A TIME capsule looking back over the last 100 years of village life will be buried alongside a bench unveiled to mark the new millennium. Parish councillors from Dunnockshaw, between Burnley and Rawtenstall, gathered at Manchester Road play area yesterday
ROSSENDALE bride Julie Killelea was marrying England and Manchester United soccer star Phil Neville today in a celebrity-studded ceremony at a Rawtenstall church. Julie, 24, of Chapel Hill, Rawtenstall, has been dating Phil, 22, for more than two years
THE parent firm of an East Lancashire engineering company was expected to call in the receivers today. TransTec, which owns Earby Light Engineers in Pendle and which is part-owned by former Paymaster General Geoffrey Robinson, last week disclosed a problem
TOWN hall bosses in Blackburn and Darwen have defended the small scale of their Millennium Eve celebrations compared to other towns and cities in the North. While Manchester, Liverpool and Blackpool will be staging large scale events for thousands of
Cinderella On Ice, King George's Hall, Blackburn, 2pm and 7pm. Millennium Party, Billington and Langho Community Centre, 8pm. Fireworks At Midnight, Town Hall Square, Bolton. New Year's Eve Line Dance Party, Accrington Town Hall, 7.30pm. Food and Family
CHRISTMAS had an unhappy ending for poor pup Tarkus, who was tied to a tree with a pair of football boot laces and left shivering in the pouring rain. The soggy 16-week-old boxer cross was abandoned behind houses on Staffa Crescent, Blackburn. The puppy
SOLDIER Nikki Dean has been enjoying Christmas leave in Blackburn. The former Blackburn Harrier who many local runners will know under her maiden name Wilkinson, left the club when she joined the army four years ago. Originally a physical training instructor
THE disclosure today that, after a three-month inquiry costing taxpayers more than £23,000, auditors investigating allegations of malpractice by Hyndburn Council have found evidence of none, casts more doubt on the credibility of lone independent Councillor
IMAGINE the view that an alien spaceship might have of Britain tomorrow night as the Millennium celebrations break out - down below there is a blaze of light, megatons of pyrotechnical explosions and lasers and illuminations everywhere . . . except in
A PRE-CHRISTMAS crackdown on crime prevented 200 homes in the Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale areas being burgled over the festive period. Operation Flaunt, which ran for three weeks, targeted known offenders - and break-ins were cut by 44 per cent. During
TONY Parkes today insisted Matt Jansen still has a big future with Blackburn Rovers. Speculation in the national press is continuing to link the 22-year-old striker with a big money exit from Ewood Park. But all the talk about the England Under 21 international
REVITALISED Clarets midfielder Paul Weller admits his season is just starting. But he hopes to make up for lost time by forcing his way back into the Burnley side on a regular basis and helping the Clarets up to Division One. "This is where it starts
Winter Walks, with Ron Freethy - around Haworth BECAUSE of its close associations with the Bronte sisters, it is not often realised what wonderful walking country there is around Haworth. Neither is it realised just how easy it is to reach Haworth from
HIGH street jeweller Goldsmiths has given hope of a seasonal sales boom for retailers as it issued sparkling trading figures for the vital pre-Christmas period. In the key four weeks to Christmas Eve, Goldsmiths - which has a shop in Blackburn town centre
THE funeral of a 10-year-old boy who died on Christmas Day will be held next week. Sean Nutter-Knight was discovered unconscious by his father Graham at their home in Tavistock Street, Nelson. Paramedics tried to revive the youngster but he was pronounced
A PRE-CHRISTMAS crackdown on crime prevented 200 homes in the Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale areas being burgled over the festive period. Operation Flaunt, which ran for three weeks, targeted known offenders - and break-ins were cut by 44 per cent. During
THE Cooney family put their heads together to launch a bright idea! Nick Cooney, assistant community officer at Blackburn Rovers, had the brainwave of putting the faces of Rovers players on the backs of hoods to attach to youngsters' tops. Mum and dad
VANDALS have attacked three buses owned by a Blackburn coach firm. The vehicles, part of Powercraft Coach Hire's fleet, have been covered in spray-painted graffiti. The attack comes just weeks after Powercraft was forced to take a service off the road
TEN things I hope the next generations of Speakers Out won't have to speak out on in the next 1000 years: 2100: Steve Redgrave is murdered by his wife after a training row. His head is badly beaten. Redgrave was closing in on his 30th consecutive gold
A FORMER bakery boss turned movie mogul has seen his paper fortune soar in the last few weeks on the back of his company's success. Gary Smith's Winchester Entertainment has been one of the stock market's biggest successes of the year - almost quadrupling
MORE than 700 Freemasons are expected to take part in a service at Blackburn Cathedral this evening to commemorate the new millennium. Blackburn with Darwen, Accrington and Clitheroe Masonic Districts, which donated £5,000 towards a window in the Cathedral's
A CARE agency boss has spoken out about unscrupulous organisations after a worried son told of his problems finding suitable carers for his parents. Simon Crowther's Abbeydale Homecare recently took over the care of Rafik Lunat's mother Aysha after he
REVITALISED Clarets midfielder Paul Weller admits his season is just starting. But he hopes to make up for lost time by forcing his way back into the Burnley side on a regular basis and helping the Clarets up to Division One. "This is where it starts
A BUS company today axed an evening service after two armed robbers threatened a driver with a six inch knife. Blackburn-based DSP Travel said they would no longer operate the council-subsidised evening service between Sunnybower and Feniscowles following
TONY Parkes today insisted Matt Jansen still has a big future with Blackburn Rovers. Speculation in the national press is continuing to link the 22-year-old striker with a big money exit from Ewood Park. But all the talk about the England Under 21 international
TWO childhood friends are set to be reunited, thanks to the Lancashire Evening Telegraph. Luis Lopez, who lives in La CoruM- degrees a, Spain, sent a Christmas message via the Telegraph's internet greetings service to his old friend Frank Romasanta in
Val Cowan's Web World 1999 has been a good year for the web. It was the year the internet finally became part of everyday life. Web addresses appeared everywhere, from newspapers and advertising hoardings to our television screens at the end of soap operas
ANTI-SATANIST campaigners claimed that towns like Blackburn, Burnley and Accrington were being targeted by the Satanism and witchcraft fanatics as the 1990s began. Reformed cult member Ian Haworth, a former Chorley man who ran a national cult monitoring
THREE East Lancashire athletes finished in the top 20 of Monday's Wansfell race at Ambleside. Highest finisher was University student Jonathan Taylor, son of Clayton stalwart Phil Taylor who has moved to Ambleside recently. Jonathan finished just four
THE final race of the old year is the Auld Lang Syne Fell Race on Friday, December 31. Organised by Dave Woodhead, all finishers will receive a one-pint bottle of very strong Briscoe Brewery beer especially named for the occasion. Start of the six-miler
KEITH Johnson's young legs were just fast enough in a desperately close finish to the Leyland 10K on Boxing Day. The battle between Chorley Harrier Keith and Chris Mulvaney of Border took them over a minute clear of international biathlete Brian Cole
MEMBERS of Darwen Dashers celebrated the festive season with their Christmas Relay on Tuesday. Always a social occasion rather than a time for hard-edged competition, the format encourages family participation as each team of four has to include a veteran
BLACKBURN Harrier Michael Green just failed in his bid to win the Hot Toddy 5.8M at his first attempt when he lost ground on a downhill stretch. After a flat start the course climbs steeply after 1.5 miles and although Michael was with the leaders after
EAST Lancashire will be the only part of the North West where no official events will be staged at midnight on New Year's Eve. No organised events have been arranged in any of the town centres in the area - yet elsewhere in the North West thousands of
A COUNCILLOR who devoted his spare time to checking standards in East Lancashire's police stations has died during a Christmas visit to his family. Tributes were today paid to Hyndburn councillor John Wells, who died on Tuesday from a mystery illness
Ray Peake, our Food News columnist, presents his mouth-watering menu for the ultimate millennium feast THIS week I have been asked to cast my mind back over the year and come up with my favourite recipes for that perfect millennium meal. The almost impossible
ENTREPRENEUR Andy Mackrell is looking forward to plenty of growth in the pipeline! The 31-year-old, from Worsthorne, set up his own business, MAC Applications, three-and-a-half years ago and has now moved to new premises on Rossendale Road Industrial
PLANS by bosses at economic development firm Enterprise to make a bid for the company have been hit. A team led by chief executive David Taylor had indicated it was considering making a bid to buy the Preston-based firm which has interests across East
A CASH crisis has hit a computer firm just months after a major expansion move. Administrators have been appointed to Bridge Computer Systems Ltd - sponsors of Accrington Stanley - to protect it from creditors. Creditors of the firm, which employs around
