RESIDENTS who believed they had won a battle to prevent a children's home opening on their doorsteps have been told by councillors: "We wouldn't want them living near you anyway." Families in Greens Lane, Stacksteads, fought to prevent a farmhouse being
EAST Lancashire's Euro MPs have backed a bid to slash their lavish expenses. But the proposal supported by Mark Hendrick and Michael Hindley was thrown out by the European Parliament. The European Parliament voted yesterday on proposals to replace their
MACCLESFIELD will be something of a journey into the unknown for Burnley when they play their first ever League game at Moss Rose tomorrow. But they have at least one player in their ranks with experience of the former non-league venue. Striker Andy Cooke
A DISABLED woman has spoken of her disgust after she was mugged while out buying Christmas presents for her three children. Michelle Regan, who is wheelchair bound, was attacked and robbed in Blackburn town centre as she waited with her daughter for a
BURNLEY break new ground when they face Macclesfield Town tomorrow with Stan Ternent looking to his in-form squad to pass their attitude test. Despite major redevelopment Macclesfield's Moss Rose home was a non-League venue just two years ago. And with
ARTHRITIS sufferer David Baker has blasted NatWest bank after staff at the Blackburn branch told him he would have to travel to Clitheroe to cash a £44 cheque. Mr Baker, 58, called into the NatWest in King William Street, Blackburn, after being sent a
WHEN ex-pat Bob Pearson was born in 1928, it was a memorable day for Blackburn. For although Humphrey and Jessie Pearson's joy at the arrival of their son coincided with the last time the Rovers won the FA Cup, it was also the start of a 70-year adventure
ROY Hodgson has been beaten by the clock in his bid to add to his squad in time for Sunday's clash with Premiership champions Arsenal. But there is optimism that there will still be at least one major signing coming in soon, with Blackburn Rovers more
POLICE have been called into a top grammar school after a teenager was caught in possession of cannabis. The 17-year-old, from Blackburn, has been suspended from Clitheroe Royal Grammar School, subject to a review. Head teacher Stuart Holt said the boy
A HEAD teacher criticised proposed cuts in travel subsidies for post-GCSE students in Lancashire. Anthony McNamara, head teacher of St Augustine's RC High School, Billington, told the gathering that the school could take pride in a "strong set of GCSE
UNDERGROUND explorers were blasted by emergency services after sparking a rescue operation when exploring an ancient sewer. Four men and two teenagers carrying paraffin lamps crawled into an open culvert in Dickinson Street, Blackburn and out through
ISEE Mr Len Rushton is on his soapbox again, talking about the lack of morals and common decency in the young people of today. I am 61, not young, but know lots of young people, family and friends who I consider to be good people, who lead good, productive
I WISH to express my hearty thanks to the several hundred people who packed Blackburn Cathedral last Sunday for my collation and installation as Honorary Canon. Thanks also to all for the flood of good wishes I have received in the past three months since
REGARDING Sam Spence's remarks on Councillor Don Rishton and our present Labour council (Letters, October 7), he is, of course, quite correct. For this mish-mash passing itself off with monotonous regularity as a caring, sharing council has no idea of
CHORLEY manager Bryan Griffiths is looking to pep up his struggling side with a couple of new faces ahead of what is sure to be a tough test at big-spending Altrincham tomorrow. The under-pressure Magpies chief is desperate to strengthen a side which
ON Tuesday September 29 volunteers from the Burnley Shop Mobility came to the official opening of Blackburn Shop Mobility, who are in partnership with New World Mobility. With them were the group leader of the fybromyalgia support group for Burnley and
Irefer to John Blunt's article on nurses (LET, October 7). As a health care assistant, I work in a rest/nursing home and we are more skilled than chambermaids and waitresses, the workers John Blunt says share some of the nurses' tasks. The only thing
AS A Yorkshireman, I know how passionate many people are about their home county, but even I was astonished to read your report and Opinion column about the marking of administrative boundaries on Ordnance Survey maps. In particular, your account 'Towns
A FOCUS group set up by Burnley Health Care Trust to improve equality for ethnic minorities has been so successful it is extending its work. The renamed Minority Advisory and Working Group will now work on ensuring equality for other minority cultures
ROY Hodgson has been beaten by the clock in his bid to add to his squad in time for Sunday's clash with Premiership champions Arsenal. But there is optimism that there will still be at least one major signing coming in soon, with Blackburn Rovers more
EMPLOYEES at a car component company have been warned to expect up to 50 job losses as the result of the downturn in the motor industry. Le Profil Industries, which employs 500 people at its factory in Exchange Street, Accrington, makes plastic mouldings
COMPANIES that have missed out on the benefits of profit-related pay schemes have one last chance to give their staff a tax-free bonus, say employee benefit specialists at KPMG. By moving quickly and registering a PRP scheme with the Inland Revenue by
A YOUNG mum went out shoplifting within days of her boyfriend dying in front of her, a court heard. Burnley magistrates were told how Elaine Christine White, 28, was "confused" and "upset" and some members of her boyfriend Simon Cotzec's family had held
THEATRE lovers are breaking a leg to finally restore a long-awaited venue. Members are organising a seventies night and a line dancing marathon to raise cash for the renovation of the Red Brick Theatre, previously a cinema, at Ewood. Local businessman
A HIGH school has sent out letters to hundreds of parents after being hit by a meningitis scare. Darwen Vale High School took the decision to send out a health warning after it was revealed a pupil is carrying the potentially deadly virus. Doctors discovered
RESIDENTS who believed they had won a battle to prevent a children's home opening on their doorsteps have been told by councillors: "We wouldn't want them living near you anyway." Families in Greens Lane, Stacksteads, fought to prevent a farmhouse being
A SERIES of tributes were paid to a former headmaster when a Blackburn school held its annual prize-giving evening. Principal of Westholme School Michael Keegan, paid his own personal tribute to Arthur Rouse, who died earlier this year aged 86. Mr Keegan
A CONSTRUCTION firm has tried to ease residents' fears over its plan to build houses on a field in Pendle. Micon Homes wants to build 27 three and four bedroomed homes and a community centre on the field between Hartley Hospital and Sheridan Road, Laneshawbridge
Division Two: Macclesfield Town v Burnley NEIL Howarth is relishing the prospect of a fixture he didn't think could ever happen when he left Burnley to join Macclesfield Town. "I don't think anybody would have thought it. "When I left Burnley had just
SATURDAY Flea Market and Craft Fair, Clitheroe Parish Church Hall, 10am-4pm. Janet Anderson MP Advice Surgery, Darwen Library Theatre, School Street, 10am-1pm. Oswaldtwistle Players present "Much Ado About Nothing," in the Civic Theatre, Union Road, 7.30pm
A BUSINESSMAN whose company crashed owing more than £1million was back in business with a new firm after two years. Blackburn Council had lost £150,000 of ratepayers' cash in 1991 after backing Barry Marsden's original company Voltair with a loan guarantee
EAST Lancashire's Euro MPs should be commended for backing a bid to slash their expenses. The efforts of Mark Hendrick and Michael Hindley came to nothing as the European Parliament voted against proposals to replace lavish flat-rate allowances with a
I AM all in favour of law and order. In present levels of disorder, I think a curfew would be an ideal solution to keep young children off the streets after dark. Though I do think it should be authorised by their parents. Several areas of our 'Green
AS the political and diplomatic furore over the fate of former Chilean dictator General Augusto Pinochet deepens, Tony Blair appears to be looking for an escape route. There are hints from Downing Street that the General, whose iron-fisted regime had
I NOTE that John Blunt is referring to widows benefits that he does not agree with (LET, October 14). May I, having only recently become widowed, put John Blunt fully into the picture, as he appears to be under a misapprehension. A lot of widows have
BLACKBURN Hawks player-coach Bobby Haig has a selection crisis on his hands, but he's determined it won't spoil the party. Red-hot hitman Andrew Dickson, a scoring sensation with over 50 points already this season, is sidelined with a back injury, while
HOW predictable it was that MP Peter Pike supported the establishment of a third doctor's surgery in Stoneyholme, Burnley (despite being rejected as one too many by the local health authority), while almost simultaneously he was vocally absent in his
FINANCIAL pressures will not affect medical judgements over what drugs to prescribe to patients, members of Burnley Health Care Trust board were reassured. Non-executive director Coun Kath Reade queried whether the type of drugs prescribed was affected
INDEPENDENT Councillor Harry Brooks, will be calling for fellow members of Burnley Council to back the stand being made by residents of a county council home which is soon to close. The men, who live at Social Services home Whiteacres, in Lansdowne Close
BURNLEY break new ground when they face Macclesfield Town tomorrow with Stan Ternent looking to his in-form squad to pass their attitude test. Despite major redevelopment Macclesfield's Moss Rose home was a non-League venue just two years ago. And with
A BURNLEY company has announced record results for just its second year of trading. P3 Computer Services Ltd, formed in 1995 by Paul Cumpstey and Philip Whitehead, has seen the profit for the year to October 1997 increase by 153 per cent, and this year's
Wright On: Shelley Wright's wry look at life in East Lancashire APART from a spot of decorating and trying on bridesmaid's dresses in preparation for my brother's big day, I can't say as I've done anything particularly exciting this week. And to be honest
HASLINGDEN-based textile manufacturer JH Birtwistle and Co has become the 300th member of the Groundwork Business Environment Association. The association will be helping the company develop an action plan to improve product quality and competitiveness
THRIFTY shopper Gordon Hay is cracking up after his crafty plan to get a cut-price holiday was rumbled by a store manager. Gordon, 25, cleaned out six Sainsbury's supermarkets of Vitaline biscuits after spotting the store was offering Reward Points on
