A BIG reward is being offered as police hunt the gang who carried out last week's armed robbery at Asda, Rawtenstall. Detective Inspector Ron Griffiths said said: "A substantial reward is being offered and we are still appealing for people at the various
SOCCER star Philip Neville and his Rossendale fiance Julie Killelea were caught up in a mid-air drama when they returned from their summer holiday. Treble winning Philip and Julie, from Chapel Hill, Rawtenstall, were flying home from Marbella in Spain
THE Royal Mail has confirmed that Colne sorting office is to close and services transferred to new premises in Nelson. The offices behind Colne's main post office in Albert Road, will shut early next year when a decision will be made on what to do with
A YOUNG girl leapt for her life as a runaway car careered out of control on a steep town centre street after she accidentally knocked off the handbrake. Alison Lonsdale, eight, jumped from the Volvo 740 moments before it bounced over several kerbs and
FAMILIES who are risking their mental and physical health by drinking water containing one of the highest levels of lead in the country are being targeted by a new scheme to replace poisonous pipes to their homes. Lancashire County Council is set to identify
BLACKBURN Rovers are in no danger of losing Brian Kidd to the England set-up as they chase an immediate return to the Premiership. Kidd was again linked over the weekend with a coaching position within the structure being set up by the FA's technical
MUTTIAH Muralitharan has been officially cleared of an illegal bowling action. A team of Australian scientists carried out an exhaustive series of tests of the Sri Lankan spinner and told the International Cricket Conference: "The conclusion is clear
ACCRINGTON Stanley will play Rossendale United in a pre-season friendly as part of their build-up to the new season. Manager John Coleman will take his Reds to Dark Lane on Thursday August 5 as the Crown Ground club prepare for an assault on the UniBond
MORE cars are made than babies born every day in Europe, Janet Anderson MP pointed out in a Commons motion. And the Rossendale and Darwen MP used the statistic to support a call for the Government to cut back on car use. Congratulating the Environmental
LOWERHOUSE booked a place in the semi-finals of the Inter League Cup after beating holders Haslingden in a bowl out at Bent Gate yesterday. Heavy rain meant the match never got started so both skippers opted to settle the tie by bowling at a set of stumps
CHERRY Tree remain on course for a third successive Ramsbottom Cup win after a thrilling semi-final victory over Whalley. The holders play Ribblesdale Wanderers in the final after their own dramatic turnaround against Padiham. Whalley pushed Cherry Tree
LANCASHIRE Lynx completed their first double of the season in defeating Bramley in a 14-try extravaganza at Headingley. The game fluctuated throughout, but three tries in the last eight minutes turned the game Lynx's way. Lynx went into the game without
BLACKBURN and Darwen Amnesty International group would like to thank all who gave generously to our flag day on May 29. We raised more than £220 which will be sent to Amnesty International's campaign for children's rights. Amnesty is raising awareness
Lancashire League: Accrington 94 (0pts), Todmorden 97-3 (12) - Andy Neild reports ALEX Scholefield is know as the 'Boy Wonder' among his Todmorden team-mates after making a dramatic impact on the first team scene three years ago. And the 20-year-old medium-pacer
BURNLEY skipper Andy McLeod led from the front as the Turf Moor outfit hauled themselves off the bottom of the EW Cartons Lancashire League with their first win in five games. McLeod claimed three stumpings as fellow strugglers Ramsbottom were restricted
I WOULD like to thank all those who voted for the UK Independence Party in the Euro election. The party now has three MEPs and we narrowly missed getting three more - including here in the North West, where 66,779 voted UKIP while just 72,006 would have
IN reply to Chris Wrigley (Letters, June 1) who said Tony Blair was a coward if he supported the air attacks in Serbia and Kosovo, disregarding the safety of refugees, I would suggest the decision to carry out the air campaign was more of a move for diplomacy
THE European elections have certainly brought to the fore the problems with the present voting system. Looking through the papers and listening to the media I am appalled at the apathy displayed by the general public - 25 per cent seems to be the average
YOUNGSTERS from Lancashire will present their vision of the future as the centrepiece of the county council's millennium celebrations. Worldwish 3000 at Preston North End's Deepdale ground on June 25, 2000, will give 40 youth organisations an opportunity
LAWYERS have slapped a multi-million dollar law suit on Burnley Football Club director Ray Ingleby's American company. A firm of San Diego lawyers, acting for a "major American institution" have accused Ingleby's company, Caribiner, of misleading investors
PEOPLE in Accrington are set to be given a forum to voice their views for the future of the town centre in a council bid to create a more 'open style' of policy-making. Conservative group on Hyndburn Council is set to announce plans for a Town Centre
MIKE Trethewey has been appointed sales and marketing director at Burnley-based sports firm Riley Leisure. Mike was previously managing director of Dunlop Slazenger's Golf Division. Converted for the new archive on 14 July 2000. Some images and formatting
A PENSIONER who was charged £432 after vandals smashed her lounge window has been told to tear up the bill - after the Lancashire Evening Telegraph took up her case with police purchasing bosses. Barbara Thompson, 76, of Oswald Street, Accrington, was
LONE independent councillor Adrian Shurmer has warned that he will pull the plug on his support for Hyndburn Council's ruling Tory group if they do not get their act together. Coun Shurmer - whose vote keeps the Conservatives in power - claims he came
A NEW division has been launched at a recruitment firm. Swift Employment Services of Blackburn has set up a clerical desk to add to its existing specialist areas of supplying industrial, construction and electrical staff. The new department will handle
Eric Leaver on the transports of delight WHEN Blackburn's pioneeering police acquired their first two high-speed Z-cars in 1962, they not only raced ahead of other forces, they also introduced a new sound to East Lancashire's streets - the two-tone blare
BUSINESSES have been urged to take a leaf out of students' books. The Young Enterprise initiative run in schools across East Lancashire bodes well for the future of entrepreneurs in the area, according to ELTEC organisational development director Paul
A MOTHER who woke next to her young daughter in a blazing room surveyed her fire-ravaged flat today and said: "I'm just glad to be alive." Lisa Yates, of Cross Barn Grove, Darwen, vowed never to use candles in her bedroom again and said she didn't care
BLACKBURN schools are leading the way to form a specialised modern foreign languages website which will be used in classes across the North West. Teachers and advisors from four local education authorities met at Queen's Park High School, Blackburn, to
NOVICE motorcyclist Andrew Stuart Watson was clocked doing 129mph on the M65 when he took his powerful bike out for a Saturday afternoon blast. And his high speed outing cost Watson, 25, of St Cuthbert's Road, Lostock Hall, Preston, a 28 day disqualification
A BOSS who helped save dozens of bakery jobs is to quit his job. John Cummings was one of the founders of Inter Link foods, which was set up to buy the ailing Crossfield Foods bakery in Blackburn five years ago. Since then the fortunes of the firm have
PEOPLE could not wait to get hold of tickets for the annual Todmorden Agricultural Show as record numbers picked them up ahead of the event. More than £6,000 worth of advance sales were clocked up before the gates to the showground at Centre Vale Park
HUNDREDS of Lancashire police officers answered a plea from a fund-raising colleague and formed a human chain in aid of Macmillan Nurses. About 500 police officers, friends and relatives joined hands at the event yesterday to try to form a mile-long human
A PENSIONER who sexually abused two schoolgirls has begun a two-year jail term. Walter Pearson, 68, sobbed as he was led away from the dock at Burnley Crown Court. Pearson had been convicted on five counts of indecent assault in January, but sentence
NEIL Moore hopes that having 'Burnley captain' on his CV will help him get fixed up with a new club. Moore admitted that his limited appearances in the second half of an injury-ravaged campaign with the Clarets barely warranted a new deal at Turf Moor
A FATHER has sparked a major manhunt after mysteriously disappearing as he was preparing to set off on a day out with his wife and friends. Factory worker Alan Yates, 48, left home on Sunday morning to pick up a friend and left his wife making sandwiches
PROPERTY tycoon Gerald Hitman has been given the go-ahead to build a shop, cafe bar and estate office at the entrance to his controversial Brockhall Village. Ribble Valley Council's planning committee approved the scheme, despite objections from residents
A CONCERNED resident spoke out at a council meeting against plans to build an occupational therapy centre at a psychiatric unit in the middle of a plush housing estate. Partnerships in Care was given the go-ahead to build the centre at its Kemple View
CHILDREN were warned against playing in the River Calder because it had virtually become an open sewer. Lack of rain and the drying-up of springs meant that almost the whole of the flow of the river comprised outflow from sewage works from towns along
NICK Dougherty was walking on air today after his stunning finish ensured England retained the World Boys' Team Championship in Japan. The 17-year-old Shaw Hill ace reeled off an eagle and two birdies over the last four holes in an incredible finish to
FOR the second successive week Vaux Northern League leaders Darwen were frustrated by the weather which caused the abandonment of their league fixture at Netherfield. Only 19 overs were possible by which time Darwen had reduced their hosts to 68-5 and
THE IRA and the KLA are both classed as terrorist organisations. The former is still fully armed, 18 months after it was made clear that Sinn Fein could not take its place at an Ulster administration unless rifles, machine guns and explosives were surrendered
REGARDING the "potentially-fatal" game children are playing (LET, June 11), it has no connection whatsoever with the 1990 film "Flatliners" as I was playing this game 25 years ago when I, too, was aged 10-11. There is also no relation to a "search for
WEEK in, week out doctors, nurses and carers, spend hour after hour ensuring people who are ill, get the best possible chance to live a healthy life, and 99 per cent of the time these wonderful people are underpaid. Also, troops from this and other countries
MARCHERS carrying placards and banners paraded through Padiham town centre demanding more police to combat what they claim is a growing crime problem. Afterwards march organiser Coun Granville Lord urged local people to get their message across to police
A MAN has been remanded in custody charged with attempted rape . Sean Paul Smith, 35, of Sydney Street, Accrington, also faced a charge under the Protection from Harassment Act when he appeared before Blackburn Magistrates. The charges follow an alleged
A MAN who claimed he was wrongly convicted of damaging a car, because a magistrate hearing his case knew the victim of his crime, has withdrawn his appeal. Philip Warburton, of Crosley Grove, Accrington, was convicted of criminal damage to a car belonging
A COLOURFUL parade heralded a great day of family fun when Accrington Lions' Carnival came to town. Crowds flocked to the playing fields of Accrington and Rossendale College, Sandy Lane, for more than five hours of entertainment in a two-arena show on
WARDENS have been introduced in a bid to step up security at Hyndburn's cemeteries following a recent spate of vandalism. The move has been welcomed by councillors who heard that more than 130 headstones have been damaged or pushed over in 10 separate
NEIL Moore hopes that having 'Burnley captain' on his CV will help him get fixed up with a new club. Moore admitted that his limited appearances in the second half of an injury-ravaged campaign with the Clarets barely warranted a new deal at Turf Moor
FOUR men connected with a £40,000 masked raid on a designer menswear shop have gone to jail for a total of ten years. Burnley Crown Court heard how up to eight men burst into Originals in Blackburn Road, Oswaldtwistle, threatening customers before escaping
BLACKBURN Rovers are in no danger of losing Brian Kidd to the England set-up as they chase an immediate return to the Premiership. Kidd was again linked over the weekend with a coaching position within the structure being set up by the FA's technical
DAVID Barrow has been appointed customer services director at B&N Housing. David, of Blacko, previously worked for the Eaves Brook Housing Association. B&N provides 14,000 rented homes in many parts of the country and has its North West regional
TEACHERS are being offered the chance to follow in their pupils' footsteps. Under a new initiative in East Lancashire, teachers can visit training providers to see at first hand the options available to school leavers. The one-week programme will also
A PROPERTY agent who dealt with landlords and tenants across Pendle has been declared bankrupt. Graham Smith, who ran GWS Services, filed his own petition for bankruptcy at Bradford County Court yesterday. The order was granted by a judge after reviewing
A MAN indecently exposed himself to passers-by including women and children in Darwen town centre. Blackburn magistrates heard that when a member of the public told Graham Sharratt to "put it away" he made even more of an exhibition of himself. Sharratt
A FATHER-of-one has sparked a major manhunt after mysteriously disappearing as he was preparing to set off on a day out with his wife and friends. Factory worker Alan Yates, 48, left home on Sunday morning to pick up a friend and left his wife making
LAWYERS have slapped a multi-million dollar law suit on Burnley Football Club director Ray Ingleby's American company. A firm of San Diego lawyers, acting for a "major American institution" have accused Ingleby's company, Caribiner, of misleading investors
