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County honours
A FARMER, film maker, a former fire chief, a magistrate and a mayor are among the Lancashire great and good to be rewarded in the Queen's Birthday Honours list. Blackburn's Mayor and former council leader Peter Greenwood, 57, has been awarded the CBE
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Probation scheme could 'increase evictions rate'
PUTTING all new council house tenants in Hyndburn "on probation" for 12 months could increase the eviction rate for rent arrears. The introductory tenancy regime is primarily aimed at making it easier for councils to take eviction action against anti-social
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Council happy with its wheelie clean streets
ROSSENDALE has become a cleaner place and council officials believe it is all thanks to wheelie bins. The authority has delivered bins to nearly 17,000 properties, three out of its five rounds, and is working on Rawtenstall and parts of Haslingden over
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Todmorden ace helps rival get fit for semi clash
By TONY DEWHURST Worsley Cup semi-final preview for Saturday, June 14, 1997. FRANS Cronje is using his healing hands to get Worsley Cup semi-final rival Dale Benkenstein fighting fit! Cronje is a qualified physiotherapist at Rochdale Infirmary and has
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Disgusted at council increases
I WAS utterly disgusted to learn that Blackburn councillors have been awarded a ten-fold rise in allowances. What for? We would all like to know. Their expenses don't run into thousands, I'm sure. It's time the council got their priority right. For two
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Mayor intervenes as market unrest grows
THE Mayor of Rossendale has called for an urgent meeting with tenants as a row flares over the allocation of stalls in the revamped Bacup market. Coun Peter Heyworth also wants contractors working on the £500,000 refurbishment to finish as soon as possible
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Battle over homes
ANGRY residents say they will have to be carried out of their homes if a council wants to demolish the properties. More than 100 householders in the Rectory Road and Cavour Street area of Burnley claim town hall bosses want to clear their houses for industrial
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MPs - idle hands
ITHINK politicians come up with stupid and undemocratic ideas because they have too much time on their hands. We have far too many MPs. With fewer, they would be too busy to have time for sleaze. I suggest having just two MPs from each county. Then, like
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HENDRY: I'M GOING NOWHERE!
COLIN Hendry today scotched fears that he may leave Blackburn Rovers. The central defender and Lancashire Evening Telegraph player of the year was yesterday locked in clear-the-air talks with chairman Rob Coar. The meeting followed the Scotland international's
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A better name is Telecon
ARE BT trying to dupe the public? First, they announced they were cutting the cost of national daytime calls by 10 per cent. Then 24 hours later they said the cost of line rental was going up 93p to £26.62 per quarter. That comes to £106.48 a year, which
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Crunch time for the Lynx
LANCASHIRE Lynx face another tough promotion battle when they travel to Mount Pleasant to take on Batley tomorrow. Lynx will line-up: Allday, Stewart, Jones, Finney, Smith, Byrne, Kelly, Taylor, Ruane, Francis, Briscoe, Molyneux and Solomon. Subs: Emery
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England skipper Atherton awarded OBE
MIKE Atherton today joined a highly select band of Lancashire cricketers when he was awarded the OBE. Atherton, 29, is only the fifth Lancashire player to be recognised by the Queen, following Brian Statham, Cyril Washbrook and his boyhood hero Clive
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HORSERER'S APPRENTICE
The Saturday Interview with BRIAN DOOGAN CHAMPAGNE Prince has hit the five-furlong pole in front but there is sufficient horsepower on his tail to keep on ice the bottles he might have been named after. Of equal concern to those immersed in his present
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SAVED: Grandad's 36 hour sea ordeal
A BRAVE pensioner told today how he clung to life for a staggering 36 hours as gale force winds and massive waves battered his boat in the North Atlantic. Granddad David Grogan, 69, thought his days were numbered when he was forced to take down the sails
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Help on lottery cash grants
HELP is at hand for would-be National Lottery winners - without consulting Mystic Meg! Burnley council is organising a special advice day for people who want to know more about the National Lotteries and Charities Board and the money available to help
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The politics of envy
LABOUR'S wishy-washy Heritage Minister's attempt to make his mark over the Camelot directors' bonuses demonstrates the party's time-honoured policy of political envy over success. If it is the people's lottery, as he proclaims, why does he not make efforts
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Board earns budget kudos
THE self-rule success of council tenants in Clayton-le-Moors has been praised by Hyndburn borough councillors. Clayton-le-Moors estate management board is heading for an underspend of almost £16,000 on the £139,880 budget they were allocated for day-to-day
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STEWART LINK COOLS
FOOTBALL journeyman Paul Stewart will not be joining Burnley. I understand Turf Moor interest has cooled dramatically since Stewart was first linked with a move to Burnley a month ago. Burnley's recent connection with the former England international
