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Wimbledon 1 Blackburn Rovers 1
THE sparkling skills of Lars Bohinen illuminated the soggiest of days at Selhurst Park where you would have put your shirt on Blackburn Rovers at half time to break their Premiership away duck. Your black and red pinstripe shirt in fact, as Rovers returned
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Course is aiming high
THE Prince's Trust Volunteers are looking for enthusiastic people to take part in a 12-week personal development programme. The course, open to people aged between 16 and 25, will take place from the organisation's offices at the YMCA in Blackburn. A
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Ice Hockey: BILLINGHAM BOMBERS 1 BLACKBURN HAWKS 12 - BLACKBURN HAWKS 10 MEDWAY BEARS 2
BLACKBURN Hawks sent their festive followers home in cheery spirits with a thumping 10-2 win against Medway Bears on the Christmas Eve afternoon. It completed a profitable weekend for the Division One leaders who cantered to a 12-1 victory away to basement
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Groundsman Nigel mucks in to save the soccer day
PARK groundsman Nigel Ireland was forced to turn cowboy when a herd of horses invaded his football pitch. Nigel, 20, was stunned to find more than a dozen ponies galloping across the King George V football fields in Accrington. And the council groundsman
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Under-attack Holt holds his fire
BURNLEY'S under-fire director Clive Holt warned today: "My side of the story has yet to be heard." Holt has kept a diplomatic silence since he was savaged by fellow director Basil Dearing at the AGM. And the man at the centre of the Turf Moor shares storm
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Sick parade
RAY Harford was set to stage a Boxing Day sick parade before deciding on his Blackburn Rovers line-up to face Manchester City at Ewood tonight. At least one change from Saturday's squad will be enforced, as Kevin Gallacher begins a three-match ban, following
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Burnley 0 Bristol City 0
THE heavyweight punches traded at the 98th Annual General Meeting left this Division Two clash a virtual Christmas Punch and Judy sideshow. The sparring in the Centre Spot a couple of hours before kick-off would have given a Mike Tyson versus Frank Bruno
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Savaged
AN 11-YEAR-OLD boy was today still critically ill in hospital after being attacked by three rottweiler dogs. David Kearney, of Broad Gate, Darwen, was savaged after spending Saturday night carol singing with friends. He suffered such shocking injuries
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Councillor in a fury at sexy ad
A COUNCILLOR from East Lancashire has hit out at a steamy television advert claiming it degrades women. Bill Goldsmith, a member of Hyndburn Council, was so incensed by the advertisement for Accurist watches he contacted the Independent Television Commission
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Service remembers cancer boy, 11
A COURAGEOUS youngster who died from cancer will be remembered at a service for people who have suffered the loss of a child. For the second year, the Rev John Corbyn, of St Gabriel's, Blackburn, is holding a Holy Innocents service on Thursday, 7pm, in
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Public get say in store scheme
CONTROVERSIAL plans to build a supermarket in a Ribble Valley town are to be opened up for public debate. Residents of Longridge, including town councillors, borough councillors, shopkeepers and anyone else with an interest in the project by Booth's to
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Vicar's sale shock
A VICAR has publicly apologised to parishioners after a table top sale he gave his blessing to turned out to be a mock auction. St Barnabas Church, Blackburn, has fallen victim to mock auction traders twice, despite the Rev Herrick Daniels vowing never
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Tough task ahead
GRIMEBUSTING churchgoers have set themselves the tough task of transforming an overgrown and neglected wilderness back into a churchyard. Congregation members from St Mary's RC Church in Clayton-le-Moors have joined their parish priest Father Joe Feeley
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New cancer care probe call
A NEW plea has gone out for a Government probe into the plight of dozens of cancer patients who claim their lives were ruined by experimental radiotherapy treatment. Rossendale and Darwen Labour MP Janet Anderson, who has herself endured a cancer scare
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MPs go on the trail of missing voters
A CAMPAIGN has been launched to find East Lancashire's 8,000 missing voters. MPs are spearheading a drive to persuade those people missing from the electoral register to sign up to exercise their democratic rights. Overall there are more than 8,000 voters
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A family tradition
A VISIT from Father Christmas, trips to the pantomime and a turkey with trimmings may be the seasonal diet for most children, but for four little girls they are strange and wonderful luxuries. Xenia, Liza, Katya and Victoria flew in from Rybinsk, Russia
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School highlights value of its children
A SCHOOL for youngsters with moderate learning difficulties has been praised for its "positive ethos" but told to make improvements. Inspectors from the Office for Standards in Education (Ofsted) concluded that the quality of education at North Cliffe