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Hospital operating theatre stolen
STUNNED health bosses have revealed that more than £35,000 of vital equipment has been stolen from a Blackburn hospital. The apparatus was put in storage while the eye theatre at Blackburn Royal Infirmary was being refurbished. But when staff went to
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CLARETS: Heath out to exploit Bosman ruling
ADRIAN Heath is ready to exploit the Bosman ruling again before the start of Burnley's Division Two campaign. The Clarets manager pounced to capture Marco Gentile from MVV Maastricht - a deal he admits would have cost Burnley a cool half a million before
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Animal with intelligence
QUITE a commotion was caused when a bull went on a rampage after escaping from Haslingden Cattle Market (LET, May 30). Perhaps suspecting the inevitable, it made a desperate attempt to avoid the slaughterhouse. If, as was claimed recently by Professor
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Labour puts Trust in job training
FIRM proposals could soon be announced to take East Lancashire people off the dole, says Burnley's economic development chief Coun Marcus Johnstone. He said the the new Labour government had hit the ground running in its key pledge to take 250,000 youngsters
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TEN YEARS AGO: £20m order booster
A £20 million defence order brought smiles to the faces of 1,700 workers at an East Lancashire factory who had spent anxious months worrying about their future. The order for top-secret fuses for the British Army's main anti-tank mine was won by Blackburn's
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FIVE YEARS AGO: Cabbies decided on merit
COUNCILLORS in Hyndburn decided that convictions for drink-driving, drug-taking, sex assaults and wounding should not indefinitely stop anyone being a cabbie. The committee responsible for saying who can run a taxi in the borough agreed guidelines on
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Tragic families join in heart-scanner battle
THE families of two young men who died from undiagnosed heart complaints today joined forces in the fight to prevent it happening to others. Money raised by the parents of David Staff and Neil Wickers will buy equipment capable of detecting potentially
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Boulevard puzzle
GIVEN that Ainsworth Street, Blackburn, is now designated to public transport and the town now has the Boulevard redesigned and restored to the purpose for which it was originally intended, why cannot we then encourage its use? Why do we still need the
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I'm Inga, fly me - but don't call me a bimbo!
Tuesday Topic, with Christine Rutter SEXISM is rife, even 35,000 feet up in the air. Airlines have been accused of pandering to male fantasies by portraying their air hostesses as sex objects. From Pan-Am's "I'm Mandy, fly me" type of advert in the 1970s
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Bike bother of yesteryear
REGARDING your article (LET, May 30) on people riding bicycles on the pavements, it is an offence. My brother and I were caught doing it in 1929 and had to pay a fine of 7s 6d (37p) or face seven days in jail. I was only ten and my brother was 12. I am
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Spice Girl power helps hostage hunt
THE Spice Girls and other pop celebrities are supporting the search for Paul Wells and the other hostages in Kashmir. The chart-topping girls have sent sought-after signed photographs of themselves to the Hostages In Kashmir Campaign for an auction of
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Conscience cash?
REGARDING Castle Cement's gift of £1,200 to Slaidburn School (LET, May 31), according to Dr Dick Van Steenis's research findings on asthma in 1995, previous to 1992, Slaidburn school's asthma rate for children taking inhalers to school was nil. Castle
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I DID smuggle out children, says aid worker
AID worker John Boast has admitted smuggling children out of trouble-torn Romania. But he insisted: "I only did what any man with compassion would do." The former Great Harwood businessman admitted he was looking over his shoulder and feared re-arrest
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Expert warns of risks to health
FOOD poisoning cases in East Lancashire have soared during the recent hot spell. Barbecues and birds pecking the top of milk bottles could be partly responsible for the rise in cases of campylobacter - the most common food poisoning bug. The East Lancashire
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Anthem for everybody
I DON'T agree with Keith Ellel (Letters, June 5). A national anthem should be for the nation and not just for one person like it is now, especially as not everyone is a royalist. We need something that will make us proud of our country and all the people
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Tories need a charisma transplant
THE drama and tension that accompanied the last two contests for the leadership of the Tory Party is lacking this time - since the general election has reduced the Conservatives to a virtual parliamentary sideshow. But if the thrill that accompanied Margaret
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Yob's dart shot hits church walker
A VICAR has denounced the thug who shot a metal dart from an air rifle at a parishioner in a church procession. St James' and St Peter's churches, have held the combined annual walking day for several years. The dart was fired while the congregations
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Ultraframe wins 'growth' award
ONE of East Lancashire's most successful companies has won a national award for its growth record. Ultraframe, the Clitheroe-based conservatory roofing firm, was ranked 32nd in a league table. It was compiled by a national newspaper and accountants Price
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Healthy week for pupils
YOUNGSTERS at a Burnley School are learning about health during a fun-packed week. Health week at Ightenhill Primary has been funded by East Lancashire Business Partnership and supported by local businesses. All 450 pupils are taking part. The programme
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Excursion to remember
THIS is a true story. I am 86 and I remember my first trip to Blackpool. My mother took me and my sister, aged eight, when I was 10 on a cheap excursion by rail and we were delighted to spend our time in the tower. I don't remember much about the tower
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School head's anger over parking foul-up
A HEAD teacher has lashed out at highways chiefs and council officials in a long-running row over traffic restrictions outside his school. Clive Taylor, the head at Waterfoot County Primary School, says he is sick of the wrangle which was sparked off
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ROVERS: Le Tissier link unfounded
SOUTHAMPTON have told Premiership rivals Blackburn Rovers: "Matthew Le Tissier is not for sale." Several reports say Rovers have emerged as favourites to land the unsettled England striker. But with Le Tissier due to have contract talks with the new Southampton
