A DEADLINE set for people in Guide to write letters to the Government protesting about a proposed major retail development on their doorsteps ends on Monday. Campaigners in the village want as many people as possible to write to the Government's Manchester
BILLY McKinlay will not be fit for Blackburn Rovers' trip to Anfield on Sunday. And that hands caretaker-boss Tony Parkes a major midfield headache for the Premiership clash with Liverpool. With skipper Tim Sherwood starting a three-match suspension and
ANGRY relatives of residents in a closure threatened home for the elderly are warning they will stage a sit in if the council goes ahead with their plans. Councillors and social services chiefs called a special meeting at Shadsworth House in Dunoon Drive
DAVID Platt can be ruled out as a contender for the Ewood Park vacancy --unless Blackburn Rovers opt for a short-term answer to their managerial problems and look at things again next summer. Rovers have now received "serious interest" from more than
Peter White's verdict on the Roy Hodgson era ROY Hodgson had to go -- and with enough time remaining for a new man to have a chance of turning things around before the threat of relegation becomes fact. That is the simple truth of the matter. Results
Race Night, Polish Ex-Servicemen's Club, 6 Shear Brow, Blackburn. Coffee Evening with Bring and Buy Stall, Revidge Fold United Reformed Church, Blackburn, 7pm-8.30pm. Chatburn Millennium Committee's Quiz Night, at the Brown Cow, Chatburn, 8pm. Toys and
PLAYGROUP children were screened for the deadly meningitis disease after a 19-year-old nursery assistant suddenly died from a meningitis linked infection. Karen Leecy, of Cambridge Drive, Knuzden, died of septicaemia within four hours of being rushed
A RECORD £121,000 was raised by Lancashire folk for BBC charity Children in Need with fun and games throughout the county. VAT staff from Blackburn Customs and Excise offices staged a Boys v Girls football match at Audley Sports Centre, with the lads
ONCE more, people are complaining of nits and are keeping their kids off school (LET, November 20). It happens time and again. This problem was rife in the 1930s, but it was easily overcome by using sassafras oil every week. The routine was: Monday, Scott's
REGARDING the closure of homes for the elderly, would it not be a good idea to raise money for "Elderly in Need"? Last Friday night millions of pounds were raised for "Children in Need" and there are hundreds of deserving causes -- all of whom I hope
MAY I suggest that, regarding his inquiry into the causes of global warming, Arthur Finch (Letters, November 9) reads one of the many books available on environmental issues which will give him the facts about damage to the ozone layer and other problems
I WELCOME your article (LET, November 11) on the reintroduction of trams to East Lancashire. It is impossible to comment on its possible viability here, until we have seen the plans. Some 85 per cent of the Manchester Metrolink runs on the former British
A POLICE crackdown on buses and taxis taking children to school found that only one had to be ordered off the road. The road safety operation was carried out in Burnley yesterday and was jointly run with the Department of Transport and Lancashire County
A POLICEMAN'S grandson who raided a florist's shop and a garage has been sent to detention for four months. Burnley magistrates heard that Karl Greaves, 18, committed many crimes, both on bail and in breach of a conditional discharge. Greaves, of Warwick
FURBY fever broke out across Burnley today after people queued for more than eight hours to get their hands on the toys. Bus driver Dave Tomlinson, of Rosegrove, was first in line outside the Early Learning Centre, St James Street, at 12.30am today. He
HEALTH bosses were urged to "radically rethink" the latest multi-million pound plans to develop Burnley General Hospital. The phase five development of Burnley Health Trust's main base will see medical provision overhauled, workhouse buildings demolished
A SURVEY of the quality of Lancashire's air has begun and will take a year to complete. Twelve local authorities in the county have jointly funded the project, which will be run by the National Environmental Technology Centre. Members of Hyndburn Council's
AN inquest was dramatically halted after a coroner was told that several witnesses had gone to the pub. And Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley coroner Andre Rebello warned that if they failed to attend the next hearing they could be sent to prison.
DAVID Platt can be ruled out as a contender for the Ewood Park vacancy --unless Blackburn Rovers opt for a short-term answer to their managerial problems and look at things again next summer. Rovers have now received "serious interest" from more than
NEIGHBOURS look set to win their fight close a "yobs' alley" near their homes. Residents near to the alley from Lodgeside to Brooklands Close, Clayton-le-Moors, say vandals and drunken yobs frequently vandalise their fences, throw missiles at their windows
Food News, with Christine Rutter A NEW charity cookbook gathers together some of the best recipes created by East Lancashire's top chefs. The book, Too Many Cooks . . . , is a testimony to the goldmine of dazzling talent in the region. Live Challenge
DAVID Garthwaite has been promoted to a national role. David, is the new national key accounts manager for Haslingden based carpet underlay firm Duralay. He joined the firm eight years ago first as a retail representative and recently as contract sales
A LEADING print firm has created new jobs after a £260,000 move. Colourfolio has relocated to a new plant in Waterside Road, Haslingden after outgrowing its former base in St Crispin's Way in the town. The move has been partly funded by a £25,000 grant
MODEL ship maker Peter Coughlin is trying to solve a mystery of a missing gunboat. He made two models of the Second World War motor gun boat -- one for himself and one for a Croatian museum -- and now the museum's boat has vanished. The ship's former
POLICE investigating the savage killing of a pet have arrested a teenager and today revealed that the incident may be linked with dog fighting in the area. Neighbours have been rallying round to help 83-year-old Andrew Czocher come to terms with the loss
HOME Secretary Jack Straw has given his backing to plans to form Lancashire's first association of neighbourhood watch groups. The Blackburn MP came out in support of the move at a special meeting held at police headquarters in Hutton. Mr Straw gave a
TO misquote Oscar Wilde: "To lose one manager may be regarded as a misfortune...to lose three in just over three years seems like carelessness." Regardless of the issues surrounding the departures of Messrs Hodgson, Harford and Dalglish, Blackburn Rovers
PLANS to auction international shirts and other football memorabilia collected by soccer great Keith Newton were in confusion today after his widow said she had not given consent for the sale. Barbara Newton said she had decided against selling some of
A TAKE-AWAY owner from Rossendale is bidding to become a member of Parliament in Bangladesh and has high hopes of becoming Prime Minister. Abu Choudhury was educated at the Bangladesh University where he studied political science and was a student leader
SIX new stallholders have set up business in a thriving market hall, making an almost full complement. The new businesses in Colne indoor market mean 27 traders operate from the hall and the last remaining stall has been let from January. Two of the newcomers
FOOTBALL ref and Blackburn town hall boss Phil Richards has raised more than £4,000 for Cancer Research by running the New York marathon in memory of his wife. The council director of housing and Nationwide League referee lost his wife Helen to breast
RAY Ingleby is not yet ready to inject cash into Turf Moor to earn his seat on the Burnley board. Recently installed Clarets' director Barry Kilby has put £1 million into the club as a loan against the shares he will buy under a rights issue. And he invited
Pete Oliver on the Clarets crisis IT TOOK Stan Ternent just six months to transform Bury from a side one place off the bottom of the Football League into a promotion-winning team. He followed that with a Second Division title success 12 months later and
I AGREE with Mr A N Graneek's every word regarding the repairs to the M65 (Letters, November 19). Surely, it is better to have a motorway that requires slight repair than to go back to the days before the M65 was built. Let's stop griping and be grateful
HAVING long ago sanitised its own history books, it is not surprising that Japan will not deliver either a proper apology or compensation to the thousands of Allied prisoners of war and internees it made to suffer. It is not as if Japan cannot afford
IT is surely no coincidence that a society which can subject vulnerable animals to pain and suffering can kill unborn babies and abandon the elderly to loveless institutions. Nobody has the moral right to participate, promote or ignore the suffering of
lIT MAY be that circumstance has landed Home Secretary Jack Straw with an acute diplomatic dilemma because, when the former Chilean dictator, the aged General Augusto Pinochet, came here for hospital treatment, Spain seized the opportunity to seek his
ICE HOCKEY: Scoring sensation Andew Dickson has upped sticks, quit Blackburn Hawks and headed for Germany. Arena officials today admitted Dickson's shock departure had come as a bombshell. "Basically he has done a runner, a moonlight flit," said Hawks
REGARDING the close of the Shadsworth House and Laneside homes for the elderly, thank you for printing the two excellent observations (Letters, November 18) and the comments (LET, November 19) of Councillor Karimeh Foster at the debate at the Town Hall
FOLLOWING on to my comments in "Tighten law on employers" (Letters, October 27), the various health and safety laws and EU directives should and do help ensure a safe work environment and work practices. Most employers do follow the guidelines and ensure
A SHOPLIFTER who asked to go to jail complained when magistrates sent him down for just a week. Homeless David Parkinson, 31, who police believe wanted a meal and bed for the night, said: "Seven days. Is that it?" Parkinson was told by the Burnley bench
THE family of a young artist had a real surprise when they took their son to collect his prize for winning the Mayor of Hyndburn's Christmas card competition. Five-year-old Nathan Hargreaves went to Halfords in Eastgate Retail Park, Accrington, to pick
RAY Ingleby is not yet ready to inject cash into Turf Moor to earn his seat on the Burnley board. Recently installed Clarets' director Barry Kilby has put £1 million into the club as a loan against the shares he will buy under a rights issue. And he invited
POLICE investigating the savage killing of a pet have arrested a teenager and today revealed that the incident may be linked with dog fighting in the area. Neighbours have been rallying round to help 83-year-old Andrew Czocher come to terms with the loss
A FESTIVE crackdown on crime across East Lancashire is being launched by police. Officers, who aim to keep thieves and drunks out of Accrington town centre, have already had the backing of three-quarters of shops in the area. And police in Blackburn and
A BRICK firm has won a top industry award for the second year running. Marshalls, which has a site at Accrington, won the Supreme Award in the Brick Awards. The firm won the accolade for its part in 'Train' , the huge brick sculpture that was recently
A CABINET of senior councillors will draw up Pendle's budget for next year as a part of wide-sweeping reforms of the way the borough is run. Councillors will be asked to approve a new pilot decision-making process based on a council leader and cabinet
A FURIOUS former prisoner of war today told how he spat in disgust on the Japanese parliament building after a long battle for compensation had fallen at the final hurdle. Arthur Titherington, 76, the chairman of the Japanese Labour Camps Survivors' Association
