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Cows about that!
WHEN Trish Matthews arrived home she couldn't moo-ve - FOR COWS! Was TV's practical joker Jeremy Beadle about? Or was someone pulling the udder leg? For covering her drive in Rogersfield, Langho, and causing havoc in her garden were 25 stray cows. Trish
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Milkman in crash ordeal
A MILKMAN is recovering in hospital with head and leg injuries after his milk float crashed head-on into a wall in Stanhill Road, Oswaldtwistle. The driver was trapped in the cab of the vehicle outside Stanhill Post Office and had to be released by firefighters
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Showstopper Kristen wins again
THE FAMILY of 14-year-old Kristen Hoyle are delighted she has scooped first place in a holiday camp's Best Act Of The Season award - it means they get to go on yet another free holiday. It will be their fifth free week away, thanks to the multi-talented
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10 YEARS AGO: Adrian powers to record
BLACKBURN power boat driver Adrian Lang set and broke a national power boat record on Windermere. He powered over the lake at 75.55mph during the annual power boat record attempts. Burnley and Pendle bus services were disrupted as municipal busmen began
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Lives saved on trip
MANY thanks for the coverage (LET, September 27) of my recent trip to the Ukraine with humanitarian aid given by Lancashire people. The charity, International Aid Trust, works so hard to ensure all donations reach their destination and I can promise they
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Goldsmith's party is for amusement only
TOMORROW, sees a spectacle which is unique in British politics. We will see the inaugural conference of a party promising to disband if it gets its way. But, offering itself to the British electorate on that platform, Sir James Goldsmith's Referendum
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Law not so much an ass - just heartless
BATTLING for the right to have a child by using her dead husband's sperm, young widow Diane Blood was blocked in the High Court yesterday, not so much by a law that is asinine, but one written for good reasons that unfortunately did not envisage tragic
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Safety first advice for officials
THE issuing of safety advice to council officials who could face hostile or aggressive customers has been welcomed by Hyndburn councillors. Incidents of violence against council employees have been on the increase across the country, the personnel and
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Shock report of low pay and illness
SIXTY percent of households in Burnley claim some kind of state benefit with the average amount being £32. People living in a third of Burnley properties claim housing and council tax benefits, with the figure rising to more than 50 percent in the Daneshouse
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Hundreds evacuated in gas scare
HUNDREDS of people were evacuated from their homes when contractors working on a water main in Kay Street, Darwen, severed a gas pipe, sending fumes into properties. Emergency services were on stand-by in case of explosion as gas continued to escape,
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CLARETS: County for sale!
Focus on Notts County, who visit Burnley tomorrow FANCY owning a football club? One owner, excellent stadium, team has seen better days but an influx of capital could make all the difference. For a mere £3 million or so, you could take control of Notts
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Labour's pensions danger
LABOUR'S new policies on pensions show that they are not fit to govern. They pose dangers for pensioners and for the taxpayer. New Labour's plan to allow everyone to retire from age 60 would mean £15 billion extra public spending if the basic pension
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Hopes for 350 jobs in M65 leisure complex
A MAJOR leisure complex which could bring 350 new jobs to East Lancashire has been hailed as a "bonanza" by councillors. Plans to build the multi-million pound centre, which will include a multiplex cinema and bowling alley, have won unanimous backing
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Safety probe after girls hurt at funfair
TWO teenagers limped away from a fairground ride when the wooden platform they were standing on gave way. Joanna Scholes, 13, and Natalie Nelson, 16, had been visiting Rawtenstall funfair when the accident happened. They were waiting for their turn on
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John kicks into movie big-time
A CONTROVERSIAL film is set to catapult a rising star from East Lancashire into the limelight. The British film Boston Kickout, on selected release from today, has been praised by the critics for its portrayal of angry and bored youths in Stevenage. The
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Blot on town's image
HAVING abandoned its massive road building programme, the Government now want people to be environmentally aware, leave the car at home and travel by public transport. But a lot more than words are needed to tempt people out of their vehicles. For the
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ROVERS: Defender Pearce set to return
IAN Pearce could well be back to give Blackburn Rovers manager Ray Harford a major boost for tomorrow's Premiership clash with Sheffield Wednesday at Hillsborough. And Kevin Gallacher looks a candidate to start too, providing he doesn't suffer any problems
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Wilson's pound in a new pocket
THE pound in your pocket that late Prime Minister Harold Wilson used to talk about is now on the mantelpiece at the home of Rossendale Labour councillor Paulinus Barnes. Coun Barnes, a delegate to the Labour Party conference in Blackpool, was the winner
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ROVERS: Carbone could be the "new" Waddle
PETER WHITE assesses Sheffield Wednesday, who entertain Blackburn tomorrow SHEFFIELD Wednesday fans could be about to experience a culture shock - but manager David Pleat believes they will enjoy every minute of it. For years, Owls followers worshipped
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Action to tackle youth gangs
SCHEMES to combat gangs of youths who are wreaking havoc in residential areas are to be given top priority by an East Lancashire council. Hyndburn Borough Council policy and resources committee was told police had identified "hotspots" in the borough
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NON LEAGUE: Jimmy's the driving force behind Haslingden
BRIAN DOOGAN reports on a revival at Ewood Bridge JIMMY Clarke checked his itinerary for the day. He took one look at the jobs lined up for him and realised he'd never be back in time to start the match. So he did what any man who takes his football seriously
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Die cast for expansion
A £1 MILLION investment which will create 30 new jobs at a Burnley manufacturer is under way. And a £28,500 grant from Burnley Borough Council's Challenge Fund is helping implement the first phase of the expansion programme at Lupton & Place The firm
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Macmillan Nurses plea
MACMILLAN Nurses have a national collection on Friday and Saturday, October 25 and 26 at every Tesco store in the country, and we need volunteers to help raise funds to support the local Macmillan service. More than 5,000 people every year are diagnosed
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Baby-wait couples face new treatment rules
CHILDLESS couples waiting to discover if their fertility treatment will be funded on the NHS will have to meet a set of new guidelines. Cash-strapped East Lancashire Health Authority bosses have provisionally agreed to endorse the same eligibility criteria
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Hidden timebomb of 'sleeping giant' virus
A VIRUS which is spreading rapidly across East Lancashire was today described as a hidden timebomb waiting to explode. Liz Lyons has spoken out about the dangers of the potentially fatal liver disease hepatitis C after spending 11 years as a probation
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Chile prospect for Craig
ADVENTUROUS Craig Lucas is on the trip of a lifetime in remote Chile, thanks to Raleigh International. Craig, 25, of Lily Street, Darwen, is carrying out much-needed community and environmental projects on the ice-capped tip of the country. As part of
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CLARETS: Beresford signs new deal at Turf Moor
MARLON Beresford has agreed to sign a new contract with Burnley, to the delight of manager Adrian Heath. And the Burnley boss has also taken Jesus Seba on trial after the Spaniard, one of Wigan's "Three Amigos", was released from Springfield Park. The
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Old and peculiar - the ancient inn built around a tree
Ron Freethy's England: Lydiate THESE days most people do not feel inclined to walk in the areas around towns and cities. What we all forget is that cities were formed many years ago by absorbing several villages. One super little village is Lydiate, which
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'Horror' show well timed
THE Anne Frank exhibition (LET, October 2) was well-timed. We should keep pressing home to the present generation the horrors which were perpetrated by German National Socialists. Neither should we ever forget the terrible atrocities committed in the
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Drinkers toast cheap beer
NELSON is set to take part in the second battle of Trafalgar, but it has nothing to do with daring exploits on the high seas. The town that bears the great sea hero's name will see the Lord Nelson pub, Manchester Road, and the Trafalgar, Railway Street
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Fatal cancer caused by asbestos
A FORMER gas fitter died from an asbestos-related tumour, even though medics never told him he had cancer, an inquest heard. Terence Morgan, 62, died two days after being admitted to hospital, in pain and unable to eat. His widow Patricia said: "Nobody
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5 YEARS AGO: New boss for Clarets
BURNLEY Football Club named Jimmy Mullen as their new manager. Villagers who clashed over a multi-million pound bypass plan were told it would not be built. The proposal to relieve the congested A59 had divided the residents of Copster Green. Almost 10,000
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SUPERBIKES: Foggy second fastest in Victoria
CASTROL Honda's Aaron Slight and Carl Fogarty completed a two-day test at Phillip Island in Australia with Slight smashing the lap record and Fogarty ending the session marginally outside the record for the 2.76-mile circuit in Victoria state. New Zealander
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North West Water ban stays
NORTH West Water today said it has no immediate plans to lift its 14-month-old hosepipe ban, despite the fact that neighbouring Yorkshire was to lift its ban from next month. It was the worst-hit region in the country and Yorkshire Water received massive
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Icy adventure
AN amateur explorer has just arrived back from a trip to the frozen North. Tom Doyle travelled to Svalbard, between North Norway and the North Pole, with a team of 80 young people and 20 trained leaders on the six-week expedition. The British Schools
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Rovers' Colin lays down solid future
BLACKBURN Rovers star Colin Hendry will be swapping trades to try his hand at bricklaying on Monday. The Scottish player will be laying the foundation stone for 43 new rooms at the Dunkenhalgh Hotel, Clayton-le-Moors, at 7.15pm. He was asked to perform
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Breathing new life into city
A BUSINESSWOMAN from East Lancashire has been chosen to steer the city of Sunderland towards a prosperous 21st century. Inner city regeneration expert Chris Rawlinson, who lives in the Ribble Valley and works in Burnley, has been appointed City Centre
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Hunting the 'Net' for old pals
EX-BLACKBURNIAN Eric Schulze has contacted us through the Internet, asking for help in tracing two old buddies. Eric, who now lives in Pennsylvania, has been in the US for 18 years. As a youngster he went to St Silas's School and Witton Park Secondary
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Soccer fanatic's birthday pain
FOOTBALL fanatic Robert Wilkinson was today spending his 15th birthday on an operating table at Burnley General Hospital. Surgeons were inserting pins and a metal plate in his right leg, badly broken in two places in an accident with a car. The injury
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Police set to act on new gun curbs
POLICE in Lancashire are preparing to play a bigger role in the vetting of gun clubs, following new proposals to outlaw high-powered handguns. Force bosses have welcomed the Home Secretary's move in the wake of the Dunblane tragedy, but are examining
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Anger over phone bills
THOUSANDS of British Telecom customers in the Ribble Valley area are facing higher than expected phone bills because of a computer mix-up. People living in Clitheroe who were accepted on to the company's popular "Friends and Family" scheme have been losing
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Danger vehicles ordered off road
TWO THIRDS of vehicles stopped by police as part of a high-profile road safety clampdown were found to be travelling illegally. And around a dozen vehicles were in such a dangerous condition that they were barred from continuing their journeys until repairs
