REDUNDANCY gave Nelson man David Hutchison a new lease of life. David set up his own design business DIH Design Ltd after losing his job eighteen months ago and the firm has already clocked up a £100,000 turnover. The business was supported under the
A BLACKBURN man was arrested after fake designer clothing with a street value of £20,000 was found in a van stopped during a routine check on a motorway. The transit was stopped by Cheshire police on the M6 near Knutsford. Police found 600 pairs of Versace
THE £250,000 share-out to victims of disgraced psychiatrist Dr James Gordon Maden was today condemned as "small change" by health watchdogs. Coun Frank Clifford said that although the out-of-court settlement had been agreed between 19 sexually-abused
THE PARENTS of anarchic Chumbawamba singer Danbert Nobacon today defended his decision to soak Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott at the Brit Awards. And as news of the East Lancashire band's antics made headlines around the world his mum admitted: "
THE legend trying to plot England's downfall in the Caribbean is back on board at Lancashire. Adopted Lancastrian Clive Lloyd quit the county's committee at the end of last season, as he concentrated on the post of West Indies team manager. Lloyd is in
LAST December, Philip Congdon and I sent a list of straightforward and reasoned questions concerning a broad issue of road safety measures to Hyndburn Council and all three local emergency services. Hyndburn's Chief Executive, Mike Chambers, acknowledged
LIKE its pledge to slash NHS bureaucracy to release cash for front-line patient care, the government now declares war on costly red tape in education to put more resources into classrooms. Quite right, too. For when schools are forever struggling for
YOUNG newshounds from two primary schools have sent us reports on events in their schools. Pupils of Brunshaw County Primary School, Burnley, enjoyed a musical event, while children in Year Six at St Mary's RC Primary School, Bacup, tried their hand at
ALAN Shearer "surprised" Chris Sutton by attacking the Blackburn Rovers striker's decision to turn his back on England - but only through the timing of his outburst! Sutton refused to be drawn into a war of words with the national captain who claimed
CALLUM Davidson looked set to join Blackburn Rovers in a £1.75 million deal from St Johnstone this afternoon as Roy Hodgson swooped to strengthen the left-back spot. A host of top clubs have been monitoring the Scottish under-21 defender but Rovers moved
DAMIAN Matthew is playing for his future at Burnley just two months after looking set to quit Turf Moor. Matthew turned down a £50,000 move to Northampton Town before Christmas and is now bidding for a new contract. "Officially I am still on the transfer
HEARING the news about hospitals being over-spent on their budgets, as a pensioner I remember when hospitals ran and worked very well with a matron and sisters and nurses. There are too many white collar workers these days. A lot of money could be saved
NAUGHTY! Musician Danbert Nobacon, of the born-in-Burnley "anarchist" band Chumbawamba drenches Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott with water after jumping on his party's table at last night's Brit awards. His Dad says the band want to open up debate
ACCORDING to John Hunt of the British Dental Association, there is strong public support for fluoridation of our water supplies (LET, January 27). Where is the evidence for this support? I haven't seen it, or read about it. He continues: "Clearly, it
AMERICAN-style "executive" mayors for East Lancashire's towns? That's one idea the government is floating as it bids to improve local government and make it more in tune with people. How ready voters, or the local government system as it stands, are for
JOHN Blunt is normally an amusing read because the views expressed are usually very different from my own. However, his article 'Nobodies try to lead us down the wrong road' (LET, February 4), took me beyond amused head-shaking into anger. Rather than
Tuesday Topic, with Christine Rutter YOU may have lived in each other's pockets for years but, when it comes to the test, just how much do you know about your partner? In the run-up to the most romantic date in the calendar - Valentine's Day - we quizzed
Cummings and Goings - a fan's eye view, with Stephen Cummings HANG on a minute. Can somebody please slow things down a little bit? I don't know about any other Clarets fans, but I'd just like events of the past few weeks running by me one more time -
JOE Yeowart has been appointed general manager for gas pipeline firm Transco North West. Joe, of Longridge, joined the gas industry in 1968 in Preston and has since worked in London and Gloucester. In his new role he will be responsible for 1,600 staff
STAFF changes have been announced by a fast-growing advertising agency. Capricorn Fulton Harris of Rising Bridge has restructured its studio with Lee Yarnold becoming manager and Tony Bentley head of the creative team. Andy Scholes has recently joined
MANUFACTURING firms in East Lancs are urged to apply for a slice of a £360,000 cash injection. Companies in the North West can each apply for £10,000 worth of consultancy help to improve their efficiency and profitability. The Manufacturing Business Excellence
Your Shout - Rovers supporters have ther say I WOULD like to congratulate Chris Sutton. It's an absolute disgrace that he has been left out of the England first team when he is the leading scorer in the Premier League, especially when we get the likes
WORKERS at one of Blackburn's biggest factories are bracing themselves for major job losses just two weeks after the shock departure of senior managers. Scapa Scandia, which employs around 500 at its Cartmell Road factory, today confirmed it was in discussions
GALES battered East Lancashire, leaving a trail of destruction. Police dashing to help the driver of an overturned lorry were themselves victims of the gusts as another lorry fell on to their car. A woman driver had a lucky escape as masonry torn from
A PRIMARY school has been praised by education watchdogs for the quality of its teaching. Inspectors from Ofsted found 87 per cent of lessons at Mellor St Mary Primary, Mellor, to be sound or better, with 11 per cent described as 'very good.' Teaching
A NEW police intelligence team said they were tracking nine big-time crooks in Lancashire who were involved in drugs, organised crime and armed robberies. Detective Superintendent Chris Wood, head of the National Criminal Intelligence Service in the North
A LONG-STANDING Burnley councillor has resigned his chairmanship after a dispute over the setting up of a "Star Chamber" into council house queue-jumping allegations. Nine members of the Labour group received warning letters from whip Eric Selby after
THE Government today ordered an inquiry into why a council held back nearly £2 million from schools last year. The Department of Education says Lancashire County Council took £1.9 million from its £590 million education budget to cover "red tape" matters
DOES D Bennett (Letters, February 1) seriously believe that meat-eating gives you a higher intellect? How sad! Maybe if he had been able to hold a conversation with Gandhi or read one of George Bernard Shaw's excellent novels he might think again. COLLEEN
A GRIEVING mother has called for a change in the law after the owner of the nursery where her 20-month-old boy drowned was fined £4,000 for breaching safety and child care regulations. Catriona Rae made her plea after Blackburn magistrates were told how
I WOULD like to thank the team of District Nurses giving ongoing care to my wife - Ann, Peter, Caroline, Donna, Rosemary, Sue, Carol and the twilight shift. They are a totally dedicated team of professionals who have often gone beyond the call of duty
