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Health staff's NVQ tonic
A MAJOR training programme has proved just the tonic for healthcare staff. As part of NVQ courses taken by employees of Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley Health Care Trust, staff have instigated more than 30 changes to the way the organisation operates
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Fury at mercy trip parking fine
TRAFFIC bosses were slammed today for refusing to waive a parking fine on a pensioner which was issued outside a GP's surgery just three weeks before his wife died. The fixed penalty notice was slapped on Eric Johnson's car after he had parked on yellow
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ROVERS: Goal king Cole sends Blackburn close to the edge
Blackburn Rovers 2 Manchester United 3 - Peter White's big match verdict THE enigma that was Andy Cole, too often the forgotten man of Manchester United, buried Blackburn Rovers in a hole of mineshaft proportions in front of Ewood's biggest gate of the
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Eggs delivery by road riders
ON behalf of the Lancashire Road Riders Motorcycle Club, may I thank all the shops and supermarkets which donated Easter eggs for our annual Easter Egg Run. This year, our two main visits were to Pendlebury Children's Hospital, and Booth Hall burns unit
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Neighbours' bucket brigade defies estate vandals
ANGRY residents rolled up their sleeves to remove the mud stains which are blighting their estate - and shame the council into action. For householders on Burnley's problem-plagued Stoops estate, the Lancashire Evening Telegraph's front-page photograph
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TEN YEARS AGO: Hunt for sex killer
EXTRA teams of detectives were drafted in to Blackburn to hunt the brutal sex attacker who strangled a 16-year-old schoolgirl. And a senior police officer warned teenage girls: "This killer could strike again." Michelle Calvy's naked body was found at
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FIVE YEARS AGO: Beer lorry destroyed
ARSONISTS were being hunted after they destroyed a £20,000 lorry loaded with beer at Fogarty's warehouse, off Bolton Road, Blackburn. Greengrocer Brian Bramley was saved from death by a passing doctor after his pick-up truck smashed into the back of a
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Council will end saga of the Ilex
COUNCILLORS are determined to end the uncertainty over the empty and rapidly deteriorating Ilex Mill in Rawtenstall. They intend to buy the property on Bacup Road - if necessary by compulsory purchase order. And a meeting of the full council on Wednesday
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CLARETS: Heath hurts so Mutch after crucial defeat
Stockport County 1 Burnley 0 - Tony Dewhurst's big match verdict ADRIAN Heath has faced some turbulent and difficult moments since taking the Turf Moor manager's chair 13 months ago-but, none more so than this devastating defeat to old adversaries Stockport
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CRICKET: Athers named skipper
MIKE Atherton was today reappointed as England captain for the first half of the summer. It was expected that the new England selection committee, chaired by David Graveney, would back the 29-year-old Lancashire star for the Texaco Trophy series against
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Factory's fierce plastic blaze
SMOKE could be seen for miles around when 300 tons of Perspex sheets went up in flames at a Darwen factory. Firefighters battled for more than five hours to put out the blaze in the storage area at Du Vergier, India Street, early yesterday. The damaged
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Strokes claim 600 East Lancs victims
NEARLY 600 East Lancashire people die from strokes each year and another 400 are left permanently disabled, a new study reveals. But the high death rate results simply from the fact that more local people suffer strokes, and is not down to any shortcomings
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Two men in terror attack on woman
A WOMAN was attacked by two men as she walked across open space towards a friend's house late at night. The woman, aged 25, had been out with friends in Burnley town centre when she took a taxi to Metcalfe Street, Rosegrove, and walked across open space
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Jumpin' Jack's legend lives on
Looking Back, with Eric Leaver YOU just can't keep an old-time jumper down. For, out of the past - and out of an argument down at Rossendale reader Mr R.L. Leach's local - leaps legendary Jack Higgins, the spring-heeled hero who was "world champion" at
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Nurses' dismissal wrong
REGARDING the report (LET, April 3) of the dismissal of Hazel James and Wendy Birtwistle, our local Breast Care Nurses, I believe a wrong decision has been made. Eighteen months ago, I was diagnosed as having breast cancer. But after an operation and
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ROVERS: Fury over Wilcox gesture
JASON Wilcox was at the centre of a gesture storm today to add to Blackburn Rovers' mounting problems. The left winger was jeered by a section of the crowd during the second half of Saturday's bitterly-disappointing defeat by Manchester United. He had
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Cemfuel court challenge set to be dropped
CEMFUEL protesters will be urging councillors to take Castle Cement to court over plume grounding problems at a special meeting on Wednesday. However, members of Ribble Valley's community committee look set to decide against court action. In a report
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CLARETS: Fans angry over alleged remarks by Mutch
FURIOUS Burnley fans have appealed for strong action to be taken against Stockport County striker Andy Mutch. Several angry fans telephoned the Lancashire Evening Telegraph today to complain about alleged abusive remarks made by Mutch to a section of
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Runners hit by train vandals
MARATHON runners from Burnley's St Theodore's High School completed the 26-mile slog round London - but were then stranded on trains after vandals attacked signals at Milton Keynes. Teacher Pat McKiernan, who was making his third marathon run, said: "
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Peace bid over 'no-go area' Muslim burials
COUNCIL chiefs are to meet leaders of the Muslim community to discuss problems at Pleasington Cemetery. Traffic congestion caused by hundreds of Asian mourners attending Muslim burials has prevented people from gaining access to the cemetery on several
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Cemetery row needs sorting - and soon
COUNCIL chiefs and Muslim leaders at Blackburn are to meet to thrash out the problems caused by big Asian funerals that have led to Pleasington Cemetery being a no-go zone for others. And properly sorted out this issue must be - for it stands to become
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Let's be rid of this tedious slanging match
LABOUR leader Tony Blair aims today take the election "by the scruff of the neck" and "make it come alive." This change of direction may, in truth, be a response to the damage done by Tory attacks on Labour's U-turns on privatisation, the unions and devolution
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Councillor cleared as free meal turns sour
A COUNCILLOR who attended a free meal function at a Burnley restaurant would have been advised to declare an interest when he later sat on a committee which granted it a music licence. But, in a special report, council chief executive Roger Ellis adds
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There's greater joy for Jack
SO, according to the Sunday Times, our Jack Walker has a personal fortune of well over £500 million. It is, of course, hard-earned money and, of course, far too much for any one person. Come on, Jack, remember some poor destitute hospital, orphanage or
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Market traders' cash for Paul
MARKET traders have devoted their latest fund-raising efforts to student hostage Paul Wells. Orritt's poultry and cooked meats, on stall six of Blackburn's Three Day Market, has raised more than £1,000 for different local charities. Staff ask customers
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Pensioner plucked from flat blaze
A PENSIONER was rescued by firefighters from his burning flat in a sheltered accommodation complex. Leslie Eccleston, 67, suffered the effects of severe smoke inhalation in the fire in Bowland Court, Lowergate, Clitheroe, at 5pm yesterday. He was taken
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Heather's in the swim to raise cash
FUND-RAISER Heather Edwards is taking the plunge and planning to swim a mile a day for five days in a bid to raise cash to buy life-saving ambulance equipment. Heather, 32, who suffers from an under-active thyroid gland, is trying to raise as much sponsorship
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CLARETS: Keeper could miss rest of season
BURNLEY goalkeeper Marlon Beresford faces surgery next month. The Clarets number one was due to see a specialist today to identify the extent of the groin injury which forced Beresford to miss Saturday's 1-0 defeat at Stockport County. It means he could
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Splish, splash - it's a 40th bash!
A DIVING club, founded in the days when frogmen still took the plunge in woollies, is celebrating its 40th birthday. The call has gone out to former members to celebrate the Darwen branch of the British Sub Aqua Club's colourful history at a reunion dinner
