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Potential disaster
THE transportation of plutonium by air instead of by sea is being considered. The consequences of an air disaster while transporting this material could be an environmental disaster. Our planet, Earth, is the fairest jewel in the universe. It has evolved
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Cash bid to train force's special ranks
A BID for cash to provide volunteer special constables with the same equipment and training as their full-time colleagues is being launched by Chief Constable Pauline Clare. The £278,000 move comes as police in Blackburn launch a new recruitment drive
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CLARETS: Barnes stormer
ARISE Sir Paul Barnes - the new high-five king of Turf Moor. Burnley's striking hot-shot engineered a truly fantastic Fantasy Football League tale. Barnes' five goals demolished Stockport with the force of impact which would have registered 10 on the
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TSR2 led the world
THERE may come a time when British Aerospace employee Mr R Fisher (Letters, September 27), is eternally grateful to John Major. Before he slags anyone off, he should look at the true picture. Why has BAe excellent labour relations? Simple - because it
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ICE HOCKEY: Hawks bounce back
BLACKBURN HAWKS 3 PAISLEY PIRATES 5 MURRAYFIELD 5 BLACKBURN HAWKS 6 ISMO Rokola turned in a Fin-tastic individual effort last night as Hawks turned the tables on Murrayfield. The flying Finnish star scored four goals to help Hawks pull off a tremendous
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Major faces a long and hard week
HAROLD Wilson's adage, that a week is a long time in politics, will no doubt chime with John Major's thoughts as the Tories gather for their crucial pre-election conference. For the coming days may well determine his and the Conservatives' fate. He desperately
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CLARETS: Five star Barnes stings the bookies
GOAL-KING Paul Barnes was quids in after his remarkable five-star show against Stockport County. Burnley's £375,000 record signing netted all FIVE goals in Burnley's 5-2 thumping of Stockport County. And then he revealed he had backed himself with £20
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Chamber's relaunch pulls in crowds
"EAST Lancashire means business" - that was the message from the Chamber of Commerce Open Day. Hundreds of visitors attended the high profile event held to coincide with the chamber's relaunch. And organisers say the day was such a success it may now
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SUPERBIKES: Fogarty is tyred out!
CARL Fogarty's hopes of retaining his World Superbike crown are now just a mathematical pipedream. Australian Ducati rider Troy Corser scored a double victory at Albacete in Spain on Sunday to take a 26-point lead to the 12th and final round at Phillip
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Problems of mental illness
WORLD Mental Health Day on October 10 aims to raise awareness that mental health concerns everyone, and to fight the stigma and misunderstanding that surrounds it. About 120 million working days are lost each year because of mental illness. One in seven
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Elvis warps into space...but now he's Captain Picard
ELVIS Presley is preparing to take on a new enterprise - by changing his name to Jean-Luc Picard after the starship captain. Confused? You would be unless you knew that THIS Elvis Aaron Presley used to be plain Shaun Yates, from Blackburn. Jobless Shaun
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CLARETS: Five-star performances
PAUL Barnes was only the THIRD Burnley player to score five goals in a Football League game since the Second World War. Club historian Ray Simpson revealed the Clarets striker was only a goal short of equalling the all-time individual Burnley scoring
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Seagulls swoop on Brighton boss
MORE than 100 angry Brighton fans invaded a peaceful East Lancashire village to protest outside the home of their club's chairman. Furious 'Seagulls' fans set up in Mellor on Saturday evening to demonstrate outside Bill Archer's Whinney Lane home. But
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ROVERS: Le Saux setback!
GRAEME Le Saux has suffered a setback in his bid to return to Premiership action with Blackburn Rovers. The classy England defender was pencilled in for a run-out in Saturday's Pontins League clash against Everton at Ewood Park. But the Rovers management
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Scan-tastic year of appealing success
WHAT a Scantastic year it has been. SuperScan fund-raisers are toasting a successful year for the £1 million appeal which has topped the £267,000 mark on its first anniversary. Almost a year to the day since the bid to buy a life-saving MRI scanner East
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EYES DOWN! Bingo reborn with bigger prizes and a new image
THOUSANDS of people try their luck every night on a simple game of chance. Bingo is the modern name for the game which began in the 18th Century as "lotto" and later became known as housey-housey. Bingo halls swept the country in the '60s and '70s and
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New hope for women's refuge
A VOLUNTARY group which helps battered and abused women is set to get a grant for a new refuge in Blackburn. Plans to move to a building more suitable for young children could have fallen through because of lack of cash but town hall bosses are backing
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Baptist chapel stripped of 130-year history
A FORMER chapel bought for just £20,000 has been stripped inside and out in what a councillor describes as "legalised vandalism". Railings, doors, windows, slates and stone flags have been removed from Bethel Baptist Church on Burnley Road East, Waterfoot
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Storm clouds loom over cement research
COUNTY hall officials are gathering evidence for a government inquiry into cement manufacturers such as the Ribble Valley's Cemfuel. A House of Commons investigation has been called to look at the impact on the environment of burning controversial secondary
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10 YEARS AGO: Street uproar goes on
AN UPROAR over a decision by Blackburn Council to change the name of Market Avenue to Mandela Way continued as councillors asked protesters to examine their consciences. In a statement, they said the re-naming was costing £100, a fraction of the £30,000
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5 YEARS AGO: Posh squatters
IT WAS revealed that a group of squatters were living in a £200,000 row of five Georgian houses amid plush solicitor's and accountant's offices - 200 yards from Accrington town centre. The District Health Authority, who own the buildings, were trying
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GOLF: Wilpshire win
WILPSHIRE won Manchester junior golf's top prize for the second time in three years after twice fighting back from the brink of defeat in the Ian Anthony Challenge Trophy at Lowes Park. Ben Slavin, son of Wilpshire professional Walter, clawed back from
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Tolerance begins at home!
I HAD to smile at the call from Mr T Momoniat (Letters, September 30), urging non-Muslims to be tolerant to Islam. In the same issue, I read that, in Afghanistan, four women had been beaten in the streets for violating Islamic dress codes. And correct
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County's beauty in the frame
FROM splendid Pendle Hill to the picturesque village of Downham or the impressive Stonyhurst College, few would argue that East Lancashire features some of the most beautiful scenery in the country. Artist John Corcoran is well known for re-creating the
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Boy crushed in graveyard
A NINE-year-old boy was brought back from the dead after a horror accident in a cemetery. David Crossley, of Cog Lane, Burnley, remains in a critical condition after being crushed under a double-sized grave headstone weighing more than a quarter of a
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Mystery illness has baby Zack fighting for life
AN ELEVEN-month-old baby is fighting for his life in hospital after being struck down by a mystery illness. Kristianne Kerr, 20, is keeping a bedside vigil by her son Zack, who was taken into hospital with what she suspected was meningitis. But almost
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Buying shares is surely a gamble
WOULD Walt Meadows (Letters, September 14) not agree that anyone buying shares in any of the privatised companies was not gambling? It was a sure-fire way of anyone doubling their investment overnight. My argument is: if a man and his wife could afford
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Medal for 50 years of jabs
BRAVE Doreen Shah has been injecting herself daily for 50 years. She is one of only a handful of diabetes sufferers to receive the Alan Nabarro Medal from the British Diabetic Association. The medal, given in honour of the first man in Britain ever to
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Following in father's footsteps
HAVING followed his father Judge Ian Webster to the Bar, Alistair Webster QC is now working his way up the judicial ladder. Mr Webster, a father-of-two, will be sworn in as a Recorder at Manchester Crown Court on Tuesday, watched by proud Judge Webster
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Misery toll of heroin addict
A HEROIN addict with a moderate to heavy habit commits crime costing £355,000 a year. A day in the life of such a drug user, and the upset, anger and distress he leaves in his wake, was highlighted at a conference, Tackling Drugs Together, at Rawtenstall
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Stone yobs wreck Scouts' swim fun
CRUEL vandals spoiled a Cubs and Scouts swimming gala when they threw a brick through a sports centre window. Hyndburn District Cub Scout annual gala came to an untimely end when shattered glass was sent spraying into the swimming pool at Hyndburn Sports
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Bubble trouble
Eric Leaver's Monday IT MIGHT be useful, I think, if I got some of those glasses in that advertisement that shows people wearing them in the shower. For, though I reckon they would need the addition of some little windscreen wipers to be really effective
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Visitors make a point
MOSSLEY 1 DARWEN 1 THE visitors came away from Mossley with a well-earned point after taming their physically strong opponents for the second time in 10 days. Delighted manager Ian McGarry - who earlier in the week was reported as saying that his pet
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Last gasp winner
ACCRINGTON STANLEY 3 HYDE UNITED 2 PETER Smith grabbed an injury time winner to give Stanley the points in a topsy-turvy game against one of the top sides in the Premier League. Stanley took the lead after eight minutes when Brian Welch's shot from the
