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What's so wonderful?
READING your paper, I came across the article 'Wonder postie.' In my day as a postman, finding cards with no names or no addresses was commonplace. We simply found the right place for the card - no fuss, no bother. How times change! D GREENWOOD, Abraham
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Our cops pick up tips from America's best
POLICE chiefs in Lancashire may soon adopt ideas from a radical American approach to the fight against crime. Three top officers recently visited San Diego on a fact-finding trip to discover more about the city's Problem Orientated Policing policy. San
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CLARETS: Board did not contact me - Heath
Sports Exclusive, by Tony Dewhurst THE board of directors made no attempt to persuade Adrian Heath to stay on as manager of Burnley Football Club. In a sensational interview with the Lancashire Evening Telegraph tonight, the former Clarets boss admitted
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Bumps uneven
FURTHER to the lead article in Tuesday night's paper (LET, June 24) there would appear to be an uneven distribution of financial resources in Blackburn. In some areas of town, money for traffic calming measures does not seem to be a problem. However,
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Plunge driver's lucky escape
LUCKY Lee Adamson had an amazing escape when his car plunged 60ft down a sheer drop in Turton. Lee, aged 17, managed to clamber out of his XR2 Ford Fiesta and up the steep embankment in Vale Street, Turton, at 8pm, last night, and suffered nothing more
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Church fighting back against vandals
RESIDENTS near a vandal-plagued church are being urged to help combat a rising tide of damage. The vandals have been targeting Westbury Gardens United Reformed Church, off Audley Range, Blackburn, in recent weeks by breaking up stone steps at the rear
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The friend who will never let you down
IN reply to Mr Foster's letter of June 19. I can partly agree with him about some Christians feeling sanctimonious. It is perfectly true that most people do live as Mr Foster says without the need of God etc and it can be difficult for Christrians to
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CLARETS: Macari a contender for Turf Moor job
FORMER Stoke City manager Lou Macari could be an early contender for the vacant Turf Moor post, writes TONY DEWHURST. The Burnley board of directors got straight down to work last night to discuss a replacement for Adrian Heath following his controversial
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CLARETS: Patterson deal off as Burnley crisis deepens
MARK Patterson's £200,000 transfer to Burnley sensationally collapsed today as the Turf Moor crisis deepened. Burnley have called off the deal claiming to be unhappy with an Achilles tendon injury which had threatened to rule Patterson out of the start
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CRICKET: Sleep's out to shoot down Shane!
PETER Sleep, now settled in as Accrington's professional for the rest of the season, is in the sort of mood to make opponents beware. For the Australian all-rounder, given permission by Lancashire to fit the professional's job around his county commitments
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MOTOR SPORT: Bowie's rally glory
BURNLEY businessman Mark Bowie has won the inaugural Panama to Alaksa endurance rally. After covering 10,000 miles in just 25 days, Bowie and co-driver Peter Swire arrived in Anchorage as winners of the four wheel drive class in their Vauxhall Frontera
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CRICKET: Shadford's bright spot
DARREN Shadford briefly lifted the gloom hanging over Lancashire at New Road yesterday. The burly 22-year-old quickie dismissed former England opener Tim Curtis with the first ball of the Championship match against Worcestershire when it finally got underway
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CRICKET: The Saturday Interview
Neil Bramwell meets cricketer CORRIE JORDAAN IN PERFORMANCE, in conduct and in appearance, Corrie Jordaan makes a lasting impression. His 48 wickets for Lowerhouse, making him the leading wicket taker in the E W Cartons Lancashire League and top of the
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Celebrate with CCTV
CRIME down 77 per cent in the town centre, due to CCTV? If Tony Blair wants Britain to be number one in the world, instead of a multi-million pound dome, let's have more chrome in the shape of spy cameras which would benefit the country long term. K HARTLEY
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Bond movie: Band joins film soundtrack
PULSE - music and more, with Simon Donohue A FILM-MAKER with a son in chart-topping band The Verve has turned to East Lancashire talent for musical backing. Ambient-acoustic collective The Bond, who hail from Blackburn and beyond, are taking a breather
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Machete raid terror at betting office
PUNTERS dived for cover as a gang of masked men, one armed with a three-feet long machete, raided a Burnley bookmakers. Betters were watching the televised racing at the Labrokes office in Yorkshire Street just after 2.30pm yesterday when a man wearing
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ROVERS: Andersson and Gudmundsson swap deal hits snag
THE signing of Malmo midfielder Anders Andersson is unlikely to be completed until the middle of next week - at the earliest. Blackburn Rovers secretary Tom Finn, who is now also a member of the board, had lengthy negotiations with the Swedish club yesterday
