THE German Foreign Minister, Klaus Kinkel, has stepped into British politics by hinting that, as he wanted us to join the single European currency, the British should vote in a Labour government. This is no surprise as Tony Blair has told other Socialist
HOSPITAL chiefs facing a beds crisis today postponed a series of operations for patients who have already waited months for treatment. People booked in for "non-urgent" routine surgery between today and Friday have had their operations suspended. The
RESIDENTS in Lowerhouse, Burnley, will find out this week if their campaign to stop houses being built at Lowerhouse Fold has been successful. Despite objections from ward councillors and residents, who have submitted 28 letters and a 412-name petition
IAN Pearce suffered another injury scare as he began his latest Blackburn Rovers comeback at Ewood last night. But the central defender is hopeful that it will prove no more than a hiccup on his way back to full fitness. Pearce, who has had an injury-plagued
I AM writing to ask whether any of your readers with places in this year's London Marathon would like to join with me to help fight meningitis. As professor of paediatrics at St Mary's Hospital, Paddington, I have treated hundreds of children with this
THE BEACH at Blackpool was named as one of the filthiest in the country. Raw sewage and used condoms had been washed ashore according to the Marine Conservation Society, which launched a clean-up campaign for Britain's beaches with the Coastal Anti-Pollution
WITH the popular demand for more surveillance cameras in our city centres, it would seem George Orwell's vision of the future is almost upon us. For it is almost impossible to make a journey without our movements being recorded. On land, sea, and in the
BURNLEY'S gifted winger Paul Smith today put pen to paper a new two-and-a-half year contract-two weeks before his 21st birthday. Manager Adrian Heath has had lengthy discussions with Smith for several weeks now and a delighted Smith signed on the dotted
THE public is being given the chance tomorrow to make feelings known about a proposed multi-million pound redevelopment of Blackburn Cathedral grounds. Blackburn Civic Society has organised a meeting in the cathedral crypt so people can hear more about
MUMS-TO-BE are still being denied a choice in where they have their babies, despite the birth of a £13.1 million unit. A survey today revealed that many pregnant women in East Lancashire were being denied a choice in how and where their babies are delivered
AMBULANCE chiefs have s temporarily shelved the innovative 'mercy bike,' their latest weapon in the quest to save lives. The fast response paramedic motorcycle hit the streets of Lancashire late last year in a bid to get ambulance staff to the aid of
CONSISTENT with the Tory government's opposition to European legislation to limit the use of child labour in the UK, at a recent meeting of the newly-formed World Trade Organisation, Trade and Industry Secretary Ian Lang said: "We see no case for taking
Rovers Res 1 Leeds Res 1 TEENAGE Norwegian trialist John Carew experienced a remarkable debut for Rovers Reserves at Ewood last night. The 17-year-old striker could easily have had a double hat-trick! Yet Rovers finished grateful for an injury-time equaliser
WANTED star Marek Citko said today - I know nothing about a £4 million transfer to England. But Blackburn Rovers are hopeful they will still be able to bring him here, at least for a short "trial" period. The Polish international forward, currently in
STAFF and pupils are preparing for a super future - and possibly a new name - after their school gained prestigious technology college status. Plans to refurbish laboratories, upgrade computer technology and create a new learning centre are to go ahead
TRADERS in Rawtenstall will tonight meet to finalise objections to the planned retail development of Newhallhey, which, they say, will kill off the town. Hurstwood Developments has put forward plans for a scheme incorporating an 85,000 sq ft superstore
A STREET where benefit claimants on one side get cold weather cash but their neighbours on the other side do not is to be raised in the Commons. When Parliament returns, MPs Janet Anderson and Greg Pope will highlight the case of Rising Bridge to stress
A DARING shopkeeper's son clung on to a speeding car's bonnet in a desperate attempt to foil a cash snatch. The Hollywood-style chase ended when David Cowgill, 30, hurled himself from the car, fearing he was losing his grip. His ride of terror through
Peter White goes Off The Record IT'S easy, of course, with that greatest of sportswriting gifts - hindsight. But shouldn't beleaguered England coach David Lloyd have put his vast personal experience to better use before last week's humiliation in Harare
MOST people are sick and tired of street beggars, vandalised bus shelters and graffiti-daubed town centres. Take a stroll through the grounds of Blackburn Cathedral and you are more likely to be accosted by a drunken wino tapping you up for the price
LECTURERS at Accrington and Rossendale College are to be balloted on all-out strike action in protest over the redundancy of colleague and trade unionist Pat Walsh. A branch meeting of lecturers' union NATFHE unanimously supported a recommendation for
JOB-creation company Lancashire Enterprises could step in to help save Burnley's Prestige plant. LEL is set to link with Burnley Council bosses to find a rescue package for the in-receivership cookware company, which yesterday sacked two-thirds of its
THE 1997 Lancashire Evening Telegraph East Lancashire Business Awards are launched today - and this year's entrants have a chance to win a share of our biggest ever prize pot. Exciting new categories have been introduced to the competition which is now
BRENDAN McArdle has gone into bat for the Lancashire League, and against the proposed new Super League. A much-respected league cricketer in these parts, from his five-year stint with Rishton and Church in the early 1980s, McArdle contacted the Lancashire
AT the next General Election there will be more at stake than most people think. Never before has there been so much to lose - a fact brought to the fore by German Foreign Minister Klaus Kinkel, urging people to vote Labour. He wants them to vote Labour
A SCHOOL has welcomed the news that it has been granted technology college status. St Wilfrid's High in Blackburn was one of 40 schools, including Mansfield High in Brierfield, to be awarded the prestigious status by the Government. The scheme will see
A NEW bid to solve the riddle of what has happened to Kashmiri hostage Paul Wells is to be made by John Major. He will raise the issue of the fate of the Blackburn man and fellow hostage Keith Mangan with both the Indian and Pakistani leaders when he
DETECTIVES were this afternoon quizzing a man about the murder of mother of three Tracy Corless. Police from Lancashire travelled to collect the man after he contacted police in Teignmouth, Devon, at 1.50pm yesterday. He was the only guest booked into
