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Landings memories wanted
I AM compiling a book of reminiscences of people involved in amphibious operations of the Second World War. I would be delighted to hear from anyone who served in the Royal Navy, Merchant Navy, Army or RAF during the war, or who worked in a factory or
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Brewery in eatery buy-out
WHITBREAD, which employs more than 800 people in East Lancashire, is buying the bar and restaurant operator Pelican for £133 million. Whitbread said the acquisition was part of the group's strategy of expanding its restaurant activities. "Pelican is a
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Tony too timid - Barbara
BLACKBURN'S former veteran MP Barbara Castle has accused Labour leader Tony Blair of dangerous "political timidity." The former Cabinet minister hit out following the decision to demote Clare Short in the Shadow Cabinet because of her controversial comments
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Hot on trail to aid Bosnia
GLOBE-trotting Lancashire fire brigade has been asked to supply manpower on an aid mission to help firefighters in Sarajevo. Fireman's Relief Aid is putting together a project to send out five fire engines, an articulated lorry of firefighting equipment
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DRESSAGE: Joanna's chance
JOANNA Jackson and her horse Mester Mouse aim to put their team dressage Olympic disappointment behind them in the individual competition tonight. Her 63.8 per cent score on Saturday was one of her worst ever scores, influenced by the early draw. The
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Tory MPs must explain their guns decision
AFTER the horror of Dunblane, the reported refusal of Tory MPs in the majority on the Commons' home affairs committee to back a ban on handguns is not just amazing, it is sick - on many counts. For only the totally insensate could be unaware of public
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Financial firm not 'fit and proper'
THE Burnley boss of a financial services firm, who raised £160,000 from the public for an ill-fated nightclub venture, signed promissory notes guaranteeing the investments. And when the multi-million scheme to buy Ritzy's nightspot fell through, David
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Ambulance boss welcomes cut in 999 response times
AMBULANCE bosses in Lancashire have welcomed moves to cut response times in life-threatening incidents. The Government is considering prioritising 999 calls to force mercy crews to respond to 90 per cent of life-threatening incidents within eight minutes
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Rovers reject Kluivert battle!
BLACKBURN Rovers will not become involved in a transfer tug-of-war with Manchester United for Ajax striker Patrick Kluivert. United boss Alex Ferguson was reported to be trying to prise the 21-year-old Dutch international away from Amsterdam, with Rovers
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Blame it on the bomb
I BELIEVE that the moral decline we are witnessing can be traced back to the use of the atomic bomb in the Second World War. Before that, it had not been possible for humanity to destroy itself. Ever since, we have lived with that possibility and consequently
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Boundary hit for six as Fred bowls in
TRUE Yorkshire Tyke Freddie Trueman has joined the fight to have the former Yorkshire border in West Craven reinstated. The former demon bowler is to unveil an unofficial 'Yorkshire Welcomes You' road sign at the old boundary between Kelbrook and Foulridge
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Right on to real liofe in Rio
NINE students are flying down to Rio thanks to the annual Thwaites Scholarship. The students from all over Lancashire will spend two weeks on the trip, which organisers say is no summer holiday. The party will first stay with host families in Sao Carlos
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Real losers are animals
THE BSE-induced panic over human health has obscured the fact that the real losers are once again farm animals - and not just sheep and cattle. Chickens and turkeys will be the main victims of any switch to other flesh foods - 700 million of these poor
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Big draw for Shaw
CLITHEROE take on a young Blackburn Rover's XI in a pre-season friendly at Shawbridge on Saturday, 3pm. "Rovers will bring an Under-21 squad in a fixture that is very similar to one we had last year when Blackburn won an entertaining game 3-1, said chairman
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Part of raised floor firm is sold off in major deal
A FAST-growing firm has sold off part of its business in a major deal. Thorsman & Co (UK) Ltd has accepted an offer from Hewetson plc for its raised floor access business which employs about 60 people in Blackburn. Personnel manager Jim Allan said
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SHEARER: Rovers fans in rallying call
SHELL-SHOCKED supporters were today pledging their loyalty to Blackburn Rovers in the wake of Alan Shearer's bombshell move. Many fans have written to the Lancashire Evening Telegraph since the world record £15m transfer of the England striker to Newcastle
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Glenavon 0 Burnley 0
BURNLEY'S goal machine misfired at Mourneview Park last night. But it was more the quality of a resilient Glenavon side which kept the goal-hungry Clarets at bay. The Turf Moor men arrived in Lurgan boasting nine goals from their last two games in Northern
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Concern over car juveniles
MY family and I spent a great day out at Bilsborrow Car Boot Sale. But, on returning to our car, I spotted a 4x4 Ford being driven from a parking lot to another space further down. The driver was no older than 12, with a young girl about 15 in the passenger
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Cross crash not crime, police say
POLICE say they believe that an "accident" was to blame for the destruction of a 70-year-old war memorial which had been blamed on village vandals. Officers originally believed the tall granite cross in the middle of Mellor had been pushed off its stand
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FIVE YEARS AGO: 'Dirty' rivers rapped
RIVERS in the North West were today branded the filthiest in the country. Farmers, factories and North West Water were blamed as the biggest culprits for poisoning the region's waters with sewage and chemicals. Figures revealed today by the consumer watchdog
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TEN YEARS AGO: Mason meetings banned
TOWN HALL politicians slapped a controversial ban on meetings by East Lancashire freemasons. And today a Labour group spokesman said masonic secrecy had led to the ban by Manchester City Council. Coun Pat Karney said: "It is easy to dismiss masonic organisations
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Race rubbish
YOU ask what goes on in the Burnley and Pendle Racial Equality Council (LET Opinion, July 23). May I say: equality rubbish. When we sent a battle fleet to the Falklands, it was to preserve the British right of the islanders, to protect the entity of a
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Crazy for the law to uphold sheer anarchy
WHATEVER moral justice there was in the jury's decision to clear the women peace protesters, who admitted breaking into a British Aerospace hangar and doing £1.7million damage to a Hawk jet, there was also much dangerous absurdity. There is no doubt many
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Black-bin Rovers!
BLACKBURN Rovers wheelie are the greatest according to Darwener Shane Gudgeon. The 33-year-old from Hesse Street hit on a novel idea of preventing thieves taking his black wheelie bin by painting a Rovers' shirt design on it. Now the idea is catching
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CRICKET: Dream of Lord's double lives on
NEIL FAIRBROTHER'S little left arm has kept Lancashire's dream of a Lords' double alive. Fairbrother, the smallest man on the field, stretched way back over the boundary rope to throw the ball back into play and deny Dean Jones an apparently certain six
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Blaze terror victim rescued
A BLAZE victim has spoken about the moment of terror when he perched on a 25ft high window ledge to escape a fire in his flat. Mark Wolfe was forced to break a window as he fought to stay concious and was saved by firefighters after alert neighbours raised
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Clarets track Irish striker
BURNLEY are tracking Glenavon striker Glenn Ferguson. The tall centre-forward played against the Clarets in last night's 0-0 draw at Mourneview Park. And Burnley could follow up their interest after the 26-year-old was recommended by Turf Moor favourite
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Surprise honour for loyal church worker
A CHURCH worker who has served the congregation for 40 years has been rewarded for her long and loyal service. Dorothy Simpson has been an official at the Church of the Nazarene in Colne for 40 years of its 60-year history. She spent 15 years as church
