THE big red book came out for Margaret Lain when she retired from law firm Ramsbottom & Co. Senior partner at the Blackburn firm, Malcolm Clay, took on the role of Michael Aspel for the surprise at Magaret's farewell party. Mum-of-four Margaret, of
A NEW product to tackle mudflap problems on trucks and lorries vehicles has been launched by a Burnley firm. Boydell and Jacks, of Healey Wood Industrial Estate, has designed the product to solve the problem of mud flaps being ripped off when vehicles
A NATIONAL business expert is coming to East Lancashire to help firms maximise their income. Sri Srikanthan, from the Cranfield University School of Management, will be guest speaker at the next Corporate Members event of ELTEC on June 19. He is a management
A LANCASHIRE building society boss has warned that 'carpetbaggers' are having a serious effect on the movement. Evan Pilkington, chairman of the Chorley & District Building society said members of the public joining societies in the hope of cash windfalls
A GIRL was seriously ill in hospital today after suffering head injuries in a road accident. Four-year-old Nabila Ahmed was in collision with a Mini in Accrington Road, Blackburn, at 8.55 last night. Nabila, of Longton Street, Blackburn, was taken unconscious
HUNDREDS of mourners lined the streets as a father who died during a police arrest was laid to rest. The Mill Hill area of Blackburn ground to a halt as the last respects were paid to 40-year-old John Gardiner. A horse-drawn hearse, a carbon copy of the
THE eye condition, glaucoma, accounts for 13 per cent of those on the blind register. Yet this is usually preventable if the disease is detected early. During our annual Frog Week campaign For Relief Of Glaucoma, we want to alert as many people as possible
HEALTH chiefs have revealed that sickness absence at an East Lancashire hospital has been slashed. Figures released today showed there was a massive 52 per cent reduction in lost days at Calderstones hospital between 1994/95 and 1995/96. And the number
A THOUSAND workers in East Lancashire were to escape a massive ICI jobs axe, it was revealed. Takeover-threatened ICI said although it had identified a total of 4,000 jobs to be cut nationwide and it was going ahead with a major restructuring, Darwen
A REMARKABLE performance by Nisarahmed Noray saw the 32-year-old smash the Blackburn Amateur Cricket League bowling record by claiming 10 wickets for just five runs for Limefield against Muslim CC. Incredibly, eight of his victims were clean bowled while
A COMBINATION of soft ground and a blistering finish from Jack Berry-trained Garnock Valley denied local favourite Swan at Whalley his first win of the season at Musselburgh last night. The four-year-old gelding, owned by Capt Harry Barlow, landlord of
CLITHEROE skipper Phil Bishop won't be taking anything for granted when his side go to Whalley tomorrow, even though there could hardly be a bigger contrast between the teams on current form. Whalley are the Vaux Ribblesdale League's rock-bottom strugglers
GUY Whittall doesn't see any reason why underdogs Rawtenstall should not be celebrating another Jennings Worsley Cup prize scalp tomorrow night. The popular Zimbabwean, thoroughly enjoying his first season at Bacup Road, helped Rawtenstall shrug off their
WHEN IS the government going to blow the cross-Channel booze smugglers out of the water? For three years now, this racket has been wrecking jobs and costing the country a fortune in lost tax. It has now got to such an extent that today it is disclosed
THE GOVERNMENT'S reforms of the NHS five years ago may have brought improvements in terms of more patients being treated and waiting lists being cut - but has the price been worth it? For today Labour claims the upshot has also been a hugely expensive
LABOUR MPs have accused the Government of delaying a Bill to allow disabled people to use government cash to tailor their own personal care schemes. The Government has been defeated twice over a provIsion to allow the over-65s to make use of the proposed
A MOTORBIKE ace from East Lancashire was killed today while practising for the TT races on the Isle of Man. Professional biker Mick Lofthouse, 28, of Dudley Avenue, Oswaldtwistle - a good friend of World Superbike Champion Carl Fogarty - died after losing
THE INTERNET pages of the Lancashire Evening Telegraph have led to a new computer systems firm in Burnley receiving an enquiry from California. Crest Computer Systems operating from the Northbridge Centre, Elm Street, Burnley, was set up just a few months
TWO motorcyclists on their way to the Isle of Man TT races were killed in a horrific smash near Blackburn town centre. Pillion passenger Andrew Edmondson, 34, of Wayoh Croft, Turton, and rider Michael Abbott, 40, of Lakeside, Windermere, died instantly
YOUNG Kimberley Hill has only been showing her prize pooch, Lulu, since February, but she has already won a place in the semi-finals of Junior Handler of the Year competition. Kimberley, 12, a pupil of Towneley High School, Burnley, dotes on her Lhasa
MOTORISTS are being warned to tread carefully as police launch a month-long clampdown on defective tyres. The blitz will last for the month of June and is aimed at improving road safety as well as educating drivers about the dangers of using illegal tyres
BURNLEY are 12 to 1 shots to land the 1996-97 Second Division crown. Odds released today by local bookmakers Bradlow Racing leave the Clarets as one of the leading contenders to make a powerful challenge for the title. The Clarets go in at 12 to 1 alongside
RAY Harford has drawn up plans for an intense spying operation by Blackburn Rovers during Euro 96. The Ewood boss, his assistant Tony Parkes and first team coach Derek Fazackerley will spearhead the surveillance of European football's top stars over the
MAY I thank the staff of the Medical Assessment Unit at Blackburn Infirmary for their administrations to my mother during her final hours. On behalf of my father, my sisters and myself, I should like to mention in particular Sister Newton, for her kindness
A MULTI-BILLION pound merger was today announced by major East Lancashire employer Lucas Industries. The news that Lucas is to join forces with the American Varity Corporation in a £3.2 billion deal ended weeks of speculation and was given a cautious
A PARK is to be turned into a battle zone for Darwen Library Players' production of "The Accrington Pals." The play by Peter Whelan, will be a promenade production through Sunnyhurst Woods, where a special "Trench" will be recreated. Secretary Craig Smytheman
PUBLIC opinion is wanted on Labour plans to tackle youth crime. Pendle MP Gordon Prentice is canvassing views of his constituents on the party's new proposals, which have been outlined by Shadow Home Secretary and Blackburn MP Jack Straw. "Youth crime
ASIAN parents send their children to Church of England aided schools because they recognise they are "of God". That was said today by the Bishop of Blackburn, speaking for the first time since a vicar who quit warned of a non-Christian takeover of his
CLOSING rounds of 68 and 71 by Stuart Andrew of Clitheroe hauled him back into contention yesterday in the Lagonda Trophy at Gogmagog Golf Club in Cambridgeshire. But his total of 287 was good enough for only sixth position, four shots behind the winner
GLEN CHAPPLE was today aiming to build on his best spell of the season. Lancashire's highly-rated young paceman has been struggling with the knee injury which plagued him for much of last year, missing five games in all competitions including the Benson
IWAS under the impression that the reason for building motorway links was to alleviate the volume of traffic at bottlenecks and in built-up areas. Now, our eminent town councillors want to rubber-stamp a deal to site a haulage firm on the demolished Lower
IN his article 'New Lab for old' (LET, May 22), John Blunt, disguised as the aged, but wise, story-teller, attempts to portray the unions as the wicked and evil uncles of Aladdin, intent on getting hold of the magic lamp of militancy and disrupting the
COUNCIL officers are to meet teachers to try to cut down on teenage litterbugs dropping rubbish on their way to school. People living in Hereford Road and Gibfield Road, Colne, are fed up of litter and rubbish being dropped outside their homes and on
LICENSEES are raising their glasses to plans to allow pubs to open until midnight at weekends. Government proposals will mean an extra hour's drinking on Friday and Saturday nights . And for nightclubs it will extend opening until 3am on those nights.
THE handling of the BSE crisis by the Government is a betrayal of the people, made worse by the opposition parties who are more concerned about losing support than challenging government deception. The Government has skilfully diverted attention from
COST conscious councillors have stubbed out a plan to pay council staff up to £50 each to stop smoking. The cash hand-out, which would have cost around £3,000, would have been used to pay for anti-smoking therapies such as hypnosis, acupuncture and nicotine
