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Firm pinning hopes on new Euro rules
NEW Euro laws could bring a New Year's order boost to a fast growing firm. The Granville Technology Group is hoping the legislation which comes into force next month will lead to more work. The new rules mean that all makers of electronic equipment must
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Paul free soon?
HOPES were raised today for the speedy release of student hostage Paul Wells after it was revealed that British negotiators were speaking directly to his captors. The news came after reports that the Al-Faran group holding Paul and three other Westerners
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Meningitis: Rachel is lucky to be alive
IT WAS a cracking Christmas day for little Rachel Smith - but one she came so close to missing. Today Rachel, pictured with her mum, is enjoying all the good things Christmas brings, especially the pram and dolly promised by Santa. Last week three-year-old
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Nurses 'forced out by higher rents'
NURSES are being made to pay higher rents on their hospital homes in an effort to squeeze them out, a resident has claimed. Christine Thomas, a former nurse at Calderstones Hospital, Whalley, claims that the NHS Trust wants its "cheaper" renters out so
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Ball's worry over lack of goals
GOALS, or rather the lack of them, were Alan Ball's concern once again as Manchester City slipped deeper into trouble at Ewood last night. "I feel sorry for my lads because they are not getting what they deserve," said a frustrated City boss. "They are
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It's seventh heaven Ewood as Rovers win again
RAY Harford can today celebrate a home run that beats anything Blackburn Rovers managed to achieve in last season's title campaign! But the Rovers boss kept any euphoria in perspective after a seventh successive Premiership win at Ewood lifted his team
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Worthwhile investment
SCAPA Mouldings is the latest East Lancashire firm to achieve the Investors in People standard. The firm, a member of the Blackburn-based Scapa Group, has two plants in Rishton and County Durham employing more than 80 staff. Pictured (from the left) is
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Jobs boost for business park
A JOBS boost at the former Leyland Daf site is set to bring 150 jobs to the area. The ARM Group is moving into the Lancaster House offices on the site which is being transformed into the Lancashire Enterprises Business Park. The firm, which has just won
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MP is mounting drive against drugs
THE Government is to be urged to mount a new drive to put youngsters off taking Ecstasy and other designer drugs. Ribble Valley MP Nigel Evans is to tell ministers that more must be done to warn teenagers that they not only kill, but they can cause long-term
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Rovers 2 Man City 0
DAVID Batty's superb strike stole even some of Alan Shearer's thunder at Ewood last night. But as the England striker moved menacingly to within just one step of a "full house" - a century of League goals for Blackburn Rovers - and Batty revelled in the
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Signalman arrives at end of his line
SIGNALMAN Wellwood Demaline has retired after 41 years on the railways. Ironically, the man who has been in charge of the Brierfield box for more than 20 years was never much one for trains as a youngster, and only drifted into his railway career. "When
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Shortage can't be left to market to solve
THE GRIM finding by this newspaper today that, in East Lancashire, scores of unfortunate children with special needs are waiting up to two years for therapy needs to be addressed by more than resigned acknowledgment of the harsh laws of supply and demand
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Costs payout doesn't make them martyrs
IT MAY well stick in the craw of those believing in pure justice that British taxpayers have handed nearly £40,000 to the relatives of the three IRA terrorists killed by the SAS in the so-called Death on the Rock shootings in Gibraltar in 1988. But this
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Meningitis: Karen's life lost in 24 hours
A PORTRAIT of a smiling daughter takes pride of place over the mantelpiece in the Leecy household. The picture is a permanent reminder of a young life that was cruelly snuffed out by the killer virus meningitis. Karen Leecy, a former pupil of St Wilfrid's
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Fans favourites set for switch to rivals
TURF Moor fans' favourite Adrian Randall is on the verge of joining Second Division rivals York City. Today though there were conflicting reports over the proposed £140,000 transfer deal. York insisted they had signed Randall after he watched the 3-0
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Guiseley 0 Chorley 3
A SUPERB display of determination and skill on a frost-bound pitch enabled Chorley to complete a notable league double over championship challengers Guisely yesterday. After surviving two scares in the opening minutes, the Magpies settled down to dominate
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Farm in flames: Woman rescued
A REMOTE farmhouse was destroyed in a blaze last night as firefighters battled in temperatures of -9 to bring the flames under control. Water froze in the pipes as they struggled up steep hillsides covered in black ice. A senior Burnley fire officer described