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ROVERS: Keeper Alan has a striking record
EWOOD supremo Roy Hodgson is set to capture a top level double agent in Alan Fettis! For Blackburn Rovers' latest target can turn from shot stopper to goal scorer! Rovers are set to solve their goalkeeping problem by signing Northern Ireland international
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Girl talk spices up the Web!
Mark Templeton Surfs the Net NOT content with taking over Britain, the Spice Girls appear to have a worldwide dominance if their Internet pages are anything to go by. The fiesty five have hundreds of different web sites starting from their official page
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DIANA: Free tributes appreciated
I THANK you for printing the tributes to Princess Diana free of charge. It was a lovely gesture and much appreciated by us and no doubt all the other people who wrote such moving tributes to a special lady. MR and MRS MAYOR, Commercial Road, Great Harwood
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Mayor blasts cancer appeal card hoaxers
A MAYOR hit out today after a collection said to be for a seven-year-old terminal cancer victim was revealed as a hoax. Blackburn with Darwen mayor Coun Peter Greenwood had started collecting compliment slips following an appeal to get the young boy into
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TEN YEARS AGO: Primary school evacuated
A BLACKBURN primary school was to be evacuated for eight months because of an asbestos alert. Major building repairs were needed at St Silas's CE Primary School because of dry rot. But an inspection revealed asbestos in ceilings and wall panels which
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FIVE YEARS AGO: Shake-up of English teaching
TEACHERS were ordered to put greater emphasis on teaching standards of southern-style English - even though their pupils may speak with a pronounced regional accent. The order came in another major Government shake-up of how English is taught in schools
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After Scotland, we want regional power
VOTERS in Scotland head for the polls tomorrow to decide on devolution - on whether they should have their own parliament and one with tax-raising powers. The signs are that, this time, the Scots will opt for greater autonomy, even though the privilege
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Straw's new drive on young thugs
HOME Secretary and Blackburn MP Jack Straw today launched a new drive to tackle persistent and dangerous young thugs in the North West. He announced an extension of special task forces targeting high-risk offenders who repeatedly commit crime. In Manchester
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Mercy helpline round the clock
AMBULANCE bosses are to launch a round-the-clock helpline in parts of the county. Lancashire Ambulance Service has been chosen to pilot the Emergency Care Telephone Helpline in Chorley and Preston. The scheme will provide free 24-hour medical and nursing
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CRICKET: Watkinson in full runs flow
IF MIKE Watkinson loses the Lancashire captaincy at the end of this season, at least he will be able to reflect that he went out at Old Trafford in style. Watkinson has been troubled by injury in a largely disappointing summer for the county, and is expected
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Film crew set to follow in Gandhi's footsteps
COTTON workers who remember the visit of Mahatma Gandhi to East Lancashire are being sought for a new documentary on the amazing event. Gandhi visited the north of England for three days in September 1931 at the invitation of the Society of Friends. The
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DIANA: No one at fault but her
DIANA wanted to be the people's Queen of Hearts. She certainly managed this through her charity work. What I cannot understand is that nobody puts any blame on her for what happened. It's all somebody else's fault. I find this very hard to believe, as
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Residents fear for children in 'red light' area
RESIDENTS in a street plagued by prostitutes say they fear for their children's safety. People living in Baldwin Street, at Bank Top, Blackburn, claim the area has been turned into a red light district and are demanding police take urgent action to solve
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NON LEAGUE: Stanley sunk by Barrow
Barrow 2 Accrington Stanley 0 LEE O'Keefe and Neil Morton scored either side of half-time to ruin Stanley's unbeaten away record in the UniBond Premier League. Worse still for Stanley was the standard of a performance which did not bring one single desperation
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Gardeners dig in to help out Hetty
BEANS were in short supply when a camera crew descended on a Blackburn allotment to film a the third series of Hetty Wainthrop investigates. The BBC crew were filming at Ewood allotments near the Fernhurst pub when the director realised the runner beans
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CLARETS: Waddle starts Euro striker search
CHRIS Waddle could turn to Scandinavia in a bid to strengthen his attacking options. The Clarets player-boss has made another striker his top priority at Turf Moor. And I can reveal tonight he is ready to run the rule over the league scene in Norway,
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DIANA: More trauma yet for royals
LA Fontaine's remark in 1686 that "Every newspaper editor owes tribute to the devil" is even more relevant to today's undisciplined hacks. Not content with their part in the death of the mother of William and Harry, it looks as though the children are
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Home knifing death after beds shortage
A MAN with a history of depression killed himself days after pleading with his doctor to be admitted to hospital for treatment, an inquest heard. Michael James Ridehalgh, a 44-year-old contract cleaner, bled to death in his Blackburn home after cutting
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Funeral service to go on disc
WORKERS at the factory producing Elton John's Diana tribute disc were today bracing themselves to start work on an album in her honour. A master tape of the Westminster Abbey funeral service was being rushed to the PolyGram site in Blackburn to be made
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DIANA: A single red rose would say it all
IN response to Keith Ellel's remarks (Letters, September 5) I too agree that it is a waste of beautiful flowers, to lay and rot away in plastic and not give pleasure to someone. It is sad to see them decay. The trend is to now buy flowers and leave them
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DIANA: 'Huntress' would have wished for a ban
OUR late Princess Diana abhorred fox and stag hunting and shooting birds for sport. She made it clear long ago that she loathed to see her sons, William and Harry, being encouraged to participate in these blood-sports. More than anyone, she knew the distress
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Is enough done for mentally ill?
TODAY we report the tragedy of a man with a history of depression who killed himself after being turned away from an East Lancashire hospital's mental health unit because of a shortage of beds. But it is, perhaps, one that would not be written off with
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Carpet company piles up the cash
CARPETS and floor-coverings group Gaskell has seen profits rocket. The Clayton-le-Moors based firm saw pre-tax profits rise to £1.24 million for the first half of 1997 - almost four times the figure for the same period last year. Chairman Edward Andrew
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Contrast on the beautiful banks of the Wyre
Nature Watch, with Ron Freethy SEPTEMBER began with cooler weather and lots of showers. As I made my way alongside the River Wyre, a glorious rainbow curved its way over the eroded river bank. Along the riverside, swallows were feeding greedily on the
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DIANA: Grief should be private
I DO not agree with your comments in 'Royal family gets public's mood wrong - yet again' (LET, Opinion, September 4). Everyone has their own personal way of coping with bereavement, I, for one, have had the terrible experience of losing my father and
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Question mark over role of the royals
John Blunt column AS the unforgettable Diana hysteria fades along with the ocean of flowers, the prime question left hanging over the country is: Where does the monarchy go from here? But it is not as if the question has been raised by the remarkable
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DIANA: Criticism of Queen intolerable
AMID the hysteria surrounding the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, let us not forget one or two things. Diana openly courted the Press, suggesting that there would be a big surprise. While this in no way excuses the actions of the paparazzi, it hardly
