WE are researching a TV documentary for Channel Four about weddings which are called off. Some weddings are cancelled months in advance while, in some cases, people are left literally standing at the altar. Sometimes the couple involved do eventually
HOT property Shay Given is anxious to clarify his position in the Ewood Park goalkeeping picture. The 20-year-old wins his second cap for Mick McCarthy's patched up Republic of Ireland side in tomorrow's friendly against the Czech Republic in Prague.
HOT property Shay Given is anxious to clarify his position in the Ewood Park goalkeeping picture. The 20-year-old wins his second cap for Mick McCarthy's patched up Republic of Ireland side in tomorrow's friendly against the Czech Republic in Prague.
HAVING watched a junior football match involving my son's team, I am very concerned at the racial abuse which was directed at my nine-year-old boy during what is usually an entertaining game enjoyed by both parents and children alike. One particular woman
FORMER Burnley health trust boss, Maggie Aikman, received a £245,000 pay off because she was told to quit, says Pendle MP, Gordon Prentice. Had she volunteered her resignation, she would have got nothing, he adds. Mr Prentice called for further information
BLACKBURN Hawks manager Mike Cockayne has reacted with amazement to Solihull Barons' announcement that they have re-signed sharp-shooter Steve Chartrand. Barons, the club Chartrand left to join Hawks last July, issued a statement announcing that French-Canadian
THE Tour de France is the ultimate test of a cyclist's ability, character and endurance. But the Thwaites Grand Prix, which starts in Manchester in nine days' time and ends in Blackburn four days later, is fast becoming the British equivalent. Extended
OFFSETTING today's depressing figures on rising animal cruelty, there is, of course, the knowledge that thousands of East Lancashire people are not just kind to their pets, but go out of their way to pamper them. But how many we wonder will be so fond
EAST Lancashire is shamed today by an RSPCA report damning it as a blackspot for cruelty to animals. This shock disclosure comes as the number of animals rescued by RSPCA inspectors in Lancashire almost doubles in a year. How well dumb creatures are treated
A PENSIONER claims a large hole outside his home has been left uncovered for three weeks - but contractors say they have replaced wooden boards five times because of theft. Disabled Bartholomew Canavan has had to park his car away from his front door
'LET'S hear the Turf Roar!' was the Adrian Heath, pictured right, rallying cry as he prepared his troops to battle for three points against play-off chasing Bristol Rovers tonight. And with the 8,000-seater North Stand set to open, Heath may well get
A RELIC of the old Colne-Skipton railway line will soon disappear. Work was due to start yesterday on dismantling the viaduct which carried the former railway over the Leeds-Liverpool Canal at Foulridge Wharf. The viaduct, believed to be one of only two
AMERICAN business guru Dr Mortimer Feinberg brought his 'wake up' rallying call to East Lancashire last night to help local firms become world beaters. Dr Feinberg urged more than 200 local firms and organisations to use their strengths to become more
NURSERY school pupils hit the right note to help raise cash for an alarm system at their burglary-hit school. Pupils at Turncroft Nursery, Darwen, held a sponsored sing to raise cash for the alarm after the Lancashire County Council-run premises were
COMMUNITY groups in Burnley will soon get backing to make their own environmental schemes a reality, thanks to a new project to be announced this week The Community Environment Fund will be launched by council leader Kath Reade, who is also chairman of
THE publishers of the Lancashire Evening Telegraph and Citizens became the latest employers to receive the Investors in People award last night. At a dinner held at Ewood Park, American business expert Dr Mortimer Feinberg presented the prestigious award
AN ambitious challenge is being undertaken by intrepid members of Burnley's Round Table for the SuperScan Appeal. Alan Boys, Dave Hogarth, Stuart Sugitt and Dave Holden will travel from the northern most part of Norway to the southern most part of Gibraltar
SHOPPERS are being invited to tuck into a store's new line - in canned dog and cat food! Bosses at the Blackburn branch of Asda are taking the unusual step of serving up free samples of the Tiger feline food and Hero canine cuisine. And customer services
EAST Lancashire is an animal cruelty blackspot according to an Accrington-based RSPCA inspector. The announcement comes on the day RSPCA statistics for 1995 place Lancashire the worst of the North West's five regions for cruelty convictions. And the number
MARATHON madness gripped runners from East Lancashire as they tackled the mid-day sun and 26 gruelling miles to raise thousands of pounds for deserving causes. Local runners joined the massed throng of foot-weary fund-raisers who slogged their way along
A BLAZE running into tens of thousands of pounds has robbed cricketers of their changing pavilion just a week before fixtures get under way. Hyndburn Council is hoping to hire some portable changing units for the King George V playing fields, off Hollins
WOLSTENHOLME Rink has won a major regional award - its second accolade in five months. The Darwen-based firm supplies products to the printing industry. It won the category for firms employing between 251 and 1,000 employees in the Duke of Westminster
MANCHESTER Airport has broken the million mark for the first time in its 58-year history Growth on services operated by Singapore Airlines, Air France, Finnair and Ryanair helped push passenger numbers up to 1,039,000 in March - a 12 per cent rise on
MILL shops have got together to promote themselves to bargain hunters. Nineteen of East Lancashire's mill shops have produced a 44-page booklet in conjunction with Lancashire Enterprises to be distributed throughout the North West. Sweets, wallpaper,
SHOPPERS in the Rossendale Valley could soon find themselves dancing in the streets. at the annual Rossfest Arts and Music Festival. In Rawtenstall, Bacup or Haslingden on Saturday, May 4, there will be Latin American and Caribbean sounds from the Phase
A FAMILY has been forced to live in darkness for almost two years after a campaign of terror by young thugs. The Bakers, of Ivinson Road, Darwen, have been plagued by brick-throwing youngsters who have repeatedly smashed almost every window in their council
CROWDS broke into song with a spirited version of Livin' Doll, when Princess Diana swept into East Lancashire. The tightest security operation ever mounted surrounded Prince Charles and his wife as they visited Blackburn and Burnley . Princess Diana visited
AN anxious couple were awaiting news of a teenage daughter whom they feared could be caught up in the fighting in Romania. Christine Cramsie travelled to the country from her home in Blackburn with a group of young people from the Prince's Trust. A soldier
CLARETS chairman Frank Teasdale hopes the opening of the new North Stand tonight will mark a new era for the club as a whole. "It is a period of change but what we would like is for the spirit of the old Longside to live on," he said today. "We have had
FIVE-year-old Burnley boy Aaron Slater has already missed a year's schooling - at an age when he should be getting a vital grounding in education. He is also deprived of a normal lifestyle of learning and playing with other youngsters at school. That's
A FIVE-YEAR-OLD boy who suffers a severe allergic reaction to nuts is being taught at home because teachers have been advised not to administer his medication. Single mum Jacqueline Slater has been trying to get her son Aaron a place in a school since
POLICE have issued an appeal for public help in a bid to trace three men who left a businessman tied up in his own home following a raid on his isolated farmhouse. Detectives leading the investigation are calling on anyone with information to contact
CLEAN-UP volunteers were amazed at what they found when they cleaned up a section of the Leeds-Liverpool canal. There was a traffic bollard, obviously far from home, among the rubbish from the canal close to the Moorings pub, Blackburn. Catharine Warland
NOMINATIONS are being invited for the North West tourist attraction of the year. The awards - presented by the North West Tourist Board and sponsored by British Nuclear Fuels - are due to be presented in August at Blackpool Pleasure Beach's Paradise Room
ON Workers' Memorial Day, next Sunday at noon, Greater Manchester Hazards Centre is organising a commemorative ceremony outside the PumpHouse, People's History Museum, Bridge Street (off Deansgate) in Manchester. We are planting a tree and putting up
A MUSLIM group can alter its premises despite protests from residents. Councillors have given consent for the Cutchi Muslim Association to provide an 18-space car park and an extension to house an improved kitchen, office and sanitary facilities at Newton
A JOBLESS chef who claimed a tumour the size of a golf ball went undetected for six months has reached an out-of-court settlement with hospital chiefs. Shane Conway, 49, was ready to start a legal claim for damages after alleging that tests at Blackburn
A NEW hot food takeaway may open in Blackburn. Mr and Mrs Li have asked Blackburn Council for permission to change the use of a grocer's shop at 784 Whalley New Road. Other planning applications received by the council include: Garage, plot 7, Hindle
ACCESS for all is the message of the month from Groundwork, who are campaigning to make footpaths and bridleways in East Lancashire open to everyone. They have planned to raise awareness of the benefits of the outdoors by holding various events until
HIGH-POWERED women are at the helm of one of the biggest police forces in Britain, steering it confidently into the 20th century. The leader of the Lancashire force is none other than Pauline Clare, who was thrust into the media spotlight when she became
I AM very concerned that Chorley Council is not touring the villages of the borough, except in the case of Adlington, to enable pensioners to pick up their bus or rail passes. This may make things very difficult for residents of Riley Green, Gregson Lane
YEARS of planning and months of hard labour come to fruition tonight when Burnley open their new 8,000-seater North Stand as the Clarets entertain Bristol Rovers. And it's fitting that the most modern development at Turf Moor for decades opens when new
