GRADUATE Shahid Beg has pocketed a dream job - at a bed company! He has joined the staff at Pocket Spring Bed Company, part of the Silentnight Group, through the Graduates into Industry programme. Shahid, 23, from Burnley, who studied accounting and finance
TENANT has accepted eviction from his council flat for the sake of a dog he claims is better behaved than some humans in the neighbourhood. Peter Malloch, 23, and girlfriend Michelle Walker, 29, are among three sets of residents ordered to leave properties
A PRIEST from Burnley took a party of handicapped and sick people to Lourdes, France, for healing and came back with a limp! Father Leo Heakin, of St John's RC Church, said: "Don't worry, it is nothing to do with Lourdes, apart from pushing a lot of wheelchairs
VIDEO footage of bad drivers in Lancashire could be used to raise money for road safety projects. Lancashire police is among the forces to supply footage to the television programme Police, Camera, Action. Over the last two years the force has received
A HEALTH watchdog blasted moves to temporarily close a town's accident and emergency ward. Community Health Council vice-chairman Frank Gorton greeted the news that Blackburn Infirmary's 20-bed ward would close for six months as "utterly deplorable".
RAMBO-STYLE semi-automatic machine guns of the type used by Hungerford mass murderer Michael Ryan were to be banned. Tighter controls were also to be introduced on pump action and self-loading shotguns and there was to be a firearms amnesty, Home Secretary
STEVE Blatherwick joined the Clarets casualty list leaving Chris Waddle grappling with a fresh Turf Moor injury crisis. The giant defender missed the derby match with a cartilage injury which could rule Blatherwick out for a month. Blatherwick enters
BRITAIN'S Carl Fogarty crashed out of both races in round 10 of the World Superbike Championship in Albacete to hand rival John Kocinski a massive advantage. Kocinski stormed into a 52-point lead with victory in both races on his Honda in Spain today.
Kingston Hawks 10 Lancashire Hawks 1 ; Lancashire Hawks 5 Fife Flyers 6 OH BROTHER! John Haig emerged as Hawks' tormentor-in-chief last night - and did he lap it up. The former Hawks star, constantly taunted on his return with last season's champions,
IN response to the remarks (Letters, September 16) regarding the dog owners of East Lancs Road, Blackburn, I should like to remind the writer that the responsible dog owners of this road do not allow their dogs to foul the pavement. There are many other
I COMMENT with some trepidation on 'Letter of the Week' (LET, September 8). I understand the reasons that prompted your correspondent's letter and had noted that your 'Opinion' column voiced similar thoughts a little prior to this, but I feel bound to
THE facts emerging in the aftermath of the London train crash which killed six and injured 170 are disturbing. The second of two of the train's automatic safety systems - one that sounds a warning to the driver when signals indicate it should slow down
REGARDING the Solid Rock 'n' Roll concert scheduled for Blackburn Public Halls on November 4 (LET, September 16), it is slightly off-centre to say the seven golden years of the rock 'n' roll era were 1957-64. Actually, it is 1955-62 - as documented by
PITY the Liberal Democrats as they kick off the party conference season today. They are at their strongest in parliament since the war yet they are still under a cloud. That is because, despite more than doubling the number of their MPs to 46 on May 1
A HEADTEACHER has spoken of his school's year of success. Stuart Holt, of Clitheroe Royal Grammar, said the year had started with disappointment when the school was refused permission to sell off land to raise cash towards a new sports hall. However,
Tottenham Hotspur 0 Blackburn Rovers 0 - Peter White's big match verdict JEREMY Beadle might want to recruit the Tottenham backroom staff responsible for the content of the pre-match entertainment on White Hart Lane's giant video screen. Roy Hodgson would
A WALLPAPER manufacturer with a 150-year history in Darwen has been honoured with the prestigious Queen's Award for Export Achievement. More than 120 staff from Borden Decorative Products, more commonly known as Crown Wallcoverings, gathered to watch
Looking Back, with Eric Leaver NOSTALGIA for the age of steam on the railways may be still be strong but plenty were glad to see the back of the old coal-fired locomotives - even though thousands turned out to wish them farewell. It was in January 4,
CHRIS Waddle has revealed his decision not to play Dutch import Marco Gentile - his wages! The Clarets player-manager has overlooked the defender since the start of the Second Division campaign. And Waddle exclusively revealed to the Lancashire Evening
MANCHESTER City forward Gerry Creaney is being offered a career lifeline by Chris Waddle - if he can prove his fitness. Creaney made his Clarets bow as a second half substitute in the blood and thunder derby against Preston North End. And today the player-manager
GEORGE Donis is looking for a new club after having his contract with Blackburn Rovers cancelled by mutual agreement. And, in an exclusive interview with the Lancashire Evening Telegraph, the Greek international revealed that he would like to stay in
FINANCE consultant Kathryn Gillam figured out how to pass her exams. Kathryn, of Burnley, who works for Kingfisher Consultants, Rawtenstall, has qualified as an associate of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants. Previous news story Converted
THE role of employees in promoting environmental protection will be the subject of a seminar in Blackburn next month. The seminar, organised by the Business Environment Association, aims to demonstrate how employees can get involved in environmental improvement
Burnley 1 Preston North End 1 - Tony Dewhurst's big match verdict BY 4.30 pm the greying old aged pensioner with the fashionable black and blue flat cap in Row K was inhabiting his own soccer hell. He had quite clearly had enough of the tense, stressful
DAV Whatmore will meet with Geoff Ogden, chairman of Lancashire's Cricket Committee, this week to compile the annual report of a disappointing season and start the preparations for 1998. They will have plenty to talk about. Lancashire hung on for a draw
I WOULD like to comment on the media pressure being placed on the Royal Family to modernise and be more open after the irrational hysteria witnessed at the tragic Princess Diana's funeral. When Charles and Diana came on television giving their own sides
THE article 'Charity Shops Crisis Meeting' (LET, August 22) demands my strongest response. If there are 'too many' charity shops in Clitheroe, why do they not go out of business? Because the people of Clitheroe welcome the particular and unique contribution
HEART swap grandfather Vincent Hodkinson was today celebrating the seventh anniversary of his life-saving transplant. Vincent, 56, who lives in Accrington, received his new heart in an operation at Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester. Even though he has
BLACKBURN Cathedral has announced its first female canon. The Rev Ann Wood vicar of St Nicholas Church, Marton Moss, Blackpool, and women's officer for the Blackburn Diocese, will be installed by the Bishop of Blackburn and Provost of Blackburn Cathedral
A MAJOR police investigation was underway today after a seven-year-old boy was killed as he dashed across the M61. Gary Cunliffe, of Seven Acres, Clayton Brook, was hit by a car in the outside lane of the motorway near the Bamber Bridge junction. Police
A HEALTH and safety campaign has recruited an electrical firm as part of a blitz on small firms. Lomeshaye Electrical Distributors, of Nelson, will feature in a series of BBC programmes aimed at reducing accident rates at work. The firm is one of several
