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Chemical firm delight
BAXENDEN Chemicals is expanding its operations in the Far East after negotiating a licensing deal with an Indian company. The East Lancashire firm has signed an agreement allowing Bombay-based Hindustan Organic Chemicals to use its technology in the manufacture
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Latest ad-men to join top-account agency
SCOTT Dawson Advertising, one of the region's fastest growing agencies, has recruited two new members to its team. Simon Snape joins as account director, with special responsibility for key accounts new business. Simon has over 21 years' experience in
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Alexander's great reason to celebrate
A REMARKABLE little boy who confounded medical science by undergoing one of the smallest-ever liver transplants is preparing to celebrate his second birthday. Tiny Alexander Barker fought back from the brink of death after contracting liver failure at
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Practise what you preach?
SHEILA BRENNAN (Letters, April 25) claims that medical experiments on animals are wrong, but I've no doubt that, if it were her own life on the line, she would change her opinion - or would she rather die? Unfortunately, medical treatments don't appear
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Mer master John scoops Mike Baldwin's car
SIR could be soon arriving at school driving Mike Baldwin's Mercedes. Science teacher at Towneley High School, Burnley, John Atkinson, won the X-registered Coronation Street Merc in a free draw while taking part in the Lancashire Auto Club's Manchester
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What a lott!
AN Asian help group has scooped a mammoth £190,000 National Lottery jackpot - although its members may never have bought a lottery ticket. Burnley's Bangladesh Welfare Association is one of the biggest Lottery winners in Lancashire, along with Nelson's
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Country snap contest
CAPTURE the countryside on camera, captivate the judges, and your photograph of rural Britain could win you a silver butterfly. And if you impress BBC1's CountryFile viewers, you could win a trip to the Seychelles. I will be providing regular information
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We've been betrayed - pensioners
PENSIONERS who lived and fought through the Second World War today launched a bitter attack on politicians, saying: "We have been betrayed." The scathing criticism was aimed at all the political parties as "war generation" senior citizens gathered for
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Man and teenage girl in stabbing horror
A DOUBLE stabbing in Colne left a teenage girl and a 23-year-old man with serious chest wounds. PC Carl Pickles, who was first on the scene, kicked in the house door and tried to stem the flow of blood from wounds on both people before ambulance staff
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CRICKET: Tykes return 1,000 tickets
LANCASHIRE's hopes of a full house for today's Roses semi-final were dented by Yorkshire and the weather. Lancashire were stunned when Yorkshire returned more than 1,000 of their allocation of 3,750 tickets. That meant that plenty of tickets were available
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Ex-Minster organist is new archdeacon
A FORMER organist at York Minster has been installed as the new Archdeacon of Blackburn. The Venerable Dr John Marsh was welcomed to the cathedral by the Bishop of Blackburn, the Rt Rev Alan Chesters. He will be responsible for overseeing the financial
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Lottery loot for drugs blitz
PROJECTS to fight substance abuse and help the disadvantaged were winners in a £1,167,112 round of lottery awards to East Lancashire today. The area cashed in as the North West was named the region to most benefit after claiming £2.4million of the total
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Slim chance
TIME will tell if Omega watch company's stance against ultra-thin models will change the face of fashion. Giles Reed, brand manager of the watch company in Britain, temporarily withdrew his company's advertising from Vogue because it's glossy pages featured
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Copped on mercy errand by warden
I WOULD like to warn people that the 'Gestapo' have arrived in Blackburn in the uniform of the traffic warden. Ten days ago while collecting a prescription for an 84-year-old invalid from the chemist shop on Mosley Street, near to the Infirmary, I was
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Lord Odin the jewel in the crown
A SUCCESSFUL East Lancashire jeweller has been head-hunted by GCSE students in Scarborough to give them an insight into setting up a new business. Lord Odin, who owns the Vall Hall Jewellery and Gift Shop in King William Street, Blackburn, was contacted
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Braveheart Hendry
SCOTLAND braveheart Colin Hendry (pictured) was today battered and bruised after his country's stirring draw with Holland. But the Rovers defender was back out training with his team-mates at their Stratford camp today and already relishing Saturday's
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Murderer back in jail
A CONVICTED murderer allowed home from prison is back behind bars after armed police found an imitation gun at his home. Alfred Jepson, 49, was sentenced to life in prison in 1966 for the murder of a Derbyshire postmaster during an armed robbery. He was
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Wanderers winger is happy at Burnden
BOLTON Wanderers' wing wizard David Lee has denied he is on the move to Burnley. Several reports over the past 24 hours have linked the Burnden Park winger to a Turf Moor transfer. But today Lee put the record straight and told the Lancashire Evening
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Head rules heart
BLACKBURN Rovers are facing a tricky task in tempting hot goalkeeping property Shay Given to sign a generous new contract. And that is delaying the offer of a new deal to number one choice Tim Flowers. Given, the subject of a strong bid from Sunderland
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Promethean multi-media heat is on!
A NEW company has been formed to help steer firms through the multi-media maze. Promethean - the latest addition to the TDS House stable of technology companies - aims to capitalise on the fast-growing telematics market. The Blackburn firm will supply
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New NW chairman for management consultants
DR Keith Barnes has been appointed chairman of the Institute of Management Consultants in the North West. Dr Barnes, who is based in Crewe, has been involved in consultancy for over 20 years and his clients have ranged from a television company to a multinational
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CRICKET: 'Wide boy' rumpus
CHURCH bowler John Longden has quit the club after the derby league match against Rishton ended in uproar. Longden bowled a deliberate wide which went for four to prevent Rishton batsman Craig Smith scoring a century. South African star and Rishton professional
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Bulls barbarity
IN the World Tonight page (LET, May 22), I was loath to read about one Christina Sanchez who had apparently completed her last bullfight at junior level. What was particularly barbaric was the fact that she took five attempts - which I believe is not
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Doctor is victim of hospital parking
A JUNIOR doctor has blasted her bosses after she was almost wheel-clamped on her own hospital car-park. Dr Gill Lyons spoke out after a bizarre run-in with parking attendants as she arrived for duty at Blackburn Royal Infirmary yesterday. And after firing
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Colette's pony trots with her on bridal path
A BRIDE was moved to tears when she emerged from church to find her pony dressed up in rosettes and sashes to greet her. Colette Hopkins knew that after she was married to Neil Rishton, from Mellor, at St Wulstan's Church, Great Harwood, the Thwaites
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Homeless anger as house stands empty
A HOUSING association property made available for a homeless family under a Government incentive scheme is still empty and being vandalised - five weeks after the former tenants moved out. The previous occupants of the house in Queen Street, Darwen, took
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5 YEARS AGO: Coastal cleanup
A £100 million scheme to clean up Lancashire's coastline was today unveiled by North West Water, as Lancashire County Council leader Louise Ellman met water bosses to press for even better water treatment than planned. Lancashire's coast, branded the
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10 YEARS AGO: Junior medicines withdrawn
PARENTS were today urged not to panic after the nationwide withdrawal of junior aspirin medicines. East Lancashire health spokesmen recommended checking children's drugs to see if they contained aspirin and using safe, paracetamol-based products. Mr Peter
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GOLF: Strokeplay qualifiers
IAN Taylor and John Twistle of Clitheroe qualified for today's second round of the Lancashire Strokeplay Championship at Duxbury Park Golf Club in Chorley. They shot 75 and 72 respectively to comfortably make the halfway cut. Damian Taylor of Accrington
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EQUESTRIANISM: Jackson chosen for Atlanta
SHOWJUMPING specialist Joanna Jackson will take part in the Olympic dressage event in Atlanta. The 26-year-old from Chatburn near Clitheroe, whose dream has always been to compete in the Olympics, was selected by British team officials yesterday. Her
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Ill conceived
THINGS have come to a sorry pass when a junior doctor, about to start a shift at one of our short-staffed hospitals, is threatened with wheel clamping as she reports for work. Dr Gill Lyons was understandably fuming after her encounter with parking attendants
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Treatment of our old folk is an insult
THE way successive British governments have treated our old people is a national disgrace. The basic old age pensions paid in the years since the Second World War have amounted to nothing more than miserable pittances. Both Conservative and Labour governments
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Riddle of why Riaz was beaten
A YOUNG man is claiming his nose was broken and his face badly cut after he was beaten up in the street by two youths. Riaz Malik, 27, was in Accrington town centre when he was set upon by two youths in unprovoked and brutal attack. Riaz, of Blackburn
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BAe workers boosted by news from Sweden
JOBS in Lancashire's defence industry were boosted with the news that British Aerospace will undertake nearly half the workload needed to manufacture and market the first in a new generation of Swedish combat aircraft. The news, which will delight thousands
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Dad loses foot after motorbike crash
GARAGE owner Roger West has lost a foot following a horrific motor cycle accident in the Yorkshire Dales. Mr West, 33, of Lowerhouse, Burnley, was riding his machine at Airton near Malham a week ago when he was involved in an accident with an Audi car
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Stop moaning
I READ with interest Mr W Meadows' latest spate of complaints. May I say how disappointed I was that his name was conspicuous by its absence from the list of candidates for the last council elections. I also note that his name does not appear on any of
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Crime watch on park's flower plot men
RESIDENTS are blooming furious over raiders who attack their local park at night. Householders in Padiham formed a Park Watch group to help keep the town's Memorial Park looking bright and beautiful. They kept an eye on the flower beds to combat the growing
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David's day of destiny
A SCHOOLBOY from Clayton-le-Moors will undergo a life or death operation later today. Surgeon's at Manchester Hope House Hospital will be attempting to remove a blood clot from David Astbury's brain in a delicate operation. The 10-year-old from Pickup
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Tragedy of 'human dustbin' patient
A PATIENT at Calderstones who ate everything from dried flowers to shoelaces and plastic eventually died from her habit. An inquest heard that Frederica Vilia Staden, 55, had lived at Calderstones and Brockhall Hospitals for many years and had a compulsion
