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Governor quits in pupil row
A SCHOOL governor today resigned as a pupil who allegedly hit a teacher returned to the classroom for private one-to-one lessons. Matthew Nixon, 13, was driven to Fearns High School, Stacksteads, by his tutor and escorted into the building by head teacher
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Firework children start shop blaze
CHILDREN set fire to a shop cellar after being refused fireworks by the owner. Police today warned children about the dangers of playing with fire and appealed to parents to keep an eye on their kids. They said they have been besieged by complaints of
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Movie hot-spots right here in Lancashire
WHEN a major American film company was looking for locations for the life story of Argentinian legend Eva Peron - starring Madonna - you might have thought the last place they would look was Lancashire. But David Nelson, head of the Lancashire Film And
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BAe has been profitable
IT'S about time that Walt Meadows (Letters, October 7) looked at the true picture. It is evident he does not work at British Aerospace and never has. I don't know where he gets his facts from on these issues, but he is totally wrong. British Aerospace
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FIVE YEARS AGO: Never when you want one!
PARTS of East Lancashire were left with hardly any police cover because of the Conservative Party conference in Blackpool. Claims were made that on one evening, only four uniformed officers were available to cover the streets of Blackburn and during a
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TEN YEARS AGO: 'Drop in' acclaimed
A PIONEERING drop-in skills centre in Stanworth Road, Pendle, received national acclaim from The Royal Society of Arts when it scooped the prestigious award for industry. Staff collected the honour from Labour leader Neil Kinnock. Sporting samaritans
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CLARETS: Run of the Mill defeat depresses Heath
Rotherham United 1 Burnley 0 - Tony Dewhurst reports MILLMOOR is surrounded on all four sides by a bleak urban decay. Gun metal grey factory roofs, industrial scrapyards, polluted rivers and grimy church steeples all dominate an unforgiving landscape.
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High hopes for rescued company
AN ENGINEERING firm saved from the clutches of the receiver just two years ago is riding high. And since being rescued, Warwick & Bailey Engineering has seen its workforce in Blackburn grow from 60 to 102 and now boasts a bulging order book. A multi-million
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Helicopter called out
LANCASHIRE police helicopter was called in to help search for a six-year-old boy who went missing from his home in Rockcliffe Street, Blackburn, at tea-time on Saturday. His family alerted police when they discovered the youngster, who was playing in
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A service that spans all beliefs
HUNDREDS of people packed Accrington Town Hall to witness Hyndburn's first multi-denominational civic service. The traditional church service was swapped for a ceremony which catered for people of all creeds, colour and age, at the request of Muslim Mayor
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TV taking its toll of town centre shoplifters
ARRESTS for shoplifting in Blackburn town centre have risen by 20 per cent since a new radio link scheme began operating alongside security cameras. Police have revealed that 124 people were detained on suspicion of stealing from shops between July 1
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Ping! Tea's ready
Eric Leaver's Monday THERE is a paradox, surely, in the findings of the survey which, the other day, found that hardly anyone is cooking anything any more, but simply bunging ready-made meals in the microwave instead. Indeed, concomitant with the discovery
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Church spire doomed
MAY I express my distaste and disagreement at the way in which Burnley's Labour-controlled council are trying to divert the public's attention and, therefore, their criticism of the council by creating the illusion that St James' Church spire with the
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Singing the Blues: Rossendale United 2 Holker OB 1
CONTINUING their impressive run of late, Rossendale battled their way to a victory over the Old Boys at Dark Lane which hauled them off the bottom of NWCL Division One. Ian Curwen and Scott McQuarry grabbed the goals before a Holker retort left United
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Barber Sergio's charity stunt is an air raiser
HAIR today, but air tomorrow - that's the plan for Italian barber Sergio Solazzo as he steps out to try parachute jumping. Last year he had a go at gliding and flying in a small plane, but on Sunday he is taking a bigger step followed by a 12,000ft freefall
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Flagship engine gets US booster
ROLLS-Royce has received a major boost after US authorities approved the use of the company's flagship Trent 800 engine on long-range flights on twin-engined airliners. The decision was taken by the Federal Aviation Administration. It means it is confident
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Need for a museum
DARWEN has a rich history and undeniably requires a museum as quickly as possible. Granted, we do possess good library facilities, but an excellent suggestion could be to set up or house a museum for our town on or near the former Technical College premises
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ROVERS: Arsenal leave Harford in a Wright old mess
Blackburn Rovers 0 Arsenal 2 - Peter White reports THOSE who prefer to concentrate on the stars in the sky no doubt enjoyed Saturday's partial eclipse of the sun. For the down-to-earth among us, concerned more with stars on the football pitch, the feeling
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Hall serves guests a slice of history
HISTORIC Towneley Hall in Burnley has hosted its first wedding reception since becoming a museum. Newlyweds Lesley Jane Murtaugh and Michael Anthony Muldoon chose the picturesque setting to celebrate their big day and 60 guests sat down to a meal in the
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Straw tackles problem of estate 'Berlin Wall'
SHADOW Home Secretary Jack Straw is trying to bring peace to a housing estate, split in two in a row about a fence blocking a footpath. The Blackburn MP and leading Labour spokesman took time out from his packed schedule to take a look for himself at
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Wife on murder charge
A FORMER nurse Brenda Richardson, 54, was due to appear in court at Burnley today charged with murdering her husband who was found on Saturday night with a stab wound. Police were called to a house in Pinfold Place, Nelson, at 10.10pm and found Brian
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CLARETS: Furious boss blasts warning
FURIOUS Adrian Heath has warned his Burnley squad: "Shape up or get out." The Turf Moor chief blasted Burnley's pathetic 1-0 defeat at Rotherham United as "totally unacceptable." He rapped: "The performance at Rotherham was simply not good enough. It
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The acute irony of suffering Germany
THE IRONY is acute - and may be bitter, too, for the 14,000 British workers whose jobs depend on the £40billion Eurofighter project, now facing another serious upset. For the German government looks like delaying its orders for the warplane until 2002
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Little nail was used to big effect
TORY strategists must be biting the carpet in fury. For after the comeback, there's the setback - of yet another MP defecting. How frustrating it must be for the party's campaign planners. Such was John Major's shirt-sleeved success at the Conservative
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Right to punish unruly pupils plea
AN EAST Lancashire parliamentary candidate says teachers should be given more rights to discipline unruly students and stop disruptive behaviour in the classroom. Trisha Buzzard, Tory PPC for Rossendale and Darwen, called for an end to "spare the rod
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Aid champ Helen's top teen title bid
CARING teenager Helen Fothergill, who spends her time raising money for Romania, will find out tomorrow if she has been chosen as Mizz Teenager of the Year. The Colne student has been nominated for the award, given to a boy or girl who has shown outstanding
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Fire bomb attack
A FAMILY escaped serious injury when a petrol bomb was thrown at their home. Two children were asleep upstairs in the house in Westwood Court, Blackburn, when the attackers struck at about 2.45am yesterday. Their father, Mr Abdul Musa, said: "I can't
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Raiders make off with marked haul
BOWLING club members are appealing for help in tracing £1,000 of stolen equipment. It had just been etched with security markings. Thieves broke into the Lower Darwen United Reformed Bowling Club building on Branch Road and took a Flymo lawnmower, a strimmer
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ICE HOCKEY: Blackburn Hawks 2 Fife Flyers 4
IF YOU give top class strikers an inch...don't be surprised if they take a mile. Hawks extended scoring invitations to one of ice hockey's most prolific marksmen last night and they might as well have put them in a pre-paid envelope. You might say there
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Drinks ban hopes dashed
TRADERS who called upon councillors to ban drinking in public places are disappointed that their request is set to be refused. Sean Cosgrave, speaking for Rossendale traders and shopkeepers, who got together a petition, said: "Tonight's policy and resources
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Church fires wardens who had an affair
TWO church wardens were asked to leave after their vicar was told they were having an affair, it was confirmed today. Adele Foster and Michael Orpin were both church wardens at St Mark's CE Church, Rossendale Road, Burnley. The Sunday Mirror yesterday
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Complaints simply fell flat
BLACKBURN housing chairman Coun Sue Reid is talking rubbish when she says that action will be taken against tenants causing trouble (LET, October 2). I lived in Larkhill flats and made many a complaint about a certain tenant, but nothing was done. Other
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Rotary Club puts faith in fairer sex
A CLUB which has banned women for the last 75 years plans to open its doors to the fairer sex to boost flagging membership. The Rotary Club of Blackburn - the town's oldest Rotary club - will admit three female members at a special ceremony later this
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Church in bloom
BEAUTIFUL blooms are blossoming in every corner of 700-year-old St Paul's Church in Nelson as a flower festival marks the historic anniversary. The first definitive date for St Paul's then Little Marsden Chapel is 1296 and parishioners planned a feast
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Muggers with knife were aged 10 and 12
YOUNG thugs wielding pen-knives held up two terrified schoolboys and demanded they hand over their designer sports shirts during a vicious daylight attack. The eight -year-old friends were playing on their bikes in a wooded area off Branch Road, Blackburn
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County aims to reduce abuse
GROWING fears over physical and sexual abuse of vulnerable and disabled people has led to Lancashire County Council drawing up a set of tough guidelines. The set of guidelines is aimed at protecting adults who have to be cared for from sexual, physical
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Be ready to flee, council staff advised
COUNCIL staff are being advised to wear shoes suitable for running, in case of hostile confrontations. The advice is part of a set of personal safety guidelines being issued to Hyndburn council staff. And employees working away from their base must keep
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ROVERS: Back him or sack him - crisis time for Harford
IS it time for Ray Harford to go? That's the 64,000 dollar question as Blackburn Rovers reflect on a catastrophic start to the season, writes PETER WHITE. And it's time for Jack Walker and the board to make a decision. The manager was even asking himself
