THE treacle miners of Sabden are going to Cannes in the hope of bringing a bumper tourism boost to East Lancashire. If all goes well, the cuddly creatures could bring thousands of visitors flocking to the Ribble Valley. And they could spawn a massive
IN the leaflet, 'Coal Clough Labour News,' which I received recently, was an article headed 'Liberal Scandal Rocks Area,' which goes on at length to condemn Coun Paul Massey for leaving Burnley last February to take up a permanent job working for Boeing
EDENFIELD professional Keith Roscoe took nine wickets on the opening day of the Vaux Ribblesdale League so our man Brian Doogan decided to put him in the spotlight for the first of a regular series of "pro-files". KEITH ROSCOE Edenfield AGE: 34 NATIONALITY
A CLEAR warning of a mounting shortage of nurses that will hit health care in East Lancashire, as it peaks to crisis-level in the next two years, was sounded by the profession today. But the alarms bells being sounded at the annual conference of the Royal
A FASHION campaign to raise cash for breast cancer research has been kick-started by Janet Anderson MP by buying her teenage daughter a trendy T-shirt. Top fashion designers have united to highlight the problem of breast cancer and have hit East Lancashire
A SEVERE shortage of nurses is threatening to leave patient care in East Lancashire battered and bruised over the next two years, it was revealed today. Growing concern is being expressed that only 9,000 nurses are expected to qualify across the UK in
CHILDREN worry about exams and school work more than anything else in their lives, a study reveals. Now schools across East Lancashire are letting youngsters know they can turn to teachers for support as exam time approaches. The survey, carried out by
THE number of day pupils attending independent schools in Lancashire has risen. There are now 6,576 boys and 6,107 girls. A survey by the Independent Schools Information Service shows a rise of 0.2 per cent, set against fee rises 4.8 per cent. Gerald
LIBERAL Democrat Coun John McGowan, of Clitheroe (Letters, March 14) illustrates why his party are known to most people as the 'wishy-washy' - full of bright ideas, but most of them impractical and ruinous to businesses. He calls Labour 'Blair's Tory
RIBBLE Valley's Nigel Evans has said the only way that MPs should receive a pay increase is by slashing their numbers. If the 651 members of the House of Commons were reduced, the cash saved could provide a salary increase without costing the tax payer
IHAVE to take exception with the author of 'No right to bear arms,' (Letters, April 12), who tries to distort differences in British and American gun ownership laws in order to justify his personal ownership of guns. The "much vaunted right to bear arms
A 71-YEAR-OLD man who suffers from a serious heart condition was attacked by a 12-year-old who wound a hosepipe around his neck and began whipping him with it. Danny Kay, of Ivinson Road, Darwen, was assaulted after he retrieved the pipe which had been
GREAT Harwood Town's amazing turnaround in form continued away at Gretna last night. And Martin Eatough's men now know that a point from their final game of the season, away at Radcliffe Borough on May 4th, will guarantee them their place in the UniBond
COMPANY bosses and planning chiefs look to have reached a stalemate over moves to redevelop a prime site in Accrington. Office furniture makers Lupton Brothers were granted permission to demolish the company's crumbling Victorian mill and market the site
JASON Wilcox has spent the past few days putting his own personal annus horribilis way behind him. For the Blackburn Rovers winger's England call has been a huge bonus at the end of a year of stress and pain. To go from the operating table and cruciate
A 123 per cent rise in the share price of Blackburn based TDS Circuits took it to the top of a North West investment league. The printed circuit board manufacturer has seen a return to profits after eight years in the red. It was the best performer in
THE first pet food 'meals on wheels' delivery has put manufacturer Wuffitmix en route to a stray dogs' home. The Clitheroe-based firm donated several tonnes of its dried dog food for distribution at National Canine Defence League rescue centres in Evesham
ARE the jobs advertised in Jobcentres really jobs? On a recent visit to the Darwen Jobcentre, I wrote down the reference number of four 'jobs,' then had the receptionist key them into the computer. All four were for other employment agencies, and anyone
ASIAN graduates are twice as likely to end up unemployed as other students. The findings come in a major study of Asian students carried out by the Indian Workers' Association in Blackburn and sponsored by the East Lancashire Training and Enterprise Council
THIS was not the baptism of fire patrons of the new North Stand had paid their money to see. Instead it was a performance laden with self-doubt and inadequacy, contrasting sharply with the conviction and effectiveness shown in Burnley's two previous outings
POLICE bosses celebrating the success of Lancashire's helicopter are to save an extra £7,000 a year by taking pilots on to the payroll. The £1.6 million twin-engined Squirrel, which took off for the first time on November 21, 1994, paid for itself in
A LEADING beef exporter crippled by the Mad Cow Disease crisis has revealed that half-a-million pounds worth of its meat is marooned around the world. And furious bosses at award-winning Great Harwood Food Products have blasted the Government for failing
MORRIS dancers will be hot-stepping their way down Coronation Street when a taste of East Lancashire comes to one of the North West's top tourist attractions. For Friday April 26 to Sunday April 28 is Blackburn Weekend, at Manchester's Granada Studios
DETECTIVES were hunting a robber who snatched £150 from a local store and injured an assistant. The polite robber said: 'Excuse me' as he grabbed a fistful of notes from the till at the Maid Marion store in Whalley New Road, Blackburn. But have-a-go assistants
MAYHEM erupted at Turf Moor's Fourth Division promotion clash as turnstiles were wrecked and takings snatched by late arriving Blackpool fans fighting to enter the ground. Police estimated at least 100 away supporters "went over the top" before mounted
KHALID Parvez has turned his car hobby into a 'wheely' good business! The 27-year-old Nelson businessman has launched Auto Car Design Centre on Leeds Road to supply accessories for high-performance cars. Khalid decided to set up on his own after a two-year
IF HOME Secretary Michael Howard is to fulfil his duty as the nation's justice minister, he must heed Lancashire's plea today for fair play over the funding of police cover at party conferences. For, yet again, the county's taxpayers will be picking up
UNIFORM firm Simon Jersey is expanding again with a £760,000 extension at its Altham site. The firm, Britain's fastest-growing supplier of clothing to business and industry worldwide, has embarked on a three-storey extension to its offices on the Altham
A DISABLED driving group is making an appeal for wheelchairs. The East Lancashire Disabled Drivers' Association is asking anyone who has a wheelchair which is no longer used to get in touch with them. When people are allowed home from hospital, it can
A STONE sculpture of Blackburn's famous crest is the centrepiece of a new landscape scheme on the fringe of Blackburn town centre. The one-and-a-half metre high crest has been carved by Whitworth-based artist David Cudworth and incorporates the main elements
AN EXPERT police dog handler from Lancashire has been called in to search for the body of a missing teenage mother in Coventry. Sergeant Mick Swindells was requested by West Midlands Police, who are digging the grounds of a house close to the parents'
A HEARTBROKEN widow's tears of sorrow have been turned to tears of joy by a Lancashire Evening Telegraph reader. On Monday, we told how vandals had wrecked a bench given by Moira Thwaites in memory of her husband, Jim. The reader - a Blackburn man who
A FAMILY rocked by a series of tragic deaths heard they will never know exactly what killed their brother. Heavy drinker Kevin Michael Jackson, 47, was found dead in a bedroom just weeks after he vowed never to touch alcohol again. A Blackburn inquest
POLICE chiefs want to quiz Home Secretary Michael Howard over political conference cash in a bid to get justice for Lancashire. The county's taxpayers already cough up almost £900,000 every other year for security at the Conservative Party conference
SOLDIER Arron Whitney came home from Bosnia to marry his sweetheart, Cathrine Tickle. Arron, 22, is serving with the Queen's Lancashire Regiment, as part of the peace-keeping force. The lance corporal from Briercliffe has the tricky job of spotting and
BURNLEY manager Adrian Heath admitted today that Burnley are back in the relegation melting pot. A 1-0 defeat at home to Bristol Rovers, coupled with Carlisle United's 2-0 victory over York, brought the Cumbrians back to within three points of the Clarets
