AN aerospace firm has become of the first of its kind in the country to receive a new stamp of approval. Brookhouse Composites, of Darwen, has received a Joint Aviation Authority approval to manufacture aerospace components. Only five have so far been
ECONOMIC development firm Enterprise plc has won a string of contracts across the world. The firm's international division has just won its first contract in the Caribbean, and employees from the Lancashire firm are heading for Trinidad and Tobago to
FIRMS starved of good quality graduates may be missing out on top quality candidates from ethnic minorities because they are sending out the wrong recruitment message. According to research set to be published more than half of major recruiters report
THE GO-AHEAD was given to a £30 million programme to bring cable TV to East Lancashire. The cable TV franchise was awarded to sole applicants East Lancashire Cablevision Ltd, who still needed to approval from the Government for their plans. The move was
Northern League A SUPERB innings of 80 by opening bat Russell Cake was the highlight of Chorley's first Northern League win of the season by five wickets at St Annes. Adrian Darlington with 45 top scored for St Annes who crumbled from a strong position
RESIDENT Derek Salt was given seven days to pay his poll tax bill...for one penny! Derek, 30, of Burnley Road, Altham, could not believe his eyes when the demand dropped on his doormat. A spokeswoman for Hyndburn Council said: "This is a genuine error
LANCASHIRE were today drawn away at holders Surrey in a heavyweight Benson and Hedges Cup quarter final. But skipper Wasim Akram insisted: "We fear no one." Lancashire booked their place in the last eight in dramatic circumstances, thrashing Northants
A ROAD rage victim told police he missed death by inches after he was knocked unconscious in a late night chase. The 23-year-old from Blackburn was forced to take drastic measures after he was threatened by a five-strong gang armed with a hammer. The
WHAT a refreshing change to read Mark Woodhouse's illuminating story, "Birthday grief of a junkie's brave mum" (LET, May 5). Along comes a "brave mum" in the shape of Susan Beach, who, in this "I'm all-right-jack" world in which very few people care over
GOVERNMENT officials today revealed which schools in Blackburn and Darwen will receive a share of £810,000 for urgent repairs. School standards minister Stephen Byers announced the borough would get the extra money last month. County Hall was also handed
FIRMS will fold and jobs will go throughout East Lancashire if the pound stays strong, a company boss said today after announcing 19 redundancies. The Cherry Tree Machine Company, Blackburn, has been forced to sack the 19 workers in the latest of a series
Lancashire League round-up (Saturday) HASLINGDEN professional Hamish Anthony was the hero as he picked up a hat-trick in his side's win over Bacup at Bentgate. Anthony snapped up the last three wickets of Terry Lord, David Ormerod and David Warren to
I WOULD like to express my concern and dismay at your front-page articles and Opinion column's unjust and inaccurate portrayal of Beardwood School, Blackburn, as a dismissive and uncaring institution and of headteacher Roger Eckton as insensitive and
Blackburn Rovers 1 Newcastle United 0 - Peter White's verdict on the final match of the season CHRIS Sutton clearly remembered the motto of the long-dissolved SAS partnership as he struck the golden goal which meant so much to Blackburn Rovers - Who Dares
ANGELA Smith has cleaned up with a top award. Angela, company administrator for Great Harwood Reclamation Centre, has become one of the first in the country to be awarded a Certificate of Technical Competence level three from the waste management industry
Lancashire Lynx 12 York Wasps 25 LYNX's long unbeaten home run finally ended when an impressive York outfit deservedly took the spoils over a strangely subdued Lynx team. This was Lynx's 13th home league fixture at Deepdale and it certainly proved unlucky
Ribblesdale League RIBBLESDALE Wanderers professional Shahid Nawaz scored a spectacular century to take his team through to the second round of the Vaux Ramsbottom Cup. Nawaz was 102 not out in his side's 159-3 after they restricted Blackburn Northern
THE lovingly-tended pitch at Turf Moor looks more like a moonscape as workmen prepare the surface for an upgrade. Burnley fans jumped at the chance to buy their own piece of the former pitch at £1 a piece before work started. Supporters came from all
CARL Fogarty fought back from brake problems to snatch second place on the final bend in race two at Monza to close the gap in the 1998 Superbike Championship. Fogarty edged out Troy Corser as the Australian ran wide and into the gravel on the final corner
HEALTH problems of residents in an East Lancashire town will be targeted in a bid to put together a health blueprint for the future. The views of the public, GPs, social workers and voluntary agencies in Great Harwood will be sought and the results combined
Lancashire League: Lowerhouse 108, Rishton 109-9 ASTONISHING! No other word for it...Corrie Jordaan's triumphant return to Lowerhouse was totally and absolutely astonishing. Okay, so it's always going to be a special feeling whenever a sports star goes
I HAVE lived in Canada for 31 years. Recently, I lost my computer's hard drive and all my records including all the addresses and telephone numbers of my whole family who still live in Blackburn. My brother, Bryan Monaghan, lives in Cherry Tree, my sister
Worsley Cup: Enfield 70-8, Bacup 160-9 BACUP veteran Terry Lord has rarely enjoyed more than the odd walk-on part as a bowler in a 15 year spell in the Lanehead first team. But stand-in captain Peter Thompson gave him centre-stage in this Worsley Cup
I REALLY must object to the flippant and misleading nonsense in the advertisement (LET, May 6) for an event at Blackburn Rovers on May 15 purporting to be a Sixties night with "flower power" and a "60s DJ for a kickback into the Rock 'n' Roll era." This
I MUST confess that I take little interest in the affairs of Northern Ireland, but I was under the impression that there were two criminal groups terrorising the ordinary people of the country. Why, then, do the Conservatives in Parliament only demand
IN his outspoken views on Freemasonry (MET, May 4) the Rev John Corbyn, of St Gabriel's Church, Blackburn, remarks: "I know that many Freemasons say they are churchgoers, but if all the Freemasons in Blackburn and Darwen turned up to church on Sunday,
THE KYLINS Residents' Association is a small community one mile south of Morpeth in Northumberland. It derives its name from a large Victorian house in whose land and gardens our houses were built in the 1950s. The house was sold in 1939 by widow Aimee
THE distressing case of an East Lancashire grandmother facing a wait of two and a half years for vital heart surgery tells graphically what an agony the waiting lists are. For the grim possibility actually confronting desperate 62-year-old Mrs Mary Duxbury
Special report COMPUTERS will kill off the traditional racecourse bookie and wreck the racing atmosphere, Burnley's only licensed course bookmaker has warned. The Levy Board, which is negotiating the future of racecourses, wants to see every bookie linked
Looking Back, with Eric Leaver SHE was the glamour-puss of black and white TV - the sweater-girl, dumb blonde who stunned 1950s viewers with her own 3-D effect. But back in 1956, Sabrina (real name Norma Sykes, of Blackpool) was looking for a career change
CHRIS Waddle is hoping to keep Burnley's top players together - but won't be held to ransom in contract talks. Waddle believes he has a decent squad at his disposal and would like to keep the nucleus together for a concerted push for success next season
JACK Walker was "absolutely elated" as Chris Sutton's sensational late strike blasted Blackburn Rovers back into Europe at an ecstatic Ewood last night. And Rovers boss Roy Hodgson said that seeing the pleasure that clinching a UEFA Cup spot had brought
