STAFF at Marks and Spencer in Burnley were delighted when their store became one of the first branches of the company to pick up an Investor in People award. The shop opened 60 years ago and employs 113 full and part time staff who were offered National
ACCRINGTON STANLEY boss Stan Allan has added five new faces to his squad over the summer. Former Manchester City forward Paul Moulden will lead the Stanley attack while defenders Neil Edmonds and Ian McClelland, midfielder Tony Briffa and striker Staurt
MYSTERY was today surrounding the future of two popular night spots and a string of pubs in East Lancashire following the downfall of a leisure company. Moorgate Leisure Ltd, which owns night clubs Mr G's and Sutty's Place, has gone into voluntary liquidation
AN ENGINEERING firm called a meeting with nearby residents in a bid to hammer out differences which were brought to a head when a wagon was smashed up. Billington firm Harrison Engineering, which operated from the Judge Walmsley mill, had received numerous
A STRICT smoking ban was about to imposed at an East Lancashire town hall. Pendle Council declared war on smokers and was set to become one of the first councils in the country to outlaw the weed. Staff were to face disciplinary action - even the sack
GARRY Flitcroft has the opportunity to make a fresh start with Blackburn Rovers and he intends to make the most of it. The £3 million midfield star, signed towards the end of last season from Manchester City, had a nightmare Ewood debut when he was sent
JONATHAN Harvey has signed up as the Earby professional until1998. The ex-Burnley all-rounder has led Earby into championship contention and they are bang on course for their first title silverware since 1991. Tomorrow they could go to the summit of the
LANCASHIRE face a battle to retain all of their first team squad. They have massive selection problems when everyone is available, and were forced to leave out Steve Titchard, Nick Speak, Ian Austin, Gary Yates and Steve Elworthy for the current game
DPEARSON (Letters, August 7) is becoming so boring his comments are soporific. He has the audacity to suggest that Labour in power would be a return to a lowering of standards, and under-investment in health and education, and economic mismanagement.
CORONER Andre Rebello is to send the Crown Prosecution Service a full inquest report after a jury returned a verdict of unlawful killing on dog-attack victim David Kearney. Mr Rebello said a stenographer's recorded report would be forwarded to the CPS
JASON Wilcox has had more knee surgery - but he could be playing again for Blackburn Rovers within three weeks. The eve-of-season shock for Ewood boss Ray Harford is something of a bitter-sweet blow. He has lost the services of another key player, but
A RISE in unemployment and the number of Lancashire people in part-time work has prompted fears of financial difficulty from low pay campaigners. Latest Government figures reveal that while the overall number of workers in Lancashire fell by 1.2 per cent
THANK you for making me smile (LET, August 12) on the continuing restrictions in the North West due to lack of water. Being born and bred in Darwen, I find it incredible that such a state of affairs could ever exist. So to read that you have just celebrated
BOLTON Wanderers launch their bid to return to the Premiership at Port Vale tomorrow still smarting from the shock departure of Serbian midfielder Sasa Curcic. And manager Colin Todd, desperately disappointed to lose Curcic to Aston Villa, has a host
CLARETS old boy Steve Davis prepared for tomorrow's clash against Burnley and declared: "I'd love to play for Burnley again." The former Turf Moor skipper is facing a desperate race to be fit in time for tomorrow's Division Two clash at Kenilworth Road
A TROUBLED race harmony group has been rocked by another top resignation - and claims that power struggles are wrecking years of work for community relations. Racial Equality Council stalwart Mike Landriau, has quit the Burnley and Pendle group and says
BURNLEY are believed to have made a record-breaking bid for Bolton Wanderers' Dutch striker Fabian De Freitas. But the quick-fire forward has rejected Burnley's overtures after he indicated he was keen on a return to the continent. The bid - thought to
IAM researching the subject of sightings of Unidentified Flying Objects within East Lancashire, with a view to publishing a book containing the experiences of local people's encounters. I would welcome readers' accounts of a U.F.O. sighting or contact
THE marketing of Groundwork Rossendale's Dyehouse building has attracted wide interest among the business community, according to sales agents Morris Dean. More than £175,000 is expected to be raised by the Dyehouse sale, which is being carried out to
A PAIR of roaming rottweiler dogs are making a quiet country lane a no-go area for frightened walkers and cyclists, according to a local councillor. The powerful dogs regularly escape from their compound and frighten people as they walk along Ben Lane
CONTROVERSIAL plans to bulldoze three listed buildings in the heart of Blackburn town centre have been put on ice. Blackburn Council has withdrawn an application to demolish the Waterloo or Pavilion buildings on Church Street, pending the outcome of a
REGARDING Mr Tom Bromley's remarks (Letters, July 30) why is it generally assumed that there is no solution other than using animals for medical research? What about all the violent criminals in our prisons? Couldn't they fill the gap? Believe me, we
AFTER a five-over-par 78 in the first round of the Weetabix Women's British Open, Lora Fairclough was battling today to survive the halfway cut at Woburn. The Chorley golfer lay 10 shots off the lead, held by six players - Scotland's Dale Reid, Sheffield's
WITH electioneering time running out as the General Election approaches, nerves of steel are required. Labour, however, seem increasingly unsure of their tactics. On the one hand we have deputy leader John Prescott urging his boss Tony Blair to build
A FULL report of the inquest on 11-year old David Kearney, killed by Rottweilers in Darwen last Christmas, is to be sent to the Crown Prosecution Service. One of the big advantages of the British inquest system is that the evidence and the verdict get
THE family of a pensioner injured in a fall are seeking the 'good samaritan' who dashed to her aid and then disappeared without trace. Grandmother of 20 Mrs Lucy Wrigley, is recovering after surgery on a broken knee - as the countdown to her golden wedding
PETER Sleep goes "home" tomorrow, aiming to put the brakes on Rishton's bid to retain their Marsden BS Lancashire Cricket League title. The popular Aussie, now resident in Rishton with whom he set a new Lancashire League batting record, has been called
A LOCAL historian will appear on national network television tonight, treading the same path as hundreds of East Lancashire soldiers who were cut down in their prime. Bill Turner has spent years researching the history of the ill-fated Accrington Pals
RECENTLY I visited an hotel at Chirk called The Hand and wondered what interesting signs could be seen in our area. This brought a flood of letters, some asking questions and some providing answers. Take the White Bear at Barrowford, for example. The
RECORD signing Gary Bennett misses Preston North End's eagerly-awaited return to Division Two at Notts County tomorrow and former Sheffield United defender Kevin Gate is a major doubt. Bennett, a £200,000 recruit from Tranmere during the Third Division
ITAKE offence at the remarks of A Boocock (Letters, August 9) concerning the problems of Northern Ireland. There are no easy answers to the troubles in Ulster - if there were, they would have been found years ago. In Northern Ireland, you have two communities
ROBBIE Elliott returned to Newcastle last night, as his proposed move to Blackburn Rovers dramatically collapsed. And Elliott's agent Paul Stretford was reported to be very unhappy about the way the deal had been handled by Rovers. The club put out a
PENDLE MP Gordon Prentice, joined 30 protesting residents to oppose plans to re-open a controversial concrete works in Colne. And they claimed a victory after councillors defied a recommendation by town hall officers to give the scheme the go-ahead and
