AMBITIOUS Raza Ahmed hopes to pursue a career in law and is getting a taste for it already on an XTEND Modern Apprenticeship. Raza, 20, from Nelson, is one of two apprentices at solicitors Bukhari and Co in the town, run by husband and wife team Nadeem
BUSINESSES have been challenged to adopt not one but 31 New Year's resolutions in a bid to avoid paying thousands of pounds in damages. Each of the resolutions has been included in an "Office of Horrors" calendar which features daily legal horrors and
SEVENTEEN hardy individuals took the plunge into the icy waters of Lee Dam, Lumbutts, Todmorden, in the annual New Year's dip. Cheered on by a crowd of over 100, the swimmers, many in fancy dress, ran into the murky waters of the moorland dam before swimming
POLICE have renewed their appeal for information on a Burnley man who has been missing for two months. Former milkman Colin Patchett was last seen by his wife, Doreen, when he left their home in Marsden Road, Burnley, to return to the hospital where he
A CHILD whose Christmas was ruined by a thief is smiling again - thanks to the Lancashire Evening Telegraph. Carl Slater, seven, of Manitoba Close, Lammack, Blackburn, was devastated when one of the ice hockey gloves he had been given was stolen. It was
PENDLE MP Gordon Prentice has stepped up his long-running campaign to allow the medical use of cannabis. His move to persuade the government to allow cannabis to be prescribed by doctors comes in the wake of the publicity and controversy concerning Home
NOT only do we have to contend with our shop's 'A-board' going, but we now have the problem of drivers re-routing up Higher Cockcroft, through the nearby private car park and going down Lower Cockcroft to get back on to Northgate in Blackburn. This has
Looking Back, with Eric Leaver IS there a lion's grave in Blackburn? That was the question asked by Looking Back last week on behalf of an 87-year-old reader who, intrigued by the legend as a young lad, went digging - without success - for the buried
Winter Walk, with Ron Freethy: Kirkby Lonsdale IF you decide to hibernate each time the weather looks cold you can miss such a lot of fun in the countryside within easy reach of Lancashire. There are several walks along the River Lune, for example, which
PARENTS and staff from a Nelson primary school have persuaded Pendle Council to improve a neighbouring back street. The 120-name petition from the nursery unit at Walverden School called on the council to improve back Temple Street, tackle a dog fouling
CHRIS Waddle and Burnley are coming under increasing pressure from anxious supporters as their position at the foot of the Second Division worsens. Tomorrow night's Auto Windscreens Shield tie against Notts County at Turf Moor has become a crucial clash
BLACKBURN Rovers have not had any approach from Switzerland for manager Roy Hodgson. A report in a Sunday newspaper claimed that Hodgson had turned down an offer to return to his old job as coach to the Swiss national team in favour of staying at Ewood
FA Cup 3rd round: Blackburn Rovers 4 Wigan Athletic 2 - Peter White's big match verdict KEVIN Gallacher is having the time of his life - and it could get even better. A summer in France and World Cup glory beckon for the wee Scot with the big heart and
A TECHNOLOGY company is celebrating after achieving an international quality standard. The Blackburn-based CMS Group, which employs 22 people, specialises in keeping computer systems up to date in local companies and government offices. It consists of
TRADERS across East Lancashire are set to unite to tackle the controversial A-board ban and other problems. Moves are being made to revamp the former East Lancashire Chamber of Trade to add more clout to calls for action. It is planned that the new group
MAJOR East Lancashire road schemes were being shelved because of Government cash cuts. The cuts meant the start of work on the £3,628,000 Blackburn Eastern Radial Route and the £1,136,000 Accrington town centre relief road were certain to be put back
A POLICE chief today pledged to continue a hard-hitting clampdown on drink drivers after 13,000 breath tests were carried out during a month-long festive purge. Figures have revealed that the number of injury accidents in Lancashire were halved during
VITAL aid was delivered to a cold and hungry community living in almost Arctic conditions. Fund-raising Great Harwood businessman John Boast had just returned from a mercy mission to Romania. Mr Boast and helpers Tony Robinson and Gillian Hindle distributed
PART of Preston railway station remained closed today after a weekend of stormy weather made the glass roof structure unsafe. Football fans faced delays following Saturday's FA Cup tie at Ewood Park after damage by strong winds forced the closure of all
THE finishing touches are being put to multi-million pound improvement project which has spanned the last five years. The Blackburn City Challenge project will finish this March and council leaders are already looking at new ways of bringing more funding
THANK you for having the wonderful feature, enabling us to send greetings free on the Internet. My husband, children and I live in Welland, Ontario, Canada. It was very nice to send in an online greeting. The Internet makes the world seem a little smaller
TRAVEL agents in East Lancashire are being hit with a booking boom as holidaymakers rush to claim their seats in the sun. This year looks set to be a big one for the travel industry judging from the fantastic start to the New Year, with Florida and Spanish
I WAS pleased to see that a magistrate wanted to take tougher action against drink drivers (LET, December 20), but don't agree that sending them to jail is the solution. A better option would be to confiscate their cars and ban them from driving for life
RONNIE Baxter received the sympathy of a packed Lakeside after crashing out of the Embassy World Darts Championship last night, but groaned: "Commiserations don't pay the bills." Baxter, the number two seed, was beaten 3-2 by unheralded Scot Peter Johnstone
THE family of a Burnley teenager whose dismembered body was found in a hotel car park have appealed for his former girlfriend to get in touch. Shelley Bleasdale lived with 17-year-old Christopher Hartley in Blackpool last summer but she couldn't settle
HAVING been involved in motorway design construction for many years, I was sorry to read (LET, December 22) that the first fatality on the recently-opened section of the M65 occurred on an unlit section of the road. One appreciates that costs and the
Lancashire Hawks 6 Murrayfield Royals 7 ; Telford Tigers 9 Lancashire Hawks 3 LADY Luck is no follower of Lancashire Hawks - another weekend of disappointment as the curtain dropped on ice hockey's Christmas Cup. But not before Hawks had handed out a
IN common with your correspondents J and E Marshall (Letters, December 30), I was astonished at the leniency of the sentence following the death of motorcycle pillion passenger Adrian Marshall. The £150 fine and six penalty points with £50 costs was lenient
I HAD to smile at the feigned bafflement of Mr M E Walsh (Letters, December 20) at the apparent double standard employed by the LET over the banning of hand guns and the 'promoting' of gun-culture TV programmes. Overt propaganda and the attendant covert
NAMED at last as the Cabinet Minister whose son was arrested for alleged drug dealing, Home Secretary Jack Straw today finds his ordeal tempered by widespread sympathy for him as a parent and respect as a politician. For despite the pressures heaped on
I WAS amused by your article (LET, December 18), reporting the view of Chorley councillor Simon Jones, that the money spent on M65 motorway construction should have been used to improve public transport instead. A number of years ago, I switched over
CHURCH congregations said a sad farewell to their curate as he left East Lancashire to enjoy seaside sermons. A joint service was held at St Philip's Church, Nelson, yesterday to say goodbye to the Reverend Tim Horobin who is taking over as priest-in-charge
Gillingham 2 Burnley 0 - Andy Neild's big match verdict NEW year, same old story. Chris Waddle's bleak mid-winter rumbles on into 1998. The long trek to Gillingham's Priestfield Stadium brought precious little comfort and absolutely no joy for Burnley's
