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Angels and Cherubs' heavenly success!
MORE marriages between "Angels" and "Cherubs" were celebrated when businessmen and women got together in King George's Hall, Blackburn. The highly-successful Guardian Angels scheme now covers the whole of East Lancashire, pairing off established companies
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FIVE YEARS AGO: 'Be alert' bomb warning
AN IRA Christmas bombing alert was issued in East Lancashire following weekend attacks on two major shopping centres. Detectives were investigating 13 suspected IRA-style firebomb incidents in Blackpool and Manchester, where police recovered a number
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G'day for golden wedding
A COUPLE who 'escaped' to Australia for a tenner 31-years-ago celebrated their golden wedding in the sunshine city of Adelaide. And Maurice Webber, brother of Down Under former Blackburn gravedigger Christopher, phoned from East Lancashire to say: 'G'day
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Drivers' M65 fury after road closed
TRAFFIC came to a grinding halt in Nelson after the M65 was closed leaving miles of furious motorists stuck in four-mile jams from Brierfield to Burnley. Lancashire County Council closed the motorway East bound from junction 12 to 13 for resurfacing work
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ICE HOCKEY: Hawks hit for six
Blackburn Hawks 6 Murrayfield Royals 8 "DON'T worry about a thing"...is the Blackburn Hawks theme tune, but not a likely Christmas number one from Jim Pennycook! Hawks coach has plenty to worry about and, right now, it's difficult to see everything coming
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Thanks, thief!
MY family and I would like to convey seasonal greetings to the prowling underhand thief who broke into our garage, stealing a number of expensive tools together with my son's model car for which he had saved very hard. Should any of your readers be offered
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Time to break Euro ties
FIFTY-two years ago British soldiers were fighting and dying for freedom in some of the bloodiest battles after D Day in order to free Europe from the German hordes. Hundreds were killed, thousands wounded at Caen. Now, in 1996, British truck drivers
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Can Major continue to be so vague on Europe?
THERE is no doubt that John Major is a great survivor - as shown by the way he routed his opponents in the leadership challenge 18 months ago. But will his accomplished TV performance yesterday, in which he stuck by his "wait and see" policy on the single
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Probe into clash at youths' game
OFFICIALS from the Lancashire Football Association were today investigating the circumstances which led to an Under-14s Youth Cup clash being abandoned. It is believed that an adult spectator went on to the pitch to confront one of the young players during
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NON-LEAGUE: Spartans rob Reds
Accrington Stanley 2 Blyth Spartans 3 IN A game of end to end action, the first period was even until on 27 minutes a good cross in from the left was headed home from eight yards by Stuart Young to make it 1-0 to Blyth. On 32 minutes, Robertson's corner
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ROVERS: Parkes hits out at reports
TONY Parkes expects to be still in charge of Blackburn Rovers when they visit title-chasing Wimbledon on Saturday. And the caretaker-boss hit back at stories in the national media which claimed he had "revealed" Rovers were on the verge of appointing
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ROVERS: Mist chance - but draw clears clouded memory of Filbert Street
Premier League: Leicester City 1 Blackburn Rovers 1 - Peter White's big match verdict TONY Parkes could have been forgiven a few haunted pre-match fears, as his thoughts drifted back to a September day in 1991 when, as caretaker-manager, he took Blackburn
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Up the wall
JOBLESS Stephen Horsfield has designs on a new career. Stephen, together with fellow design student Wayne Francis, completed a mural, showing a range of athletic scenes, at the Pavilion Cafe in Witton Park, Blackburn. Stephen said: "I've always been interested
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Councillors happy over country park
A NEW country park to beautify the surroundings of Accrington has taken a step nearer reality. Hyndburn's policy and resources committee meeting agreed that council-owned land should be incorporated into the new Woodnook Vale Park. If funding is made
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Turkeys escape early roast
ARSONISTS set a shed containing 400 turkeys ablaze just days after 120 turkeys were stolen from a nearby allotment. Farmer Thomas Sanderson, of Meadow Top Farm, Wooley Lane, Baxenden, woke at 5.15am to go to the toilet and saw the fire burning in his
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Cycle bandits move into top gear
CYCLE thefts in Blackburn are set to burst through the 700 barrier this year - just as local bike thieves are preparing to move into top gear. The figures have prompted police to launch a Christmas security campaign in a bid to combat thefts and ensure
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Abbey booster planned, courtesy of lottery cash
ONE of the Ribble Valley's most important historic sites and tourist attractions could be given a massive refurbishment boost, if a bid for lottery loot is successful. Dramatic and exciting plans for Whalley Abbey are being drawn up at the moment between
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TEN YEARS AGO: Enterprise plan snubbed
BURNLEY'S bid to extend North East Lancashire's highly successful Enterprise Zone was snubbed by the Government. Environment Minister John Patten put the proposal on hold, and said that no useful purpose would be served by meeting MP Peter Pike to discuss
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Motor sport giant loses cancer fight
A MOTOR sport fanatic, the driving force behind 'The Best Rally In The World,' has lost his battle against cancer. Brian Molyneux was known throughout the rallying world as the man who helped set up the prestigious Tour of Mull event in 1969, then saved
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Throat is cut by attacker
A TERRIFIED woman had her throat slashed twice probably with a broken bottle as she walked home from an office Christmas party in Accrington. The 31-year-old victim was left bleeding from two jagged wounds on the left side of her throat, one five inches
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12 months wait in building battle
A GOVERNMENT-appointed inspector will decide the next round of the battle to build a major development in East Lancashire. But two firms wanting to build rival complexes between Hyndburn and Blackburn will now have to wait at least 12 months to see who
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Attack fear as grandad is robbed
SCHOOL children are being warned to stay away from an isolated footpath after a grandfather was viciously attacked and robbed. Form tutors at Ivy Bank High School, Burnley, were today advising pupils not to walk alone on the path and not to go near the
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Teacher was the tops
IWAS annoyed by the comments made by Coun Bill Goldsmith maligning the teacher ability of Coun Peter Britcliffe (LET, November 21). As an ex-pupil of Moor End Primary School, I was taught by Mr Britcliffe, I must point out that the time and effort he
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Please back up the 'facts'
IN response to my earlier observation that unaffordable wages could cost jobs, Coun D Hollings (Letters, November 23) says many countries with a minimum wage have stronger economies than ours. But he provided no details or unemployment figures. The councillor
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Dark secrets: Action team uncover hidden caves in Spain
MOVE over Mr Spock and Captain Kirk - a group of potholers really do "boldly go where no man has gone before". Matienzo Caving Expeditions is a group of about 70 keen cavers who have been exploring and surveying the treasures of the Matienzo region of
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I'm a classic failure
Eric Leaver's Monday "NISUS was the guardian of the gate and, with him, Aeneas strong in arms"...a phrase from classic literature. To be precise, from the Aeneid by Virgil, the ancient Roman cobbler of hexameter verse who, though he did not know it when
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The young Old Masters
BUDDING artists showed off their work to their friends when they staged their own private exhibition. The three young members of Bold Venture Park Scout Group worked on their artist's badges for around six months, even designing their own wallpaper borders
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Mask thug in shop terror raid
A MASKED robber threatened to beat a female shop assistant with a baseball bat in an attack at an off-licence last night. And today police were looking at security camera recordings taken from Cheers off-licence, Whalley New Road, Blackburn, in an attempt
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Cracked pipe is leaking sewage into river
A LEAKING pipe trickling sewage into a river has been unearthed by workers investigating the cause of a flood. The Environment Agency was helping to clean-up the remains of a collapsed culvert at the site of firms Pilkington Bros and Connolly's Demolition
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NON-LEAGUE: Strike a light, we're gutted!
Bacup Borough 5 Oldham Town 4 (abandoned after 115 minutes) THE home side were poised for a NWCL Second Division trophy semi-final spot, leading 5-4 with just five minutes of extra time left ... but they were thwarted by a floodlight failure. Now they
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CLARETS: Heath fires cup warning
ADRIAN Heath today fired an early warning to his Clarets charges after Walsall were forced into an FA Cup replay at fortress Turf Moor - 'Don't think that we'll have it easy.' Heath was keen to stress that the job is only half completed after Kyle Lightbourne's
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CLARETS: Light switch! Bermudan's late equaliser forces replay
FA Cup 2nd round: Walsall 1 Burnley 1 - Brian Doogan's big match verdict SOME Burnley fans might have expected George Cain to miss the blatant handball that resulted in Walsall's injury time equaliser. For on an afternoon of high FA Cup drama which transformed