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Labour feeding food propaganda
THERE is a note of scaremongering hypocrisy coming from Darwen Labour Party, Mrs Janet Anderson and leader 'Phoney Blair.' The Conservative government will not impose VAT on food as the above people mentioned. If we join the European currency, VAT will
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A new role for the magistrates' clerk
A FAMILIAR face has gone from magistrates' courts in the Pennine Division as clerk Michael Eccles (right) closes the book on a 40-year career. The world is now a stage for Mr Eccles, who has put criminal, youth and family courts behind him and is looking
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Girl's gun terror at corner shop
A YOUNG shop assistant screamed in terror when a youth pointed a gun at her. Salma Mulla, 19, was serving in her father's grocery store in Norman Street, Blackburn, when the chubby-faced teenager walked in and produced the weapon. Panicked by Salma's
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TV crew's 'scare tactics' slammed
A MILK lady and her teenage helper feared they were going to be mugged after a BBC film crew blocked them into a dead end and started hammering on the van window. The BBC say teenagers were working illegally because they had no work permits and it was
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ROVERS: Hammers are nailed
Rovers 2 West Ham 1 FOOTBALL'S fickle wheel of fortune has turned full circle since an October afternoon when Tony Parkes strapped himself into the driving seat and prepared for the ride of a lifetime. Now he's a little older, doubtless a great deal wiser
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Store's new for old
SUPERMARKET giants Asda are planning to replace their Clayton Green store with a new multi-million shopping complex - without any disruption to customers. If the scheme gets the go-ahead, a modern Asda and several shop units will be built on the car park
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Screen wars over rival cinemas bids
NEIGHBOURING East Lancashire councils are on collision course for a 'screen wars' public inquiry into a proposed cinema and leisure development at Whitebirk. Blackburn Council is supporting the huge complex at Greenbank, as long as the deal includes a
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Sex crimes and robbery 'on the increase'
SEX offences rose by almost 15 per cent in Lancashire during the last nine months of 1996 - but police solved more than 85 per cent of cases. Lancashire Constabulary figures, covering the period from April to the end of last year, also show a 6.2 per
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5 YEARS AGO: Smear tactics fear
FEARS were growing that the looming General Election would be the dirtiest since the war. Labour said a concerted campaign was underway to smear them, both the party and its leaders. There were allegations of muckraking, stolen files and even attempts
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Leaders faulter
Ashton Town 0 Haslingden 0 WITH five first team members unavailable, including the strike force of Jimmy Clarke, Steve Parry and Rory McDowell, Haslingden looked physically lightweight for the game from which they would have expected to take maximum points
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BBC2's scare tactics smack of arrogance
THE tactics of a television crew terrified teenagers as they went about their part-time jobs in Stacksteads. The crew, from BBC2's Newsnight, had earlier filmed at Fearns High school with the permission of the headmaster. But they did not tell him they
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Flip comments will not solve traffic chaos
WHILE drivers fume in Blackburn's chaotic new town centre traffic system, the town council and the county council insist that everything is all right. Blackburn council say they have had no complaints. This newspaper has had numerous letters of complaint
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Has your company got what it takes?
DOES your company and its employees make a real contribution to the local community? It may be just allowing workers to take a few hours off each week to help out at a local nursing home or hospital or a long term project to create a wildlife haven around
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A 'massive increase' in B-tests and speed traps
A POLICE crackdown on drink drivers and speedsters moved into top gear last year. There were massive increases in the number of breath tests and speeding tickets given to motorists. A safety campaign launched by Lancashire's Chief Constable Pauline Clare
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CLARETS: Tooth and nail fight earns vital point
Crewe 1 Burnley 1 NIGEL Gleghorn wore the haunted look of a man whose missus had forgotten to put the six national lottery numbers on - and landed the £10 million jackpot! " Come on, Nigel, have a quick drink before the coach leaves," implored one of
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ICE HOCKEY: Hawks in stirring display
Hawks 8 Murrayfield Royals 5 Hawks 6 Fife Flyers 7 HAWKS came within an ace of producing one of ice hockey's biggest upsets last night.l+2l-2The local lads were ahead through Bidner before the Scottish stars took control with four quick replies only for
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Don't fear the 'bogey man'
MAY I ask those people who are opposed to Britain having closer ties with Europe what are you afraid of - the bogey man? Surely we should regard it as an exciting challenge, joining with our fellow Europeans in a great new venture, trying to create a
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Strut your stuff if you've got it
MEL Gibson has got it and Brad Pitt oozes it from every pore - but does your man have it? Utopia nightclub, in Blackburn town centre, has been picked to host the Lancashire auditions in search of the hunkiest man in Britain. Utopia have teamed up with
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Spice girls raise the pulse
YOUR Pulse pages last week seemed to be a party political broadcast on behalf of Nigel Evans. What on earth has Nigel hob-nobbing with the likes of The Spice Girls (right) got to do with the vibrant music scene in East Lancashire, a scene that used to
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Vandals torch charity lorry bound for Bosnia
A CHARITY worker whose lorry - loaded with relief goods for Bosnia - was torched by vandals has pledged: "I will not let these people stop our important work". Burnley-based Compassion UK volunteer Abdul Qureshi was devastated to discover his articulated
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ROVERS: Citko deal agreed
EXCLUSIVE by PETER WHITE MAREK Citko is on his way to Ewood after Blackburn Rovers agreed a deal, believed to be worth around £2.75 million, with Polish champions Widzew Lodz. The international star - the only man to score against England in the present
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10 YEARS AGO: New boss for Rovers
DON Mackay was named as the new manager of Blackburn Rovers. The former Coventry and Dundee boss took over on a two-year contract from Tony Parkes, who had been in temporary charge following the sacking of Bob Saxton. Mr Mackay said he would work immediately
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Verse said everything
WHAT a splendid verse from reader Joe Briscall (LET, January 28), his 'Every Scum's Poem' was a delight to read. He managed to say what thousands of decent folk in this area think about the louts, idlers and scroungers who live off both the system and
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Bosses take over two Scapa mills
TWO of East Lancashire largest employers have been sold off in a £19 million deal. Perseverance Mills of Padiham and Scapa Mouldings of Rishton, which together employ more than 500 people, have been sold to a management buy-in team by Scapa Group. The
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New bus stops give chemist a headache
A PHARMACY boss says his business has been badly hit by Blackburn's new traffic system. Graham Hibbins, manager of Peels Chemist in Railway Road, says the multi-million pound revamp of the Boulevard bus station and change in road plans has been a nightmare
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Doctor's crusade
DR Peter Ormerod's pain has become his abiding pleasure. Struck down by tuberculosis when just seven years old, the consultant has made a career out of curing sufferers of the debilitating disease. In fact, if you are going to get TB it is probably best
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Dad-to-be slaughtered in the sun
ROBBERS tortured and murdered a former Burnley man as his wife was preparing to tell him he was going to become a father. Stuart Gaskell was shot twice in the head "execution style". His murder was heard by his wife Estelle, 25, and his mother Sheila
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Traffic scheme an utter shambles
REGARDING the town centre and Boulevard shambles. One could be forgiven for thinking that the PG Tips chimps, or Laurel and Hardy had planned the traffic system we have been lumbered with. As a professional driver my daily duties include two or three
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CLARETS: Nogan off to Hearts
EXCLUSIVE by TONY DEWHURST BURNLEY'S want-away striker Kurt Nogan today linked up with Scottish Premier League side Heart of Midlothian. Troubled Nogan travelled north last night and was due to begin a short trial at Tynecastle Park today. And if the
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Teacher dies in head-on horror crash
A HORRIFIC head-on collision claimed the life of a teacher and seriously injured his girlfriend. Firefighters and paramedics from Blackburn, Altham and Accrington fought for nearly two hours to release 30-year-old Gordon Walker and Elizabeth Thompson,
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Black puds are always the answer, say TV quiz family
WACKY Gill Mercer and her family were never stuck for an answer on Family Fortunes. They'd just say: "Black puddings!" So TV quiz host Les Dennis was amazed to learn, for instance, that after a walk you massage your feet with...black puddings. The crazy
