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Amanda's seal of approval
OFFICE manager Amanda Cox has become only the second employee in the North-west to reach a new standard. Amanda, who works for Clitheroe solicitors John Houldsworth & Co, was presented with the NVQ Level 4 in Management by business development advisors
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Heavens above!
AN East Lancashire Methodist church has been re-built stone by stone in Japan - to be used as a wedding chapel! In a bizarre twist the massive stone-built Higherford Methodist Church will be reopened in the autumn in a suburb of Tokyo. The chapel, dismantled
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Deadly rays
BURNT and damaged flesh is the usual reward for sun seekers who attempt to achieve a golden tan on a short beach holiday. Thousands of people from East Lancashire plan to jet off to foreign climes this year for their annual fry-up, forgetting that the
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And the band plays on as Catherine was laid to rest
MUSIC was the love of singer Catherine Donlan's life, so it was only fitting a jazz band should lead the procession at her funeral service. The Pendle Jazzmen played her favourite song 'Georgia on My Mind' as Catherine was laid to rest in Nelson Cemetery
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10 YEARS AGO: BAe order booster
LANCASHIRE'S strike-torn British Aerospace factories were boosted by a big new order today. The German government announced plans to strengthen its airforce with 35 new tornado fighters at a cost of £1 billion. They were to be assembled in Germany but
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5 YEARS AGO: Danger dogs clamp
A PLANNED clampdown on dangerous dogs was welcomed by East Lancashire MPs, who called for police to step up action to stamp out dog fighting in the area. Home Secretary Kenneth Baker was working on proposals, including a ban on the sale and import of
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Hotel's free breaks to guests
A LOYALTY programme for business customers has been introduced by a Blackburn hotel. The town's Moat House is one of seven in the North West to take part in the Crown Collection Card scheme. Business guests are given a magnetic swipe card which they can
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Bouncers protect church
A CATHOLIC priest today told how he has been forced to recruit a team of 'bouncer' altar guards to protect his church from yobbos during weekly confessionals. Father Kevin Griffin revealed that gas-sniffing youngsters and drug pushers plague the area
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Crunch night on buses
THE future of Hyndburn Transport could be settled tonight at a crunch summit of councillors. A special meeting of Hyndburn policy and resources committee is meeting behind closed doors to consider the contents of a consultants' report. Possible options
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Computer kings' M&S contract!
COMPUTER firm P&P has struck a major deal with retail giant Marks & Spencer. The Haslingden-based firm will supply a range of information technology products and services including hardware, software and network facilities at the firm's head office
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CRICKET: The 'greatest' one-day game
IT remains, to some who saw it, the greatest one-day cricket cup tie ever played - certainly the longest and, in the circumstances, surely the most dramatic. How the memories came flooding back when Lancashire were paired with Gloucestershire in the quarter
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Disband equality council
IS the schools witch-hunt (LET, May 6) which has been carried out by local branches of the Racial Equality Council legal, and if so why? This organisation and its predecessor, the Race Relations Board, have gradually spread their sphere of influence to
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Tragedy teenager's stars in his eyes
BLACKBURN Rovers players started the ball rolling...and now a school is planning to raise cash for a former pupil who severed his spine in a horrific sledging accident. Wheelchair-bound Stephen Lightbown, 16, was left paralysed from the waist down after
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Spirit of Whit is rekindled
VILLAGERS marched to the sounds of a brass band when they joined in an annual church walking day. The community turned out in force to take part in the St Leonard's Church, Balderstone, walking and fun day. Balderstone Brass Band led the procession on
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BODY IN BITS MURDER: Gruesome trail of burned limbs
A TAXI driver who killed his heavily pregnant wife and dismembered her body was today beginning a life sentence for murder. Javed Iqbal, 26, of Milner Street, Burnley showed no emotion as he was led away at Preston Crown Court yesterday. In passing sentence
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Police warn over theft conmen
POLICE have warned people, particularly the elderly, to be on the look-out for two thieves posing as officials. The men conned their way into the home of an elderly woman in the Hibson Road area of Nelson yesterday afternoon. While one distracted the
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Kids lives at risk, fire chief warns
CHILDREN who started a fire in the basement of an empty shop in Burnley, put their lives at risk. The youngsters could easily have been trapped in the underground rubbish-filled room with horrifying consequences, a fire chief has warned. Children thought
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Beresford hoping to sign new deal
CLARETS keeper Marlon Beresford believes Burnley have a bright future under Adrian Heath and he dearly wants to be part of it. Beresford is considering the offer of a new two-year deal and hopes to sign a new deal. "I am very optimistic about the club's
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Save historic buildings
IT does seem ironic that Blackburn Council's idea of redevelopment is to obliterate 1960s/1970s buildings (such as wholesale market and former Regent Hotel), but to leave the 1840s buildings on Church Street to go to rack and ruin through neglect until
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Two-faced clock rescued to mark those schooldays
A VERY special water clock now marks time in Padiham's high school. The Padiham Clock has had a chequered history since it was made about 150 years ago by Jonathan Cryer of Bingley. The hand-made two-faced large clock was handed down after Mr Cryer died
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Defenceless victims
I FEEL that I must speak concerning the recent murder trial at Preston Crown Court, in which the victim was my son, Julian Brookfield. Because of the nature of the case, the length of time between his death and the discovery of his body and the necessity
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Ditch car campaign
COUNCILLORS will discuss the progress of a campaign to coax people out of their cars at a meeting of the county highways and transport committee tomorrow. The Travelwise Transport Awareness Campaign was launched in October to encourage people to use their
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Toddler Amy's Disney joy
A CHARITY night for terminally ill toddler Amy Allan broke all records for the working men's club that staged it. The Furthergate Working Men's Club in Blackburn often holds fund-raising events for local causes - but the charity night they held for Amy
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Ah so, a lasting export
AH, so, it's not all one-way traffic - we're selling stuff to Japan. An old Methodist church from Barrowford is about to become a wedding chapel in Tokyo. More rum still, however, is the thought that when all those cars the Japanese sell us are gone to
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Reasonableness is key
THE NEW guidelines from Director of Public Prosections Barbara Mills advising police that people who use "reasonable force" to protect their property from intruders should not be charged will chime with the public's notion of natural justice. It is, after
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Labour's new tax means end of free learning
NEW TAXES are seldom greeted with delight. But a welcome might actually be reserved for Labour's proposals today for graduates to be levied for as long as 20 years to repay at least £12,000 of the cost of their university education. Why? Because the present
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SuperScan Superwalk, super effort!
CHARITY chairmen were stunned when they estimated the proceeds of the SuperScan Superwalk. For when all the money is collected it is expected to top £50,000! "It's a staggering amount," said appeal chairman Mike Trickett. Cold weather and rain meant that
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A portrait of Julian
WHILE the recent murder trial and subsequent conviction of the killer of Julian Brookfield is still fresh in our minds, I would like to address the imbalance of Julian's character representation in the Lancashire Evening Telegraph and, perhaps, give readers
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Friends say their final goodbye to Noel
TWO hundred former colleagues, sports and social club fellow members and friends, crowded into St Michael and All Saints' Church, Foulridge, to pay their final respects to Noel Wild - a legend in local journalism. Mourners travelled from all parts of
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Gallacher recovery
KEVIN Gallacher's road to potential Euro 96 glory opened up again today when he was able to join team-mates Colin Hendry and Billy McKinlay on Scotland's flight to America. A hamstring injury in the final Premiership game of the season cast a cloud over
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Profits picture of health
SETON Healthcare, owners of the Cupal site in Blackburn, has announced a 52 per cent rise in profits. The Oldham-based group, which manufactures products including Diocalm, Ralgex and Asilone, saw sales rise by 38 per cent to £84 million in the year to
