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Rethink lottery
THE MPs who criticised the Camelot directors' bonus payments should focus on a more important matter concerning the National Lottery. The midweek draw no doubt produced added profits, but it is at an unjust cost to the public. By deliberately using the
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ROVERS: £6m Le Saux offer denied
BLACKBURN Rovers today denied they have received a £6m bid from Arsenal for Graeme Le Saux. Rovers chairman Rob Coar moved swiftly to dismiss a national newspaper story linking the wing-back to a move to Highbury. The unsettled England defender returned
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Disputed centre plan given go-ahead
SHOPPING in Burnley will wither away unless the town meets the challenges of competition from other towns, council leader Kath Reade told planning chiefs. She delivered her warning as councillors gave the go-ahead to a £12.5 million centre development
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CLARETS: Stoke should make Heath new boss says Hudson
SEVENTIES soccer legend Alan Hudson says Burnley chief Adrian Heath is the man to replace Lou Macari. Hudson believes Stoke City were wrong to let Heath leave the Victoria Ground on free transfer to Burnley in 1992. Now Hudson says Heath MUST be one of
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Have pity for poor kids
I WAS dismayed by the dour pitiless outlook on today's young people by Len Rushton (Letters, June 9). He labelled today's children as 'gutless kids' and 'mindless yobs.' He has no compassion for the new type of 'guts' children have to have today. They
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Restored towpaths open up idyllic country walks
Drive & Stroll, with Ron Freethy: Leeds and Liverpool Canal I HAVE walked almost the whole length of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal - 1271/4 miles of it - and I thought I knew all the walks. I was wrong because British Waterways workmen have been restoring
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Factory swoop on posh jeans fakes
TRADING standards officers seized more than 1,000 pairs of fake designer jeans in a raid on a Blackburn factory. Officers swooped on the Randal Street building after receiving a tip-off and found thousands of pounds worth of items they believe are counterfeit
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Parents demand probe into killing case
A GRIEVING family today called for a Government investigation after a man was cleared of murder following a claim of incompetence against his own solicitor. Mr Mohammed Iqbal and his wife Walyat are to ask Home Secretary Jack Straw to examine the case
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'Mad cow' cost to taxpayer is £1.5 billion
BURNLEY MP Peter Pike has blamed the last Tory government for the 'incalculable' cost of the mad cow crisis - £1.5 billion to the taxpayer alone. He tackled the new Agriculture Minister Jack Cunningham on the effects of the BSE outbreak on Britain at
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Time to ban all weapons
THE Eurofighter 2000 will cost the British taxpayer £15.4 billion and that is not all of the defence burden on the taxpayers. Billions more are spent on nuclear weapons and the submarines to carry them. Can those who sit in that foolish gabble shop in
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Town Hall chiefs bid for £6m transport cash
TRANSPORT bosses are hoping for almost £6 million in Government funds to pay for highway schemes in Blackburn and Darwen next year. Town hall chiefs have been working with officials at County Hall on the multi-million pound package of bids needed to maintain
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£150,000 bill to split the sexes
HOSPITAL chiefs need to find £150,000 to meet Government guidelines on single sex wards and facilities. The Patients Charter laid out standards designed to protect the dignity and rights of people being treated in hospitals. And even though Blackburn,
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10 YEARS AGO: Restaurant is four-star
A BURNLEY restaurant celebrated winning a top award. The Da Salvatore Italian restaurant in Westgate, Burnley, was given a four-star rating by Good Food International. It was their third major award since the business started two years before. Partner
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5 YEARS AGO: BEM honour for typist
A TYPIST from East Lancashire was awarded the British Empire Medal in the Queen's Birthday Honours. Stunned Jean Whiteley, who had worked for the Department of Social Security in Blackburn for 40 years, almost cried when she received notice of the award
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Converted for the new archive on 14 July 2000. Some images and formatting may have been lost in the conversion.
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Let's hope they learn from tragedy
THE move by Health Secretary Frank Dobson to boost emergency care for children will be welcomed by every parent in the country. But the steps to prevent youngsters being shuttled from hospital to hospital in search of an intensive care bed have come too
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Taking back the streets
DO SPY TV cameras in the streets really cut crime - or do they just move it elsewhere? Certainly, the evidence of East Lancashire magistrate Roy Gaskell that crime in Hyndburn has shifted a mile away out of sight of the closed-circuit cameras in Accrington
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Six go to funerals giant
THE world's biggest funeral service is behind the buy-out of six East Lancashire undertakers. But Texan company Service Corporation International has denied that it is trying to create a monopoly and force up prices. Affected by the takeover are Rosehill
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Intimidation by thugs forces safety centre to shut
VANDALS and thugs have forced Lancashire County Council into selling off a building used as a road safety centre. A campaign of intimidation, theft and damage has led to the road safety centre at Ewood closing its doors for good. County Hall bosses are
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Gas plant battlers turn to Blair
THE Prime Minister has been asked to help uncover the truth surrounding a "planning nightmare" in Burnley. Residents in the Lydgate area are fighting Burnley Council's decision to allow Acewell Units to set up an LPG gas bottling and distribution plant
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Bike ride will be a boon for deaf kids
ADVENTURE addict Miriam Martin is seeking support for a marathon 350km bike ride through the Middle East. The 22-year-old, who works at the Towerview Centre for people with learning disabilities, needs to raise £2,000 to take part in the event. Miriam
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'Scoop' was a new way of life
ONCE, I wrote for this newspaper, enjoying what I thought was the best job in the world. I was 28 before I found the 'scoop' that changed by life, and a job that was even better - reporting the Good News. One of my journalistic contacts introduced me
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Man fights for life after attack
A MAN was fighting for his life today after suffering serious head injuries when he was attacked by two men with baseball bats. Gerald John McCullion, 47, known to his friends as Scots Leo, was injured after he had spent the day celebrating his sister
