EIGHTY students and several members of staff from Haslingden High School attended the funeral of a pupil who died in a road accident in Middlesbrough. Tributes to Edith McCarthy were given by headteacher Nigel Jepson and some of her friends. The 13-year-old
THE boss of a minibus firm has stepped in to save the day for a family whose special party plans were wrecked by a pickpocket. Grandmother Dorothy Brown, of Acacia Walk, Blackburn, saved up cash from her pension to take her grandchildren, two of whom
A MASSIVE £20 million development including a multiplex cinema which will help breathe new life into Blackburn town centre has been given the go-ahead. Peel Developments has been given outline permission for the project in Lower Audley which will also
STAN Ternent will send out his strongest possible side when Burnley launch their Auto Windscreens Shield campaign at home to Preston tomorrow night. Ternent is taking the competition seriously but even if he was toying with the idea of experimenting then
Blackburn Rovers 1 Charlton Athletic 0 THE script could have been written by Disney, except that not even in their wildest fantasies could Blackburn Rovers fans have envisaged such a dramatic turnaround in their fortunes. New, untried boss is introduced
FEWER roads are likely to be gritted in East Lancashire this year than last after Lancashire County Council decided cash cutbacks were necessary. And rows have swirled like snow blizzards around town halls after the announcement which came earlier this
DEREK Fazackerley was sensationally sacked by Blackburn Rovers today with new boss Brian Kidd revealing his intention to appoint his own first team coach as soon as possible. The axe fell on Kidd's first official day in charge, despite a broad hint when
RIBBLE Valley MP Nigel Evans has attacked the government's decision to comply with a European Union directive to end the availability of four star petrol after the year 2000. The Tory is critical of the decision which is as a result of bringing the United
THOSE old-time ice cream men certainly took some licking. For hardly had Looking Back's recent reminiscences on the delicious ices made in Blackburn for more than 70 years by the Bogganio family gone cold than local history researcher June Huntingdon
IT was a lovely idea by K Sowerbutts (Letters, December 1) that small businesses on the periphery of town centres should liven up their shops with 'sparkling illuminations.' Sadly, fancy illuminations outside the shops need planning permission. Pavement
YET again, Councillor Don Rishton (Letters, November 24) attempts to juxtapose his political views with the by-now 'old hat' of City Challenge. For his remarks were certainly not aimed at addressing the very real problems of Blackburn's Bank Top Ward
IT was with interest that I read the recollections of Francis Cross (Letters, November 30) of the 'wing walker' in Sir Alan Cobham's flying circus that visited Guide in the 1930s. I have seen them walk the wing -- although not from one plane to the next
LEADERS of all mosques in Burnley and Pendle have called for Muslim burials to be allowed on Saturdays and bank holidays. Lancashire Council of Mosques secretary, Burnley councillor Rafique Malik, said: "It is a religious requirement that burial should
OLD soldier George Ball was evacuated from Dunkirk and wounded following the Normandy invasion. Now 73, George still has shrapnel in his arm and is one of 17 residents fighting a new battle against the closure of Whiteacres home for elderly men in Burnley
THE wife of an award-winning village bobby today claimed she faces a nightmare Christmas after being told she will have to leave their police house because he has left home. But police bosses denied that PC Nigel Lund has been given new duties because
THREE men and a youth were due before Hyndburn magistrates today charged with conspiring to steal £40,000 worth of clothing from Originals clothes shop in Blackburn Road, Oswaldtwistle. The accused, all from Langley, Middleton, Greater Manchester, are
FEWER roads are likely to be gritted in East Lancashire this year than last after Lancashire County Council decided cash cutbacks were necessary. And rows have swirled like snow blizzards around town halls after the announcement which came earlier this
A BOWLING firm is hoping to strike it rich! Riley Greenmaster, the bowls division of Burnley based Riley Leisure, is just coming to the end of a series of 10 roadshows around the country. At each roadshow World Bowls champion Tony Allcock, who endorses
A £1 MILLION investment in new technology is helping ring the changes at a telephone call centre. Earlier this year Rushton Connections of Burnley was taken over by Guernsey-based Oxygen Investment and Management Ltd. A major cash injection is now helping
PUPILS at a Pendle primary school netted more than £1,600 of sports equipment thanks to a nationwide initiative between the Government and business. Pendle MP Gordon Prentice met with youngsters at Higham School, to present a cheque on behalf of the Government
NEW life has been breathed into derelict Victorian gardens. The gardens, at Clayton Hall, Clayton-le-Moors, were once looked after by a team of 15 gardeners. But they were neglected for many years -- until Age Concern Hyndburn stepped in. Over the last
A MASSIVE £20 million development including a multiplex cinema which will help breathe new life into Blackburn town centre has been given the go-ahead. Peel Developments has been given outline permission for the project in Lower Audley which will also
THREE footballers were involved in a road accident on Saturday -- but then played key roles in their side's 3-1 away victory. Great Harwood Town defenders Neil Kennedy and Neil Baron and striker Mark Baron were close to Alfreton Town's ground in Nottinghamshire
KEVIN Davies believes the only way is up, after scoring his long-awaited first goal for Blackburn Rovers to clinch victory for new manager Brian Kidd at Ewood on Saturday. There was a large slice of good fortune about the goal but Davies, who has had
Peter White analyses Brian Kidd's first day in charge FERGIE said it with flowers, Brian Kidd did it in his own way, underlining the passion and conviction -- and a sense of humour -- he aims to bring to the job of managing Blackburn Rovers. Officially
REPRESENTATIVES of Lancashire's rank and file police officers have expressed delight at the news that the detective at the centre of a strippergram scandal has won his job back. East Lancashire Detective Constable Joe Scanlan was forced to resign after
BURNLEY made an operating loss of over half-a-million pounds and their debts rose to almost £4 million in the last financial year. And the interest payments on those borrowings took the club's overall loss for the year ending May 31 to £807,484. The operating
Lunchtime Carol Concert, Blackburn Cathedral, 1-1.30pm. Flower Demonstration Town Hall, Accrington, 7.30pm. Friends in Bereavement meet Pendle Community Hospital, Leeds Road, Nelson, 7pm. Birthday Party. BARSA Better Driving Course, Blackburn Northern
SCORES of farmers in East Lancashire could have to stop rearing pigs because of changes in government regulations. Many farmers in the area rear pigs as a sideline, especially in the period leading up to Christmas. But they have been told they now need
SEVENTY-year-old reader Tom Kennedy can cast his mind back more than six decades, but can't recall Marks and Spencer having a branch in Blackburn's Victoria Street -- yet wonders if others can. He asks because into his hands has come an old book of sheet
A PENSIONER collapsed while queuing for free butter outside Zion Pentecostal Church, Blackburn. The 75-year-old disabled man had waited for more than two hours when he fainted because of the cold, leading to calls for the church to find new ways of distributing
CHERNOBYL children were given a holiday of a lifetime thanks to generous Lancashire Evening Telegraph children who gave to the Chaigeley Manor appeal. The 20 youngsters who lived in the shadow of the world's worst civil nuclear disaster spent a fortnight
IT'S Brian Kidd's first day as Blackburn Rovers'manager . . . officially. But, by gum, what an impression he made on Saturday as boss-designate. Storming from stands less than 15 minutes after the kick-off, he was on the touchline furiously tick-tacking
IT HAS been a long time coming, but the decision of Home Secretary Jack Straw to let East Lancashire detective Joe Scanlan -- the officer at the centre of the police strippergram scandal -- have his job back is the right one. For though it may apparently
ON the question of oil of sassafras not being available (Letters, November 26), it is bound to be obtainable because it is the predominant flavour in sarsaparilla cordial and tablets. Any makers of these sweets and cordials will be using the oil. I suggest
Blackburn Hawks 10 Solihull 5 ; Oxford Foxblade 3 Blackburn Hawks 11 HAWKS found the cutting edge last night -- and the Blades were blunted. Overseas ace Lamonte Polet, so consistent this season, led the charge with four goals as Hawks maintained their
REGARDING the remarks of Mrs Maureen Arnfield (Letters, November 27) about the Clitheroe car boot sale, if she had actually read the advertisement placed by organisers Hoyle's Promotions, she would have noticed that it is not only a car boot sale but
I MUST add to the many comments made by readers concerning the closing of the Shadsworth House and Laneside old folk's home in Blackburn. I live near the Laneside home for the elderly and it is a fine building inside and out. Only about three years ago
BURNLEY Council needs to find savings of £1 million to keep council tax increases to the rate of inflation, finance chairman Coun Peter Kenyon has warned. Burnley will receive an additional government grant of nearly £300,000 next year under proposals
DEREK Fazackerley was sensationally sacked by Blackburn Rovers today with new boss Brian Kidd revealing his intention to appoint his own first team coach as soon as possible. The axe fell on Kidd's first official day in charge, despite a broad hint when
MARK Cook has been appointed business centre manager for computer firm Time's Whitebirk store. Mark has worked in the computer industry for more than seven years and in his new role will be responsible for helping small to medium sized companies. Converted
A SEMINAR to help Lancashire textile firms improve productivity and save energy costs is being staged this week. The event is being held on Wednesday by Norweb at its Chorley EMTEC centre which works with firms to make better use of energy. The seminar
PENDLE: MP Gordon Prentice has expressed fears about the effect of massive redundancies by US aircraft giant Boeing on East Lancashire's aerospace industry. The backbencher raised the 48,000 job losses in America with industry minister John Battle. He
VOLUNTEERS joined national conservation charity The Woodland Trust in starting a millennium wood on the hills above Burnley and Nelson at Old Laund Wood, Fence. The first phase of the scheme is the planting of 400 trees of various native species including
A DOTING dad who threatened to quit his job if he was made to work overtime while his son underwent chemotherapy for leukaemia has been promised he can be at his son's bedside in the run up to Christmas. Engineer Dave Scott, 31, feared he may be forced
