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I AM delighted that the new Conservative prospective parliamentary candidate for Blackburn is fluent in six languages. Can she, I wonder, help me with Toryspeak? I read it as "housing boom," but, apparently, it reads "negative equity." And, blow me, "
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Report praises school's results
A SCHOOL'S exam success story is to be held up as an example to others in a national report published this week. The achievements of Ivy Bank High School, Burnley, are included in a report headed Target Setting to Raise Standards of Achievement by the
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Save the tenner winners
TEN pound wins on the lottery should be guaranteed, Ribble Valley MP Nigel Evans has said. And he is trying to get the backing of national heritage minister Virginia Bottomley to make sure the three-number winners get their reward. Mr Evans condemned
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Schools safety fears studied
TEACHERS and governors are being invited to a series of crime prevention seminars led by Lancashire Constabulary. Lancashire County Council is issuing new security guidelines to schools in the wake of rising concerns over the safety of pupils and teachers
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5 YEARS AGO: Pre-Budget price rise
THWAITES drinkers were facing two whopping increases in the price of a pint in 24 hours. Beer was to rise between 6p and 8p a pint when the Blackburn brewer increased its prices next week. The following day Chancellor Norman Lamont looked set to further
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10 YEARS AGO: 15 per cent rate rise
PENDLE councillors set a borough rate increase of just under 15 per cent amid Conservative cries that it was "unfair" and "indefensible." The Liberal and Labour groups both supported the increase saying that they had little option given the Government's
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Egg-head pupils' sweet success
YOUNGSTERS from Broadway County Primary School, Haslingden, showed they are the "egg-heads'' when it comes to craft, design and technology. About 160 youngsters in 43 teams from seven schools took part in Rossendale Rotary Club's first schools' craft,
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The Bodyguard
AT 5ft 2ins tall Jane Bridge has made a living from protecting the rich and famous. And with a world championship judo title under her belt, the 7st Rawtenstall mother is a contender few would like to get on the wrong side of. "I'm small but I'm supple
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More Freethy
DUE TO the popularity of Nature Watch with Ron Freethy, we learn (LET, February 28) that his postbag is bulging. Don't you think it's time he had more pages of the paper - perhaps two instead of one? His articles are really good and very interesting.
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Clitheroe 4, Salford City 1: Blues blast four
THREE goals in the final five minutes saw off a determined Salford side and set up the team nicely for Saturday's crunch FA Vase semi-final first leg clash with Mangotsfield United. On the half hour mark a spell of Blues' pressure paid off when a Dennis
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It's touch 'n' Bo for Lars
LARS Bohinen has a chance of returning for Blackburn Rovers against Leeds United in tomorrow night's re-arranged Premiership clash at Ewood. But it looks like being touch and go for the Norwegian midfield ace whose hopes of a full recovery from his calf
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Fight for cash
THE heavyweight fight of the year between Frank Bruno and Mike Tyson will be beamed live at the Moat House Hotel in Blackburn - to raise cash for the SuperScan appeal. A four-course black tie dinner will precede the world title battle and Liverpool comic
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Tommo's the new Captain Marvel
FOUR months ago Steve Thompson was paddling in the sea at Blackpool in search of an injury remedy. Serious Achilles tendon damage had blighted his life and in the depths of despair he must have wondered whether he would play again. At 31, and battling
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Sports stadium plea by Lancs MPs
EAST Lancashire MPs have united across party lines to press the government to make sure that the Manchester Commonwealth Games in 2002 is a real boost to the North West as a whole. The Ribble Valley Tory wants the government to make sure that Manchester
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Help in boosting competitiveness
A SEMINAR to help aerospace firms boost their competitiveness is being staged later this week. The North West Aerospace Symposium is being staged by the Consortium of Lancashire Aerospace with help from the DTI. It will cover marketing, Government support
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Bankers give their backing
BANKERS are backing small businesses in Pendle. The Lloyds Bank branch in Burnley has presented the Pendle Enterprise Trust with a cheque for £1,000 to help with its work in assisting fledgling firms. Andrew Townsend, manager of the Lloyds Bank branch
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Lottery boss is guest
LANCASHIRE marketing managers will be keeping their fingers crossed that a meeting tonight The county's branch of the Chartered Institute of Marketing is playing host to the regional director of lottery organiser Camelot. Allan Drummond will be giving
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Dentists ditching two patients every minute
DENTISTS across the county are being forced to ditch more than 300 NHS patients a month. People are also finding it increasingly difficult to obtain NHS dental care in some parts of East Lancashire. The shock figures claim that 41,790 patients in the
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Landmark spire is set to fall
A PEACEFUL setting, a dreamy spire ... a tranquil oasis near the very heart of Burnley's bustling town centre. But not for long - if planners have their way. Demolition men will move in to smash down St James' Church Spire - a landmark for 170 years.
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Heath's men aim to shoot down 'Pool
PISTOL-PACKING Adrian Heath aims his fire at promotion-hunting Blackpool tonight. And he wants another show of true grit from his Burnley outlaws after the Ashton Gate hold-up. The Turf Moor player-manager guided the Clarets to their first Division Two
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College sadness
AS A FORMER student and part-time lecturer at Accrington and Rossendale College, may I express my sadness and dismay regarding the events currently taking place there. During the 1970s, as a mature A-level student, I was encouraged and enabled by dedicated
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Charity biking
MAY I draw your attention to the British Heart Foundation's Israel Experience: a nine-day escorted bike ride across Israel, departing on November 9, to raise funds for research into heart disease? Anyone with a true sense of adventure, over 18 and reasonably
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Airline boss says sorry to the grieving parents
A TOP airline official has apologised to the parents of stabbed student Shehzad Iqbal after they were prevented from flying to Pakistan with his body. Mohammed and Walayat Iqbal, of Saunders Road, Blackburn, were left stranded at Manchester Airport in
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Give us a better job
IT IS TO be hoped that a better job is made of the refurbishment of Blackburn Boulevard than that at King William Street and Ainsworth Street. In both these areas lots of paving flags are cracked. At the approach to the new escalator a nice design is
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War criminals must be brought to book
HARROWING footage and chilling eye-witness evidence of mass atrocity by the Bosnian Serbs were shown on TV last night. If not proof of their guilt of war crimes equal to the genocidal evil of the Nazis, then the Panorama programme hammered out a compelling
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Is no-one going to damn this creeping privatisation?
DENTISTS in Lancashire are ditching NHS patients at the rate of more than 300 a month. A staggering total of almost 42,000 have been "de-registered" in the past two and a half years. Just imagine what an outcry there would be if, instead of dentists,
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World-class biker injured in competition
A CHAMPION motorbike trials rider was airlifted to hospital after coming off his bike in a national competition held at Salt Moor, Rossendale. Stephen Colley, 24, from Onchan on the Isle of Man, was flown to the Royal Preston Hospital in the Lancashire
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Double tragedy
A YOUNG engineer has been killed in a motorcycle accident only two years after his sister lost her brave battle against leukaemia. Neil Blackburn, 22, died instantly after losing control of his motorbike on a country road and falling into the path of
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Young need guidance
THE Rossendale Youth Information Service is looking for volunteers over 16 who can help out at least three hours a week. This service operates at the Youth Information Shop in King Street, Bacup, and from a large mobile unit throughout the borough. It
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Council must rely on lottery cash
A GAMBLE on the lottery is the only way Burnley has any hope of getting many improvement schemes carried out, says council finance chairman, Peter Kenyon. Lack of Government help, he says, means the town must sell assets to maintain others and rely on
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Stars in their eyes!
WANTED: A couple of mega signings, not only to bolster an injury-savaged squad, but to lift the spirits of Blackburn Rovers supporters. For one reason and another, Rovers are on course to finish the current season in the Premiership's version of no man's
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New fabric a life-saver
A NEW 'life saving' fabric from an East Lancashire mill is taking the industry by storm. The Pertex Reflec fabric, produced by Perseverance Mills in Padiham, has been described as a 'world beater' and an 'all British breakthrough' by trade experts. And
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Consult public
IN RESPONSE to "17% council tax rise shock" (LET, March 5), I, along with many members of the community, was highly disappointed to learn that the Conservative group on Blackburn Council wanted to close the museum's South Asian Cultural Gallery, shut
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Survey will find needs of farmers
AN ambitious new project has been launched in the Ribble Valley and Pendle to target the business advice needs and training requirements of farming communities. Every farm in the Bowland area of the Ribble Valley and other areas of Pendle will be asked
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Three injured in moorland crash
THREE people were injured in an accident today on a snow-hit moorland road as wintry weather struck East Lancashire again. The crash partially blocked the A6068 Colne to Keighley road in Laneshawbridge, causing traffic problems as the damaged vehicles
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Council tax: the facts
I WAS disappointed by your coverage (LET, March 5) of the recent debate by Blackburn Council in setting the council tax for 1996/97. Readers may care to have greater factual detail. Central government has capped Blackburn's spending at £21.5 million for
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Blizzard chaos strikes again
COMMUTERS were caught by surprise today as snow brought chaos again to East Lancashire. Roads and rail routes were closed following the overnight snow which weathermen said would persist as temperatures struggled to get above freezing. Police were forced
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Firebugs could kill somebody, say scrapyard brothers
ARSONISTS who have brought a car-breaking business to its knees could end up claiming a life, the owners say. Brothers Ross and Marc Baldwin have offered a £500 reward to catch the people who started two fires in a week at J and J Auto Salvage on Sharples
