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Charity shock
KIND-HEARTED people buying raffle tickets to send handicapped children to Lourdes are angry that most of their money is used to pay for administration charges, according to an MP. Of the £1 price per ticket, only 20p goes to charity. The rest is being
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Commons pressure puts MP in election dilemma
WORK at Westminster on elections in Northern Ireland might stop MP Greg Pope from helping with the local polls in Hyndburn next week. Mr Pope's responsibilities on the Labour Whip's bench, include Ulster, education and employ- ment. The bitterly contested
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Headache for Heath!
ANXIOUS Adrian Heath has a defensive nightmare on his hands with Peter Swan banned for Saturday's encounter against Wrexham. The towering central defender picked up a yellow card in the 2-1 victory over Peterborough at Turf Moor, taking his disciplinary
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Moans about moans! Bedroom noise annoys
NOISY neighbours' bedroom nookie is one of the more unusual complaints Blackburn Council's noise nuisance team have been called on to deal with. And in another case, a householder complained about the row made by a flock of bleating sheep! But funny incidents
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Bank's closing 'a disaster for town'
RESIDENTS in Oswaldtwistle are being urged to take their custom to other banks, after it was announced NatWest plan to move out of the town. Councillors are furious with the news that the bank plans to close its branch in Union Road and are predicting
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CRICKET: Lancs League clubs refuse to join new board
LANCASHIRE League clubs are refusing to join the new Lancashire Cricket Board. The board was set up last month to oversee the future of cricket in Lancashire. But after last night's monthly Lancashire League meeting, chairman Peter Westwell confirmed:
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Partnership is only way to stop trouble
IT IS perhaps cynical to observe that, with an election on, the problems of a crime-plagued housing estate, dubbed "Darwen's Bronx," suddenly seem to be getting extra attention from councillors - with them joining residents to demand a police crackdown
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Teenage duo's lexicon rave
TEENAGE word wizards Penny Blythe and Lisa Baldwin will be pitting their wits against students from across the North West in the regional finals of a Scrabble competition on Saturday. The 15-year-old Burnley girls, both pupils at Gawthorpe High School
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Call for talks in £10m Colne development battle
A LEADING councillor has called for talks with developers planning to build a massive retail and industrial centre in Colne. Car dealership giant Sanderson Bramall and Pendle Council's Colne committee are on a collision course over the £10 million scheme
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Drinkers toast a piece of inn's history
REGULARS at a country inn will be able to sit on their favourite bar stool forever after snapping up memorabilia from the pub. Fittings, chairs and even the unique semi-circular bar at the Sparrow Hawk Inn, Fence, have been bought by customers as the
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In memory of killer's victims
A SERVICE of remembrance and a rose planting ceremony will take place next to the children's playground in Bold Venture Park, Darwen to commemorate those killed in the Dunblane tragedy. The lives of the 16 children and their teacher, Gwenne Mayer, formerly
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Have a smear test invite
HEALTH chiefs are urging more patients at Calderstones Hospital, to undergo screening for cervical cancer. A study has revealed that few residents at the Whalley site have been taking up their invitation of a smear test. The audit, which took place last
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Exotic tastes
MANGOES, star fruit, chow chow and okra . . . the list of exotic fruits and vegetables now appearing on supermarket shelves is growing. But does the average customer know what to do with them? Do we prefer to stick to carrots, potatoes and peas rather
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Try me kangaroo fillet, sport
A KANGAROO fillet, emu with seafood, alligator and ostrich are just a few of the international dishes being offered at a Burnley Hotel to combat the beef scare. Rosehill House Hotel was taken over eight months ago by Jacquie and John Doherty and with
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The penny has dropped
BLACKBURN and Darwen residents have suffered a substantial increase in Council Tax, despite the Council making nearly £1 million in cuts to services. Why? The service-providing committees of the council have been faced with constant inroads - by the Government
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Primary head slammed by school inspectors
A HEADMASTER has come under fire in a strongly critical school inspector's report. The leadership of Frank Jeffs, head of St Luke and St Philip's CE primary school, Blackburn, has been questioned in a report by school watchdogs Ofsted. It says although
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Musicians gutted as police pull gig's plug
TWO East Lancashire musicians were left reeling today after police pulled the plug on a sell-out 25,000-ticket dance festival they were to help headline. Percussionist and programmer Ged Lynch and keyboard player and saxophonist Martin Slattery were due
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Harford sweats on return of stars
RAY Harford was today sweating on the safe return of the host of Blackburn Rovers stars on international duty. The Ewood boss already has an injury list headache in preparation for Rovers' UEFA showdown with Arsenal at Ewood on Saturday. And with seven
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Towering problem solved by Cape
TWO problem tower blocks in Greenwich, London, are to get a facelift with a cladding system from Cape External Products, Burnley. It will improve the appearance of the blocks and protect against water seepage. Project manager Nick Sibley said: "These
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Ten minutes from tragedy - car hits shop
A CAR crashed into a chip shop just 10 minutes before a crowd of schoolchildren would have been queuing there. The drama happened at York Street, Accrington, after a Volvo was in collision with another car then demolished a drainpipe and hit the stone
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'Artificial county'
ON April 1, the administrative counties of Avon, Cleveland and Humberside were abolished and their areas returned, for ceremonial, cultural and related issues, to the traditional counties from which they were separated in 1974. England's smallest county
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Cable launch going countywide
WOULD-BE television producers are to get their chance, following the re-launch of a community television channel for East Lancashire. Community Television, or CTV, will broadcast on Channel 25 of the Nynex cable network which now reaches from Blackburn
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10 YEARS AGO: 'Sadistic' teenager sought
DETECTIVES are hunting a teenage burglar who set fire to an elderly Blackburn couple's house, leaving them homeless. The youth was seen running away from the terraced house in Matthew Street, Mill Hill, by a workman, who later saw smoke and raised the
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5 YEARS AGO: Trapped by chemical spill
THOUSANDS of motorists were trapped after a chemical spill brought traffic chaos to East Lancashire. The main Blackburn to Preston road was blocked for eight-and-a-half hours as firemen battled to make the chemicals safe. "Traffic backed up to Blackburn
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Scapa sends Fred Down Under
FRED Edwardson is being sent down under by his bosses! In recognition of his 50 years' loyal service at Scapa Scandia in Blackburn, Fred and his wife Shirley, who also used to work for the firm, were presented with two tickets for a trip to Australia
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CRICKET: Scuderi injury fears
NELSON professional Joe Scuderi is doubtful for the weekend's Marsden BS Lancashire League game at East Lancs. The Aussie stalwart has a trapped nerve in his back. Skipper Mike Bradley said: "He only rates his chances as 20 per cent at the moment." The
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GOLF: Paul's frustrating time
A THIRD round 79 prevented Paul Dwyer from featuring prominently in the West of England Championship at Saunton Golf Club. Out of a field of 80, the 23-year-old Clitheroe star finished joint 23rd. But it could have been so much better. Level par after
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Happy days
WELL, well, is Europrint Promotions boss Barry Killy (LET, April 18) the young man I remember from when I was a machinist more than 30 years ago at Cambridge Press in Clayton-le-Moors. Barry's mum and dad and grandad Charlie, were the best bosses I have
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Divorce law doomed
THE GOVERNMENT'S divorce law reforms look doomed, and with them the concept of quick, no-fault divorce. For while last night's revolt, involving more than 100 Tories and a whole bunch of ministers, was on the back of a free vote in the Commons, the government
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Don't miss deadline for business awards!
THE closing date for the Lancashire Evening Telegraph East Lancashire Business Awards 1996 is tomorrow. With more than £10,000 up for grabs, the awards are the most prestigious in the county and will culminate in a gala presentation evening at the Dunkenhalgh
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New 'home' for Tammy
TRANSPLANT teenager Tammy Clark could be moved into a hospital "flat" next week. Tammy, 17, who lives with her parents in Brookside View, Oswaldtwistle, underwent a heart and liver transplant at Newcastle's Freeman Hospital almost two weeks ago. The student
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Fashion passion
IF YOU want to get ahead get a hat - or several of them if you can. Organisers of a fund-raising hat and shoe fashion show certainly took the advice, and raised more than £300 for the RNLI. Colne Ladies Lifeboat Guild organised a fashion show at the Stone
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CRICKET: Green fingered
LANCASHIRE skipper Mike Watkinson has thrown his faith behind a trio of Old Trafford hopefuls hammering on the first team door. The county relied on squad strength throughout last season when international calls robbed Watkinson of the services of a host
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Evans defies party over divorce
RISING East Lancashire Tory star Nigel Evans last night defied the government to vote for a longer "cooling off" period before a no-fault divorce. The Ribble Valley backbencher was one of 165 Tories including 34 ministers who forced the government to
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Animals, poor models for humans
EACH year three million animals used in laboratories are socially isolated, made to live in confined cages to induce symptoms of psychiatric illness. Animals are given drugs, alcohol and substances they would never use in nature. They do not display the
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Netlon jobs shock
A FALL in demand was today blamed for 30 shock job losses at Blackburn success story Netlon. And the firm, which employs more than 350 at its two factories in Mill HIll and Shadsworth, Blackburn, said lack of investment in road building by the Government
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More pie factory jobs go in BSE scare
A PIE firm struggling to survive the BSE catastrophe has been forced to chop its workforce for the second time in a month. The jobs blow was revealed as bosses at Holland's Pies were preparing to welcome Shadow Agriculture Minister Gavin Strang to the
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Thomas the cat has gone AWOL
TWIN ginger tomcats dumped as kittens in an Accrington back alley four years ago have been separated only five days after being reunited. Now heartbroken Lynda Godoy, who lives in Guide, is desperate for any information about her missing cat, Thomas,
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Aerospace firms must fight the Valkyrie
AMERICAN aircraft giant Loral has fired its first shots in the battle to win a £2 billion Ministry of Defence contract. It is proposing to replace the 25 ageing Nimrod sea patrol planes of RAF Kinloss with 25 refurbished American Orions, renamed the Valkyrie
