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Barry is new cable manager
BARRY Woodman has joined Thorsman as a commercial manager for the company's cable management business. Barry, 50, who will be based at the Blackburn head office, will be responsible for sales administration, inquiry handling and order processing for customers
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Jet protesters confront workers
WORKERS arriving at the Royal Ordnance plant in Lower Darwen were met by protesters. Campaigners from the Stop the Hawk Deal held a protest outside the plant as part of a county-wide programme of action aimed at British Aerospace-owned factories. The
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Supply contract packs a punch
A PACKAGING firm's latest contract is hot stuff. RPC Containers of Guide is supplying jars to BE International for its range of Indian chutneys, pickles, seasonings and pastes sold under the Rajah brand. "To remain successful we have to be looking forward
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Setback for region as more firms go under
BUSINESS failures in the North West have rocketed. Figures for the first three months of the year show a 24 per cent rise on the same period last year. Company liquidations increased by 31 per cent and bankruptcies by almost 18 per cent. It is the first
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Young stock watchers notch up healthy profit
PUPILS are keeping a close eye on the stockmarket at the moment. A team of students from St Theodore's High School in Burnley have reached the quarter finals of a competition to find the best young share pickers in the country. More than 1,500 teams from
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Soap star Sarah down at t' mill
TV soap star Sarah Lancashire crossed over the border to relaunch Britain's last clog factory which was down on its uppers but is now set for a rosy future. This weekend's celebrations at the 150-year old mill which houses Walkley's Clogs in Hebden Bridge
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No wind mast here, say valley objectors
WIND farm objectors will be rallying their troops tomorrow to do battle over a second planning application to site a weather mast in a Ribble Valley beauty spot. The borough planning committee will be recommended by officers to approve plans for a 130
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BLACKBURN ROVERS 0, EVERTON 3: Winter of discontent
ON the weekend that heralded the arrival of British Summertime, it was only a Winter's tale at Ewood Park - referee Jeff Winter. The fans who had flocked to Ewood, hoping to see Garry glitter and a contest between two equal teams - in numbers as well
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Mass testing to trap rapist
DETECTIVES determined to trap the brutal Billinge Wood rapist have carried out an unprecedented DNA testing operation at the scene. Officers swooped on Blackburn's Witton Park, Billinge Woods and Killiards Lane yesterday, almost six months to the day
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Coach stuck in the mud
AN EASTER day out in Blackpool ended with dozens of Padiham families stuck in the mud after the coach ran off the road. The 56-seater coach got stuck on a grass verge in a country lane in Samlesbury after braking for an oncoming car. But the quick action
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Class strikes slammed
CLASSROOM strikes would hit teachers and play into the hands of the Government, Shadow Education Secretary Jack Straw said today. The Blackburn MP spoke out after the biggest teaching union threatened disruptions over pay, negotiating rights, primary
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Real teeth needed
A WARM - but qualified - welcome must be given to the new state Environment Agency which comes into being today. For it has brought together dozens of separate bodies that existed before - notably the National Rivers Authority, HM Inspectorate of Pollution
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Why not give us back our water boards?
WITH its record of over-the-top charges and rocketing profits, leaking pipes and "fat cat" bosses paying themselves obscene salaries, the privatised water industry has been long overdue for a shake-up. But, however welcome are the government's proposals
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Dogs die in canal house boat inferno
TWO dogs died and their owner was made homeless when a narrowboat caught fire on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal at Foulridge. The owner, Mick Woodcock, raised the alarm by running to the Hole In The Wall Inn a few hundred yards away. He suffered minor
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25-stone bedridden ex-beauty queen needs firemen's lift
FIRE crews used a turntable ladder to lift a former beauty queen who had been bedridden for 15 years out of a first-floor bedroom window into an ambulance. Burnley ambulance crew called the fire brigade out to help take grandmother Linda Marrison, who
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Rapist hunt goes on
A SENIOR detective leading the hunt for the brutal Billinge Woods rapist today insisted: "We can still catch our man." The claim follows an intensive new push to solve the crime yesterday when officers carried out DNA tests of possible suspects and interviewed
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Industry under-invested
AS the MP for Lancashire West and Secretary of the North West Group of Labour MPs, I am dismayed to see yet another of our successful industries being undermined and under-invested by the Government. In a region more heavily hit than others by unemployment
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Injured Chris faces six-month lay off
BURNLEY'S key defender Chris Vinnicombe could be out of action for six months. The Turf Moor left-back was carried off five minutes before half-time in the 4-1 defeat at Wycombe Wanderers after breaking his right ankle. But the fracture means he already
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Alun lands first class post
ALUN Roberts has been appointed head of Royal Mail operations covering East Lancashire. He will be responsible for an area including Blackburn, Burnley, Blackpool and Lancaster. He was previously area processing manager. Converted for the new archive
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Beef on beef
CONTINENTAL beef is less safe than British, but the other EU governments disguise this. Even so, inspectors in Belgium are murdered. Therefore, the answer to the EU ban on British beef exports should be a similar ban on all imports of beef, milk, butter
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Make-overs bringing in the money
MAKING the world a more beautiful place - fashionable fundraisers enjoyed an insight into make-overs and manicures at an evening of beauty demonstrations for the SuperScan Appeal. Staff at Slaters Hair and Body Shop, Whalley New Road, Blackburn, organised
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Sagas of the sickbed
THE National Meningitis Trust needs to reach the vital over-55s audience. Meningitis is still largely associated with children and younger people generally. However, this devastating disease can strike at any time of life. To increase further our profile
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Double triumph as pupils slog it out in country
RUNNERS from St Stephen's CE School in Burnley beat 360 children to scoop the honours at a district cross country championships. The event, around Towneley Holmes, attracted entries from 25 primary schools in the Burnley and Padiham education district
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Driver in car plunge terror
EMERGENCY teams fought to free a driver from his crippled car after it smashed through a metal barrier and plunged 30 ft to earth. Fire fighters cut through a door to release 24-year-old Lee Walsh from the twisted wreckage of his vehicle following an
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Mermaid checks sink lorries
MORE than half the lorries travelling through East Lancashire have defects, a survey has shown. Sixty-five per cent of vehicles stopped by police as part of a nationwide crackdown on road crime were found to have faults. Operation Mermaid was launched
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Big new shake-up for water
A MAJOR shake-up of the water industry which could see bills in the North West fall is set to be announced. Factories and residents could soon choose which company they buy supplies off - but the radical plans have been attacked as 'window-dressing' by
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Pool pals raise cash for wards
PALS played pool for 12 hours to raise money to thank the children's wards at Burnley General Hospital for saving Paul Howard's nephew's life. Cameron Howard, of Padiham, was struck by the potentially life-threatening virus meningitis just after Christmas
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WYCOMBE 4, BURNLEY 1: Heath's men find it so grisly at Adams Park
ELEVEN months after relegation from Division One Burnley are in grave danger of nose-diving into the Football League basement. That is why the next 180 minutes of football represent the most decisive period in the recent history of Burnley Football Club
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Arts and crafts silver jubilee
ACCLAIMED Higham Arts and Crafts Exhibition is celebrating its silver jubilee. Special events were organised with Higham's St John the Evangelist Church to mark the 25th anniversary including an evensong attended by the Mayor and Mayoress of Burnley Coun
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Water our lifeblood
WHY is there still a water shortage? Millions of gallons of water have been wasted and I do not mean through burst pipes, leaks and consumers using water frivolously. For as long as I can remember we have always had wet summers and wet winters. After
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Squatter sells the homeless magazine
BURNLEY'S first official seller of the homeless magazine The Big Issue is a former Burnley lad. Craig Daley, 30, now lives in a squat in Hulme in Manchester, but travels by bus back to Burnley from Wednesday to Saturday to sell the magazine. The Big Issue
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EMLEY 1, ACCRINGTON STANLEY 3: Stanley power show
AN excellent second half performance gave Accrington the three points at Emley. Stanley took the lead after 26 minutes, Mark Rawstron beat two men and struck a long range shot under the diving body of Emley keeper Richard Coyles. Emley equalised nine
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GLOSSOP NE 0, CLITHEROE 2: Blues back on song
THE Blues returned to winning ways in fine style at Surrey Street, producing a performance full of determination, skill and hard work. From the outset Clitheroe went all out for victory, with the first quarter of an hour particularly frantic for the Glossop
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CHORLEY 3, LEEK TOWN 1: Classy Chorley spring a disappointing Leek
COCK-A-HOOP Chorley produced a classy display to demonstrate the qualities which have taken them to the FA Trophy semi-finals and were comfortable winners over a disappointing Leek side. Despite the advantage of a fifth minute goal, when Darren Twigg
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Bucket brigade can wash cars after ban lifted
THE car wash ban is being lifted in East Lancashire although the hose pipe ban remains. North West Water are lifting the non-essential use ban which has been in force in Lancashire since last year. This comes despite another month of below-average rainfall
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My son a guinea pig says mum
A MOTHER claims her child would be a guinea pig if he went to the school allocated him by the education authority - but the school says he would be a trail-blazer. Jane Ball received a letter saying her son Jonathan had not got a place at his preferred
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Anger over debut star Flitcroft's sending off
GARRY Flitcroft's new team-mates today backed Blackburn Rovers' "devastated" red-card victim to the hilt. And there were also harsh words for referee Jeff Winter who seemed to over-react, perhaps influenced by the actions of Everton striker Duncan Ferguson
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Fund-raisers mourn toddler Daniel
THE funeral of toddler Daniel Carrie will take place tomorrow in Darwen, the town that rallied to help him. And dozens of mourners who raised funds for Daniel are expected to attend the service. Five-year-old Daniel lost a three-year battle against a
