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Open house for everyone
JOHN Major is allowing two million Hong Kong Chinese to come without visas to Britain, supposedly on visits. But how many of these visits will turn out to be permanent? Why stop at the Chinese? Why doesn't he go the whole hog and grant visa free entry
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Car parking to cost more
TOWN centre shoppers in Burnley are facing a new increase in car parking charges. Proposals are being put to councillors to drop the one-hour stay on all shoppers' car parks, Monday to Friday, so that the minimum charge will go up from 50p to 60p. Motorists
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Arson cause of mill blaze?
A FIRE which ripped through the roof of a Rossendale mill may have been started deliberately. Eight fire appliances from towns around the area were needed to fight the blaze and stop it from spreading to other units at Loveclough Business Park. The cause
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How's this for psycho GBH?
THERE cannot be many native Britons who are not deeply disturbed at the prospect of eight or nine million Hong Kong Chinese having right of entry to this grossly over-populated country, courtesy of John Major and the lunatic policies pursued by our three
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Blair: I'll give pople in North their say
TONY BLAIR today promised early action to set up a North West Regional Development Agency to draw in overseas cash and companies. And the Labour leader also said there was a strong demand for a Regional Assembly in the North West. In an exclusive interview
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10 YEARS AGO: The hated tax
EAST Lancashire chemists condemned the rise in prescription charges and said the tax should be abolished altogether. The announcement by Health Minister Barney Hayhoe took charges from £2 to £2.20 per item and meant that many drugs cost more on prescription
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5 YEARS AGO: Holiday firm collapses
ANXIOUS East Lancashire holidaymakers awaited their fate after a frantic weekend at travel agents. Dozens of offices opened their doors following the collapse of giant tour operators International Leisure Group. Nearly all the people due to leave at the
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ATHLETICS: Lobo in action
JASON Lobo is just one of the stars expected to take part in the Roddlesworth Roller tomorrow at Abbey Village. The five mile race attracts competitive fields every year and all local athletes are encouraged to take part. Registration is at Abbey Village
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ICE HOCKEY: Blackburn Hawks 3, Bracknell Bees 6; Milton Keynes Kings 13 Blackburn Hawks 4
HAWKS dreams of hitting the ice hockey heights lie in tatters after two demoralising defeats writes PAUL AGNEW. Stung by the bees and unable to dethrone the Kings, Hawks opened their play-off campaign exactly how they had ended the British League First
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Four taxis hit in pile-up
POLICE closed a busy main road after a six-vehicle pile-up left it littered with glass. June and Douglas Duncan were taken to Blackburn Royal Infirmary with minor injuries after the accident in Higher Audley Street, Blackburn. Four of the vehicles involved
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We've stopped the rot - Heath
ADRIAN Heath kicked off his Turf Moor managerial career with a remarkable 1-0 victory at Bristol City and declared today: "We've stopped the rot." Heath guided the Clarets to a rousing late win as Burnley claimed their first Division Two victory since
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Instant info peace for Anthony
AN ordinary looking semi in the peaceful Ribble Valley has played a major role in some of the biggest scandal stories of recent years. National newspaper reporters hot on the trail of a cabinet minister's murky dealings or delving into the background
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The future is green
THE vast majority of Britain's energy bills are footed by business and industry. And the business world represents the single biggest drain on the country's energy supplies - over 60 per cent of the energy generated in Britain goes to non-domestic users
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Factory reunion
A REUNION is to be held on Friday, March 22, for former employees of Priestly's Footwear in Great Harwood. The event will be at the Brass Band Club in Great Harwood and tickets are available, priced at £3, by ringing 889946, 882189 and 884184. Converted
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Arms profits
IN HIS article "Whitehall secrets are out of the bag" (LET, March 1) Bill Jacobs' assessment of the situation concerning the last Labour government under "Sunny Jim Callaghan" and the secrecy surrounding the ordering of Chevaline missile warhead are quite
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New commander for fire service
A NEW fire chief has been appointed for East Lancashire. Bill Riley, who lives in Oswaldtwistle and is based at divisional headquarters in Burnley, is the area's new divisional commander. Mr Riley, 53, has served with Lancashire Fire Brigade for 30 years
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No nudes is bad news
MATURE art students are furious at plans to cut live model sessions at Blackburn College. Night class students from an Open College art course were dumbfounded when they arrived at college with their pencils and paper only to find there was no nude model
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MPs and grammar schools
INCLUDED in the motion moved by Coun Don Rishton and supported by 20 of his Socialist colleagues at the last Blackburn Council meeting, setting out projected plans for education if unitary authority status is achieved, were the ending of any selective
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Rossendale United 2, Clitheroe 2
ROSSENDALE put their recent poor performances behind them against Clitheroe at Dark Lane and battled out a 2-2 draw in the North West Counties' League First Division. Clitheroe fielded five changes to their regular line-up and rarely looked like taking
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Petrol blaze injures driver
A MAN suffered 20 per cent burns after a freak accident when he set himself on fire as he tried to fill his car with petrol from a can. The driver, David Hughes, suffered severe burns in the incident as he tried to fill the gold Ford Sierra car which
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Go-slow taxi protest brings peace move
A SHOWDOWN meeting between angry Pendle taxi drivers and members of the local council will be held at Nelson Town Hall later today. The drivers have suspended strike action pending negotiations with the local authority. In a symbolic protest they are
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Carruthers tops Heath hit-list
ADRIAN Heath could raid former club Stoke City for his first Turf Moor signing. I can reveal that the Burnley boss is targeting at least TWO new faces with the transfer deadline looming. Heath has made a striker his first priority with the transfer embargo
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Our fund-raisers are on top and in tune
A FUND-RAISING fell walker is setting off on a mammoth mountain mission this week, scaling the heights of Kilimanjaro in aid of SuperScan. Graham Howarth, of Colne Road, Burnley, will spend six days conquering the 19,340ft African peak with a group of
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Bristol City 0, Burnley 1: New boss inspires smash and grab raid
AT 2.25 pm he strode out of the players' tunnel and ushered a war-weary platoon out on to the Ashton Gate pitch. What followed was a remarkable spectacle. A sight which would warm the hearts of Burnley fans the length and breadth of East Lancashire. There
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Firm's fired up for savings
A FOUNDRY isn't the first place you would associate with environmentally friendly practices. But RHP Bearings Ltd in Roman Road, Blackburn is out to change a few opinions. The company has already taken the first steps on the green ladder and is now working
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Village school praised
CARING, courteous and well-behaved pupils received high praise from inspectors in their report on standards at a school. Youngsters at Belmont County Primary School also achieved above the national average in English and mathematics tests and were commended
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Princely boost for estate bike kids
KEEN young bikers from a Blackburn estate are using their ingenuity to help themselves and other people take to the roads. And the Saturday Morning Bike Club based at Roman Road has just got a helping hand itself in the form of £600 from the Prince's
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CRICKET: Wasim under attack from the fans
WASIM Akram woke up today in Bangalore as Pakistan's public enemy number one. The Lancashire ace has turned from national hero to hated villain in the eyes of millions of Pakistanis after his non-appearance in Saturday's World Cup quarter-final defeat
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Litter louts
IN CYCLING from Blackburn through the Trough of Bowland to Lancaster and back along the A6, a distance of 58 miles, I was appalled yet again by the amount of roadside litter. I estimate there was a minimum of one discarded item, each side, for every ten
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Government aid for small firms welcome
THE government moved today to help small firms by declaring war on the slow payers - and hinting at moves to expose the companies who delay settling their bills. This is a sensible, overdue step. Cash flow and financial confidence are the key to the survival
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Blair making right noises for our region
TONY Blair is making the right noises for the North West. For, in an exclusive interview with the Lancashire Evening Telegraph, he pledges that a Labour government would give it two important boosts. The first is its own development agency to attract
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Best foot forward!
IT'S HERE! One of the biggest charity events ever to be staged across East Lancashire and we want YOU to take part. Superwalk '96 aims to raise thousands of pounds for the £1 million SuperScan appeal. And mums, dads, sons, daughters, grandmas, granddads
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Ex-club bouncer charged with murder
A 32-YEAR-old former club doorman appeared in court today accused of murdering Darwen man David Spencer. Daniel Law Holden, of Clarence Street, Darwen, is accused of killing the 41-year-old unemployed alcoholic at his home, also on Clarence Street, last
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Street art idea branded a traffic hazard
A COLOURFUL design for a public arts scheme has been branded a traffic hazard by a councillor. The planned mural for a wall in Rishton's high street was criticised at a Hyndburn Council meeting. Pupils at Norden High School came up with the design for
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Video reassures worried parents
ASIAN parents worried about sending their daughters away to college are being reassured in a new video. BT has produced the video in both Urdu and Bengali featuring four young girls whose parents were initially reluctant to let them go to college but
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Signs are fuel for thought
A CALL for better roadside petrol price signs has been made by Lancashire's chief trading standards officer, Jim Potts The move follows representations in the House of Commons about East Lancashire garage owner Jim Mole, who charges nearly twice as much
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Waste not, want not
AN East Lancashire paper mill is helping to lead the green revolution in the workplace. The New Waterside Paper Mill in Darwen was the first paper mill in the country to gain the prestigious BS7750 after switching to environmentally friendly practises
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Costly saving
ITHOUGHT your Grime Watch feature "Keeping the Home Fires Burning" (LET, March 4) about energy-saving measures was a good idea - especially the energy-saving lightbulbs. I am sure that if those lightbulbs were less expensive, more people would buy them
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He's Gud enough
NIKLAS Gudmundsson is set to complete a permanent move from Swedish club Halmstad to Blackburn Rovers in the next couple of days - if all parties are happy with a deal, writes PETER WHITE. The Swedish international's extended loan period at Ewood ends
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Pride of Lions
HUNDREDS of Lions Club members from across the North flocked to East Lancashire for their annual convention. The event, staged at the Dunkenhalgh Hotel in Clayton-le-Moors, attracted around 300 delegates from the North West and North East. Accrington
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Armed terror
POLICE are looking for an armed robber who stole £89 from the till at Sweet Thoughts card shop in Burnley town centre. The thief struck at about 12.15pm on Saturday despite the fact that there was a customer in the shop and crowds of people in the nearby
