A MAJOR facelift is under way for more than 150 homes and properties along a main gateway road into Haslingden. Most householders along the Blackburn Road corridor, from the traffic lights to the John Street junction, are taking advantage of the grant
A SOCCER match ended in a punch-up when a centre-half allegedly smashed the rival goalie's jaw in two places. Burnley Crown Court was told how John Collier, keeper for Newby Farm Reserves, sank to his knees 'spitting blood' from his mouth after Lawrence
A TEENAGER has just returned home to Pendle after working with British and Ukrainian scientists in one of the world's greatest wetlands. Anna Watson helped compile a survey of the Pripyat Marshes in the Ukraine which was backed by a £15,000 award by the
COMEDIENNE Victoria Wood is inviting women executives from across the North West to come and dine with her but not just for a laugh. Parties of ladies and their partners can see Britain's queen of comedy at the Palace Hotel, Manchester on September 25
RAIL users in East Lancashire may have to wait more than a year before they see any money spent on refurbishing stations in the area. Last month, Railtrack announced that about £4 million would be spent on giving Blackburn's dilapidated station a facelift
A MEDICAL expert today revealed that patients were already queuing up for the wonder drug Viagra - even though it has not yet been licensed. And consultant physician Bob Wilkinson also warned impotence sufferers, "Viagra may not work for you". Mr Wilkinson
MONEY will not be a stumbling block as Roy Hodgson tries to find a successor to Colin Hendry. Blackburn Rovers, who seem to have made some progress in their search for a top-class central defender, are prepared to buy at the expensive end of the market
Worthington Cup 1st rnd 1st leg: Bury 1 Burnley 1 - Pete Oliver's big match verdict ANDY Cooke's nose for goal, allied to a collective desire to fight for the cause, has given Burnley every chance of pulling off a cup upset at Turf Moor next Tuesday night
CHRIS Sutton will not be affected one way or the other by Glenn Hoddle's latest verbal assault which dismisses any chance of a return to the national side under the present regime. That's the view of Blackburn Rovers boss Roy Hodgson, who refused to become
Summer Playschemes: Sudellside Community Centre, and Community Centre, Knott Street, Darwen; Bennington Street community base and Shadsworth Community Centre, Blackburn 1.30-4pm. Children's Holiday Club, 5-11 years, Antley Methodist Church, Accrington
DEBT despair was tearing many East Lancashire families apart, it was revealed. Record numbers of debt cases were appealing to the Citizen's Advice Bureau for help. Local CAB manager Peta Singer told Blackburn Council's civic affairs sub-committee that
CHILDREN'S playgrounds were being left in a dilapidated condition because a council could not afford to maintain them. The problem was highlighted in a report to Hyndburn's leisure services committee, who were told there was nowhere near enough cash to
I HAVE been trying to contact an old friend with whom I served in India and Burma during World War Two. He is Jack Brindle, of Oswaldtwistle. Our unit was the 91/44 LAA Regiment, Royal Artillery, F Troop, which he left in 1943/44 to join Wingate's 'Chindits
I AM the mother of the missing teenager Melanie Wareing (LET, July 30). Thanks to the quick response of the Lancashire Evening Telegraph team, Melanie was back home within 24 hours after I appealed for help when she had been missing from home for eight
SCIENTISTS have investigated landfill sites around the UK, Belgium, France, Denmark and Italy which, they say, could be toxic time bombs. They also called for a nationwide survey of thousands of domestic dumps which, according to them, "could be equally
A MAN with his trousers around his ankles was seen in a park area off Colne Road, Burnley. A 28-year-old woman complained to the police about the incident which happened at about 9.30am yesterday. He is described a white with a red faced, brown curly
AS Mr G Pilkington (Letters, August 5) does not know the person concerned, he is totally unjustified to suggest that my former workmate deserved to be evicted. His plight came about because his benefits were stopped 15 months ago. His sisters helped him
THREE youths knocked a teenager to the ground and stole £60 from his pockets. The 19-year-old victim was walking along Daneshouse Road, Burnley, at about 1am on Saturday when he was approached by the three man. After refusing to hand over money he was
CHRIS Sutton will not be affected one way or the other by Glenn Hoddle's latest verbal assault which dismisses any chance of a return to the national side under the present regime. That's the view of Blackburn Rovers boss Roy Hodgson, who refused to become
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TOWN centre bosses have launched a campaign to keep shoppers in Hyndburn when Manchester's prestigious new Trafford Centre opens its doors. The scheme aims to attract people to Accrington and its surrounding towns by highlighting the benefits of local
YOU have to admire Alec Stewart's down-to-earth attitude as he prepared for the crucial fifth Test against South Africa. Questioned about England's apparent revival in fortunes just before the match, Stewart quipped: "We've won one on the trot; we start
CAR showroom group Sanderson Bramall, which owns a string of dealerships in East Lancashire, has announced record financial results. The firm, which recently bought the Cowie Ford Dealership in Blackburn and also operates a Ford dealership in Burnley
ENGLAND'S man of the match at Headingley, Mark Butcher, was very nearly upstaged - by his dad Alan! For, while Butcher junior was scoring his maiden Test century, former one-Test wonder Alan was answering an emergency to come out of county championship
TUBTHUMPING got the nod as Burnley's signature tune on Saturday but Rovers boss Roy Hodgson could be contemplating something a little more serene for Ewood. After yet another training session in a downpour, the manager has finally discovered that tales
I AM sure that sensible East Lancashire folk would not dream of forking out £135 for a haircut even if they won the lottery jackpot. So what's our supposedly canny "Hairshirt Chancellor" Gordon Brown doing splashing out £60 for a shampoo and trim at the
DANGEROUS parking outside schools in Burnley and Pendle will be recorded on video and may be used in court. Parents are being urged to park safely as children return to school after the summer break or they could resort to videoing their bad motoring.
COUNCILLORS are being urged to give an annual arts festival back to the professionals. Rossendale Council took over the running of Rossfest this year in a bid to involve more local people. Leisure chairman Coun Lawrence Forshaw, concerned about poor attendances
BURNLEY do not expect a knock-on effect from the BP Amoco merger to help speed up the Peter Shackleton takeover bid. Backers of Shackleton have oil industry interests and claim a merger of their own is holding up the arrival of their £12 million package
ANDY Cooke breathed a sigh of relief after opening his account for the season with the goal that kept Burnley's Worthington Cup hopes alive and kicking. The Clarets' striker pounced on a mistake by Steve Redmond to secure a 1-1 draw and bring Bury back
IT'S the eve of a new Premiership season. Nationwide League clubs have already kicked off. But for some people, the soccer fortunes of Blackburn Rovers and Burnley are only secondary to a more pressing question: where will the fans park? New restrictions
A ROUSING CD featuring a guitar-playing Clitheroe surveyor has sold out in record stores across the country. By day, William McClintock Bunbury, 32, works for Clitheroe land agents Ingham and Yorke, but by night the would-be chart-topper hopes to hit
Valerie Cowan Surfs the Net URI Geller, spoon-bender extraordinaire, might rely on his out-of-this-world powers to make him a living. But he is equally at home in cyberspace. Geller, who writes an Internet column for a national newspaper, has his own
IN distinct contrast to the targeting approach, central in Home Secretary Jack Straw's crime reduction strategy unveiled last month, police forces nationwide are adopting a massive catch-all technique - as, next month, they mount the biggest-ever road
IT MAY be pandering to the rancour and even the envy of millions of consumers at a time when they are having pay restraint urged upon them by the government, but its threat to use the law to curb the salary excesses of the so-called "fat cat" bosses of
IT appears a new proposal to 'cull' older cars off the road, has been made. Leaded petrol is to be phased out, which means millions of older cars will be useless as either they can't be converted for unleaded petrol - or it would cost more than the actual
WASIM Akram today thanked John Crawley for captaining Lancashire to victory in the NatWest Trophy semi-final at sizzling Southampton. But there is no danger of Wasim letting his deputy lead the county in the final at Lord's. The Pakistan star was forced
WITH reference to your article (LET, August 10), as the person who blessed all animals and their owners at the Lions Gala, at Witton Park, Blackburn, on Saturday, I am alarmed at the suggestion that the two dogs I was pictured with are in some way married
WE are very concerned at the allegation by Mr Ian Davies (Letters, July 31) that his former workmate had been forced on to the streets when Mill Hill flats in Blackburn were cleared. Having investigated the matter fully, a very different picture has emerged
A NIGHTCLUBBER has been cleared of an 'unprovoked attack' on a company director. Peter Clegg was found not guilty of assaulting John Blackburn, causing him actual bodily harm, after a two-day trial at Burnley Crown Court. Clegg, 33, of Wordsworth Street
A SINGLE father-of-three has been jailed for two months by Burnley magistrates for his third driving while disqualified offence. Warren Heaton, who also has three previous convictions for drink driving, was told by Carol Stinton, chairman of the bench
AN angry dad smashed his way into the home of his ex-partner and her new man in the early hours and grabbed him by the throat. Ian Nuttall, 25, had to be dragged away from Tony Hyatt as he was arrested and handcuffed, Burnley magistrates heard. Nuttall
DANGEROUS parking outside schools in Burnley and Pendle will be recorded on video and may be used in court. Parents are being urged to park safely as children return to school after the summer break or they could resort to videoing their bad motoring.
ANDY Cooke breathed a sigh of relief after opening his account for the season with the goal that kept Burnley's Worthington Cup hopes alive and kicking. The Clarets' striker pounced on a mistake by Steve Redmond to secure a 1-1 draw and bring Bury back
ROBIN Holmes has joined the East Lancashire Chamber of Commerce. Robin from Accrington has previously worked in engineering sales and customer services. He has joined the commercial team and will work with companies to match them with local suppliers.
TERRY Venables didn't let Bolton's last-gasp equaliser spoil his return to Crystal Palace, as he proved after Saturday's draw. The former England boss is to check out two Chinese players who were due at Selhurst Park this week. And Tel cracked: "I've
A NEW chairman is at the helm of discount department store group T J Hughes. The chain, which has a major store in Blackburn and is soon to open one in Burnley, has announced David Winterbottom is to take over from Eric Hodges from January next year.
Nature Watch, with Ron Freethy VISITORS to Overton feel entitled to ask why the church should be situated so far from the village. Because of the change of the shape of the coastline, with erosion in some areas and the deposition of silt in others, the
WEEKS after buying a £250,000 machine a printing firm has ordered another to cope with increasing demand. Print finisher Turner & Earnshaw of Burnley has placed an order for a second specialist foil stamping machine taking its total investment to
CHARLTON chairman Richard Murray will bring a novel approach to signing overseas players to the Premiership - he won't. The chairman claims there will not be any more foreign stars arriving at the Valley. But what about the three already there? Well,
AN aerospace firm saved from collapse just four years ago has been sold out in a multi-million pound deal. And bosses at Colne-based Cleveland Guest, which won a Lancashire Evening Telegraph business award after escaping closure, expect the move to lead
THERE will be many a bitter pill to be swallowed as part of the Northern Ireland peace process. But one that will surely stick in the craw of millions of decent-minded people is the demand of IRA chiefs that life-long "war pensions" be paid to every republican
WITH her old-style cloth-cap socialist past and her humble caravan holidays, one would think that the one-time leadership contender, Cabinet member Margaret Beckett, would be uncomfortable living the high life at the taxpayers' expense. Not a bit of it
THE Lancashire Evening Telegraph's Grimewatch team took to the water in the battle against fly tipping. Lynn Schofield, who co-ordinates the award-winning competition, and Grimewatch reporter Valerie Cowan joined a squad from Groundwork Blackburn to clear
The opinions expressed by John Blunt are not necessarily those of this newspaper THE irony could not have been more acute. For when once the Church sent missionaries to darkest Africa to liberate the natives from their vile customs, now bishops from our
A MEDICAL expert today revealed that patients were already queuing up for the wonder drug Viagra - even though it has not yet been licensed. And consultant physician Bob Wilkinson also warned impotence sufferers, "Viagra may not work for you". Mr Wilkinson
