THE man who put cakes from Blackburn on the world map has signalled the end of an era - by stepping down from his role. Alwin Thompson, 59, has left his post as executive chairman of Shadsworth-based Inter Link Foods plc following a year of ill health
STUDENTS from across East Lancashire have remembered a business tutor with an award in her honour. Jane Shutt, whose motto was "to teach is to touch someone's life" taught business studies at Blackburn College for over 20 years until her death in 2005
So I hear traffic cops in Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley taking time off to attend a leaving bash for a pair of long serving colleagues has caused an uproar. I have to say that while I sympathise with the officers who attended the event, the
A MAN who struck out with a knife when faced with a mob surrounding his home has been given a suspended jail sentence. Thomas Haggan inflicted an abdominal wound to victim Kevin Booth, who needed major surgery. The blade pierced his colon and bowel.
THE East Lancashire branch of the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) has launched the "Witch Beer?" guide to best real ale pubs in the area. This is the first time in 21 years that the CAMRA branch has produced a guide, the last one coming out in 1986. The
Dog warden Dave East has won Rossendale a £5,000 award for his work in promoting animal welfare across the borough. Mr East, who works for Animal Wardens Ltd on behalf of Rossendale Council, travelled to the Kennel Club in London to attend the Good Citizen
MARKET traders have launched a life-saving appeal to buy a defibrillator for Darwen town centre. Gwen Sangster, the new market superintendent, says the machine should be compulsory in all public areas. Mrs Sangster, who formerly worked at the town's
JUST two of Pendle's seven subsidised school buses would remain if Lancashire County Council's cuts are approved, it has been revealed. The final decision will be made in March but local councillors get the chance to have their say at the Lancashire
WELL, well - no supercasino in Blackpool after all! The doom merchants at Blackpool Council and the Lancashire establishment from MPs to development agencies to bishops reacted with shock and dismay. But I for one cheered. What a slough of despond we
A BURNLEY firm has been recognised as one of the best workplaces in the country. Calico Housing is the only housing association in Lancashire to have achieved Best Companies accreditation, the most prestigious award for UK employers. More than a quarter
A MAN and a teenager who took part in an attack in which a 16-year-old was beaten and stamped on were spared jail. Burnley Crown Court heard how Amar Sarwar, 20, and Peter Cunliffe, 16 , each hit the victim but were not responsible for "putting the boot
WORK to demolish the Thompson Centre in Burnley has finally begun after a delay of more than six months. Burnley Council bosses were forced to shelve plans to demolish the former sports centre and build a temporary car park in April, after evidence was
IT TAKES all sports at St Paul's CE Primary School - thirteen of them in fact! For that is how many sports are on offer at the Blackburn school which has recently been awarded the Government-backed Activemark. Now sports-mad pupils at the school in
A MARTIAL Arts instructor has paid special tribute to a long lost former pupil after achieving his eighth dan in Kempo Ju-Jitsu. Sensei Ray Parker was presented with the dan at a special ceremony in Shrewsbury - at the club set up by Brian Wrighton who
KEEN rugby player James Bancroft can't believe his luck after finally being selected to lead England out at Twickenham for the Six Nations match against Italy on Saturday. The 11-year-old from Langho, a Year Seven pupil at St Mary's Hall, is a member
COACH James Hilliard led by example to inspire Rossendale to a 27-12 victory against Upper Eden and away from the drop zone in North Lancs Cumbria League. Hilliard scored one try, set up another and kicked three conversions and a penalty in a personal
SHOULD Hurst Green go on and clinch the title then they may well look back on this game as the place they won it. The leaders were made to battle for victory against a side that had already won at their place and looked odds-on to frustrate them once
BLACKBURN stretched their winning sequence to a magnificent seven matches as their promotion hopes gained momentum. Vice captain and scrum half Paul Bleasdale continued his own recent run of fine form to cross for two tries and take his total to 12 for
RAMSBOTTOM schools, community groups, charities and businesses are being asked to consider using Nuttall Park as a summertime venue for events, such as sports, fairs and fund-raisers. Bury Council's parks service can help and offer advice on bookings
BURNLEY'S slim hopes of promotion are all but over after slipping to a disappointing 17-5 home defeat against Fleetwood. Chairman Phil Harbour says his injury ravaged side will have to rely on a few favours elsewhere if they are to climb out of North
A MAN started a blaze at his mother's home and trashed the lounge after a row over loud music. Kenneth Hewitt, 37, sat calmly smoking a cigarette while the fire took hold. And a neighbour, alerted by Mrs Mary Hewitt's smoke alarm, was confronted with
A HEADTEACHER has pledged to take action after pupils posted videos of "mindless violence" in school on the internet. The footage features knuckle-duster gloves, chair throwing and fighting in class. It was posted on the YouTube site by students of
ROSSENDALE'S bus shelters are being inspected in a bid to reduce crime and get more people using public transport. Following complaints about shelters in the Valley, Lancashire County Council has launched a review and residents are being asked to give
A TEENAGER was robbed in an unprovoked attack as he made his way home at night. The 18-year-old was walking in Manchester Road by the junction of Clevelands Road, Burnley, when he was approached by four men. The gang then punched the victim before stealing
A woman needed seven stitches and was left with a suspected broken nose after a glass was thrown in her face during a night out. The 40-year-old was standing at the bar at The Forester's pub, Shadsworth Road, Shadsworth, at 11.30pm on Friday when she
A COUNCILLOR who campaigns for disabled rights has been reprimanded for circulating an 'abusive and sexist' joke from a council email address. The Lancashire Telegraph has obtained the copy of a message sent to more than 50 people by Coun Alan Dean,
ADAM Lakeland is eyeing up a bright new future with Blackburn Rovers Ladies team after a successful start as manager. Since taking charge of Rovers Ladies in early December, Lakeland has overseen six victories in eight matches and seen his side collect
FOUR Blackburn men were arrested on a train after a worker was assaulted and a window was smashed. Police boarded the train at Church and Oswaldtwistle station at 7.15pm on Saturday. A 45-year-old train worker told officers he was abused and hit on
All of a sudden, the play-offs seem a very long way off. A very long way off indeed. Prior to Saturday's defeat, it was still possible to think optimistically. With a good sequence of results, starting with a win at beleaguered QPR, it was not complete
"Isn't football great," I heard a fellow Rovers fan exclaim as he left his seat less than a minute after Gorgeous Gamst (my daughter Miranda's description - not mine!) had rescued two points and a generally poor performance against Sheffield United.
A TEENAGER who escaped death when a tree stopped his car from plunging 60ft on to a railway line remains in hospital with serious leg injuries. The 19-year-old, from Hapton, was injured when he lost control of his Peugeot 206 in Whalley Road, Wilpshire
A BATTLE against crime and grime is being waged on the streets of Rishton this week. Police are teaming up with the fire service, Parkwise, Trading Standards, education chiefs, the DVLA and environmental health to crackdown on problems in the area.
A SUNDAY league goalkeeper collapsed and died during a game. And this photograph was taken just an hour before the death of Craig Russell, 23, of Glen Street, Colne. Team mates have told of their shock and sadness after Craig died 65 minutes into the
POLICE are still hunting a group of knife robbers who stole a taxi in Padiham Road, Ightenhill, Burnley at 12.25am on Sunday. The two men and two women were picked up by Shakeel Mirza, partner of MM Taxis, St James' Street, Burnley, to take the fare
KEITH Gillespie believes Burnley striker Kyle Lafferty will give Wales the runaround tonight. Northern Ireland face John Toshack's men in a friendly at Windsor Park, but they will be missing leading scorer David Healy, who is sidelined with a broken
MICHAEL Gray has vowed to fight for his place at Blackburn Rovers despite interest from League clubs to take him on loan. The 32-year-old defender has not figured in Mark Hughes' side since December, and the arrival of Stephen Warnock from Liverpool
TWO people arrested over the alleged murder of a 21-year-old man in a Pakistan hotel bedroom have been bailed again by police. Yasra Parvaiz, 22, from Accrington, and a 44-year-old Haslingden man will now report to officers in Manchester next month.
Was it going to be Blackpool? or was it going to be the Millennium Dome? Blackpool? Dome? Dome? Blackpool? It got knocked back and forth, even Glasgow got a mention. So where exactly was the mega casino going to end up? Out of the blue, a depressed
Well! No one saw that coming. Manchester chosen for the super casino. Blackpool must be devastated. How can the panel of experts' find in favour of Manchester over Blackpool? Blackpool is steadily going downhill, looking like a scruffy down at heel
I live in Langho and appear to be one of the very few in the area who walks to and from primary school with my child twice a day. I am sick of cars on Spring Terrace constantly parking so that the pavement is totally blocked, causing my four-year-old
MR Blair and cronies are making a great show of their globetrotting attempt to seek solutions to environmental issues which are of grave concern for the future of our grandchildren. But here in Blackburn with Darwen, tackling environmental issues seems
Visitors to Darwen's Old Cemetery could be forgiven for thinking that the area has been hit by a typhoon. Beautiful spreading trees, which have taken decades to grow and have added character, have been felled and hacked into pieces. Dozens of graves
JOBS have been secured at the Blackburn and Burnley branches of troubled chain Stationery Box thanks to a star of TV show Dragon's Den. The company was placed into administration on January 31 after it suffered "difficult trading conditions" and competition
ACCRINGTON Stanley's assistant manager Jimmy Bell is confident the Reds can climb the table in the last 16 games of the season. Stanley returned to action following a fortnight's break with a narrow defeat against Chester City on Saturday, which left
DANNY Coyne is hoping to profit from a Welsh goalkeeping crisis to get his international career back on the road tonight. The Turf Moor shot-stopper is tipped to get the nod ahead of veteran Paul Jones in his country's friendly fixture against Northern
EAST Lancashire MPs are backing calls for an investigation into a decision not to give Blackpool Britain's first super casino licence. Greg Pope, Hyndburn MP, and Janet Anderson, MP for Rossendale and Darwen, are two of the names on an Early Day Motion
A LANDLADY has defended the behaviour of football fans arrested for allegedly fighting outside her pub and said she would welcome them back to the bar. Four men were arrested outside the Irwell Inn, Bacup, on Saturday, ahead of the game between Bacup
A SOLDIER from the Duke of Lancaster's regiment was killed in Iraq yesterday after a roadside bomb exploded in Basra. The bomb went off near the US consulate in the city and wounded a number of Iraqi civilians, the Army said. It took the number
NEXT time I'm feeling hard done by because I've got a mountain of washing up to do or the ironing basket is overflowing, I hope I remember last night's Channel 4 documentary. Aged 12, and Looking After the Family told the heart-breaking and at times
Author Simon Entwistle tells the story of William Fish, the Blackburn Butcher, in our new Audio section. Simon, who is famous for his spooky ghost walks, will be telling a different tale of East Lancashire's past each week on the Lancashire Telegraph
EQUIPMENT at East Lancashire NHS Trust buildings has been given an "invisible" marker to deter thieves. A gun which fires dots on to equipment that can only be seen under certain lighting conditions has been used on community NHS equipment in Blackburn
A buyer has been found for parts of Music Zone, the chain of stores which went into administration last month. Administrators hoped the firm, which had 104 stores across the country, could be sold as a going concern, but it ceased trading with the
POULTRY producers and retailers in East Lancashire are bracing themselves for consequences of the avian flu outbreak in Suffolk. Traces of the deadly H5N1 strain of avian flu were detected in turkeys at a Bernard Matthews farm in Holton on Saturday.
