I NOTE with astonishment the comments of Jim Eagle (Letters, October 8) regarding the "fight to retain the market in its present position". He gives a special "thank-you" to, among others, the Lib Dems. But is this not the same Jim Eagle who was a Lib
CORRESPONDENT Roger Bowden (October 29) declares that he is " . . . definitely not a racist thug. I would describe myself as a grammar school educated man . . . who is tired of this once great country having its historic culture eroded by those who do
CORRESPONDENT D. Crompton laments the threat to "our way of life"; Roger Bowden the erosion of "our historic culture" and both blame immigrants. In fact our culture has benefited from immigration. Would we really be better off without Italian, Indian
I AM a trustee of Fairfield Baby Lifeline Society and one of the lead campaigners in the Babies First campaign to try and stop the closure of the maternity services, special care baby unit and the paediatric ward at Fairfield General Hospital. However
BURNLEY "Off The Kerb" Comedy Night, Mechanics, Manchester Road, Burnley, 8pm. Kyber Kids Club, Queensgate Church, Colne Road, Burnley, 10am-noon. Aerobics, Barden High School, Burnley, 5pm-6pm. Fun Pop Quiz, Black Bull Inn, Marsden Road, Burnley, 8.30pm
IT is somewhat of a coincidence with Remembrance Sunday just around the corner that the government decides to release its 'Passports for the Aged' scheme. All those born before September 2, 1929, are eligible for a free passport, this generous act is
RESIDENTS are furious over delays to a parking scheme designed to ease traffic chaos in the streets around Burnley General Hospital which have existed for 25 years. Council bosses announced plans for the scheme almost 12 months ago - but residents are
READERS have been reminded that Prestwich Library will not re-open on Monday as originally planned. Minor complications during the £500,000 refit has meant that the new-look Longfield Centre library willl not open its doors until November 25. Principal
A PRESTWICH man went on a mini-damage spree during an argument with his girlfriend. In a fit of temper, self-employed salesman Paul Oakes damaged a fire and smashed a bottle of beer at the home of his girlfriend in Openshaw. Oakes (35), of Windsor Road
TORY election challenger Alex Williams has given his support to the Conservative Friends of Israel (CFI). Mr Williams, the party's Parliamentary spokesman for Bury South, attended a CFI meeting at Bowdon synagogue to celebrate Lord Steinberg's elevation
A PRESTWICH dental practice is raising awareness of mouth cancer, a disease which claims 1,700 lives each year. Anthony Jacobs and Stephen Lazarus, who run the Jacobs and Lazarus practice in Bury Old Road, are displaying posters as part of their support
TIME could be called on plans for a shop and flat complex on the site of a former Prestwich pub next week. Planners have recommended that permission for the development, at the derelict George Hotel on Bury New Road, be refused. Proposals, by developers
A FREE afternoon briefing which will focus on changes to the Hazardous Waste Directive will be staged by Groundwork Business Environment Association (BEA) Bury later this month. The event will be held at the BEA's Link House base in Walmersley Road, Bury
NUISANCE youths playing with fireworks gave police one of the busiest Bonfire Nights on record. Inspector Stuart Bruce, said: "It was an extremely busy night, filled with minor incidents of kids messing around with fireworks. "These nuisance incidents
THE planning application to lay a long, bitumen road and a car park into the Green Belt at Lowercroft is to be heard on November 9. At all the area board and public meetings relating to this application, not one person spoke in support, whereas hundreds
I WAS most interested to read in the Bury Times (October 26) of the Bury Grammar School (Girls) recent trip to Peru. My grandson - son of former BGS pupil, Jane Ward - spent his summer holiday from Nottingham University in Peru two years ago. He had to
WELL done to Bury Council's planning control committee for rejecting recent applications for development within the Green Belt around Bury. Mr Horrocks (Letters, Oct 22) was so right when he said that the Green Belt is one of Bury's priceless assets,
WE were pleased to read that yet another application from Peel Homes to build at Spen Moor was rejected by the council. It appears from recent letters in the Bury Times that nearly all of the borough's Green Belt is under threat from one development or
ON Saturday October 23, my partner, myself and my autistic son went shopping in Bury. Our first visit was to the Lloyds TSB cash machine where we withdrew £100. After window shopping and browsing for some time I came to pay for a purchase and discovered
IT has been stated that the clinicians in Bury support the proposals contained in the document "Children and Familes First: Delivering Healthcare for the 21st Century", produced by the Greater Manchester, East Cheshire and High Peak Children and Young
GORDON Prentice has joined the battle over a decision to switch Ministry of Defence work done by a Burnley textile company to China. The Pendle Labour MP claimed camouflage uniforms being made by the Chinese were not fit for combat. They had been made
EAST Lancashire MP Greg Pope has told the Government that the detention of terror suspects, including Britons, without trial in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is "unacceptable." He said it was undermining the justifiable war on terror. The Hyndburn MP spoke out
HYNDBURN Council is to advertise for a partner to invest in Accrington's market hall. The leader of the council has admitted that the authority cannot afford to spend the hundreds of thousands of pounds needed to give the market a facelift. One option
HYNDBURN'S neighbourhood wardens have cut juvenile nuisance by recruiting more than 100 young people as junior helpers. Over the past year, the borough's 12 wardens - now under threat due to a funding crisis - have worked with youngsters to identify "
AN ACCRINGTON mum has been fined for fly-tipping after donating rubbish for a community bonfire. Sarah Rodia was happy to oblige when children came to her house collecting rubbish for an unofficial bonfire on land at the junction of Park Street and Cedar
MR Maqbool, the proprietor of the Khan Saab restaurant which was recently closed during an infestation of cockroaches, wrote to the Guide (October 29) to insist:"Management at the Khan Saab regard hygiene as a priority and not something ever to be compromised
A ROBBER threatened a postmaster with a knife and demanded money. But he refused to hand over the cash over and the man fled empty-handed. The masked man entered Sedgley Post Office in Bury New Road, Sedgley Park, Bury, on Thursday November 4 at around
POLICE have released details of a raid in which a shop assistant was threatened with a knife by a gang of three armed robbers. The masked men burst into Victoria Wines in Park Lane, Whitefield, on Thursday at around 8pm. One of the offenders blocked the
SURVIVING heroes from both world wars were taking part in a special remembrance procession at Calderstones NHS Trust headquarters today. During both wars the Whalley-based hospital was taken over and used as a military infirmary to nurse wounded soldiers
PRESSURE was today growing within Lancashire for deputy Prime Minister John Prescott to scrap plans for a regional assembly referendum in the North West. Ribble Valley MP Nigel Evans will force Mr Prescott to discuss the issue in Parliament by tabling
STEVE Cotterill has challenged Brian Jensen to grab his first team opportunity with both hands. Danish goalkeeper Jensen looks set for an extended run in the Burnley side following the bad news that first choice stopper Danny Coyne faces at least three
The Saturday Interview: this week, Turf Moor legend Jimmy Robson. . . HE earned a unique two Charity Shield medals while at Burnley, won the First Division Championship while playing part time, and interrupted his playing career to graft as a labourer
SIXTY years of the Whitefield Garrick have been marked by the presentation of historical documents to the popular amateur dramatic society. The archives were handed over by Chris Buckton (nee Wright), the daughter of a founding member, who got in touch
AN extremely talented cast, a director who has an innovative approach to familiar material and the result is an unqualified success, writes Terri Baker. This was the Jewish Theatre Group's aptly titled You don't have to be Jewish, which attracted capacity
IT'S "sew" far so good for enterprising Prestwich businesswoman Valerie Edwards! For the 52-year-old single parent has launched her own We're in Stitches haberdashery shop in the town after receiving valuable government assistance. And on hand to officially
AS is usual on the first Tuesday in the month, the Prestwich Co-op Camera Club held its monthly assignment night for prints and slides. On this occasion there was an outside judge in the shape of George Steele (LRPS) from the Rochdale Photographic Society
A ROSSENDALE pressure group has called for an urgent review into how waste transfer sites are selected after claiming Lancashire County Council failed to consult over plans for a new multi-million pound centre. Rossendale Chartists said both Rossendale
OVER 250 people were to be re-licensed as the readers of Blackburn Diocese at a cathedral service today . In addition, a further seven new readers will be licensed during the service led by Bishop Nicholas Reade. Readers are the Church of England's lay
DETERMINED Sophie White has reassured her mum that God would cure her of a brain tumour after a pilgrimage to Lourdes. Now the six year-old has delighted doctors after her latest scan revealed the tumour had stopped growing. Sophie, from Shadsworth, Blackburn
PLANS to re-introduce the balcony at Blackburn's Thwaites Empire Theatre are a step closer after bosses secured more than half of the £150,000 needed for the project. Building work, which will add another 140 seats to the Aqueduct Road venue, is due to
A MANAGER who became "addicted" to child pornography and downloaded over 800 images has been jailed for one year. Among his sick collection, Trevor Howard, 46, of Whalley Old Road, Blackburn, had 47 images from the internet which were classified in the
RESIDENTS today voiced their security fears over a former nursing home which is to become a centre for mental health patients. They say they have been kept in the dark over the exact nature of the facility. Midlands-based Cambian Health Care Ltd have
with Kingfisher THE second round of the Octoplus Blackburn Saturday League was held last week at Rishton, where the canal did not produce the sort of form the anglers were hoping for. Nevertheless breadpunch did account for plenty of small roach, though
From the Guide files of Friday, November 9, 1979. l PRESTWICH schoolgirl Jane Hall (14) was the youngest exhibitor in a display at the North West Arts Association, Manchester. Jane, a Philips High School pupil, made a waistcoat with hexagonal design and
WHEN dealing with mental health, lack of information does not just cause concern, it creates fear. So it is easy to understand residents who have learned that a former Blackburn nursing home is to be converted for recovering mental health patients. The
WITH thoughts of fleeing the nest dismissed, Blackburn Hawks' player-coach Bobby Haig is sharpening his talons for the challenges ahead. After a series of disappointing Premier Cup defeats through October, the experienced Scot was seriously considering
BRING back national service. I don't think so. As a shy naive young man I was forced to leave the job I loved and enlisted into the Army. Once there I was trained by often sadistic NCOs. I learned discipline, also I learned to smoke, drink, chase women
SHOWN recently on Channel 4 was a film called: The Wind and the Lion. It starred Brian Keith as the US president Theodore Roosevelt better known as Teddy. Roosevelt first entered office in 1897 as secretary of the Navy and ordered a large ship building
IN reply to the Labour MEP for the North West Gary Titley's letter (LET, October 22) headed "Holidays Perk of EU Membership." He's obviously deluding himself or living in cloud EU land. He states "it was the EU that opened up Europe's skies" and gave
SCHOOLGIRL Danielle Rend wowed a crowd of thousands on Friday night when she sang live on stage with pop diva Anastacia. The eight-year-old from Atherton performed alongside the superstar at the MEN Arena after winning a radio competition. Danielle was
RESIDENTS today voiced their security fears over a former nursing home which is to become a centre for mental health patients. They say they have been kept in the dark over the exact nature of the facility. Midlands-based Cambian Health Care Ltd have
HEARD the one about the Irishman, the Scotsman and the three Englishmen? It's anything but a joke, for Blackburn Rovers' unbeaten Under 18s side regularly boasts five youth internationals in their line-up. Joe Garner, Ryan Woods and Zac Jones are currently
BLACKBURN Rovers defender Nissa Johansson has admitted he considered quitting the club after becoming disillusioned by his lack of opportunities under Graeme Souness last season. The Swedish international has confessed he was so fed up under the old regime
MANCHESTER based voice specialist Redstone Communications has launched 118 600, a new no-nonsense directory enquiries for north west businesses. The service is now available to UK businesses.
THE annual Poppy Appeal has been launched in the borough. Residents young and old are being urged to wear them with pride and remember not just those who died in worldwide wars and conflicts during the last century but those injured or currently in hostile
A NIGHT of magical music is on the cards from PADOS and guests. Principal singers and chorus members from PADOS musical theatre group have invited guest singers from other musical theatre companies to join them at St Marys Church in Prestwich. The magnificent
UNITED star Gary Neville is unlikely to get a comfortable ride from City's strikers during this weekends Manchester derby. But after taking delivery of a new £140,000 Mercedes limousine, at least he can guarantee one en route to the ground. The Bury-born
UNITED Utilities chief executive John Roberts will face questions from water watchdogs at a special meeting. He will also take questions from members of the public at the meeting of WaterVoice North West to be held at Bridgewater House, Whitworth Street
SEX shop customers in Burnley will have to be open about their visits after security fears forced an adult store to close down the discreet back entrance. The private shop at 124c Colne Road in Duke Bar has asked the council if it can move the entrance
RESIDENTS are furious over delays to a parking scheme designed to ease traffic chaos in the streets around Burnley General Hospital which have existed for 25 years. Council bosses announced plans for the scheme almost 12 months ago - but residents are
COULD someone please settle a bet for me. My mate says that Dean Martin was born in the Ancoats area of Manchester and I say he was born in Steubenville, Ohio, on June 17, 1917. Who is correct? B. JACKSON
I NOTED with interest the article about our MPs' expenses (October 29). David Chaytor and Ivan Lewis's housing allowance each equates to approximately the same as providing nine council house tenancies or seven housing association tenancies. Maybe our
I AM grateful to Peter Doherty for the free publicity he gave in last week's Fifth Column to the council's "champions", of whom I am one (environment champion). Indeed, I am so grateful that I propose Peter be designated a "champion" too. But if we had
DURING a visit to Whitefield Library with a blind neighbour I was surprised and a little shocked to discover that, whilst the main library is bright, clean and modern, the separate visual impairment unit is shabby and does not look like it has been decorated
I HAD to take my three-year-old daughter to Fairfield A&E recently after an accident at home. She was holding her wrist and crying. It was swollen and very tender but we were assured that it was a minor sprain and we were sent home. Five days later
CONSERVATIVE Party leader Michael Howard was paying a whistle-stop visit to East Lancashire today. He was due to arrive at Colne Police Station at 11am, to meet police and local traders to discuss the challenges faced by small businesses. He was then
BADLY polluted land in Colne is set to be redeveloped for housing. Green Works in Knotts Lane was the site of a former chrome plating factory and the ground is contaminated. Pendle councillors decided to delay making a decision on whether to grant Mr
A MEMORIAL wall could be built at Nelson cemetery. The graveyard is the only one in Pendle without a wall for the interment of ashes and Nelson committee asked if it was possible to provide one. Council staff have come up with two ways of funding the
KELBROOK residents say their village Christmas decorations will make them a laughing stock after Pendle Council put lights in just one tree - which locals claim is dead. Now council officers have agreed to look at improving the display following comments
HYNDBURN'S neighbourhood wardens have cut juvenile nuisance by recruiting more than 100 young people as junior helpers. Over the past year, the borough's 12 wardens - now under threat due to a funding crisis - have worked with youngsters to identify "
TRADERS slammed proposals for a quarter-of-a-million pound makeover of Accrington's main shopping street as they were unveiled for the first time in public. The leader of Hyndburn Council was forced to defend plans to give Broadway a facelift during a
I AM a Saturday afternoon regular at the Tesco, Prestwich, cafe which up to recently has been serving all-day breakfasts and saving me the trouble of cooking for myself. I turned up last Saturday to find that under the managements new policy, which sees
THOUGH I have previously found myself in support of a large body of the council's work in the area of public health, I have to place on record my outrage at the seemingly arrogant stance of director of public health, Dr Peter Elton, on the issue of smoking
METROLINK passengers have boarded a campaign to extend the tram service. Labour Party members and councillors set up stalls at three stations in Prestwich and Whitefield to gather support for the Get Metrolink Back On Track campaign. The campaign was
AN APPEAL has been launched to revamp a major Jewish cemetery. Rainsough Jewish Cemetery, off Butterstile Lane, was opened in 1912 by the well-known Laski family and is the burial ground for a number of prominent Jews. The grave of local Jewish leader
THE political power and social clout Jeff Lewis complains about (Letters, October 29) is in full swing, led by those leading and representing the very party formed to eliminate bias. With additions to generous salaries, ever-increasing allowances, misuse
STEVE Cotterill has challenged Brian Jensen to grab his first team opportunity with both hands. Danish goalkeeper Jensen looks set for an extended run in the Burnley side following the bad news that first choice stopper Danny Coyne faces at least three
BLACKBURN Rovers defender Nissa Johansson has admitted he considered quitting the club after becoming disillusioned by his lack of opportunities under Graeme Souness last season. The Swedish international has confessed he was so fed up under the old regime
A POPULAR Darwen club which closed after police discovered evidence of alleged anti-social activities reopened its doors last night. The Central Club, in Church Street, shut three weeks ago after officers found the licensee to be in breach of the conditions
MR Maqbool, proprietor of the Khan Saab in Whitefield says (Letters, October 29) that the cockroaches which infested his restaurant were brought in on a delivery and that it was not his fault. Most people check their deliveries. H. SALAVITCH, Hushes Close
ON the subject of MPs' expenses, David Chaytor has offered to reimburse constituents (Bury Times, October 29) if we are not happy with his performance. Given the published "bill" for his services, I say: Come on, hand it over! But it won't make much difference
I HAVE been interested to read recently about the care and concern that the Government has shown to a wide variety of people and animals. The on-going debate among MPS about the rights and wrongs of fox hunting or the rights of workers in public houses
A 25-YEAR-OLD man needed surgery after he was attacked at a nightclub in Bury. He suffered a fractured cheekbone and eye socket in the vicious and unprovoked assault at Sol Viva night spot in Bury. Metal plates had to be inserted into his face after a
