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Backlash on late payers
SMALL firms in East Lancashire are in favour of more red tape in a bid to tackle late payment, according to a local bank manager. A survey carried out by Lloyds Bank, found 75 per cent of small businesses in favour of a statutory right to interest on
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Design-a-sign treat time
YOUNGSTERS came up with ideas on how best to give visitors a warm welcome to Burnley. More than 60 children from Hargher Clough junior school, entered the competition to find designs for "Gateway" welcome signs for the town. And there was a treat for
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5 YEARS AGO: Hospital job cuts fear
HEALTH service staff in East Lancashire were 'appalled' by the swingeing job cuts announced at two top London hospitals - and feared they might be next for the axe. They said that the 600 job losses at Guy's and Lewisham Hospitals, which won Independent
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Free-fall pooch's head for heights
A FREE-falling pooch has forced a family to consider replacing their first floor front windows - after undoing the latch and jumping out three times! Daredevil pet Charlie embarked on the 15ft plunges after becoming impatient waiting for his owners to
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CRICKET: South African gets work permit
CHAD Grainger will play for Accrington this weekend in the Marsden BS Lancashire League after finally receiving his work permit from the Department of Employment. The 23-year-old Transvaal batsman will fly in either tomorrow or early Sunday morning to
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Reunion plan
I WANT to trace colleagues who attended Hull Municipal Teacher Training College from 1946-1948 as I am hoping to organise a re-union early in September. JEAN H WHITTLE (nM-Ne Gray), Meadowside, Ryton, Shrewsbury, Shropshire SY5 7LN. Tel: 01743 718 285
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GOLF: Pair are Wentworth bound
GED Furey and Nick Lomas won the Pro-Captain Challenge at Hillside Golf Club by four strokes after firing a marvellous 63. Furey was excellent throughout but Lomas, off eight, played a significant part, recording a nett eagle on 18 to make sure of victory
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Vision of future promises high-tech hook-up to help
A VISION of the future where residents can quiz council officers over video phones has been unveiled by Pendle's ruling Liberal administration. Councillors accept the vision is still some way off, but say technology that would allow such a scheme is developing
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Councillor unknown
IN reply to Christine Cramsie (Letters, April 22), I have lived in Bank Top Ward, Blackburn, for 23 years and I know who the official Labour candidate is - Mohammed Khan, who calls round our area regularly to see if he can help us. Mrs Cramsie, who represented
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The piffle about bull bars
THE piffle emanating from the Association of Protector Bar Manufacturers (Letters, April 12), cannot go unchallenged. Of course, vehicle bull bars serve a necessary purpose in agricultural environments, but for pity's sake, what justification can we have
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He's not forgotten
300 days have now elapsed since Blackburn back-packer Paul Wells was taken hostage by Kashmiri separatists - a milestone marked today by a plea from his home town for his release. We pray that it brings a swift end to his ordeal. And though none of us
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Connection to Kathleen?
AS a local historian, I have come across this photograph of Higher Walton String Band, taken, I believe, outside All Saints' vicarage, Higher Walton, about 1912-13. I would like to believe that the lady and gentleman sitting at the centre are William
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What now for poor old Ken Clarke?
HAVE PITY on the Chancellor Kenneth Clarke. His war chest of vote-winning tax cuts has been swiped at a stroke. For his and the government's hopes of a pre-election giveaway look dashed today by a Court of Appeal ruling forcing the Treasury to pay back
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Tories cutting losses
WHY, with 21 seats being contested in this year's local elections in Blackburn and Darwen, are the Conservatives fielding only 12 candidates? After all, certain Tories seemed to think that they were going to make sweeping gains in the elections, due to
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Former Claret Flynn says no favours for Heath
BURNLEY can't expect any favours from old boy Brian Flynn at the Racecourse Ground tomorrow. Flynn - tipped by the bookies to take over at Turf Moor when Jimmy Mullen's reign ended a few weeks ago - has put his Wrexham side on the play-off trail. And
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John's a partner
JOHN Green, pictured right, has been made a partner at Pierce Chartered Accountants of Blackburn. John, a former pupil of Clitheroe Royal Grammar School, will have responsibility for forensic accountancy work carried out by the firm. He joined Pierce
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Managers earn £29,533
AVERAGE managers' pay in the North West rose by five per cent last year to £29,533. And directors saw their earnings increase by almost 10 per cent to £76,376, according the pay survey carried out by the Institute of Management. The survey found there
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Engine passes endurance test
THE Rolls-Royce Trent 800 engine - which the firm's Barnoldswick plant makes components for - has just passed its latest test with flying colours. The engine has undergone a test to simulate 3,000 operational flights which would take more than three years
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Dangers of failure have escalated!
THE danger of Lancashire firms failing during the next 12 months is higher than at the end of the last recession, according to financial information firm CCN. At the end of 1993, just as the economy was pulling out of the recession, CCN predicted 24 per
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Youngsters' training chance
A FIRM which can trace its foundations back 240 years, is busy building for the future. Henry Ibbotson & Son was one of the first East Lancashire firms to take part in the Modern Apprentices scheme last year and is now hoping to recruit another two
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10 YEARS AGO: Help child victims call
A BLACKBURN councillor today called for a new centre to help the child victims of evil sex beasts. With sex offences on the increase, Coun Nen Bramley-Haworth wanted the council to set up a counselling clinic where youngsters could go to seek help. "Every
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New jobs from old cans
A NEW community company in Burnley will recycle cola cans and renovate old furniture in a bid to create job opportunities and protect the environment. Burnley Community Business and Resources Centre Ltd., also aims to provide small start up workshops,
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Horror as TV drops from the sky
SHOPPERS watched in horror as a man dropped a television set from a town centre multi-storey car park, missing another man by inches. The incident happened when Blackburn town centre was packed with shoppers and workers on their lunch breaks. An eye-witness
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'Green' residents are blue
GREEN-FINGERED residents are feeling blue after council workmen mowed down a patch of wild flowers on a specially-created grassed area next to their homes. People living in Duke Street, Winewall, Colne, helped create a wildlife garden at the end of the
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Victim of The Bronx
A DISABLED man who suffers from heart trouble became the latest victim of teen violence on Darwen's troubled St James's Estate - which has been dubbed The Bronx - on the eve of his 53rd birthday. Phillip Day, of Ivinson Road, needed three staples in a
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MOTORCYCLING: Speed kings aim for Donny glory
CARL Fogarty and Neil Hodgson will both be hoping to put the disappointments of Misano behind them this Sunday at Donington for round two of the 1996 World Superbike Championship. Double world champion Fogarty, riding his new Honda RC45, endured a tough
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Murder style probe launched
POLICE launched a murder-style inquiry today after the body of a 46-year-old woman was found at a house in Barnoldswick. A 48-year-old man was being questioned today by detectives investigating the death, which is being treated as suspicious. A post mortem
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CRICKET: Fielding raps out warning
CLITHEROE professional Jonathan Fielding has warned explosive Read: 'Don't expect to break any more club records this weekend'. New Read professional Saeed Anwar smashed an incredible 152 off 102 balls against Whalley in last weekend's Vaux Ribblesdale
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All quiet on the car war front
EVIDENTLY, the government has selected neutral for a transport policy as its Green Paper on the way forward - the first national transport strategy document for 20 years - turns out to be a damp squib. For it steers clear of controversy and offers few
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'Discretion' does not exist
REGARDING T Momoniar's remarks (Letters, April 17) concerning the Coroner Andre Rebello's use of 'discretion' when dealing with post mortem examinations, it seems to me that surely a 'discretion' does not exist. If a doctor has been unable to issue a
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Magic memories
HISTORIAN John Goddard has recorded a town's 20th century for posterity. Mr Goddard, a founder member of Hyndburn Local History Society and a former borough librarian, has just had a book of photographs published detailing life and event in Accrington
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Gainsborough Trinity 1, Chorley 0
CHORLEY were a shade unlucky to take nothing from an entertaining end to end game after battling determinedly with ten men from the twelfth minute. Keeper Simon Marsh was dismissed for a challenge on Grant Morrow outside the penalty area but Dave McKearney
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Eyres earns high praise
MAN for all positions David Eyres has been singled out for special praise by manager Adrian Heath. Eyres - who publicly stated he would love to end his career at Burnley - has been a shining jewel in Heath's reshaped side. "One of the things that has
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Rioch's keen on Keown!
MARTIN Keown is not a name that has been on too many lips during the raging bouts of speculation over what will be Terry Venables' final summer selection to contest Euro 96. But the Arsenal defender, who won the last of his 11 England caps as a substitute
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Strike partners unleashed
RAY Harford is forced to unleash a new strike partnership as Rovers bid for a coveted place in European competition. Kevin Gallacher, pictured right, is expected to join man-of-the-moment Graham Fenton as fellow Euro-contenders Arsenal visit Ewood for
