A NEW partnership has been struck between two public relations firms. CMM of Mellor has joined forces with Addition PR in London to give its local clients which include DIY, home improvement and paper firms, a full time presence in the capital. "Businesses
THE FAMILY of a popular teenager who died after a car driven by his best friend smashed into a lamp post, say they are not blaming the driver for what happened. Zafer Ahmed, 19, of Whitendale Crescent, Blackburn, was killed when a Toyota driven by Tariq
DRIVERS narrowly missed being killed when hooligans hurled iron bars from a motorway bridge. They threw 4ft staves at cars on the M65 at Gannow Top, Burnley. Traffic inspector Les Hearn warned: "These bars are lethal weapons. They could easily crash straight
DETECTIVES probing the death of teenager Sajjad Mahmood today carried out a raid at a house in the hunt for a murder suspect. The early morning swoop to find James Lee Butler, 20, took place after police received a tip-off. They refused to reveal the
ROSSENDALE and Darwen MP David Trippier headed an unusual opinion poll in his constituency. The junior environment minister looked likely to finish top of a charity poll run by Darwen Lions to find a local celebrity willing to have 20 gallons of custard
COUNCIL bosses have fired a broadside at motorists who are bringing traffic chaos to a town centre street. Workmen removed the tarmac from most of Bank Street in Rawtenstall over the Easter weekend, in the first stage of a scheme to restore the street's
A DISTRAUGHT father sobbed today as he told how his only daughter died after breaking free from his hand to run into the path of a car. Michael Sainsbury had been taking Jo-Anne, four, to the shop to get some sweets when the accident happened at 2.55pm
PROTESTERS are vowing to set off air raid sirens across the Ribble Valley as part of their campaign against claimed pollution from a nearby cement factory. The campaigners have said they are no longer prepared to 'suffer in silence' over plumes of smoke
MICHAEL Atherton has been included in Lancashire's squad for the opening Britannic Assurance Championship match against Sussex which starts at Hove on Friday. Atherton will open the innings with Nathan Wood, and Lancashire are likely to play six specialist
BRAVE Ephrem Clarke is preparing to take to the skies in a microlight for a daring 2,000 mile flight across Europe. He and his navigator plan to be the first people to complete the treacherous trip to the Continent's most south westerly point. Company
IT'S now or never for Wasim Akram in the 10th year of his Lancashire love affair. The 31-year-old Pakistan star, who feels as much at home in the Manchester suburbs as in Lahore, has pledged to do everything in his power to end Old Trafford's title famine
I AM a season ticket holder with Blackburn Rovers and am a 58-year-old disabled person who travels to home games by specially-chartered coach. This brings season ticket holders from Accrington and surrounding areas, and the passengers' ages range from
AT LAST, the tide is turning in the campaign over East Lancashire's crumbling schools as the government hands out cash for repairs. For decades many children and teachers have struggled in slum conditions while Westminster ignored the pleas of councils
THE state of Queen's Park Flats in Blackburn, which are now due to be demolished, is in my opinion due to council vandalism. Why were they allowed to get in this state to start with? £7.5 million pounds to put them in order is a scandal. First, it was
THE LONG-RUNNING dispute in the Ribble Valley over alleged pollution from smoke from Castle Cement's works in Clitheroe remains as vexed as ever. But if clean-air campaigners want residents on their side, they must run a rational protest. It would seem
WITH reference to the story 'Woman spat at, threatened with urine at Ewood match,' (LET, April 9), I have every sympathy for the lady. Having a season ticket in the seats which are just below the top tier of the Darwen End stand, I and my companion have
Ron Freethy's Spring Walk - ALDINGHAM I LOVE walking in the East Lancashire countryside, but every so often I travel further afield. For this gentle stroll I have followed the M6 and the A590 road to Ulverston and then along the coast road towards Barrow-in-Furness
DECAYING schools in Lancashire are to get more money to make them "fit to learn and work in". The money is part of an extra £39 million for 600 schools in the North West announced yesterday by Education Secretary David Blunkett. Blackburn and Darwen get
JOHN Mullin plays the final game of his curtailed loan spell against Fulham on Saturday but both manager and player hope it won't be his last appearance in a Burnley shirt. Mullin re-joined the Clarets from Sunderland just before the transfer deadline
JASON Wilcox is set to suffer another stunning blow from the Football Association, with the imposition of an extra one-match ban after being sent off against Bolton Wanderers last Saturday. The Blackburn Rovers winger already knew he would have to sit
A TRIO of workers are the toast of their department at British Aerospace, Samlesbury. Russ Jones and Stephen Smith, along with colleague Ian Postlewhite, came up with a series of improvements to production of cadmium plated components in the treatments
PREPARATIONS are under way to mark the tenth birthday of a unique group. The North West Artificial Intelligence Applications Group was set up to help firms become more aware of technology and how it can help businesses. Areas covered by the group, based
THE construction industry in the region is booming, leaving brickies and other skilled workers in big demand. A survey by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has found the workloads of its members has increased for the eighth successive quarter
PET groomer Carol McInally will demonstrate her skills in front of thousands of people all over the country on the first pet roadshow. The first stop for the Pets, Pets, Pets Show will be Cheshire's Tatton Park where Carol, of Lumb, Rossendale, and Rochdale
AN angry motorist has vowed to go to court to dispute a fixed penalty ticket after claiming she was 'booked' for making the road outside her home safer. Widow Mrs Moira Cruise said she parks on the wide pavement to avoid causing a hazard in Whalley Road
PENDLE MP Gordon Prentice last night celebrated almost a year of Labour government as a success - despite quitting as a Ministerial aide in protest at lone parent benefit cuts. And the rebel even praised the government's welfare to work drive - the cutting
TELEVISION weatherman Fred Talbot has volunteered to strip off for a new exhibition being held at Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery next month. When Fred heard about The People's Show, he immediately offered to send along his famously colourful jumpers
AS a visitor on holiday from Canada, I was interested in your article (LET, April 9), regarding the Union flag being back over Accrington Market Hall after an absence of 50 years. It's evident that it had been a long time, as the flag was upside down.
IAM writing on behalf of Daniel Brasseur, of Solre-sur-Sambre, Belgium, who is researching into the crew of an RAF Vickers Wellington bomber of 196 Squadron based at Leconfield, East Yorkshire, which crashed near his home town of Solre-sur-Sambre on the
COMMUNITY bobbies have launched free weekly sports sessions to keep youngsters fit and out of trouble. Various activities - everything from football to quick cricket - are run for 10 to 15-year-olds between 6pm and 8pm on Tuesday nights at Hyndburn Sports
Food News, with Christine Rutter FOOD lovers have been getting hot under the collar about the newest culinary trend to sweep East Lancashire. From a lush, tropical land midway between India and China comes Thai cuisine. The dishes, with their exotic eastern
DOZENS of holidaymakers have been struck down by a mystery virus that has hit an Airtours cruise ship. More than 70 people on the MS Sundream have been hit by the illness which causes flu-type symptoms. The latest batch of five Canadian passengers and
A 28-YEAR-OLD woman has been charged with assaulting her two-week-old baby boy after he was taken to hospital with what is believed to be a cigarette burn on his eyelid. The boy, from Accrington, is being treated in Queen's Park Hospital, Blackburn, where
FIVE East Lancashire high schools have been awarded cash to help them link up with local sports clubs. The schools are among 113 in the North West to receive up to £1,000 each as part of more than £100,000 handed out by the English Sports Council's Challenge
Bramwell Speaks Out THE hard work starts here for Peter Shackleton. And that is not to say his Turf Moor takeover campaign has so far been a stroll in the park. Anything but, in fact. The Clarets fan and former college principal would be the first to
