A TRIBUTE night in memory of one of East Lancashire's best known amateur actors was enjoyed by about 180 people at Colne Municipal Hall. Friends and colleagues of the late Thomas Todhunter, better known simply as Tod Hunter, gave a glimpse into his colourful
THE hills of Rossendale have long been alive with the sound of brass band music. But now the Valley's famous Scout Brass Band has plans to take its own unique sounds much further afield with the launch of its very own CD. The recording, 'Rossendale Story
MORE new homes could be built in Colne if plans get the green light from councillors. Developer Lovell Partnerships wants to build 36 houses, equally split between semi-detached and detached, plus access roads on land off Knotts Mount. A planning application
SOME of the biggest names in fashion will descend on a Blackburn mill this week for a true feast of fashion. Witton Mill has long produced fabric for high street designers including Next and Benetton. But now the firm is launching a new range of clothes
BRIAN Kidd was certainly not in 'holiday mood' as he reflected on the end of Blackburn Rovers' Premiership campaign at Newcastle, a season dogged by injuries to the bitter end. Stephane Henchoz and Matt Jansen were both absent on Tyneside and three more
FILAN: Excellent first half before he was substituted, finished the season in the style he started...7 CROFT: Most of Newcastle's threats came down his side and it has been a struggle for him in the past few weeks...5 PEACOCK: Seems to enjoy playing his
WHILE two Englishmen were settling the title race in Manchester and a Latvian was being hailed as the saviour of the South coast, the North East staged what was very much a sideshow to the main events elsewhere - and how it showed. But the cosmopolitan
BUILDING work on a controversial bus and train station in the heart of Clitheroe is set to start within weeks. The scheme to build a public transport interchange in the town centre has already come under fire from the area's civic society. The project
Looking Back with Eric Leaver THIRTY years ago, the world was in awe at man's first landing on the moon. But just nine weeks later, it was the 17-minute flight of a light aircraft and its touchdown in town that was acclaimed as more momentous for Burnley
DRINKERS faced a bitter blow as the price of pint crept nearer the £1 mark. Increases at Matthew Brown and Whitbread pubs pushed the price to more than 90p, just a week after Tetley Walker put up the price of their pint. The increases came despite the
SHAHID Nawaz kept up his prolific early season form with another century that kept his side at the top of the Jennings Ribblesdale League. The Pakistani batsman hit eight fours and four sixes before being run out on exactly 100 with the score on 159 against
MAY I thank you for your excellent coverage (LET, May 3) of my appeal for old spectacles for some of the world's poorest, yet most grateful, people - those in the Ukraine. International Aid Trust continues its endless humanitarian work to remember the
MIKE Watkinson took a huge step towards his goal of earning a new Lancashire contract with a vital century at Old Trafford yesterday. Lancashire were in trouble at 108-4 when Watkinson joined Mark Chilton, still needing another 147 runs to avoid the follow
THE residents of Sunny Bower, Little Harwood, are up in arms about a proposal to develop land in this residential area as five-a-side football pitches. I helped at the local elections on May 6, and I know that one of the candidates for this area was committed
ACCRINGTON supporters have waited nearly two years for a Lancashire League win at home, writes ANDY NEILD. And, when it finally came against neighbours Rishton yesterday, professional Mark Bailey delivered the goods in emphatic style. The New Zealander
CARL Fogarty's style was cramped by two third place finishes in the World Superbike Championship fourth round in Spain, writes NEIL BRAMWELL. But he still managed to extend his lead at the top of the standings to 38 points as his rivals failed to find
I WOULD like to put the record straight. During the recent local elections, several rumours were spread around Great Harwood. County Councillor George Slynn is not, and never has been, on the board of directors of either Safeway or Barnfield Construction
A ROBBER escaped with hundreds of pounds after threatening a shop worker on the way to the bank with the store's takings. The worker, who had left Greggs Bakery around 5pm on Saturday with the day's takings, was confronted in Hargreaves Street, Burnley
I AM searching for memories, memorabilia and photos of Second World War Royal Air Force pilots who trained at Brunswick Naval Air Station and its annex, Naval Auxiliary Air Field, Long Island, Maine, USA. The Long Island (Maine) Historical Society is
A TEENAGER who befriended a schoolboy stole his key and raided his home while his parents were away. Paul Ashworth, 19, who has five previous convictions for burglary, was joined by Paul McNamara, 22, who had never burgled a house before - and both are
POLICE today stepped up their hunt for the Burnley rapist after a woman managed to fight off a similar attacker. A 39-year-old woman was walking home along Padiham Road, Burnley, at 2.20am on Saturday, close to the scene of a rape exactly three weeks
ARMED police were called in and old people ran for cover when a knife wielding drunkard ran amok in an Accrington street. Jason Longson, 29, threatened to cut a police officer's head off and the area was cordoned off before he was overpowered by his two
A DAY of fun and games at a Blackburn park got a week-long environmental festival off to a flying start. Blackburn with Darwen's annual GreenWeek event got under way this weekend and to mark the occasion a fair was held at Witton Park. The day included
A NEW vicar will take over in the parish of Christ Church with St Matthew in Blackburn next Saturday. The Rev Andrew Raynes will be installed by the Bishop of Blackburn, the Rt Rev Alan Chesters, at a service in the Mosley Street church. Mr Raynes was
PUPILS at Pleckgate High School took part in a sponsored skip and raised £1,100 for the British Heart Foundation. All pupils and staff skipped for 10 minutes to music with one minute breaks after every three minutes. Pupils Kimberley Counter and Adam
AFTER hitting the heights by flying like a bird, Eddie the Eagle stayed firmly glued to the ground when he joined skiers at Ski Rossendale. The British Olympic ski jumper kept his feet on the floor as he led competition winners through the ups and downs
THE East Lancashire Hospice Appeal received a double boost when organisers were presented with two cheques. Members of St Stephen's Monday Club, Little Harwood, took to the stage to perform songs from the shows and raised £761.60. And a raffle at Blackburn
KIDNEY patients across East Lancashire will benefit from a £2.3million investment to install 15 extra dialysis stations at Royal Preston Hospital. The move will mean a further 60 patients can be treated at the hospital each week and the number of dialysis
BRAVE Denis Khomenko was in agony when he arrived in a hospital casualty unit with a perforated appendix. But he told doctors the pain was going because if he admitted the truth he thought his elderly grandmother would have to pay for medical treatment
STEPHANE Henchoz sees a specialist this week with his Ewood future still in serious doubt following relegation, as he has resisted strenuous efforts by Blackburn Rovers to tie him down to a new deal. The Swiss international could face an operation on
MARK Ford revealed his release from Turf Moor had come as a "relief" as he looks forward to relaunching his career elsewhere. Ford's departure at the end of his contract was a predictable one after it was made clear several months ago that he wasn't part
CHILDREN from Blackburn and Darwen look set to have to travel miles to secondary school after being stopped going to their local school by a council policy. Twenty nine fewer pupils from Lammack Primary School and St James CE School will move on to the
Smokey City Jazz Band, Blakey's Cafe Bar, King George's Hall, Blackburn, 8.15pm. Bug Hunt with the Busy Bee Club, Roman Road Community Centre, Blackburn, 4pm-5.30pm. Teatime Club's Litterpicks, Mill Hill Gardens, Blackburn, 4.30pm-6pm. Bulb Planting,
YOUNGSTERS found out about the fantastic world of plastic on a factory trip. Pupils from Waddington and West Bradford Primary School visited Weltonhurst in Blackburn to find out about the world of work. The children were treated to a guided tour of Weltonhurst
TWO youngsters sparked a major security alert when they stumbled across what they thought was a hand grenade at a peaceful Ribble Valley beauty spot. The area was evacuated and an Army bomb squad drafted in after Joshua, eight, and Christian Gillibrand
TENNIS stars at the world's top tournament used towels manufactured in Padiham. J & M Sherry Textiles won the prestigious order for 2,000 towels to be used in the showers at Wimbledon. And for John and Michael Sherry, partners in the family firm,
THE dilapidated Co-op building in Darwen was at the centre of a dramatic rescue bid. Darwen Business Association mounted an action plan to save the the Victorian landmark in School Street, which they feared had been condemned by a Blackburn Council buy-out
A PROMISE of cash prompted community groups to recycle their rubbish. Blackburn Council offered £50 to the community association which collected the most paper and cans, and the challenge was part of the council's Green Week Festival. Council Community
THE meeting of Darwen and Preston in the first round of the Vaux Samson Cup between the clubs currently lying first and second in the Northern League resulted in a resounding 78 run victory for the Birch Hall side. All-rounder Gareth Cordingley was the
NON-LEAGUE: Chorley are in turmoil today following the shock departure of manager Dalton Steele. Confusion still surrounds the exit of the former Winsford United chief who only took over from Bryan Griffiths three months ago. Chairman Jack Kirkland insists
A DRAMATIC last wicket stand clinched Enfield's place in the quarter-finals of the Worsley Cup after a nailbiting encounter with Bacup at Lanehead. Chasing 162 for victory, the Dill Hall Lane outfit still needed 13 to win when last man Phillip Wilkinson
IT WAS with an admonitory tone that Blackburn with Darwen Council's director of education, Mark Pattison, refuted this newspaper's imputations that behind the policy of admissions of pupils to Pleckgate High School lay an element of social engineering
PEOPLE keep going on and on about cars and lorries coming into Great Harwood if a Safeways supermarket opens, but if my memory serves me right, in the past, did we not have this traffic before? When the Oxo works, with several hundred workers, was open
A 23-year-old man is in hospital after being kicked in the head in a savage street robbery. The victim was walking along Ightenhill Street, Padiham, at 1.15am on Sunday when he was approached by a man demanding money. When he ignored the demand, he was
A WOULD-be drug pusher who has not done his community service has been given a second - and probably last - chance to get it finished. John Stott, 29, still had 186 hours left to do out of a 200 hour order, and overslept when he should have turned up
COLNE professional Joe Scuderi was taken from Haslingden's ground in an ambulance after collapsing while bowling. Scuderi suffered a severe back muscle spasm and was unable to move for nearly 30 minutes until medical help arrived. Scuderi was later able
I WAS amused to learn of Safeway's analysis of their 'roadshow' held recently in Great Harwood. Ms Tracy Hostler, public affairs manager, reported 97 per cent support for the project from among those who visited their stand. The roadshow was very seductive
DRUMMER Alan Edmondson has hit the big time, winning a prestigious place with '60s band Freddie and the Dreamers. The band, which had top ten hits such as I'm Telling You Now, You Were Made For Me and I Understand, has just completed a 52-gig tour. Burnley
I READ with much interest Mrs Julia Ashworth's distressing story (Nature Watch letter, April 28) of a sparrowhawk attacking her garden bird. I wrote to the Evening Telegraph some three years ago pointing out the concern of racing pigeon fanciers regarding
TRAIN services between Burnley and Blackburn were disrupted after a car was set alight under a railway bridge, raising fears it could collapse. Firefighters were called to the scene around 7.30pm on Saturday after reports an Austin Maestro car had been
A TEENAGER suffered a punctured lung after being stabbed in the front garden of his house. Peter Mee, 17, was in a "serious but stable" condition in the intensive care unit at Burnley General Hospital today after being stabbed in the chest with a knife
A SHOP burglar had already received 'summary justice,' courtesy of a relentless police dog, Burnley Crown Court heard. Mark Wilkinson, 21, was cornered by the animal when he would not come out of a shed and was bitten trying to fend it off. His barrister
HERBALISTS and their customers have asked Hyndburn MP Greg Pope to step into a row over health food licensing laws. Staff at Holland and Barrett, Accrington, handed a 500-signature petition to Mr Pope claiming new rules set to be introduced imminently
RISKING prosecution to save money on environmental measures is a dangerous game, businesses have been warned. Lawyer Christine Oxenburgh said it wasn't only companies which could risk fines but individual directors and managers. She said some companies
HUNDREDS of visitors are expected at tomorrow's East Lancashire business-to-business exhibition. The event, at the Dunkenhalgh Hotel, Clayton-le-Moors, organised by the East Lancashire Chamber of Commerce, also offers local firms the chance to meet buyers
A MAN aged 30 was due to appear at Burnley Magistrates Court today charged in connection with an incident in which a young woman was allegedly held prisoner in a house. The man, who lives in Bury, was due to face unlawful imprisonment and assault charges
CHILDREN from Blackburn will prove it is never too early to take an interest in the environment this week. Members of the Tea-Time Club at Mill Hill Community Centre, New Chapel Street, Blackburn, will being picking up litter at Mill Hill Gardens this
A FRIENDLY conversation with two police officers ended suddenly when David Stones ran off and challenged a group of men to fight. Blackburn magistrates heard the situation got worse when Stones turned on the officers. He told one: "Wait until you are
CHILDREN from Blackburn and Darwen look set to have to travel miles to secondary school after being stopped going to their local school by a council policy. Twenty nine fewer pupils from Lammack Primary School and St James CE School will move on to the
