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College exhibition
BUSINESSES wanting information on training and education are invited to attend an exhibition organised by Burnley College. The business to business exhibition will be on September 26 from noon to 8pm at Glenfield Park, Lomeshaye business village, Nelson
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Rovers draw Bees' sting
BRENTFORD'S credentials were impressive before last night's Coca-Cola Cup tie at Griffin Park. Unbeaten in nine games since the start of the season, with five clean sheets in defence, they were well worth a place at the top of the Second Division. It
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5 YEARS AGO: Runaway driver praised
A LORRY driver averted a tragedy by skilfully dodging pedestrians, cars and houses as his 32-ton vehicle hurtled backwards way down Bolton Avenue, Huncoat. Robert Dowd was praised for his actions by fire chiefs who rushed to the scene after the runaway
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Clarets: Unhappy Valley
ANGRY Turf Moor boss Adrian Heath issued a public apology today after Burnley's Coca-Cola Cup disaster at Charlton. Heath saw his side crash 4-1 to the First Division outfit in last night's second round, first leg tie at The Valley. The Turf Moor chief
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Cricket: Lillee 'no' sparks new search
LANCASHIRE meet tonight to relaunch their search for a new head coach following rejection by Dennis Lillee. "We will continue to look for a figure of international standing who can take the team forward," said Old Trafford chairman Bob Bennett. Lillee's
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Join Sally's team
I AM writing to recruit readers to join Sally's Gunners, the Mencap marathon team. Marathon runners are being encouraged once again to join my team and run the 1997 London Marathon to raise money for Mencap's Family Adviser Service. There are good reasons
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Is this pay freeze just another demonic ploy?
A FOURTH year of freeze on public-sector pay - for five million workers such as doctors, nurses, teachers, civil servants and the armed forces - announced by Chancellor Kenneth Clarke, will understandably provoke a hostile reaction. But is that part of
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Other school basics also need attention
THE SHAKE-UP of the teaching of teaching announced today by education minister Gillian Shephard comes not before time. For her setting out of moves to a new national curriculum for training colleges is based on a demand that teachers be instructed in
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Skinhead sex fiend
A SKINHEAD subjected a pensioner to a "despicable" sex attack as she walked her dogs behind Darwen Leisure Centre. Today a police hunt was under way for the attacker who struck last night between 11 and 11.30 on grass land off Weavers Row, Tockholes Road
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Ron Freethy's Nature Watch
MANY times I have received letters, some of them quite angry, insisting that all zoos should be closed. Last week I explained how establishments, including Colwyn Bay Mountain Zoo, are doing invaluable conservation work with red squirrels. I am well aware
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Hostel blow to our area
REGARDING your article (LET, August 31) on plans to build a bail hostel, I live in the area of Blackburn concerned. It is very wrong of the probation service to say the site is in a less sensitive area than others. Just two minutes' walk away there is
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Pitch battle
Chorley 2 Knowsley United 2 IN a game full of incident and controversy, Chorley recovered from a dreadful start. They pulled back two goals and all but snatch three points. Assisted by woeful Chorley defending, a pacy Knowsley side raced into a two-goal
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Death tragedy of rider with joy for life
A MOTORCYCLIST who died after a head-on collision with a car on a moorland road was on her way to visit her mother in Blackburn. Susan O'Connor, 32, was born in London but grew up in Blackburn, before moving to study and teach in Bradford. The keen musician
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Not a good neighbour
WOULD you consider a good neighbour someone who takes away something you have possessed for years and then charges you £15 so you can have it back? I refer, of course, to Burnley Football Club's stance on the long-running television reception saga. The
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Council to fight on after power loss
WHITWORTH Town Council is planning a legal challenge to a decision by Rossendale Borough Council to remove its ability to run its own services. Whitworth town clerk Ron Pickup is preparing statements to be presented before a judge in chambers. He says
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Garden of Peace to put down new roots
CALM is set to move across Burnley - councillors have agreed a new site for the town's Peace Garden. They plan to re-locate the garden to the Place De Vitry - the square next to the central library and war memorial - when the present town centre garden
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Why must we pay TV penalty?
I AM disgusted by the treatment dished out by Burnley Football Club. Our television reception has been severely disrupted since the erection of their new stands and, according to the club, it is our responsibility to correct the picture quality at our
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Good to walk (and talk)
RAMBLERS campaigning to open up Pennine moorland in East Lancashire to walkers held a public rally last night to help launch a landowner's access telephone hotline. The Access to Boulsworth Campaign wants to open up large tracts of privately-owned moorland
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TEN YEARS AGO: Teachers back sabotage
EAST Lancashire teachers backed their union's bid to sabotage the new GCSE exam system. The NAS/UWT issued instructions not to carry out extra work connected with the exam's, outside school hours. They included refusing to attend some meetings, keeping
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Neighbour a hero in family fire rescue
A QUICK-THINKING neighbour ran for help after a mum and her young child became trapped at an upstairs window of their smoke-filled house. Michael Caffrey heard the woman's screams for help and rushed to get nearby workers who had a ladder. They rushed
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Santa-Tropez
SANTA slipped on his shades and gave the reindeer the day off as he enjoyed the Indian summer heatwave in Nelson. Outside the temperatures were reaching the 70s, but in one shop at least the festive season arrived three months early as tinsel, bright
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Clarets lack fizz
PARTY-POOPERS Charlton Athletic have taken the fizz out of Burnley's Coca-Cola Cup jaunt. Because the Clarets face a mighty uphill struggle to stay in the competition after last night's mauling at the Valley. Slick Charlton had the tie in the can and
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Ratings put ELTEC among UK's best
A TRAINING agency responsible for increasing job prospects in East Lancashire is one of the best in the country, according to new league tables. ELTEC, the East Lancashire Training and Enterprise Council, is fourth overall out of 74 TECs nationwide. The
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Sell-offs were common sense
G SMITH (Letters, August 26) has an unusual knack of always getting the wrong side of the coin. It's very doubtful that Treasury was deprived of any so-called "huge profits" generated by the nationalised industries, whose main occupation seemed to be
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Stanley bow out of cup
Ossett Albion 2 Accrington Stanley 1 STANLEY bowed out of the FA Cup with no complaints against a defiant Ossett Albion side - two divisions lower in the non-league pecking order. On a bumpy sloping pitch, football was not the order of the day in this
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Historians protest over 'church to pub' change
A DISUSED town centre church can look forward to a new lease of life - as a pub. Council planners are being urged to allow a change of use of the Jireh Chapel in Boot Way, a Grade ll listed building. But the recommendation to the planning committee comes
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Rovers: Bierhoff still the target man
JURGEN Klinsmann's apparent disaffection with Bayern Munich will alert a number of leading English clubs, including Blackburn Rovers, writes Peter White. But I believe Klinsmann's international partner in Euro 96 crime Oliver Bierhoff remains a more likely
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Second seminar on new waste rules
EAST Lancashire industries can find out more about new waste regulations at a Business Environment Association seminar. James Hunt from the Environment Agency will explain the new regulations for the second time after a similar seminar held earlier this
