EAST Lancashire could face a critical shortage of nurses by the year 2000 according to a survey published today. A Royal College of Nursing study warns that national trends point towards a desperate and escalating lack of registered nurses for the 21st
SEVEN people who are known to have witnessed a serious assault on a father of two have still not come forward, police revealed today. Acting Detective Inspector Terry Walne said he was disappointed at the reluctance of some people to say what they saw
Blackburn Rovers 2 Brentford 0: PETER WHITE reports THERE was a collective sigh of relief at Ewood last night, as Blackburn Rovers eased their way past Brentford into the third round of the Coca-Cola Cup. The final margin was perhaps a little surprising
PATIENT watchdogs will keep up the pressure for better NHS dental care - despite assurances that official efforts are being made to extract more cash from the Department of Health. Burnley Community Health Council launched its campaign last month after
EAST Lancashire's leading Liberal Democrat Tony Greaves today told his leader Paddy Ashdown to kick out US-style image consultants. Speaking after Mr Ashdown called for American-style negative campaigning to be sent back over the Atlantic, the Pendle
FREED hostage Jack Mann finally arrived back in Britain with his wife Sunnie after their flight home was delayed with mechanical trouble. The VC-10 carrying the couple from Damascus was forced to land in Cyprus after it developed a minor problem. The
ABROADCASTER, just back from America, said: "There is no road-rage, no racing and everyone drives within the speed limits." This is a familiar story of sensible American driving. There must be some truth in it. Our politicians and police should visit
FOR stalking victim Perry Southall, her terrifying ordeal ended in justice. The convicted rapist who subjected her to 200 incidents in just eight months was found guilty of actual bodily harm and common assault - although he never laid a finger on the
A 67-YEAR-OLD widow sexually attacked by a skinhead as she walked her dogs spoke today for the first time about the night she thought she would die. The animal lover was walking her two pets off Weavers Row, Tockholes Road, Darwen, when she was indecently
Burnley 1 Charlton Athletic 2: TONY DEWHURST reports TURF Moor super-fan Dave Burnley has missed one game since January 18, 1969! He religiously makes the 150-mile round-trip pilgrimage from his Stoke-on-Trent home to pray devoutly at the Turf Moor shrine
THE Bishop of Blackburn has backed new guidelines to stop clergy getting involved in sex scandals. The new code of conduct for Anglican ministers has been drawn up by the Diocese of Oxford. It suggests that male priests should avoid late night meetings
THE future financial outlook for millions is grim. Why are pensions the forgotten political issue when a huge number of people in their 20s and 30s pay no pension contributions. To get a decent pension, at least 15 per cent of salary should be paid throughout
RAY Harford gave his team what he felt was a necessary kick up the backside, rather than a pat on the back, after Blackburn Rovers claimed a place in the third round of the Coca-Cola Cup by beating Second Division leaders Brentford last night. It was
FOUR people, including three members of the same family, were seriously injured in a road smash which closed a section of the M65 for two hours yesterday. The accident happened when a Mercedes van collided with a stationary Nissan Sunny car on the A56
MANAGERS will be helped to overcome 'technophobia' at an event tomorrow. A presentation on the uses and importance of the Internet has been organised by ELTEC's Lifetime Training programme in conjunction with the Institute of Management. "The Internet
IN your article (LET, August 20) about the Blackburn Council refusing a petition for a ban on ball games on landscaped areas of a housing estate, the reason was there were no by-laws to cover 'no games' signs and police were unable to enforce them. I
WE are the contractors referred to in your article (LET, September 13) regarding the Ainsworth Street improvements in Blackburn and would like to point out the following facts: The 'repairs' you mention are actually changes in design. We are not responsible
A MOTHER is appealing to parents of mentally handicapped children to join her in a campaign to stop charges on day care centres. Mrs Margaret Darwin, 70, has refused to pay the costs of the Enfield Training Centre, Accrington, since they were introduced
HEARTBROKEN holiday-makers were left in the lurch when an East Lancashire holiday firm went bust. People who had booked for sunshine holidays in Spain with Blackburn-based Club Meridian Holidays were given a rude awakening in the middle of the night from
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THE DECLARATION by Shadow Home Secretary Jack Straw that Labour will not be browbeaten by the gun lobby in its determination to outlaw handguns will have a far larger audience in agreement with him than the conference of police chiefs to whom he delivered
A FUNERAL service was held yesterday for ex-policeman Steve Hezzlewood who died suddenly at the age of 45. The former Burnley bobby, police artist and burglary squad officer died at his home in Hardman Close, Knuzden, near Blackburn. A former pupil at
A HOSPITAL radio station has pulled the plug on gay and lesbian programmes - bosses didn't know they were being broadcast! Horrified staff at Radio Hospitals Blackburn only discovered they were broadcasting six hours of controversial shows each night
HELPING a firm increase its weekly orders by £1,700 helped convince judges that student Alison Holme is the best in the North West. Alison, 20, won the regional final of the Shell Technology Enterprise Programme for her work with Dale Polymers of Accrington
NO, Walt Meadows (Letters, September 14), Mr R Butler is under no misapprehension, as you claim. He spoke the truth (Letters, September 5). On the news recently, it was reported that a newly-built hospital could not open because there was no money to
A TEENAGER'S anxious parents today cut short a holiday after their daughter suffered serious injuries in a road accident near her home. Tracy Ashworth, 17, of Elmwood Street, Burnley, broke a vertebra in her neck and suffered leg injuries in the accident
Nature Watch, with Ron Freethy VERY few things are predictable about the British weather, but occasionally there is an exception to the rule. The period around September 21 usually means a period of high wind and during the last few days we have all been
A FIVE-DAY strike is set to go ahead next week at Accrington and Rossendale College. Officials in the higher education teaching union NATFHE confirmed at a meeting last night that industrial action would start next Tuesday and run to, and include, the
YOUNG people are invited to 'come dancing' as the flavour of Latin America comes to town. Graham Vernon, a former Open British Formation Champion and captain of the famous Greater Manchester Latin Team who have regularly appeared on BBC's Come Dancing
BURNLEY'S Italian trialists will give their first public performance tonight. The Italy youth internationals are pencilled in for a full 90-minute Pontins League run-out against Carlisle United at Brunton Park (7pm). Roberto Vezzosi, from Napoli, and
