PENDLE MP Gordon Prentice has discovered there are almost 400 farms in Britain still affected by radioactive fall out from the Chernobyl disaster in the Ukraine 20 years ago. A Department of Health Parliamentary answer has admitted there are 375 farms
A COLNE student is to jet off to the Indian Ocean to study wildlife under the threat of extinction. Gemma Dale, will go from big cats to little bats when she travels to Christmas Island this summer. The 19-year-old, a second- year ecology student at
CRAIG Bellamy might be setting the Premiership alight with his goalscoring exploits for Blackburn Rovers but he's not the only striker at the club who's in red hot form. Matt Derbyshire, the 19-year-old forward currently on loan at Wrexham, scored his
I MUST admit that Saturday didn't start well. When I turned the corner into the ground I was faced with a queue the like of which is generally reserved for the visit of Manchester United or Celtic, never mind Middlesbrough. For one moment I allowed myself
Turkish midfield ace Tugay is ready to snub a lucrative offer to play in Qatar in favour of finishing his career with Blackburn Rovers. The former Galatasaray star, who is hoping to be fit for Saturday's clash with Sunderland, is out of contract at the
Everybody is looking for Mr Right but Rossendale Players are going a step further in search of Mr Wonderful, opening on April 1. Norma Green is a 40-something singleton desperate to find Mr Wonderful while caring for her bedridden mother, Phoebe. Using
ROLL up, roll up, for the greatest debate in the history of the circus. A Blackburn solicitor today revealed he would play a key part in helping the Government decide whether to ban certain animals from the ring. Malcolm Clay, 60, of Mellor, is known
A business breakfast is to be held at the East Lancashire Chamber of Commerce, Red Rose Court, Clayton-le-Moors, on Thursday to give firms advice on how the internet is affecting the law. Mark Lomas, of Ashfords Solicitors, and Tony Fisher, managing
A CLITHEROE postman who captured two sleeping horses on camera will see his snap published in a charity book. Peter Ryan, who works in the town's delivery office, was among 1,300 Royal Mail employees who submitted more than 20,000 photographs for the
Why don't the highways, or whoever it is that paints all those yellow lines that tell us where we can't park, look at the problem a bit more laterally? Instead of painting every bit of kerb, every lovely country lane with double yellow lines, just paint
On a wet Wednesday when the streets were deserted and all shops closed, we parked on Darwen Street, Blackburn, to attend a meeting at the BBC studio. It was coming up to 7pm, we thought parking restrictions were finished and in the inclement weather
THE tightest security arrangements ever witnessed in East Lancashire are being drawn up ahead of Condoleezza Rice's visit to the area. Lancashire Police are understood to have put together a huge operation in conj- unction with Amer-ican security serv-ices
HAVE you got news for us? A brand new postbox has been installed in a newsagent in Accrington for Lancashire Evening Telegraph readers to keep us in touch with any local news. Our office in Edgar Street, Accrington, are now closed, but Broadway News,
HAVE you got news for us? A brand new postbox has been installed in a newsagent in Darwen for Lancashire Evening Telegraph readers to keep us in touch with any local news. Our office in Bridge Street, Darwen, is now closed, but Dixons, in Duckworth Street
A LEADING Hyndburn councillor has called for a "stay of execution" for the doomed Church Library until the future use of the building resolved. Deputy leader of the council, Coun Brian Roberts, fears the library will be left to rot while Lancashire County
North West MEP Gary Titley is one of more than 400 MEPs calling on UEFA to eliminate racism from football. MEPs are campaigning to impose heavy fines on clubs for racist incidents. Mr Titley said: "Over recent seasons black footballers including English
HEALTH bosses will today decide what the public will be asked during a controversial review of East Lancashire's hospital services. Twelve key figures from the area's three Primary Care Trusts, which pay for hospital treatment, will meet at Accrington
AWARD winning Rossendale packaging company Flexipol is to expand its operation after wrapping up a new lease deal. For Flexipol has agreed a new six-year deal for a 12,300 sq ft unit with the Hurstwood Group on the Carrs Industrial Estate in Haslingden
HALF of the on-the-spot fines handed out by police in a bid to crackdown on troublemakers have not been paid, it has been revealed. The Government figures, obtained by an East Lancashire MP, have prompted calls for tougher action against people committing
BURNLEY Football Club has teamed up with the police to become the first club in the North West to turn to text messaging in a bid to give bad behaviour the boot at football matches. As part of their continued drive to reduce anti-social and offensive
A MOTHER-of-three was today facing a lifetime of blindness after being "badly beaten" during a major disturbance outside a Blackburn pub. The family of Rebecca Shorrock, of Preston Old Road, said the 22-year-old was being treated at Burnley General Hospital
A FATHER-OF-FOUR has collapsed and died at home after appearing to choke on an apple. Paramedics tried to revive self-employed landscape gardener Bryan Orrell, 42, at his home in Hoddlesden but he was pronounced dead at Blackburn Infirmary. Today his
A CHURCH raider who has been jailed 13 times even though he is only 20 is behind bars again. Steven Rawcliffe had 26 previous convictions for burglary and was following in the footsteps of his father and sister who had been in and out of prison, Burnley
THE controversial review of services at Burnley General Hospital will launch today - but you will have no choice to stop 40 per cent of beds getting the axe. A document will be put forward in which two options are likely to get the nod and go on to public
A RAMSBOTTOM bridegroom died seconds after he was hit by a car as he raced home to make preparations on his wedding day, an inquest heard. Steven Hewart, 25, who had been staying at his father's home the night before, had nipped out on the day of the
A COURT bench which slashed a mother-of-13's unpaid fines after she was caught driving while banned was only following guidelines, magistrates' bosses said today. As reported in yesterday's Lancashire Evening Telegraph, the decision to cut Ellen Morris's
YOUNGSTERS from a Pendle school have done their bit to brighten up a park in Nelson. Children from Walverden Primary School, have for the second time, help to plant shrubs in Walverden Park in a bid to keep the site looking attractive. The children
A BURNLEY teenager is on the run from police after he was charged under centuries-old legislation for throwing a snowball. The 15-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was arrested after throwing what police have described as "iceballs" at
POLICE today appealed for parents to keep a tighter rein on their children after a boy of just TEN was found slumped drunk and semi-conscious in the street. And an alcohol campaign group condemned the incident and called for more to be done to tackle
JOHN Coleman counts Southport manager Liam Watson as a friend, but he will be hoping to contribute to his downfall tonight. Watson's troops are rock bottom of the Nationwide Conference and the odds of avoiding the drop are stacked against them after
IT seems an age ago since a solitary Ade Akinbiyi strike fired Burnley into the play-offs. Boxing Day 2005 was the last time before Saturday that Burnley and Stoke City met, and at the time both clubs had realistic aspirations of bagging a place in the
CROCKED defender Wayne Thomas will miss the final eight games of Burnley's Championship season with a broken foot. Thomas, who has already had one lengthy lay off this season with a cruciate knee injury, fractured a metatarsal bone in his right foot
BLACKBURN Rovers are offering fans the chance to purchase season tickets for next season at this season's prices by taking advantage of the club's new Early Bird' scheme. The special price freeze - which is available for both renewals and new purchases
A TOUCH of the even wilder west will be on show at Accrington and Rossendale College when performing arts students stage The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, starting on April 3. Miss Mona runs a clean, upstanding business' in the little town of Gilbert
THERE are lots of twist and turns to be cleared up in Hoghton Players next production, which opens on April 6. The group is presenting the comedy Crystal Clear, by Franklin L Cary and Philip King. The play features a cast of six including familiar
SCIENTISTS should freeze Peter Duncan's DNA. The man is truly bionic. In his fifties, he is at the top of Channel Four's The Games, beating men 30 years his junior. He will go down in history. Who knew that Blue Peter presenters were in fact a master
A KEEN Darwen sportsman has launched a campaign against plans for Darwen's new-look leisure centre. The centre is set to close for 18 months to allow for work on a £9million renovation. But Bill Stemp, general manager of Darwen Rangers FC and chairman
RE the impending closure of the Lewis Textile Museum, Blackburn. It is high time people who are elected as our councillors should be required by law to attend some kind of training programme, with the heritage of the town they serve being part of the
HOORAH! Dog wardens to patrol the canal banks. Sadly I have yet to see them! As a dog owner who regularly walks down the canal with my dog (and who does "pick up"), I am disgusted at the number of dog walkers who let their dogs foul the paths and banks
A COLLECTION at Sainsbury's Darwen, on behalf of the local RSPCA branch, totalled £364.35. A big thank you goes out to the people of Darwen on behalf of all the animals at our Rehoming Centre at Altham. The money will help with the cost of feeding,
EVERY year millions of pensioners hope this Labour government will break with its tradition of being the skinflint party and substantially increase pensions, but every year for those pensioners who worked all their lives it's the same old story peanuts
Pubs and cafes in Blackburn with Darwen are being targeted as part of a national crackdown on the sale of pirate DVDs. The Industry Trust for IP Awareness is launching a new campaign to highlight the problem. According to research, more than one in
TWO authors who claim best-selling book The Da Vinci Code copied their ideas will have a Blackburn solicitor to thank if they win their fight in the High Court. Authors Michael Baigent and Richard Leigh, who wrote the Holy Blood and the Holy Grail in
Air. Something we take for granted? That's the concept of Ben Elton's play Gasping, being performed in Blackburn from March 22. Sir Chiffley Lockheart is an old-time pirate and corporate exec. His successful Lockheart Industries company has "a profit
A few years back, when Yeah Yeah Yeahs' Karen O pouted and purred she caused tremors of excitement in shoe-gazing indie boys, while their girlfriends rushed to H&M to copy her outfits. But while recording this opening single from their second full
Mali's most famous musician, Ali Farka Toure, tragically died of cancer earlier this month, but the sound lives on with the likes of Grammy nominees Amadou and Mariam, enjoying a renaissance after nearly 30 years together. It's rare for a Francophone
ONE of Pretend Girlfriend's tracks is entitled Live In Hope - and that is exactly what the Padiham-based four-piece have been doing. That and working tirelessly to perfect their sound, promote their material and play at as many gigs as possible.
Irresistible new pop trio Dear Eskiimo are threatening to blow the roof off the charts with their debut single Be Patient. And while they're based in Manchester, the musical wizard in the band, Simon Templeman, comes from Clitheroe. Dear Eskiimo's
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