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CRICKET: Astle quits Accrington
NATHAN Astle has devastated Accrington Cricket Club by opting to leave for Trent Bridge. The 25-year-old New Zealander was released from his Thorneyholme Road contract last night following an emergency meeting between Accrington officials and a delegation
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Sacked pub manager threatens legal action
MORE pub managers today hit out at businessman Marcus Hyslop over claims they are owed money. Mr Hyslop, who operates his Oak Leaf Inns pub leasing business from a house in Whitebirk Road, Blackburn, hit the headlines after a number of East Lancashire
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Tax missed over Pendle
A LIST of official figures has revealed Pendle Council has the worst record for collecting council tax in the North West. A table giving details of collection rates was published this week by the Government and Pendle has had the worst record for the
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Fire family get help and council apology
COUNCILLORS have come to the aid of a family who are fighting to be rehoused after their rented council home went up in flames. Simon Danczuk and Mike Barrett say they are disgusted at the way Stephen and Donna Toner and their two young children have
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TEN YEARS AGO: Worry over dole threat
WORRIED domestic staff facing the dole turned out in force to lobby a key district health authority meeting. The 130 full and part-time cleaning staff from Queen's Park Hospital, Bull Maternity Home and a number of health centres had a message for bosses
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No mandate to filibuster
IS THE government right to guillotine the Commons' debate on devolution for Scotland and Wales? Certainly, opposition MPs are angry at the decision to limit discussion of the Bill to set up referendums - after more than 250 amendments and new clauses
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Gary saves time as his bright idea takes flight
GARY Hodkinson's bright idea is the toast of his factory. The British Aerospace Samlesbury employee came up with a new method for production of components for Airbus which has saved time and money on the shopfloor. His idea was to simplify the way leading
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CRICKET: Keedy bounces back from drop
Leicestershire v Lancashire GARY KEEDY bounced back from one of the worst moments of his short Lancashire career to give them the best of a draw with champions Leicestershire at Grace Road yesterday. Keedy dropped an absolute dolly offered by Leicester's
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Success story of new cinema
CINEMA lovers turned out in droves to try out Burnley's new £5.5m multiplex screen with more than 5,000 customers viewing films in just three days. Hollywood Park has been opened as Apollo Leisure's flagship cinema on the site of the former DIY store
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Containing society's violence
Tuesday Topic, with Christine Rutter, looks at "anger management" courses designed to help control offenders' aggression. WHEN I'm on the pitch, I'm a completely different animal and it's an animal I'm just trying to tame." Revealing words from hot-headed
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Bigotry just part of army life
IN response to your front-page article "Race Claim Against Army" (LET, May 24), I can assure you that the points raised are in no way aimed at singling out Asians. My son was at the Army Training Regiment, Pirbright, from October to December,1995, completing
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Plucky pensioner David just goes with the Flow
PENSIONER David Grogan has set sail in his boat on his own voyage of discovery. David, 69, has left Lancashire for Fuengirola in Spain on a journey that will take him three weeks to complete. Despite undergoing a double heart by-pass operation and suffering
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Faster response pledge by mercy crews
LANCASHIRE'S ambulance service has pledged to reach the most serious emergency cases faster over the next year. Nationally, ambulance services have been set the target of reaching 75% of all life-threatening calls within eight minutes by 2001. The Lancashire
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Honour so-called war 'cowards'
REGARDING the men who were shot for alleged cowardice in the unimaginable hell of the First World War, your Opinion (LET, May 28) said it all. It is to the shame of the government under John Major that he opposed the efforts of MPs Andrew McKinley and
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Provost hurt in fall from chair
THE Provost of Blackburn Cathedral needed stitches to a head wound after falling from his chair. The Very Rev David Frayne was attending a service in celebration of Christianity at Whalley Abbey when the seat toppled over, causing him to bang his head
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Tragic crash girl was very much in love
THE heartbroken family of tragic road crash victim Catherine McHugh were today mourning the death of the fun-loving teenager who always had a smile for everyone. Catherine, 18, of Stanley Street, Accrington, was killed on Sunday evening on a trip to the
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ROVERS: Hodgson on a spying mission
NEW Blackburn Rovers boss Roy Hodgson will be a keen observer as Le Tournoi kicks off in France tonight. England take on Italy, France and Brazil in the mini-tournament stretching over 11 days. Hodgson will be working in a public relations capacity for
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Forget a federal Europe, look to our friends in America
ARECENT radio 'phone in' poll revealed that public opinion is turning away from the idea of Britain becoming part of a federal Europe and all that that implies. Instead, there is a growing trend in favour of the only practical alternative - a reunion
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Have we got pews for you...
REPORTS that church attendance figures are inflated by vicars have been dismissed as nonsense by the Bishop of Blackburn. A survey carried out by the Sunday Times newspaper found that some clergy guessed their attendances or deliberately inflated them
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FIVE YEARS AGO: Fluoride bid snubbed
WATER chiefs ruled out fluoride for the region's supplies. In a surprise snub to the regional health authority, North West Water turned down its request for fluoridation after claiming there was no 'substantial support' in the community. This sparked
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Ex-reporter has new line of work
FORMER Lancashire Evening Telegraph reporter Deborah Yewdall is BT's new voice in Lancashire and Cumbria. Deborah, 26, has been appointed press and broadcast officer. She spent three years with the Evening Telegraph and has also worked on the Nelson Leader
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Warning shot for fat cats
THE WORD is that the lottery bosses at Camelot are to snub Heritage Secretary Chris Smith's ultimatum that they must pay their £2.3million "fat cat" salary rises and bonuses to charity, or else. It is the "or else" on which this issue hangs. For despite
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Chef's TV treat for paper shop pair
CHEF Paul Hogan cooked up a treat of a TV dinner in the kitchen of busy newsagent Lynn Smalley. Presenter Patrick Snell was in Rishton to film for his "Tea in Ten Minutes" slot to be screened this Friday during Granada Tonight, which starts at 6pm. Lynn
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Council 'threatened' in supermarket wrangle
A PLANNING consultancy in Warrington has been accused of "oppressive lobbying" after threatening a borough council with legal action if it approved a rival application. The Ribble Valley Council's planning committee gave Safeway the go-ahead to build
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Romania orphan helper in new court ordeal
AID worker John Boast was today facing the threat of a Romanian court increasing his 20-month suspended prison sentence for child smuggling. The former Great Harwood businessman was found guilty of the charges by a judge in the town of Oradea yesterday
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Puzzle over town hall chief
FORGIVE me for appearing rather confused regarding the article (LET, May 27) on the appointment of a second chief executive - Mr P Watson - at Blackburn Town Hall at a salary of £80,000 per year. In my limited involvement with redundancies, I have always
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New-age scrubber needs a 'yes'
A STATE-of-the-art system for cleaning up gasses at controversial Castle Cement looks set to get planning permission at County Hall. The £5 million gas scrubbing plant is being built at the Clitheroe works to cut down pollution in the Ribble Valley. Lancashire
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Spice secret of Andrew's champion black puds
THE best black puddings in Britain come from Lancashire... and Andrew Holt proved it across the border in Yorkshire. His black puddings, with a secret combination of herbs and spices, have officially been judged as the best in Britain in a competition
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Tot Rosie's tug of chaos
A TINY tot sparked a string of disasters after she let the handbrake off the family car and watched it roll 100 yards down a busy main road. The white Volvo saloon scraped a P-reg Peugeot before swerving to the other side of the road and crashing into
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CLARETS: Dutch target due for talks
BURNLEY'S mystery Dutch transfer target will fly in for talks at Turf Moor this week. The Lancashire Evening Telegraph can reveal tonight that the 26-year-old defender is expected to hold discussions with Clarets manager Adrian Heath before the weekend
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Group's sales on the up
ENGINEERING group Meggitt, which operates two sites in East Lancashire, has made a strong start to the year. Chairman Ken Coates told the group's annual general meeting that sales in the first four months of 1997 were up nine per cent on last year. Meggitt
