GOVERNORS are to be allowed to decide for themselves whether beef should be served to children in Blackburn and Darwen schools. Each school will make its own decision in consultation with parents although schools which do decide to put beef back on the
A HIGH ranking police officer says his officers are winning the fight against crime in Blackburn. Latest crime rates for town have shown dramatic falls in burglaries, public disorder and violent crime. Superintendent Eddie Walsh, who is in charge of policing
HIGHWAY bosses have given the go-ahead to improvements at four accident blackspots in Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale. The minor works are at sites which have witnessed 42 accidents over the past five years and are among the first eight of 71 schemes worth
INDEPENDENT youth clubs in East Lancashire are being given guidance on how to prevent abuse of children in their care. The Lancashire Youth Clubs Association, which represents around 30 clubs in East Lancashire, wants to see more checks on potential volunteers
HEAD teachers in Blackburn and Darwen have joined forces to fight government plans to introduce performance related pay. Nine heads from the borough have issued a joint statement entitled "Headteachers Speak Out" condemning the proposals and calling for
FILAN: The busier of the two keepers and made some fine saves...8 CROFT: Injured while doing a great piece of covering to stop Bakayoko...6 HENCHOZPEACOCK: Got Rovers out of trouble on any number of occasions, despite the threat that Bakayoko's pace presented
NO prizes for guessing who Brian Kidd would most like a 'one 2 one' with at this moment in time. As the relegation clouds gather over Ewood Park, the Blackburn Rovers boss must be desperate to meet the midfielder of his dreams. If such a person exists
THE Memorial Sunday League has been forced into a rethink over a "six-point system" designed to complete their rain-ravaged season after Lancashire Football Association intervention. The LFA contacted the league after last week's article in Sport Extra
WORKERS fled for their lives just seconds before a gas blast engulfed an engineering workshop at Rockfield Street, Blackburn. The fire started when two cylinders were knocked over, severing a supply pipe and releasing propane which spread over the floor
IT was pie in the sky for Blackburn girl Laurie Jacobs, who took a dozen chip shop meat and potato pies with her to America. Her older sister Jamie, of North Carolina, developed an addiction to the Lancashire delicacies when she visited Laurie in England
MOUNT Carmel has a strong sporting tradition and was one of the first in the county to gain the English Sports Council Sportsmark award. The department strives for individual excellence through both attitudes and achievement. Emphasis is placed on health
WHEN you are in your very first season it takes a while to find your feet, get use to playing with your teammates and knowing exactly how good you are. And that is certainly the case with Scruples FC. By manager Anthony Birchall's own admittance the new
I AM somewhat intrigued that people are constantly complaining about the ceding of sovereignty to Europe but no one seems in the least put out about the surrendering of sovereignty to America. America is currently dictating what types of food we eat -
LEAGUE Leaders Hurst Green were brushed aside with a swagger and a touch of class in this top of the table clash that suggests that the title race is far from over, as Worsthorne continued with the sort of championship form that has seen them win their
UNIBOND Premier Division strugglers Accrington Stanley and Chorley may yet be handed a relegation lifeline by Nationwide Conference outfit Barrow, writes ANDY NEILD. The Bluebirds face an uncertain future after going into liquidation recently and will
ONCE again people are being enforced to accept the dictates of the technological whizz-kids - this time, regarding the shape of their TV screens (Letters, February 15). It has been decided that in the near future, all screens are to be oblong, like a
TRANSLATORS and interpreters who have been awarded the coveted Charter Mark were congratulated by the Mayor and Mayoress of Burnley. Coun Eric Selby and his wife Vera, equal opportunities committee chairman Coun Tony Harrison and vice-chairman Coun John
NATIONAL dance champion Sophie Towers, 11, presented her Chinese ribbon dance to an audience of millions. The year seven pupil at Walshaw High School, Burnley, performed on the popular children's BBC TV show Blue Peter to celebrate the Chinese New Year
THE FA Cup was back in Burnley yesterday - 85 years after it was last won by a Burnley team. The Axa-sponsored trophy was on display at a "football crazy'' day at Brunshaw County Primary School. Among the guests were six members of the Wembley final team
A BID to save dozens of jobs was under way today. Workers being made redundant by Karrimor are being offered the chance to work in a new factory which could be set up in the Accrington area. A fortnight ago Karrimor announced up to 80 job losses at its
A MOTHER-of-three has been ordered to pay £100 after her dog was spotted fouling a pavement by a warden. Patricia Stewart, 26, of Rimington Avenue, Fern Gore, Accrington, pleaded guilty at Hyndburn Magistrates to two charges relating to the mongrel. She
INSURANCE bosses have offered a cash settlement to Accrington Stanley after the club's name was used in an advertisement without permission. Crown Ground chiefs were angry after Pearl Assurance used the club's trademark name in a national newspaper without
PARENTS and head teachers are calling for the return of "Nitty Nora" to tackle headlice. The angry parents of a five-year-old boy who has been sent home from school three times with headlice are calling on health bosses to reinstate head inspections by
Food News with Amanda Killelea HORIZONS Restaurant at Accrington's Globe Centre is a real-life dining experience expertly run by the star chefs and managers of the future - students of Accrington and Rossendale College. Every Wednesday the teenage super-chefs
In the first of a new series, entitled Soapbox, the Rev Brian Stevenson, of St Silas Church, Blackburn, talks about the problems of drug abuse in our society. THE Lancashire Evening Telegraph, along with Blackburn Rovers Football Club, is to be thanked
SHARES in property group Peel Holdings - headed by Rossendale-based John Whittaker - rocketed after the board confirmed plans to take the company private. Peel's shares rose 21 per cent to 602p, boosting the company's market value to £465 million. The
A PENDLE doctor rubbed shoulders with England cricket captain Alec Stewart and James Bond actor Roger Moore along with other dignitaries as he received his MBE honour from the Queen during an investiture at Buckingham Palace. Dr Ikram Malik, who was granted
VISITORS to a Pendle swimming pool will be asked to "splash out" a £2 refundable parking fee in a bid to discourage other drivers from swamping its car park. Pendle Wavelengths pool, Leeds Road, Nelson, is introducing the fee after complaints by swimmers
POLICE have issued descriptions of two men who pushed past an elderly lady when she answered the front door of her home in Duerden Street. They claimed to be from the council checking for damp and forced their way in when she did not believe them. She
A RUMPUS has blown up over claims that a Labour candidate would be the first Asian woman on Blackburn with Darwen Council if elected. Liberal Democrats say they already have an Asian female councillor in Darwen - Coun Karimeh Foster. The Jordanian was
RESIDENTS in Colne have called a public meeting to protest against proposals to earmark fields between Knotts Lane and Lenches for future housing land. The meeting will be at Primet Community Centre at 7.30pm on March 19, on the eve of a Pendle Council
LARGE class sizes in primary schools and below average GCSE results are among the problems facing education bosses at Lancashire County Council according to local authority league tables published today. The 1997-98 performance indicators report published
THOUSANDS of volunteers are being recruited by police for a major anti-burglary campaign covering Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale. Pennine Division is plagued with the highest number of house break-ins Lancashire with many homes being burgled for a second
AFTER braving some of the world's worst trouble spots, aid worker Kate Ogden is looking forward to a change of direction in her career. Kate, 37, of Castle Road, Colne, has just returned home after spending three months carrying out a nutrition survey
BRIAN Kidd pinpointed the key absence of so many senior and experienced players after seeing Blackburn Rovers lose last night's crucial relegation scrap with Everton. But the Ewood boss, hamstrung by a wicked combination of injury, suspension and illness
THE BURNLEY board today backed Stan Ternent to win the relegation fight at Turf Moor. But it's also clear that Ternent's position as manager will not be so secure if there is a repeat of the kind of defeats the Clarets have suffered when losing 5-0 and
BOSSES at Blackburn Rovers have been blasted after increasing the cost of a children's Saturday Club ticket for the match against Manchester United by £11. Youngsters who attend the Saturday Club normally pay £14 to see a Rovers home match. The cost also
GARY Croft has joined Blackburn Rovers' ever-growing long-term casualty list - out for four to six weeks with a dislocated left shoulder. That was the verdict from hospital today and yet another serious injury is making Ewood manager Brian Kidd's mission
STAN Ternent came out fighting today and delivered the defiant message that he will be staying on to lead Burnley out of troubled waters. Ternent did give chairman Barry Kilby the chance to make a change if he thought it in the best interests of the club
POP stars All Saints have signed up with Blackburn film producer Gary Smith to make a multi-million pound movie. Three singers from the all-girl group, Nicole and Natalie Appleton and Melanie Blatt, will star in the film Honest, to be directed by former
COUNCILLORS have approved a grant for a community centre to help set up a £50,000 training programme for voluntary groups. The Trinity Youth and Community Centre in Parson Lane, Clitheroe, has been given European cash for its Ribble Valley Capacity Building
In the Rossendale League, Central and the holders Badgercote A will contest the final of the Johnson Team Handicap after unexpectedly comfortable passages in the semis. Edenfield and Haslingden, in sharp contrast, both had narrow victories in their semis
BURNLEY Borough Council has defended its decision to close down the Prairie playing fields. The council claim the £500,000 needed to upgrade pitches, changing rooms and car parking facilities, cannot be afforded. The 10 pitches have hardly been played
CLITHEROE Grammar School upset all the odds to qualify for the North West under 12s rugby union finals after just five practice sessions! For the school was one of four teams to qualify from the North Lancashire heats and they beat the much fancied Carnforth
EVERYONE who has been abroad and seen the lower prices of goods in other countries knows we are being ripped off in Britain. At last, the government shares the same suspicion. The investigation ordered by Trade Minister Stephen Byers is long overdue.
MR G E Rayner (Letters, March 4) apparently suffers from today's common malady of avarice. Most pensioners, I think, are more concerned with health rather than wealth. New Labour seems to ignore both. In spite of being adroit at engineering useless statistics
BLACKBURN Rovers and Burnley are winning the battle in trying to attract more non-white supporters to the clubs and stamping out racism once and for all. The clubs are proud of their achievements of working within the Asian community, though both admit
IT IS appalling that head teachers in East Lancashire, charged with the task of improving education standards - and handsomely rewarded from the public purse for their role in this far from complete task - should rebel against the government's plans for
JASON Lobo has been selected to run the 800 metres for England as they compete against South Africa for the first time since the apartheid era. Also taking part in the match in Pretoria will be an International Select Team. Jason will be flying out with
CAN I state my disgust at the Benefits Agency in Blackburn? My mother died on Monday, March 1. Her pension day was Tuesday. I rang the Benefits Agency to ask them what to do about my mother's pension book and how to return it to them. Before I could ask
IT's already big in Boston and Brooklyn and it could get bigger still - in Burnley! For the East Lancashire township, once the domain of snooker, billiards, darts and dominoes, is now a hot bed for American Pool. Burnley boasts the UK's number eight (
SEVERAL writers (Letters, March 2) expressed indignation over the well being of wildlife being put before that of humans in noise reduction measures on stretches of the M65 motorway. There is at least one reason for this, and that is the apathy of those
ONCE again YMCA A are the champions of the First Division, a position they have held since taking it from Brockhall A in the 1982-83 season. This year, their position was secured following a win over third-placed Pleckgate. TAG are now confirmed as champions
ROSSENDALE Harriers Mervyn Keys excelled as local fell runners competed with the cream of the country's runners at the first round of the English Fell Championship on Sunday. Run in atrocious conditions, the nine-mile Noon Stone Race was a severe test
ONE of the things we were envied for the world over was the British pub. Other countries tried to copy it, and we exported it. But we killed it here through a misplaced sense of business. It was the tight licensing laws that made it unique. We, old and
YOU reported (LET, March 2) about Hyndburn Council being fined £900 for allowing a council lorry to be loaded with rubble to almost twice its legal weight. At court, solicitor Gordon McMillan said the council had no wish to shift any blame on to the driver
CLEAN-UP campaigners have declared war on town centre muck by calling in help from some "heavy artillery." Pendle Council's Nelson area committee has invested in a "gum blaster" cleaning machine to give stone setts in the pedestrian precinct a spring
A NIGHTCLUB bouncer has been cleared of having drugs for himself hidden in his security jacket. Thomas Woods, 24, handed over amphetamine to a police sergeant after he was arrested for something else in the early hours at Utopia, Blackburn, a Burnley
THE worried relatives of an Accrington teenager who disappeared 12 days ago are pleading with her to come home. Fiona Wooliscroft, 15, left home at the usual time to go to Moorhead High School on Friday, February 26, but she never arrived. Since then
BEING made redundant gave Graham Felton a new lease of life. After losing his job Graham, of Hurstwood, near Worsthorne, set up his own engineering consultancy business. And he recently helped one of his new customers make £2 million worth of savings.
