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Whose pocket?
THE opportunity to bring the question of party funding out into the open was not taken by the Government when it set up the Nolan Committee on Standards in Public Life. MP Nigel Evans says it is an obsolute disgrace that the Labour Party last year was
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Shanks's Pony to the ceremony
BLUSHING bride Emma Fairclough's wedding was a real community affair. She put her best foot forward and walked to the church! Emma covered the threequarters of a mile from her home in Christleton Close, Harle Syke, to nearby St James' Church, Briercliffe
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Divorced from real world
ROSSENDALE and Darwen MP Janet Anderson's comments (LET, July 18) on the possible breaking up of the Post Office into private regional companies just demonstrates how much Labour is divorced from the real world. Privatisation has proved to be the best
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FIVE YEARS AGO: Runway a jobs boost
FIFTY thousand jobs were to be created by plans to build a new runway at Manchester Airport. The £36 million scheme for the region's major airport would make Manchester the country's second biggest, overtaking Gatwick and second to Heathrow in importance
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TEN YEARS AGO: Repossessions blackspot
EAST Lancashire was pinpointed as one of the country's worst blackspots for mortgage repossessions. The Lord Chancellor's office figures showed that court actions against Blackburn's debt-ridden homeowners had more than doubled. In 1984 there were 145
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OLYMPICS: Showjumping joy for Geoff
ACCRINGTON'S Geoff Billington brought smiles to the British show jumping team with a magnificent display on It's Otto in the Atlanta games. Billington - making his debut - had a huge weight on his shoulders after dismal performances by Michael Whitaker
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Snooker ace at tragic Kevin's funeral
SNOOKER star Dennis Taylor was among hundreds of mourners who packed tiny St Edward's Church, Darwen, for the funeral of nightclubber Kevin Sudall. The popular 22-year-old was finally laid to rest yesterday, more than three weeks after he was fatally
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ROVERS: Skipper Tim targeted by Arsenal
ARSENAL are believed to be ready to mount a monster bid to take Tim Sherwood to Highbury. But the player's agent Eric Hall revealed today that he was still planning further talks with Blackburn Rovers in an effort to clinch a new long-term contract for
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VIP visits strengthen Euro links
LINKS between East Lancashire's aerospace industry and Europe have been strengthened by two high-profile visits to the region. The Consortium of Lancashire Aerospace spearheaded a visit by commissioner Martin Bangemann to British Aerospace's site at Warton
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CRICKET: Elworthy left out for crucial tie
STEVE Elworthy's Lancashire misery continued at Old Trafford today. The South African all-rounder was left out again for the big NatWest quarter-final against Derbyshire, Lancashire's last chance of keeping their season alive. Former Rishton pro Elworthy
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Bully-boy tactics of the REC
CONGRATULATIONS on your call for Burnley and Pendle Racial Equality Council to sort itself out. (LET, Opinion, July 23). I am tired of the bully-boy tactics of the REC. It is nothing short of a dictatorship, run by a 'racist' minority. Only 29 per cent
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Sunshine and suffering on the streets of Brazil
A FOUR-YEAR-OLD girl tiptoed over to a Lancashire tourist, smiled sweetly and thrust out her tiny hand, in which she which held bags of lethal drugs. "You want buy?" she asked. This is just one ugly face of a country whose rampant inflation has forced
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SHEARER: Hendry's battle cry to rest of team
COLIN Hendry feels sorry for the fans following Alan Shearer's departure from Ewood Park. But the Scottish international vowed the rest of the Blackburn Rovers squad would take it in their stride. "We are professionals and we'll get on with our job,"
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CLARETS: Heath to close in on Vince
ADRIAN Heath's transfer net is closing in on Stoke City's giant defender Vince Overson. The experienced stopper is expected to put pen to paper at Turf Moor in the next 24 hours after undergoing a routine medical. Heath finalised terms with Overson last
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Nine weeks without water
AN angry homeowner is threatening to take legal advice after being left without water for nine weeks. North West Water has told Andrew Moulding he must dig up a newly-laid concrete floor in his kitchen, which cost £400, and lay an approved water pipe
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President to wow them in the bars
A MAJOR deal has been potted by snooker and pool table specialists E J Riley. The Padiham firm has teamed up with European Leisure to supply American pool tables for its 54-strong chain of bars. The agreement covers the supply of Riley's new President
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SHEARER: Thanks for the memory
AS THE shockwaves of Alan Shearer's world-record £15million transfer to Newcastle still rumble across a stunned East Lancashire, it is no time for the understandably upset Rovers' fans to turn their disappointment into bitterness at either the player
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SHEARER: Legacy from £15m striker
ALAN SHEARER has left Blackburn Rovers' young supporters a £100,000 going away present. The £15 million striker, who jetted off to the Far East last night, left, to link up with his new club Newcastle United, is to sponsor the classroom used by Ewood's
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New drug battles killer illness
PATIENTS from East Lancashire have acted as "guinea pigs" in trials of a revolutionary new drug to fight the killer Motor Neurone Disease, it was revealed today. Professor Douglas Mitchell, a consultant neurologist at the Royal Preston Hospital, today
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No solution to research
SYLVIA Noble (Letters, June 26) is very loud in attacking medical research, but offers no solution on what we might use instead of animals to provide hope to people with serious illnesses such as cystic fibrosis, Alzheimer's disease, Huntington's chorea
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Stanley milk their big night
"ACCRINGTON Stanley, who are they?" questioned the little scouse lad in the old television advert for milk which featured former Liverpool hero Ian Rush. Well Merseyside should definitely know now. The ambitious UniBond outfit outplayed and outgunned
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Miners' reunion planned
A REUNION is being planned for all former miners in the Burnley area. It follows the success of the March get-together of former workers at Fir Trees drift, Higham. Organiser Bob Wilson said: "We want to get the word around so that as many as possible
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SHEARER: Rovers fans left "black and blue"
HEARTBROKEN Blackburn Rovers fans today woke up to the reality of life without Alan Shearer. After the sensations and shocks of the star striker's £15million transfer yesterday, disbelief turned to a dull ache...a black-and-blue bruising after he swapped
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SHEARER: The years in perspective
WHEN football folk in these parts talk about the Fab Four in years to come, they won't be talking about a mop-haired quartet from Merseyside with a unique musical talent, writes PETER WHITE. Subject for discussion will be Alan Shearer's incredible four
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Council rap as grant cash is under-used
BURNLEY is set to get an official 'yellow card' warning from the Government - because it is not spending grant money quickly enough! The multi-million pounds Challenge Fund, hailed as a jobs and regeneration lifeline for the town, has failed to meet some
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SHEARER: Black day for workers
WORKERS today hoisted a black flag over an Oswaldtwistle factory where the staff are Blackburn Rovers fanatics. Things ground to a halt yesterday at Stuart Engineering when the news of striker Alan Shearer's world record transfer broke in the Evening
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CRICKET: Back in the Nick of time!
NICK Marsh dashed back from holiday in France to lead Read to Vaux Ramsbottom Cup glory. The former Accrington stalwart scored a wily 84 as Read successfully chased Barnoldswick's total of 214 as Sunday's rain-affected final continued at Clitheroe last
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MP should search his own conscience
IN reference to the article 'Blair in union pockets, says Tory' (LET, July 22), the comments made by Ribble Valley MP Nigel Evans once again expose his callow judgment. In Parliament at Question Time, he is the perfect pawn for posing the 'planted question
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Salute our brave pioneers
"GUINEA pig" patients from East Lancashire are behind the success of a new drug which brings longer and fuller lives to victims of devastating Motor Neurone Disease. It is not a cure. But it is the first major breakthrough against this dreadful disease
