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Firm that cares wins
A CARE firm set up four years ago and now boasting a turnover of £400,000 has been bought by a multi-national group. The Allcare Home Care Agency was set up by Gill Bailey and Yvonne Carter to provide services for Ribble Valley residents and has contracts
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Cabbage king
IN a crusade to destroy the totally unjustified school dinner image of cabbage and re-affirm it as a truly noble vegetable, I am compiling a Cabbage Cookbook. If any of your readers enjoy unusual or exotic cabbage recipes they would like to share with
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Carlo's ready to do business
GOALKEEPER Carlo Nash insists it is a matter of Clitheroe getting down to business and the rest should follow tomorrow afternoon. The 23-year-old, who works as a sales manager at FH Brown in Burnley, believes the Blues will assert their superiority from
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Mystery death of man, 34, found in front of fire
THE body of a man found dead in his flat was so badly decomposed that it was impossible to say what killed him, an inquest has heard. Anthony Fallows, who had collapsed and was in front of a lit gas fire for several days, was identified by a palm print
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Energy grants for elderly
ENERGY efficiency grants are being offered to people in Burnley on benefits or aged over 60, but to get the full grant they most apply soon. The grants, limited to £315, are available to people on income support, housing benefit, council tax benefit,
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5 YEARS AGO: Community Charge dead
THE TWO Tory poll tax rebel MPs of East Lancashire today welcomed the death of the Community Charge. John Lee and Ken Hargreaves said the changes were good news for their constituents in Pendle and Hyndburn - both key marginals in the next General Election
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College old boys get England call
A COLLEGE has an extra reason to cheer on England football team next week - three players are ex-students. Manchester United's Gary and Philip Neville are the first brothers to be selected for the national squad since the Charltons. They will be joined
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BOXING: Stowe bout cancelled
WARREN Stowe's fight against Greg Scott on Sunday is off. The Burnley Bulldog injured his left shoulder in training early this week and has been unable to train since. Promoter Jack Doughty announced this morning that he had no alternative but to cancel
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Get tough on guns
THE nationwide guns amnesty ordered by the government in reaction to the Dunblane massacre is no bad thing, but is far from enough. For though the amnesty will result, as previous ones have, in thousands of weapons being handed in, these will be largely
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Come on you blues!
WHO says the soccer season has lost its thrill in East Lancashire as the hunt for silverware and glory is tarnished by mid-table mediocrity? Wait up! The way to Wembley is still wide open - and beckoning our region's latest soccer heroes, Clitheroe FC
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Battle to block £10m school plan
A MAJOR campaign was underway today to stop a new £10 million school from being built. Residents say plans by St Wilfrid's High to build the multi-million pound school on the Feniscliffe playing fields site in Blackburn will lead to their property values
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Nik's in a hurry
NIKLAS Gudmundsson knows that the real challenge has only just begun, as he aims to build a big future for himself at Ewood Park. The Swedish international, who did enough during an extended loan period to persuade Blackburn Rovers to buy him from Halmstad
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Twin towers hopes
THE Wembley trail gets a step nearer for both Clitheroe and Chorley tomorrow as they attempt to progress in the FA Vase and FA Trophy respectively. Clitheroe have to make up a 1-0 deficit in the second leg of their FA Vase semi-final against Mangotsfield
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It's time to chase an award
TIME is running out for firms to be in with a chance of winning a share of a £10,000-plus prize fund in the Lancashire Evening Telegraph 1996 East Lancashire Business Awards. If you haven't got an entry form yet, write to the address below, call our hotline
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Sky 'bullies'
NOT satisfied with buying every worthwhile piece of sport and showing it to a paying audience, Sky TV has now resorted to 'pay per view.' What sane person would pay £9.95 to watch ringside action at two o'clock in the morning? On the other hand, Sky's
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Gerry has the class
MAN for all seasons Gerry Harrison is flourishing under the new leadership of Adrian Heath. The Turf Moor utility star collected the plaudits for his assured and measured performances against Blackpool and Swindon Town. But Harrison's development at the
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Scout's honour
TO MILLIONS of fans, football is just about the players on the pitch. But there are sporting heroes backstage too and one of them, who enjoyed an illustrious career at Blackburn's Ewood Park, is hoping to get his autobiography into print in the next few
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Gun collecting
HOW can I justify continuing my collecting of firearms following the recent unspeakably, evil act perpetrated at Dunblane? Obviously, neither I, nor any other reasonable person can find a reason or excuse for that terrible act. But should I and thousands
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'Witch's brew' fuels alarm
THE burning of Cemfuel at the Castle Cement works in Clitheroe could cause asthma in children, the House of Commons has been told. Pendle MP Gordon Prentice said there was evidence that burning a similar fuel in cement kilns at Weardle in County Durham
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High hopes for new product
ULTRAFRAME are hoping a revolutionary new product will knock spots off the competition. The Clitheroe-based firm has developed a new glazing system for conservatories which features patterns of coloured spots or stripes. The new roof product reflects
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Mad prices
SUPERMARKETS and burger chains were today fearing a huge boycott as the mad cow disease scare swept the country. The first victims of the backlash against beef were local farmers, who saw a 20 per cent drop in prices of cattle at Gisburn auction mart
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Year pause on ditching tourist board
THE Ribble Valley, one of East Lancashire's most important tourist areas, is to continue with its membership of the North West Tourist Board. Earlier this year the recreation and leisure committee decided to withdraw as part of a money-saving formula
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Heath set to swoop for City ace Willis
ADRIAN Heath (pictured) was on the trail of £125,000 target Jimmy Willis from First Division Leicester City today. The 27-year-old ex-Blackburn Rovers centre-half had been expected to link up with the Clarets squad at Gawthorpe following the usual medical
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Appeal from star
BEFORE filming the recent BBC production 'Our Friends in the North,' I spent some time researching my role as an Alzheimer's sufferer by visiting a nursing home for patients with dementia. This moving experience taught me the distress caused by the effects
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Slab of trouble as kids play
A CONCRETE slab broke the leg of six-year-old Daniel Moore, who spent two days in hospital. Daniel, of Bridge Street, Rishton, was playing out with friends in Sands Close, Rishton, when the slab fell on him. His mother, Susan Moore, said the slab should
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Long-distance information
WHEN James York put a classified advertisement in the Lancashire Evening Telegraph to sell computer software, he did not expect to be contacted by a customer thousands of miles away. But long-distance shopper Jim surfed the paper's pages on the Internet
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10 YEARS AGO: Rise in child sex abuse
A NEW report showed that up to one in four children were being sexually abused in Lancashire with cases rising 50 per cent faster than horrifying national rates, it was revealed today. An NSPCC report showed a staggering 150 per cent increase in Lancashire
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Four into two won't go...
GARRY Flitcroft's arrival at Ewood could be a manager's dream or, in another sense, his worst nightmare. Blackburn Rovers boss Ray Harford has certainly got the competition for places that he wanted in a midfield section stocked with talent. It could
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Mike heads beyond the Labour fringe
RUM stuff from East Lancashire's Left-wing Euro MP, Michael Hindley...Elect a New Labour government and light the touch paper for a big-bang bust-up that gives birth to a breakaway, truly socialist party for the working class. Reading Mr Hindley's mind
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Woman in dud hand bomb scare
ARMY bomb disposal experts were called out following the discovery of a hand grenade in a garden shed in Oswaldtwistle. The alert was sparked yesterday teatime when a woman found the war souvenir in a shed in Rhyddings Street. She placed the grenade in
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Bride keeps chapel waiting -161 years!
A CHAPEL is preparing for its first ever wedding - 161 years after it was built! Pickup Bank Old Chapel was built in 1835 but, until recent years, held only three Sunday services a year as well as village funerals. Never in its history has the chapel
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Come on you Blues!
VIRTUALLY a whole town will be behind Clitheroe football team tomorrow when they continue on the road to Wembley in the FA Vase. The rallying cry of "Come on you Blues" will echo round Clitheroe's Shawbridge ground as the local team faces the biggest
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Flitcroft signing may not be last before deadline
RAY Harford (pictured) seems unlikely to add to Garry Flitcroft's £3 million capture with another multi-million signing before next Thursday's transfer deadline. But don't rule out entirely the chance of more transfer-market activity at a lesser level
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Trade turns full circuit
CIRCUIT board manufacturer TDS Circuits is back in the black for the first full year since 1988. And the Blackburn-based firm is celebrating its highest turnover for a decade. Heavy investment in equipment and development of new markets helped sales grow
