Lancashire | Archive | 1999 | May
LUCKY Louise Rawlinson has already achieved her career ambition at the age of 19, after landing a top job at Accrington and Rossendale College. more...
AN entrepreneur is planning to gatecrash Whitbread's talks to buy 3,600 pubs from Allied Domecq by launching a rival deal worth more than £3 billion. more...
BUSINESS confidence is rising in the North West. more...
LAW firm Taylors has taken on the former finance director of one of its clients. more...
TWO law firms have joined forces. more...
CLIVE Maudsley has been promoted business services partner at accountants Baker Tilly. more...
RESULTS (May 4) - Under 14: Todmorden Colts 6, Fulledge Colts 1. more...
ALL this season's issues were settled apart from one, that is the runners-up place in Division One. more...
TOP Break (Burnley) were too strong for Hoddlesden Con Club in the semi-finals of the Lancashire small table snooker tournament at Claremont Con Club, Blackpool, last night. Top Break, runners up two years ago, won 4-2. more...
BURNLEY Under 14s bid for glory when they take on Preston in the Final of the Lancashire Schools' Wrennal Trophy at Nelson FC, tonight kick off 6.30pm. more...
JOBS in the brewing industry were under threat as organised crime was set to cash in on imported beer, said an MP. more...
A CONSORTIUM of doctors and businessmen bought Burnley's Victoria Hospital and aimed to turn it into a 71-bed private nursing home. more...
Rossendale Organ and Keyboard Club meet United Social Club, Dark Lane, Newchurch, Rawtenstall, 8pm. more...
YOUNG readers are invited to become snap-happy to show us what they think of East Lancashire and to win some great prizes. more...
PRAISE is being heaped upon our Newspapers in Education literacy scheme by teachers at a Hyndburn high school. more...
IN response to Director of Education Mark Pattison's remarks (Letters, April 22), I must support the Lancashire Evening Telegraph's coverage of the plight of parents in Blackburn with Darwen and Ribble Valley, whose children have been denied a place at their first preference school. more...
CAN readers help me trace the descendants of my great uncle, Isaac Hoyle (1853-1935), who lived for most of his life in Blackburn? more...
COUNCILLOR Malcolm Doherty should take his head out of the sand and heed the criticism of Blackburn made in a recent travel guide (LET, April 26). more...
BLOOD-sports have long been favoured by the ruling classes, especially by royalty and titled people. more...
I WAS a guest at the first social evening held by Rossendale Amateur Players in their new home, the former Bethel Baptist Church in Waterfoot. more...
MY suggestion for a new site for St Wilfrid's School is Queen's Park, Blackburn - on the site of the multi-storey flats. more...
THOUGH there is much apparent merit in the scheme unveiled today to pay children from poorer families £40 a week to stay on in education, the government is right to try it out first in only a few selected areas. more...
AS the miserable turn-outs in last week's municipal elections showed, the real winner was apathy, inspired by local government being dull and meaningless to so many voters. more...
THE overjoyed parents of youngster Martin Duguid spoke of their relief today as they prepared to welcome the youngster home. more...
A FURIOUS businessman has issued a warning to East Lancashire firms after discovering how phone calls cost him £1,500 and netted an employee free cigarettes and whisky. more...
NIGHTCLUB queen Margo Grimshaw is opening her wardrobe on television tonight to share her passion for clothes. more...
BLACKBURN College is going green tomorrow with a day of environment-themed events. more...
KIND-HEARTED youngsters have made up hundreds of gift boxes to bring a little joy into the lives of Kosovar refugees. more...
SCOTS terrier Tom Cowan hopes his efforts in keeping Burnley up will land him a permanent move to Turf Moor. more...
KEVIN Gallacher is almost certainly out of tomorrow night's game against treble-chasing Manchester United at Ewood. more...
WASIM Akram brings his Pakistan team to Old Trafford, his second home, for their last World Cup warm-up game against his beloved Lancashire tomorrow. more...
GREAT Harwood Town have been handed a relegation lifeline after winning the backing of the UniBond League's chairmen. more...
THERE was no play in the rain-affected Worsley Cup clash between Rawtenstall and Haslingden last night. more...
THE venue: St James' Park, Newcastle. The date: Sunday, May 16 - Newcastle v Blackburn Rovers and Alan Shearer scores the goals that end Rovers' Premiership tenure. more...
Peter White talks to former Ewood goalkeeper ROGER JONES more...
WHY didn't William Davis (Sports Letters, May 4) return the tickets he had bought for Southampton and Charlton when he heard about the live screenings at Ewood? more...
Pete Oliver looks back over the 1998-99 season more...
KEVIN Gallacher is almost certainly out of tomorrow night's game against treble-chasing Manchester United at Ewood. more...
I WOULD like to add to your reporter's praise of the injured Roger Harper (LET, May 3) who proved too strong for Rishton as he led Nelson to victory in their Lancashire League clash at Blackburn Road recently. more...
SCOTS terrier Tom Cowan hopes his efforts in keeping Burnley up will land him a permanent move to Turf Moor. more...
A fan's-eye view from Ewood Park, with Phil Lloyd more...
AS BLACKBURN Rovers struggle desperately against relegation, I feel the club needs to reflect on the lack of business sense that has prevailed over the past five seasons. more...
A fan's-eye view from Turf Moor, with Stephen Cummings more...
STEPHANE Henchoz will step into the last-chance saloon tomorrow night, hoping that the pressure game will, for once, work in Blackburn Rovers' favour. more...
NOW that the soccer season has reached its final few matches (I say "soccer" so it is not confused with the real football played with an oval ball by men who obey the ref's instructions to the letter), the FA should consider changing the rule regarding managers being confined to a specific area. more...
BRIAN Kidd today spoke of his great debt to Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson. more...
I WOULD have loved to respond to Neil Bramwell's article (LET, April 29) about Ron Atkinson, but nobody could have done better than him in outlining the ups and downs (mainly downs) of this manager's career. more...
A BOLTON man is taking part in a pioneering scheme to create "qualified" car salesmen. more...
BOLTON'S current Company of the Year has added Investors in People recognition to the trophy cabinet. more...
THE decision by the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee to keep interest rates on hold has disappointed Bolton and Bury Chamber. more...
Wednesday, May 12: Heatons, 228 Chorley New Road, Horwich (5.30pm to 6.30pm). more...
THEATRE, MUSIC & DANCE PHOENIX Theatre Company present Run For Your Wife, United Reformed Church hall, Chorley Old Road, 7.30pm. Tickets £4, conc. £3, tel: 840448. more...
ON March 26, I wrote asking you to print an appeal to contact David Nugent. I am trying to arrange a reunion of members of the football team of Christ's College, Cambridge, from the years 1971 and 1972, and David Nugent was one of the team and originally came from the Bolton area. more...
25 YEARS AGO more...
A BOLTON firm is transporting 28,000 shoe boxes across Europe, stuffed full of goods for desperate Kosovo refugees. The massive quantity of boxes is leaving Mark Two Distribution depot in Bradley Fold in six articulated lorries. Helping to oversee the immense task of sorting, storing and sending the cargo is Anthony Yaskin, logistics director at the Breightmet-based company. more...
TOUGH rules to stop family doctors striking whole families off their lists were today proposed by MPs who investigated the case of a Leigh GP who refused to treat three members of the same family. more...
THE driver of this Escort car was lucky to escape with his life in a head-on crash with a lorry in Plodder Lane, Farnworth, yesterday. more...
I was so pleased to see your feature recently regarding CORGI Registered gas workers. more...
A unique project is set to capture in stirring words and images the lives of a group of hospital patients who are often overlooked. more...
BOLTON action girl Sarah Partington rose to the challenge to come out top in a tough Army competition. more...
ROBERT Aston picks up the baton for Bolton Catholic Musical and Choral Society's Evening with Mozart at Bolton Parish Church on Saturday, May 22. BCMCS will be joined by Bolton Sinfonietta and soloists Jane Hyde, Helen Francis, David Wilkinson and Alan Roscoe. more...
DISAPPOINTED police road safety experts have renewed seat-belt warnings after more than 2,500 drivers and passengers were prosecuted in the latest crackdown. more...
DENNIS BEARDSWORTH and Mike Rimmer play the Odd Couple in the play of the same name, which opens next week at Tyldesley Little Theatre. more...
Apple tree with sunshine dappled more...
We are grown from seed more...
WE think local newspapers, like the BEN, are great. Well, we would say that wouldn't we? more...
WELL done to Lostock County Primary School which has been praised by Ofsted inspectors for making significant improvements in the quality of its education. more...
HOW proud Noel Daley, one of two Chelsea pensioners who have been painted with the Queen, must be. more...
I KNOW the Quality Fish Bar, Chorley Old Road, has already been mentioned, but I would like to add my voice in praising the quality of its fish and chips - it is aptly named. more...
A BIG industrial area near Bolton town centre was sealed off as dozens of firefighters fought a huge warehouse blaze. more...
GREEN-FINGERED Bolton thieves are not letting the grass grow under their feet by plundering local gardens in a mini crimewave. more...
A BOLTON born pensioner has gained a unique place in history after being chosen to appear in a portrait alongside the Queen. Noel Daly is one of two Chelsea pensioners who have been captured in paint by artist Andrew Festing in a new picture of the Queen which has gained critical acclaim from art lovers. The six feet tall portrait depicts the Queen, dressed in her robes for the state opening of Parliament, gazing towards a window. more...
HAVING lived in Heaton for several years I always used Queensgate Chippy. I now travel, at least three times a week, from Tonge Moor for my family chips and fish. The cod is just "class", the shop is very clean and the portions are large and a good price. more...
A BOLTON school celebrating its Silver Jubilee has been given a gold star for improving the quality of education for its pupils. more...
A FARNWORTH tot, who had an astonishing escape when his buggy was hit by a train, had a new set of wheels today. more...
A BOLTON publisher has reassured subscribers that they will receive the book they ordered - even though it is still not finished after more than three years. Mr Alan White, 38, who runs the Aural Images publishing company based at Astley Bridge, invited contributions for a new poetry anthology, "One World: People and Planet in Harmony", in 1996. Many people have sent work for consideration. And about 150 people from all over the country have ordered the book in advance at the pre-publication price of £11.99. But some subscribers who sent in work and pre-payment for the book have complained to the BEN that they received neither the book nor a satisfactory explanation for the delay. more...
A PENSIONER had a miraculous escape when lightning hit her house and sparked a terrifying gas blaze last night. more...
BOLTON Lads and Girls Club mentor recruitment week got under way yesterday . more...
BURY North MP David Chaytor has joined a new rebellion over Government benefit changes. more...
WORRIED parents of a Bolton back-packer are anxiously waiting for news that she has escaped the rioting in China. more...
MY wife and I would like to nominate the Olympus fish and chip shop in Great Moor Street as having the best fish and chips in town. We visit every week for our lunch on our shopping trips to town and have done so since it first opened there. Everyone is friendly, the staff is super, including Tasos and his mother. The place is spotless and you know that your meal will be served to your satisfaction with a pleasant word from a smiling waitress, and, as you leave, you know you'll return again and again. more...
I AM appalled that yet another 26 mature trees are to be cut down on the Ring Road. more...
I am writing to you, firstly as a fiercely loyal Boltonian, and secondly as a soon-to-be-made-redundant member of the Octagon staff. This letter is not to bemoan the situation of our theatre, or to protest about the loss of my livelihood, I am under no illusions that I am the only person in Bolton living with the threat of redundancy. I am, quite simply taking this opportunity to personally thank each and every person who has in some way contributed to the support campaign. more...
BURNLEY are lining up a shock move for Bury prized asset Chris Lucketti. more...
CRAIG Dean today starts the long haul back to full fitness. The Leigh Centurions' skipper is unlikely to figure again this season after he had an ankle reconstruction operation on Friday. more...
JAMIE Pollock is predicting a double reunion with his old Wanderers teammates - first at Wembley and then in the Premiership. The Manchester City midfielder, who helped Wanderers to the First Division title two years ago before leaving in a £1m deal, believes his former club is heading for the Twin Towers, 24 hours after his new one. more...
WANDERERS aim to revel in the role of 'underdogs' in the play-offs. Colin Todd accepted today that, after finishing sixth in Division One and just scraping into the end of season shoot-out, his Reebok boys are the outsiders in the race for the Premiership. more...
EX-WANDERERS goalkeeper Dave Felgate took the honours at Leigh RMI's awards night. He took the supporters Player of the Year for the second successive season and also won the Player's Player of the Year. more...
A BURNLEY factory has been spared the jobs axe as accountants try to find a buyer. more...
A TEENAGE girl bit a policewoman and punched her in the head then kicked another officer, a court heard. more...
A NEW video featuring drama students from Park High School, Colne, is set to be a hit with local schools. more...
PARENTS at a private nursery school in Darwen are being told not to panic after a four-year-old girl contracted the killer virus meningitis. more...
TWO young soldiers who have been pals since school days are serving as tank crewmen in Macedonia. more...
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