A GROUP restoring damaged moorland has received a £4,000 grant from the gas pipeline operator Transco. The Todmorden Moor Restoration Trust was one of 34 national winners in the Transco Grassroots environmental sponsorship scheme for 1997. Carol Kolazinski
A CORN merchant who oversaw the expansion of his family firm into a leading Ribble Valley business has died, aged 79. George Wallbank Dugdale was born in Waddington and attended Clitheroe Royal Grammar School - leaving at 16 to join the family business
A GET TOUGH policy aimed at dog owners in Blackburn and Darwen looks set to win public backing. The town hall is planning a clamp-down on those who allow pets to foul public places, parks and playing fields. And new powers being planned include dog exclusion
BURNLEY teenager Christopher Hartley was a heroin user but police do not know whether the drug killed him, it was revealed today. Blood tests have been carried out in a bid to discover what killed the 17-year-old, whose dismembered and headless body was
POLICE today stepped up their hunt for two teenage girls who have conned and robbed pensioners across East Lancashire. A pair - who could be as young as 15 - tricked their way into three pensioners' homes in Blackburn on New Year's Day and stole cash,
JACK Straw's agent Bill Taylor was today one of the first local politicians to back the Home Secretary. The Blackburn with Darwen councillor revealed his own son Matthew was a close friend of William Straw and added: "I can identify with what he is going
Exclusive, by Bill Jacobs HOME Secretary Jack Straw faced up to his family's drugs nightmare today and warned the people of East Lancashire: "If this can happen to me it can happen to anyone." The Blackburn MP revealed the personal torment suffered by
LANCASHIRE Hawks are fighting against the clock in an eleventh hour scramble to boost the squad. Manager Mike Cockayne is determined to give his side an injection of new blood ahead of the British Ice Hockey Association deadline on Monday, and has been
I AGREE with Ribble Valley MP Nigel Evans (LET, December 23) - the Union Jack should be on the new British driving licence. What has Europe got to do with it? I am sick of hearing the word. Europe says we can't do this; Europe says we have to do that.
A BABY'S crying in the night saved a family when fire started in the bathroom. The young parents were asleep in bed at their home in Every Street, Nelson. when they were awakened by the baby's cries at 3.30am. When they got up to attend to the tot they
ROVERS Reserves resume their bid for the Pontin's League Premier Division championship next Wednesday night when they entertain Derby County at Ewood (kick-off 7pm). The club are staging another 'Family Football Night' following the success of the first
The Saturday Interview meets Burnley's PAUL BARNES CRYSTAL foot-ball gazing is commonplace at this time of New Year. Some of it looks fairly straightforward - Manchester United to retain their title; Blackburn Rovers to win a place in Europe; Manchester
LITTER louts are ruining a popular footpath and angering local residents by dumping wrappers and drinks cans. Now people living in and near Hereford Road, Colne, are backing demands for a clean-up campaign involving Pendle Council, Railtrack and nearby
EDUCATION chiefs and council leaders are drawing up a policy aimed at tackling drug problems in Blackburn and Darwen's schools. Bill Taylor, the borough's education and training chairman, has started to take a close look at the problem of drug abuse.
A SACKED senior housing officer in Burnley will have to wait until January 23 before his appeal is heard. The man, who has not been officially named but whose identity is widely known in the town, was dismissed last month after allegations came to light
RONNIE Baxter, one of the most talented players never to win the Embassy World Championship, heads for the Lakeside in Surrey tomorrow to begin his seventh quest for darts glory. And second seed Baxter reckons he will never have a better chance of heading
REGARDING your article about Ward 5 at Blackburn Infirmary, (LET, December 27). Having recently been a patient there, I feel your comments about nursing care and standards were unjust. The nurses and the doctors went out of their way to provide me with
I WAS amazed when reading the performance indicators of Blackburn Council that 99.47 per cent of the streets are cleaned to a satisfactory standard. Don't they realise that a back street counts the same as a front one under the Environmental Protection
DERICK Stanton is a proper gobbin - a name he's entitled to, having been born and raised "above the lamp" in his home town, Oswaldtwistle. But though Ossy gobbins are reckoned to be on the gormless side, there's nowt daft about him when it comes to knowledge
PULSE - music and more, with Simon Donohue PULSE is looking forward to a bright new year which could bring a stadium rock festival to East Lancashire. As well as the usual action-packed music calendar, Burnley Football Club is bashing out proposals for
ALMOST 60 possible sites for recycling bins have been put forward by councillors as part of a scheme to turn Pendle "greener." Pendle Council is looking at options to increase the number of sites where householders can dump glass and waste paper in skips
ADMISSION charges have been slashed for next Tuesday's Auto Windscreens Trophy second round match against Notts County at Turf Moor (kick-off 7-45pm). Only two areas will be open, the Bob Lord and Endsleigh Stands, and prices are £7 adults, £3 concessions
MULTI-MILLIONAIRE Ray Ingleby faces a fight for control of Burnley Football Club. The New York-based tycoon is set for further talks with the Turf Moor board over the next few days on his return from a family holiday in Florida. But Burnley director Clive
SIX months down the line since the day he breezed into Brockhall, Roy Hodgson has no misgivings. In fact, he says without hesitation - I wouldn't change a thing. Blackburn Rovers have undergone a remarkable transformation since Hodgson took up the managerial
