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Hospital radio takes to the air in new studios
HUNDREDS of patients will on the same wavelength, following the launch of a new hospital radio station. Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley NHS Trust's new station will be run by 36 volunteers. The scheme has cost £43,000 to set up and will operate
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Opposition hots up in town's bid for city status
ANOTHER red rose contender has joined the running to become Britain's newest city as part of celebrations to mark the millennium. Town hall chiefs in Blackburn and Darwen will now face competition from Blackpool as well as Preston and Bolton as the race
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Kurd stowaways found on furniture lorry
STUNNED workers watched in amazement as seven Kurdish stowaways jumped out of a delivery lorry after it arrived at an East Lancashire firm. The driver of the vehicle, which had travelled to office-seating maker Dauphin's Blackburn factory from Germany
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Clarets sign West and Thomas on frees
DEAN West and Mitchell Thomas today threw their weight behind Burnley's quest for a promotion challenge next season when they became manager Stan Ternent's first summer signings. And they will be joined in the Clarets new-look squad by Paul Cook, Tom
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Kenna's big kick-off hopes
JEFF Kenna is still clinging to the hope of being fit for the start of the new Football League season on August 7, but he won't be taking any chances. The Blackburn Rovers full back is waiting to see the surgeon who carried out his Achilles operation
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Events in East Lancashire on Friday, July 2nd
The English String Orchestra, 7.30pm; Great Operatic Disasters, 10pm, St Wilfrid's Church, Ribchester. Book Sale, Feilden Room, Central Library, Town Hall Street, Blackburn, 9.30am-4pm. Accrington Camera Club meet Prime Centre, Rishton, 7.45pm. Opening
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LOCAL SOCCER: BSP Hawthorns Junior Football League
GALLIGREAVES Under 12s lost their 100 per cent record when Newbank Bulls pulled off a 3-1 win. Leaders Blackburn All Stars had a 4-1 win over luckless Yankee Whizkids who have still to win this season. In the Under 14s section, the top two teams played
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TEN YEARS AGO: Holiday hold-ups
FAMILIES were caught up in transatlantic holiday chaos, facing major delays at Manchester Airport. Almost 500 Airtours sun-seekers were due to fly out at 6.25am to Orlando, Florida. But their aircraft was stuck in Canada with a technical fault - the second
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FIVE YEARS AGO: Water burst chaos
A WATER burst in Morecambe Road, Blackburn, left parts of the town dry. Householders had began calling North West Water's emergency number complaining about lack of pressure, inspectors were investigating when a torrent of water burst through the road
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Advert cause for complaint
TELEVISION adverts have a big influence on viewers and should not show things that are illegal - such as the one in which a woman steals a soft toy from a child in a pram merely because it is the right colour for her paintwork. Perhaps whoever stole the
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COUNTY CRICKET: Murali apologises
MUTTIAH Muralitharan continued his amazing form for Lancashire with seven more wickets against Essex yesterday - then apologised for not bowling well. Murali claimed 7-73 to earn Lancashire a first innings lead of 91, putting them well on the way to their
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Book trolley overflowed
THE Blackburn Oxfam shop would like to express sincere thanks to the very kind efforts of Asda Blackburn customers who donated a trolley full to overflowing with books. We really appreciate the kindness of Asda for nominating Oxfam to receive this wonderful
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LOCAL ATHLETICS: Pendle on the up
PENDLE Athletic Club are hot favourites for promotion after taking their second successive victory in the McDonalds Girls League on Sunday. The win was far from straightforward however, the club tied with Horwich on 197 points, but were awarded the match
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No attempt to mislead
EDMUND Critchley (Letters, June 18) is quite wrong to suspect an attempt to mislead voters by sitting MEPs styling themselves 'MEP' on the ballot paper for the European elections. It is simply that different parliaments have different rules. In Westminster
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Four points of objection
THE hundreds who objected to Castle Cement's application to burn the hazardous toxic waste Cemfuel in kiln 7 at its Clitheroe works can now attend two surgeries on July 2 and 3, when the Environment Agency will justify its 'proposed decision,' to be followed
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Patients in tears over home closure
PATIENTS left a meeting in tears after health bosses decided to close a loss-making home for people with eating disorders. Burnley Health Trust chiefs made the decision after hearing the converted house in Reedley, opened just two years ago, was losing
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New acquisition for Airtours
AIRTOURS has splashed out again in the holiday market. The Helmshore-based firm's Scandinavian Leisure Group arm has agreed to buy Trivselresor Holding of Sweden for £7.5m. Trivsel is the leading tour operator in Scandinavia specialising in packages based
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Pie firm's computer advance
STAFF at pie firm Holland's are now well versed in another kind of byte! A group of 21 employees have passed a course in Computer Literacy and Information Technology after studying in their own time for 30 weeks. "Some people are keen to work with computers
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Icing on the cake for Inter Link
CAKEMAKERS Inter Link Foods announced the sweet taste of success today with a 26 per cent jump in pre-tax profits. The Blackburn-based firm, which owns the Crossfield bakery in the town, increased sales by eight per cent in the year to April 30 to £9.34
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SUPERBIKES: Big cash night for bikers
BIKE heroes Carl Fogarty and Neil Hodgson have thrown their weight behind a children's charity. The Blackburn World Superbike Champion, Fogarty and Burnley's British Superbikes rider, Hodgson, are to appear at a special fund-raising evening in Chesterfield
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CYCLING: Spot on Jon breaks club record
BLACKBURN'S Jon Purdy scored his best success to date on Sunday morning when he was a clear winner of the North Lancashire Time Trials Association 100-mile event on the Garstang-based course in wet but reasonably calm conditions. Jon became one of only
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Woman drowns walking her dog
THE body of an elderly woman was pulled from a reservoir last night by joggers. Paramedics tried to revive Kathleen Scott, 69, from Beech Avenue, Darwen, but she was dead by the time she arrived at Blackburn Royal Infirmary. Detectives are investigating
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Kurd stowaways found on furniture lorry
STUNNED workers watched in amazement as seven Kurdish stowaways jumped out of a delivery lorry after it arrived at an East Lancashire firm. The driver of the vehicle, which had travelled to office seating maker Dauphin's Blackburn factory from Germany
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Former printing works gutted
A DEVELOPMENT company today said it may have to re-think multi-million pound plans for Burnley's problem-plagued Sandygate Mill after a major fire swept the former Lords Printers works. Thick smoke enveloped Burnley town centre as firefighters from four
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Fergie's cup folly
ALEX Ferguson has turned down his knighthood because his wife is cooking a nice casserole for tea on the day he was due at Buckingham Palace. She was asked if she could keep the lamb in deep freeze for a couple more days, but argued that she already had
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Woman, 81, the target of addict
A DRUG addict who picked on an 81-year-old woman and snatched her handbag, has started a two year jail term. Paul Almond, 25, approached his victim down a 'back alley' and chose her because she was vulnerable, Burnley Crown Court heard. Sentencing Almond
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Nowhere to go without a grant
TENANTS and landlords can't afford to move to new homes in parts of Blackburn, because a government grant has been withdrawn, a report has revealed. An Urban Task Force, set up by the Government to provide a progress report on the rebuilding of run-down
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Kids win at cards
Val Cowan Surfs the Net PARENTS, watch your credit cards! New research shows that more that three million children under 17 are now using the internet in the UK - and nearly half - 46 per cent - have browsed looking for something to buy. Seventeen per
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CYCLING: Brown's bonanza
A SHORT racing trip to the International Cycling Week in the Isle of Man was a big success for Salesbury veteran Dave Brown of the North Lancs Road Club who came back with two new records to his name. In the Veterans 25-mile time trial on Tuesday, Dave
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COUNTY ATHLETICS: Chris seven-up at Carlisle
VERSATILE Burnley athletes Chris Green and Colin Bailey competed for Lancashire in the Inter Counties Multi Event fixture at Carlisle at the weekend. Seventeen-year-old Chris set no fewer than seven PBs in the senior boys decathlon, with Colin, who is
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LOCAL ATHLETICS: On fire Cole sets record in Tower race triumph
FORMER Darwen Dasher Brian Cole won the annual race from St Joseph's Church in Darwen to the Jubilee Tower and back. Brian's time of 15.59 for the 2.25 miles was a new record, he won by 2mins 30secs and also won a bonus prize for being first to the top
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LOCAL SOCCER: Jonathan Wright Memorial Football League
PROTEC FC won their first game of the season against fellow strugglers TLM Blackburn by an amazing 13-2 scoreline. SS Lucas returned to the top of Division Two by beating Athletico Redcap 6-2. This division's title could be settled in the next few weeks
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GOLF PRO-FILE: With Harry Smith (Whalley)
NOT many people are lucky enough to make a living out of their hobby but fortunately I've been one of them. And now my son, Andrew, is following in my footsteps after accepting an offer to teach golf at Sand River Golf Club in Shenzen, China. He's the
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Who thought up this nonsense?
WITH Labour so shot through with control-freakery at national level, it should come as no surprise that when the fief it dominates in East Lancashire under the name of Burnley Borough Council sets about drawing up a code of conduct for its members, it
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LOCAL ATHLETICS: Harriers' tough going
BLACKBURN Harriers Veterans Road Racing Team, the 1998 International Team Winners, returned to Brugge at the weekend for the European Veterans Half Marathon Championships. In a race won by one of the world's top veterans, Guerra of Spain and packed with
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Bigger is not always better Mr Blunkett
THERE is no dispute that, in line with its frequently-stressed commitment to education, the government's revamp of post-16 learning and training, announced yesterday, looks to create a highly-skilled workforce for the next century that will boost the
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AMATEUR CRICKET: Red Arrow Services Chorley and District Amateur League
RESULTS - Division One: Darwen 203-6 (A Beesley 112, G Bhatt 3-44), Chorley St James 149 all out (G Bhatt 39, S Harris 37, S Sharples 4-42, C Davies 3-51); Feniscowles 155-6 (A Miller 37, B Officer 36no, K Winder 5-53), New Longton 153-9 (P Geldard 41
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Market out of touch
WITH respect to Mrs June Shorrock (Letters, June 17), I was commenting on an overall view of Petticoat Lane, Darwen and pointing out that the majority of stalls had on display the remnants of a car boot sale. Perhaps, misguidedly, I thought that Petticoat
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A place for comfort
THERE appears to be some misunderstanding in the article (LET, April 28) in relation to the purpose of the proposed Community Centre in Ash Street. It implied that Asian women went to the pub. This is not correct. What I meant was that Asian women in
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Former printing works gutted
A DEVELOPMENT company today said it may have to re-think multi-million pound plans for Burnley's problem-plagued Sandygate Mill after a major fire swept the former Lords Printers works. Thick smoke enveloped Burnley town centre as firefighters from four
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Rovers defender hopes to make big kick-off
JEFF Kenna is still clinging to the hope of being fit for the start of the new Football League season on August 7, but he won't be taking any chances. The Blackburn Rovers full back is waiting to see the surgeon who carried out his Achilles operation
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Clarets sign two on frees
DEAN West and Mitchell Thomas today threw their weight behind Burnley's quest for a promotion challenge next season when they became manager Stan Ternent's first summer signings. And they will be joined in the Clarets new-look squad by Paul Cook, Tom
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Benefits fraud crackdown praised
PENDLE MP Gordon Prentice has welcomed the emergence of further details about government plans to shake up housing benefit. Earlier this year, the Labour back-bencher broke the news of a Green Paper on the issue after quizzing Social Security Minister
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Toy gun causes major alert
COLLEGE students using a toy gun while making a film sparked a major armed police alert. Police marksmen, together with the force helicopter and other officers, were called to Barrowford after the alarm was raised by a passer-by who spotted three youths
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College staff in attack on 'ethnic cleansing' posters
STAFF at Nelson and Colne College have hit out at racists who put up inflammatory posters in Pendle. They collected a 70-name petition attacking the British National Party (BNP) after posters referring to 'ethnic cleansing' in Nelson were put up in Nelson
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ICE SKATING: Germany calling for skating duo
ICE dancers Jonathan O'Dougherty and Pamela O'Connor have been called up to the Great Britain squad for a Senior International competition in Oberstdorf, Germany, in September. The former British Junior champions, who train at Blackburn Arena, earned
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CYCLING: Racers on move
EAST Lancs-based racing cyclists travelled far afield over the weekend wearing the club colours in events across the Midlands and North of England. Barrowford's Andy Gates produced the fast time of 20mins 35secs to take a well-deserved third place in
