THE Ministry of Defence is being asked to survey part of a moor above Rossendale where a wartime bomb was discovered. Contractors working for North West Water were digging a trench on Landgate Moor, above the Red Lion Pub in Shawforth, on Monday when
EMBARRASSED Health Trust bosses backtracked today as fury erupted over plans to close a mental health service at Rossendale General Hospital. Alarm bells rang when an official letter appeared on hospital wards this week stating that the well-used occupational
KEVIN Gallacher's hopes of returning to action over Easter have suffered another injury setback. The Scottish international striker, out since the start of the year with a troublesome calf problem, had rejoined the squad for training to suggest he could
STAN Ternent is confident that, whatever the eventual outcome, Burnley will pick up a major bonus from this season's events at Turf Moor - in the shape of the fast-growing crop of young players who have been introduced to the senior side. Defender John
STEPHANE Henchoz is set to be asked to mark his Ewood team-mate Nathan Blake in Zurich tonight - and it's a confrontation the central defender does not particularly relish. Switzerland take on Wales in a vital European Championships qualifier with the
CAPRI lover Sandra Prince treated her white mean machine like a king. She bought "Cecil" as a birthday gift for her boyfriend and lavished it with care when it became her own runabout. Eleven years on, it cost a king's ransom to get through an MOT, and
IAN McCulloch kept his dreams of a place in the televised stages of snooker's World Championships alive with a nailbiting victory over Barry Pinches in the seventh qualifying round at Telford. The best of 19 contest went to the wire but the Accrington-based
THE disgraceful scenes which took place before a meeting at Nelson Town Hall leave a nasty taste in the mouth. Former Liberal Democrat leader Tony Greaves threatened Labour leader Azhar Ali with violence and launched a verbal attack after a call by Labour
Glossop N.E. 0 Ramsbottom United 3 RAMPANT Ramsbottom fully deserved the three NWTL Division One points after their superb all-round team performance spelt the end for North End long before the final whistle sounded. Former Burnley YTS player Richard
ONE of the great selling points when comprehensive education was being planned was the fact that children would be able to get secondary education at a school in their locality. It would also mean that brighter pupils would not have to make bus trips
DOES anybody drink 'Bene and hot?' My grandfather used to live in Burnley and I will always remember the sight of the barman boiling up a kettle to add hot water to his beloved Benedictine. I was told recently that 30 per cent of all UK sales of Benedictine
MIKE Atherton is not a quitter. And, while his World Cup dreams are in tatters, he will find it almost impossible to accept that his entire, record-breaking England career is over. "Knowing him, it's premature to say this is the end," said his friend
WAKE up, Britain, especially Joe Public. Do we really need to join the corrupt European Union with parliament that can dictate to all and sundry what we have to do or not do at their call? The parties here that are for Europe seem to have been very silent
MARGO Carmichael-Grimshaw (Letters, March 11) was only half right with her reasons for the demise of the traditional British pub. Those old enough fondly remember how regenerated post-war prosperity sparked the euphoria of the fabulous 1950s. Down town
LOCAL people were given a chance to help shape the future as part of a major national project addressing issues connected with the ageing population. The Debate of the Age event at Burnley Mechanics was told the next 20 years will see unprecedented increases
AN insomniac who went out in a stolen car in the early hours was spotted sitting in another vehicle as it was being tampered with. Burnley magistrates heard that the stolen Metro, which David Sutcliffe, 23, was in, ran out of petrol and an accomplice
POLICE are appealing for information about a sex pest who indecently assaulted a 10-year-old girl. The youngster was walking along a path near grassland next to Burnley Football Club, Brunshaw Road, when a 60-year-old man put one hand over her mouth and
BURNLEY Council is paying for the analysis and disposal of potentially hazardous waste which led to a major chemical alert in the town. The move comes after an internal investigation revealed no record of the discovery of the white powder being reported
A 75-year-old woman was bruised when she was knocked to the floor by an attacker after she had just drawn her pension. She was walking along Ormerod Street in Accrington at 9.30am yesterdaywhen she was grabbed from behind near the junction with Perth
A SEMINAR to help East Lancashire firms get to grips with the minimum wage is being staged next month. The event, organised by East Lancashire Chamber of Commerce, will also look at the effects of the working time directive and trade union recognition
Nature Watch, with Ron Freethy WILDLIFE in Britain has taken a bit of a beating over the last century but one area where the animals and plants have thrived is in gardens. Over the last few years, one of the fastest-growing industries has been in the
THE hottest new car on the road was launched in East Lancashire. Jaguar's S-type was unveiled to customers at the Lex Mead dealership in Blackburn at a preview night. It was made at the Castle Bromwich factory in the West Midlands. Smaller than current
"There are 120 million people in Nigeria. They eat, they drink, they make love, they make children, they play football and they don't die more than in some other countries" - FIFA general secretary Michel Zen-Ruffinen on the worries of Premiership clubs
SOME Manchester United fans are already grumbling about an across-the-board increase of £2 a game to watch their side next season. Perhaps the Old Trafford giants should look at little Colwyn Bay for an example of how to keep supporters happy and make
Grimsby Town Reserves 3 Burnley Reserves 2 BURNLEY Reserves travelled to bottom of the table Grimsby Town last night in the Pontin's League and after an evenly matched first half with few chances for either side, the game sprang to life eight minutes
THE first year of Blackburn with Darwen Council's independence from Lancashire County Council has been hailed a success by its number one officer. Chief executive Phil Watson says the first year of unitary status has gone better than expected with few
A TANDOORI takeaway collapsed into the street today 24 hours after the owner began building work in the cellar. Dozens of houses in the Whalley Range area of Blackburn were left without gas and electricity after the property began to give way in the early
Darwen British Legion meet Catholic Club, Wellington Fold, Darwen, 7.30pm. Craftsmen "At Work," Samlesbury Hall, 11am-4.30pm. Stoneware Potter, Ceramic Sculpture, Water Colour and Oil Painting. Greek Night - traditional Greek menu, Bazouki Band and Dancing
Valerie Cowan Surfs the Net MICHAEL Crawford will forever be Frank Spencer to me. But for a lot of people out there, he is the Phantom of the Opera, the disfigured hero of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical. So there was bound to be a bit of a fuss when it
POLICE were trying to find out who planted "an incendiary device" at a brewery. Officers were called to Lion Brewery, Blackburn, after an explosive device went off in the security lodge. The device went off without harming anyone or causing damage. The
Bacup Borough 0 Daisy Hill 0 THE vast amount of chances created by both sides made this NWTL Division Two goalless draw an amazing result. Bacup will look back and consider it points lost rather one gained after they had taken the initiative from the
THANK you for your coverage (LET, March 20) of Bishop Alan Chesters on the narrow boat 'Fishers of Men,' highlighting the forthcoming visit to Blackburn of the world-famous evangelist Luis Palau. Our canals have always been the lifeline of our towns and
STONYHURST College, arguably the champions of the North in seven-a-side rugby, with two major tournament wins this season, carried off the prized national title at Rosslyn Park when they won the largest schoolboy tournament in the world for the second
Guiseley 2 Accrington Stanley 1 STEVE Dickinson almost single-handedly denied Stanley a place in the semi finals of the UniBond League Challenge Cup with a stunning display of goalkeeping at Nethermoor last night. The Reds gave everything in a brave performance
BARRY Thomas has cast his sights on the fishing World Club Championships this summer after his team received a top award from Sky Sports. The Darwen-based angler is captain of the Ted Carter Southport team who have just been voted Sky Sports Fishing Team
FOR the first time in the Association's history, a club will provide two teams for the final of a knockout competition. Blackburn Juniors dominated the Wilson Plate's two pools and their sides will meet each other in the final on April 22. The Juniors
Special report on the audacious bid for Accrington Stanley AN overseas investor has made an audacious inquiry about buying Accrington Stanley. But chairman Eric Whalley today insisted the club is not for sale at any price. Hong Kong-based Investment Banker
YOUR editorial (LET, March 17) accused Blackburn with Darwen Council of burying its head in the sand over the future of its council houses. This is simply not true. We have for a number of years been taking action to review and reduce the number and type
BEING born and brought up in Bastwell 85 years ago, I was familiar with the sight and sound of Blackburn's magnificent electric trams. I have vivid memories of the end of the First World War and subsequent Armistice days, when every tram flew a flag of
PUBLICAN Ken Barlow is delighted to inform his customers that work outside his pub have finally ended and Harpers Lane in Fence has now reopened - for at least a few months. Ken, who owns the Harpers Inn, wished service companies had followed the lead
KEVIN Gallacher's hopes of returning to action over Easter have suffered another injury setback. The Scottish international striker, out since the start of the year with a troublesome calf problem, had rejoined the squad for training to suggest he could
A HONG KONG-based investment banker has made an audacious bid for Accrington Stanley. Ilyas Khan, 36, wants to buy chairman Eric Whalley's 60 per cent stake in the Unibond Premier League club. Full story in Sport section Converted for the new archive
STAN Ternent is confident that, whatever the eventual outcome, Burnley will pick up a major bonus from this season's events at Turf Moor - in the shape of the fast-growing crop of young players who have been introduced to the senior side. Defender John
NADEEM Hussain has joined Pierce chartered accountants as director of taxation. Keen sportsman Nadeem, married with two children, joins the Blackburn firm from a Yorkshire outfit where he had been a tax partner for six years. Converted for the new archive
THE fight against poverty in Hyndburn received a cash contribution at a conference aimed at building better communities in the borough. Social security minister Angela Eagle visited to Sparth House Hotel, Clayton-le-Moors, to speak at the social inclusion
BUSINESS failures in the North West have risen by almost a quarter so far this year, figures out today reveal. More than 1,200 liquidations and bankruptcies have been recorded in the first quarter of 1999, up by 23 per cent on the same period last year
ALL bets are off for Chorley Football Club's annual player of the year award - because of a shortage of genuine contenders! Since Dalton Steele's arrival as manager virtually an entire new team has come in with only players such as Simon March and Ian
LABOUR leaders are taking legal advice after a former Liberal boss turned the air blue during a clash with councillors before a town hall meeting. Ex Lib-Dem chief Tony Greaves told Labour leader Azhar Ali he'd smash his face in and mounted an "abusive
ARE you one of East Lancashire's grimebusters? Then we want to hear from you! Today we are launching the 1999 Grimewatch Awards - the highlight of the Lancashire Evening Telegraph's wider campaign to improve the East Lancashire environment. The competition
