POLICE in East Lancashire are winning the fight against crime but could do better, according to official statistics. They have failed to match tough targets set by the police authority and Chief Constable Pauline Clare at the start of the year. And even
FIREFIGHTERS in the county are gearing up for the latest stage of a dispute over proposed changes to their working practices. Lancashire's Fire Brigades Union is urging members at stations across East Lancashire to support their objection to a 10-point
STAR Trek fan James Henderson, who met his American fiance over the Internet, saw her for the first time today, via a satellite link-up on breakfast television. James, 29, of Lincoln Street, Haslingden, and fellow Star Trek fan Stacey Reece, who lives
PENSIONER Kenneth Dawson returned from his allotment to find a car had crashed through the front door of his house but insisted: "It'll take more than that to bother me at my age!" The accident happened as Christopher Counsell, 25, of Fore Street, Lower
RETIRING Labour Euro-MP Michael Hindley has bitterly attacked Tony Blair and labelled him a madcap Tory for bombing the Serbs. In an article for a far-left magazine he compares the Prime Minister to "unstable" Anthony Eden - the Conservative Premier who
EAST Lancashire primary schools are facing reorganisation, merger and even closure as education chiefs consider axing 5,000 places over the next five years. Lancashire County Council announced they are considering cutting the places by the year 2003 -
BLACKBURN Rovers have frozen season-ticket prices at Ewood, following relegation to the First Division where they will have four more home fixtures. And chief executive John Williams today revealed a promotion price pledge to those fans who stay loyal
Cloverhill Residents Action Group meeting, St Bedes Church Hall, Railway Street, Nelson, 7pm. Mill Hill St Peter's Scout Group's Sale of Goods, Mill Hill St Peter's School, Watson Street, Blackburn, 6pm. "Sounds 18 Big Band," Haslingden Cricket Club,
A PILOT scheme designed to help older people living in Clitheroe and Longridge to do their own shopping is being launched next month. The Age Concern Lancashire and Ribble Valley Community Transport initiative will run for six months. The charity needs
AS a 64-year-old 'Harroder' and having lived on Blackburn Road for 37 years, I feel I know the comings and goings of traffic. A good percentage of the lorries are Clitheroe-based carrying tar and rubble for the motorways and are only passing through.
AFTER last week's humiliating defeat by Haslingden Methodists, Attock bounced back to form with a 57-run victory over Manchester Road at Bullough Park. Batting first, Attock compiled the best score of the season, totalling 154-6, being the first and so
CLIVIGER Riding Club held its first show for ponies at Rowley Showfield, Burnley. Ponies and riders travelled from Preston, Bingley, Manchester and Blackpool for the show. RESULTS: Best Turned Out: 1. G Ingham. Lead rein equitation: 1. R Thompson, 2.
FIRMS in East Lancashire are being offered help to steer them through new rules. The Transport of Dangerous Goods (Safety Advisor) imposes strict conditions on firms involved in transporting and handling certain goods. Now the Business Environment Association
A NEW world of opportunity has opened up for Stephen Samson and Suheyl Patel. They started training at the Homestead unit in November under the Government's New Deal scheme and are due to finish in June. Stephen, 22, of Green Lane, Blackburn, has enjoyed
AN initiative to help firms save money and help the environment has been launched in East Lancashire. The Groundwork Business Environment Association, in partnership with the Environment Agency, has developed the two-year project which aims to reduce
MORE than one in seven local firms are now making sales through the internet, according to a survey out today. And the figure puts North West firms as the leader in electronic commerce in the country. More than half of those questioned said they now frequently
MORE than 50 jobs have been saved at Nelson printing plate maker Outline Engraving after it was sold by receivers. The Brook Street company, which went into administrative receivership in April, has been bought by Warrington-based Pamarco Europe Ltd,
PENDLE MP Gordon Prentice has stepped up his campaign to get aircraft-style black boxes installed in all police vehicles as part of a move to cut accidents during chases. In April, the Labour MP called for the introduction of new rules covering the way
The opinions expressed by John Blunt are not necessarily those of this newspaper THE Geordies have their famous Angel of the North statue to tell drivers coming up the A1 that they have reached heaven on earth. Blackburn's new "hello" to visitors is a
A NEW service launched on Friday should make it easier for people to find out how to get around Lancashire by public transport. Lancashire County Council has developed a new phone line to give easy access to public transport information. The new system
PLANS to demolish a building which "acts as a focal point" in local parkland to make way for new housing, are set to be rejected by Pendle councillors. Developers Livingstone Properties want to clear The Hide - built at the turn of the century as the
THE controversial 'Top Tenner' scheme has been ended, but Blackburn Rovers will continue to look at introducing special promotions. "As a brand, the 'Top Tenner' has been discontinued," said chief executive John Williams. "But we will still be targeting
CASTLE Cement has been named among the worst polluters in the North West for releasing health-threatening dioxin gases into the air. The Clitheroe works released 1,470mgs of dioxins in 1998, according to figures released by the Environment Agency in May
Nederlands Dans Theater 2, at the Grand Theatre, Blackpool AS one might expect from the youngest section of the Nederlands Dans Theater, NDT2 crackled with energy throughout their performance at the Grand Theatre, Blackpool. The sheer athleticism of these
GREAT Harwood Town have been officially relegated to the North Western Trains League following the UniBond League's decision to promote Ossett Town. The Showgrounders had hoped for a relegation reprieve because the North East Counties outfit were struggling
THE report (LET, May 19) that trolley buses are being considered as part of a major public transport initiative for East Lancashire was most interesting. Trolley bus design has developed significantly from the 1950s British trolley bus which illustrated
CLITHEROE professional Stephen Benjamin felt a weight lifted from his shoulders thanks to a match-winning effort against Great Harwood. And the young Aussie hopes his unbeaten 84 and return of 5-73 will be the trigger for a belated run of form, continuing
IT was with some disappointment that I read the comments in 'Act now over Landmark' (Letters, May 24), about the India Mill chimney at Darwen. How nice it would have been if your correspondent had happened to observe and compliment us, upon the extensive
STAFF at a town centre taxi firm called Home and Away are being forced to endure some unwanted new neighbours - rats! A driver at the firm raised the alarm after a rat ran over his foot in the car park in Burnley town centre. Staff at Home and Away Taxis
BLACKBURN Rovers have frozen season-ticket prices at Ewood, following relegation to the First Division where they will have four more home fixtures. And chief executive John Williams today revealed a promotion price pledge to those fans who stay loyal
A SURGE in passenger numbers has pushed profits up at airports operator BAA. The operator, headed by former Bacup & Rawtenstall Grammar School pupil Sir John Egan, said 112.5million passengers used the group's UK airports in the year to March 31,
Nature Watch, with Ron Freethy TWO plants which are common everywhere in our area are the rowan and the hawthorn. Both have red berries and were once thought to be useful for warding off witches. They are therefore described as autumn plants. Both rowan
A DAY at the office turned into rather a special occasion for managing director Mavis Gradwell. To mark her 25 years with Altham-based uniform firm Simon Jersey, bosses arranged a string of surprises including sending a stretch limousine to take her into
A WORKER is recovering after surgeons battled for more than 15 hours to save his hands after an horrific accident. Machine operator Harry Fishwick had four fingers sliced off one hand and his other hand severed after an incident with a guillotine blade
A SCHOOLBOY aged 13 was robbed then subjected to racial abuse by three Asian youths in the Shadsworth Road area. The victim was grabbed by two teenagers while a third teenager searched his pockets and stole £11.50. They ran off towards Queen Street. All
A WORKER is recovering after surgeons battled for more than 15 hours to save his hands after an horrific accident. Machine operator Harry Fishwick had four fingers sliced off one hand and his other hand severed after an incident with a guillotine blade
STAN Ternent's new-look Burnley side will be given a searching pre-season examination thanks to a prestigious summer fixture line-up compiled by the Clarets boss. A home game against Second Division play-off champions Manchester City has now been added
A VICAR is calling for compassion for Nato chiefs currently under fire for their Balkans bombing campaign. The Rev Rodney Nicholson, vicar of St Paul's, Low Moor, Clitheroe, said war leaders were facing "a burden of decision-making that few of us would
"FOLKIES" from across the country are expected to converge on Clitheroe from Friday for the town's annual folk festival weekend, supported by the Lancashire Evening Telegraph. The event promises street entertainment, special workshops for youngsters,
EAST Lancashire Boys' Brigade were offered two flag poles for their new training centre. The offer came from Sunderland, which left them poles apart from their benefactor! They brought the poles in a 140-mile sponsored walk for the training centre at
BUS drivers declared no-go areas on two trouble-plagued council estates amid fears that vandals could kill someone. The drivers refused to work some routes through the Highercroft and Roman Road estates in Blackburn because of stone throwing. British
THE sugar-coating that county education chairwoman Hazel Harding today attempts to put on proposals to axe 5,000 places in Lancashire primary schools in the next five years - entailing the closure or merger of some - is somewhat thin. But while she translate
WE have just had our first keep-fit class in the newly-decorated Tower Room in Darwen. Many thanks to Crown Wallcoverings and home furnishings for donating the paper. A lot of hard work has been put into doing the room up and it has made a vast improvement
NICK Dougherty has qualified for today's matchplay stages of the Amateur Championship after a brilliant 77 in the biting winds at Royal County Down yesterday. The 17-year-old Shaw Hill ace came through one of the toughest rounds of his life to book his
MANCHESTER wasn't the only United who flew the Lancashire flag in Europe last week. Oswaldtwistle United FC - formerly Oswaldtwistle Juniors - competed in an international tournament in Holland, finishing in a creditable fourth place from 14 teams. A
LANCASHIRE breathed a sigh of relief at Bristol today as they learned that captain John Crawley had not broken his thumb. Crawley was forced off during Monday's National League victory at Leicester after dropping a sharp low chance at cover, and there
FOLLOWING the report (LET, May 15) about a mother who had "paid someone £5 to replace her pay-for-use gas meter with one that by-passed the system," I would warn readers never to be tempted into doing this, whatever the circumstances. Five pounds may
OVER the past two years the Rishton PROSPECTS Panel has been working with the local community on a scheme to enhance an area of land on the corner of Parker Street and Hermitage Street, by constructing a community garden. This has been our first major
STAN Ternent's new-look Burnley side will be given a searching pre-season examination thanks to a prestigious summer fixture line-up compiled by the Clarets boss. A home game against Second Division play-off champions Manchester City has now been added
TAX-dodging motorists could lose their cars now police have joined forces with DVLA-appointed car-clampers in an operation to get untaxed vehicles off Hyndburn's roads. Police gathered information about untaxed vehicles over several weeks and delayed
THREE teenagers appeared before a youth court yesterday accused of a late night assault on a 13-year-old girl. A 16-year-old unemployed girl from Oswaldtwistle and a 17-year-old girl from Church appeared, charged with wounding with intent to cause grievous
