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BOXING: Stowe out to cause upset
BURNLEY Bulldog Warren Stowe gets an opportunity to enter the big time tonight when he encounters British Super Middleweight Champion Joe Calzaghe at the Goresbrook leisure centre in Dagenham. And although he is by no means in peak condition, he is absolutely
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Heath's ready for Euro double swoop
ADRIAN Heath is ready to launch an invasion of Europe to bring a league of nations to Turf Moor. The Clarets player-boss is making plans for trips to Portugal and the Netherlands to run the rule over two players who top his list of transfer targets. And
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Our health service badly underfunded
REGARDING the recent shootings in Tasmania and the slaughter of the innocents in Dunblane, and other similar incidents over the years, it's time something was done about potentially dangerous folk by placing them away from society in secure units. We
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We're decent folk!
WITH reference to your recent articles about the St James's Estate in Darwen, as a resident, I would like to point out a number of things to readers. We are not all unemployed social deviants. On the whole, we are hard-working, caring parents with well-kept
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Mission on lookout for any old stamps
HAVE you any Green Shield Stamps (new or old) lying around the house? I can use every stamp or book of stamps to raise badly-needed funds to help Augustinian Missionaries working in the Third World. We are urgently in need of funds. Please help me, to
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Hotel gets lease of life
ONE of the Ribble Valley's best known hotels is looking forward to a new lease of life. New owners of Stirk House Hotel, Gisburn, are planning the future after purchasing the business from Stirk House Hotel Limited company which has called a meeting of
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Upgrading plan is a waste of cash
REGARDING Walt Meadows blaming council tenants for the council tax increase (Letters, April 11), I strongly object to being referred to as one of the Labour Party's "favourite species." I have lived in this same flat for 30 years and have not owed a penny
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10 years of hell
EMOTIONAL Annette Anthony has spoken about the 12 years of soul-searching and confusion which finally ended with the conviction of her son's killer. The mother of Julian Brookfield spent ten years hunting and hoping for a glimpse of the fun-loving 19-
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SHEARER STAYS: Walker kills rumours to put record straight
JACK Walker has a message for any worried Blackburn Rovers fans - Alan Shearer's future lies at Ewood Park. And he also made it clear that there is money available for manager Ray Harford to bring in more new stars to play alongside the England striker
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Animals important to medical research
THE views of Mrs Sheila Brennan on animal research (Letters, April 15) would find very little support from mainstream medicine and science. A recent British Medical Association survey showed that 19 out of 20 doctors agree that animal research is important
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Wreckers in £90,000 rail depot raid
FIREBUGS dealt a savage blow to East Lancashire Light Railway when they smashed and wrecked rolling stock, causing more than £90,000 worth of damage. Windows were smashed and upholstery torched in four Mark One carriages being readied for refurbishment
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Residents wary of being arrested
IT is all very well for Inspector Harry Bretherton to criticise residents for not coming to the assistance of one of his officers when he was being attacked on the St James's estate in Darwen. (Telegraph, April 25). However, if any residents had come
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Accident victim's cash shock
Pay back demand for £25,000 THE case of a man whose Disability Living Allowance has been suddenly withdrawn has been taken up by Hyndburn MP Greg Pope. David Aspden, 63, of Moss Street, Great Harwood, has also written to John Major and Tony Blair to plead
