FIREFIGHTERS rushed to a farm today to help a horse which had collapsed in a stable. The emergency workers decided to call in lifting gear after air bags failed to get the horse back on to her feet. A hole was cut in the roof of the stable and the horse
TRAFFIC police are turning to high tech cameras to help them win the war against speeding motorists and make East Lancashire's roads safer to use. The county's force has splashed out on the latest video cameras to help them catch speeding drivers. The
A MAN who was badly injured when he tripped over an uncovered service hole in the pavement has blasted council bosses for doing nothing about the hazard. Tim Brennan, 49, of Blackamoor Road, Guide, had just reached the pavement after crossing Stopes Brow
CAMPAIGNERS today warned about the dangers of asthma after the tragic death of a teenager. Stephen Lee Wilcock, 18, collapsed in his father's home in Rough Hey, Oswaldtwistle, on Friday. A post mortem examination is being carried out but his family believe
BURNLEY manager Stan Ternent will tonight focus his attention on Norwegian keeper Frank Petter Kval's attempt to win a Turf Moor contract. Ternent has already extended Gavin Ward's loan deal from Bolton Wanderers which will see him continue his run in
Blackburn Artists Society meet St Gabriel's Church Hall, Brownhill, 7pm. Live models. Royal Air Forces Association meet at the Polish Ex-Servicemen's Club, Shear Bank Road, Blackburn, 8pm. "The Inner Journey" - an invitation to experience group meditation
TOURISTS spend about £20 million a year in the Ribble Valley but are choking the area with traffic and disturbing the way of life of residents. Ribble Valley Council has produced a draft tourism strategy aimed at promoting "sustainable tourism" in the
AN advanced motorcycling instructor died in a head-on collision on the notorious Long Preston Road, between Gisburn and Settle. And the coroner is to make formal representations to Lancashire County Council over the markings on the road following the
A LEAP in racial attacks put Lancashire in a league of shame's top 10. Attacks on ethnic minorities in the county almost doubled in a year, the Commission for Racial Equality revealed. The Blackburn branch of the group blamed the increase on the British
THEY have let the murderers win (LET, September 11): what is this government thinking about, allocating money to rehabilitate IRA prisoners? I think it is disgusting. They are becoming a government of jelly babies. Let the IRA pay for their rehabilitation
WORLD Superbike rider Neil Hodgson has been sacked by Kawasaki. The team has decided not to take up its option of extending the Burnley speedster's contract until the end of 1999. The 24-year-old's final appearance on the Shell-backed, factory Kawasaki
I AM pleased that Blackburn with Darwen Council is at last taking positive action to find out exactly how the electorate feels about its performance. The system of local government depends upon a strong, effective opposition to exercise restraint on the
MIKE Atherton is set to return from his back problems to play in Lancashire's championship crunch at Old Trafford tomorrow. Lancashire stand on the brink of history in their match against Hampshire, when victory could clinch their first title since 1950
AS one of a number of people trying to establish a pressure group to protect mobile home owners, I would point out that the home owners of Harwood Bar Caravan Park, Great Harwood, and Beacon Fell Caravan Park, Longridge, are not alone in their troubles
TRUE to form, Telegraph Opinion (LET, September 8) took the opportunity to pour cold water over William Hague's initiative, in calling a referendum of the Tory membership regarding the single currency. It's something he should have done earlier. The only
A FUN day will be staged by Age Concern, Lancashire, aimed at bridging the generation gap between youngsters and the elderly The event at Knight Hill House Centre, Memorial Park, Padiham, on Saturday, September 26, will support National Grandparents Day
FILLING up will never be the same again thanks to a Blackburn firm's latest development. Meggitt Petroleum Systems has developed a new petrol pump system. This enables drivers to buy products such as fast food or a car wash token using touch screen technology
CONSERVATORY roofing firm Ultraframe has appointed James Henry as finance director. The chartered accountant takes over from David Moore, appointed deputy managing director of the Clitheroe firm in June. Mr Henry , 38, joins Ultraframe from KPMG in Preston
FAST-GROWING pub group J D Wetherspoon toasted itself when it posted improved results and pledged to keep on opening at new sites. But the Watford-based company, which owns the Postal Order pub in Blackburn, confirmed that it suffered during the World
AFTER Blackburn mother-of-10 Zubeda Haq was jailed for 21 months last week, with £61,500 ordered to be seized from her assets after one of the biggest single social security swindles on record, a Benefits Agency spokeswoman hailed it as a "significant
REPRESENTATIVES from the Army and the prison officers' service attended the funeral today for Darwen man Brian Wilkinson. The 49-year-old collapsed at his home in Cloister Drive and had been on a life-support machine at Blackburn Royal Infirmary. His
The opinions expressed by John Blunt are not necessarily those of this newspaper HAULED up in court accused of causing an unnecessary obstruction by parking her car on the pavement outside her home on a busy main road in Clayton-le-Moors, pensioner Mrs
A SPECIAL police task force is flooding the streets of Darwen to cut lawlessness in a town identified as a crime and disorder "hot spot." The blitz involves dozens of extra officers from other areas going on the beat for a temporary period to tackle the
TRAGIC Ian Bates opened his heart today about the deaths of his wife Celeste and their children Daniel and Milo. The young husband and father said his life had been "shattered forever" by the horror in Egerton, near Darwen, just a week ago. And in a pledge
A BRAVE bobby fought through flames to overpower a violent man who had set fire to his flat. The courage and devotion to duty displayed by Chris Adams has resulted in him being presented with a letter of commendation from the Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane
MAYORESS Mary Lynch is to lead the ride-in at the start of the North's biggest motorbike show. The pensioner and grandmother, who prefers not to reveal her age, said she jumped at the chance to join the ride-in which will mark the start of the Rossendale
GROWING concerns about the safety of hospital staff and medical workers in East Lancashire will be discussed at a major conference. The rise in attacks on health workers has led to the decision to stage an all-day seminar at Ewood Park. East Lancashire's
THE family of a Rawtenstall woman left paralysed and blind 22 years ago by a medical blunder today called for solicitors to stop their legal action. It was only when a solicitor gained publicity for his firm's plans to sue on behalf of Jacqueline Norman
A BABY was found to have two fractures when his "inexperienced and heavy-handed" mother took him to a social services office. The 12-week-old boy had a broken rib and tibia, but the depressed 24-year-old woman said she had not deliberately hurt the child
A SUPERVISOR lost three fingers when a workmate accidentally started a guillotine as he tried to free a jammed machine. The man's employers, Netlon Ltd, were fined £2,000 with £520 costs after being prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive. The company
OLYMPIQUE Lyonnais coach Bernard Lacombe expressed a debt of gratitude to his goalkeeper Gregory Coupet for keeping his team in the UEFA Cup at Ewood last night. And the former French international also refused to accept the second leg in Lyon will be
STEPHANE Henchoz today vowed revenge on the "arrogant" French when Blackburn Rovers go to Lyon on a long-shot UEFA Cup second leg salvage mission. The Swiss star revealed that Rovers' players had been wound up before last night's first leg by stories
A TRAIL-blazing East Lancashire anti-crime project has been put forward as a blueprint for the rest of the country to follow. The Youth Works project on Blackburn's Roman Road estate has been singled out in a government report on tackling crime in Britain's
UEFA Cup 1st round 1st leg: Blackburn Rovers 0 Olympique Lyonnais 1 - Peter White's big match verdict JUST after nine o'clock on a cool September evening at Ewood Park, a Frenchman held his head in his hands in a show of frustration and despair. Unfortunately
A £3.8 MILLION bid for European and Government cash to help the rural community in the Bowland area is to be made. Lancashire County Council has put together a bid for the money which would be used over two and a half years to help rural businesses. The
A RESIDENTS' action group was praised at a public meeting, when councillors gave the final go-ahead to a controversial housing scheme. Villagers have opposed the redevelopment of part of the Calderstones Hospital site, in Whalley, for several years. The
Valerie Cowan Surfs the Net THE Internet is fast becoming a popular way of distributing important news. The Louise Woodward case set the pace for such events, with millions of Internet users around the globe logging on for the verdict. The release of
A DOLE fraud squad was checking up on Pendle taxi drivers in a bid to clamp down on benefit fiddles. The team swooped on Nelson in a bid to track down cabbies who were claiming benefit as well as working. Pendle MP John Lee, a junior employment minister
LAUNCHING a fight against urban squalor, Tony Blair is evidently aware of the scale of the task when he admits it could take 20 years to transform some of Britain's worst housing estates. But, while it is right that the country's so-called sink estates
IS THE big privatisation nettle that badly stung the Tories - selling-off the Post Office - about to be grasped by Labour? If so, it could run into as much hostile reaction as the Conservatives did when former trade supremo, Michael Hesteltine, tried
I AM trying to trace the family of Freda Heywood, who lived in Church and Accrington in the mid-1960s and early 70s. Freda, an only child who married around 1970, may have moved out of the Accrington area. In about 1971, Freda had two daughters, aged
HOW privileged I felt to attend the memorial concert for Benita Moore at Accrington Town Hall on September 6. The tickets were only £3, but the value of the evening was worth far, far more. The professional performances of all who took part in the singing
WASIM Akram one of the world's greatest all-rounders has quit international cricket in a bid to clear his name over match fixing allegations. The outgoing Pakistan and Lancashire captain has not ruled out a return to the world stage in the future, but
I DO seem to have upset Councillor Peter Clarke (Letters, September 10) with my qualified support for a Safeway store in Great Harwood. As for his comment on my supporting Coun George Slynn, I would sup with the devil if I thought that good was to be
A FIGHT to open up the Bronte moors to ramblers will take a step forward at a rally attended by Environment Minister Michael Meacher in Todmorden on Sunday. Pendle MP Gordon Prentice will be calling for early legislation to give the public the right to
PROTESTERS failed in a last-gasp bid to win a reprieve for Burnley's Whiteacres home. A coach full of 50 residents, families and supporters and an official delegation from Burnley Council could not prevent county council chiefs in Preston from giving
MIKE Atherton is set to return from his back problems to play in Lancashire's championship crunch at Old Trafford tomorrow. Lancashire stand on the brink of history in their match against Hampshire, when victory could clinch their first title since 1950
STEPHANE Henchoz today vowed revenge on the "arrogant" French when Blackburn Rovers go to Lyon on a long-shot UEFA Cup second leg salvage mission. The Swiss star revealed that Rovers' players had been wound up before last night's first leg by stories
Nature Watch, with Ron Freethy NOW that the nights are closing in, the time available to watch wildlife is becoming limited. The reason for this is that we humans are, as usual, just a little but conceited. Just because we don't like walking about in
Telegraph Insight DEMAND has never been greater for the team of highly-trained dogs and handlers leading the fight against the rising tide of drugs flowing into East Lancashire. Dealers constantly on the look-out for new markets as the drugs trade escalates
AS IF this country did not already have enough asylum seekers, with sufficient "refugees" to fill Wembley Stadium, it now has a couple more supposedly politically-harassed foreign applicants for succour and social security - a pair of American citizens
BANNED driver Ian Carlton must have reckoned he was for the high jump when he appeared before Burnley magistrates to admit being caught driving just weeks after being disqualified. After all, the 27-year-old single parent had no fewer than 11 previous
TRAGIC Ian Bates opened his heart today about the deaths of his wife Celeste and their children Daniel and Milo. The young husband and father said his life had been "shattered forever" by the horror in Egerton, near Darwen, just a week ago. And in a pledge
