CHURCH magazine Rave, produced by a youth group at the Church of the Redeemer, Blackburn, is in the running for a national award. It won the Lancashire heat of the 1997 Ecclesiastical Insurance Parish Magazine Contest for its "excellent and imaginative
A WORLDWIDE search has been launched for a former Blackburn Rovers director who has been missing for a month. Interpol are looking in four countries following the sudden disappearance of business tycoon and Holocaust survivor Walter Hubert, 65, who was
A BAREFOOT and tearful ten-year-old girl was rescued after climbing on to a 25ft high roof. Lyndsey Maguire had been sliding down the sloping roof of a dance school in Malt Street, Accrington, with her best friend when she became stranded last night.
EAST Lancashire railway vandals were warned they were risking their lives by playing deadly pranks with speeding trains. The grim warning followed an incident near Darwen station when a train packed with Rovers fans was forced to a halt because rubble
LANCASHIRE couldn't have asked for much more from their pre-season preparations - now for the serious business. They completed a six-wicket victory over Yorkshire in the four-day friendly at Headingley on Saturday, following an excellent two-week tour
AUSTRALIAN professional Bruce Hara defied bitterly cold weather with an opening day century for Barnoldswick in the Vaux Ribblesdale League. Hara battered through the innings for 108 as he steered the Victory Park club to a nine wicket victory over Padiham
CARL Fogarty retained second spot overall in the World Superbike Championship after two wet races at Misano in Italy, round two of the 1997 series. The 1994 and 1995 world champion from Blackburn finished third in both races as the American John Kocinski
BLACKBURN sealed the Northwest Division One title this weekend with a convincing victory against strugglers Oldershaw. History set this match up as a potential banana skin for Blackburn who spoiled Oldershaw's chances of promotion when the position was
MARRIAGE has failed to dilute the competitive juices in Chris Harris, writes BRIAN DOOGAN. That was the stark message conveyed by the Kiwi at Acre Bottom after he and new wife Linda arrived to charm the Ramsbottom faithful. A best of the day 59, which
SHOP owners were today counting the cost of a blaze which ripped through nine properties. Detectives and fire officials are still investigating how the fire started above a former Cantonese take-away in New Wellington Street, Mill Hill, Blackburn, late
DOG owners who don't keep to new, tougher legislation will be prosecuted, warn Pendle Council. The authority's bid to solve the problem of dog fouling starts with a campaign launched today at Ball Grove picnic site near Colne. To stay within the law,
A CLUTCH of East Lancashire companies today won accolades in the coveted Queen's Awards for industry. Four firms in the area have been highlighted for export achievements - the highest number in the North West - and the Blackburn-based Scapa Group is
ARE you in a feud with colleagues? If so, the BBC wants to hear from you for a new documentary series about the workplace. We're looking for people who have particular stories to tell about their work. Maybe there's a long-running feud between two colleagues
COMPANY bosses Carl and Mark Tatlow are putty in the hands of their workers! The partners of Blackburn firm Tatlow Signs had agreed to provide ten banners for Derian House Children's Hospice for half-price. But the following day, as they sat having their
Looking Back, with Eric Leaver THESE days, they qualify for sedate Saga Holidays, but among the greying grandparents of East Lancashire there is a bunch who once shocked Britain with their wildness. Just over 40 years ago, they really put Burnley on the
IN response to your headline 'Muddy Hell' (LET, April 11) I would like to inform your readers that this is not representative of the people who live on the Stoops Estate in Burnley. The damage done to these properties was caused by outsiders who, in the
A MISSING girl has returned home after disappearing more than a week ago on her 15th birthday. Emma Jones went back to the family home in Blackburn after reading her mother's plea in the Lancashire Evening Telegraph for help to find her. The teenager
FREEMASONS in Burnley threw their lodge open to the public for the first time in an attempt to rid themselves of the "secret society" image. By mid afternoon more than 500 people had attended the open day at Burnley Freemasons' Hall, Nelson House, Nelson
AN "independent" who was earmarked to "referee" a major clash of General Election candidates in Burnley offered to stand down amid claims he was a Labour Party activist. St Peter's Primary School head Denis Otter was to chair the traditional church-led
A NEW campaign against racial attacks and harassment in Blackburn and Darwen was being launched today. The initiative, backed by the police and the town hall, has been put together by the borough's Racial Attack Forum. Pioneering ideas in the scheme include
YOU need look no further than Adrian Heath's candid programme notes to understand his prospective Turf Moor manifesto, writes TONY DEWHURST. In his frank appraisal of the season, the Burnley manager articulated about the tough decisions that must surely
ONCE again we have a member of the public, Mr Johnson (LET, April 14) expecting clemency for illegal parking. The answer, of course, is to drop the 'ill patient' off at the doorstep of the hospital, clinic etc and for the driver to then go and park correctly
MORE than 200 people helped a Blackburn-based business support agency celebrate its 10th birthday. Among the visitors to Boostrap's celebrations were clients who have benefited from its services during the past decade. Project co-ordinator Elizabeth Taylor
COMEDIAN Benny Hill died of a heart attack while watching television. The 67-year-old saucy comic was found dead after police broke down the door of his luxury home overlooking the Thames. They were alerted by neighbours who had not seen him for days.
CHRIS Sutton defiantly hit back at his critics today and told them - I was just doing my best for Blackburn Rovers, writes PETER WHITE. And the £5 million striker was given 100 per cent backing from his Ewood team-mates who, unprompted, publicly declared
WASIM Akram has suffered a serious injury and is heading to England earlier than expected for intensive treatment. And there is a fear now that he could be out of action until the middle of May, sidelining him for the Benson and Hedges Cup qualifying
NEW professionals Shane Lee and Corrie Jordaan were the toast of Enfield and Lowerhouse yesterday, as the EW Cartons Lancashire League got off to a red-hot start in ice-cool temperatures. Enfield's Australian Lee hammered a best-of-the-day 127 not out
THE new initiative launched today in East Lancashire to fight racism and harassment, in the form of the police and council-backed Racial Attack Forum, is a welcome venture. The evils of race-based bigotry do need purging from our society. This venture
JOHN Major makes a bid today to switch education to the top of the election agenda, with a plan to create hundreds more grammar schools. But a feud over Europe between Home Secretary Michael Howard and pro-European Chancellor Kenneth Clark means that
THE latest position on Burnley market traders' battle for compensation from their council landlords will be spelled out at their annual meeting this month. The Tenants' Association is asking for cash for disruption and loss of trade during major improvement
Arsenal 1 Rovers 1 AS Highbury seethed with self-righteous rage over what could best be described as a breach of etiquette, one man stood out from the crowd as an island of inner calm in all the drama, writes PETER WHITE. For Tony Parkes had already shown
EVERY town and village in the Indian province of Jammu Kashmir has now received a letter from supporters of student hostage Paul Wells. Paul's father Bob urged people to help his son by writing to families in the troubled region to ask for information
CAMPAIGNERS are fighting on in their battle to stop new houses being built on allotments in Baxenden. Residents and allotment-holders, alarmed at the threatened loss of their 'oasis' want allotment land at Hill Street put back into the green belt when
TONY Parkes hasn't slammed the door shut on Graeme Le Saux, who was today named with Tim Flowers in the England squad for the next World Cup qualifier, despite being axed by Blackburn Rovers on Saturday. The caretaker manager didn't even put Le Saux on
A NEW travelling youth centre for Burnley teenagers will soon be touring the streets. Thanks to a Burnley Challenge Fund grant, a £25,000 fully fitted Ford van has been converted into a youngsters' mobile meeting place with ten seats, cooking facilities
DETERMINED Adrian Heath is planning a major Turf Moor clear-out after Burnley's Second Division play-off hopes crumbled, writes TONY DEWHURST. Saturday's 3-3 draw against relegated Rotherham United means the Clarets can now only reach 70 points. And that
