Plymouth Argyle 2, Bury 0 KAMIKAZE defending at set pieces sent high riding Bury stumbling to a dispirited defeat at relegation threatened Plymouth on Saturday. The Shakers, who have now failed to score in five consecutive defeats at Home Park, were punished
LIKE it, or loathe it, nursery clubs, or at least a form of them, are on the way to English football and soon Bury will have to decide which of two paths they wish to take. One route could severely lessen their autonomy but take them into a financial
JOHN D Farrer (Letters, February 10), says he has received not one, but several letters from Tony Blair asking for financial support for the Labour Party. He adds that he always returned these letters without ever once seeking to make political capital
LABOUR'S Jack Straw took two free trips to the Royal Opera House last year for top-nob entertainment. Meanwhile, his East Lancashire Tory adversary Nigel Evans got free tickets to the far more plebeian FA Cup Final. This political role reversal was revealed
SVEN Goran Eriksson today insisted that Blackburn Rovers have finished up with a better boss in Roy Hodgson. The 49-year-old Sampdoria coach, a close friend of Hodgson since their management days in Swedish football, gave written notice of his unwillingness
LOCAL hospital bosses are to bring in two NHS experts to look at how to finance Bury General's move to the Fairfield site. Theatres, wards and the accident and emergency department will be transferred in what will be a massive operation. Cash to fund
A DISABLED Stubbins man died in a canal boat fire only months after being reunited with his daughter following 14 years apart. Mr Bernard Robinson (56) died of smoke inhalation after a candle was knocked over in the barge he was living on, Halifax Coroner's
I WAS interested to learn that the Midland Bank's griffin logo is to go after having been taken over by the Hong Kong Shanghai Banking Corporation. Various other British Banks such as Clydesdales, Yorkshire and Royal Bank of Scotland have been taken over
BURY South MP David Sumberg this week joined a Tory rebellion over the Government's crackdown on handguns. He was one of more than 90 Conservative rebels seeking to water down new legislation banning large calibre pistols and confining those of .22 calibre
LOCAL college bosses have attacked a Government U-turn on funding which will see record growth grind to a halt. Hardest hit locally is Bury College, who have seen the Government-imposed policy of increasing student numbers stopped in its tracks, and faces
A SENIOR school governor has attacked Bury's MPs for "double standards" and doing nothing to help the crisis in education funding. And he said Bury children would pay a high price for the MPs putting party loyalty before their constituents. Mr John Barker
A THOUSAND residents have vowed to block plans for a waste transfer station on their doorsteps. Outraged householders in the Dumers Lane area of Radcliffe, who claim they have suffered for years from the effects of local industry, have finally decided
POLL TAX debtors in East Lancashire had their cars clamped as councils tried to claw back millions owned. They were told that if they didn't pay up their cars would be sold to pay off their debt. Any money left over was returned to the poll tax payer.
POOR performances and poor weather combined to inflict a crippling loss of nearly £11,000 on Nelson Cricket Club. Low crowds, particularly in the second half of the season, resulted in a drop of around £4,000 in bar takings. The cricket side lost more
YOUNG Australian quickie Ian Hewett will be Rawtenstall's professional this summer. The 21-year-old has broken into the Victoria State side during the last couple of seasons and he is a product of the famous Australian Academy. A left-arm fast bowler
THREE Lancashire League clubs, Accrington, Burnley and Haslingden, have still to decide whether or not to follow up their applications to the new Premier League. But Accrington Cricket Section chairman Russ Cuddihy said at last night's league AGM that
RESIDENTS are turning their backs on a controversial private security firm which has spent the last five months patrolling a Blackburn housing estate. The Lancashire Evening Telegraph can also reveal that the firm's boss has left the house from where
ERIC Whalley sealed a new £12,000 sponsorship of the Lancashire Cricket League last night and then described the proposed new Premier League as a good thing. But only because - "it has given everyone the kick up the backside we needed." Whalley's family
WE had a bumper entry to last week's cinema comp, including several by e-mail after your favourite column appeared on the world wide web! The winners were: Sharon Thompson of Cheetham, J. Hodkinson of Edenfield, Imelda Carney of Bury, Nichola Mason of
NEXT week will determine the future of Bury's Community Education Service. A special working group of councillors and CES bosses has completed its work and will publish a report outlining what services will remain and where they will be taught. The CES
A 26-year-old probationary policewoman was arrested after heroin and cash were seized in a raid on her home. PC Nazir Ishmael has been suspended from duty amid investigations into claims she had been sharing her Prestwich home with a man convicted of
I WONDERED, after my recent experience at Blackburn Infirmary if we, as patients, lose our identity as we walk through the doors. Some of the staff, not all, I hasten to add, do treat you as if you have no feelings whatsoever. Having attended X-ray for
Accrington Stanley 2 Great Harwood 1 ACCRINGTON Stanley reached the LFA ATS Trophy Final last night after Great Harwood Town made them battle to the end. Indeed, it was Great Harwood who found the net first when Paul Brown managed to scramble the ball
FORMER Burnley deputy Labour leader Stuart Caddy is aiming for a quick return to the council in the Barclay Ward by-election. Mr Caddy was one of three Labour members who four months ago resigned in protest over the council's decision to sell its shares
WORKERS at Blackburn's Royal Ordnance Factory can now log on at a new learning centre. The centre enables staff to take advantage of a wide range of training courses ranging from foreign languages to assertiveness. Self-teach courses on offer throughout
BURY boss Stan Ternent will wait to see how Ronnie Jepson's thigh responds to a tough Friday work-out before naming his side to face struggling Notts County tomorrow (February 21). Jepson has missed the last two games, both of which were lost, but has
LECTURERS today launched a scathing attack on Jack Straw for endorsing £500,000-worth of cuts and likely job losses at Blackburn College. Union leaders are furious that Mr Straw, a college governor, is prepared to rubber-stamp sweeping changes which look
TEACHERS keen to get out of the classroom early have an extra few months to make their minds up. Local schools, like others across the country, were bracing themselves for experienced staff leaving in a rush to beat a March 31 deadline for changes in
MASS public protest failed to stop the curtain coming down on local services and hundreds of jobs. Hopes of a late U-turn, particularly on huge cutbacks in school budgets, were dashed as councillors approved £12.4 million of savings on Tuesday night,
A TOP Masonic investigation has been ordered into an incident where two men who accidentally gate-crashed a function held by a Blackburn lodge were beaten up. The Grand Secretary of the Masons revealed the probe when he was quizzed about the 1988 punch-up
HUNDREDS of protesters gave a massive 'no' to health bosses seeking to axe a popular baby unit. They delivered a 10,000-name petition in support of Darwen's Bull Hill Maternity Home. More than 250 mums and children marched from the steps of Blackburn
SOCCER fans travelling by coach have been warned by the police not to stop anywhere selling alcohol on their way to football matches. The police and the North West Traffic Commission have sent out severe warnings to supporters' clubs who break the rules
BURNLEY were today locked in a transfer skirmish with Second Division rivals Notts County for tough-tackling Nigel Pepper. The Lancashire Evening Telegraph can reveal tonight that Burnley have topped County's £75,000 bid for the 28-year-old York City
THE cold, wet weather is continuing and, at our sanctuary, our weekly running costs for food, rent, bedding etc have escalated to £2,650. This is an enormous amount to find each week. We urgently need more donations to help us care for the 115 horses,
Speakeasy - the column that gives students their say AFTER a violent year in British schools, can we learn anything from America's fortress-style school security? Texas's latest answer on how to cope with classroom violence includes closed-circuit TV
ROY Hodgson will prove a better bet as manager of Blackburn Rovers than Sven Goran Eriksson. That's the view of one of the players Hodgson helped to make famous in Sweden when he took the first steps on the managerial ladder with Halmstad. Claus Goran
A CALL for continued unity in the blight homes fight has come from Bury Council's deputy leader as crime in the area shows a 40 per cent drop. Coun Derek Boden, who is also chairman of the M62 Relief Road Steering Group, made the call in the battle to
"A TEENAGER "with everything to live for" was found dead, two days after celebrating his 18th birthday. The body of A-level student Mark Edgell was discovered in the bedroom of his home in Turton Road, Tottington, on Saturday morning, February 15. A note
RAIL travellers today had a powerful reminder of hostage Paul Wells's plight, as his father made plans to meet John Major next week. Bob Wells and his wife Dianne are to meet the Prime Minister at 10 Downing Street next Wednesday to discuss his efforts
ICE hockey's future received a tremendous boost today when Blackburn Ice Hockey Development Association received a £10,000 grant. The Foundation for Sport and the Arts donation, supported by the football pools, is to provide equipment for new members.
PETER Sleep has applied to the Lancashire League to play as an amateur for Rishton this summer. But there is still a possibility that he could be wanted for first team cricket by Lancashire. The county club are appealing against a decision not to allow
SO we learn that a top Masonic investigation has been ordered into the now-notorious incident in which two men who accidentally gate-crashed a function held by a Blackburn lodge of the order ended up with them being severely beaten-up. But this display
COACH parties of football fans travelling to away games are rightly upset over the ban on them having an alcoholic drink on the way there. They can drink all they want before they set off. And, at the ground, they can have yet more. But, in between, they
A LEADING anti-water meter campaigner joined an all-party delegation which travelled to Parliament to press home its case. Blackburn councillor Mike Barrett has taken a leading role in the protests against North West Water's controversial pre-payment
BRIAN Metcalfe's plans for retirement provided an idea for a new product. Brian, managing director of Nelson Metalcraft, fancied taking up golf when he finally stopped working. "I had some lessons and began thinking of a way I could practice in my garden
THIRTY FIVE jobs will be axed with the closure of Courtaulds' Textile Homeware factory at Colne, it was announced today. The curtain sewing works will shut down at Easter and its parent plant at Trenchfield Mill, Wigan, will shed 50 jobs, union chiefs
A CLOSE vote pushed through plans for Ribble Valley's next chief executive to have a dual role. A motion by Conservative leader Coun Chris Holtom, opting for a stand-alone chief, was lost on a vote of 18-19 at a full council meeting. Coun Holtom was pressing
HIGHWAYS and buildings maintenance staff are to become the first council workers forced out of a job. Up to 300 town hall employees and teachers are to quit early because of council cuts. But the local authority confirmed that 20 compulsory redundancy
SIX thousand people say no - but the council says yes! Despite a last-ditch protest, four libraries - Ainsworth, and Prestwich branches Polefield, Brooklands and Carr Clough - will be lost as part of the cuts. Mrs Julia Ryan, a Prestwich housewife, presented
INTERNAZIONALE president Massimo Moratti said today that he is "happy Roy Hodgson has found a solution to return to England". Il Giorno journalist Marco Marchegiamo remarked that Moratti is just as happy for himself as he is for Hodgson. "It is a solution
THE owners of 14 small businesses on a Burnley industrial estate are worried for their future, after being told the lease on their properties has been forfeited in a £47,000 arrears row. The council has also changed the locks on the 10 vacant units at
