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Betty's on track of old school pal
A TRIP to Blackburn Ice Arena prompted Betty Cullen to try and track down a school pal she hasn't seen for over 30 years. Betty, 48, from Bolton, often remembers the fun times she shared with Ann Sharratt at Lostock Open Air boarding school in Bolton.
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Tenants' gift trailer like hell on wheels
ESTATE tenants say a "filthy" trailer that County Hall gave them as a makeshift community centre was an insult to them. The residents' association at Bolton Avenue, Huncoat, say they cannot afford to pay for the renovation work needed to bring the 40-
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TEN YEARS AGO: Stranded trippers 'sit-in'
EAST Lancashire holidaymakers stranded in Spain staged a sit-in at the British Consulate in Barcelona. The stranded sun-seekers refused to budge until consular officials arranged transport back to Britain. More than 250 people were left in the lurch at
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Come off it, brother
IF LABOUR don't want you, we do - that was the Conservative Party's message to trade unionists, unveiled in a new poster and newspaper advertisement campaign today. The Tories may deserve marks for political instinct in going a'wooing among the union
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Homesick girl, 4 dodges death
A FOUR-YEAR-OLD girl wandered out of school and dodged cars on four busy roads in an attempt to walk home to her mum. Khadija Shah went walkabout yesterday afternoon, during her first full day at St Silas Infant School, Blackburn. The confused toddler
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Brave babies live a life of hell
THE HORRIFYING conditions of Ukrainian orphanages have brought renewed appeals for help from an East Lancashire male nurse. Deano Christodoulou, a social therapy nurse at Blackburn's Park Lee Hospital, has just returned from Kiev and Odessa with harrowing
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ROSSENDALE: Graham lifts the gloom!
THE motivational powers of Brian Clough, John the Baptist and Terry Venables would not have lifted Dark Lane from its eternal slumber last season. For a club once the proud boast of East Lancashire's buoyant non-league football scene, it proved a wretched
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ICE HOCKEY: Hawks' double swoop
BLACKBURN Hawks today fulfilled their promise to bring top British players to the Arena with a startling double swoop, writes Paul Agnew. Neil Abel, a defenceman from crack outfit Sheffield Steelers and former Manchester Storm netminder Colin Downie have
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Sporty priest crown prince of the greens!
SPORTS fan priest Fr Geoffrey Hilton could bowl over the congregation with his hobby away from the pulpit. For the newly appointed head of St Teresa's Church, Intack, Blackburn, is something of a success on the crown green bowling circuit. Fr Hilton,
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Schoolgirls think they saw would-be rapist
SCHOOLGIRLS have reported seeing a man who fits the description of a would-be rapist. Detective Sergeant Lee Halstead said: "The description the girls gave of the man they saw walking towards the Anchor pub at Salterforth and then on the canal towpath
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Trust could face cash crisis
CALDERSTONES NHS Trust could face some financial difficulties early next year if planned ward closures are put on hold. Director of finance Mr Bernard Flynn, speaking at a meeting of the trust board, explained that the trust was enjoying a favourable
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Cabbies in penalties fury
FURIOUS taxi drivers who believe their jobs are under threat from a new penalty points system brought a meeting to a halt when they heckled councillors. And angry cabbies are claiming the Blackburn Council scheme could force prices up and drivers out
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Club wins 4am close
A TOP town centre nightspot is to be allowed to stay open an extra two hours, despite police objections. For the first time in Blackburn revellers can now dance until 4am at Club Euro. But the owners of the Cicely Lane nightclub will not be allowed to
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Non-league round-up
MARTIN Eatough hopes to unveil new signing Phil Brown when GREAT HARWOOD TOWN entertain Whitley Bay at The Showground tomorrow. Harwood have picked up the striker from Bamber Bridge and Eatough said: "Hopefully he will make a difference and strengthen
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Dust bins dust-up
REGARDING your article on the changes to the refuse collection service in Blackburn (September 16), I wholeheartedly agree with Coun Paul Browne's criticism. Our street's collection day has been changed from Monday to Friday. Thus, on Friday, August 30
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Return Batman! Crooks steal steal brothers' Bat-toys
SEND out a Bat-message and summon the Caped Crusader! Batman-crazy brothers Danny Scattergood and Lee Watson would love their hero to catch the Joker who stole their Bat-toys. Thieves broke into their parents' home in Laurel Avenue, Darwen, just a week
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FIVE YEARS AGO: Head slams parents
A HEAD teacher slammed irresponsible parents after a gang of young burglars smashed school windows for the fourth time in a few months. Classes were cancelled at St Alban's RC School, Blackburn, after the wrecking spree. Vandals kicked in internal doors
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CLARETS: Beresford back in the frame
Big match preview: Burnley v Bristol City LEADING scorer Kurt Nogan is an injury doubt for tomorrow's Division Two joust against Bristol City at Turf Moor. The Clarets number nine has not trained since suffering a "dead leg" in the Coca-Cola Cup tie against
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New Israeli conflict bound to happen
AS ISRAEL teeters on the brink of all-out war and a watching world looks on as Palestinian riots erupt into pitched gun battles and bloody massacre, the reaction is not just one of horror, but of dismay at the inevitability of this conflict. For it has
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Six treated after chemical spill
SIX people were taken to hospital as 50 firefighters tackled a chemical spillage at paper recycling company Fort Sterling in Stubbins early today. The Fire Brigade said said two workers were decanting sodium hydrosulphite powder from a hopper into containers
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Profits dip but hopes are high
HOUSEHOLD products manufacturer McBride has seen profits dip despite an increase in sales to record levels. The firm, which employs more than 430 at its Burnley factory, said prospects for the current year were good. McBride, Britain's biggest supplier
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Trio set the record straight
THEY had put it off for 20 years - but at last a local folk trio have finally come out of the recording studio with their first album. And "Counting the Bars" - the title of Moorland Folk's release - does not necessarily refer to music, more the hostelries
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Cash wasted on tower block
MILLIONS of pounds have been wasted on Blackburn's 'Y-fronted' folly, the town hall tower block, because of the council's failure to act against the contractors who built the thing in the first place. The Council was well and truly briefed on the faults
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Purr-fect end to Colin's cat flap
BIG hearted Evening Telegraph readers took pity on heartbroken Colin Davies when they heard he was being forced to get rid of his pet cats. But your generosity has landed unlucky Colin in even more strife - now he's got a pile of cat food, £35 and two
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Birth of the cotton industry
Ron Freethy's England: Stanhill WHEN I've been asked where the cotton industry started I might have thought of the typical mill towns such as Oldham, Bolton or perhaps Blackburn or Burnley. I would have been wrong. The place to look is the one-time isolated
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Cheers not for Major
DPEARSON (Letters, September 16) thinks that workers at British Aerospace were cheering John Major at the news that we had won several big orders. Sorry, Mr Pearson, those jobs were won by the skill, technological superiority and excellent labour relations
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Taxi pair saved after crash
A TAXI passenger was rescued after being left dangling by his seat belt when the vehicle overturned in Darwen last night. Michael Curic, 40, from Mellor, was trapped when the seven-seater Nissan rolled onto a grass verge off Long Hey Lane after swerving
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Alert over child perverts
TWO sex perverts continued their contacts with paedophile groups while they were in prison, probation officers believe. A leaked memo warned probation service chiefs throughout the country that Burnley couple Peter and Christine Thorpe "continue to pose
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ROVERS: Transfer deal Hoff the boil as relegation dogfight looms
Big match preview: Coventry City v Blackburn Rovers RAY Harford's hopes of enticing German international Oliver Bierhoff to Ewood still seem to be on hold - despite reports from Italy today that a possible deal had foundered. Stories claimed Udinese striker
