Archive
-
Date
Change to services saves £10k
ROSSENDALE Council is bidding to save £10,000 a year - by closing its pest control department. Council bosses have agreed a deal for Rochdale Council to provide the service in the east of the valley, and Bury Council in the west from today. Rossendale's
-
Date
Marsden Hall now ‘jewel in the crown’
A 400-YEAR-old hall in Nelson which had stood empty for several years was due to re-open today following a £500,000 restoration. Marsden Old Hall has undergone extensive renovation as part of a £1.8 million drive to breathe new life into Marsden Park
-
Date
Woman escapes 'flip-over' smash
A YOUNG woman had an amzing escape when her car overturned on the A56. The 20-year-old driver suffered only minor cuts when her Ford Ka skidded across the northbound carriageway yesterday. Police said it clipped the barrier at the Hapton junction, sending
-
Date
Cigs raiders in double attack
HUNDREDS of cigarettes were stolen in raids on two East Lancashire shops. The burglaries, thought to be connected, happened in Oswaldtwistle and Clitheroe overnight on Saturday. Police fear the cigarettes will now be sold on the black market - and
-
Date
Park trees facing axe
MORE than 170 trees in a park may have to be cut down due to safety fears. Hyndburn Council is considering carrying out the work at a cost of more than £30,000 in Haworth Park, as a result of national cases of people being killed by falling trees. According
-
Date
Nurses do office work
HEALTH chiefs have been rapped by inspectors who found that nurses were being saddled with office jobs. The Healthcare Commission, an independent inspection agency, uncovered the problems facing nurses in the endoscopy units at Burnley General Hospital
-
Date
Downpour forces early finish
CORONATION Street's Norris Cole visited Whalley Abbey as part of a week-long celebration of Whalley which was called off due to bad weather. Blackpool Circus clowns and owls could not perform because of the heavy rain and stalls packed up because their
-
Date
Rain washes out park festival
Accrington's sixth annual Lark in the Park community showpiece was ruined by the rain. Not one visitor was present when the event opened at midday on Saturday. In the past the Mercer Park event had seen crowds of up to 3,500. By 2pm the event was
-
Date
‘Wild animal’ woman jailed for pub rumpus
A Blackburn woman behaved like a "wild animal" during a disturbance in a pub, a court heard. Blackburn magistrates were told that Tina Walker, 22, of Pelham Street, Blackburn, spat in the faces of female members of staff and tried to bite a police officer
-
Date
Shop around for insurance
THE insurance industry is rightly keen on warning clients under-insuring, but not so keen about over-insuring that can mean your premium is higher than it need be. Having established that the total cost of a total rebuild for my mid-terrace house would
-
Date
Let nurses get on with what they’re best at
I READ with interest the article (LT, August 28) re nurses/staff and hospital visitors continuing to smoke. One of the reasons given is that staff failed to attend training. Maybe staff were actually doing what they are meant to do and that is care
-
Date
Medal joy for student Helen
AN East Lancashire student's work came up smelling of roses at the Southport Flower Show. Helen Chaffer from Halifax Road, Brierfield, a garden design student at Myerscough College, received a medal after impressing judges with her outdoor creation.
-
Date
A chance to shine for star player
TOP-performing employees can help boost moral and improve performance at their firms. This year the Lancashire Telegraph's Business Awards feature a category for Employee of the Year, and we look at what it takes to scoop the award. The award will
-
Date
Fire school ready
DARWEN Moorland High School will open on time for the first day of term - despite an arson attack which caused more than £250,000 of damage. Headteacher Chris Morris today praised staff who had spent the seven-week summer break cleaning and re-decorating
-
Date
Dust off the bridal clothes...
BRIDES are being given a second chance to wear their wedding dresses in aid of charity. Women from all over the region are invited to the North West Air Ambulance fundraiser at Stirk House Hotel, Gisburn. Mustoe and Knowles Bridal Couture of Clitheroe
-
Date
Stanley manager remains defiant
JOHN Coleman remained defiant despite seeing nine-men Accrington Stanley side crash to their third league defeat of the season on Friday. The Reds went down 3-1 at Lincoln City, with Michael Welch and Peter Cavanagh both being dismissed after each picking
-
Date
Atherton LR 0 Clitheroe 3
CLITHEROE booked their place in the next round of the FA Cup with a comfortable victory at Atherton. They started the match strongly, and went ahead in the first minute when Owen Roberts scored a penalty after Craig Sargeson had been brought down. The
-
Date
Consett 1 Rossendale United 1
Dale survived their FA Cup preliminary round tie at Consett, but only just. Two dismissals, making it four in the opening five games, terrible weather and a Consett side who clearly fancied their chances, made it a long afternoon for the Dark Lane
-
Date
Padiham 3 Colne 2
PADIHAM dumped NWCL Divsion One neighbours Colne out of the FA Cup on Saturday when the Storks beat their East Lancashire derby rivals 3-2 at the Arbories. Martin Parkes opened the scoring for the home side when he fired over the head of Colne keeper
-
Date
Irish take Kyle to their hearts
Burnley's Steve Jones, Kyle Lafferty and Michael Duff are key members of the Northern Ireland squad hoping to qualify for a place in Euro 2006. We went to Belfast to find out what the Irish think of the Clarets trio. FIVE minutes before kick-off and
-
Date
Super cool Martin in points for Foggy
Steve Martin secured a double points-scoring finish for Foggy Petronas Racing as hazardous conditions made for incident-packed racing at the ninth round of the Superbike World Championship at Assen, Holland. The Australian kept a cool head in atrocious
-
Date
Young gun Lafferty deflated by defeat
Burnley's Kyle Lafferty admits his competitive debut for Northern Ireland was soured by their dismal 3-0 home defeat to Iceland. The 18-year-old Clarets striker - tipped for a big future at Turf Moor and on the international scene - came off the bench
-
Date
Sparky: I love it here
BLACKBURN Rovers boss Mark Hughes has admitted the day-to-day rigours of club management are more enjoyable than life on the international stage. The former Wales manager is about to celebrate two years at Ewood Park, and while he looks back on his
-
Date
Comedy next from Players
Rossendale Players are to perform the award-winning Shelagh Stephenson comedy, The Memory of Water from October 14 to 21. The play, which won the Laurence Olivier award for best comedy in 2000, is being directed by Mark Storton. It runs from Saturday
-
Date
New appeal over street attack
POLICE investigating a vicious Bank Holiday Monday assault today re-issued an appeal for information. The 39-year-old victim was walking down the lower end of Albert Road, Colne, about 4.30am on Monday August 28 when he was set upon by two men. He was
-
Date
Success tastes good for Phil, 25
A BURNLEY businessman sold his company for several million pounds - before his 25th birthday. And now former St Theodore's pupil Philip Mossop is using part of the cash to fulfil a dream of running a posh restaurant. He has opened Bacchus in London's
-
Date
Second speed camera attack in days
Thousands of pounds worth of damage was caused in the second attack on an East Lancashire speed camera in the space of a few days. The incident happened in Burnley Road in Colne over the weekend, after another was petrol-bombed in Rochdale Road, Bacup
-
Date
Sex with drunk internet girl, 13
A 19-year-old youth who had sex with a girl of 13 has been jailed for three years and four months. Jordan Hill, of Glenview Road, Burnley, took advantage of his drunk victim who he had met on the internet, Burnley Crown Court heard. Hill himself was
-
Date
Temporary custody for Molly’s dad
A 12-YEAR-OLD former Blackburn girl at the centre of an abduction scare will remain in Pakistan after temporary custody was awarded to her father. Molly Campbell, who used to live in Moss Street in the Daisyfield area of the town, disappeared from her
-
Date
A Bit of Old Spice
By Brian Crasney, St Alban's Court, Blackburn. In a few years' time One of David Beckham's sons will say When I am a big lad, I want to be a great footballer And be just like my dad' It would be wonderful coming from David It would be really
-
Date
Change times of football matches
I DON'T see what all the fuss is about re televised football. If people want to go to the pub instead of the game what's the problem? People have stopped going to Ewood Park, not only due to rising costs but the changing of games. It's very rare a
-
Date
RUTH WILKINSON, Kettering, Northants
ON researching my family history I find that my maternal grandmother had two half sisters and two half brothers about which I knew nothing until recently. They were the children of Fred Tagg, an insurance salesman and Primitive Methodist lay preacher
-
Date
‘Earn while you learn’ tips for after exams
PUPILS dreading the thought of college after their GCSEs are being urged to take inspiration from three students who have flourished after deciding to earn while they learn'. Joshua Marks, 18, decided that going on to a college-based course wasn't for
-
Date
Another year the same set of problems
Back to School. The words have been rammed down parents' throats for at least six weeks. Some shops started promoting their Back to School wares the week the kids broke up. What I find amusing is that year-after-year parents go through the same motions
-
Date
Tommo is Bacup hero
BACUP and Burnley were the big winners as five games in the SponsorBank Lancashire League were abandoned without play. Leaders Bacup won an incredible game against Colne by two wickets to take a 10-point haul. Chasing a target of 144, Bacup needed
-
Date
Norton And Stockton Ancients 5 Darwen 1
DARWEN were hammered 5-1 at Northern League side Norton and Stockton Ancients. Almond's late goal on 85 minutes was the only bright point as they exited from the FA Cup. Aussie striker Tyson Masters was Darwen's main tormentor, netting a hat-trick for
-
Date
Cotterill in spotlight
The 'Ex-Clarets In Sport' are holding a question and answer session with Burnley manager Steve Cotterill on Thursday September 7 in the James Hargreaves Suite at Turf Moor. The event is open from 7pm for a 7.30pm start, with tickets priced at £6 each
-
Date
Mistake costs Neil
BURNLEY'S Neil Hodgson finished fifth at the AMA Superbike race at Road Atlanta. Hodgson ran as high as third in the 25-lap event and challenged for the podium before a grip issue blunted his charge. Hodgson, who qualified on the front row, got a good
-
Date
Courts martial for QLR soldiers
FIVE soldiers from a North West regiment facing allegations of war crimes or improper behaviour in Iraq are to appear before courts martial this week. Three of the men, all from the Queen's Lancashire Regiment, are the first Britons to be accused of
-
Date
Are you in favour of the light sculpture in Sudell Cross, Blackburn?
We asked you: "Are you in favour of the light sculpture in Sudell Cross, Blackburn?" Here are the results. Yes, it will bring in more visitors and investment 29.0%. No, spend the money on something else 62.8%. Don't know 8.2%. So the majority
-
Date
Cricket rained off
Rain put paid to Lancashire's chase for a County Championship title at Blackpool's Stanley Park last week. Lancs had made 456 for 9 and also performed well with the ball, bowling out Warwickshire for 231. But only a dozen balls were possible in the
-
Date
Watch the pennies to share £30m
ROYAL Mail is urging more Burnley Lancashire businesses who use postage meters to take advantage of a £30million discount. All staff need to do is reset meters to reflect price reductions following the introduction of the new pricing system on August
-
Date
You want Elton to play your funeral
ELTON John is the artist most people in Lancashire would like to have sing at their funeral, a survey has found. The megastar topped a poll conducted by charity Age Concern. Frank Sinatra and Elvis Presley came second and third in the poll. Meanwhile
-
Date
Help replenish blood stocks
PEOPLE across Lancashire are being urged to give blood this month. Blood stocks drop after Bank Holidays so bosses at the National Blood Service are appealing for people to help replenish their supplies. Rachel Roberts, from the service, said: "
-
Date
‘Burnley's going down the tubes’
BURNLEY Council's leader admitted to residents at a public meeting: "Burnley is going down the tubes, I couldn't agree more." Coun Gordon Birtwistle, who took on the role in May, blamed his political predecessors, saying his Liberal Democrat administration
-
Date
Millions invested in homes at canal
A RUN-down area of Blackburn could be transformed thanks to a multi-million-pound project to build 165 canalside homes. Plans have been unveiled for the homes on the site of a demolished factory and car park along the Leeds and Liverpool Canal near Blackburn
-
Date
Single: The Bronx - History’s Stranglers (Wichita)
A single off the self-titled second album from the LA based punk-rock band. The grimy coolness that is gained from the album being recorded in a converted methadone clinic is destroyed by the fact they include a clean version of History's Stranglers
-
Date
Album: Dani Siciliano – Slappers (!K7)
There should be a public health warning with this mix and mash release - Do not listen while wearing headphones, due to the volume constantly shifting". Despite this head mashing quality, the music is quite dainty and eclectic. Alongside the straightforward
-
Date
Single: Mystery Jets – Diamonds In The Dark (679)
Is it just me or do the Mystery Jets seem to have been plugging this album for ages? Not that I'm complaining with a record this good. Diamonds In The Dark sounds like an Echo and the Bunnymen masterpiece, opting for a slightly more poppy offering
-
Date
Pregnant crash girl in fight for life
A TEENAGE girl was fighting for her life today after a horrific crash in a suspected stolen car which left one man dead. Jade Hopson's stepfather told how his family were maintaining a vigil at the Colne teenager's hospital bedside amid fears she may
-
Date
Man battered 'for talking posh'
A MAN was beat-en black and blue after challenging three yobs who were verbally abu-sing his step- daughter. And the 42-year-old computer consultant believes the thugs turned on him at the corner of Vale Street and Queens Street in Darwen because they
-
Date
Single: Breed 77 - Blind (Albert Productions)
It amazes me how this style of rock music can still rake in the money. The rock fraternity certainly look after their own: somehow, bands like Breed 77 still get into in the top 40 with single releases. This sounds no more advanced then acts like
-
Date
Single: Tunng – Jenny Again (Full Time Hobby)
Folktronica glitches and samples only work when the songwriting is already brilliant. Tunng's songs are in a blissful league of their own. Jenny Again is a subtle and sweetly-scored murder ballad with lyrics of evocative everyday poetry: "Sit inside