A NEW chain of centres to help steer people to new careers has been given official approval. The Inform adult guidance centres, based at seven locations across East Lancashire, were launched earlier this year by ELTEC in partnership with colleges, training
A FOUNDRY is setting companies across the country a good example. The RHP Bearings factory in Blackburn is featured in a new publication launched by the Departments of Trade & Industry and the Environment as part of a green initiative. RHP is currently
SMOKERS are being offered help with New Year resolutions to quit from expert advisers at Burnley Council's William Thompson Recreation Centre. A new six-week "Quit and Get Fit'' course starts on Saturday, January 11, and organisers hope it is as successful
FORMER AC Milan coach Oscar Washington Tabarez was today strongly tipped to take over from Sven Goran Eriksson at Sampdoria. And that seems to be Blackburn Rovers' best chance of bringing the Swede to Ewood before the end of the season. The Uruguayan,
THE entire London Underground was shut down after a new wave of bomb attacks brought commuter chaos to the capital for the second week running. A firebomb went off on a passenger train at Harrow-on-the-Hill and another device was discovered in depot sidings
POLICE netted a major haul of stolen property in a massive crime blitz in Blackburn. During the three-week exercise, code-named Operation Echo, more than £27,000 worth of property was recovered and 628 crimes cleared up. A team of 55 police officers,
FORMER skipper Johnny Haig could be marching home to the Arena! Haig, currently with Kingston, is believed to be a target for Blackburn Hawks...and there could be another new import in place by next weekend. Talks with an experienced forward are already
A COUPLE from East Lancashire are behind a scheme set up in the wake of a "scam" which cost investors thousands of pounds. Freedom International, set up two months ago, is promising investors "healthy returns" when they pay to join and includes Accrington
BURNLEY would not have to collect any council tax at all and would be able to pay a rebate of £548 to every single payer if they got as much government grant as Westminster Council. That's the claim of MP Peter Pike. He said: "The Government is pouring
FA Cup 2nd round replay: Burnley v Walsall - Tony Dewhurst's big match preview GERRY Harrison will return to the heart of the Burnley defence for tonight's FA Cup second round replay against Walsall at Turf Moor. The influential Harrison has missed the
BLACKBURN and Darwen, with a population of some 140,000, boasts only three superstores and a half-empty shopping centre. Yet, Basildon in Essex, with a population of around 150,000, has some 15 superstores. This shows the gap between the rich South and
A POLICY which will dramatically change the shape of Blackburn Council has been approved by councillors. The town hall is reshaping its management structure in time for independence from the county council in 16 months time. The aim is to create a new
FORMER hostages Terry Waite and John McCarthy sent out a worldwide message of hope during an emotional service for Blackburn captive Paul Wells. About 230 people packed the tiny Immanuel Parish Church in Feniscowles yesterday as part of an international
THE remarks of C Tattersall (Letters, December 5) regarding street cleansing services in Darwen were misleading and perhaps the facts about this service will help. We can assure the residents of Darwen that, far from sweeping machines being withdrawn,
A MUM has received the best Christmas present she could wish for this year. Her young daughter is home after winning her brave battle for life. Single mum Joanne Lingard feared the worst when doctors told her that her seven-year-old daughter Katie-Lee
GOAL-DEN girl Nellie Whitehead celebrated her 97th birthday in style with a family party. Sprightly Nellie, Blackburn Rovers oldest fan, was the centre of attention at the bash at the Dunkenhalgh Hotel, Clayton-le-Moors. Nellie is a season ticket holder
RISHTON student Stacey Houldsworth recorded her fastest ever time in the 200 metres freestyle heats of the British Open championships at Sheffield. But it was only enough to give the 15-year-old Borough of Burnley swimmer a reserve place for the final
QUEENSLAND all-rounder Brendan Creevey has been appointed as Church professional for the 1997 season. The 26-year-old right-handed batsman opens the bowling and is expected to arrive at the club in April with his wife. Creevey comes highly recommended
THOUGH the words might be different, John Major draws on Harold Macmillan's message of a generation before, telling the voters: "You've never had it so good." Indeed, the Prime Minister may be right. Economic recovery has been in place longer than most
TENS of thousands of people in Britain and across the world united in prayer in the special and moving vigil yesterday for Blackburn hostage Paul Wells and his fellow captives in Kashmir. And today, as Paul endures his 538th day in the hands of separatist
PEACE and good will to all men - whatever happened to that sentiment in Ulster? Struggling against centuries of blind sectarian hatred, the slim prospects of harmony in Northern Ireland embraced in the bogged-down peace process were today looking grim
LABOUR leaders have accused the Government of running a political vendetta against Lancashire County Council. They claim the decision to award no cash to the county under the Capital Challenge scheme was vindictive. The annual settlement, which is funded
Eric Leaver's Christmas Monday THIS year's top toy, the plastic Disney spaceman, Buzz Lightyear, has gone so ballistic in terms of scarcity that, last week, at an auction, a father paid £94.10 for one - more than three times the shop price - and another
IN reply to N Jackson's comments (Letters, December 13) on the decimation of British songbirds by birds of prey, I agree that pigeons saved thousands of lives during the two world wars but he is wrong to suggest the songbirds' demise is due to the peregrine
A MERCY man who has helped in some of the world's most dangerous troublespots was today celebrating after Embassy officials in Russia allowed his wife to fly home for Christmas. Brian Fogarty made his own desperate plea for help after the British Embassy
Leek Town 2 Accrington Stanley 1 THE visitors were just four minutes away from claiming a vital point from this UniBond Premier League match. League leaders Leek can count themselves a little lucky not to have dropped two points after this spirited display
