LAW-abiding citizens everywhere will be cheered by the revelation today of how a new approach to fighting crime in East Lancashire has led to hundreds of arrests. It was less than three months ago that police in Lancashire Constabulary's Eastern Division
This week, with JOHN FAIRBROTHER, headteacher at Ightenhill Primary School, Burnley, who retires this summer after 20 years in the job. MEMORY: Playing out with my friends in and around the village of Summerseat (where I was born) in the long, dry days
For Beryl Rushton it was a holiday in paradise. But it had tragic consequences which turned her life upside down. She spoke to JENNY SCOTT about her determination to fight back. IT was a two-week break in the Caribbean sunshine that was supposed to give
YOUR report (LET, May 17) about alleged electoral malpractice in Bastwell ward in the local authority election in Blackburn with Darwen in 2002 contains four inaccuracies. 1) The election was held on Thursday, May 2, 2002, and not in June. 2) Postal voting
POLICE who seized a computer and discs belonging to Stewart Hannah discovered more than 30,000 pornographic images of young girls. Blackburn magistrates heard the sordid collection found in a raid on his home included 30 images classified as 'level five
A HANDYMAN has been cleared of raping a schoolgirl and molesting her friend after a week-long trial at Burnley Crown Court. Alfred Scott, 50, was found not guilty of one charge of rape and six of indecent assault. He fought back tears as he was discharged
A 12-YEAR-old boy who has contributed to almost a quarter of Nelson's crime during recent years has been served with an anti-social behaviour order for two years. Sean O'Callaghan, of Nelson, was described as a 'prolific offender' and 'ringleader' of
BARNOLDSWICK Corn Mill and Valley Gardens are to be included in a conservation area linked to the Stream 'n' Steam water-powered heritage trail. A five-week period of consultation was carried out, between February 7 and March 14, to gauge residents' opinions
WORKERS at a Great Harwood engineering depot are deciding whether to go on strike for a pay rise. Mains layers and road resurfacers walked out for one day in February, saying they had not had a pay rise for two years. Bosses at the plant offered a bonus
SUNDAY, MAY 25 BLACKBURN: 10am-1pm: Aston Pharmacy, 95 Accrington Road; 10.30am-4.30pm: Superdrug Pharmacy, 5 Stonybutts; noon-1pm: Shadsworth Pharmacy, 221 Shadsworth Road. DARWEN: noon-1pm: Lloyds Pharmacy, 103 Blackburn Road. ACCRINGTON: 11am-1pm:
FRIDAY, MAY 30 BLACKBURN: To 9pm: Lloyds Pharmacy, 4-6 Railway Road; Cohen, 63 Whalley Range. To 8pm: Johnston Pharmacy, 50-52 Johnston Street. To 7.30pm: Aston Pharmacy, 95 Accrington Road. To 7pm: Moss Pharmacy, 314 Bolton Road; The Pharmacy, Oakenhurst
WEDNESDAY, MAY 28 BLACKBURN: To 9pm: Lloyds Pharmacy, 4-6 Railway Road; The Surgery (Chiropody), 132 Lammack Road; Cohen, 63 Whalley Range. To 8pm: Johnston Pharmacy, 50-52 Johnston Street. To 7.30pm: Aston Pharmacy, 95 Accrington Road. To 7pm: The Pharmacy
TUESDAY, MAY 27 BLACKBURN: To 9pm: Lloyds Pharmacy, 4-6 Railway Road; Cohen, 63 Whalley Range. To 8pm: Johnston Pharmacy, 50-52 Johnston Street. To 7.30pm: Aston Pharmacy, 95 Accrington Road. To 7pm: The Pharmacy, Oakenhurst Road; Geloo Bros, Cleaver
BURNLEY bosses plan to boost the club's coffers by using TWO shirt sponsors next season. Clarets boss Stan Ternent has his hands tied this summer as he looks to sign a host of players with no transfer funds at his disposal. Disappointing Turf Moor season
LITTER picking kids got involved in Greenweek by sweeping streets in Darwen. Around 20 children aged between eight and ten from Earcroft Community Base's Kids Crew tackled the litter problems of Lees Court. Organiser Michelle Rutherford said: "We decided
MORE than 20,000 people will head for Darwen over the bank holiday weekend for an event which has become one of the area's leading free festivals. 'Darwen 2003' will feature more than 40 bands playing at eight different venues around the town. Headlining
THE real story of Darwen's 16-year-old war hero Jack Banks has been revealed for the first time...thanks to the Lancashire Evening Telegraph. We reported on the fight by veterans to have the memory of the brave teenager - who entered World War Two but
A WOMAN who has fostered and cared for many children from East Lancashire decided to call it a day yesterday, retiring as a foster mum after 15 years in the role. For Joan Coyne, of Britannia Avenue, Bacup, it was both a sad and happy occasion after she
A 23-YEAR-OLD man suffering from paranoid delusions after taking a cocktail of drink and drugs the previous evening attacked two police officers, a court was told. Blackburn magistrates heard that Richard Wayne Cooper bit one officer and struck another
A JUDGE honoured the word of a colleague when he passed a non-custodial sentence on a Blackburn man for handling stolen goods. Andrew Helm appeared on a deferred sentence at Preston Crown Court where the 32-year-old was promised three months ago he would
POLICE today revealed that a new approach to crime-fighting has netted 348 arrests. In March, a hit-list of the top 20 most prolific offenders in the Eastern Division, covering Blackburn, Darwen, Hyndburn and the Ribble Valley, was announced. Officers
A MUf-two has been jailed for eight months after claiming almost £26,000 in benefits while she was working. Melanie Hale, 31, of Ailsa Road, Shadsworth, Blackburn, was sentenced at Preston Crown Court after pleading guilty to eight charges of dishonestly
A COMMUNITY devastated by the death of a teenager is staging a colourful celebration of the 19-year-old's life to raise money for her headstone. Rainbow Day, in memory of Gemma Leigh, whose father collapsed of an angina attack at the shock of being told
THERE are a million excuses not to study, but for one Blackburn woman attending class is so much fun -- she even chose to celebrate her 100th birthday there. Sarah Aspden, of Old Gates Nursing Home in Livesey Branch Road, attended her weekly reminiscence
ACCRINGTON Stanley could follow in the footsteps of Premiership neighbours Blackburn Rovers by launching their own Academy. The Nationwide Conference newcomers are looking into forming a youth set-up at the Crown Ground. Reds' chairman Eric Whalley believes
GORDON Armstrong is set to join the Burnley old-boys club by agreeing terms with Accrington Stanley. The former Clarets defender, released after serving the club for five years, has revealed he will sign a one-year deal with the Conference new boys this
By KINGFISHER OSWALDTWISTLE matchman Neil Livesey returned from his latest trip to Ireland with a pocketful of money and a whole lot more kudos. He may not have won the Waterways Ireland Classic Festival, formerly the Guinness, but to be runner-up he
Drive & Stroll, with RON FREETHY VISITORS To Lakeland often come because of threats to the countryside from industry. They conveniently forget that long before the dark satanic mills of Lancashire and Yorkshire, the Cumbrian woodlands were a veritable
A MAN threatened police and paramedics who went to his assistance when he was found lying on the ground in Montague Street, Blackburn. The town's magistrates were told that Stephen Holt appeared to be extremely drunk but defence solicitor Jonathan Taylor
A MAN gained entry to a doctor's surgery and a dental practice where his mother was employed as a cleaner. Blackburn magistrates heard that Mark Wade, 40, stole nearly £1,000 in two thefts from Holt's Dental Surgery in Preston New Road and £580 from St
POLICE called to a disturbance at a house in Ambleside Close, Blackburn, were greeted by a man in a sailor suit. And when they got inside the house, they were verbally abused by a drunken woman dressed in schoolgirl uniform. Blackburn magistrates heard
PROJECT manager for the Lancashire Partnership for Road Safety Ian Bell (Letters, May 13) is trying to make us believe that speed cameras are really safety cameras and are there to prevent accidents and not to raise millions of pounds in fines. Yet, in
IN reply to my earlier remarks, Hamish McLean (Letters, May 19) says the people of Darwen are not to blame for the demise of the town, but the council is for not sharing the money out evenly and now, Blackburn is in the black, thanks to Darwen. Ridiculous
SMALL-minded politics should be overcome and the citizens of Pendle should come first rather than petty bickering by councillors playing some kind of power game between themselves. I stood as a Liberal Democrat candidate in the last two local elections
AS a person with no political axe to grind, I feel I must comment on your article (LET, May 16) headlined 'Shop sale rap for council's leader' and the comments by Coun Graham Jones, of Peel Ward, Accrington. I find it mind-blowing that an inference was
COUNCIL chiefs have vowed to continue their crackdown on rogue taxi drivers after a private hire car driver was fined for plying for trade in Burnley town centre. Pervaiz Akhter, of Cromwell Street, Burnley, was ordered to pay a fine of £130 and £125
BLACKBURN boss Graeme Souness is lining up a swoop for another defender - regardless of whether he lands Rangers' Lorenzo Amoruso or not. Souness has already struck a deal with the Gers for Amoruso and hopes to tie up the signing of the Italian after
A FOOTBALL hooligan who breached an order banning him from Burnley Football Club's ground Turf Moor will also be banned from leaving his house at certain times of the day. Nicholas Speake, 25, of Boundary Street, Burnley, appeared before magistrates in
CONTROVERSIAL and ambitious plans for the £20million Phase Five development at Burnley General Hospital will be be discussed at a meeting on Wednesday. More than 170 new beds in five separate wards will be created for dermatology and stroke patients.
A MAN who swung a golf club during the 2001 Burnley riots has won his freedom following successful appeals by a string of others who also took to the streets. Asad Khan, 20, of North Street, Burnley was sentenced to 18 months detention at Preston Crown
A NUISANCE neighbour who has breached her anti-social behaviour order several times since it was served in March has been sent to jail for 14 days. Maralynne Birchenough, 52, of Partridge Hill Street, Padiham, appeared before Burnley magistrates yesterday
COUNCIL chiefs have vowed to continue their crackdown on rogue taxi drivers after a private hire car driver was fined for plying for trade in Burnley town centre. Pervaiz Akhter, of Cromwell Street, Burnley, was ordered to pay a fine of £130 and £125
PEOPLE intending to carry out building work which could include building or removing walls and floors are being urged by Pendle Council to seek advice first. Building Regulations concerning the construction of walls and floors between dwellings will be
RESEARCH by boffins at the University of Leicester has found that an astonishing one in three people in Britain is suffering from Celebrity Worship Syndrome after becoming obsessed with their idol. Extreme sufferers admit they would lie, steal or worse
COMPANY bosses have offered a "substantial reward" for information after thieves broke into an aerospace factory in Kelbrook and stole almost £200,000 worth of tools and aerospace blades. Police in Pendle are appealing for help in tracking down two white
CORONATION Street star Julie Hesmondhalgh is one of the first to take up our call for nominations for East Lancashire's best community group. The Pride of East Lancashire Community Group Award is designed to reward associations that have been successful
MEMBERS of Accrington Stanley's newest supporters' club branch were set to lend their support to the team's civic reception today. The club is to be honoured with a special reception at Accrington Town Hall, and at least two members of the Omagh supporters
A COUNCIL has divided up its chief executive role among existing senior managers and said that it may do away with the job altogether. Hyndburn Borough Council has not appointed a replacement for Mike Chambers, a job believed to be worth about £90,000
A HEADTEACHER has warned he may have to send pupils home and make staff redundant if he does not get more money. Alasdair Coates, head of St Christopher's High School, Queens Road West, Accrington, said he would have to take the drastic action if the
BLACKBURN: 10am-1pm: Aston Pharmacy, 95 Accrington Road; noon-1pm: Lloyds Pharmacy, 4-6 Railway Road. DARWEN: noon-4pm: Boots Chemist, 8 Market Street. ACCRINGTON: 10am-noon: Lloyds Pharmacy, 27 Broadway; 11am-noon: Nash Chemists, 240 Union Road, Oswaldtwistle
THURSDAY, MAY 29 BLACKBURN: To 9pm: Lloyds Pharmacy, 4-6 Railway Road; Cohens Chemist, 63 Whalley Range; To 8pm: Johnston Pharmacy, 50-52 Johnston Street. To 7.30pm: Aston Pharmacy, 95 Accrington Road. To 6.30pm: Donald Wood Ltd, 53 Fishmoor Drive; Healthbook
THE Telegraph's campaign to highlight the Pride of East Lancashire has its very own section on the thisislancashire.co.uk website. From the front page you can catch up on all the latest news and features, as well as recent stories if you have missed any
SAJID MAHMOOD produced a five-star performance for Lancashire on the last day at Durham University. And that seems certain to earn the tall Bolton seamer another National League chance against Scotland at Old Trafford tomorrow. Mahmood followed his four
EAST Lancashire have the perfect opportunity to put last year's Inter League Club Challenge Trophy disappointment firmly behind them on Monday. They take on Rochdale in a repeat of the 2002 final, giving them the ideal opportunity for revenge for the
BLACKBURN boss Graeme Souness is lining up a swoop for another defender - regardless of whether he lands Rangers' Lorenzo Amoruso or not. Souness has already struck a deal with the Gers for Amoruso and hopes to tie up the signing of the Italian after
BURNLEY bosses plan to boost the club's coffers by using TWO shirt sponsors next season. Clarets boss Stan Ternent has his hands tied this summer as he looks to sign a host of players with no transfer funds at his disposal. Disappointing Turf Moor season
RESIDENTS in Rossendale will be given the opportunity to learn new skills which are not always covered by college courses, during sessions at the drop-in centre, in Newchurch Road, Stacksteads. The Stacksteads Connect project aims to provide learning
LANCASHIRE Chief Constable Paul Stephenson will join local residents on a Bacup estate later this month to celebrate a unique achievement. Following months of hard work, an area of the Pennine Road estate known as Mettlecote, is to be presented with the
BURGLAR Lee Holden was grabbed and detained by the man whose house he had broken into. Blackburn magistrates heard that as the two men struggled a second intruder made good his escape and Holden had refused to name him to the police. Holden, 26, of no
PENSIONER Patricia Curry could be paying for the rest of her life for the only blemish on an otherwise hard working, industrious and honest life. Blackburn magistrates heard that the 64-year-old grandmother had claimed housing and council tax benefit
FOUR families on a Blackburn estate have threatened to withhold their rent unless Twin Valley Homes repairs to their homes. Residents of Brecon Road issued the ultimatum after homes owned by the association on the Whitebirk estate were modernised. Carol
MORE than 100,000 police officers are to be monitored for side-effects of using the controversial radio system Airwave, the government has announced. The Home Office revealed details of the £5million health study yesterday, almost 18 months after Lancashire
COLNE Cricket Club won their second successive Lancashire Evening Telegraph Team Knockout competition title when they defeated Turton Bowling Club in the final at the Globe Bowling green on Sunday. Colne Cricket's Andy Crokall won 21-17 to give the holders
The Saturday Interview: This week, GARETH AINSWORTH, who was twice denied a play-off chance by his favourite club and hero FOR a player who wasn't good enough to get in to his school team, discarded by his beloved Blackburn Rovers and first played professional
