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Fun day in Big Country
WORSTHORNE village centre was transformed into an American Country Fair on Saturday complete with country and western music and line dancing. The annual carnival is held to raise money for St John's Church and takes a different theme each year. This time
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Lodge sell-off fears
ANGRY Parkwatch members say a lodge at Blackburn Corporation park should be let out to local groups rather than sold. The Parkwatch committee fears the sell-off of the East Lodge could be the thin end of the wedge, with Blackburn Council putting other
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'Wheelie' good way to empty the bins!
WHEELED bin refuse collections may be extended throughout Burnley after a trial scheme proved they were "wheelie" popular. A six month pilot project covering 6,500 properties was extended for the results of a questionnaire to be assessed. That showed
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Police dogs join search for hostages
POLICE dogs were flown to Kashmir today to help check claims by a captured separatist guerrilla that two Britons, including Blackburn student Paul Wells, and two other western hostages held for nearly a year were killed and buried in a mountain forest
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Bootleg shocker
BOOTLEG van gangs are costing EVERY pub in East Lancashire £3,225 a year in lost sales, shocking new figures reveal. More than 1,300 crossings a week are made for cheap booze from the continent which floods the local market and threatens the livelihoods
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CRICKET: Harvey smashes stunning 184
JONATHAN Harvey set his season alight with a stunning display of aggressive batting as Earby ripped Baxenden apart in the Vaux Ribblesdale League. The Applegarth professional re-wrote the record books as he smashed his way to 184, an innings which included
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Most of us pay in full
RIBBLE Valley MP Nigel Evans comments (LET, May 18) that people living in so-called sheltered accommodation only pay £5 for a TV licence while other pensioners pay the full amount. As a resident of a pensioner's bungalow, I would like to point out this
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Time to stop bootleg booze
SHOCK figures today reveal the true extent of bootleg booze which the Government is still trying to pretend does not exist. As pubs, clubs and brewing jobs go to the wall throughout the country - and more particularly in the brewing stronghold of East
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Centre a waste of cash
WHAT a kick in the teeth for Barnoldswick! Only months after the Tourist Information Centre was done up at public expense, Liberal Democrat Pendle Council is to close it, (LET, May 22). What a waste of public money! This short-sighted, Scrooge-like closure
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Child catchers not the answer
ORIGINAL thought is the very least the a country should expect from the party plying for power in the next Government. So it's disappointing to see Blackburn MP and Shadow Home Secretary Jack Straw leaping on to the Bill Clinton bandwagon in a bid to
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MPs should wait until end of inquiry
FOLLOWING the terrible shootings at Dunblane, a number of politicians, particularly Jack Straw and David Mellor, are attempting to gain popularity by pressing for a total ban on ownership of various types of firearms. They say that there is no good reason
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The perfect match: Soccer passion takes couple far and wide
SOME people collect stamps, others beer mats - but soccer-crazy Peter and Christine Marsden collect football grounds. They have already visited nearly every every league ground and many non-league grounds in England and nearly every ground in Scotland
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Harper set for backroom team
ALAN Harper could be Adrian Heath's first backroom appointment at Turf Moor, writes TONY DEWHURST. The Lancashire Evening Telegraph can reveal that Harper will be asked to link up with coach Terry Pashley as part of the Turf Moor youth scheme next season
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Burns peril of day trips in sun
AN ALARMING report has revealed that nearly half of all day trippers from the North West got sunburned around Britain last summer. And these figures could be set to increase, with some weathermen predicting a repeat of 1976 when a drab May was swiftly
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Victory dream of TT's tragic victim
MOTORBIKE ace Mick Lofthouse revealed only a month before his fatal Isle of Man TT crash that he was desperate to achieve his lifelong dream to win on the island. The 28-year-old from Dudley Avenue, Oswaldtwistle, died in a crash while practising before
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CRICKET: Grant beamer rumpus
PADIHAM professional Joe Grant was barred from bowling by umpire David Pilkington during Saturday's Vaux Ribblesdale League game at Oswaldtwistle Immanuel's New Lane ground. Paceman Grant was warned for bowling beamers before the ultimate step was taken
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Adam wins dream trip with superstar Bon Jovi
ROCK fan Adam Smithson will get the chance to appear on stage with his world famous idols Bon Jovi, after winning a radio competition. The 17-year-old still cannot believe he will be appearing on stage with the rock group later this Summer in the Hungarian
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GOLF: Foster smashes course record
TREVOR Foster blitzed apart Accrington and District Golf Club in the Arthur Gibson Open Singles to shave two shots off the course record with a sizzling 63. After dropping a shot on the first, the Lancashire stalwart and Accrington head greenkeeper birdied
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Newsman in rumpus over Oyston probe
FREELANCE journalist Andrew Rosthorn is at the centre of a row between two national Sunday newspapers over his investigations into the Oyston scandal. The Sunday Times alleged that witnesses in the recent trial had been "subjected to improper approaches
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CRICKET: Chorley lose top spot as Baptiste shines
DEFEAT by four wickets at St Annes on Saturday cost Chorley their place at the top of the Northern League. Professional Ronnie Davis contributed 42 to Chorley's 172-7 but the total never looked enough on a wicket which became more docile as the game progressed
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Dead baby: Police quiz his parents
THE TEENAGE parents of a five-month-old baby boy were still being interviewed by detectives today more than 40 hours after the child was found dead from head injuries. Christopher Rose, 19, and his partner, Kelly Catlow, 18, were arrested after the youngster
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CRICKET: Field stars clinch victory for Lancs
UNSUNG hero Gary Yates hailed "one of our best-ever fielding performances" after Lancashire defended a small total of 187 to keep their Sunday League title bid on track. Gloucestershire were cruising at 47-0 when Yates, such a crucial member of Lancashire's
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Back in hunt for Dugarry
CHRISTOPHE Dugarry could be ready to solve the mystery surrounding his projected £3.5 million transfer from Bordeaux before Euro 96 kicks off on Saturday, writes PETER WHITE. And Blackburn Rovers have not yet been counted out of the chase for the French
