Archive
-
Date
Health forum
A HEALTH and safety workshop to help firms understand their responsibilities is being staged next month. The event is being organised by the Business Environment Association on July 1 at the Groundwork Environment Association. Further details from Jo
-
Date
Paper chase to go green is a winner
A PAPER mill's efforts to save money by going green has been seen at first hand by a Government minister. Chapman Industries is one of hundreds of East Lancashire firms which have been helped by the environmental organisation Groundwork. MP Angela Eagle
-
Date
Look to the East urges Euro MP
EURO MP Mark Hendrick has urged bosses at the troubled Lucas Aerospace site to look to Eastern Europe in a bid to save 70 jobs. Mr Hendrick believes the firm should try to find partners in countries like Russia to establish new markets for its natural
-
Date
Ten-to-one against A-board ban
PEOPLE in Blackburn have voted by a majority of ten to one against Blackburn with Darwen Council's ban on A-boards and street displays. The controversial policy has already prompted anger from local traders, who claim it affects their business, and all
-
Date
Teens choose drugs story as favourite
TEENAGE bookworms from around the county helped choose the "Children's Book of the Year" for 1998. A total of 450 teenagers, aged 13 and 14, were asked to select their favourite book from a shortlist in the Lancashire County Library competition, in partnership
-
Date
FIVE YEARS AGO: Power bills saving
NORWEB announced that more than two million customers would save around £5 on their electricity bills. The company made more than £157 million in 1992 and decided to return some of its success. But the cuts were forecast to last just one year - until
-
Date
Speed warning in street danger period for kids
DRIVERS have been warned to "expect the unexpected" in the run-up to the annual summer holiday danger period for road accidents. Thirty children were hurt - six of them suffering serious injuries - in holiday road accidents in the Burnley, Pendle and
-
Date
Unconscious teenager found on club steps
POLICE are investigating the mystery of a teenager found unconscious with head injuries at the entrance to an Accrington night spot. Peter Clarke, 18, of Cambridge Drive, Knuzden, was rushed to Blackburn Infirmary after being found near the bottom of
-
Date
More listed buildings named
A CANAL aqueduct, a mill chimney, three public houses, terraced houses, garden walls, a park fountain, a golf club house and a war memorial are among 40 new additions to the statutory listed buildings in Burnley. Conservation architect Darren Ratcliffe
-
Date
Residents reassured after acid gas leak
RESIDENTS were assured there are no long-term health effects from a cloud of irritant acidic gases despite claims to the contrary at a public meeting. More than 70 people attended the meeting in Oswaldtwistle Civic Theatre last night, called by Hyndburn
-
Date
Sparkler of an evening
ON Saturday, June 13, my friends and I attended "Symphony At The Tower" at Hoghton. Despite the damp air and constant threat of rain, we enjoyed a wonderful evening. A picnic meal, followed by a most enjoyable programme of music played by the Northern
-
Date
'Babes' work behind scenes
DESCRIBING "Blair's Babes" women MPs as voting clones, Mrs J Lee (Letters June 17) makes a lot of common sense. However, she fails to take into account both how the Westminster game is played and how it is perceived by the media. In naming those personalities
-
Date
Change law on ad boards
I NEVER thought there would come a time when I felt sorry for Blackburn Council, but in the battle of the A-boards, I do. The council has a legal obligation to ensure that the footpaths are kept free from any obstruction and can be prosecuted itself if
-
Date
Well done Hyndburn
MOST people think local government is boring and bureaucratic, says Hyndburn Council leader George Slynn. And, sadly, it is true. Full marks, then, for the Hyndburn initiatives aimed at involving people in town hall business and giving them greater influence
-
Date
No quick fix for pay
REGARDING the minimum wage and the threshold at which it is to be implemented, I don't know whether to be angry or amused at what appears to be a far-from-ideal situation. Listening to Chancellor Gordon Brown and industry minister Ian McCartney defending
-
Date
Teachers who care will makeb new zone work
QUITE clearly, the new Education Action Zones - of which 19 East Lancashire schools are among the first announced today by the government - are an experiment. But given that these pioneering groups, which will draw money and expertise from business into
-
Date
Newspapers in education
It's all go right now IT'S industry or activity day season in many schools this term as pupils get a taste of the world of business and industry. This is done by running events in school related to issues, problems and tasks in the workplace. Our NIE
-
Date
Ursula fits The Bill on TV
A BLACKBURN actress makes her television debut tonight (Tuesday). Ursula Holden Gill will appear in tonight's episode of police drama The Bill, playing heroin addict Emma Whalley. Twenty-four-year-old Ursula is a former pupil of St Wilfrid's High School
-
Date
Student attacked after 'banter' with youths
A SOCCER fan was taken to hospital with an air gun pellet lodged deep in his chest after being shot in Burnley town centre following England's World Cup defeat. Police have told the family of the 19-year-old student that he was lucky not to be killed
-
Date
Cheap beer when Cup refs see red
SOCCER loving landlord Steve Youds claims World Cup referees are becoming more popular than the players in his club as he cuts the price of beer with every red and yellow card. The Everton fan, who has run Haslingden Trades in Church Street for the past
-
Date
Top chef's honour
TOP chef Anton Mossiman has a new look, thanks to a uniform firm. Altham-based Simon Jersey presented Anton with a new jacket when he won the prestigious Craft Guild of Chefs special award in London recently. The company sponsors the awards and makes
-
Date
Screen for go, but knock-back for Ewood bar plan
PLANS to create a new club shop and install a giant video screen at Ewood Park are set to be approved by councillors. But Rovers' hopes of converting the former club shop at the back of the Blackburn End of the ground into a sports bar, open six days
-
Date
10 YEARS AGO: Councillor's fear
ASIANS in East Lancashire were warned to guard against a new threat of racial hatred from the National Front. The alert was made by Hyndburn racial equality go-between Coun Bill Goldsmith, who claimed the right-wing group were preparing to stir up trouble
-
Date
Repair team losses alert
BURNLEY'S council house repair team could have suffered a substantial loss, housing bosses have warned. Exact financial results for Burnley Maintenance Services for the year to March 31 are still not known, officers admit. But they have flagged up a "
-
Date
Win can't hide Cup shame
YOUR Opinion (LET, June 15) does rather give the impression that England's World Cup success would offset the hooliganism in Marseilles, but it is rather doubtful that the people who suffered from it would hold the same point of view. Incidentally, let
-
Date
Search for student pal
IN connection with a reunion, I am trying to trace Marion Flintoff, who lived at Mossfield, Pleasington, Blackburn, and was a student teacher at Lincoln Diocesan Training College from 1956-58. The reunion will be held at the College on Saturday, July
-
Date
No need for suffering
COMPUTERS today can integrate the many equations to reflect the way the heart beats. Models of hearts can show congenital disease and healthy heart beats. Drugs can be injected into the model enabling drug companies to determine accurate dosages. This
-
Date
Action to improve school standards
EDUCATION experts and business leaders and have joined forces to draw up an action plan to help struggling youngsters in 19 Blackburn and Darwen schools. The revolutionary Education Action Zone will see business and the council join forces for the first
-
Date
Park which no-one wants
REGARDING the plan for Bacup St Saviour's (LET, June 16), to build a new day school in Moorlands Park would be the best place for it. The park has been underused for decades and grossly neglected by Bacup people and Rossendale Council. The sunken Italian
-
Date
Foul called over dirty dog owners
DOG owners are to be given advice on cleaning up after their pets in a leaflet being produced by a town council. The leaflet, which will be available in Barnoldswick in a fortnight's time, will contain details of dog training and the use of poop-scoop
-
Date
Thanks for saving my man
QUARRY workers have been praised for helping to pull a colleague to safety after his windpipe was crushed during a horrific accident. Michael Creighton, 44, was seriously hurt when the digger he was driving went under a metal storage container at Tarmac
-
Date
The Bleach Boys
Tuesday Topic with Christine Rutter HOLLYWOOD heart-throb George Clooney has taken the plunge. So have footballers David Beckham, Ally McCoist and Billy McKinlay. We are talking about the newest trend to hit the hairdressing salons - men who go blond.
-
Date
New plans to protect parkland
A POPULAR park is to be improved and protected from criminals after an action group was set up. The "Friends of Marsden Park" action group has been formed in Nelson to improve the park with activities such as litter-picks, tree-planting and other improvements
-
Date
CLARETS: Stalemate in Matthew contract talks
DAMIAN Matthew has reached a contract stalemate at Turf Moor and is set to start the season on a week-to-week deal. The Clarets midfielder has been offered a two-year contract but can't agree terms. And with no further enhanced deal expected to be put
-
Date
Gallacher's dream double
KEVIN Gallacher is chasing a double dream of his first World Cup goal and a place in Scottish history in France tonight. The Scots head for Saint-Etienne knowing that a win over Morocco coupled with anything less than a Norwegian victory against Brazil
