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MPs no longer matter
THE relevance of whether our MPs are worthy of a 26 per cent increase in salaries, should be measured against our membership of the European Union. What Brussels decides 'for our good' dominates our parliamentary legislation. Our MPs are now no longer
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MP Janet picked for Labour's top team
ROSSENDALE and Darwen MP Janet Anderson was today promoted to Shadow Minister for Women as Tony Blair extended his reshuffle into the lower ranks of his spokesmen and women. Mrs Anderson, formerly a Home Office Whip, is delighted to take over from Tessa
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Village in fight to stop new estate being built
RESIDENTS of a picturesque Rossendale village are campaigning to throw out plans for a housing estate which will almost double the population. Janice Johnson, chairman of Irwell Vale Residents Association and owner of Irwell Vale Nursery, said: "If we
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Marcus chances are nil
IWAS tickled pink by your front page story (LET, July 16), telling of Councillor Marcus Johnstone's pledge not to accept the 26 per cent pay rise if he is elected as MP for Ribble Valley. Since his chances of electoral success are considerably lower than
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5 YEARS AGO: Training camp talk
AN EMERGENCY meeting of Rossendale councillors was announced to consider new facts about the Army extending its Holcombe Moor training camp. It first appeared Environment Minister Michael Heseltine had made an irreversible public inquiry decision to allow
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10 YEARS AGO: Bike ride to gold
CYCLIST Alan Gornall struck gold as he helped the English team to scoop one of the country's first medals in the Commonwealth Games. Alan, 26, led the team across the finishing line in Edinburgh in the 100 kilometres team time trial, a massive 94 seconds
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CRICKET: 10-game ban for Graham
MICKY Graham of Whalley CC has been banned for 10 matches by the Vaux Ribblesdale League following an incident in a league match against Edenfield on June 29. Edenfield's Mark Burns has also been slapped with a two-match ban plus a further two suspended
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RACING: Swan's setback
SWAN At Whalley, who has enjoyed sparkling form recently, suffered a setback at Catterick on Wednesday and won't run at 'Glorious' Goodwood next week. The four-year-old gelding, owned by Capt Harry Barlow, landlord of the Swan Hotel, Whalley, took a knock
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ICE HOCKEY: Hawks' border raid
BLACKBURN Hawks begin their Northern Premier League season with a trip to Kirkcaldy to take on Fife Flyers on Saturday, September 14. And Irish newcomers Castlereagh are the first visitors to the Arena 24 hours later. Hawks' first return trip to Northern
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CRICKET: Lancs face battle to save game, admits Stanworth
JOHN STANWORTH today admitted that Lancashire face a battle to save their Cardiff championship clash. With Glamorgan skipper Matthew Maynard intent on beating the Welsh County's record total against Lancashire off 475 set at Old Trafford last year, Lancashire
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CRICKET: Fallon aims for lift-off
WHALLEY'S mission to drag themselves off the foot of the Vaux Ribblesdale Cricket League table takes on a new dimension starting tomorrow. Some would describe it in one word - impossible. But not Whalley professional Mark Fallon, despite the awesome task
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Make these louts pay
THE destruction by vandals of the village war memorial at Mellor is a profanity steeped in blasphemy. For here is an act which defiles the sacred memory of men who gave their lives for the liberty of others. And how awfully that that noble deed is repaid
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Church must give us a moral lead
LOTS of people will agree with Colne rector, the Rev. Peter Mott, who backs the Archbishop of Bishop of Canterbury's campaign on morality by criticising the trend for people to set their own standards of what is right and wrong. And he is right: society
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Priority on profit was to be expected
HOW right of North West water industry watchdog Anthony Goldstone to complain today that shareholders in the privatised mega-monopoly United Utilities are more interested in share prices, profits and pay than in the level of service consumers receive.
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Store wary of letter bomber
A SUPERMARKET manager has been told to take extra precautions after an extortionist threatened to target the supermarket chain with letter bombs. Last year the man, also known as Mardine Graham, also known as 'Mardi Gras,' targeted Barclays Bank, demanding
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Jack in the basket
BLACKBURN MP Jack Straw is delighted to find out that a company has named its hand-made baskets after him - and he is now determined to buy one. He said: "Jack Straw is a historic and splendid name which I am very proud to bear. The original Jack Straw
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Poem goes international
A POEM by Accrington pensioner Connie Worthington has been included in a treasury of poetry compiled by The International Society of Poets. Her 20-line work, entitled Peace, is one of 500 poems in the national anthology called A Passage in Time. Mrs Worthington
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Matthew in great escape!
A BUDDING Houdini found himself strapped into a stretcher when he accepted a challenge at a Cornish tourist attraction. Padiham youngster Matthew James, 10, agreed to have a go at freeing himself from the new stretcher while his family were visiting the
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Claire is scouting the globe
A YOUNG Scout worker who has just returned from two international conferences has been chosen to help get the voice of youth heard worldwide. Claire Schofield, 20, of Whalley Road, Langho, was one of four young people chosen from throughout Britain to
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Pervert pounces on boy in churchyard
A SICK sex attacker pounced on a nine-year-old boy and indecently assaulted him as he played in a churchyard with his young brother. The victim was attacked in grounds off Roman Road, Blackburn, between 7pm and 7.30pm last night. Police are appealing
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Surfing Judi finds her folks
AN AMERICAN woman who surfed the internet to find long-lost cousins in Darwen has finally traced her family - through the Lancashire Evening Telegraph! Judi Sample of El Cajon, California, used the world-wide bulletin-board Compuserve, to try and trace
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On-spot visa for passage to India
TRAVELLERS to India can save time and money with visas issued on-the-spot when a team from the Indian High Commission visits Blackburn. The service has been organised for the third successive year by the Indian Workers' Association. The team will be at
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Missionary Sarah sets out for Brazil
A SHANTY town in Brazil will be the home for newly-graduated Sarah Jo Baldwin when she goes to work as a missionary for six months. Sarah, 21, has just been awarded a first class honours degrees in mathematics from Swansea University after studying for
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MPs' new salary is an injustice
IHAVE been asked on a number of occasions about MPs' pay and how I would have voted had I been Ribble Valley's MP. I am more than happy to make my own position public. The previous MPs' salary level of £34,000 is slightly more than double the salary I
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A ridge too far
COUNCIL chiefs have again demolished a top developer's plans to build houses in Burnley - despite being warned it could leave them facing a bill of tens of thousands of pounds. Planning bosses had twice before backed local residents' objections and rejected
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Yobs' insult to village's war heroes
VANDALS have destroyed a village war memorial which has stood proudly for 70 years. The tall granite cross, erected in Mellor in memory of the men who gave their lives for their country, has been pushed off its stand and smashed into pieces. Village councillor
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Shearer returns to Ewood for training
ALAN Shearer was back at Brockhall today, aiming to "loosen up" before starting serious pre-season training with the rest of the Blackburn Rovers squad next week, writes PETER WHITE. The Ewood and England star, who has been at the centre of a summer of
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Liddle bit of trouble
A MAN branded as a neighbour from hell has been banned from Blackburn Town Hall and other council buildings after a series of violent incidents. The ban on Eric Liddle, 21, follows alleged assaults on a housing officer and a tenant and an incident where
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Centre gives women Every chance
WOMEN are being given extra help and advice to set up their own businesses or find jobs, thanks to a new centre in Nelson. Every Opportunity is the name of the new careers and business advice centre which opened in Every Street on Monday. The centre,
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TABLE TENNIS: Olympic dream over for Andrea
ANDREA Holt completed her Olympic story with victory in the women's doubles - but she had already been eliminated after two previous defeats in the round-robin phase of the competition. The Ramsbottom player and partner Lisa Lomas beat Chilean pair Olate
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Games gongs up for grabs
WHILE Britain's best athletes are going for gold in Atlanta, an equally tough challenge is being undertaken by transplant sportsmen and women. The Guardian Health British Transplant Games are under way in Cardiff and among the competitors will be George
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Nimrod spin-off bonanza
THE new £2 billion contract to replace the RAF's ageing Nimrod patrol aircraft will protect 10,000 jobs, says the chief executive of British Aerospace. And the company is predicting that spin-off orders from the plane could create around £9 billion worth
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Dutch reader seeks old pal
OUR e-mail has been busy again this week - this time from Holland. Jeff Huisman is trying to trace an old pal who he worked with at a holiday camp back in 1977. Jeff and Dave Pilkington had a happy summer at Madison holiday centre, in St Margaret, near
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Copter a white elephant?
IT is quite obvious that the 'flying white elephant,' the police helicopter, is being used for all kinds of minor offences in order to try and justify the enormous initial cost and round-the-clock manning. Now that police cameras are positioned at motorway
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Funeral of tragic nightspot man
THE funeral of a man, who died after receiving head injuries outside a Blackburn nightclub, is set to take place on Monday more than three weeks after his death. Kevin Sudall, 22, of View Road, Darwen died following an incident outside the Club Euro nightspot
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Transco steps in to save trips
HIGH speed help for Burnley youngsters at play has come from British Gas Transco. The game was up for the town's Play Association when it ran out of cash and was poised to scrap a series of local summer trips. But the company has saved the day by stepping
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EQUESTRIANISM: A Mouse with prefect breeding
IT was the shorthand that convinced Joanna Jackson to cut short secretarial college and embark on a career in horses, writes BRIAN DOOGAN. "I hated every second of it," she recalls unashamedly. "I went for six weeks, then left and went full-time into
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'Fat cats' pay-out in hot water
WATER company shareholders have been blasted for putting profit before customers on the day they were due to vote on multi-thousand pound pay perks for bosses. Shareholders of United Utilities, the parent company of North West Water, were deciding today
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Rev counts charity miles
A CLERGYMAN who is walking a gruelling 100 miles for Children In Need made a pit stop at a Blackburn church. The Rev Neil Short - unshaven and wearing shorts and a T-shirt bearing the words "Rev on the Road" - arrived in Blackburn en-route from his home
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Contract rebels in tour party
GERRY Harrison, Marlon Beresford and Gary Parkinson, who have still to agree new contracts at Turf Moor, are all included in Adrian Heath's plans for the Northern Ireland tour. The Burnley boss had no hesitation in naming the trio in his party to travel
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New service on the Net
NEWSQUEST Media Group, owner of the Lancashire Evening Telegraph and Citizen Newspapers, is set to offer a revolutionary new service for advertisers on the Internet. Newsquest is part of a consortium of eight leading regional newspaper groups which together
