Archive
-
Date
Go-karts are gone but nature is back
Drive & Stroll, with RON FREETHY HEYSHAM is one of the most unspoiled villages in Britain. Its single street is lined with restaurants, cafes, 17th century cottages and a pub. The street leads down the rocks of the shore and a steep left sweep takes
-
Date
New premises, old problems
THE new police stations at Whitebirk and the railway station in Blackburn appear to have little effect on the service they provide to the public -- we still get an answer phone and are put in 'a queue.' The operator tells you to hold on while she finds
-
Date
Voice in North West overdue
REGARDING MEP David Sumberg's comments opposing regional government (Letters, June 26), as a North-West politician, I would have thought he would have seen at first-hand how we in this region time and time again lose out to London and the South East in
-
Date
Speak out against the bullies
IWHOLEHEARTEDLY agree with the views in 'Victims of bullying should speak out' (Letters, June 27), having been a victim of bullying at work myself. I am employed in a local government social services department where there is a senior manager whose main
-
Date
Delight at Royal invitation
A WELL-known community leader has spoken of his delight after receiving a Royal invitation to the Queen's annual garden party. Sher Ali Miah, 43, of Belford Street, Stoneyholme, has been invited to the party at Buckingham Palace on Wednesday, for his
-
Date
Driver's offer of cash 'stupid' says judge
AN HGV driver, who offered an alleged assault victim cash, wasn't jailed -- even though a judge slammed his actions as 'stupid.' Burnley Crown Court heard how the complainant had not been put in fear by Duane Haythornthwaite's actions, thought nothing
-
Date
'Kerb nearly killed me'
A CAMPAIGNER for disabled rights is considering taking legal action against Pendle Council because he fell from a kerb on a zebra crossing into a busy main road. And today council bosses admitted the kerb was too high and vowed to take immediate action
-
Date
Ingersoll Rand set for closure
THE American owners of Ingersoll Rand have announced plans to close their Swan Lane factory in Hindley Green by the end of the year -- with the potential loss of 106 jobs. Ingersoll Rand, which manufactures percussive tools, grinders and hoists at the
-
Date
Timid Tim's restraint taken for grunted
HOW has Wimbledon been for you? Apart from the rain. And the price of strawberries. Funny how seasonal fruits, like petrol, seem to vary so markedly in price across the UK. I am told by a pal who made his annual pilgrimage to the spiritual home of lawn
-
Date
Pupils' hard work for the environment commended
PENDLE schoolchildren have been commended for their hard work on environmental and community issues with the first annual Our Place: Our Pendle awards ceremony. Five awards were presented, at the event at Colne Municipal Hall. The winner, Townhouse School
-
Date
Cash windfalls help holiday schemes
A SUMMER holiday sports scheme to help keep youth nuisance at bay is to be launched in Pendle. Pendle Community Safety summer programmes have just received two cash windfalls from Lancashire County Council. A £3,000 grant has been awarded from Lancashire's
-
Date
Those precious people
FOR OUR latest Pride of East Lancashire Award we are looking to find the area's outstanding volunteer. One place where volunteers are particularly important is the East Lancashire Hospice where their time and kindness makes a huge difference to patients
-
Date
Stores warned of bins blaze danger
FIRE chiefs have warned businesses to move their rubbish bins after a supermarket narrowly escaped a fire that could have caused millions of pounds worth of damage. The warning came after Lidl supermarket, in Hyndburn Road, Accrington, was faced with
-
Date
Summer of fun planned
YOUNG Westleythers can sign up for a bumper summer of fun. A wide range of free school holiday activities are on offer, including arts & crafts, face painting, games, stories, cooking and sports for five to 11 year olds, with barbecues, canoeing and
-
Date
Chemists on Duty
FRIDAY, JULY 11 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
-
Date
lChemists on Duty
WEDNESDAY, JULY 9 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 Pharmacy
-
Date
Chemists on Duty
TUESDAY, JULY 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: The Pharmacy, Oakenhurst Road; Geloo Bros, Cleaver
-
Date
Baby was left in abandoned car
A DRUNKEN motorist nearly crashed his car into a police vehicle before running away and leaving his baby lying next to the front seat. Blackburn magistrates heard that a policeman found the abandoned car with the engine still running after Graeme Kershaw
-
Date
Web has ears
JOB-SEEKERS are being warned not to post chit-chat and comments about their workplace on website message boards. Recently a PR account executive claimed her employers were a "bunch of cowboys" on the Friends Reunited site, naturally the firm didn't take
-
Date
Coffee and the web
SURFERS will be riding high in Leigh if plans to build a two floor Internet Cafe and offices are approved by Council planning chiefs. Leigh company Tyrrell Systems hope to transform a shop and residential premises on St Helens Road into a state-of-the-art
-
Date
Top award for online retail boss
THE founder and MD of a leading online retailer has been awarded the North of England Entrepreneur of the Year title. Leigh-born David Atherton's Westhoughton based dabs.com business was judged best of 32 competitors and he received his award at Leeds
-
Date
Rovers close in on Emerton
BLACKBURN Rovers boss Graeme Souness has lined up Aussie superstar Brett Emerton as the man to replace David Dunn. As I understand it, Souness is currently competing with a host of clubs for the 24-year-old's signature. And his Dutch club Feyenoord last
-
Date
Tears as special school is closed
A SPECIAL school, which was established in Darwen 77 years ago, prepared for its last days with an emotional final presentation to children. Staff, parents and pupils packed Tullyallen School hall to look back at the last year and celebrate the future
-
Date
Celebration of dialect poet Waugh
AN annual Rossendale gathering that celebrates the life of a Lancashire dialect poet is due to be held this month. The Waugh's Well Gathering pays tribute to the life and work of Edwin Waugh, a popular Lancastrian poet with ties to the Rossendale Valley
-
Date
Staff and students say thanks to local firms
STAFF and students at Tor View School have thanked local businesses for providing work experience for students with special needs. Teenagers aged 16-19 in the Further Education Department at the Haslingden school took part in the work experience. Janice
-
Date
Royal seal of approval
BLACKBURN-BASED Promethean has received the Royal seal of approval for its award-winning computer-based teaching systems. The Queen's Award for Enterprise was presented to the company by the Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire, Lord Shuttleworth. The company
-
Date
Praise for care service which helps improve life
A NEW service to enable disabled and elderly people live more independent lives in Blackburn and Darwen has helped 300 people in its first three months. Care Network is run by Blackburn with Darwen's Social Services and several voluntary and independent
-
Date
Health chiefs back smoking ban
SMOKE-free public places will help East Lancashire's smokers to quit, leading health officials said today. They backed the call by the Government's chief medical officer Sir Liam Donaldson for a ban of smoking in all workplaces, pubs and restaurants.
-
Date
Move to put brakes on speeders
SPEED traps are being set up at a blackspot to try to prevent someone dying after four accidents in three days prompted a demand for action. And further good news for residents came as it was confirmed the 60mph speed limit on the road will be reduced
-
Date
Loyals find silver lining in Supercup
Angling, with KINGFISHER LOCAL matchmen led the way again last weekend, with the top performance from the Darwen Loyals team in the Angling Times/Van Den Eynde Clubman Supercup Northern semi-final. The venue was the relatively little known and imposing
-
Date
EVENTS taking place in East Lancashire on Sunday, July 6 and Monday, July 7
A LOOK at events, from amateur theatre to rambles through our beautiful countryside. SUNDAY Guides and Scouts Alice Street, Accrington, noon-4pm. Gardens Open Day, St Mary's Church, Goosnargh. Rossendale Ramblers meet Kay Street Car Park, Rawtenstall,
-
Date
Tree shift makes common sense
CONSIDER the curious case that confronted one East Lancashire householder -- of a 43ft-high tree in her garden that developed a frightening tilt across her drive and towards her neighbours' homes. She considered it dangerous and wanted it cut down. But
-
Date
The Saturday Message
with the Rev Kevin Logan, Vicar of Christ Church, Accrington HER arms rise up as if in surrender. It means nothing of the sort. Lois, my 14-month-old grand terrorist is warning that if I don't immediately pick her up, she'll blow my brains out -- with
-
Date
My First. . .
This week, with PETE DONNELLY, 60, former headteacher of St John Fisher and Thomas More RC High School, Colne, who raised over £2,000 for charity in a sponsored bike ride. MEMORY: A black and white rabbit owned by Mrs Hollyoak, our next door neighbour
-
Date
Mr Fantasy
CHRIS Moore lives in another world -- but it's all in a day's work for the artist whose illustrations have been used on the book jackets of some of the world's top authors. He spoke to JENNY SCOTT ABOVE our heads an enormous spaceship blasts off into
-
Date
Drive into profit
IN Hyndburn magistrates' courts, according to newspaper reports, the average fine for driving while uninsured is £100. Is it any different in Blackburn? If I could get away with this serious offence for 12 weeks, I would be in pocket. What would happen
-
Date
Council knows who owns pub
COUNCILLOR Mohammed Khan's outrage at the poster campaign regarding the ownership of the now-derelict Three Pigeons pub, in Oakenhurst Road, Blackburn (LET, June 19) was perhaps understandable. However, the council certainly knows who does own the pub
-
Date
'Kerb nearly killed me'
A CAMPAIGNER for disabled rights is considering taking legal action against Pendle Council because he fell from a kerb on a zebra crossing into a busy main road. And today council bosses admitted the kerb was too high and vowed to take immediate action
-
Date
Benefits blunder for bereaved mum
A MOTHER of three today slammed benefit bosses for sending her a warning letter saying she was living with her partner - ten months after he died. Jacqueline Maxwell, 37, was left distraught when a letter arrived saying she was no longer entitled to income
-
Date
Rovers say it with numbers
BLACKBURN Rovers are to sport new numbers for next season, but it's nothing to do with football kit. The key telephone numbers at Ewood Park have been changed in the interests of speed and efficiency - and they are also much easier to remember! All ticketing
-
Date
Souness closes in on Emerton
BLACKBURN Rovers boss Graeme Souness has lined up Aussie superstar Brett Emerton as the man to replace David Dunn. As I understand it, Souness is currently competing with a host of clubs for the 24-year-old's signature. And his Dutch club Feyenoord last
-
Date
Repairs could bring traffic chaos
ENGINEERS are set to carry out a £350,000 gas main repair project in Todmorden which could bring traffic chaos to the town. Two kilometres of gas main running underneath Halifax Road is due to be replaced when works starts on Monday July 21. Mark Chapman
-
Date
Council to talk over plan for new set-up
BURNLEY'S leading councillors are set to hold talks on a new Regional Assembly that could put them out of a job. The council's executive committee are due to meet on Wednesday to discuss the latest plans to bring devolved government to the north west.
-
Date
DIY school pupils' uncertain future
CHILDREN at Burnley's DIY School left to start their summer holidays yesterday, but a row over the distribution of places is set to continue. The school was set up in the Valley Street Community Centre last year by parents when their children failed to
-
Date
Ex-teacher's driving ban
A FORMER teacher from Barrowford crashed his car and hit a wall while more than three times the drink drive limit, a court was told. Brian Williams, 56, of Stone Edge Road, was found by police sitting in his car after it crashed in Gisburn Road on Wednesday
-
Date
From goal-den boy to golden beaches
RADCLIFFE-born footballer Don McAllister joined Bolton Wanderers at the age of 15 and became a firm favourite. In 1971, he skippered Bolton to victory in the Lancashire Youth Cup Final, playing alongside a young Sam Allarydyce. He became a firm favourite
-
Date
Pay day at last for redundant workforce
REDUNDANT engineering workers who haven't been paid for five weeks will this week start to receive redundancy payments from the Government. More than 160 lost their jobs on May 28 after the Peter Miles Engineering firm in Leigh went into liquidation and
-
Date
Death-defying stunts at show
A RECORD-breaking team of daredevil motorcyclists will be headlining Sunday's Westhoughton Show. The Motorcycle Madmen are the world record holders of the death-defying Tunnel of Fire -- riding through the longest stretch of fire, which they will demonstrate
-
Date
Summer of fun planned
YOUNG Westleythers can sign up for a bumper summer of fun. A wide range of free school holiday activities are on offer, including arts & crafts, face painting, games, stories, cooking and sports for five to 11 year olds, with barbecues, canoeing and
-
Date
Conduct of nurse was 'unworthy'
A NURSE has been cautioned after a three-day disciplinary hearing found her guilty of three charges of professional misconduct. Susan Mary Cheshire, 41, from Blackburn, faced a three-day hearing of the Nursing and Midwifery Council's Professional Conduct
-
Date
'No more tears' for Stephen
A BIKE fanatic killed on his beloved motorcycle 'rode like the wind' on his final journey accompanied by a procession of motorcycles. As Stephen Fairley, 39, was taken to be buried at Accrington Cemetery he was joined by around 20 of his fellow bikers
-
Date
Woman victor in leaning tree battle
A WOMAN has defeated a council's attempt to make her responsible for a tree she says is dangerous and needs to be cut down. Patricia Counsell, 48, said that Hyndburn Council had tried to put an order making her responsible for a 14-metre high ash tree
-
Date
Sex fiend molested girl, 6, in her bed
A "PREDATORY" sex fiend who preyed on young children and molested a six-year-old girl in her bed has been given a nine year extended sentence. Ex-convict Andrew Hawthornthwaite, 27, himself abused as a child, fantasised about sex with pre-pubescent youngsters
-
Date
Chemists on Duty
SUNDAY, JULY 6 BLACKBURN: 10am-1pm: Aston Pharmacy, 95 Accrington Road; 10.30am-4.30pm: Superdrug Pharmacy, 5 Stonybutts; noon-1pm: Geloo Brothers, 1 New Wellington Street, Mill Hill. DARWEN: noon-1pm: Lloyds Pharmacy, 11 Church Street. ACCRINGTON: 11am
-
Date
Chemists on Duty
THURSDAY, JULY 10 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; Healthbook
-
Date
Chemists on Duty
MONDAY, JULY 7 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
-
Date
Ternent: Five new faces to come
STAN Ternent hopes to have his new-look Burnley jigsaw in place within a fortnight. The Clarets chief has already been one of the busiest managers on the circuit this summer by snapping up three of his top targets. I understand more hush-hush negotiations
-
Date
The Saturday Interview
Long-serving secretary FRANK MANNING reveals how a club almost died. . . FRANK Manning took tentative steps into a clubhouse that he could barely recognise. Burglars had ransacked the bar at Bacup Borough, smashing every piece of glass in sight - windows
-
Date
Five new faces to come, says Clarets boss
STAN Ternent hopes to have his new-look Burnley jigsaw in place within a fortnight. The Clarets chief has already been one of the busiest managers on the circuit this summer by snapping up three of his top targets. I understand more hush-hush negotiations
-
Date
Woman's18-month ban
A 48 YEAR-OLD Darwen woman went to bed after having a few drinks and the next thing she knew she was standing by her car having crashed into a stationary vehicle in Blackburn Road. Blackburn magistrates heard that Ann Pain had no recollection of leaving
-
Date
Biker dies in smash
A ROSSENDALE motorcyclist died early today after his bike hit a parked car in Waterfoot. Police said Ronald Hodgkinson, of New Brighton Street, lost control of his bike while driving in Burnley Road East. The 31-year-old was said to have received serious
-
Date
Lessons in behaviour learned
A CAMPAIGN to encourage pupils to behave on school buses has been hailed a huge success by local police. Youngsters at Haslingden High School Specialist Arts College, Broadway, have been given lessons in learning to behave when on public transport. Police
-
Date
Lesbian love letters to woman who was killed
A TEENAGE lesbian wrote a series of love letters to her partner in the days before she murdered her in a jealous rage, a jury was told. In them, Louise Berry, 19, begged partner Mandy Burton, who she lived with in Moorgate Street, Blackburn, for another
-
Date
Benefits blunder for bereaved mum
A MOTHER of three today slammed benefit bosses for sending her a warning letter saying she was living with her partner - ten months after he died. Jacqueline Maxwell, 37, was left distraught when a letter arrived saying she was no longer entitled to income
