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Stories for 27 November 1998

Accrington News

Chemical gas leak sparks new fears

A MAJOR investigation was launched today following a second chemical leak in seven months at a controversial Oswaldtwistle factory.  more...

`More to education than exam results'

A RECENTLY appointed headteacher paid tribute to the man she replaced during a speech at a school's awards evening.  more...

Money bid for poor wards

TWO of Hyndburn's poorest areas could benefit from a government cash boost if the latest council bid for money is successful.  more...

Youth quizzed over dog attack

A YOUTH has been quizzed by police following an incident in which an 83-year-old man's dog was killed.  more...

Blackburn Business

Textile workers lobby parliament

MORE than 30 East Lancashire textile workers went to Westminster to lobby on behalf of their industry.  more...

Snooker break

SNOOKER firm Riley is strengthening its grip on the Far East.  more...

Shahid joins task force

A FORMER Burnley man has been appointed to a national task force to improve deprived areas.  more...

Blackburn Leisure

TEN YEARS AGO: Raid on bookie's

A HOODED gang robbed bookie shop staff at knife point and fled with £600.  more...

FIVE YEARS AGO: Bus fares VAT plea

A PLEA to the Chancellor not to slap VAT on bus fares in the new Budget was made by Burnley Planning Committee.  more...

Blackburn News

Burnley's £1m bank chief quits

THE former East Lancashire schoolboy who rose to head Britain's biggest bank today quit his million pound a year role.  more...

Hedges bet for creature comforts

WILDLIFE is thriving at Pendle County Primary School in Clitheroe.  more...

A secret that was always kept

Wright On! Shelley Wright takes a wry look at life  more...

A sign of the times

Drive and Stroll, with Ron Freethy - this week looking at inn signs  more...

Police not interested in car crime

I WOULD like to offer advice to motorists who have their car stolen.  more...

Car boot sale gets the boot

A FEW weeks ago, my husband and I visited Clitheroe's well-advertised Car Boot Sale -- for the first and last time, I might add!  more...

Head teacher talks sense

CONGRATULATIONS to Mr Michael Humphreys, headteacher at Our Lady and St John RC High School, Blackburn, on his comments (LET, November 20), criticising proposals to halve exclusions.  more...

Priorities all wrong

FURTHER to my remarks (Letters, November 25) concerning Lancashire Constabulary's intended 'blitz' on drivers for the approaching festive season, their report (LET, November 21) comes at an appropriate time.  more...

Invite to join the Lions

CHORLEY Lions held their 21st Bonfire Show at Astley Park, Chorley. Although attendance was not as high as expected, our appreciation goes to all those who did support us.  more...

Puzzling over road decision

I ALWAYS thought the idea of public consultation was to find out what people want. So why, after having made the decision to close Church Street to cars, is Blackburn with Darwen Council bothering to trust the public to make a decision about allowing access to buses?  more...

Camcorder peeping tom caught by the cubicles

A MAN was caught with a camcorder trying to film young girls getting undressed inside a swimming room cubicle.  more...

Council houses need £140m repairs

COUNCIL homes in Blackburn and Darwen need to have more than £140 million spent on them over the next 20 years to bring them up to modern standards.  more...

Stolen bike was disabled dad's lifeline

DISABLED dad Craig Smith is devastated after thieves stole the bike which was a lifeline for him and his family.  more...

Police officer arrested in toilet

A POLICEMAN based in the Blackburn division has been arrested on suspicion of a sex offence in a public toilet at Southport.  more...

Blackburn Sport

Hewlett joins Clarets on loan

STAN Ternent has secured a derby-day tonic by signing former England youth international Matthew Hewlett on loan from Bristol City.  more...

ICE HOCKEY: Fury over Dickson defection

ANGRY Blackburn Hawks today spoke of the "sour taste" left by Canadian star Andrew Dickson's dramatic defection to Germany.  more...

SOCCER: Blues omen

IF OMENS are anything to go by then Clitheroe could be in for another epic run in this season's Carlsberg FA Vase.  more...

CRICKET: Rishton replace skipper

JOHN Seedle will return to Rishton next season to skipper the Lancashire League club.  more...

Rovers close Barnes door

JOHN Barnes is not about to step into the Ewood hot seat, despite the headlines in one of today's national tabloids.  more...

Hewlett joins Clarets on loan

STAN Ternent has secured a derby-day tonic by signing former England youth international Matthew Hewlett on loan from Bristol City.  more...

Peacock doubt for Anfield

DARREN Peacock is set to miss Sunday's game against Liverpool at Anfield with a broken toe.  more...

I'd love to score at Turf Moor, says Brett

Burnley v Blackpool - Pete Oliver's big match preview  more...

Shackleton admits defeat

PETER Shackleton has finally admitted defeat in his ill-fated takeover bid for Burnley Football Club following the boardroom re-shuffle at Turf Moor.  more...

Bolton Info

Chemists on duty in the Bolton area:

Sun Nov 29: Nash, 15 Devon Street (9am to 10pm); Landmark, 12 Chorley New Road (9am - 1pm and 2pm - 11pm); Cohens, 576 Blackburn Road (9am to 10pm); Sykes, 328 St Helens Road (11am to 1pm); Hunt and Marsden, Asda, Brackley Street, Farnworth (noon to 1pm); Dysons, 51 Lee Lane, Horwich (noon to 1pm); Cohens, 1 Market Street, Little Lever (11am to 1pm); McCallister, 44 Market Street, Westhoughton (noon to 1pm). For prescriptions marked "urgent" by a doctor when chemists are closed please contact police on 0161 872 5050.  more...

Bolton Leisure

What's on in and around Bolton on Saturday

BOLTON Chamber Orchestra will be playing at St Bartholomew's Church, Westhoughton at 7.30pm.  more...

Bolton News

Sick of the chaos

I refer to the reported traffic chaos on Saturday, November 7, for the Great Britain match.  more...

British Gas sees sense

WE are glad that British Gas has seen sense and quashed the gas bill of the Radcliffe pensioner whose meter was counting backwards. But we fully understand the reluctance of Mrs Margaret Magor to accept conciliatory actions by them.  more...

Point of principle

THE HOUSE of Lords has again asked the Government to think again about its insistence on a closed list for European elections.  more...

Cash to spare?

I HAVE read in your paper recently about the council making a £118,000 donation to save the Moran painting. I know it will be nice to have such a fine painting in Bolton's art gallery, especially with it having been painted by a local artist. But what bothers me most is that this is at a time when Bolton council is saying they cannot afford to repair houses, provide school clothing grants, or keep libraries open because of lack of funds.  more...

Bolton named as anti-gay capital

BOLTON was today branded the anti-gay capital of Britain in a scathing publication distributed throughout the town.  more...

Virus shuts hospital award

FIVE wards have been closed and all emergency admissions halted because of a virus which has hit staff and patients at Royal Bolton Hospital.  more...

Oap's crazy gas meter bill is scrapped

A PENSIONER is claiming victory after British Gas quashed a bill she ran up because her meter was counting BACKWARDS. Margaret Magor, aged 64, of Coronation Gardens, Radcliffe, was thrown into debt after her domestic meter digits moved in reverse for two-and-a-half years before being spotted.  more...

Keep up the good work

I JUST wanted to express my pleasure at seeing a news orgnisation (The Bolton Evening News)that withheld the name of the victim of a terrible crime. Most news outlets are more concerned with getting a storyout to the public with little thought as to releasing the identity of the victims.  more...

Strict laws

I believe that, if there were a strict international law which made it illegal for one country to occupy another country, there would be no reason for any country to develop chemical weapons or go to war. Such a law would deter Saddam Hussain and others like him from having thoughts of ruling the whole world.  more...

Different policing?

DO we need some other form of policing, if the police say they cannot stop the thugs and robbers?  more...

Moving words

WE are both ex-pupils of Withins School, and are writing to empathise with the poem Withins, written by Mrs MacIvor, and printed in the BEN of November 12.  more...

This is still

residential I refer to some of the points made by Citypark Realty in the article about the proposed late night minimarket to be sited on the corner of Chorley Old Road/Devonshire Road (BEN November 5, 1998).  more...

The Moran

Now the Moran painting has come home,  more...

A waste of money

I REFER to the article Square bashing (BEN, Saturday November 21) by Julie Freer.  more...

Bolton Sport

Ex-Bury ace warns of a Reebok Shaker!

BURY old boy Rob Matthews predicted a frustrating afternoon for Bolton Wanderers tomorrow. The Stockport winger experienced Wanderers' awesome quality at first hand at Edgeley Park on Tuesday night.  more...

Derby debut

PAUL Warhurst will make a derby day debut at the heart of the Wanderers defence on Saturday.  more...

Skipper predicts a rough ride

WANDERERS will be in for a rough ride tomorrow, warned Bury skipper Chris Lucketti.  more...

Combat ready

WANDERERS will refuse to get drawn into a war with battle-hungry Bury in tomorrow's Reebok derby.  more...

Burnley News

Burnley's £1m bank chief quits

THE former East Lancashire schoolboy who rose to head Britain's biggest bank today quit his million pound a year role.  more...

Firm fined £30,000 for illegal waste tipping

A CONSTRUCTION company which saved £180,000 by illegal tipping has been fined £30,000 for dumping waste on sites in Burnley and Colne.  more...

Council probe reveals a catalogue of failure

TENANTS' leaders in Padiham were badly let down by council bosses, an investigation panel has ruled.  more...

Clitheroe News

Call for inquiry on Hitman plan

ANGRY parish councillors are calling for plans to alter the design of a controversial housing scheme to be referred to the Secretary of State.  more...

Drama in Brookside Close floods village main street

HEAVY rain flooded the centre of Whalley yesterday and brought chaos to the main street.  more...

Man guilty of sex assaults

A JOBLESS 53-year-old has been found guilty of sexually assaulting the daughter of Ribble Valley guest house owners -- and been warned he could go to jail.  more...

Colne News

An exceptional year

A HEADTEACHER praised past pupils as he applauded the success of his school in his first year there.  more...

Darwen News

Weekend of fun for leukaemia victim Jake

A WEEKEND of entertainment is being laid on at a pub to raise money for a youngster who is battling against leukaemia.  more...

  
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