DRIVERS at Ribble Stagecoach organised a third round of industrial action across the area today. The drivers have been protesting over pay and have already staged two one day strikes over the last month. During the first day of stoppages driver Frank
MATT Jansen was set to join Blackburn Rovers in a £4 million transfer from cash-strapped Crystal Palace today - taking Brian Kidd's collection of senior strikers to six! But there has not been any change over Ewood interest in Liverpool's Jason McAteer
Burnley 1 Chesterfield 2 - Pete Oliver's big match verdict JUST days after suggesting to the beloved that perhaps we shouldn't book Spring Bank Holiday weekend away - just in case - Burnley undermined my argument with their fourth home defeat of the season
TWO homes for the elderly in Blackburn have been emptied and closed under a sham consultation period, furious relatives claimed today. People with family members in Shadsworth House in Dunoon Drive and Laneside Home, Shorrock Lane, claim they were told
Derby County 1 Blackburn Rovers 0 - Peter White's big match verdict IN a roundabout way, Jim Smith gave his old club a few crumbs of home comfort, even though a worrying away record continues to keep Blackburn Rovers on the Premiership danger list. "You
Eric Leaver on how a giant girder became a star during construction of movie theatre OUR look back before Christmas at the old Rialto Cinema in Penny Street, Blackburn, brought back memories for 84-year-old reader Mr John Fowler of its blockbuster attraction
IN YET another trailer for the nurses' pay award that Health Secretary Frank Dobson is to announce next month comes the disclosure today that they are to be made not just a special case, but an extremely special one. For it is claimed that the Pay Review
IN support to the views of Mr D H C Kimberley in 'Cut waste, not costs' (Letters, January 7), do we really need a new BBC logo costing £85,000 for the millennium - a dandelion past its sell-by-date? Then, they are telling us that the licence fee will
CUTS in council-backed health, pensioners' and community projects are on the cards in Burnley as development chiefs plan to put more money into high-profile town centre schemes. Burnley's Challenge Fund is in financial crisis with managers trying to reconcile
A DROP-in shop where young people can go for advice and information is looking for volunteers to help. The Information Shop, in Abbey Street, Accrington, run by Lancashire Youth and Community Service, is holding an open evening on Monday, January 25.
MATT Jansen was set to join Blackburn Rovers in a £4 million transfer from cash-strapped Crystal Palace today - taking Brian Kidd's collection of senior strikers to six! But there has not been any change over Ewood interest in Liverpool's Jason McAteer
WHITBREAD toasted a good Christmas despite a slowdown in consumer spending. The firm, which employs more than 1,000 at its Blackburn distribution depot and Samlesbury brewery, reported sales in December were slightly ahead of the same period last year
A HEALTH worker who once found an abandoned baby in a plastic bag at her workplace has said farewell to her colleagues. Lorraine Bracken, who discovered the newborn tot in the foyer of Great Harwood Health Centre more than five years ago, has left the
BRUSHING up on her management skills has paid off for boss Kath Burrows. Kath, managing director of Rossendale-based Capricorn Advertising, has seen an improvement in the performance of her business after taking an NVQ level 5 course in management. The
LORD Clitheroe, one of the most prominent figures in the banking industry, has been appointed to the board of the Clydesdale Bank. The new post follows a restructuring of the boards for the Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks, owned by the National Australia
BUSINESS confidence in the North West has surged on the back on interest rate cuts, according to a major survey. More half of firms questioned for the Dun & Bradstreet survey said they expected sales and profits to increase. And 53 per cent believed
TEXTILES group Readicut International, which owns a number of East Lancashire firms, has announced it is expanding its wallcovering business. West Yorkshire-based Readicut said the acquisition of Chamberlain Coatings for £13.25m was the latest step in
A MENTAL patient who murdered his neighbour in Darwen was under supervision after being released into the community, it was revealed today. The shock findings of a top level inquiry into how psychiatric patient Daniel Holden killed David Spencer after
OLD people's homes in East Lancashire are to be run by an independent organisation as part of a major shake-up aimed at staving off closures. The move comes after it was revealed County Hall chiefs are looking at cutting £24 million from their budgets
AN INQUEST into the death of a 28-year-old man who died after taking a lethal cocktail of alcohol and heroin was halted because of questions over the evidence of the two men who were with him at the time of his death. Mark Shorrock, of the Cherry Trees
HEALTH chiefs in tooth decay-ridden East Lancashire are receiving almost 100 calls a week from people struggling to register with a dentist, it was revealed today. A dental expert said the number of calls - a rise of more than a third during the past
BURNLEY have landed a live television date - and a five-figure fee - for their Lancashire derby with Preston North End. The game will be covered by Sky Television and has been moved back a day to Sunday, March 14 with a 1pm kick-off. The Clarets will
OLD people's homes in East Lancashire are to be run by an independent organisation as part of a major shake-up aimed at staving off closures. The move comes after it was revealed County Hall chiefs are looking at cutting £24 million from their budgets
MUSLIMS burned a copy of Salman Rushdie's Satanic Verses after the Lancashire County Council libraries committee decided not to ban it from the county's shelves. Banners and placards were displayed during the protest outside the Masjid-E-Noorul Islam
ESCAPED killer Joe Masters was back behind bars after a fortnight on the run. Clitheroe-born Masters had escaped from Wormwood Scrubs and tried to sell his story to the Lancashire Evening Telegraph. The convicted murderer was taken to Preston Prison after
ANGRY supporters believe the sacking of five players could cost Blackburn Hawks the national title. The club's management has also come under attack with fans claiming they are "taken for granted" and "left in the dark." Hawks followers were stunned last
THE comments (Letters, January 14) of Darwen readers David Ainsworth and Chris Royle regarding the apparent lack of gritting last Tuesday morning and complaining about the council are way off the mark. In fact, on late Monday night all routes were fully
IT looks as if the nouveau 'enviro luvvies' at the town's Civic Society and Blackburn Cathedral have realised their dream of banishing the shopping public's preferred method of getting into the town centre to shop. Yes, the traffic engineers of Blackburn
A BAG snatcher ran up behind two women walking in the grounds of Burnley General Hospital and used a knife to slash the strap of a handbag. The incident happened at 7.50pm yesterday and the thief escaped with a black leather bag contained £15 cash and
WITH regard to the latest hostage crisis in Yemen, I think we were all relieved, like most people, that there was a happy outcome to this and not the bloodbath seen out there recently. This highlights the need for a calm, measured approach when dealing
THE Clarets Independent Supporters' Association ended their boycott of Burnley FC merchandise when chairman Peter Heywood bought a replica shirt at the Turf Moor club shop. CISA's season-long protest was a result of their dissatisfaction with the previous
A HOODED sex attacker pounced on a teenage nurse and warned: "You either die or do as I say." The terrified 19-year-old was told she would be stabbed with a knife if she refused to do what she was told but managed to struggle free after a five-minute
OLD soldiers who marched on Burnley Town Hall in their battle to save their home from closure have claimed a victory in being able to stay together. Although the Whiteacres home for the elderly, in Lansdowne Road, Burnley, is closing, ten of the remaining
A LEADING councillor is urging Burnley taxi drivers to take legal action against his own council - following a decision to more than triple the number of hackney cabs in the town. Asian community leader Mozaquir Ali claimed the move would spell catastrophe
BURNLEY have landed a live television date - and a five-figure fee - for their Lancashire derby with Preston North End. The game will be covered by Sky Television and has been moved back a day to Sunday, March 14 with a 1pm kick-off. The Clarets will
A TROUBLED racial equality group may be shut down at a meeting next week, it has been revealed. A crisis meeting will be held on Wednesday to talk about winding-up Hyndburn and Rossendale Racial Equality Council, according to an insider. The claim was
A PRISON officer killed himself after becoming depressed over the break-up of his marriage. An inquest heard that father-of-two Brian Wilkinson, 49, of Cloister Drive, Darwen, took an overdose of tablets. His wife, Karen, who has since changed her name
