CAMPAIGNERS for the elderly are appealing to East Lancashire MPs for their help in changing the law on cold weather payments. Age Concern is supporting a private members bill being introduced to Parliament by Preston MP Audrey Wise in a bid to have wind
NEW Year shoppers at Burnley Asda superstore could end up "pocketing'' a job, provided they come from the Burnley Challenge Fund area. Bilingual staff from the Burnley Employment and Training Charter will be on hand to discuss job opportunities as people
EAST Lancashire came out of the drink-drive league with figures soaring above the rest of the country. Figures released by the police showed that in the Blackburn and Burnley divisions there were 59 motorists arrested for drink driving, 11 involved in
WORKERS are celebrating after reaching a major safety milestone. ICI staff at Orchard Mill and Chapels Park acrylics production sites, in Darwen, have achieved more than one million hours working without a reportable injury. "I am extremely proud of this
IWAS sorry to read the views of E Adamson (Letters, December 5) in which he still contends that the First World War soldiers shot for cowardice and desertion were guilty and he can find no excuse against this, adding that he pities the individuals attempting
Christine Rutter on the strange gifts Father Christmas should have left behind THE DAYS of "grinning and bearing" unwanted Christmas presents are becoming a thing of the past, according to a recent survey. Research by Argos revealed that three-quarters
YOUR article "Council grants a 'Tory racket'" (LET, December 13) was ridiculous and misleading. Obviously, you can only print information received, but perhaps you were unaware that the council with the highest standard spending assessment per head is
Peter White on Middlesbrough's announcement last weekend that they couldn't filed a fit team to face Blackburn Rovers IF only Bob Lord was still alive - and stalking the corridors of power of the FA Premier League. "Lord Bob" of Burnley might not have
SAMPDORIA superstar Sinisa Mihajlovic has told the Serie A giants: "Match Sven Goran Eriksson or I'm off." And that has led to speculation in Italy that the Yugoslav international will be the first foreign import arrival when Eriksson arrives at Ewood
THIEVES are preying on motorists who leave their cars in pub car parks overnight after enjoying a festive drink. The crooks have been touring East Lancashire's remote pubs and pilfering from vehicles during the night. And the law-abiding owners, who do
THE search is on to find Britain's top business woman. It is three years since East Lancashire had its first finalist in the Veuve Clicquot awards in the shape of Mavis Gradwell, joint managing director of Simon Jersey Ltd. Last year's winner was Janet
YOUR report on possible increases to Blackburn councillors' allowances (LET, December 14) highlights New Labour in all its glory. Here we have Blackburn's socialists councillors out to line their own pockets. First, they get their snouts into the trash
Brian Doogan tracks down new Rovers boss Sven Goran Eriksson at Sampdoria "HOW beautiful are my Samp", asked Sven Goran Eriksson after the game. "It's fantastic," cried the ecstatic reporter to my right as Sampdoria outclassed so emphatically the team
MANY of your readers may have seen the recent coverage on ITN News at Ten (December 10) regarding the long-term effects of treatment with oral corticosteroids. Oral corticosteroids, used to treat for example, asthma, skin diseases, rheumatoid arthritis
SHOPKEEPERS across East Lancashire were put on alert after a series of raids at post offices. Police believed a gang had been "staking out" branches in order to pick the right moment in the run-up to Christmas. They included a tea-time raid at Hoddlesden
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IWOULD like to wish a very happy Christmas to the person who climbed over our back yard wall and stole my son's bike. He saved up all of his spending money for a number of weeks to purchase it and had since spent his time and his money restoring it, with
THE PROPENSITY of Christmas to creep up and catch a body unawares has left this normally-astute column the difficult task of drawing up its presents list at the very last minute. However, tough as the prospect is, worse is the notion of our favoured recipients
A FOOTBALL club's disabled fans today received an apology after players and directors failed to turn up at their Christmas party. Blackburn Rovers Disabled Supporters Club complained when they were quoted £5.95 a head for a potato pie supper after trying
FA Cup 2nd round replay: Burnley 1 Walsall 1 (AET) Burnley win 4-2 on penalties - Tony Dewhurst's big match verdict THE Turf Moor man who loathes Liverpool booked Burnley a sizzling FA Cup third round cash-bonanza at Anfield's field of dreams. Scouser
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BURNLEY manager Adrian Heath today revealed the reasons behind his dramatic decision to transfer list leading goalscorer Kurt Nogan and told him: "You will not hold Burnley to ransom." Nogan was axed from last night's FA Cup second round replay with Walsall
TRANSFER-LISTED Kurt Nogan admitted today: "I'm ready to quit Turf Moor." Manager Adrian Heath made the dramatic decision after Nogan failed to report for training on Sunday after his baby daughter fell ill. But in an exclusive interview with the Lancashire
