BLACKBURN'S police station could be transformed into a high-quality hotel -- after 100 years of housing local criminals. Council bosses have revealed that they are in talks with a number of firms about the possibility of the building in Northgate being
ANDY COLE and Damien Duff will be in the starting line-up as Blackburn Rovers return to the serious business of Premiership football when Aston Villa visit Ewood Park tomorrow afternoon. Manager Graeme Souness said: "Damien Duff and Andy Cole will play
LECTURERS and support workers from across East Lancashire will join staff from across the country for a one-day walkout next week in a protest over pay. Some 60,000 further education college staff, including lecturers, cleaners, technicians and support
PADIHAM'S new Community Policing Team will be seen pounding the beat next week in a bid to reassure residents. From Monday, November 4, the town will have it's own team of four dedicated Community Beat Managers, supervised by a Sergeant and Inspector,
MPS and council bosses have renewed their plea to the Government for £670million to transform derelict and sub-standard housing in East Lancashire. The move came after MPs Peter Pike of Burnley, Gordon Prentice of Pendle and Greg Pope of Hyndburn all
AN East Lancashire Council leader has claimed that an elected North West Regional Assembly could have prevented the closure of care homes in Lancashire. Asar Ali, who chairs the current unelected body, believes that the controversial shutting of the homes
A MOTION put forward to Pendle Council to refuse to provide any more evidence when the Nelson West public inquiry reconvenes was branded a 'ludicrous and irresponsible' idea. Liberal Democrat councillor David Whipp proposed 'that this council offers no
AN Accrington man was given a 12-month conditional discharge after being found guilty of keeping, transporting and dumping waste. Hyndburn magistrates heard that the Environment Agency visited land behind Heritage Home Improvement, in Penny House Lane
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7 BLACKBURN: To 9pm: Lloyds Pharmacy, 4-6 Railway Road; Cohens Chemist, 63 Whalley Range; To 8pm: Johnston Pharmacy, 50-52 Johnston Street. To 7.30pm: Aston Pharmacy, 95 Accrington Road. To 6.30pm: Donald Wood Ltd, 53 Fishmoor Drive
THE case against a Cypriot diver suspected of kidnapping, beating and raping a 22-year-old East Lancashire woman is continuing, the Foreign Office said today. The 26-year-old man was detained on September 18 and remanded in custody pending the results
CARERS across East Lancashire are being urged to take part in a new scheme which aims to relieve the pressure for those involved. Lancashire County Council's new Carer Support scheme in particularly interested in helping people looking after older people
CLARETS chairman Barry Kilby admitted he is delighted to have agreed an extension with both manager Stan Ternent and his assistant Sam Ellis. The deals will ensure he is in charge at Turf Moor for the next 18 months - at least! "From our point of view
DETECTIVES today renewed an appeal for residents to be extra-vigilant after a bogus caller stole from a 78-year-old pensioner. Police issued the warning as they revealed they were hunting a man who acted as a winter fuel payments collector before forcing
A MAN today told how he scaled a rumbling Mount Etna for charity just prior to its latest devastating eruption. Peter Leathams, 44, reached the 11,000 feet summit of Europe's largest and most active volcano just weeks before the Sicilian town of Catania
HYNDBURN MP Greg Pope helped honour the supporters of a booming Rossendale community centre. He was among several guests at a naming ceremony for the Haslingden Community Link yesterday. Mr Pope unveiled room plaques to acknowledge the support given to
CARERS across East Lancashire are being urged to take part in a new scheme which aims to relieve the pressure for those involved. Lancashire County Council's new Carer Support scheme in particularly interested in helping people looking after older people
DETECTIVES today renewed an appeal for residents to be extra-vigilant after a bogus caller stole from a 78-year-old pensioner. Police issued the warning as they revealed they were hunting a man who acted as a winter fuel payments collector before forcing
DISCUSSIONS are set to begin with 15 firms interested in opening inside Blackburn's run-down Pavilions. Regeneration officers have revealed that the first phase of marketing the three Georgian buildings has prompted widespread interest from retail and
A NEW retail park approved for the centre of Blackburn will cost £30million and will open by Easter 2004. Manchester-based Henry Boot revealed more details of the scheme after being given planning permission last month to create a 12-acre retail park
AS a nation we love celebrities when they fall from grace. Frank Bough, Angus Deayton and the man who formerly presented This Morning, to name just a few. Have I Got News For You was a wicked example of just how much we love it. Paul Merton took over
ORGANISERS of the annual poppy appeal are hoping to beat last year's £25,000 total. Around 20 Royal British Legion volunteers will be collecting for the appeal around Blackburn, including a stand in Victoria Square until November 9. The Mayor of Blackburn
WERE you a sapper between 1939 and 1963 and do you have service photos? If you would like to have them included in the companion volume to the recent history of the Royal Engineers in National Service times then please get in touch. ERIC PEGG, 14 Reginald
BLACKBURN'S police station could be transformed into a high-quality hotel -- after 100 years of housing local criminals. Council bosses have revealed that they are in talks with a number of firms about the possibility of the building in Northgate being
BLACKBURN Rovers must banish all thoughts of their pending UEFA Cup clash with Celtic when Aston Villa visit Ewood for a vital Premiership encounter tomorrow, writes ANDY NEILD. Although Craig Short admits it was a major buzz to take part in the first
A COUNCILLOR today called for a by-law to ban the sale of fireworks after she was bombarded with air bombs in her car. Lanehead councillor Paula Riley called for members of Burnley Council's Executive to support the request for Lancashire County Council
A FOOD in Pendle project was launched at Colne Open Door Centre during a free food-tasting session. The project, which will be piloted in Waterside, is aimed at encouraging healthier eating as well as raising related issues such as what food is available
A MOTION put forward to Pendle Council to refuse to provide any more evidence when the Nelson West public inquiry reconvenes was branded a 'ludicrous and irresponsible' idea. Liberal Democrat councillor David Whipp proposed 'that this council offers no
LECTURERS and support workers from across East Lancashire will join staff from across the country for a one-day walkout next week in a protest over pay. Some 60,000 further education college staff, including lecturers, cleaners, technicians and support
A MAN said to be part of a trio which plotted to make fake bank notes is awaiting sentence after being found guilty. Mohammed Khan, 45, of Reeth Way, Accrington, was convicted of conspiring to make counterfeit notes after a nine-day trial at Burnley Crown
AN East Lancashire MP has described plans to modify a danger junction as "too little too late." Nigel Evans in unimpressed with Highways Agency proposals to ban right turns at the A59 Clitheroe and Sabden junction between the trunk road and Pendle Road
A MULTICULTURAL peace garden has been officially opened by the mayor and mayoress of Burnley. The Growing Together garden was officially opened to the public by Coun Gordon Birtwistle and his wife Kathleen and was coordinated by volunteers at the Prince's
STAN Ternent signed a one-year extension to his contract as Burnley manager, and immediately admitted: "My target is to get into the Premiership." Ternent signed a new deal at the same time as his friend and trusted right hand man Sam Ellis, and he is
ANDY COLE and Damien Duff will be in the starting line-up as Blackburn Rovers return to the serious business of Premiership football when Aston Villa visit Ewood Park tomorrow afternoon. Manager Graeme Souness said: "Damien Duff and Andy Cole will play
ROSSENDALE Council is to review planning procedures and make extra effort to attract government and European funding in a bid to boost the local economy. A meeting to allow employers, business representatives and training organisations to discuss the
LECTURERS and support workers from across East Lancashire will join staff from across the country for a one-day walkout next week in a protest over pay. Some 60,000 further education college staff, including lecturers, cleaners, technicians and support
LANCASHIRE has supplied five of the North West's top earners, according to a new survey of Britain's richest bosses. Sean Keogh and Owen McLaughlin, of Leyland-based Enterprise plc; John Hargreaves and Angus Munro, of Matalan; and MyTravel founder David
HUNDREDS of students were disrupted after there were two false alarms in two days in a Blackburn College building. Malicious call-outs from smashed glass alarm units were made to the fire brigade at 1.50pm yesterday and 9.30am on Thursday -- a day after
FLOPSTARS The Cheeky Girls are set to help flick a switch to turn on the festive lights and kick-start Blackburn's Christmas shopping extravaganza. The twins will take part in a night of free entertainment designed to give traders the best possible start
LECTURERS and support workers from across East Lancashire will join staff from across the country for a one-day walkout next week in a protest over pay. Some 60,000 further education college staff, including lecturers, cleaners, technicians and support
LATEST donations to the Magic Eye Appeal include: Mr F Booth, £5; Mrs J Forsyth, Lammack, £50; Slaters Hair and Beauty Shop, £300; William Griffiths Court, Blackburn, £80; St Mary's Court, Mellor, £280. The Hair Room, Blackburn, £60. In aid of 40th Wedding
A LOOK at events, from amateur theatre to rambles through our beautiful countryside. SUNDAY Craft Fair and Gift Show, Longridge Civic Hall, Preston, 10am-4pm. Autumn Fair, Slaidburn Village Hall, 11am-3pm. Argentinian Tango Workshop, St John's Ambulance
Have you a home for Jodie? LITTLE Jodie was sad and lost when she was found wandering the streets in Blackburn. But the nine-month old stray has perked up a lot and is now looking for new home. Maureen Savage, who runs the Moggies cat rescue charity in
AS A regular user of the A666 Blackburn-to-Bolton road, I am surprised the powers that be have allowed parking both sides of the road in the area of the India Mill premises in Darwen now used by the government agency. This indiscriminate parking of up
HOW commendable it is that Pendle councillors have taken the initiative and shown great consideration to find a housing provider to rescue and save the care homes in their borough. -- designated for closure by Lancashire County Council. They should be
HOW many older readers or pet owners with timid animals are heartily sick of the nightly repeated explosions from banger fireworks that go on incessantly? Notice it is always bangers or rockets, never displays that are pleasing to the eye. Many years
I'M writing to you about the article "No more free car parking in centre" (LET, October 23) which says that there will be no free parking in Blackburn town centre. Are the council trying to drive people away from Blackburn with this idea and are they
YOUNGSTERS causing a nuisance in the Scott Park area of Burnley came face to face with teachers and police last night in a move to crack down on anti-social behaviour. Police patrols have been stepped up after neighbours complained about regular noise
A YOUNG burglar who raided the home of an elderly couple as they slept was today starting a three year and nine month jail term. Irudyam Farooq, 21, who helped himself to a handbag from the sheltered accommodation premises, also targeted two more homes
A SADISTIC stepfather who terrorised two of his partner's three children has been jailed for three years. Burnley Crown Court heard how the man fired missiles at the two boys with a catapult and set the socks of the younger one, aged just nine, on fire
PARENTS at Burnley's DIY school blasted the town's MP for not backing them during a face-to-face meeting. . Peter Pike refused to give the school his support and said he didn't feel it was the right way forward for the pupils. His condemnation came just
THE government has delayed the publication of a consultation paper on deaths in custody to consider the implications of the case of former Burnley soldier Christopher Alder. Lessons learned from the tragedy and the subsequent aborted court case will be
A JUDGE made sure a mother of two didn't get behind the wheel again after she repeatedly drove while banned -- by taking her car. The move by district Judge John Sawyer was today welcomed by police and a motoring group, who said tougher action was needed
THE headteacher of Park High School in Colne praised his staff and pupils for their achievements, during the annual prize evening, after spending a year in the midst of a major refurbishment. Mr Alan Chambers said: "Within school we were literally working
CARERS across East Lancashire are being urged to take part in a new scheme which aims to relieve the pressure for those involved. Lancashire County Council's new Carer Support scheme in particularly interested in helping people looking after older people
FIRST night never go according to plan, do they? But when you've waited so long for your own cinema, you are prepared to put up with a few hitches...or, at least, I am. We arrived at Premier Cinema's The Viaduct early for the 6pm showing of Signs, along
MPS and council bosses have renewed their plea to the Government for £670million to transform derelict and sub-standard housing in East Lancashire. The move came after MPs Peter Pike of Burnley, Gordon Prentice of Pendle and Greg Pope of Hyndburn all
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 3 BLACKBURN: 10am-1pm: Aston Pharmacy, 95 Accrington Road; noon-1pm: Moss Pharmacy, 193-195 Accrington Road. DARWEN: noon-1pm: Geloo Bros Ltd, 14 Union Street. ACCRINGTON: noon-1pm: Boots Chemists, Broadway; noon-1pm: Rishton Pharmacy
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8 BLACKBURN: To 9pm: Lloyds Pharmacy, 4-6 Railway Road; Cohen, 63 Whalley Range. To 8pm: Johnston Pharmacy, 50-52 Johnston Street. To 7.30pm: Aston Pharmacy, 95 Accrington Road. To 7pm: Moss Pharmacy, 314 Bolton Road; The Pharmacy, Oakenhurst
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6 BLACKBURN: To 9pm: Lloyds Pharmacy, 4-6 Railway Road; The Surgery (Chiropody), 132 Lammack Road; Cohen, 63 Whalley Range. To 8pm: Johnston Pharmacy, 50-52 Johnston Street. To 7.30pm: Aston Pharmacy, 95 Accrington Road. To 7pm: The
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4 BLACKBURN: To 9pm: Lloyds Pharmacy, 4-6 Railway Road; Cohen, 63 Whalley Range. To 8pm: Johnston Pharmacy, 50-52 Johnston Street. To 7.30pm: Aston Pharmacy, 95 Accrington Road. To 7pm: Moss Pharmacy, 314 Bolton Road; The Pharmacy, Oakenhurst
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5 BLACKBURN: To 9pm: Lloyds Pharmacy, 4-6 Railway Road; Cohen, 63 Whalley Range. To 8pm: Johnston Pharmacy, 50-52 Johnston Street. To 7.30pm: Aston Pharmacy, 95 Accrington Road. To 7pm: The Pharmacy, Oakenhurst Road; Geloo Bros, Cleaver
TWO young entrepreneurs have been praised for organising a massive machinery sale which will provide a boost for the local economy. David Sunderland, 24, of Stonyhurst, and Neil Holden, 23, of Knowle Green, were due to sell off agricultural and construction
DETECTIVES were today still waiting to quiz a man following a shooting incident in Burnley on Thursday night. The 44-year-old, who has not been named but is a local, was admitted to Burnley General Hospital's accident and emergency department at about
FORTY years ago teenager Stan Ternent joined the Clarets and began his lifelong love affair with the town and the club. Yesterday afternoon he put pen to paper on a deal that will ensure that will continue as a working relationship until the end of next
STAN Ternent signed a one-year extension to his contract as Burnley manager, and immediately admitted: "My target is to get into the Premiership." Ternent signed a new deal at the same time as his friend and trusted right hand man Sam Ellis, and he is
THE AB and D Centre in Bacup was thrown a lifeline after the council put forward proposals for the centre to stay open. The Aged, Blind and Deaf Centre, Burnley Road, was set to close as part of Rossendale Council's plans save £400,000. Now the future
PUPILS in Rossendale will test out life in the fast lane when they team up with thousands of other students from the North West at a careers convention. The trip to Salford Quays Skills City Event will be attended by around 80,000 youngsters looking to
UNIONS today welcomed the support of Foreign Secretary and Blackburn MP Jack Straw in the fight to safeguard the future of 400 jobs at BAE Systems in Samlesbury. Fear is mounting that civil aircraft work at the site might get sold off in the coming months
POLICE in Accrington are set to launch a new clampdown on pickpockets and thieves in the run-up to Christmas. Operation Elves 2, which is a follow-on from last year's operation, will begin in earnest on Monday when the town's Christmas lights are switched
MPS and council bosses have renewed their plea to the Government for £670million to transform derelict and sub-standard housing in East Lancashire. The move came after MPs Peter Pike of Burnley, Gordon Prentice of Pendle and Greg Pope of Hyndburn all
WITH the buzz of a saw, the creak of a trunk and a tremendous thud, the life of a 150-year-old beech tree came crashing to the ground. Michael and Susan Gardner, of Preston New Road, Blackburn, ordered the felling of the tree in their garden after a disease
A REFORMED drug addict today spoke of his battle back from the gutter -- and his plans for a new life in New Zealand. Stephen Hine, 24, was one of six people who received awards at Blackburn Town Hall after turning their lives around. And leaving the
BLACKBURN'S police station could be transformed into a high-quality hotel -- after 100 years of housing local criminals. Council bosses have revealed that they are in talks with a number of firms about the possibility of the building in Northgate being
