Charity Night, Duke of York, Waterside, 8pm. In aid of Sunshine Project International. Paul Rigby and The Northern Jazz Orchestra, Darwen Library Theatre, Knott Street, 7.30pm. "Murder at the Vicarage," The Leisure Hall, Bacup, 7.30pm. Patrick Moore presents
EVEN if the inevitable politicking that has ensued suggests that a pinch of salt may be needed, investigation is nevertheless needed into the claims that houses in East Lancashire that have been done up with improvement grants are lying empty while owners
A CUSTOMER visits an electrical goods supermarket to be met by a host of assistants. The goods are all marked with tickets that are priced and coded but provide few details. Deciding on a purchase, the practice is take the code and cash to the desk. A
WE need a Regional Parliament in the North West like a hole in the head. Another layer of unnecessary bureaucracy, yet more time-servers earning unnecessary expenses, more interference in the management of business and the fracture of what remains of
I WAS delighted that Leo Conroy (Letters, June 7) enjoyed The Darwen Music Festival. As the local politician who initiated and has steered the Festival 2000 programme, of which this event was a part, I am delighted to be associated with its success, just
MORE than 750 Lancashire aerospace jobs were axed today by BAE Systems. The firm said the jobs would go at its Samlesbury and Warton sites which together employ more than 10,000. And union representatives at Samlesbury today warned they feared more job
CHIEF executive John Williams today admitted BSkyB's new TV deal has placed even more pressure on Blackburn Rovers to regain their Premier League status next season. The satellite channel yesterday agreed to pay £500 million a year for the right to screen
BANNERS depicting the five continents went on display together with a sale of crafts at Age Concern's Knight Hill House day centre, Padiham. The banners and craft items were made by users of the centre as part of Age Concern Lancashire's Project 2000,
TALENTED youngsters at Towneley High School, in Burnley, were given the opportunity to show off their artistic abilities at an Expressive Arts Evening at the school. The event was organised to recognise the wide range of talent in the school, with more
THE brakes have been put on plans for another five Hackney Carriage licences this year. Burnley Council will grant no more licences until plans for the redevelopment of the town centre bus station are finalised and new taxi rank sites are identified.
A SHOPKEEPER cheated death when a scrapyard explosion sent a gas bottle flying 200ft into the front of his shop. Riaz Hussain was inside his off-licence in Parkinson Street, Mill Hill, Blackburn, when the bottle flew across the street, missing him by
POLICE investigating the disappearance of an East Lancashire schoolgirl fear she may have travelled to London. Ruksana Khatun has not been seen since Saturday, when she was caught on CCTV cameras boarding a train at Accrington Railway Station, carrying
CLAIMS that residents are missing out on home improvement grants while houses which have already benefited lie empty are to be investigated. Hyndburn Council has set up a working party after claims from a Labour councillor that up to 50 private homes
AN ENVIRONMENTAL group is urging Ribble Valley residents to write to the area's MP Nigel Evans urging him to call for a public inquiry into emissions from Castle Cement's Ribblesdale works. David Mortimer, chairman of Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley
IAN Wright has been given a clean bill of health after an ankle operation this week. The Clarets striker will therefore be fit to continue his playing career -- if he has a change of heart and decides to postpone his retirement from the game. The 36-year-old
A £500,000 investment has put a metal company at the cutting edge! Castle Metals, based on the Walker Park at Blackburn, has invested in a laser cutting machine to supply parts to the aerospace industry locally. The American-owned firm, which set up in
MAJOR players in Lancashire's tourism industry are heading for Blackburn for a key conference. The aim of the June 20 event is show local hotels, tourist attractions and venues such as mill shops how to profit from attracting new business from coach and
BACUP's 2nd Rossendale Scout Group Band will rub shoulders with senior brass players when they take part in the annual Whit Friday Marches around Saddleworth tomorrow. The band includes young men and women over a wide age range, from 10 upwards and has
CLASPING a copy of Wuthering Heights, Mark Ward sat shivering in his tent on the bleak moorland of Bronte country. Seeking inspiration, he imagined what life would have been like for Heathcliff and Kathy in the fictional masterpiece. Now Blackburn-born
ALMOST five hundred years of single-sex education outside the sixth form at an East Lancashire grammar school are set to end - because governors believe boys do better if they study alongside girls. Girls aged from seven upwards will be accepted at Queen
A BOY left unable to walk or talk after suffering head injuries in a road accident six years ago has been awarded £2.5million damages. Khuram Akhtar, now 12, formerly of Crompton Place, Blackburn, also has epileptic fits and will be dependent on others
NEW Harold Ryden champion Ben Scott last night revealed the golfing exploits of Shaw Hill ace Nick Dougherty inspired him to become the competition's youngest winner ever. The placid, ice-cool 17-year-old from Burnley enjoyed his finest moment after beating
UNDERSTANDABLY, many will share the qualms of Burnley's MP Peter Pike over the nherently sneaky ploy by trading standards officers of using "decoy" children to trap shopkeepers selling cigarettes to under-age youngsters. But it would seem that rogue traders
ISN'T David Seaman's hair lovely? Not like that little ginger bloke, Paul Scholes. His was sticking up all over the place after the game against Portugal. And it looked like he had been sweating. But Dave's flowing locks had retained all of their shiny
IF you served at RAF Uetersen in Germany you may be interested to know that since 1996 more than 170 people who served at this former station, are now members of the Ole Uetonians Association, including overseas members. The station, now an NCO school
NOW that the sanctuary purchase is earning completion and our repairs and improvements appeal is circulating, we must turn our thoughts to preparing for the long winter ahead for all our animals, once again, our financial survival. Marmaduke, Sonny Boy
A HIKE in the cost of staff parking at Burnley Town Hall would amount to only a 10p-a-day rise, Conservative David Hegginbottom told councillors. Supporting the 30 per cent rise -- in line with increases in public charges -- he said the cost would not
SHOPLIFTERS and other persistent offenders will be told to "get out of town" in a new police crackdown. Prolific offenders will be banned from Burnley centre and traders issued with their mugshots so they can see who has been barred from their shops.
THE popular Farmers' Market at Colne's Asda store has won a reprieve after store mangers found space for the monthly sales. Local producers were despondent two weeks' ago when Asda chiefs said a re-vamp of the foyer area meant the market, held on the
BRITAIN'S first woman Chief Constable eased herself into the hot-seat in charge of nearly 3,000 male police officers in Lancashire. Pauline Clare had previously been Deputy Chief Constable of Cheshire.The media wanted to know how she would deal with being
A HEADTEACHER is pleading with vandals to leave his primary school alone after it was attacked 24 times in six months. Stephen Bibby's appeal to local troublemakers comes after the vandals caused damaged to Woodnook Primary School, Hudson Street, Accrington
The Mayor of Clitheroe Coun Alan Yearing presented a cheque to two fund-raising cyclists. Neighbours Michael Boult and Brian Davies, of Shays Drive, Clitheroe, rode from Land's End to John O'Groats to raise money for the Friends of Chernobyl's Children
A RIBBLE Valley farmer is counting the cost after 14 bullocks were stolen. Andrew Pye, of Hill Crest Farm, Chipping, said the bullocks could have been worth a lot of money as they got older and heavier. Thieves broke into the Startifants Lane farm and
FIREFIGHTING hero Ronnie Eatough was today reunited with the tiny seven-week-old baby boy he plucked to safety from the top floor of a burning pub. The pair met again as the tot's relieved parents thanked everyone involved in the dramatic rescue of the
HARVEYS Furnishing has boasted of a strong performance at its stores. The company, which operates a major outlet at Whitebirk, said operating profits in the second half of its financial year were up 24 per cent, while in the first six weeks of the current
FURNITURE and electrical goods are needed for Todmorden Flood Appeal. Committee member Carole Gavaghan has urged people to contact her if they can help out in any way after the freak floods in the town almost two weeks ago damaged many homes. She said
A BLACKBURN firm marked the start of Euro 2000 with their own match and raised £1,300 for a children's hospice. Office furniture company Dauphin, of Peter Street, Blackburn, took on the Tom Martin Metals team, from Preston, and beat them by six goals
A TESCO check-out operator claimed a store security guard bullied him into getting cash using customer credit card details. Blackburn magistrates heard that the guard had been found with a list of credit card details after Imran Karolia had been spoken
ATHLETICS chiefs warn that youngsters will suffer if councils scrap plans to create a new sports complex at an East Lancashire high school. Ian Coffey, of Hyndburn Athletics Club, says residents living near Moorhead High School, Accrington, should think
LAST Sunday 26-year-old Mark Turner fell to his death from a multi-storey car park after leaving the Utopia nightclub in Blackburn. He is the second clubber to die in similar circumstances in recent years. As police continued to probe the circumstances
LANCASHIRE all-rounder Joe Scuderi is looking forward to his own Euro 2000 in Scotland later this year. Scuderi was born in Australia but qualifies for Italy, one of the countries preparing for cricket's European Championships in Edinburgh next month.
