RE the story Council gets blame as arts couple quit (LET, November 26) Alan and Joanne have been criticised as people who are greedy and just after money. This is not true. They are the most generous couple you could meet and are only asking to be able
BACK in the seventies there were genuine concerns with what was seen or heard. Out of the need to be multi-cultural and accommodating, Britain since has correctly emerged out of the language and depictions that was readily used in the media or for entertainment
RE the pensions debate. It seems to me that the present pensions situation has been brought about by the complete disregard, by successive governments, of the very people who in the past have tried to make provision for their old age. They have seen various
A 24-year-old Burnley man has been arrested by police investigating the death of PC Sharon Beshenivsky. Muzzaker Imtiaz Shah and a 23-year-old man were detained at a launderette in the Maindee area of Newport, Gwent, yesterday. Community leaders today
Its been a long time coming but sooner or later those claims folk were going to get it. Its got ridiculous dont you think?...there is more to life than putting a claim in. Who do you think youre kidding? I hit a car the other day and it wasnt even my
Birmingham City Reserves 1 Blackburn Rovers Reserves 2: SERGIO Peter brought the curtain down on 2005 in style with both goals in last night's victory over Birmingham at Solihull. The young German opened the scoring after 19 minutes when he volleyed in
A STUDENT was allegedly raped in a loft at a party after a drug-fuelled night on the town in Burnley, a jury was told. The 20-year-old woman, said to be intoxicated on drink and drugs, was found face down on the floor, half-naked and sobbing by a friend
FAMILIES with a disabled child in Pendle are to get extra help in converting their homes. Pendle Council is the first authority in England to pay for the costs of adapting homes for youngsters with disabilities. Coun Sonia Robinson, the council's executive
PENDLE Council will choose this week from top architects who have come up with designs for a £20million project to revitalise a deprived area of Nelson. The Royal Institute of British Architects launched a competition to revamp part of Whitefield which
A HOMELESS shelter in Nelson is being forced to turn youngsters away. The news came as it was revealed the problem of people sleeping rough in East Lancashire was refusing to go away. Safe Space offers temporary accommodation for four men and four women
FAMILIES with a disabled child in Pendle are to get extra help in converting their homes. Pendle Council is the first authority in England to pay for the costs of adapting homes for youngsters with disabilities. Coun Sonia Robinson, the council's executive
A MOTHER caught nearly three times over the drink drive limit at teatime was taking her little girl to Brownies, a court was told. Burnley Magistrates heard how Donna Elizabeth McAlear, 43, had been having relationship problems and drank cider when she
A GROUP of iron-stomached bobbies who got their running shoes on beefed up the coffers of an East Lancashire charity to the tune of £1,200. Fifteen officers took up the meaty challenge of running round the dozen Oddies bakery shops in Burnley and Pendle
A 98-YEAR-OLD charity worker and a local historian who helped bring the fate of the Accrington Pals to the world's attention have been given the Freedom of Hyndburn Borough. Alice Horne, from Oswaldtwistle, and Bill Turner, from Accrington, were given
Mr Bachchan senior has two big movies out this month of which the second, Family Blood and Ties, should be with us by Christmas. In the first of the releases he plays Suryaveer Singh an ex-commando who is mentally scarred from many years in the army and
Abhishek Bachchan talks to us about his new film Bluff Master which sees him play a professional con-artist. Are you looking forward to the release of Bluff Master this December 16? "Of course, I look forward to every release. Its a fun film and the fact
The negative health issues involving marriages between cousins was highlighted in a new survey. Sarvat Jabeen Khan argues it is about time we, as a community, took notice of the growing evidence As a community we need to stop sweeping a particular health
KEITH Lowe has thanked Burnley for boosting his confidence ahead of his return to Wolverhampton Wanderers. The 20-year-old defender has returned to his club armed with more experience than he gained trying to break through into the first team ranks at
DEAR MASSI, I have fallen in love with someone after meeting him on the internet. We have been talking via e-mails for two months and spoken over the phone many times. The problem is he wants to meet me and I am afraid he wont like what he sees. He wanted
RYAN Nelsen is facing a spell on the sidelines until after Christmas. A hamstring injury ruled the central defender out of Saturday's 3-2 victory over West Ham after he felt it tighten late last week. But manager Mark Hughes reckons it could be a fortnight
Your diary of the big gigs coming to Lancashire soon, including the likes of G4, Doves, Joss Stone, The Strokes, The Coral, Australian Pink Floyd, The Magic Numbers, The Levellers and Fun Lovin' Criminals. DECEMBER 14 Doves, Guild Hall, Preston, £17.50
MP Janet Anderson has welcomed news that housing regeneration cash will fund a GCSE in construction at Accrington and Rossendale College. Elevate's Constructing the Future programme funds training to ensure local people have the skills to take advantage
A HELMSHORE taxi driver had his car keys stolen when he was assaulted by a passenger in the early hours of the morning. The robbery happened when the private hire driver picked up three men in the Flaxmoss area of Helmshore Road. The back seat passengers
CHILDREN walking to and from school in a busy Rossendale village have been given a road safety aid -- thanks to a generous donation from a local company. The move comes after Valley police teamed up with kitchen manufacturers J&J Ormerods to help
Barclays Bank are the latest in a line of major corporate companies who have secured an alliance with ABF Enterprise4all Ltd. Barclays Business Banking is part of the Barclays Group which has over 20 million customers in 60 countries. The bank has a successful
A BLACKBURN duo stormed to the top of an ethnic music chart. Nas-T and Mirza MC collaborated with Nasir Khan from Burnley to take his debut single Sodhnai Nain to number one in the Zee TV music charts, where it stayed for three consecutive weeks. Nas-T
HEALTH managers are locked in a pay row with contractors after the £3million laundry at Blackburn's new super hospital broke down. Health bosses believe the equipment failure could have been because of a design fault at the new laundry, which is housed
Fierce competition for university places has driven a Preston medical student to the Czech Republic to study. Komel Ali, 20, of Dukes Meadow, Ingol, has just started a six-year medicine degree in Prague, after failing to get on on a similar course at
A Bradford initiative to encourage more Asian people to play rugby has had international success. A civic reception was held last night at City Hall to honour Bradford members of the British Asian Rugby Association (BARA) on their return from winning
Regarding the article about Eid celebrations. I think it is wrong for some people to ask this question at all. There are many different opinions on the matter and British Muslims are not the only ones who have this problem. I visited the USA and Muslims
Eid celebrations have become almost farcical for many Muslims. It is correct that now the first words from our mouths are not Eid Mubarak but Is it your Eid today? or When did you do Eid? It is even more embarassing explaining this to non-Muslims. You
I read the Asian image (November 2005) and must say that was a little shocked at the comments made by the columnist Saimina Virmani about how or rather WHY the community got together to help raise funds for the South Asia Earthquake victims. I would like
A builder has been cleared by a jury of a machete attack on an Accrington takeaway shop owner. Lee Walsh, 28, of Princess Street in the town, was cleared of wounding with intent to do grievous harm after a three-day trial at Burnley Crown Court. He told
A young refuse collector for Pendle Council has taken up learning Urdu in an effort to be more effective in his job. Mark Foster from Nelson, decided to learn the language at night school at Nelson and Colne College, and the Council backed his request
Coronation Street's Shobna Gulati has lent her support to the Recycle for London campaign. As Londoners hope for a white Christmas, Recycle for Londons recycling team is hoping for a green one, with more people than ever before recycling Christmas goodies
The first deaths from pneumonia, including that of a three-month-old baby have been reported in the South Asia Earthquake disaster zone. During the day temperatures in Muzaffarabad's tents were nine degrees C at 1am. By 5am that had fallen to three degrees
A businessman wants to sell off a hotly sought after number plate to raise money for the Pakistan earth-quake victims. The man, who wishes to remain anonymous, has been moved by the plight of victims. More than 50,000 people are thought to have been killed
Bradford University's new Chancellor Imran Khan hopes to use his role to promote racial integration in the city. The cricket legend turned politician said Bradford is the most important city in Britain for bringing together different ethnic communities
Two men have been given jail sentences for their part in a £400,000 car-breaking scam. Police uncovered a thriving large-scale "chop-shop" for stolen vehicles when they raided M Breakers, a court heard. The enterprise, run from Grosvenor Works in Manningham
A community organisation has been accused of playing 'politics with people's lives' after delays in releasing money raised for the South Asia Earthquake. The Kashmiri Association Blackburn (KAB) organisation pledged to release more than £30,000 raised
Twenty-year old Nikki Kaur Rana, of Leicester was this year's winer of the Miss India UK Pangeant. The event held at Athena Conference and Banqueting in Leicester attracted constants from around the country. East Midlands BBC 1 News Presenter Priya Kaur
A six year jail sentence handed to a "reckless" driver who killed three teenage boys has been condemned. Amjid Rehman, 23, was jailed for the horrific crash 18 months ago which killed 14-year-olds Shabram Jabber and Shahkall Rehman, and 15-year-old Mohammed
A witness to a violent assault says he has lost faith in the police service after being locked up for not attending court. Sajid Hussain, a man of impeccable previous character, spoke of his nightmare ordeal and said it had left him with no trust in the
IT is easy to take things for granted in the run-up to Christmas, as the rush to get presents and decorate the tree takes over people's lives. But the sobering reality of life in East Lancashire in 2005 is that people are still sleeping rough on our streets
DAVID Cameron, the new Conservative leader, tells us that he wants to build a 'modern and compassionate' party. But about the only firm commitment he has given is to introduce a bill to overturn the ban on hunting wild mammals with dogs. In what sense
MORE than 100 shop assistants in Lancashire have each been fined £80 after being caught selling alcohol to children. Police officers in the county have issued 115 fines in the past few weeks as part of a crackdown on underage drinking in the run up to
ENGLAND football legend Jimmy Armfield wants to hear about young people who may be good enough to be crowned Lancashire's Young Citizen of the Year. Mr Armfield, the High Sheriff of Lancashire, wants to hear about locals who have been brave, put others
A BLACKBURN homeless charity is facing a £40,000 cash crisis which could force the closure of its day centre. The revelation comes as it was revealed that the problem of people sleeping rough on the streets of East Lancashire was refusing to go away.
Mark Hughes is hopeful that Craig Bellamy will be back in the Blackburn Rovers side quicker than first expected. While Bellamy is likely to still be out for Saturday's match at Fulham, the results of the scan on his thigh injury suggest he could boost
ROBBIE Savage has revealed the inspiration behind his new-look disciplinary record - the Lancashire Evening Telegraph. Our Blackburn Rovers jury criticised the midfielder on Thursday for getting booked too early in games, thus reducing the influence he
RYAN Nelsen is facing a spell on the sidelines until after Christmas. A hamstring injury ruled the central defender out of Saturday's 3-2 victory over West Ham after he felt it tighten late last week. But manager Mark Hughes reckons it could be a fortnight
A BLACKBURN duo stormed to the top of an ethnic music chart. Nas-T and Mirza MC collaborated with Nasir Khan from Burnley to take his debut single Sodhnai Nain to number one in the Zee TV music charts, where it stayed for three consecutive weeks. Nas-T
A GROUP of iron-stomached bobbies who got their running shoes on beefed up the coffers of an East Lancashire charity to the tune of £1,200. Fifteen officers took up the meaty challenge of running round the dozen Oddies bakery shops in Burnley and Pendle
A 24-year-old Burnley man has been arrested by police investigating the death of PC Sharon Beshenivsky. Muzzaker Imtiaz Shah and a 23-year-old man were detained at a launderette in the Maindee area of Newport, Gwent, yesterday. Community leaders today
A RELIEF worker helping to give aid to the victims of the south east Asia earthquake has been arrested. Arshad Shahzad was working as a volunteer for Nelson-based Muslim Global Relief (MGR) when he was arrested while arguing against police trying to move
WELL it wasn't exactly a shock was it? The last time Burnley left Bramall Lane victorious, Steve Cotterill was at junior school, you only got two points for a win and people could walk down the high street in crushed velvet loons and a tank-top without
What on earth is going on down at Blackburn Rovers these days? After spending the last two years in a general state of depression after match days, I've started to feel uplifted by what I'm witnessing. No longer am I grunting one syllable replies to my
MP Janet Anderson has welcomed news that housing regeneration cash will fund a GCSE in construction at Accrington and Rossendale College. Elevate's Constructing the Future programme funds training to ensure local people have the skills to take advantage
AN out-of-date Rishton community centre is to be overhauled, bringing it up to modern safety standards. The Centre, in School Street, could become a base for local children to meet and enjoy activities if the plans get the go-ahead. Currently the building
Friendship is everything but then again when a woman is involved it can mean nothing. Two friends spend most their time together despite one being unimaginably richer than the other. Money it seems is the least if their worries but the bond is tested
Lata Mangeshkar, Indias famous singer, received a lifetime achievement award for her contribution to Indian popular music and culture at the Merrill Lynch Diwali and Eid Charity Dinner. The event was co-sponsored by fine jewelry company Adora, which is
CHRISTMAS spirit got me last Tuesday. I was at a fundraising lunch at Farrington Lodge, Leyland and after our meal the 'entertainment' was announced -- which turned out to be children from the local primary school. I don't know how it is, but those small
Young striker Marc Pugh has returned to Burnley following a successful month on loan with Kidderminster Harriers. Pugh, 18, was sent out on 'work experience' after blasting onto the scene with 15 goals in 11 games for the youth team this season. He made
DEAR MASSI, I am very worried at my husbands debts. He was running his own business but during the last two years it was not going well. He was hardly making any profit at all. He started to have health problems and shut down the business after it got
Phil Wilson has quit Lancaster City FC and will take charge of Conference North rivals Barrow. Wilson, 54, has been at Giant Axe for two-and-a-half years but has been hampered with cash cuts at City this season. "It was a really tough decision because
KEITH Lowe has thanked Burnley for boosting his confidence ahead of his return to Wolverhampton Wanderers. The 20-year-old defender has returned to his club armed with more experience than he gained trying to break through into the first team ranks at
It is always exciting to experience something for the first time. Of course, there are exceptions. Being caught smuggling drugs into Thailand would be no picnic, and I wouldn't hugely relish being trampled by a herd of rhinos. But there are other things
A CHRISTIAN group which brings together churches of various denominations could fold if more interest is not shown from members. The Churches Together in Darwen group is made up of members and pastors from Christian groups across Darwen and Hoddlesden
CHRISTMAS was made a little brighter for a homeless boy in Belarus after he received a box full of gifts from a Darwen teenager. The child was one of thousands of disadvantaged children who received a decorated shoe box as part of an international campaign
LEADING property firm The Hurstwood Group is to start on a £2million project on an ex-frozen food warehouse. Hurstwood has bought the disused Snow King building, off Grane Road, Haslingden. It plans to demolish the derelict building and build 12 industrial
The most anticipated ticket rush in recent history has begun as organisers of Fusion 06 confirm their acts for the biggest indoor fashion and music event in the north. Juggy D, Veronica and Mentor will headline the event due to take place on Sunday, 5th
Two enterprising women took a big risk in setting up their new business neither one had ever run a cafe bar before! The Addict Internet Cafe is the brainchild of Nighat Anwar and Sue Bangue who decided it was time their town had a stylish and modern internet
A BLACKBURN homeless charity is facing a £40,000 cash crisis which could force the closure of its day centre. The revelation comes as it was revealed that the problem of people sleeping rough on the streets of East Lancashire was refusing to go away.
A student from Burnley College took gold in a national competition and was presented with his award by 110m hurdling World Record holder Colin Jackson. Raza Khalid, 17, from Nelson, won his award in the UK Skills Challenge a national competition for exceptional
Sajid Mahmood, the former Bolton League cricketer with Astley Bridge and Egerton, has been awarded an extension to his contract by Lancashire. The all-rounder has established himself in the countys first team squad since joining them on a scholarship
The Association of London Government has joined forces with and London Aimhigher to publish a quick and easy guide to financial support and advice for students going to university or higher education colleges. The guide will be distributed to students
Every Ramadan the website www.islam786.com holds an online Poetry Competition and attracts many entries from all over the world. The best 15 poems were selected by the judges and sponsors,Revelations Islamic Shop (Preston) with the eventual winners being
Former Chelsea and Celtic soccer star Paul Elliot has called for more action and less talking about the blight of racism on the pitch. The black player spoke of his own fear during his career when the ball went out of play and he had to face touchline
Thank goodness for Amir Khan. The Bolton teenager was meant to be just a tasty starter at London's ExCel Arena but his dazzling display far outshone the main course. And it needed to, as the eagerly awaited showdown between Britain's top heavyweights
Men are not ruled by their wives so easily as the article Under the Thumb and proud of it? said. Of course it may be the case in some households but in most Asian households the men remain the dominant force. I showed the article to my husband who felt
It is scandalous that there is only a handful of Asian professional footballers playing in the Premier League. There is so much talent within the community and fooball is the main sport in all of the neighbourhoods. I think excuses about culture are no
Amir Khan has added another victory to his career after proving he is a knock-out at driving. The 18-year-old Olympic silver medalist passed his driving test at the first attempt and to celebrate he has already bought himself a £59,000 Range Rover Vogue
A man who was made aggressive by steroid abuse has been jailed for 20 months after a "road rage" attack. Burnley Crown Court heard how Imran Bashir, 29, who later absconded to Pakistan, "stalked" and chased his victim, looking for confrontation after
A group of young women organised a unique exhibition in a bid to foster better community relations. The quartet from Nelson and Brierfield joined forces to create a new organisation called Iqra, meaning read in Arabic and held an exhibition named Discover
Karl Seth a bingo caller from the Buckingham Bingo Club, Manchester, has been judged Britains Bingo Caller of the Year. The countrys premier bingo callers representing, Scotland, Wales and the four regions of England, each took to the stage, in front
Masked robbers escaped with £50,000 from a Bolton post office after threatening two teenage shop workers with a gun. The two men struck within minutes of a cash delivery at Moss Bank Post Office in Johnson Fold. Vikas Hussain, aged 17, and his 19-year-old
A Keighley man who brandished a Samurai sword during an early-hours confrontation outside a nightclub has been jailed for 15 months. During a hearing at Bradford Crown Court on Wednesday, Judge Geoffrey Marson QC was shown CCTV footage of the disturbance
Muslim pupils were given ham pizza for their school dinner, even though their religion forbids them from eating pig meat. Education bosses have been criticised for the "disgusting" error at St James' Church of England Primary School, Oozebooth Terrace
Three members of a family who died in a car crash on a quiet moorland road could have been saved if they had been wearing seatbelts, an inquest heard. Ayub Mohmed Adam, aged 50, his wife Zubeda Ayub Adam, aged 49, both of Grasmere Street, Astley Bridge
A takeaway owner who dumped rubbish down the same M61 embankment for almost two-and-a-half years was caught by secret spy cameras installed by environmental enforcement officers. Abdul Kaium made regular weekly trips to Junction 5 of the M61 near Westhoughton
