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Janette swims for SuperScan
A TEACHER is aiming to keep alive the memory of her godmother by making a giant splash for charity. Janette Ainsworth, 27, hopes to complete a five-mile swim to raise money for SuperScan. She was spurred to take the plunge after the death from cancer
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ROVERS: The way we were - and the downhill path since Dalglish
Blackburn Rovers v Manchester United - Peter White's big match preview JUST two years ago this month, Blackburn Rovers and Manchester United were locked in another toe-to-toe struggle, slogging it out for the Premiership title. For the second year in
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Joan's number finally comes up
JIMMY Savile started his DJ career there. Thousands of East Lancashire teenagers did there courting there. And Joan Ashworth Scantlebury has seen them all. After 38 years and four months, she is finally calling "house" at Mecca Bingo, Blackburn. Joan,
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Death plunge warning to kids
FIREFIGHTERS issued a stern warning to daredevil children risking their lives by swinging on a rope across a perilous 50 foot drop. Firemen and police officers attended a wooded area in Accrington yesterday after a call from a worried resident of nearby
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Green schemes boosted by planned £1m project
SCHEMES to improve open spaces in Burnley will benefit from a planned expenditure of nearly £1m next year. The planning and environment committee will be told tomorrow of the progress made on four schemes. The project includes improving existing open
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Families flee as gas leaks
FORTY homes were evacuated after a propane gas cylinder started leaking and there were fears a cloud of flammable gas could settle over Hapton. Workers at bottled gas distributors Acewell Units, Simpson Street spotted the leak in a one-ton bottle last
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TEN YEARS AGO: 'Mr Nasty' faces axe
RADIO'S 'Mr Nasty' Allan Beswick faced the axe after shocking listeners with foul language. The controversial DJ, who hosted a popular late night phone-in programme on Red Rose Radio, was suspended after a complaint from a listener. The Independent Broadcasting
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FIVE YEARS AGO: Labour takes East Lancs
THREE East Lancashire Tories were coming to terms with a new life outside parliament after being dethroned in the General Election. Labour found consolation for its national defeat by taking Hyndburn, Pendle and Rossendale and Darwen. Only Ribble Valley
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BAe hits the green standard
THE green team at British Aerospace's Samlesbury site is celebrating a top environmental award. The site has become the first within British Aerospace to be awarded the ISO 14001 quality standards. "Gaining accreditation for this new standard gives independent
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RUGBY LEAGUE: Lynx bid to make it five
LANCASHIRE Lynx will be looking for their fifth consecutive victory tonight when York Wasps are the visitors to Deepdale (kick off 7.30pm). Unbeaten at home so far, Lynx have dominated these games having adapted to the wide open spaces of Deepdale very
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Ministry cave-in means no justice
EAST Lancashire cancer victim, nine-year-old Tim Davies was killed in hospital - by bacteria in contaminated feeding tubes. It was a lethal error for which someone was responsible. The Department of Health prosecuted the health trust running the Manchester
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Ukelele Ken's charity walk
THE SIGHT of Ken Smith trotting along Lancashire towpaths next month may well raise a few eyebrows - but it's all in a good cause. Ken, 64, will be doing a sponsored walk along the Leeds-Liverpool canal to raise money for The Sick Children's Trust. His
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Former footwear factory's future is still uncertain
FOOTWEAR factory J H Hirst, Waterfoot, has been sold, but the business still faces an uncertain future. The purchase, by local firm B & E Boys, should prove a welcome jobs boost to the area with the development site for industrial units, but the future
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CLARETS: Heath points way to the promised land
Stockport County v Burnley - Tony Dewhurst's big match preview WHEN the Burnley players file out of the Edgeley Park dressing room door at Stockport tomorrow they will give a momentary glance to the notice nailed to the door. In black marker pen, the
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No stone unturned in historic hunt
A SEARCH has been launched for an important piece of Darwen's history which could by lying at the bottom of somebody's garden! Local historian Barbara Riding, who lectures on the Sudell family of Woodfold Hall, discovered the existence of a commemorative
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Tinder conditions spark blaze alert
A GRASS fire which damaged around a square mile of moorland lit up the evening sky last night. Around 20 firefighters from Bacup, Rawtenstall and Burnley tackled the blaze which started near Lee Mill quarries above Stacksteads. Several people telephoned
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The good, the bad and the brave!
Drive & Stroll, with Ron Freethy FAR too often people refer to a line in an old poem which mentions "Bonnie Colne on the hill" and then spoil it by saying that it is just "another textile town," whatever that is supposed to mean! Actually there was
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Artefacts removal an outrage
IT is absolutely outrageous that historical artefacts appertaining to the town's heritage are to be removed from Blackburn Museum to create more space for those of Asian origin (LET, March 31). The military section was shifted out a few years ago to accommodate
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ROVERS: Parkes plans surprise for Reds
TONY Parkes fired the first salvo in the psychological war against Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson today. Blackburn Rovers' caretaker-boss aims to keep Fergie - acknowledged as the Premiership's master of mind games - guessing right up to kick-off
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Town braced for bar wars
BAR wars could break out in Burnley with news of plans to convert a major town centre eyesore into a multi-million pounds hotel and nightspot. Nightclub owner Bedelia Foulds aims to transform the near-derelict Proctor's foundry mill into a major leisure
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Father's hostage quest hits India snag
PROBLEMS within the Indian Parliament could hamper a quest by the father of student hostage Paul Wells. Bob Wells and other members of the Hostages In Kashmir Campaign hoped to meet Indian Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda during their two-week quest for
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ELECTION 97: Two more 'rebels' will defy Major
TWO more East Lancashire Tory candidates will defy John Major and oppose the single currency in their election addresses. Burnley's Bill Wiggin and Pendle's John Midgley will spell out opposition to monetary union in a personal message to voters. They
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Campaigner Kath will fight bus route switch
A PETITION will be organised against changes to a bus route which provides 'a lifeline for the elderly and disabled.' Campaigner Kath Strachan says predictions had come true that operator Stagecoach would cut numbers 14 and 15 Whizzard service in Colne
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Shameful decline of British merchant fleet
RECENTLY it was stated on TV that the P and O shipping company's ferry service, Pandoro, was sacking the crews and replacing them with crews from Spain because they were cheaper. As a former seaman, I would like to comment. The Spanish plunder our fish
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CRICKET: Future is red rosy
LANCASHIRE chairman Bob Bennett believes the star-studded Old Trafford squad can produce another big trophy winning season. Bennett said: "We can do as well, if not better, as last year when we achieved the double because the side have more experience
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Poll tax gaffe shows honesty -and daftness
HAS Buzzard gone cuckoo? For today we find the Tory runner in Rossendale and Darwen, Trish Buzzard, praising the poll tax! Does she not know that it was here in East Lancashire that this most hated tax was killed off - by the Tories' spectacular 1991
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Ewood Park on red alert
EWOOD PARK goes on red alert tomorrow as police prepare for an invasion of Manchester United fans AND possible IRA bomb threats. Extra officers are to be on duty for Blackburn Rovers' biggest clash of the season following the bomb scare which delayed
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Awards entries pour in
A HECTIC last few days has seen a deluge of entries for the Lancashire Evening Telegraph 1997 East Lancashire Business Awards. Now the countdown has begun to the gala presentation evening on June 27 when former Blackburn Rovers star and now multi-millionaire
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History as Sir Rhodes's old school topples
A PIECE of history was revealed when the old Haslingden Grammar School building in Bury Road finally bit the dust. Demolition men removed the last section of the front wall and under the foundation stone, which was laid in 1902 by Sir William Mather MP
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Self drive 'angel' saves police mercy mission
CARING police planning a mercy mission to Romania have averted a transport crisis after an eleventh-hour offer of help. Thirteen Lancashire Constabulary volunteers feared they would have to leave behind 30 tonnes of food, drugs and other aid behind after
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Crossing call for road that's a potential killer
A FATHER has started a petition in an attempt to get a pelican crossing placed on a busy road - after his three children were forced to dice with death on their way home from school. Ian Guy wants a safe place for residents of Lower Darwen Village to
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CLARETS: Can you take the pressure?
STOCKPORT County skipper Mick Flynn raised the stakes for tomorrow's promotion feud at Edgeley Park and told Burnley: "Can you handle the promotion pressure?" Flynn is a seasoned veteran of Stockport versus Burnley clashes and a member of the County side
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CLARETS: Barnes fires play-off charge!
LETHAL goal ace Paul Barnes has Stockport County running scared. Barnes commands Burnley's front line at Edgeley Park tomorrow with County still licking their wounds from the 5-2 defeat at Turf Moor when the Clarets marksman bagged all five goals. "It
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Chance to be one of the top brass
BRASS instrumentalists and a new conductor are being sought by a Rossendale-based band. Goodshaw Band meets at Rakefoot Methodist Church, Crawshawbooth, on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Organisers said numbers had dropped recently because of work commitments
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ROVERS: Last gasp strike keeps Ewood youngsters in cup hunt
FA Youth Cup Semi-Final (1st leg) - Crystal Palace 2 Blackburn Rovers 1 ROVERS' hopes of reaching the FA Youth Cup final for the first time in 38 years are still very much alive, thanks to an injury-time penalty by Luke Staton at Selhurst Park last night
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NON-LEAGUE: Stand by me, says Bryan
BRYAN Griffiths, the third manager at UniBond League side Chorley this season, aims to halt the exodus of players from Victory Park. The former Evertonian's defiant stand comes days after Steve Doyle's shock resignation following his arrest for drink
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Parent firm's profits rising
PROFITS at the parent firm of engineers Bootham have soared. The Bacup-based firm's Dowding & Mills parent company saw profits before tax increase by 26 per cent to £7.1 million in the last six months of 1996 on sales of £61 million. "Investment has
