Peter
THERE is no doubt that banking has been hit by the revolution in which "plastic" and "electronic" money have reduced cash transactions enormously - and, so, slashed the number times customers call at their banks in person. But today we again see the impact
A FISHY smell arises again at Daneshouse in Burnley - when two people living outside the ward are found to have been registered by Labour for proxy votes there in next month's council elections. Police and election officials are investigating. But Labour
A BURNLEY Labour supporter is calling for a national party investigation into the latest proxy vote row in Daneshouse ward. Audrey Hannah says the police probe into how two people who did not live in the ward were registered by Labour for proxy votes
BAR wars look set to break out as two major pubs go head-to-head in a battle for customers. Yates's Wine Lodge in Blackburn will offer £1-a-pint after it undergoes a major facelift. It follows the successful £1 million Postal Order pub - just a short
RAY Harford travelled to Bordeaux today on a multi-million pound transfer mission. And I can reveal that his target is the man who is keeping Eric Cantona out of the French international squad - Bordeaux's exciting star Zinedine Zidane. The Blackburn
WITH reference to the article (LET, April 11) on the traveller problem which we are having in Oswaldtwistle, I sent a press release on the subject to your paper on April 8 but at no time did I refer to these people as gypsies, as the article intimates
IT'S eyes down for council planning chiefs keeping a close watch on developments at Burnley's former Ritzy nightspot. Contractors have moved in to demolish the 35-year-old building and replace it with a bingo club, cabaret nightspot and diner in a £4
NO-one likes paying extra council tax, but why does David Pearson (Letters, March 28) and others blame the rise on the council? Let us examine the facts regarding the spending levels and taxation in Blackburn and Darwen by the council. Since 1993/94 the
ROVERS missed a bagful of chances to register another valuable win in the Pontin's League First Division at Deepdale last night, writes PETER WHITE. They should have buried Newcastle, especially in a first half when Kevin Gallacher could have had a hat-trick
A ROW is developing over plans for a massive retail centre which could create up to 200 jobs. Car dealership giant Sanderson Bramall wants to demolish Smith & Nephew's empty Stonebridge Mill in North Valley Road, Colne, and build a retail and industrial
A DEVELOPER was ordered to pay more than £12,000 after sewage from one of its estates contaminated a tributary leading to the River Darwen. Wainhomes Northern plc denied two charges of pollution but the firm was found guilty by Blackburn magistrates after
ADRIAN Heath is being forced to eat his words by his team of Burnley battlers. Heath's men are clawing their way back to safety following their win over Peterborough. And today Heath admitted that he has regretted some of the flak he has given his troops
THE proposed demolition of St James' spire in Burnley is wrong - especially as it is a listed building. If it is pulled down, the heart will be taken out of the town. In Burnley, we have had enough demolition to last a lifetime. The list makes sad reading
LANCASHIRE farmers could be missing out on government conservation grants, according to a farming charity. The Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group blamed complicated paperwork and lack of training for the problem. Jeff Simpkin, farm conservation adviser
JASON Wilcox was set to crown his comeback today, by being named in the England squad to face Croatia at Wembley next week. And that could lead to a sensational last-minute opportunity for the Blackburn Rovers winger to jump onto the Euro 96 bandwagon
CARL Fogarty is predicting a difficult season ahead as he attempts to claim his third World Superbike title in a row. The Blackburn ace came off at over 100mph in qualifying for the opening round in Misano, San Marino, injuring his hand and had to settle
THE GOVERNMENT'S hopes of as return of the elusive "feelgood factor" got a big boost today. For High Street spending has surged to 7.5 per cent higher than a year ago, showing that consumer confidence is coming back. And estate agents reported that the
BLACKBURN Rovers' star striker Alan Shearer forms part of the line-up on a new set of England football British Telecom Phonecards. The cards coincide with England's forthcoming pre-Euro '96 friendly internationals. Other featured national squad members
"I HONESTLY thought we would be better off dead. I wanted to walk straight into the canal and take my children with me." Mother-of-two Janet quietly sobbed as if her dark confession delivered in a broken whisper was too painful to share. She had finally
ABOUT 2,000 homes were left without water after a major water mains pipe burst. North West Water engineers battled for ten hours to mend the leak, which affected houses across a large part of Nelson. Water supplies were fully restored by midnight. A water
BURNLEY have decided to offer free admission to the North Stand to all existing season ticket holders. The club were planning to charge Endsleigh Stand ticket holders a transfer charge but had a rethink after public outcry. Announcing the U-turn club
LES Ferdinand's superbly-taken goal enabled Newcastle to dig themselves out of a big hole on Sunday at St James' Park, writes Peter White. And the release of tension brought by victory over Aston Villa could be just the spark that Newcastle need to go
A YOUNG woman who was waiting for a life saving transplant died suddenly before she had the chance to marry her fiance. And tragically bubbly Simone Martin died in Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester, five years after her father 42-year-old David suffered
THIEVES who broke into a haulage compound and stole a truck have been caught on video . Detectives are closely studying the security camera footage taken during the incident at Preston Fuel and Haulage Company's station yard premises in Earby. The three-strong
THE sight of the Toon Army in tears - whether it's joy or despair - is becoming a regular feature of the battle for the Premiership's heavyweight title contest, writes Peter White. And everyone at Ewood knows exactly what the Newcastle United fans are
