STAFF at an accountancy firm got the afternoon off for a party - to mark their achievement in gaining a national standard. Chartered accountants Waterworth, Rudd & Hare of Blackburn is the latest East Lancashire firm to reach the Investors in People
THEY like the German people, most can muddle through the language, and they all revel in the sports. But in the heart of Germany, there is nothing that tastes quite like steak pudding, mushy peas, chips, gravy and a good pint of beer. Life for East Lancashire
DEFIANT Jimmy Mullen today vowed that Burnley will bounce back from Friday's desperate FA Cup first round exit to Walsall. Mullen slammed Burnley's performance and has promised an immediate improvement when the Clarets face Shrewsbury Town next Saturday
A NEWLY appointed police officer is spearheading a campaign to drive crime out of Accrington town centre in the run-up to Christmas. Sergeant Dave Shepherd has been given the job of community crime prevention officer for the town. And he plans make his
A CALLOUS conman tricked an 83-year-old woman into staying at her sink while his pal plundered her home. They stole cash and three building society books after pretending to be water board officials. And police have warned that the conmen could strike
PROBATION officer Harry Eatough has closed the book on 20 years in the service - and considers himself a lucky man to have "enjoyed every minute of his job." Father-of-four Mr Eatough, a former butcher, signed up as a probation volunteer with the service
AN ALL-NIGHT disco at Blackburn's public halls was cancelled for fear that Acid House organisers would hijack the event. Police feared that thousands of partygoers would try to gatecrash the disco at King George's Hall which was for members only. Consumers
IT is quite unfair for G S Davies (Letters, November 6) to single out MP Janet Anderson and attack her for listening too much to employers and not enough to trade unions. She is just following what seems to have become official Labour Party policy - that
THE presentation night for the Lancashire Evening Telegraph Cup was a huge success. A donation of pigeons by fanciers meant we were able to give a cheque for £150 to the Mayor of Blackburn for her chosen charity. Can I thank Mr Brian Tattersall for getting
SO your friend and ours, North West Water, is in trouble with the industry's watchdog, along with two other water companies accused of cheating their customers. The charge is that they are billing consumers for improvement schemes - such as fixing those
CHILLING claims, made on TV tonight, suggest that twice as many cows with Mad Cow Disease are being eaten than are destroyed in government safety checks. That is frightening enough in itself. But when one considers the extent to which people are unknowingly
A BRAND-NEW sports facility in the Ribble Valley received the star treatment with international sportswoman Val Robinson. Val, a former hockey player and the BBC Superstars champion, officially opened the synthetic sports pitch in Longridge. The opening
JAMES Beattie's perseverance and power finally put Blackburn Rovers on the path to victory against a well-organised Sheffield Wednesday in the first round of the FA Youth Cup at Ewood on Saturday. And Damien Duff's clinically-taken second goal in stoppage
A HOSPITAL health trust chief earned a 16 per cent pay rise - more than five times what staff were offered. James Abbott, chief executive of Calderstones NHS Trust, was awarded a wage increase of £9,000 in 1994/95 taking his pay from £55,000 to £64,000
A THRIVING brewery has secured a major contract to supply one of the most famous names in the trade. Moorhouses, which is celebrating its 125th anniversary this year, has begun brewing a special beer for the Yates's Wine Lodge Chain. The three-year contract
THREE Womens' Royal Voluntary Service members who have clocked up more than 40 years' of sterling service between them received long service honours from the Mayoress of Blackburn, Mrs Margery Caville. Eileen Wood and Kathleen Nichols each received long
THE career of local florist Wendy Rea has blossomed in another direction - for she is to help make the decisions for the world's largest flower relay service. Wendy, who with her husband Bill, runs 12 florist businesses around Lancashire, was elected
A THEATRE manager is enjoying success with a new programme of concerts which not only offer sweet music for the ear but also savoury hotpot for the stomach. John Travis took over as manager of the Centenaries Theatre in St Mary's Hall, Stonyhurst, in
CALLS to an anti-crime phone line have doubled since the launch of a scheme tackling the flow of deadly drugs into Lancashire. The Say No And Phone campaign - SNAP - is targeting youngsters aged between 13 and 25 during the next 12 months, encouraging
SOLICITOR Paul Schofield is set to appear in a right royal role as he lays down the law on BBC television. Paul, a partner in Blackburn practice Farleys, has been chosen to appear in a television feature based on the annual Queen's Speech which will be
A RIBBLE Valley gas bottling plant may have to shut down, councillors have ruled. And although residents living near to the Acewell Gas, Simonstone, are relieved, 10 workers look set to lose their jobs. Members of the planning and development committee
DAVE THOMSON and Bob Holden often ride on trains looking for trouble. They usually find it with youngsters less than half their age. It could be concrete blocks on the track, stones through the windows of trains or even worse. Sometimes the victims end
THE North West economy is stagnant, according to a business failure survey out today. The number of companies going into receivership remained constant in October, with 23 in the region - the same number as in September, according to accountants Touche
GRAHAM Whitehead is a man who lives in the future. The Blackburn born engineer spends his life looking at how advances in technology will help firms communicate in the next century. As the head of BT's Future Business Unit, he works on exciting new equipment
C Bakewell (Letters, November 8) speaks sensibly and correctly about North West Water's plans to introduce prepayment devices. Water is a necessity of life and no private utility should have the power to deprive a household of supply. Blackburn Council
DOZENS of East Lancashire patients who need a doctor in the middle of the night may soon have to travel to Preston. A controversial new 'out of hours' scheme is poised to be introduced which will affect people living in the Longridge area. GPs in Longridge
CRICKETING superstar Ian Botham was striding into Blackburn with a spring in his step this afternoon after hearing that he had just become a dad for the third time. Botham's wife, Kathy, gave birth to their third child in Doncaster early today. And the
HEALTH bosses battling to control the spread of Aids have revealed there are only 35 known HIV sufferers in East Lancashire. And official figures have suggested that 25 of the victims are men who probably contracted the infection through gay sex. Health
MOSQUE leaders in Blackburn are being asked to co-operate with park rangers to help control heavy traffic at funerals. The request follows a complaint made to Blackburn Council by a mourner who was unable to get to a family grave because the road into
IREAD with interest the letter by C Bakewell (Letters, November 8) on beating the bad payers. He or she will not have to worry about bad payers because we will all have fixed meters. North West Water chairman Sir Desmond Pitcher said in the same paper
FOR 15 years every intimate detail of Princess Diana's life has been subjected to public scrutiny by the media. Surely it's time to let her private life be her own. Diana, the outsider, has no family to turn to, but despite the unwanted attention of the
MINISTRY of Defence officials were quick to deny today the "scare story" that Michael Portillo is set to buy American warplanes, drastically slashing RAF orders for the new Eurofighter - and killing thousands of UK planemakers' jobs in the process. We
VILLAGERS in Hapton are unlikely to be out-bidding one another when the chance to become known as the Lord and Lady of the Manor comes up for grabs. The Manorial Lordship of Hapton is being offered for sale at a London auction next month, but most villagers
TOP dog Lennox the boxer and his Parliamentary owner Doug Hoyle, MP, called in to Clitheroe as winners of an unusual competition. The annual Westminster Dog of the Year contest, organised by the Ribble Valley pet food manufacturers Dugdales, attracts
COUNCIL leader Louise Ellman has called on the Government to carry out a survey into the dumping of weapons in the Irish Sea. The county council leader is concerned that chemical weapons and munitions abandoned in the Irish Sea could have an effect on
THE Bishop of Blackburn has spoken out against the lack of religious teaching in the Church of England. The Rt Rev Alan Chesters made the criticisms at a meeting of representatives from parishes across the county at St Christopher's High School, Accrington
JUNIOR green campaigner Ian Clements won himself a trip to the seaside for an environment conference after entering a national competition run by BBC1's Newsround programme. The 10-year-old pupil from St Paul's RC Primary School in Feniscowles received
A SERIES of paintings have brightened up a clinic which treats patients with HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases. The Department of Genito Urinary Medicine (GUM) at Blackburn Infirmary has welcomed the donation by well known painter Royston du
A SIX-year-old girl was knocked down and left for dead on her way to a shop. Amy Ellis, of Colin Street, Burnley, was with her cousin Daniel Harrison when she was hit by a dark blue Ford Escort on Harold Street at 7pm. Her leg was broken in two places
RANDY Reg Holdsworth failed to pull in the crowds when actor Ken Morley appeared at King George's Hall, Blackburn. The show-piece venue was today counting the cost of 900 empty seats after ticket sales for Morley's solo show flopped. Only 100 Coronation
THE OWNERS of a warehouse gutted in a £1 million blaze are planning to reopen a store in Accrington on the same site. Glyn Webb, the Oldham-based owners of the destroyed DIY store, have applied for permission to build a store on their Blackburn Road site
BOSSES of North West Water are under investigation after being accused of cheating customers and providing sub-standard services. The company announced pre-tax profits of £284 million - £9 a second - earlier this year and chairman Sir Desmond Pitcher
IN response to Mrs A Reid (Letters, November 3), I can confirm Blackburn Council's commitment to continuing and completing the refurbishment of Blackburn Market. The next two phases of the refurbishment have been approved and this will complete the three-day
A MEDICAL expert from East Lancashire has made an astonishing claim that nearly every "mad cow" is probably being eaten by the public. And Dr Stephen Dealler's worries have fuelled concern that mad cow disease - Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy - can
ANGRY players' union supremo Gordon Taylor has attacked Manchester United chief Alex Ferguson. Ferguson caused a storm when he accused Blackburn Rovers' striker Alan Shearer of being motivated by money in Fergie's forthcoming video after Shearer chose
