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SOLICITOR Val Shaw has been appointed to the Children Panel. It means Val, who works for Cunningham Turner, Blackburn, is now able to act on behalf of children who are the subject of care proceedings in court. Val joined the firm as a trainee solicitor

THE organisation which aims to attract inward investment into the North West is hoping to become part of the new Regional Development Agency. INWARD board members voted unanimously to seek to integrate with the RDA which is set to be up and running by

A HIGH tech firm has opened a new design facility. GD Technik, one of the country's leading electronic component distributors, has taken offices at the Blackburn Technology Management Centre. "The centre is a 'pure' technology park which is one of the

A THREATENED strike by Blackburn's taxi drivers collapsed last night. Drivers were working as usual, despite having threatened to strike from 6pm to 6am in protest at rises in charges for MOT tests and licence fees and the introduction of weekly safety

PAINTINGS from East Lancashire art galleries have been chosen to hang on the walls in a prestigious exhibition of the finest art in England. More than 400 works from regional galleries outside London have been picked to appear in the Art Treasures of

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SCHOOL staff and pupils were celebrating today after a big vote of approval from inspectors - and parents. Crosshill School, Shadsworth Road, Blackburn, was described as "good with many strengths" by a team of Ofsted inspectors. And a survey of parents

Ten years ago: a syringe-swap scheme to combat Aids among drug addicts was set to get backing from councillors. The scheme proposed to distribute needles and information about the risks of Aids through chemists working together with Burnley's health authority

FORMER Darwener Keith Allen (above) is set to become a household name after shooting to stardom on the small screen. The 50-year-old, who lived in the town for 12 years, is one of the main characters of the new BBC fly-on-the-wall style "docu-soap" Pleasure

AN MP has told government ministers not to ban green top milk for the sake of thousands of her constituents who enjoy the unpasteurised drink. Darwen and Rossendale MP Janet Anderson has written to Agriculture Minister Jack Cunningham, urging him to drop

A BLACKBURN Rovers fan today revealed how he was 'kneecapped' by an airgun sniper as he travelled to see his side play against Liverpool FC. Robert Whitehouse, 42, of Brook Street, Mill Hill, Blackburn, underwent surgery at Blackburn Royal Infirmary to

COUNCILLORS have pledged to fight "to the bitter end" to save a landmark former hospital from the bulldozers. This follows the imminent failure of an ambitious £5 million scheme to transform it into a retirement village. Housing chiefs are expected to

TOP pop acts Madonna, the Spice Girls and All Saints battled it out on stage at Park High School to raise money for the Cancer Research Campaign. The concert was organised by Year 11 members of the Compact group. A school version of the TV hit Stars in

PULSE - music and more, with Simon Donohue MUSIC fans in East Lancashire are set for one hell of an experience tomorrow night. Noel Redding, former bass player with the Jimi Hendrix Experience, will be bringing his band to the Keystreet Music and Dancing

A NURSERY has been forced to step up security after a series of raids left it hundreds of pounds out of pocket. Staff at the First Class Child Care Nursery, Corporation Park, Blackburn, say they are sick of being targeted by raiders. In the latest break-in

RESIDENTS are calling for action to clean up a patch of land which they claim is being used as a rubbish dump. They fear the fenced-off area at the rear of the Lidgett Hotel, Great Harwood, is becoming a breeding ground for rats. Discarded vegetables,

Keane but club was shut ROY Keane has given a new twist to an old tale - about how he suddenly joined Manchester United in the summer of 1993 when it seemed certain he was leaving Nottingham Forest for Blackburn Rovers. He claims it was because the Ewood

BURNLEY fans aren't the only ones urging Kevin Henderson on to a goal-scoring future at Turf Moor. His former club Morpeth Town are also set to cash in if the 23-year-old striker, who scored on his Clarets debut against Carlisle in midweek, can carve

THE longest serving director of carpet and tiles group Gaskell Group plc has retired after 44 years' service. Roger Taylor, a board member of Clayton-le-Moors based Gaskell Textiles, joined Gaskell after leaving the army in 1954 and has been heavily involved

Five years ago: CHAOS hit Blackburn town centre when a hoax bomber struck, leaving councillors locked out of the town hall, and shoppers and workers shivering in the streets as the town centre was sealed off. Bomb disposal experts used a radio controlled

VETERANS Jack Riley and Lou Myers are confident of scoring a runaway victory in this year's Wuthering Hike fell race. The two man team won't actually be the first back to Haworth at the end of the 33-mile cross-moorland race on March 14. But they'll almost

BURNLEY MP Peter Pike has helped found a new Commons pressure group to boost Remploy, the sheltered workshops for the disabled. He is one of 60 other Labour MPs to form the "Friends of Remploy" at Westminster. Mr Pike is concerned that the company, established

ROGUE company directors in East Lancashire are to be targeted as part of a tough Government crackdown to rid the area of bad debt. Government officials say the area is a blackspot for dubious businessmen whose companies go bust owing tens of thousands

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By PAUL AGNEW KAREN Barber once got cold feet....unsure whether her career choice was little more than a dream. When Karen, then 14, informed her schoolteacher responsible for such matters that her goal was to become an ice dancer the response was, well

THERESA the Coronation Street turkey has come home to roost. Theresa had been missing for a week after wandering off from animal agent Kevin Horkin's remote Oswaldtwistle farmhouse on to the moors off Haslingden Old Road. Kevin found the confused bird

SPEEDING motorists are still risking villagers' safety despite new traffic calming measures on a village road, says a parish councillor. Further moves to beat rogue drivers on the B5256 Sandy Lane, Brindle, will be discussed at a parish council meeting

A £70,000 scheme to build a canoe lake and educational centre in Chatburn has got the go-ahead, despite the "grave concern" of parish councillors. Clitheroe Canoe Club has been told it can build the lake on land in Sawley Road in the village. The six-foot

ROY Hodgson has been signed up to join the list of speakers and panellists lined up for Soccerex 98. The event, the third annual Soccerex conference and exhibition, takes place on April 23 and 24 at the new Stade de France just outside Paris and the Rovers

BURNLEY'S run of four wins in five games was not enough to win Chris Waddle his first Nationwide Manager of the Month award in January. Former England manager Graham Taylor took the Second Division honours for the second time this season for guiding Watford

ROY Hodgson is hopeful that Kevin Gallacher will not have to undergo surgery to solve the pelvic problem which forced him to sit out Blackburn Rovers' Premiership clash with Tottenham at Ewood this afternoon. The Rovers boss stressed there were no guarantees