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Sports field camp uproar
TRAVELLERS have set up an illegal camp on White Ash playing fields in Oswaldtwistle after breaching a council cordon aimed at protecting the gipsy-plagued site. Today around 20 caravans, vans and horse boxes were parked on Harvey Street sports field,
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MOTOR SPORT: Foggy's Monza test
CARL Fogarty zooms back into World Superbike action in today's first practice session at Monza before Sunday's race. The 29-year-old Blackburn ace has been practicing hard on his Honda RC45 after a bumpy start to the season. But he is hopeful of getting
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ATHLETICS: Brown's Paralympic glory
PARALYMPIC hopeful Mark Brown has been picked for the British team to run at the Atlanta Games. The 34-year-old from Burnley is selected to run in the 5,000m and is one of 350 British athletes, set for the Paralympics, who will meet up next weekend at
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Leave cobble street alone
A FEW years ago cobbled streets were out of fashion. Nobody wanted to live in one and in East Lancashire millions of cobbles were either dug up or covered in acres of bland tar and chippings. Now they are back in vogue. And the residents of Finsbury Place
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It's time to act over kids' homes
PEOPLE who live near Baltic House, a privately run children's home in Waterfoot, claim that some of its teenagers are running riot. They are so worried that they have contacted local MP Janet Anderson in a desperate attempt to get some peace of mind.
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Giant firm rings up record profit
THERE was good news for hundreds of East Lancashire workers today after the Scapa Group revealed record profits. Scapa, the biggest public company in Lancashire with a head office in the county, saw operating profits leap by 21 per cent to £71 million
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Help buttons back up 'spy cameras'
BURNLEY is pressing ahead in the fight to beat town centre crime with the introduction of a pioneering system of help buttons. Each of the five clearly-marked points provide a direct speech link to the town's security camera control centre, itself linked
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Donna wins a Paris trip
CLERICAL assistant Donna Smith ended up winning a trip to Paris after getting a big break on The Big Breakfast. She had tried several times to get on the whacky Channel 4 show without luck. But finally patience paid off and she took part in a phone quiz
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Regional plans blasted by Tories
NORTH West Tories have blasted Labour's plans to introduce regional government. "There is no evidence that people actually want regional government," claimed Conservative local government committee chairman John Walsh. "People want sensible, decent local
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Chrissie's brave show goes on
SINGER Chrissie Rey continues to hit the high notes despite being told she has only months to live. Chrissie, 34, has terminal cancer but is determined the show will go on. On Wednesday, June 19, she will be on stage at the Guy Fold Cabaret Club, Padiham
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Mum punched by masked attacker
POLICE have warned women not to go on a footpath alone following a savage attack on a young mum. The 30-year-old victim was cycling along the disused railway track from Gipsy Bridge, Hapton, towards Printers Fold, Lowerhouse, Burnley, when she was knocked
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Jobs blow at ICI
ONE of Darwen's largest employers today announced thirty job losses in the first stage of a major re-organisation. The jobs are to go at ICI Acrylics Europe when the company's Hammersmith headquarters closes and transfers to the manufacturing base in
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Tragic TT champion 'dazzled by sun'
A CHAMPION motorbike rider, who had topped leader boards during the early stages of this year's Isle of Man TT, died in an accident after appearing to be dazzled by the sun. Mick Lofthouse, 28, from Dudley Avenue, Oswaldtwistle, lost control of his 250cc
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SOCCER: Tartan-ic battle!
COLIN Hendry (pictured) is ready to get shirty with Blackburn Rovers team-mate Alan Shearer. The Ewood duo have arranged to swap tops at the end of tomorrow's momentous England versus Scotland clash at Wembley. But the big Scot confided that there was
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Hendry v Shearer
THE final countdown has begun. The talking has nearly stopped. The rampant lion is ready to roar and England expects. Book your ringside seats for Alan Shearer (pictured) versus Colin Hendry and a cross-border skirmish primed to stop a runaway juggernaut
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Wing and a prayer
A COUPLE today spoke of a horror flight home with their grandchildren after they claimed passengers saw a chunk of wing break free from their holiday jet. And Mary Jones, 59, who finally arrived back at Venice Avenue, Burnley, yesterday, after being delayed
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Judge decides over Titan 'scam'
A HIGH Court judge will today decide the future of a controversial money-making "scam" which is believed to have netted up to £320 million. Today's decision by Vice Chancellor Sir Richard Scott comes after failed, last-ditch attempts by representatives
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Saturday club kids don't fear surgeons
A NEW club for children aims to take the fear out of going into the operating theatre. The pre-admission club at Blackburn Royal Infirmary has already started to reassure children who have to undergo the surgeon's knife. The group has been running for
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GOLF: Ged's above a cut
AN OPENING round 73 left Ged Furey seven shots off the pace set by South African Retief Goosen in the Slaley Hall Northumberland Challenge. And after a further nine holes today the Pleasington professional was still one over par. Level par or one over
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CRICKET: Lancs on track!
DURHAM will escape a point penalty even though 18 wickets fell on the first day of their Championship match against Lancashire. The North East new boys are on a suspended sentence of having 10 points deducted after a pitch at their Riverside ground near
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Care home riot probe
CLAIMS that teenagers are running riot at a privately run children's home are being investigated by a concerned MP. But management at Baltic House in Waterfoot have strongly denied that its problems are any worse than other homes in the county. The allegations
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Peter's a new director
WOLSTENHOLME Rink plc has appointed Peter James as a non-executive director of the Darwen-based company. Educated at the London School of Economics and a qualified chartered accountant, Mr James has worked for the Scapa Group since 1978, heading their
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Soldier Howard's peaks of fitness
SURE-FOOTED soldier Howard Winder joined hundreds of colleagues on a gruelling trek across the toughest peaks in Wales. And Howard, 27, from Accrington, managed to finish ahead of most of the field in the 31-kilometre 1000 Peaks Race. Corporal Winder
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CRICKET: Tripathi: no appeal
TROUBLED Padiham will not appeal against a £50 fine from the Ribblesdale League after a fresh two-game ban for skipper Pankaj Tripathi. The Padiham captain serves the last of a four-game suspension at Edenfield tomorrow. But he will be eligible for Sunday's
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College facing a trees proviso
TWELVE trees will have to be planted in the grounds of Burnley College as a condition of planning permission for a new entrance. Burnley Council's planning and environment committee were told that seven trees would be lost as a result of improved vehicle
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No.10 date of Peter the chairman
BLACKBURN councillor Peter Greenwood travelled to No.10 Downing street to discuss partnerships between local and national government with Prime Minister John Major. Coun Greenwood, chairman of the Association of District Councils, was part of a delegation
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Youth crime tops conference agenda
A MAJOR initiative aimed at tackling youth crime and improving community safety was being developed today. Youth and community workers, police and representatives of Blackburn Partnership, the business and local council regeneration initiative, were joining
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Late train or slow M-way angers MP
LABOUR MP Greg Pope has told MPs about East Lancashire's transport choice - delayed trains or crowded motorways. He attacked Transport Secretary Sir George Young during Transport Questions over his claims that the transport network in general and the
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Please let us have our own policeman
RESIDENTS claim they desperately need a bobby on the beat to keep crime under control in their village. But Lancashire police said today that during the whole of last year only 32 crimes were reported to them in the village of Brindle and it needed no
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SOCCER: Heath to swoop for u-21 Portugal striker
PLAYER-chief Adrian Heath (pictured) was planning to bring a Portuguese striker to Turf Moor today. The Lancashire Evening Telegraph can reveal that Heath has spent the past four days attempting to iron out a deal for the 20-year-old youth international
