A BABY-FACED robber believed to be just ten years old wielded a three-foot long stick in front of shocked staff during an attempted post office robbery. Police today warned that the tiny terror could strike again and stressed the need to catch him before
ONCE again the chairman and directors at Blackburn Rovers have been made to look totally inept of their jobs. You would have thought they would have learned from the Shearer fiasco, but no they had to go one better with how they've dealt with Sven Goran
JOHN Toshack has emerged as a leading contender for the managerial vacancy at Ewood Park. And, with Roy Hodgson's position at Inter Milan looking shakier by the week, the former Swiss national coach cannot be ruled out either. But, unless there is a dramatic
A FURIOUS father has attacked a bus company after his ten-year-old daughter and her friend were left stranded in a dark bus station. The parents of Rebekah Dobson and Adele Tomlinson spent a frantic hour contacting friends, police and scouring Accrington
HIGH school pupils have been sent to the top of the class for being at the heart of the local community. Work done by staff and students in Oswaldtwistle has won Rhyddings High a Schools Curriculum Award for 1997. Head teacher Joyce Moore said the award
A ROW over the North-South divide erupted when a senior minister claimed lower pay rises would mean more jobs. Chief Treasury Secretary John MacGregor's remarks sparked protests from East Lancashire MPs, who felt the region's troubles partly stemmed from
Oldershaw 10 Blackburn 16 BLACKBURN faced one of their hardest away fixtures on Saturday at Oldershaw and came through it with flying colours. They extended their unbeaten run to nine games and in doing so go five points clear at the top of North West
RAMSBOTTOM'S popular wicketkeeper Jack Simpson has joined arch-rivals Haslingden. And team-mate Steve Dearden is expected to follow in Simpson's foot-steps to Bentgate. Angry Simpson made his decision to leave Ramsbottom after he was stripped of the captaincy
THE shenanigans involving a strippergram girl's performance at a detective's birthday party in a bar at Lancashire police headquarters lasted less than half an hour. But the Police Complaints Authority investigation into them, we learn, is expected to
THE revelation today that Britain has secretly agreed with its EU partners to set up an international communications tapping system in co-operation with the American FBI is ominous, not just for liberty, but for democracy. For while the fight against
EIGHTY new jobs will be created with a £4.5 million project at Burnley's Network 65 business park. Cornwell Parker plc, the furniture, fabrics and wallcoverings group, has brought jobs joy to redundancy-hit Burnley with the building of a new customer
POLICE bosses could pay more than £20,000 in wages to three suspended officers during an inquiry into a strippergram girl's performance in a headquarters bar. The Police Complaints Authority today revealed that it expected the investigation into the incident
ANGRY Jack Ainsworth had already been forced to pay out a small fortune on a new security system. but the final straw came when he was quoted almost £300 for work to stop burglars trying to demobilise it. The retired builder's house was raided last year
BLACKPOOL Council has stated that when it achieves unitary status, local council tax will be substantially reduced, while we in Blackburn are already being warned to expect an increase. I am also concerned that our present ruling council have almost no
DIVORCED Dad Malcolm Greaves says he has been left wondering where his next meal is coming from after the Child Support Agency increased his weekly payments from £7 to £70. The 42-year-old Group 4 security guard only realised his contributions had been
I AM delighted that Blackburn is well on its way to gaining unitary status. But, like the vast majority of the town's Asian community, I am concerned at the vast amounts of taxpayers' money committed to futile projects and organisations. Two particular
AN AMERICAN company's surge into Yorkshire to take over the electricity supply is bad for Barnoldswick, says MP Gordon Prentice. He says the agreed £1.5 billion bid for Yorkshire Electricity by American Electric Power is a sad move and, if successful,
HEALTH chiefs today issued an alert over mobile phones after the revelation that some 999 calls made in East Lancashire were being answered as far afield as Scotland. Local ambulance bosses said several emergency calls made from mobiles were getting through
A TOWN'S housing chief has called for a partnership of the people to bring about improvements in the poorest area of Burnley. But Coun Rafique Malik says a major headache in Daneshouse ward will be how to deal with a massive increase in the number of
A SCHOOL bus escort has been suspended after a six-year-old boy found a syringe and needle on the seat of double-decker bus. His parents are now calling for thorough checks of school buses to prevent it happening to another child. Andrew and Natalie Bush
WOULD Jack Walker or Robert Coar please let us know why the club is being run in such a shambles. There is no manager, no signings, we are out of both cup competitions, face a relegation battle and then there was the Eriksson fiasco. Forget July 1, it
THIS is the first time I have ever felt the need to make a complaint, but it seems that Blackburn Council is hell-bent on destroying this town. The centre has become almost impossible for anyone to find their way around. Perhaps someone from the Town
THREE generations of one family have raised more than £2,250 by doing a charity run in memory of a relative who died from a drugs overdose. Billington mother Niamh Noone, her 23-year-old daughter Cara and her 73-year-old father, retired Blackburn GP Jack
FORMER soldier Billy Bell was awarded his war medals - 50 years after he won them. The Blackburn pensioner was able to pin on his World War Two decorations for the first time. They were the France and Germany campaign and India Service medals. His Burma
WHALLEY have signed Jason Smith, an opening bowler as their new professional for the 1997 cricket season. Jason, a former amateur with Nelson, has also played for the Lancashire League representative XI and Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire second XIs
LANCE Klusener has pulled out of his deal to be Rishton CC's professional this summer. And the Lancashire League champions are "bitterly disappointed" over the reasons given for the South African all-rounder's sudden about-turn. Rishton had already been
I MUST protest against the witch hunt your newspaper has instigated against Blackburn Council. There hardly seems to be a day goes by without an editorial or an article appearing condemning the traffic system in and around the Boulevard. Having travelled
Peter White goes Off The Record THEY'RE off - again! The race that seems to have had more false starts than the Grand National is up and running once more in the wake of Sven Goran Eriksson's refusal to come under starter's orders. And you have to tip
A FANCY dress pub crawl will raise funds for the Hostages In Kashmir Campaign. Shaun Dodds, 30, of Persia Street, Accrington, has followed the plight of student Paul Wells in the Lancashire Evening Telegraph since his capture by Kashmiri militants on
RAMSBOTTOM Football Club say they will back manager Ken Bridge if he decides on civil action for alleged assault against the manager of Saturday's opponents Daisy Hill. Police were called following an incident only five minutes into the game when it is
Tuesday Topic with Christine Rutter THE NATION was shocked recently at the news that a British au pair has been accused of battering a nine-month-old baby while working for a family in America. But for two people in East Lancashire the case is a painful
PLAY-OFF chasing Burnley could get a major boost before tonight's big Division Two crunch at Blackpool. Classy defender Gerry Harrison and gifted midfield ace Paul Smith could be late inclusions in the Clarets squad for the Bloomfield Road derby. Manager
