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Dancers' sabbath plea to Evans
RIBBLE Valley MP Nigel Evans is being pressed to support a change in the law to allow dance halls and discos to open on Sundays. The Tory came eighth in the ballot for Private Members Bills in the House of Commons for the second year running. Last year
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CRICKET: England stars on stand-by
LANCASHIRE may bring one of their Texaco Trophy stars back to Old Trafford for tomorrow's Axa Life League game against Northants, writes ANDY WILSON. Mike Atherton, John Crawley and Graham Lloyd are in London with England but if either Crawley or Lloyd
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Enviro 'hero' wins bid to change farm into home
A FAMILY has been allowed to make a small farm into a family home after a councillor described the applicant as an "environmental hero". Burnley development control sub-committee dismissed planning officers' claims that Edward Whittle's plans for Jumb
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M-way link 'will bring horrendous problems'
TRAFFIC problems could be horrendous in Oswaldtwistle when a new motorway link opens at Guide, a councillor has warned. Coun Peter Britcliffe, Conservative Group leader on Hyndburn Council, says the volume of traffic will increase in Union Road and New
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CRICKET: Jack faces his new Ramsbottom foes!
JACK Simpson has "faced" more deliveries from Ramsbottom's New Zealand star Chris Harris than anyone else in the EW Cartons Lancashire League. But that was during his days as wicketkeeper with the Acre Bottom club. Tomorrow at Bentgate, they come face
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CRICKET: The Saturday Interview with IAN HEWETT
SWEET and true, the ball sailed into the distance, just missing the tractor - and the man inside it, eating his sandwich - on the boundary, writes BRIAN DOOGAN. The next one was similarly dispatched, deviating a little to the right but, heck, it sounded
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Charter for 'skivers'
THE 'Crisis on the Buses' (LET, May 19) would appear to be more of a crisis caused by an over-generous sick pay scheme - of the type generally offered by local councils and abused to such a degree as to be known as the Malingerer's Charter. W J WOOD,
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'Exports' a cheek
WHAT a cheek and how typical that the London Boroughs have decided that it will be cheaper to 'export' hundreds of refugees and asylum seekers to the North, (LET, May 15). Cheaper for whom? Not the northern Council Tax payers, who will have to foot the
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NEW LP? OLD HAT! - POP SCENE
SYNDICATE are enjoying the splendour of the Parr Street Studios in Liverpool, which have previously provided facilities for stars like Phil Collins. You might feel it's a little late in the day for them to be putting the finishing touches to their debut
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Blaze youth without a home
CHILDREN are thought to have started a fire which caused severe damage to an end terrace house in Grey Street, Burnley. The incident left 17-year-old Ricky Hayes without any possessions. He said: "I have lost everything apart from my bike.'' Ricky is
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MOTORSPORT: Ward closes in on the title
CHRIS Ward moved another step closer to the Formula Vauxhall class B title with another win at the new Croft circuit, writes NEIL JOHNSON. But the Newmans Footwear of Blackburn driver was forced to fight all the way to the chequered flag in another incident-packed
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Brigade's honour for brave John
A TEENAGER has been honoured with one of the Boys' Brigade's top awards for his bravery in fighting a wasting disease. John Foote, 15, of Lynton Road, Accrington, received a rare commendation signed by national brigade president The Rt Hon Earl of Strathmore
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CRICKET: The Shane Lee Column
Down Under thunder and English chunder! I COULD be eating my words by 7pm tonight but, from where I'm sitting, my Aussie boys will still win the Texaco Trophy series. Thursday's win by England has made the whole summer more interesting. But I play alonside
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RACE CLAIM AGAINST ARMY: Inquiry after 'abuse'
THREE Asian men from East Lancashire have launched a ground-breaking racial discrimination claim against the Army, we can reveal today. Waheed Anwar, Quisar Akbar and Shazaad Ahmed have begun their own battle after saying they suffered a catalogue of
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Writers' silence deafens
SINCE May 1 when the Labour Party scored a slender victory in the General Election, the silence from Mr D Pearson and Walt Meadows in the Letters Page has been deafening. For weeks up to the big day, the Tories were unbeatable, according to these true
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Money spent on killer isn't justice
ONCE again, we have the question of whether Myra Hindley should be let back into society after serving 30 years in prison. I agree that it was not right to spend so much money looking after vermin. Years ago, when a lot of buildings were plagued with
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CLARETS: Heath off on new Dutch mission
ADRIAN Heath is to follow up a scouting trip to Holland by assistant manager Colin Harvey by going Dutch himself this weekend, writes PETER WHITE. The Burnley manager flew out to the Netherlands intending to take in a total of three games over the Bank
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ROVERS: Roy's Inter mob fear
TONY Parkes flew back from Milan last night still unsure as to whether Roy Hodgson will reverse his shock decision to quit Internazionale with two games of the Serie A season remaining, writes PETER WHITE. But Parkes has every sympathy for the man about
