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Finest hour
JUST before the Battle of Britain commenced, Winston Churchill said: "........so that if the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will still say, 'This was their finest hour'." How very sad that, a mere 50-odd years later
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Wrecking Crewe: CREWE 3 BURNLEY 1
BRUISED, battered and crestfallen - Burnley's mini-revival careered off the rails at Crewe Alexandra. There could be no argument that the Clarets played a role of great consequence in an enthralling encounter at Gresty Road. But it left furious player-boss
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Hygiene hitch at store
AFTER redeveloping at some expense and cosmetically hyping up their salad bar, Morrison's Blackburn store seems to have left out the most essential item - hygiene in the form of plastic gloves. The previous bar functioned perfectly. The gloves were an
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College praises 'untiring' staff
A COLLEGE is a front-runner in the increasingly competitive world of education, according to its annual report. The glossy document sets out Nelson and Colne College's achievements over the past 12 months and looks forward to a new year. Bernard Rothwell
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5 YEARS AGO: Bungling raider foiled
A BUNGLING raider was left stumbling from an off-licence after the manager foiled his hold-up attempt. The would-be thief walked into the Cellar 5 store on Royd's Street, Accrington, brandishing a craft-style knife and wearing an army-style woollen hat
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10 YEARS AGO: M-way link decision
THE GOVERNMENT was expected to decide this summer which route it preferred for the long-awaited link between the M65 and M6/61. The Green Route - a by-pass to the south of Blackburn - was likely to be the eventual choice, county councillors were told
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CHORLEY 1 FRICKLEY ATHLETIC 1
ANY Gateshead observer taking in this game would have learned little or nothing about his team's FA Trophy task at Victory Park on Saturday. With key players Dean Emerson and Kenny Mayers again missing from manager Dave Sutton's lineup, the Magpies' play
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Use records to recruit
EMPLOYERS are being urged to make better use of achievement records when recruiting. For several years every school leaver in East Lancs has been compiling a National Record of Achievement, detailing academic qualifications and attributes. "When recruiting
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Protect pigeons
MAYBE I am being a bit cynical, but if Blackburn Council is serious about reducing the feral pigeon population, perhaps they should persuade the government to make all feral pigeons a legally-protected species nationally. I am sure that if they did, pigeon
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Unsafe taxis are the issue
OTHERS may have dealt it to him, but Mr Aziz Chaudhry, director of Burnley and Pendle Racial Equality Council, does his cause a disservice, we think, when he plays the race card over spot- check safety swoops by police and Department of Transport officials
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Crime bust cameras could flood town
CRIME-busting security cameras will go up all over Burnley, if the Home Office gives the go-ahead to a £371,000 extension of the succesful town centre scheme. Five schools, Burnley College, a health centre, a retail park and two railway stations are among
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Sutton in reserve
CHRIS Sutton hopes to take a positive step forward on the route to full recovery tonight, when he turns out for Blackburn Rovers reserves against Notts County at Meadow Lane. The £5 million man made a brief - but important - re-appearance on the first
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Boost for Lucas as profits soar
LUCAS Industries, one of East Lancashire's biggest employers, has reported a 35 per cent profits leap to £61 million. And the firm, which employs more than 2,000 at its sites in Burnley and Accrington, was confident of prospects for the coming six months
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Lib Dem is chosen
SENIOR SCHOOL manager Brian Dunning has been chosen as the Liberal Democrat prospective parliamentary candidate for Rossendale and Darwen. Australian-born Mr Dunning moved to Bolton at the age of nine, then served a mechanical engineering apprenticeship
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'Killers' video block
THREE local MPs have joined calls to get the violent and controversial film Natural Born Killers banned from video release. Burnley's Peter Pike, Ribble Valley's Nigel Evans and Chorley's Den Dover are among 100 MPs from all parties to sign a Commons
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Call for more bobbies on beat
POLICE have been asked to put more bobbies on the beat to tackle the growing problem of drugs in a deprived area of Nelson. Community and councillors from Whitefield met with senior police officers following a disturbance involving 100 people complaining
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Eerie world of a Tory
I WAS quite stunned by the uncanny and eerie world of Donald Pearson (Letters, March 14), who put his official hat on to rebuke the Blackburn Labour Council for its increase in council tax. On the surface, it seems that the Conservatives have people's
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Bright spark call-up
A COLLECTOR of cigarette lighters has been 'head-hunted' for his expertise and will appear at an antiques show to give on-the-spot evaluations. David Ashworth, from Burnley, has been collecting lighters for about six years and now has between 600 and
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Houses not fit for humans
MORE than half the privately-owned homes in Blackburn Bank Top ward are unfit to live in, a survey revealed today. Unfit housing and poor housing conditions are significantly worse than the borough average with 55 per cent of houses in the ward unfit,
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KNOWSLEY UTD 1 ACCRINGTON STANLEY 0
STANLEY slumped to defeat at Knowsley in one of their worst performances of the season. Knowsley almost took a 14th minute lead when Rob Mulloy turned a Mark Wilde shot round the post for a corner. Six minutes later Mulloy was beaten to the ball by Wilde
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Don't scar our lovely area - MP
RIBBLE Valley Council have been told to block plans to wreck the area's beauty with wind farms, waste incinerators, housing and quarrying. Local MP Nigel Evans has made an impassioned plea for action to prevent the valley being covered in concrete. He
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Accident-free staff win safety award
STAFF at a Clitheroe factory beat colleagues across the country to a top safety award. Employees at the 3M Neotechnic site, which manufactures aerosol valves and cans for the pharmaceutical industry, were set a target of working 1,120 days - 1.5 million
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History man slams museum cuts
THE HEAD of Blackburn's museum and art gallery for a quarter of a century has spoken out about vicious cuts in funding for the service after losing his job as part of budget reductions. Head of Arts Adrian Lewis fears the internationally-acclaimed museum
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Zimbabwe trip a dream come true
A YEAR teaching science and maths in Zimbabwe provides the ideal break between studies for a keen young traveller. Jonathan Turney, 18, of Crosshill Road, Blackburn, has always wanted to spend time in Africa and will jet out to the country at the end
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Shoe plant steps out with huge order
WORKERS at a fledgling footwear manufacturing plant based at a Burnley training centre have taken a big step by celebrating their biggest order so far. "Best Foot Forward'', launched by new Direction Training Centre in Stoneyholme and now operating as
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Leah's dad to give up drugs quest?
THE father of tragic Ecstasy victim Leah Betts could be forced to quit his full-time anti-drugs crusade because of a lack of cash. Former policeman Paul Betts has travelled the country highlighting the risk of drug abuse since his daughter collapsed and
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GOLF: Carman's double winter triumph
BURNLEY-based golf professional Paul Carman won the third fixture in the Compsty Winter Series at Fairhaven with a three-under-par 69 - the day after flying back from Portugal where he top scored in the Golf Holidays International pro-am. The Huddersfield
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CRICKET: Harris to miss start of season
CHRIS Harris is set to miss the start of the Marsden BS Lancashire Cricket League season next month, leaving Ramsbottom to find substitute professionals for their opening four or five fixtures. And Bacup are also sweating on Roger Harper's availability
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Get knitting
I PLAY Audrey in 'Coronation Street' and I would like to ask the knitters among you to take up your needles to help find a cure for arthritis. As Alf (played by Bryan Mosley) will tell you, much too readily, I often get in a tangle: but now I'm getting
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Our heritage must be saved
AXED after 25 years along with eight other staff and morning opening hours at Blackburn Museum in the council's budget cuts, Head of Arts Adrian Lewis today questions the values that targeted the town's history and arts treasure house for such savage
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School aid for child victims of Bosnia war
EAST Lancashire youngsters will play a major part in helping to rebuild a school in war-torn Bosnia. Every school in the county is to be asked to come up with cash-raising ideas for the project. The scheme is the idea of Lancashire Fire Service and War
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Punter George a grand loser!
UNLUCKY punter George Hollings has been left counting the cost of a double betting blunder. George, 54, right, should have picked up a cool £1,200 after picking four winners but ended up with just £36.22. He had waged £20 on England beating Ireland in
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Support group launch
RELATIVES of pensioners resident in nursing homes attended the launch of a support group at Springfield Clinic, Preston New Road in Blackburn which marks its fifth anniversary. The Mayoress of Blackburn Margery Caville attended the Blackburn District
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SuperScan kick-off
SUPERSCAN was given a kick towards its £1 million goal when three top soccer stars joined the fund-raising team. Blackburn Rovers players Nicky Marker, Alan Shearer and Jason Wilcox owe their careers to MRI scans which were able to quickly identify their
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Mediterranean town centre fare?
PLANNING permission is being sought for a Greek/English restaurant in Burnley town centre. The application is for the change of use of the first floor above the Golden Fish Bar in Parker Lane. Other applications recently submitted include: erection of
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Lessons are a lot of hot air!
ENERGY-saving youngsters were left feeling a little deflated when high winds prevented a hot air balloon from getting off the ground. But their hopes began to rise when the 90,000 cubic feet balloon was partly inflated in their school hall and they were
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Specials response 'poor'
A POLICE drive to recruit specials from the Asian community in Burnley had met with a 'quite poor' response, Chief Inspector Barry Tomlinson, told race harmony chiefs. He said a special seminar in the Daneshouse and Stoneyholme community centre had not
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Bosses pay to fly stab victim home
STABBING victim Mark Richmond died from a single wound to his heart, a post-mortem examination has revealed. Blackburn-born Mark, 27, who was working as a barman on Lanzarote, was found dying in the street in the resort of Puerto del Carmen last week.
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Dunblane massacre distress helpline
SOME people in East Lancashire have been left so distraught by the Dunblane massacre that they are seeking counselling to help them through the trauma. They have been turning to social services to help them cope with their distress at the slaughter of
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Seaside special
MANY people say that a sea watch during March and April is one of the most exciting events in the birdwatcher's calendar. I agree, but you have to get to the sea when the tide is in during daylight. Naturalists in the North West have an advantage because
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Fire crew diverted by a hoax caller
FIREFIGHTERS averted an action replay of an incident in which a child died when a malicious call clashed with a legitimate blaze just streets away. Crew members from Blackburn station were sent to Hastings Close after a message that a woman had been overcome
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Churchill chance to dream
I REFER to Bert Hardwick's remarks (Letters, March 8), on Communism - which, for the record, I have never had any time. Winston Churchill wrote many things but he was prone to inconsistency. The fact that a few cretins chose to scrawl slogans on walls
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MP urges beef ban backing
THE British Government is foolish and wrong to oppose a Europe-wide ban on beef produced with growth hormones says Euro MP Mike Hindley. Britain was alone in opposing a tightening of the ban. Junior Agriculture Minister Tony Baldry had warned that it
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Golf driving range plans
A PROJECT to create a golf driving range on Ribble Valley farm land has been put before council planning chiefs for examination. The scheme includes two shelters, one containing 12 driving bays and the other eight bays, as well as a car parking area for
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Heath set to wield axe
ANGRY Adrian Heath has warned his Burnley squad that they are playing for their Turf Moor futures. The furious Burnley chief accused his team of "diabolical defending" following last night's 3-1 reverse at Crewe Alexandra. He rapped: "Our defending in
