TALKS are due to start on whether to introduce permit parking in streets around Ewood Park to cut traffic problems on Blackburn Rovers match days. Blackburn with Darwen Council's highways and transportation sub-committee is keen to discourage people from
SHELLIE the kestrel is winging her way back to health thanks to a caring charity worker. Helen Adsett, who runs the Blackburn-based Wildlife Line sanctuary, is helping Shellie recover from a broken leg. The 18-month-old European Kestrel was found at Windy
AN ARSONIST may have burned himself while setting fire to a business unit at Rawtenstall. Flames ripped through the PBA fabric mill shop at a building owned by Lancashire Enterprise in Newhallhey Road. The fire destroyed the ground floor and caused heat
POLICE pulled the body of a woman out of a reservoir after being alerted by a passer-by. Today they were trying to confirm that the body was that of Lisa Jordan, who disappeared more than four weeks ago. The body of a woman in her mid-20s was found in
BURNLEY boss Stan Ternent has backed goal-starved striker Andy Cooke to bounce back and hit the 20-mark for the season. The goals have dried up for Cooke who extended his blank run to nine games in Saturday's 0-0 draw with high-flying Walsall. But last
RACISM is on the decline and ethnic minorities are hopeful things will keep getting better, according to a new survey by the Commission for Racial Equality. British people's tolerance of newcomers has benefited the country as a whole, said director of
JASON McAteer remains in the frame as a potential transfer target for resurgent Blackburn Rovers, as Brian Kidd looks for a balanced squad to maintain the Ewood revival, writes PETER WHITE. The possibilities of a serious move for the versatile McAteer
FA Cup 3rd round: Blackburn Rovers 2 Charlton Athletic 0 - Peter White's big match verdict IF Charlton goalkeeper Sasa Ilic ever comes to write his memoirs, Ewood Park will definitely not figure on his list of favourite locations. Depleted Blackburn Rovers
Blackburn Breast Care Support Group meet Beardwood Hospital, Preston New Road, Blackburn, 7pm-9pm. Exercise, dance and fitness, with Megan Sharples - professional dance instructor. "Aladdin On Ice" pantomime, King George's Hall, Blackburn, 1pm and 7pm
EVEN watching from the outside, it is a nervous business watching the birth of the new single currency in 11 EU countries. For this is one of the greatest economic and political gambles ever and, despite its decision to stay out and wait and see, Britain
I WOULD like to thank all the people who donated toys to my appeal for the children in Bosnia and the stallholders at the car-boot sales on Blackburn Market roof-top car park and at Witton Park School, who were most generous. They will have made some
I WANT to thank two young drivers who helped me when I fell in the town centre on December 23 while crossing the road. A young man had got out of his car and ran across to help me to safety. A second sat me in his car and offered to take me to hospital
Chelmsford 8 Blackburn Hawks 8 SIMON Mills was Blackburn Hawks' last-gasp hero last night in a thrill-a-minute clash with Chelmsford. Mills earned Hawks a well-deserved point with a goal 90 seconds from time. Hawks had held the advantage three times in
IT is nice to see that Hyndburn Council leader George Slynn has at least one friend. Councillor Dave Forshaw's impression (Letters, December 29) of Sir Lancelot was most commendable if not very misguided. Labour's new openness in Hyndburn has only come
MARKET traders set out their stalls for the first time on a Sunday at Accrington covered market in a bid to increase weekend business in the town. Traders took their places at 7.30am yesterday after Hyndburn Council chiefs gave permission for them to
A FAST-GROWING engineering firm is being bought out by its management team in a £3 million deal. Park Products, of Blackburn, which manufactures mobile lighting towers, control panels and sheet metal work, is being bought out from its parent company Fife
INSIGHT: Homeless beggar Michael Herrington, 35, tells reporter SHELLEY WRIGHT about life on the streets of Blackburn BEGGAR Michael Herrington has a bone to pick with the people who criticise him for making money the only way he knows how. Michael, who
A MASSIVE proportion of company directors running East Lancashire's small businesses will make it their New Year resolution to ensure they survive to see the millennium, according to a new survey published today. Research by finance specialist Alex Lawrie
AEROSPACE firm Hurel Dubois claims it is setting the standard for apprentice training and answering the government call for investment in manufacturing. Many major firms have scrapped apprenticeships over years of recession and economic uncertainty but
A HOSPICE boss has praised people for their overwhelming generosity in a New Year message of thanks. Muriel Jobling, chairman of Hospice Care for Burnley and Pendle, said: "As we celebrate our tenth anniversary support has continued to grow to overwhelming
A DOCTOR has claimed that Asian children in East Lancashire are getting the vital vitamins for healthy bodies - despite new research showing that one in five ethnic youngsters were suffering from deficiency. Experts believe there are several reasons for
THE devastated husband of a 27-year-old woman who died following a disturbance in a fast food takeaway wept today as he said: "We were in the wrong place at the wrong time." Heartbroken Jeff Hampson spoke as police announced that a woman was to appear
A MAN was due to appear before magistrates today charged with attempted murder following an incident on New Year's Eve. Andrew Clegg, of Woodbury Avenue, Infirmary, has also been charged with causing grievous bodily harm following the incident at his
THE devastated husband of a 27-year-old woman who died following a disturbance in a fast food takeaway wept today as he said: "We were in the wrong place at the wrong time." Heartbroken Jeff Hampson spoke as police announced that a woman was to appear
HEARTLESS dog owners have flooded animal sanctuaries with unwanted pooches. Animal shelters reported fewer unwanted puppies arriving immediately after Christmas but said there was a growing trend for getting rid of dogs before the festive season. Shirley
A NEW Year's Eve party at a pub took on a whole new meaning thanks to tiny bundle of joy Conor David Kerrigan. Blond-haired Conor caused a stir at the Blackamoor Inn, Roman Road, Blackburn, when he arrived in double-quick time just after the clocks struck
Division Two: Burnley 0 Walsall 0 - Pete Oliver's big match verdict NOT quite a maximum return on his latest foray into the transfer market for Stan Ternent. But at least the Burnley boss and his side go into the New Year heading back in the right direction
CHRISTMAS decorations may still be up but travel agents across East Lancashire have seen sun-starved shoppers rushing to snap up holidays abroad for summer 99 and beyond. Traditional top destinations such as Spain and Greece are still popular, with holidays
A SOCCER team cried foul after their longest serving director - a 78-year-old woman - had a bucket of water thrown over her. Rossendale United filed an official complaint after Elsie Roulton was soaked at the New Year's Day match at Darwen's Anchor Ground
EAST Lancashire motorists topped the county's drink driving league of shame for the second year. Of 136 drink-drivers arrested during the Christmas clampdown, 25 were from the Accrington-based division and 29 from the Colne-based division, but police
I READ Eric Leaver's 'Looking Back' column each week with great interest. In it, he recently mentioned the bazaar mainly Marks and Spencer once had in Blackburn. However, I can remember one by the name of Cohen's Penny Bazaar at the corner of Fleming
RONNIE Baxter ended his second seed jinx at the Lakeside by powering into the last 16 of the Embassy World Darts Championship. Baxter crushed 1995 champion and last year's runner-up Richie Burnett 3-0 to set up a second round showdown with unseeded Kevin
THERE must be many people who agree with the trade union members of Blackburn College objecting to the bombing of Iraq (Letters, December 23). The news propaganda referred to 'military targets,' but I am old enough to remember the 'targets' of 1940 -
WITH reference to Stephane Henchoz's denial (LET, December 28) about the slur on Blackburn, perhaps he felt safe in that what he said would be for publication in Switzerland only. The fact that language schools were referred to (or, rather, the lack of
SWIMMERS braved the chilly waters to enjoy, or endure, the annual New Year's dip in Lee Dam, Lambutts, Todmorden. The plucky plungers, cheered on by a crowd of more than 100 well-wishers, ran into the chilly waters of the moorland dam to retrieve wooden
A FIRM which sends cheeses to Australia, the USA, Japan and Europe has won a top export awards. Singleton's Dairy, of Longridge, run by the Riding family, only entered the export market three years ago. Now it has won the Frozen and Chilled Food Exporter
A MAN suffered serious head injuries when he was assaulted in his home, and police are appealing for witnesses. Donald Harrison, 50, had been drinking at the Hope and Anchor pub, Accrington, on New Year's Eve afternoon and later took a taxi back to Church
FORMER housewife Sheila Moores enjoys spinning a good yarn about her new business venture. Sheila, of Oswaldtwistle, is the latest budding entrepreneur to take part in the FirmBase business start-up scheme in East Lancashire. She decided to turn her hobby
POLICE officers in East Lancashire are leading the way in piloting a hi-tech system that allows checks to be made on suspects and vehicles by using computers in their patrol car. The mobile data system is being tested in Colne and Nelson with a view to
AWARD-WINNING artist Adrian Rigby is enjoying one of the surprise successes of his career with a painting of the doomed Titanic ship. The Darwen painter, famed for his animal and wildlife prints, was stunned to hear the picture was one of last year's
