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DIANA: Silient Saturday will bring region to a halt
EAST Lancashire will fall silent for a day of mourning when Princess Diana's body is laid to rest. A number of events due to take place on Saturday have already been cancelled or postponed as the nation prepares to join mourners at Westminster Abbey in
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CLARETS: Warnock on the warpath for Latics
Burnley v Oldham Athletic - Peter Dewhurst's big match preview BLUNT Yorkshireman Neil Warnock goes on the warpath at Turf Moor tonight. Critical, outspoken, and never one to cloak his post-match emotions, he is charged with the mission of sparking an
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Police heater probe lifts deaths blame
RELATIVES who fitted a second-hand water heater at the centre of investigations into a triple death tragedy in Burnley did so correctly, police confirmed today. Detective Chief Inspector Clive Tattum said extensive inquiries revealed the heater, which
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TEN YEARS AGO: Goalkeeper's bad break
BLACKBURN Rovers' goalkeeper Vince O'Keefe tried to make light of a double leg fracture which threatened to keep him out of the first team for the rest of the year. "It's not a bad injury for a goalkeeper," he quipped. "We don't normally take a lot of
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CRICKET: Crawley takes the captaincy at Old Trafford
JOHN Crawley took over as Lancashire captain at Old Trafford today as Mike Watkinson stood down. Watkinson left himself out of the side for the championship match against Essex to hand left arm spinner Gary Keedy his first chance for two months. Keedy
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DIANA: Paparazzi can't escape the blame
THE news that the chauffeur was drunk when he drove Diana, Princess of Wales and her friend Dodi Fayed on their doomed journey puts a whole new complexion on the involvement of the paparazzi in this terrible tragedy. If the latest information to come
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Bail hostel a threat to youth club say parents
A YOUTH club and Catholic centre which has served the community for over 50 years could be forced to close if a controversial bail hostel is given the go-ahead. Lancashire County Council have appealed to Blackburn with Darwen Council for permission to
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ROVERS: Anger over derby cup date
BLACKBURN Rovers face the problem of playing two games in a little over 48 hours again, following Preston North End's stubborn attitude over the Coca-Cola Cup tie between the clubs at Deepdale. And it has certainly not enhanced relations between the Lancashire
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Jobs shock firm profits soar
PROFITS at footwear firm Lambert Howarth, which last month axed 200 jobs at its Burnley site, have more than doubled. Announcing results for the first half of the year, group chairman Sir Trevor Holdsworth paid tribute to the staff at the Healey Royd
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Umpires' teacher dies at 71
"UMPIRES' umpire" Wally Ashley has died aged 71 in Burnley General Hospital after a lifetime on the cricket field. Mr Ashley, of Hurstwood, Worsthorne, was responsible for training cricket umpires in East Lancashire and was a leading light in the sport
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CLARETS: Kiwomya set for Burnley bow
CHRIS Waddle's latest signing Andy Kiwomya will make his Burnley debut against Oldham Athletic at Turf Moor tonight. But the player-manager refuses to reveal what role the versatile 29-year-old, signed on a month's loan from Bradford City, will fill.
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Homes to be named after former mayor
A NEW housing development is to be named after a former Pendle mayor, Fred Melling. Melling Court will be on the site of the old Lord Street School playing field on Cragg Street, Colne, where he taught for 33 years, retiring as deputy head in 1982. The
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Your Shout!
Clarets fans have their say UP to now everybody has been kind to Chris Waddle but the honeymoon is most definitely over. Look at the facts: Next to bottom in Division Two; no goals scored (a club "record" after four games); attendances falling (note how
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FIVE YEARS AGO: Queen of the slimmers
A FORMER sweet shop owner who once got stuck in a supermarket turnstile because she was so fat reached the regional finals of a national slimming competition. By the time she was 35, Janette Beswick, of East View, Barnoldswick, tipped the scales at 15
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CRICKET: Killen sacked for drinking during game
GREAT Harwood CC have terminated Chris Killen's contract for "playing under the influence of alcohol" during Saturday's game at Blackburn Northern. The Vaux Ribblesdale League club will play their last two matches without a professional. Harwood chairman
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Scots' crucial vote should be delayed
THERE can be no argument with the Government's decision to call a temporary halt to the Scottish referendum campaign as a mark of respect to Princess Diana. But the vote is still to be held a week on Thursday and it is the last two weeks of such a campaign
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Jamaica prayers for hostage Paul
THE people of Jamaica have joined those praying on behalf of student hostage Paul Wells. The Rev John Cree, vicar of Immanuel, Feniscowles, has just returned from the country where he asked the people of the churches there to pray for Paul, 26, of Bracken
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Bullies making life a nightmare
Tuesday Topic, with Christine Rutter IT'S every pupil's worst nightmare. To be singled out by the school bullies who for years make your life a living hell. Last year in the North West ChildLine received a massive 1,227 calls from children terrorised
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Prison test case teenager gives herself up to police
THE 16-year-old girl from Accrington at the centre of a national test case was back in prison today after giving herself up to police. The teenage robber walked into Accrington police station almost two weeks after Hyndburn magistrates issued a warrant
