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Rossendale poll winner may quit for Vatican
LABOUR almost swept the board in Rossendale with just two Tory wins out of 12 seats up for grabs, leaving the Conservatives with just five members on the 36 seat council. But no sooner had the ballot papers been counted than one newly elected representative
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Dad and son make Pendle poll history
FATHER and son team Bryan and Neil Akrigg made it a night to remember with a double celebration for Labour in Pendle. They scored a unique family connection in the borough by clinching Brierfield and Clover Hill for the party in last night's local elections
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10 YEARS AGO: Mods make for seafront
FOUR hundred scooter-riding Mods took over part of Morecambe seafront today for their annual Bank Holiday rally. Motoring organisations reported that roads were jammed as a mass exodus of people travelled to the Lake District and other resorts. Twenty
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CRICKET: Chappie's video nasties!
GLEN Chapple today revealed the secret behind his impressive early-season form - a winter spent watching video nasties! The 22-year-old paceman's rapid development stalled in 1995, a season he started as an England candidate, but ended with only 33 championship
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CRICKET: Accent on youth
READ will give an untried teenager his bow in tomorrow's Vaux Ribblesdale Cricket League's big match against Edenfield. Seventeen-year-old slow left arm bowler Andrew Whittaker is handed his senior debut as Malcolm Heyworth is unavailable for the match
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CRICKET: He's batman
LIGHTNING-fast pace bowler Allan Donald believes he could pick up a huge bonus from his Marsden BS Lancashire Cricket League stint - through his batting! Donald has made a good start in difficult conditions, taking wickets and scoring runs. And one of
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Homes help
FROM April this year, the financial help older people can get who live in care homes has changed and more will now be able to claim assistance for paying home fees, because of changes on how savings and occupational pensions may be treated. Counsel and
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'I'm happy to stay at Burnley' - Beresford
MANAGER Adrian Heath has opened contract negotiations with the Clarets' number one. And with his current deal due to expire next month, Marlon Beresford exclusively told the Lancashire Evening Telegraph today: "I'm happy to stay at Burnley." He added:
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Business news
A selection of business stories will appear here Converted for the new archive on 14 July 2000. Some images and formatting may have been lost in the conversion.
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Goldsmith worth a vote
IT would be interesting to know whether Sir James Goldsmith is putting a candidate up for the forthcoming elections in Blackburn. If so, I think it will be worthwhile going to vote as, it seems, he is the only one at present who has the welfare of the
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Tory heartland now a wasteland
THE loss of Basildon to Labour and Tunbridge Wells to the Liberal Democrats last night means there is no longer such a thing as a Tory heartland anywhere in Britain. And Conservative wipe-outs in places as far apart as Newcastle and Oxford, Oldham and
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Tory Enid sole survivor in Burnley double-whammy
LABOUR delivered a double double-whammy to their opponents as they swept to victory in Burnley's council elections. They captured two seats each from the Liberal Democrats and the Conservatives to further strengthen their iron grip on the town hall. And
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Red letter day for Labour
TORIES were today counting the cost of last night's trouncing at the polls in East Lancashire. The party lost more than 500 seats in England to push the prospect of a General Election this year even further away. The largest local shock was in Hyndburn
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What now after poll pounding?
NO MATTER what face-saving gloss their spin doctors apply to the local election results, the truth is that the Tories still took a terrible pounding at the polls last night. For there is no way that the loss of 560 council seats across the country can
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Pupils steer safe course
A SCHOOL is hoping a new driving course will help make the motorists of the future safer. Year 11 pupils at Witton Park High School, Blackburn, are taking part in a pre-17 driving preparation course. They had had 10 weeks of theory lessons before getting
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Liberals stronger despite Pendle bus sell-off backlash
PENDLE'S Liberals consolidated their power base in the borough as the talk of a backlash against the controversial bus sell-off failed to put the brakes on the party gaining extra seats. The ruling administration gained two wards from the Conservatives
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Leader ousted in Blackburn anti-Tory backlash
IT WAS "blue murder" in Blackburn as Tories paid the price of the national backlash with the shock sacrifice of their leader and deputy leader. Labour kept all the 11 seats it defended and snatched three Tory seats to strengthen its majority to 27 on
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A group of D-mens
DAVE, Dylan and Des might be a folk group, but they don't mind a bit of Saw Doctors or Pogues. In fact, Dave is even thinking of adding Oasis or a bit of Blur to their repertoire which now covers some 400 songs. "I keep in touch with the music scene through
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Seven and hell for Hyndburn deputy mayor
JOYFUL Labour supporters in Hyndburn are eagerly waiting for the General Election following another night of triumph at the polls. For the third year running, the ruling party made big gains across the borough at the expense of the Conservatives. They
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Rock smashes Labour winner's front door
A VICTORIOUS councillor's celebrations were cut short last night when vandals threw a rock through his £400 front door. Labour's Richard Heap had just returned to his home in Ormerod Street, Accrington, after holding on to his seat in Hyndburn Council's
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DNA price of freedom
IN response to your report (LET, April 1) about DNA testing to catch the Witton Park rapist, the police authorities are to be applauded and encouraged in their persistent search for the perpetrator of this abhorrent crime. However, what I feel it is important
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Why no protest?
WHY are animal rights groups not raising hell and blockading abattoirs in defence of the tens of thousands of healthy beasts due to be slaughtered in the name of political expediency? K ELLEL (Mr), Westwood Avenue, Rishton. Converted for the new archive
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Comments which wounded
MRS V Barker (Letters, April 23) was, rightly, very distressed by the woman's comments about her son while he was playing football. But she may like to bear in mind the following: The woman doing the shouting obviously had such a low opinion of herself
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12 years for Ewood killer Blakemore
SONGWRITER Brian Blakemore was today sentenced to 12 years in prison for killing Darwen teenager Julian Brookfield and burying his body in the shadow of Ewood Park. The 51-year-old father-of-three of Rose Place, Accrington, was sentenced by Judge Mr Justice
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Police to probe proxy votes
POLICE have been asked to investigate the record number of proxy votes cast during a bitter election fight in Pendle. As Labour and Liberal Democrats claimed major victories and Tories were left licking their wounds in East Lancashire, it emerged that
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Mixed feelings
RAY Harford, pictured right, today wished Glenn Hoddle the best of luck in his new role as England coach. But then the Blackburn Rovers boss, still holding onto a slim chance of a place in Europe, admitted he wished the appointment could have been made
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Splendour among the sandhills
WHEN I was visiting the Lawnmower Museum recently I met a fellow visitor who suggested that I should visit Meols Hall at Churchtown, near Southport, and just off the main road towards Preston, writes RON FREETHY. It is certain that there has been a dwelling
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No laughing matter
WALT Meadows (Letters, April 27) says the country will not be laughing long if the Labour Party wins the General Election. But has this country had anything to laugh at over the 17 years of Conservative government? In fact, every time in the last 30 years
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5 YEARS AGO: Labour win in landslide
JUBILANT Labour were celebrating an election landslide that ensured a grip on all but one of East Lancashire town halls. And their triumph in the local polls seemed likely to have pushed a General Election back to the autumn. In the first nationwide test
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Prize asset
LANCASHIRE Evening Telegraph sportswriter Brian Doogan was honoured in London last night, when he was highly commended for his work. Brian, a key member of the best sports desk staff in the business, was invited to attend the British Sports Journalism
