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500 look at jobs chances
MORE than 500 young people flocked to Ewood Park in a bid to match their career ambitions with a job. Dozens of local employers set up stands to promote opportunities under the Modern Apprenticeship scheme in areas including engineering, construction
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Boss's award thanks
COMPANY boss Tony Rink has paid tribute to his staff after winning a major business award. Wolstenholme Rink, based in Darwen, won the Duke of Westminster Award for North West companies employing between 251 and 1,000 employees. And joint chairman Mr
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Net result is a quick triumph
A FLEDGLING computer firm launched less than a year ago has struck a major deal with one of the country's biggest retailers. InterNeXus Communications is about to launch the country's first off-the-shelf Internet access package which aims to get computer
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Fight to ban 'killer' sheep dips
A NATIONWIDE battle to outlaw potentially deadly chemical sheep dips is being backed by sheep farmer Brenda Sutcliffe. Brenda, 57, from Sheep Bank Farm, Littleborough, began her personal crusade to ban the use of dips containing organo phosphates three
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Stanley tomp: GUISELEY 1 STANLEY 3
ACCRINGTON Stanley ended their season on a high note with a well deserved win at Guiseley. Stanley took the lead on nine minutes, Brett Ormerod intercepted a poor back pass by Mark Ledingham and seeing goalkeeper Steve Dickinson off his line superbly
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Picture kids' cup of woe
DISAPPOINTED youngsters had to be consoled by their parents after they missed their turn to be photographed alongside Blackburn Rovers' Premiership trophy. Some pupils at Rishton Methodist Primary School posed beside the cup on Thursday with the remaining
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10 YEARS AGO: BAe is hit by strike
LANCASHIRE'S giant British Aerospace factories were today at a virtual standstill as a strike by more than 5,000 engineers began to bite. Pickets on duty at the three major sites in Samlesbury, Warton and Preston turned away delivery vehicles this morning
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CRICKET: Darwen fall
Graeme Parkinson's 41 not out was not enough to keep Darwen's hopes alive at Lancaster in the Vaux Northern League. Parkinson's 41 and a spirited 36 from professional Peter Skuse was the mainstay of the Darwen score (141-8). But Lancaster claimed the
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CRICKET: Chorley sit at the top
CHORLEY CC share the leadership of the Northern League with Lancaster after taking a maximum 16 points from the first two games of the season. On Saturday, Chorley defeated Fleetwood at Broadwater by 87 runs. Batting first Chorley reached 187-4, Roland
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CRICKET: Atherton century
MIKE Atherton hit a superb unbeaten century to steer Lancashire to a comfortable victory over Durham at Old Trafford today. The England captain had struggled to make 24 out of a total of 82 for 2 in the first 24 overs last night before rain forced the
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Now the church is hit by political correctness
NO, it's not April Fool's Day so it must be true. The Church of Scotland is serious about its plan to remove Jerusalem from the hymn book because it claims no-one knows what it means. It's also considering doing away with the popular carol God Rest Ye
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WREXHAM 0 BURNLEY 2: Heath's sigh of relief!
THE pilgrimages to Lourdes in search of miracles can be cancelled and any pacts with the devil put on hold. Threatened Burnley finally banished the risk of a drop to the bottom division with a tenacious display at the Racecourse Ground, coinciding with
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Kids' rink of confidence
SCHOOL pupils went skating crazy when their school hall was transformed into an ice rink for the afternoon. Youngsters and parents from Benjamin Hargreaves CE School in Accrington were doing their Torville and Dean impressions when a dry ice skating arena
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Churches concert closer
A GRAND finale concert at Brierfield Methodist Church brought the curtain down on an annual festival. About 150 classes at Burnley's 41st Methodist festival, included a range of interests from Bible reading and hymn and poetry composition, to video films
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WEA meet to plan year ahead
A PLANNING meeting will be held by members of the Burnley and Padiham branches of the workers' education association. North West secretary of the WEA Dr Ian Hartford will address tomorrow's meeting at Palace House Nursing Home, Burnley. The meeting will
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A family affair?
EACH year the police are asked to investigate hundreds of allegations of sexual and physical abuse against children in East Lancashire. A small group of officers, who currently operate from cramped offices above a police garage in Accrington, are called
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Roadside protest on abortion law
PRO-life campaigners in East Lancashire gathered in the Ribble Valley to as part of a nationwide protest against abortion. A dozen members of the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children - SPUC - lined the Clitheroe by-pass on Saturday carrying placards
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Cash dash aids nuclear victims
FACTORY workers braved spring showers to take part in a fun run to raise funds for the Friends of Chernobyl Children charity. Workers from Philips Components in Blackburn took part in the two-mile run around the factory perimeter both to raise cash for
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Crook snatches company cash from car
A COMPANY secretary had a large amount of money snatched from her car when a crook carried out an elaborate heist. And police are now warning firms to be on the lookout for suspicious characters when they make large withdrawals from banks. Detectives
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Everyday tale of a problem estate
GWILYM Hall (Letters, April 17) says there may be any number of reasons why prospective council tenants are reluctant to move to the Roman Road estate in Blackburn. He cites ill-informed public opinion and people hearing bad stories about the estate.
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Crash drama in shopping street
A TRAGEDY was avoided by sheer luck when a car overturned on to the pavement in a town centre street. Amazingly, no-one was on the pavement in Higher Church Street, Blackburn, at the moment when the purple Yugo swerved across the road and crashed on Saturday
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Hendry X-ray fear
COLIN Hendry was visiting hospital for X-rays today, with fears of cheekbone damage to the Blackburn Rovers star overshadowing the controversy caused by refereeing decisions in Saturday's crunch Euro-clash against Arsenal. Hendry, handed the supporters
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Doctors to shake up out-of-hours service
FAMILY doctors in Burnley and Pendle could set up night-time and weekend clinics in local hospitals in a major shake-up of out-of-hours services. A recently-formed 25-strong co-op of local GPs has already agreed to start operating out of Pendle Community
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ROVERS 1 ARSENAL 1: Priest's unholy intervention
THERE was a flag day with a difference at Ewood on Saturday as Blackburn Rovers' home programme ended in yet another bout of controversy. The yellow flag of linesman Barry Priest was more like a red rag to a bull as it gave Arsenal a penalty and left
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Battlefields visit
THE Birmingham-based War Research Society is running coach trips this year to the battlefields and cemeteries of Northern Europe. The Somme, Ypres, Mons, Verdun, Normandy, Arnhem, Nijmegen, St Nazaire, Berlin, Colditz Castle and the 'Dambusters Raid'
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Rail man attacked by thugs
FOOTBALL yobs attacked a guard during a clash on a late-night train as it travelled between Blackburn and Burnley. The injured man was kicked in the groin and punched as he tried to break up a battle between Rovers and Clarets supporters at around midnight
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Driver dies in crash
A DRIVER died after his car severed a lamp-post, turned 180 degrees and smashed into a tree. Police and fire crews rushed to the scene at Red Lees Road, Cliviger at 10pm on Saturday and firefighters freed the driver. An ambulance team tried to resuscitate
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5 YEARS AGO: Acid spill in street
AN INVESTIGATION was underway into how dangerous acid leaked into a Darwen Street. Firefighters were called to a pool of hydrochloric acid in Chapel Street after a worried resident smelt the colourless, corrosive chemical which looked like a puddle of
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Continental drift!
BURNLEY player-boss Adrian Heath was ready to launch his Turf Moor league of nations today. And with Second Division safety guaranteed, Heath was targeting TWO continental stars - one from from Germany and one from Holland - as he begins the task of re-building
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ATHLETICS: Modahl in East Lancs return
BLACKBURN's Witton Park Arena is set to stage a piece of athletics history next month with the return to the track of Great Britain's exiled star Diane Modahl. The Sale Harrier has not raced on a track since August 19th 1994, when she was pulled out of
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CRICKET: Nawaz on song
READ professional Shahid Nawaz gave warning that he could be chasing records in the Vuax Ribblesdale League after a second impressive batting performance. He rattled up 63 against Clitheroe, taking his personal total of 215 runs after just two games.
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MOTORSPORT: Nightmare for Foggy
CARL Fogarty's bid to claim a third World Superbike title in a row is turning into a disaster. The Blackburn ace struggled throughout the weekend at Donington and had to eventually settle for eighth and seven places in the second round. A massive crowd
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CRICKET: Heywood's gallery
DEPRIVED of the services of professional Daniel Marsh, Todmorden maintained their 100 per cent start to the season with a maximum haul at the Horsfield. But Todmorden captain Stuart Priestley wasn't getting carried away or making any rash predictions.
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Euro smoke screen will not save them
WHEN THE going gets tough, what does any self-respecting politician do? Duck behind a handy smoke screen, of course. And that's precisely where around 100 Tory MPs are preparing to dive with the announcement that they will fight the next election on a
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Aid lorry stranded at Ukraine border
AN aid lorry from East Lancashire delivering supplies to victims of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, has been stranded at a border for five days - because of BSE fears over British milk powder! Cartons of dried milk are on the back of the 40ft articulated
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Town hall cleaners in pay dust-up
CLAIMS that Blackburn Town Hall cleaners are paid less than £3 an hour and have to provide their own materials have been denied by private cleaning contractors. The contract was handed to Manchester-based We Are Cleaning four years ago under new compulsory
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Yacht, what waste
REGARDING your story (LET, April 8) about plans for a Royal yacht to replace Britannia at a cost of £63 million, surely there is no need for this extravagance. It is a scandal that this money cannot be put to a better use. For one thing, the Royal yacht
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Cotton on to Time Tunnel
THE Textile Time Tunnel at Oswaldtwistle Mills has been officially opened by Hyndburn MP Greg Pope. It covers 300 years of the cotton industry at Moscow Mill and is the newest attraction at the shopping and leisure complex. The walk-through exhibition
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Chorley sneak home: CHORLEY 1 EMLEY 0
AN opportunist goal by Brian Ross, his 31st of the season, brought Chorley victory and a league double over Emley. In the end the Magpies won quite comfortably but this was their fourth game in eight days and at first it showed, as Emley opened at a cracking
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Life-saving words on 999 line
AMBULANCE bosses are poised to introduce an American-style system in a bid to save more lives across East Lancashire. The 'Pre-Arrival Advice' service will plug the gap between a 999 call being received and the ambulance arriving at the emergency scene
