A LOOK at events, from amateur theatre to rambles through our beautiful countryside. 'Lightnin' Boy and the Boys' screening, The Big Window, 13-17 Manchester Road, Burnley, 2pm and 3pm. Activities for Women, Brookhouse Access Point, Blackburn, 1pm-4pm
IF deregulation of bus operations more than 15 years ago has delivered a patchwork of services in East Lancashire in which improvements have not always been readily perceived, then perhaps a true turn for the better can at last be seen with the announcement
YOUR picture (LET, August 20) demonstrated the obscenity of bull fighting. For an hour the magnificent bull is disorientated, in pain from endless stabbings by six matadors and moments from death from several thrusts by sword prolonging the bull's suffering
A PUB on Broadway, Accrington? No shortage of customers -- local landlords and landladies drowning their sorrow at the fall-off in trade. Shopkeepers crying in their beer over ever-higher plate glass insurance; Council workers 'getting over' sweeping
COMMENTING on speed cameras, Mike Catterall (Letters, August 21) asks if everyone who drives has to suffer because of an inconsiderate minority. How would he define this 'inconsiderate minority?' -- perhaps someone driving at 50mph in a 30mph zone? Or
REGARDING the understandable confusion of Eileen Eastham who asks about ragwort (Letters, August 20), the problem is enough to confuse anyone who is not familiar with what has gone on over the years. It was when I started to keep bees in 1932 that I first
FOREIGN SECRETARY and Blackburn MP Jack Straw today stepped in to try and resolve the international love-tug row which has separated two children from their mother. Josephine Bromley, who has now spent almost a month without her daughters after they were
EWOOD defender Martin Taylor was called into England's Under 21 squad yesterday ahead of their clash with Germany on Friday. New boss David Platt was at Ewood on Saturday to watch Taylor in action against Spurs. So when a couple of his original squad
ROVERS defender Henning Berg today backed Ciccio Grabbi to break his Ewood goal-duck sooner rather than later. Berg has revealed the Italian has been looking lethal in training and he's adamant it won't be long before he's repeating that kind of goalscoring
NEW season, new division, new column! Greetings to all Roverites everywhere. As a lifelong Rovers fan I feel immensely privileged to be asked to pen this column in succession to my predecessor Phil Lloyd who sadly has had to step down for family reasons
THE traditional Wakes Weeks holidays for East Lancashire towns in 2002 have been announced. The holiday fortnight for Burnley, Nelson and Colne will begin on Friday July 5 and the September holiday week will start on Monday the 9th. People in Blackburn
A CROWD of around 2,500 enjoyed Todmorden Lions annual fun day despite the fact that there was no food! The event, in the grounds of Todmorden High School, is expected to raise more than £2,000 for the Lions charity fund as well as raising money for local
A HARVEST Appeal with a difference is being held at St Luke's Church, in Brierfield, in the hope of removing land mines in Cambodia. Money will be raised through a fun 'mark the plot' competition with a guaranteed prize at the end of it. A plan showing
ONE of four old family-album type pictures, sent by a reader to whom they are a mystery -- she thinks they may be of friends of her grandfather to whom, it is believed, the pictures originally belonged -- this one of a devoted couple taken near what appears
THIS photograph of Feniscowles reader Eileen Whiston's late uncle and aunt on their wedding day in 1931 is like many another in East Lancashire family albums. But what makes it extra interesting is that it comes with detail -- down to the last old ha'penny
WORK was due to begin today on the £100,000 face-lift of Colne bus station and is expected to take around eight to ten weeks. It is hoped the improvement scheme, funded through the council's Single Regeneration Budget and the Colne Community Economic
RESIDENTS who opposed this year's Great British Rhythm and Blues Festival in Colne today vowed to continue their fight against the noise. But the event still went ahead, attracting up to 50,000 revellers and hailed a sucess by those that attended. Local
CYCLISTS from Accrington and the Ribble Valley braved wet weather on a gruelling 135-mile charity ride from coast to coast. Luckily for the 14 riders, the weather improved over the weekend which should help them achieve their goal of raising £1,000 for
A £20,000 survey is being carried out in a bid to find ways of helping the regeneration of Great Harwood. Lancashire County Council is to appoint consultants in October who will be given the task of identifying the reasons that land and buildings are
HOW Blackpool failed to secure three points from this game is anybody's guess. After a fantastic start which saw them go 2-0l up, the Seasiders collapsed in the second half and ridiculously let in two goals. Bad luck, bad finishing and some questionable
FORMER England skipper Michael Atherton today confirmed his retirement from international and first-class cricket. The Lancashire opener, 33, revealed his decision as the England selectors announced the 16-man squad for the winter tours of India and New
PAUL Beech led the Jennings Ribblesdale League to victory in the Inter League Knockout Competition yesterday. The big-hitting Barnoldswick batsman was named man of the match as the Ribb League beat the Bolton League at Edenfield. He scored 51 and the
WHEN a brave fundraiser undertook what most men shudder to think about -- but by having all the hairs plucked from his legs he managed to notch up £160 to go towards his girlfriend's trip of a lifetime. Damian Cunliffe, 19, of Aysgarth Drive, Accrington
ROVERS' pursuit of Liverpool defender Djimi Traore took a new twist today after the player's agent admitted he may be interested in a move to Ewood. Manager Graeme Souness is set to contact his old-club this week with a fourth bid for the highly-rated
BURNLEY'S 100 per cent record in the First Division went by the wayside in their 4-2 home defeat by Manchester City last night but Clarets boss Stan Ternent was more than happy with his side's commitment. The victory took City top of the table, a position
DAVID Moyes heaped praise on young midfielder Michael Keane after his one man show saved Preston a point. The Irish midfielder - just 18-years-old - put in the best possible performance during his first full debut at Deepdale against Wimbledon on Monday
MY FIRST DAVID MAYES is the principal partner in Mayes Business Partnership in Accrington, which provides businesssupport services to small and medium sized businesses JOB I became a paper boy at 13 in Accrington and earned 15s. a week. I had pocket money
BUSINESS and industry leaders have often complained that schools are turning out students who are ill-equipped to cope with the world of work. Teachers were accused of having no understanding of the skills needed by young people to make the transition
A SALMON ladder on the River Calder along with a centre of excellence for canoeing will be the unlikely finishing touches to East Lancashire's latest industrial park. The former Padiham Power Station site is the unlikely setting for an environmental success
Companies' share values buck trend EAST Lancashire's Stock Exchange-quoted companies are holding out against the collapse in share prices which has seen the value of the FTSE Index sink by almost 15 per cent over the past 12 months. The Lancashire Evening
still have bright future Holland's gets its name in lights - literally WALTER Holland & Sons celebrates its 150th anniversary this year and the North West's best-loved pie-maker is aiming to celebrate in style. The Holland's name will be quite literally
your business Promotions, appointments and moving on MOTOR dealership Prestons BMW in Colne has appointed Richard Hargraves as dealer principal. Richard, 32, has spent the past seven years working through the ranks at the Almondbury BMW dealership in
SPECIALIST GP anti-coagulation clinics have been set up at Darwen Health Centre for people who suffer from blood problems. The move has come as part of the first phase of the Blackburn with Darwen Primary Care Trust's initiative to provide more local
AN East Lancashire biker who yesterday afternoon was involved in a race in which a fellow contestant died today vowed to carry on competing. Tim Levy sustained fatal injuries in a five-bike pile-up early into the ninth round of the British 250cc Championship
ART graduates will have the chance to work on a special commission to mark the entrance to the restored Lee Quarry site at Bacup. Lee Quarry has been disused since the 1970s, but has been part of an ambitious and innovative scheme developed by Lancashire
STROKE victim Mary Turner says her life has been changed thanks to the generosity of regulars at her local pub. A week ago a charity day was held at the Swan pub in Market Street, Bacup, where Mary plays darts and meets her friends. The day raised in
THE future of historic gateposts at Greenbank Drive, Rawtenstall, will be decided by councillors tonight. Planning officers are recommending approval to a scheme which would involve demolishing one post and moving another to allow access to two new homes
VISITORS to a United Utilities website have raised £50,000 for the National Trust's Lake District Fund, which was set up to assist the Lakes' recovery from the foot and mouth crisis. In May, the water and electricity company launched the '100 days to
THOUSANDS of people crammed into Blackburn town centre for the highlight of Blackburn's Fiesta weekend. A 300-strong procession wound its way around the town centre with spectacular and colourful floats which rivalled those on show at the more famous
POLICE have issued an appeal for help in their enquiries concerning a vicious stabbing during a robbery. Thieves contacted a 25-year-old man regarding the sale of property he had advertised in a newspaper. They arranged to meet in a lay-by on Market Street
TAXI drivers were today set to meet with council bosses to discuss how to make their job safer. Tonight's meeting, involving drivers from many of Blackburn with Darwen's cab firms, has taken several months to organise and was prompted by a series of incidents
CLITHEROE will be looking for their first win of the season when they take on Mossley at Shawbridge tonight. Dave Burgess's NWCL First Division side, who are hoping to go one better than the runners-up spot they finished in last season, have lost one
ROSSENDALE continued their impressive start to their UniBond season by taking another three points against Guiseley. Dale have now won three of their four encounters -- and drawn the other -- on their return to Division One after 12 years absence. And
AN injury-hit Chorley team found a well-organised and in-form Radcliffe side a shade too streetwise but in the end were unlucky to take nothing from a full-blooded local 'derby'. Already without three players injured in Saturday's UniBond First Division
WHILE the Preston fans know there isn't "only one Keano" there is only one that is important to them -- 18-year-old Michael Keane. The former Republic of Ireland Under 17 is fast becoming a cult hero and capped his home league debut with his first goal
DAVID Moyes heaped praise on young midfielder Michael Keane after his one man show saved Preston a point. The Irish midfielder - just 18-years-old - put in the best possible performance during his first full debut at Deepdale against Wimbledon on Monday
REGARDING 'Mess made at arts in the park' (Letters, August 17), Friends of the Earth members walked in Corporation Park, Blackburn, the morning after the event and saw council staff picking up the rubbish and glass. At the time the event finished, the
A ROBBER threatened off-licence staff with an axe before escaping with money from the till. The raider went into the Cost Less store in Wigan Road, Leigh, and demanded cash while waving the weapon. The thief, said to be aged in his early 20s, escaped
HOMES in Astley were left without electricity for hours after a fire affected their power supply. Atherton and Leigh firefighters were called to Manchester Road Astley at 1am today. A fire service spokesman said that a cable had caught fire underground
SAM Spence (Letters, August 24) states there is not a lot of Victoriana left in Blackburn and that it goes against the grain for the council to save anything of worth, such as the cobbles in Darwen Street. I beg to differ. Despite the fact that the 1960s
A WOMAN had to be cut free from the wreckage of a crashed car after a Bank Holiday Monday road accident. The victim was a front seat passenger in a Peugeot which was involved in the accident outside the Gatehouse pub, on Manchester Road, Tyldesley, at
A TOP level committee of MPs is being invited to look into the devastating housing problems affecting Burnley after council bosses said: "Come and see for yourself." The council was tonight due to rubber stamp the call to the House of Commons select committee
Leigh RMI 1 Northwich Victoria 2 by David Magilton A GOAL three minutes from time robbed Leigh of a point against early pacesetters Northwich. The visitors had dominated the early exchanges and taken the lead three minutes after the break, but RMI battled
ORGANISERS of this year's Briercliffe Annual Flower Show say it was the best one yet. Every category from vegetables to flowers received entries and even the local children put on a good show. Briercliffe Society and the Briercliffe Allotments and Gardens
A CROWD of around 2,500 enjoyed Todmorden Lions annual fun day despite the fact that there was no food! The event, in the grounds of Todmorden High School, is expected to raise more than £2,000 for the Lions charity fund as well as raising money for local
THE new company running buses in East Lancashire has announced a new 'fare deal' for passengers, with cheaper tickets, newer vehicles and more frequent services. Lancashire United, part of Blazefield Holdings which took over Stagecoach's bus operations
PEOPLE of all ages will be invited to join in the Parish Mission Week at St Luke's, Brierfield, next month. The event, which will run from Friday, September 21, to Sunday 23, is aimed at bringing people closer together and closer to the church. It will
A BOY had to be rescued by the Lancashire Air Ambulance after becoming trapped in a weir while swimming in the River Ribble. The 12-year-old and his friends had been swimming close to the weir, off Quarry Road, near the Tickled Trout Hotel, Preston. He
THE 580 Lancashire soldiers who were helping to rebuild Bosnia from the 1st Battalion the Queen's Lancashire Regiment returned safely to their families.
AFTER 66 years of married bliss a couple claimed they were the oldest swingers in town. The happy couple who were celebrating their 66th wedding anniversary said that they had been married longer than any other couple in Darwen and still enjoyed dancing
A COUNTYWIDE project to promote links between business and the voluntary sector is setting up in Hyndburn. The non-profit organisation, known as Lancashire Business Community Framework, will be holding a meeting at the Globe Centre, St James Square Accrington
A FAMILY fun day at the Clarence Hotel, Helmshore, raised funds for the Whizz Kidz charity. There was something for everyone including a bouncy castle, face painting, karaoke, hoopla and a sponsored 12-hour pool and darts marathon. To keep everyone's
AN eight-year-old boy was relieved after fire services freed him from a lift where he had been trapped for 20 minutes. Robert Sillitoe had been visiting his grandma at Stopforth Court Residential Home, Sparth Road, Clayton-le-Moors on Sunday. The little
A WOMAN who has spent the last three years of her life training Bangladeshi people to become physiotherapists has vowed to continue her charity work for up to another 10 years. Philomena Commons, a former pupil of Paddock Grammar School in Oswaldtwistle
A GREAT Harwood engineering company has taken its investment in plant and equipment past the £500,000 barrier, in a bid to keep ahead of the competition. Metflex is one of the world's leading manufacturers of precision rubber components and its latest
TWO Asian groups, launched to help carers of the elderly and disabled, have been awarded a £10,000 grant to set up a joint office in Accrington. The Aawaz Asian Women Carer's Group and the Ikhlaq Asian Male Carers group will be moving into the their new
TROUBLESOME teenagers could soon be a thing of the past for residents living near to a Clitheroe park. County council bosses are set to rubberstamp a £5,000 project to build a youth shelter within Henthorn Park, off Henthorn Road. The project has been
BRIGHTON gave a Blackpool a stark lesson in how to finish teams off to complete a miserable three days for Steve McMahon's men. After allowing Wycombe Wanderers to steal a point when Blackpool had established a 2-0 lead, they were shown exactly how to
BURNLEY'S 100 per cent record in the First Division went by the wayside in their 4-2 home defeat by Manchester City last night but Clarets boss Stan Ternent was more than happy with his side's commitment. The victory took City top of the table, a position
AS KIDS we would use a plastic gun, an ill-fashioned stick or even a pointed finger and it would always prompt a shout of 'Hands up!' The correct response was "I surrender" and not much has changed. In modern day football the last thing you can do is
LANCASHIRE are to fly Muttiah Muralitharan back from Sri Lanka for their last Championship match of the season against Kent - which they may need to win to avoid relegation. Murali is currently at home playing in a Test series against India, but he will
A GENTLEMEN'S evening is being held to help raise money for the British Empire Cancer Research. There will be a four course dinner as well as a guest speaker and comedian at the Pendle Inn, Barley on Wednesday, September 26 from 7.30pm. Dress code is
IF you haven't had enough of the Blues this weekend then pop along to the Albion, Clayton-le-Moors to enjoy another night of pure entertainment. Derrin Navendorf, an Australian duo will be playing at the pub tonight fresh from performing over the Bank
A FAMILY fun day at the Spinning Jenny, Accrington, raised funds for a brave schoolgirl suffering from an unusual form of cancer. Emma Archer, 11, of Rimmington Avenue, was diagnosed with embryonal carcinoma in June and is undergoing chemotherapy at the
REGULARS at the Hare and Hounds, Stacksteads, went on a pub crawl with a difference to raise funds for a young cancer sufferer. Robyn Brookes, five, lives in Rochdale with her mother and father but needs to travel to America for vital treatment for Neuro
THE wheels of fortune are turning for Rossendale businessman Harry Robson -- but then he has a knack for making his own luck. When his corporate entertainment business needed some extra roulette wheels for a fun casino, Harry discovered they were both
AN injured back proved a blessing in disguise for Blackburn motor mechanic Gulum Jasat. Laid up for more than three weeks, his wife Hajra suggested it was time for a change in career. An excellent cook, she had spotted a niche in the market -- there were
THE foot and mouth crisis has devastated the rural economy of Lancashire. Farms throughout the Ribble Valley stand eerily empty after the culling of tens of thousands of animals in an attempt to arrest the spread of the disease. The tourist industry on
I must beg to differ IS East Lancashire on the brink of recession? Are we about to witness the terminal decline of manufacturing, with companies going under and thousands of people being thrown out of work? Has the economic recovery which has brought
ILLNESS was the spur that led Karen Helsby to launch her own business selling bespoke food hampers over the internet. After being diagnosed with Coeliacs disease -- a severe digestive complaint -- Karen was forced to take a year off work from her high-flying
COMING soon...the biggest event in East Lancashire's business calendar, the Lancashire Evening Telegraph Business Awards. The awards, run in conjunction with Business Link and the Lancashire Learning and Skills Council, will reward the cream of industry
ACCRINGTON-based paving manufacturer Marshalls has become the first company of its kind to offer NVQ qualifications to building contractors. The move is seen as a demonstration of the industry's confidence in its efforts to encourage quality workmanship
FOR more than a century, East Lancashire has been at the forefront of innovation and technological development. That drive for invention and improvement continues today, supported by organisations such as Nelson-based Northern Technologies. Innovation
HELLO, Helen, I've just rung to touch base with you. Urrghhh! If there was ever a temptation to slam the phone down, that phrase would provide it. A favourite line of PR luvvies, particularly those in the south-east, I feel tempted to reply: "Well, I'm
Bury 0 Swindon Town 3 by Steve Canavan JUST three weeks into the season and Andy Preece is facing his first crisis. Not only is his team playing poorly but he suddenly seems to be having problems with the players off the pitch. The manager is upset with
NOW that Darwen Valley Arts Centre has a new sculpture department, new students are needed to fill it. The department was officially opened last week by Lancashire poet Jim Atherton and open days have been held to show the public what is on offer for
CAMPAIGNERS have won a three-year-long battle to have a life-saving machine installed at Darwen Health Centre. The mobile electrocardiogram unit, which can help monitor heart problems, was presented to staff at Darwen Health Centre in a bid to make full
RESIDENTS are to hold a fun day to mark the opening of a safe haven for children which underwent a £30,000 Ground Force-style makeover. The Mayor of Blackburn with Darwen Coun John Williams is to open the event, on the site of the former disused water
THE chapel in Hindley Cemetery was damaged last night after vandals set fire to the door. Firefighters were called out to the cemetery in Wigan Road at 8.40pm after a council worker on patrol spotted the blaze and contained it until they arrived. The
FUTURE plans for Rossendale General Hospital will come under scrutiny at a meeting of Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale Community Health Council at Rawtenstall Town Hall next Wednesday, September 5. The meeting will start at 7.30pm and will include a special
RESIDENTS in Bacup are being given the opportunity to have their say in future developments in environmental regeneration. A market stall was set up in the town centre to distribute questionnaires and information put together by Bacup Consortium and Groundwork
ACTORS Michael French and James Bolam have turned the clock back 50 years inside an old disused mill for a new BBC1 family drama. The makers of Heart of the Valley have rented the former Lower Mill premises at Hollymount House, The Fold, St Mary's Way
THE Healing of the Nations, the largest and most important cathedral sculpture in the country, is now on display in its full glory at Blackburn Cathedral. The £100,000 sculpture, a colossal eight metres in diameter and weighing seven tons, is fitted with
MORE than 90 children have celebrated their achievements during a two week summer school at Queen's Park High School Community College in Blackburn. Literacy, Numeracy and Gifted and Talented were the topics on offer for year seven pupils at at the school
FRIENDS of the Earth want to replace their Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley group with clubs for each area, in a bid to attract more members. They hope more people would be willing to get involved if they had a shorter distance to travel for meetings
A D-DAY meeting between organisers and business leaders, which may decide the future of Witton Park bonfire, has been put back to allow more people to attend. But town centre licensees are meeting today to discuss ways of raising money for the fundraiser
A MOTHER today relived the horror of the blaze which gutted her home and said it could be months before her family is reunited under the same roof. The Mahmood family are having to stay with friends and family who live at opposite sides of town because
Burnley's World Superbike rider Neil Hodgson has had a road bike named after him. Following on from his success last season in winning the British championship and his involvement in the world scene this season, Ducati have brought out a 996S Hodgson
ACCRINGTON Stanley went nap at Rossett Park and could have had more in what was an excellent advertisement for attacking football. Lutel James had a shot saved at the near post, Gary Williams headed over the bar, Simon Carden shot over the bar, Jonathan
BOLTON Wanderers' fundraising clash at Bury has been cancelled -- because the police costs were considered too high. The friendly was scheduled to take place this Saturday but the plan has now been abandoned. Bury chairman Terry Robinson -- who had organised
BRIGHTON gave a Blackpool a stark lesson in how to finish teams off to complete a miserable three days for Steve McMahon's men. After allowing Wycombe Wanderers to steal a point when Blackpool had established a 2-0 lead, they were shown exactly how to
