DECISIONS on four retail schemes which will shape the future of shopping in Rawtenstall in the next Millennium have been deferred until next week. Councillors in Rossendale ruled that a meeting of the full engineering and planning committee on Monday
HOLIDAYMAKERS from across East Lancashire were today urged to check with their tour operator before setting off for the hurricane-ravaged Caribbean. Many trips have been cancelled after Hurricane Georges ripped through the Dominican Republic and Antigua
HUNDREDS of East Lancashire farmers are expected to converge on Blackpool on Sunday for a protest march at the start of the Labour Party conference. They will join others from all over the country to call on the Government to "keep Britain farming." The
Edith Butler has lived through the days when Queen Victoria was on the throne and cotton was still king in Lancashire. This week she shared her hundred years of memories with the five generations of her family who helped her celebrate her century. Edith
MORE than 700 new jobs could be created at Shadsworth Industrial Estate, Blackburn, thanks to a £2.2 million Euro grant secured by council chiefs. The money will also pay for new offices and other improvements to the estate. Negotiations between Blackburn
PROUD dad Brian Reid has put his hospital visits on hold to help Burnley seek a vital victory against Wigan Athletic tomorrow, writes PETE OLIVER. The recent Clarets' signing became a father for the first time on Tuesday afternoon when his wife Christine
AMBULANCE services across the country are buckling under the pressure of rising costs and increased workload but Lancashire has bucked the national trend. The Audit Commission has revealed that nine out of the 38 ambulance trusts failed to reach targets
CHRIS Sutton is set to play against Everton at Goodison tomorrow, despite scare stories in the national tabloids that the Blackburn Rovers striker could be sidelined by an ankle injury, writes PETER WHITE. The fact is that Sutton has been carrying a niggling
TRANSFER target Frank Petter Kval will win an instant call-up to the Burnley squad for tomorrow's clash with Wigan provided he agreed terms with Clarets' boss Stan Ternent today, writes PETE OLIVER. Ternent is keen to recruit the Norwegian goalkeeper
A GRIEVING son today blasted thugs who pelted his car with bricks as he drove away from East Lancashire hospice - an hour after the death of his dad. Raiders had earlier broken into Chris Hampson's vehicle and stolen flowers which he had bought for his
THE heat of tomorrow's vital Goodison battle between Everton and Blackburn Rovers will be the equivalent of a walk in the park for David Unsworth after the turbulent summer experienced by the Chorley-born defender, writes PETER WHITE. Unsworth, you may
A COUNCIL will cough up cash to help office workers kick the dreaded weed. Ribble Valley Council has been looking to ban smoking at its Clitheroe offices after 74 per cent of staff said they would support the move. Smokers can currently light up in the
JACK Walker was set to spend thousands of pounds beaming TV pictures to people living near Ewood Park. Rebuilding work left residents in the Bolton Road area complaining that the height of the new stand was making their TV pictures fuzzy. So Rovers planned
IMAGINE the distress of Chris Hampson and his family. As he and his wife and baby son sat by his father's deathbed at the Park Lee Hospice in Blackburn, young thugs broke into his car outside and stole the flowers they had brought along with the child's
POLITICAL party conferences - particularly those of the one in power - attract protesters and interest groups like moths to a lamp, but this weekend Labour will find it hard to ignore the vocal pressure directed at them by farmers marching at Blackpool
BLACKBURN Hawk's Canadian powerhouse Andrew Dickson is struggling to get off the ground in time for this weekend's English Cup double bill at Swindon tomorrow (face off 5.30pm) and at home to Oxford on Sunday (face off 6pm). The aggressive forward crashed
WELL, surprise, surprise! - despite all the traffic-calming and road markings in New Lane, Oswaldtwistle, motorists are still travelling just as fast as they did before and the residents are (quite rightly) up in arms (LET, September 11). Never in all
MR L Lawes (Letters, September 15) implied that I was "economical with the truth" by giving the impression (Letters, August 25) that savings are tax-free at present. My reference to tax savings was in the context of "Labour's failure to promote saving
HOSPITAL waiting lists in Burnley are being cut faster than target, but out-patient times are increasing. Since April, the waiting list has dropped from 6,176 to 5,754, ahead of the 6,000 target and the increase had continued through September, finance
BURNLEY has been given the go-ahead to bid for a £25 million share of Government cash aimed at breathing new life to deprived areas. Success in the new Challenge Fund scheme would give the town its biggest ever regeneration boost, providing major housing
RESIDENTS at a closure-threatened home for the elderly are threatening a defiant last stand by barricading themselves in, it was revealed today. The move by old folk at Whiteacres in Burnley could be made if councillors go ahead with controversial plans
COUNCIL tenants will be given a say on the future of Hyndburn's housing under a new government scheme. The plan, which will allow residents to help make decisions on the borough's properties, follows a decision by councillors not to transfer housing stock
A GROUP of pupils are helping design an aircraft for the next millennium. Students at Witton Park High school in Blackburn are taking part iun the Euro Collaborator project launched by BAe in conjunction with the CBI. Over the next two years pupils from
A GRIEVING son today blasted thugs who pelted his car with bricks as he drove away from East Lancashire hospice - an hour after the death of his dad. Raiders had earlier broken into Chris Hampson's vehicle and stolen flowers which he had bought for his
ITS a family affair at the Malik General Store and the customers seem to love it. Muazam Hussain's shop is one of the most popular around clocking up 2,525 sales to Lancashire Evening Telegraph CentrePoint cardholders in the past six months. That makes
LIFE in a nursing home keeps 100-year-old Clara Riley going. She likes to keep an eye on the staff as much as they enjoy caring for her! Clara celebrated her hundredth birthday with a family get-together at the Longshaw House Residential Home, Crosby
THE long-term future of the Rossendale Hospital site is likely to be decided next year, Burnley Health Trust chairman Brian Foster revealed today. He said an investigation into the bricks and mortar needs of health services in the Valley could start early
Saturday Star Night with "Classique," Guide Conservative Club, School Lane, Guide, 8pm. Secondhand Book Fair, King George's Hall, Northgate, Blackburn, 10am. Janet Anderson MP Surgery, Darwen Library Theatre, School Street, 10am-11am. Breakthrough Lady
TRIUMPHANT speed-king Carl Fogarty was the toast of East Lancashire after winning the world motorcycle crown. He held off a pack of top foreign stars to finish fifth in the race and clinch the Formula One World Championship at Donington Park. More than
IN your editorial (LET, September 22), you say that Clinton's great ability as a statesman should not be outweighed by the fact that he has been shown to be a liar, a cheat and a sex maniac. Perhaps these qualities, in some measure or another, are essential
THE law, recently passed by the government, says that aspirin and paracetamol can only be sold in packs of 32. The price was £1 for 100; now, it is that much for 32. These pain-killing drugs are one of the biggest selling commodities of chemists, so this
STEVE Parry was set for a sensational return to non-league football today as the new boss of North Western Trains League side Clitheroe. Blues chairman Steve Rush confirmed an appointment was imminent but remained tight-lipped about the identity of the
ON Wednesday, September 16, members of Blackburn Lions took a coach party of people to visit Lyme Park in Cheshire and even though the weather wasn't kind to us, the tour of the hall and the viewing of the contents gave us an enjoyable day out. On behalf
CHORLEY boss Bryan Griffiths will welcome back defender Mark Jones after suspension for his side's visit to Gainsborough Trinity. But wing man Colin Potts starts a one game ban, full back Ross Millard is ruled out with a dislocated shoulder and Ian Harold
THE Lancashire, Greater Manchester and South Cumbria region of the Multiple Sclerosis Society supports and represents the 21 branches in the areas, encouraging joint work of mutual benefit and providing a regional focus for promoting the society's aims
AN appeal to "born again bikers" to attend refresher courses before taking high powered machines out on to the road has been made by a coroner and the police. The move came at the inquest into the death of weekend rider William Nutter, 36, of Bank Terrace
ENGINEER Neil Rozee is the toast of his bosses after a student project led to major breakthrough. Neil was on work placement at Bamber Carpets, part of Accrington-based Gaskell Textiles, during a year out from his degree course when he was given a 'mission
A GRIEVING wife today told how she battled in vain to give her headteacher husband the kiss-of-life after he suffered a fatal asthma attack while on holiday. Andrew Worrall, 46, head of Townshouse Special School, Nelson, and his wife Pamela were enjoying
A PLAN to build a Sainsbury's supermarket in Darwen has been referred to Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott. Blackburn with Darwen councillors have recommended the scheme be given the go ahead, but referred the final decision to Mr Prescott's Department
