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Bible query answered
WITH interest I read the article Bible Query (LET, June 18) by Alan S Hindle. He quotes in my bible reading I have come across Matthew, chapter 21, verse 31. After careful study he says I can only see one possible meaning? As a born again Christian, I
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Dead baby's grans call for full inquiry
TWO grieving grandmothers today called for a full scale public inquiry to discover why social services failed to step in and prevent the tragic death of their tiny granddaughter. Dorothy McArthur and Pamela Mackey made the plea after Amanda and John Howe
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Children in danger at empty mill site
A DERELICT mill near Blackburn town centre is dangerous and close to collapse, according to council chiefs. A report to Blackburn's regeneration committee has revealed children playing near the empty Fir Mill building could be putting themselves at risk
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Union's picket protest at sacking
TRADE unionists are to stage a demonstration outside a Blackburn factory in protest at the sacking of a union member. Nigel Cook claims he lost his job at M&S Packaging in May after attempting to recruit members for the Transport and General Workers
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5 YEARS AGO: School site 'death trap'
A DERELICT school building was described as a "death trap waiting to claim a victim," after the third arson attack on it in two months. Several seats of fire were found at the former Everton School site, off Manxman Road, Blackburn. Residents living nearby
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10 YEARS AGO: Last time, gentlemen!
PUB landlord Michael Lees was entrusted with the unenviable duty of calling time - on the world. If the nuclear balloon goes up he will have to tell regulars 'four minutes gentlemen please' and sound a siren to warn neighbours of their impending doom.
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Baby's short life so full of pain and suffering
ONE treasured family snapshot is the only photograph that exists of tragic little Tara Jane Howe. Just 18 weeks after her grandmother, Pamela Mackey, captured the image as the fragile doll-like child lay in an incubator at Blackburn's Queen's Park Hospital
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What a Lott we've got!
JUBILANT staff at a Blackburn firm were today celebrating a £50,000 win on the National Lottery. The 20-strong syndicate at Rectella, Roman Road, scooped £49,717 on the midweek lottery. They were travelling to Batley in West Yorkshire today to receive
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ROVERS: It's the Swedish swap shop!
ROY Hodgson is on the verge of making his third signing for Blackburn Rovers, after including Niklas Gudmundsson in the package to persuade Malmo to part with Swedish international midfield player Anders Andersson. Malmo have confirmed a new offer from
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Rising Pound blamed for GUS profits slump
SHOPPING giant Great Universal Stores blamed the strength of the pound for wiping nearly £22 million off its profits for the latest financial year. Taxable profits for the year to March 31 dropped to £570.6 million from £581.1 million, on sales of £2.855
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Railway madness
INQUIRING why I could not use my Senior Railcard for discounted travel on any Preston to London train prior to 8.20am, I was informed that it was to maximise revenue by optimising price and capacity eventualities. In practice, this means reserving some
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East Lancs towns in bid battle for European cash
TOWN hall bosses are planning to put together a bid for a multi-million pound package of improvements for Blackburn town centre. European Union leaders have announced about £4.5 million could be made available for two East Lancashire towns. The area's
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An eyesore no more
Drive & Stroll, with Ron Freethy - Lancaster Canal I RECENTLY discovered a fascinating stretch of the Leeds to Liverpool Canal. This set me wondering about finding a similar walk along the Lancaster Canal from Preston. I began at the Cadley overflow
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'Bonnie and Clyde' the true targets
SO, bikers with defective machines are 'outlaws.' We can assume that to catch 50 'outlaws' the police must have been very vigilant, so why did they not pull in the 'Bonnie and Clyde' car drivers - those with blatantly illegal number plates, dangling trinkets
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Union's legal fight on hold
A UNION has decided to put its legal action against Blackburn with Darwen Council on hold until top level talks are completed. Officials from Unison, Britain's biggest union, are unhappy that top jobs for the new unitary status council are being advertised
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CLARETS: Tycoon still keen on Turf Moor investment
THE tycoon who wants to buy Burnley Football Club is American. We can reveal tonight that the mystery man who is heading the five-man consortium is based in the United States. And despite emphatic denials from Clarets chairman Frank Teasdale yesterday
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Landslide as Lib-Dems stay in power
JUBILANT Liberal Democrats were celebrating last night after a landslide victory in a crucial Clitheroe by-election. The Ribble Valley's split council hung in the balance after the resignation of Liberal Democrat Denis McWilliam because of ill-health.
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CLARETS: Heath quits Burnley for Everton
ADRIAN Heath made an emotional return to Goodison Park today and left shellshocked Burnley searching for a new manager. And the former Turf Moor boss admitted: "Leaving Burnley was the hardest decision of my life." Heath was officially named the new Everton
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Why the rise in wages?
I HAVE met Coun Smith, and although I do not share his political beliefs, I was impressed by his obvious concern for the people he represents. Perhaps he recalls a discussion on my doorstep when he was castigating privatised utilities' 'fat cats.' He
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CRICKET: Fuming Brad calls for contract change
AUSTRALIAN cricketers are to be told not to join Lancashire League clubs unless contract rules are changed. Haslingden professional Brad McNamara's contacted Australian players' representative and Test star Steve Waugh after his season was ended by a
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Lodging House important too
WHILE welcoming the Centenary of Darwen Tower, should we not forget that it is also the centenary year of the Model Lodging House, which was completed in 1897 at a mere cost of £7,000 and certainly kept more people warm and dry than Darwen Tower ever
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Clear the air over Hillsborough
A STUDY of new evidence from the Hillsborough football ground disaster has been ordered by Home Secretary and Blackburn MP Jack Straw. The families of the 96 Liverpool fans who died in the crush were far from happy with the results of the inquiry and
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We need open inquiry into Tara's tragedy
FOR the second time in a couple months Social Services in East Lancashire are setting up an inquiry into the death of a baby. Both infants were the victims of woefully inadequate parents. In the latest, dreadful incident the drug-taking parents of an
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Guillotine scene brings lost fairground craft back to life
Friday Folk A FASCINATION for fairground attractions has inspired self-taught craftsman Tom Lupton to revive a lost skill. The 51-year-old has spent the last year working on a coin-operated automaton, depicting an guillotine execution during the French
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Rory lights up lantern ball
COMIC Rory Bremner had a crowd in stitches last night and helped boost a cathedral appeal by around £10,000. The impressionist, held up for two hours by a plane problem at Heathrow, was the star of Blackburn Cathedral's Lantern Ball, which helped raise
