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MOTORSPORT: Fogarty defiant on eve of Austria showdown
CARL Fogarty has issued a defiant battle cry ahead of tomorrow's eighth round of the World Superbikes Championship at the A-1 Ring in Austria. The two-time world champion from Blackburn bounced back after a crash on a paddock bike in the opening qualifying
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Woman, 86, attacked by bag snatcher
A PENSIONER was recovering today after being mugged in broad daylight on a busy main road. Lena Haworth, 86, suffered a black eye and bruising after a tussle with the thug who tried to snatch her handbag yesterday afternoon. She was on the driveway of
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Love and red roses to a little girl's dad
FRIENDS and neighbours in Clayton-le-Moors turned out to pay their last respects to well-known local character Eddie Robinson, 46, who died last month. Families, shopkeepers and former work colleagues from Machine Fabricators lined the pavements as the
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CRICKET: Warne's agent jets in for talks
LANCASHIRE face crunch time in their bid to sign Shane Warne next week. Warnes' agent, Austin Robertson, is flying to England for talks with the four counties who have made offers to the leg spin wizzard - Lancashire, Northants, Notts and Sussex. Lancashire
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Book boon
IN these days of spiralling costs and, all too often, indifferent service, it is gratifying to cite some of the amenities on offer at our local library. Up to 10 books may be borrowed at any one time and a reserve system enables readers to enjoy prize-winning
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ROVERS: Swiss star shown green light for World Cup
STEPHANE Henchoz was today given the all-clear to join up with Switzerland. The classy central defender was substituted at half-time in Rovers' 4-0 win over Aston Villa on Wednesday as a precaution. But that groin strain has not proved serious and Henchoz
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Hotline aims to clear up litter problems
A RUBBISH hotline has been set up by Hyndburn Council which wants people to report overflowing and missing litter bins. Over the last 12 months there have been 49 calls about bin, the environmental services committee was told. A report was compiled for
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BT winning the war on phone pests
THE number is up for malicious callers in the North West, according to BT. A Blackburn-based special unit, which this week celebrated its fifth birthday, is now dealing each month with up to 3,000 calls for help from victims of phone pests. And it is
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PROFILE: Casper ready to leap to United's defence!
The Saturday Interview - Brian Doogan meets Manchester United's Chris Casper "REPLACING Ronnie Johnsen, will you please welcome to the Premiership - Henning Berg!" Yes, the same Henning Berg who spent three-and-a-half years with Blackburn Rovers - in
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Worries of court are left behind
MAGISTRATE Florence Green is stepping down after 24 years and can finally leave the worries of court cases behind her. Mrs Green has recalled how she was always told not to take the problems of the proceedings home with her - but in recent years has found
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Time we had our own airport
ALL the 'jazz' about Manchester Airport's new runway still riles me, especially when one considers Lancashire's lack of a proper international airport. Every time I pass Samlesbury, I think that, but for the war, it would have been our airport, just as
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Wheelie bin leaflets madness
IT was stated (LET, August 11), that Rossendale Council was rapped for not having a leaflet on the new wheelie bins printed in Urdu or Bengali. For a start, not everyone in the Valley received a leaflet. But if leaflets were in fact printed, why should
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Traffic calming an expensive failure
WILLIAM Moore (Letters, August 11) is so right to condemn the so-called 'traffic-calming' scheme in Harwood Road and other parts of Rishton. I'm sure that if the number of bumps and minor accidents were reported and monitored, the powers-that-be would
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Round-the-clock fight for fish
EXPERTS have been working round the clock to try to save tens of thousands of fish at risk from two separate spillages. British Waterways and the Environment Agency are battling to save fish in the Leeds Liverpool Canal in the Grimshaw Park area of Blackburn
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Gearing up for m-way walk
AROUND 30 members of the East Lancashire Disabled Drivers Association are plan to take part in the Motorway Superwalk '97 on motorised scooters and wheelchairs. The event is expected to raise thousands of pounds for the East Lancashire SuperScan appeal
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CRICKET: Don't write us off, warns Stelling
BILLY Stelling refuses to believe that the EW Cartons Lancashire League crown is already destined for Bentgate. The East Lancs professional takes his side into tomorrow's home fixture with Bacup knowing East Lancs must cash in with maximum points if they
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Bond's away! Debut album all part of the big picture
PULSE - music and more, with Simon Donohue WORDS alone cannot describe the ever-expanding multi-media explosion that surrounds The Bond's debut album Beyond Songs And Stories. To fully understand what the ambient-acoustic collective are about it would
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CLARETS: Roeder puts Burnley before England
GLENN Roeder will put club before country this winter as England set their sights on France '98. The Clarets number two has played a key role under Glenn Hoddle's new England regime both as a coach and scout. Now he hopes to combine his duties as England
