A LOOK at events, from amateur theatre to rambles through our beautiful countryside. Huncoat Residents Association meet Within Grove office, Huncoat, 7pm. Oswaldtwistle Gardens & Allotments Association meet Harvey St Community Centre, Oswaldtwistle
THE agony faced by Barry and Jayne Waddington with the deaths of their three daughters in a devastating fire is almost impossible to imagine. But their terrible loss has clearly touched the heart of a whole community which turned out en masse to give
ON last Tuesday's Health Page we featured a story saying that one in five patients did not attend outpatient appointments at the East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust. The figures in the article referred to appointments in the paediatric departments at
THE ABI (Association of British Insurance) says it believes there are in excess of one million drivers on the roads without insurance. I wondered what Ian Bell of the Road Safety Partnership and the police are planning to do about it -- put up another
THE present state pension is said to be 30 per cent of the current average income. It is also said that the government hope to reduce this amount to 20 per cent in future years. This is in an attempt to fill the 'black hole' in state pension funds. If
BLACKBURN brewer Thwaites is celebrating the biggest deal in the company's history after winning a multi-million-pound contract to make beers for the American giant Coors. The contract - which will see Thwaites produce up to 30 million pints a year for
A COMMUNITY united in grief to say farewell to three lost "angels" killed in the Hapton fire tragedy. Young and old attended St John's Catholic Church, Padiham, for the funeral of the three Waddington sisters who died on February 6. Three little white
ASTLEY & Tyldsley road runners based at the Gin Pit Village, Astley, train Monday and Wednesdays meeting at 6.15 prompt at the car park outside the Gin Pit Social Club, Astley and want new members. They report: "We are trying to attract new runners
COUNCIL tax rises of around five per cent are being predicted for Burnley and Pendle residents. Council bosses in Burnley say they avoided a larger rise despite being forced to swing the axe to the tune of £1m in a number of departments after receiving
BURNLEY FC has endured some of the toughest months of its 124-year history as it struggled to keep the financial wolves from the door. Now the club has announced that it is financially secure until at least the end of the season. But why was it so keen
WORKERS at a file store in Nelson picketed their workplace this morning as a civil service strike moved into its second day. A union representative at the Department for Work and Pensions file store in Brunswick Street estimated three quarters of the
A £1.2MILLION business centre expected to create 80 jobs on the site of a former supermarket should open next month. The Pendle Innovation Centre will transform Nelson's former Kwik Save building into a state-of-the-art complex with space for 16 small
THOUSANDS of demands for VAT were sent to East Lancashire businessmen that had already been paid. The mistake was caused by a computer error and sent some business people into a panic. Meanwhile police praised drivers for their careful driving after a
A VICAR appealed to the people of Blackburn after a £20,000 blaze ravaged his church hall. The Rev Peter Isherwood of St Andrew's Church made the cash plea after the loss of girl guide equipment worth around £4,500. And former Deep Purple vocalist Ian
ACCRINGTON Stanley played in front of a 10,000 gate at Peel Park when they beat visitors East Fife in a whirlwind 4-1 victory. Congregations were asked to raise their church contributions by more than 50 per cent by a Blackburn district, Lancashire Congregation
IT MAKES a pleasant change to be writing this piece in a positive frame of mind. The four points from the last two games was a great return and it's also come at a stage in the season when it was desperately needed. Two solid, if unspectacular, performances
A NIGHTCLUB raided by police is to be closed for at least three months. Monroes, Wood Street, Great Harwood, was served with a closure order by Lancashire Constabulary after a swoop involving 200 police officers on Saturday night. Under the Anti-Social
DEVELOPERS are to be banned from building luxury homes in the Ribble Valley as council chiefs bid to control spiralling property prices, which are forcing people to leave the area. Councillors will tonight be asked to approve the plan, after being told
BURNLEY manager Stan Ternent reckons Richard Chaplow will relish being in the England spotlight. Ternent will be among a sell-out 25,000 crowd at Hull City's KC Stadium tonight, hoping to see the tenacious teenager earn the honour of becoming the club's
RICHARD Chaplow admits he is pinching himself at the prospect of pulling on an England shirt. The Burnley midfielder could become the club's first ever Under-21 international if he makes an appearance against Holland in Hull tonight. And Chaplow, 19,
PADIHAM are waiting to hear if they will have to replay their North West Counties Division Two game against Oldham Town. Saturday's match at the Arbories was abandoned with just four minutes remaining after goalkeeper Kirk Marsden suffered a horror injury
FAMILIES in Darwen are being reassured that Sunnyhurst Woods are still a safe place to visit, despite a terrifying attack on a 14-year-old girl. The teenager suffered a four-and-a-half inch wound to her throat when she was attacked in the 84-acre woods
THE dangers of asbestos will be under discussion at a breakfast meeting organised by Groundwork Rossendale for local businesses. It is estimated that more than 500,000 non-domestic premises in the country currently have some form of asbestos in them and
A LANCASHIRE dialect poet who wrote verses for the Pope has had her first ever birthday party - at the age of 90. Alice Maddock was toasted by her three children, seven grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren at the party, at her home in Springfield
POLICE bosses have vowed to make life easier for victims and witnesses attending court. Figures in a recent report to the Lancashire Criminal Justice Board show that in almost half the cases at magistrates court witnesses and victims need not attend as
A 31-YEAR-OLD woman was given two bank cards and a gold bracelet that her lodger had stolen in a burglary. Blackburn magistrates were told that within hours of the burglary, two attempts were made to use the cards. The same day the £150 bracelet was pawned
CHRISTIE'S against Cancer is mounting a major new fundraising and awareness campaign to boost funds that will help to treat the region's cancer patients. The Be a Local Hero campaign demonstrates that everyone's donation makes them a "local hero" as they
TEENAGE driver Richard Bradley, who is accused of knocking over and seriously injuring mum of three Elaine Haworth, said he did not know that he had hit a person until he was arrested. In a statement to police, read out to Preston Crown Court, 18-year-old
THE Lancashire Evening Telegraph has notched up the joint highest number of nominations in prestigious editorial awards open to more than 300 titles across the UK. Five of its journalists are in the running in awards by Newsquest Media Group - the Telegraph's
EDUCATION inspectors are happy that Blackburn with Darwen Council will be able to deal with two failing schools in the borough. Governors and staff at Queens Park Technology College in Shadsworth in Blackburn have been told they have two years in "special
SIDELINED stopper Jamie Speare is hoping he can add the only piece of Accrington Stanley silverware he has missed out on to his collection. The Reds' goalkeeper was absent the last time Stanley got to the final of the Lancashire FA Marsden Trophy final
Simon Lynch hit the back of the net as he returned to action for North End, a week after completing his loan spell at Stockport County. Playing in the reserves, he put North End ahead on 30 minutes with a sweet turn past the Stoke City keeper. Stoke equalised
PRESTON North End could face a battle to keep hold of midfielder Eric Skora after Scottish club Kilmarnock said they were keen for him to stay with them beyond the end of the season. Frenchman Skora went North of the Border last month on a loan deal which
POLICE are to crackdown on brawling drunks after a surge in late night violence in Bury town centre. In the first five weeks of the new year, there were 113 drink-related offences, with 77 per cent involving fights or assaults that left people injured
A LOOK at events, from amateur theatre to rambles through our beautiful countryside. Clitheroe Ramblers meet Chester Avenue car park, Clitheroe, 10am. Foulshaw, Meatop and Levens (eight miles). Accrington Flower and Garden Club, King Street Function Room
THE problems facing people who want to get on the housing ladder in the Ribble Valley are well known. In other parts of East Lancashire, councils are trying to persuade builders to construct new homes to replace slums. But in the Ribble Valley, developers
LANCASHIRE Air Ambulance is relying on volunteers hitting the fund-raising trail for the £720,000 a year it needs to keep flying. The service is a registered charity and needs to find £60,000 every month to meeting its running costs. Now a group of cement
WHAT a week! I hired a car and went up country to a place called Harridraw -- that's how you pronounce it, but I won't even attempt to spell it! It is where the Ganges emerges from the Himalayas and the name means God's Gate. It is a very sacred place
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WITH regards to your article regarding school traffic congestion I personally find it quite amusing. How can a headteacher from Salesbury School (yes, the extremely over-populated village of the Ribble Valley) be concerned about congestion? The headteacher
I HAVE never felt the compulsion to write to a newspaper before in my life, but I was so annoyed when I read your article on January 31 about the play area on Water Lane. I wish residents would take a little more interest in what goes on in their community
A 22-year-old woman was injured after an attacker smashed her car window with his fist. The woman was parked in the car park of the Seven Brook Medical Centre on Church Street, Atherton, when the attack happened at 5am on Monday. She screamed and the
LORENZO Amoruso is considering a shock return to international football - with Scotland! The Blackburn Rovers defender, whose only previous caps came at under 21 level for Italy, learnt yesterday that, under new FIFA rules, he now qualifies for the Scottish
PLANS for a massive redevelopment in Burnley could move a step closer later this week after council bosses revealed they were about to choose potential developers for the £25million scheme. A shortlist of five of six firms to develop the former Co-op
PARENTS of children at a Burnley primary school are angry that teaching practices have been changed following a good Ofsted report. The Chief Inspector of Schools singled out Rosegrove Infant School, Owen Street, for praise after it received a "very good
THE devastated dad of the three sisters who died after a fire in their Hapton home said he could not believe how many people's lives they had touched. Around 300 mourners packed out St John the Baptist RC Church in Padiham to pay their final respects
A COMMUNITY united in grief to say farewell to three lost "angels" killed in the Hapton fire tragedy. Young and old attended St John's Catholic Church, Padiham, for the funeral of the three Waddington sisters who died on February 6. Three little white
AT last week's CRaCA meeting consideration was given to a request by a football team representing the Gordon Lennox to play at Mount Lane next season. Reluctantly, the request had to be refused as the full-size pitch is already used to capacity by Burnley
GLYN Garner and Chris Porter have signed contract extensions which will keep them at Bury until the end of next season. Goalkeeper Garner, aged 27, has been ever-present this term, while Porter, aged 20, has hit eight goals this season and has established
IT IS difficult to imagine who would have been suffering most following Alan Moore's inability to convert a simple, last-gasp chance to keep the Clarets in the FA Cup. The player himself, maybe - wracked with guilt and remorse as he replayed the incident
THE MOTHER of a teenager who died of cancer today paid tribute to the 'little fighter' who always put others before herself. Emma Louise Archer died at her home in Broadfield Road, Fern Gore, Accrington, after a three-year battle with the disease. The
A RETIRED Oswaldtwistle headteacher has spoken of his sadness over the decline of children's outdoor education, while academic pressures have risen. Peter Linley, who grew up in Blackburn, finished work at St Paul's Primary School on Friday and received
BURNLEY Football Club chiefs have warned the battle for survival goes on after narrowly avoiding the threat of administration. The Clarets have raised the six-figure sum needed to remain in business until the summer, thanks to their FA Cup run and a number
WHAT an honour for Richard Chaplow. Just when he thought he'd struck gold with an international call-up to the England Under 19s squad and is all set to check in for the trip to Amsterdam, he gets an unexpected upgrade. And his inclusion in David Platt's
DARWEN manager Steve Wilkes has revealed how he had to talk captain Paul Brown out of quitting football. Central midfielder Brown was devastated that his red card against Great Harwood on Friday night had contributed to Darwen being dumped out of the
CHORLEY manager Mark Patterson believes it would be a waste if his side didn't at least make the Lancashire FA Marsden Trophy final, writes SUZANNE GELDARD. For the Magpies chief feels they have come too far in the competition not to have anything to
LORENZO Amoruso is considering a shock return to international football - with Scotland! The Blackburn Rovers defender, whose only previous caps came at under 21 level for Italy, learnt yesterday that, under new FIFA rules, he now qualifies for the Scottish
RICHARD Chaplow admits he is pinching himself at the prospect of pulling on an England shirt. The Burnley midfielder could become the club's first ever Under-21 international if he makes an appearance against Holland in Hull tonight. And Chaplow, 19,
BURY Council is staging a public consultation over proposals to declare Redisher Wood the fourth Local Nature Reserve in the borough. A public meeting will be held at 7.30pm on Tuesday, February 24, in the main library of Woodhey High School to discuss
A MAN who stole more than £5,000 from a voluntary group while serving as a Rossendale councillor has been jailed for nine months. Stephen Birtwell, 55, was first chairman and then treasurer for the council-funded Haslingden Estates Management Board Society
COMEDIAN Les Dawson is the first person to be featured on a new Lancashire-developed website, containing obituaries and family archives. Forever Remembered is said to be the first memorial website in the UK but some exist in the United States, run by
BLACKBURN brewer Thwaites is celebrating the biggest deal in the company's history after winning a multi-million-pound contract to make beers for the American giant Coors. The contract - which will see Thwaites produce up to 30 million pints a year for
A SECURITY guard was assaulted with a shotgun during a raid at a supermarket in Bury. Four masked man stopped the guard as he got out of a transit van which had pulled up outside Asda in Pilsworth Road at about 2pm on Monday. One of the robbers hit the
