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Hit squad on alert over killer food bug
A PENSIONER has died after contracting the deadly E-Coli bug - as five new cases were reported in East Lancashire. One involves a child in Burnley who is now recovering after treatment in hospital. The four other cases are in Blackburn, where a special
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Third market opening triggers trade clash
SHOPKEEPERS and stallholders have clashed over plans to allow a town's market to open for a third day every week. Traders in Bacup have been given the go-ahead to open on Friday as well as Wednesday and Saturday for a trial year following the opening
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Riverside village with roots in history
Drive & Stroll, with Ron Freethy: Hornby ONE of my favourite villages is Hornby. It is easily reached from East Lancashire via the M6 and turning off at junction 34 near Lancaster. The A683 leads to Hornby. The village is situated on the River Wenning
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Big increase in sex clinic calls by the young
BOSSES at a sex advice clinic today revealed a dramatic rise in the number of young people seeking help. Visitors to the Brook Advisory Centre in Blackburn almost doubled in the past year. Figures have showed that 1854 people received confidential counselling
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Police warning on drink outlets
A COURT has been warned that competing off-licences could be tempted into selling alcohol to children in a fight for survival." Sgt Brian Hopwood told Hyndburn licensing magistrates that he was concerned about what might happen in the future if every
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FIVE YEARS AGO: Laser treatment success
A LITTLE girl from Darwen had successful laser treatment to get rid of an ugly strawberry birthmark. Surgeons at a private hospital in Bromsgrove performed the treatment on two-year-old Jamie-Lee Taylor. The free treatment, normally worth £2,000, was
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NON LEAGUE: The boys are back in town
ONE is returning to where it all started, the other has his eye on higher things. But make no mistake about it - Ian McGarry and Brent Peters are back in non-league football. McGarry's first game in charge of Great Harwood - where he first played as a
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Is this the first step to a federated UK?
IN WHAT is a historic day for them, the people of Scotland have voted to give their country its first Parliament for nearly 300 years. It is the fulfilment of Labour's election promise on devolution. But it is also something else of great importance.
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Muscular dystrophy family tell of house move to freedom
A FAMILY suffering from the muscle wasting illness muscular dystrophy are telling Britain's fellow sufferers how they moved house to a better life. Ian Emmott and his daughters Jodienne, 11, and Terri-Ann, eight, all suffer weakness and wasting in their
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Witches' dance: Blind Eileen sets Pendle history to music
Friday Folk PENSIONER Eileen Lloyd has scripted, composed and is producing her own musical based on the story of the Pendle Witches - an amazing feat as she is blind. Colne will be the stage for the premiere of Spellbound, which tells the story of the
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Public denied access
I AM writing concerning the fences around Witton Park school and Ned Hole Woods in Blackburn. When I was younger, the Feildens owned Witton Park and members of the public could not enter the grounds until it was bought for the people of Blackburn. For
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Bikers' big days out
TWO major motorcycle shows in East Lancashire are coming to the grid. More than 25,000 enthusiasts are expected to attend Rossendale Valley Bike Show in Rawtenstall on September 28. A the East Lancashire Motorcycle Show on October 12 will be at Glenfield
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E for effort - but will Labour score highly in the long term?
Political Focus, with Bill Jacobs BRITAIN'S schools are under pressure to raise standards but the person the nation's teachers are keenest to mark is Education Secretary David Blunkett. He is generally considered to be one of the successes of the new
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Campaign for road justice
AN innocent three year old child was knocked down and killed by an uninsured driver who was only fined £270 and eight penalty points. Will the public support a campaign to amend the flaw in British law, which allows that only a minor road traffic charge
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Ann bones up on abbey ancestor
A WOMAN has traced the lost grave of one of her ancestors to a historic Ribble Valley abbey. Authoress Ann Remington, who has been researching her family tree for 30 years, discovered she was related to William Rymyngton, a former prior of Sawley Abbey
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Smoke alarm saves kitchen fire couple
A COUPLE escaped a serious house fire thanks to a smoke alarm today. Edward Doherty, a 62-year-old painter and decorator, awoke at 6.30am as the smoke alarm went off at his home in Almond Street, Darwen. Realising the fire was in the kitchen, Mr Doherty
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Tree-mendous service!
NEVER having been a great fan of Blackburn with Darwen Council, I must give credit where it is due. On Wednesday, September 3, at 1.45pm, my husband rang the council to report a tree which had blown down and was partially blocking the road, making it
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CLARETS: 'Ogre' Barnes hungry for goals
York City v Burnley - Tony Dewhurst's big match preview PAUL Barnes describes himself as an "ogre" when the goals are not flying in. "Just ask the wife," says Barnes. "I do take the job home with me when I'm not scoring goals and I can be a nightmare
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Over to you, Chris - from Winnipeg!
I CAN echo the sentiments of Marilyn Johnston from Maryland (Letters, September 9) who recently discovered the Lancashire Evening Telegraph on the World Wide Web. Living in Canada, it is nice to be able to read local news from back home. You have done
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TEN YEARS AGO: One-man peace mission
A ROSSENDALE man was back in the Valley after a one-man peace mission to Russia. Anthony Nixon, 54, of Helmshore, was secretary of Rossendale's British Soviet Friendship Society. He spent six weeks in the Soviet Union and met people from all walks of
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Son's bright idea
ON a recent visit to MFI at Blackburn to complain about a faulty item I had bought, my wife and I spent what seemed like ages, arguing over a certain amount of money. When things came to deadlock, I turned to the rep and said: "Well, where do we go from
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Let's see a few red faces up in court
THE POLICE, it seems, have taken up the ball which last month this newspaper said was in their court. We said this when reporting how residents of Blackburn's Montague Street area had resorted to self-help action to rid their neighbourhood of the prostitutes
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Trail of flames from rolling van
A BURNING van left a trail of flames along a road after rolling 50 yards when it caught fire. The Bedford Midi van came to a halt in Blackburn Road, Accrington, after rolling down Newark Street at10.50pm yesterday. Leading firefighter Ged Richmond, of
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15 arrested in action to clear red light zone
A PURGE to clear prostitutes and clients from busy red light areas has been launched by police. Plain clothes officers from Blackburn today announced that 15 women were arrested in the first phase of the operation centred on known haunts of prostitutes
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ROVERS: Hodgson named manager of month
BLACKBURN Rovers boss Roy Hodgson today dedicated his Carling manager of the month to his new club. The Ewood boss is due to receive the award before Sunday's game at home to Leeds after his club's sensational start to the season. Rovers took 13 points
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Euro MP in fight for jobs
EURO MP Mark Hendrick has launched a high-profile campaign to help protect Lancashire jobs. The initiative is aimed at tackling job losses in the aerospace and defence industry throughout Europe. Said Mr Hendrick, Lancashire Central MEP: "We have to increase
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CRICKET: Fielding looks further afield
Vaux Ribblesdale League CLITHEROE professional Jonathan Fielding has just one thing on his mind in preparation for his side's final game of the Vaux Ribblesdale League campaign. And that is tonight's Nationwide Division One football match between Bury
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MP applauds £9m relief for dental desert
GOVERNMENT plans which could bring relief to the 'dental desert' in the Burnley area have been applauded by a local MP. Pendle's Gordon Prentice welcomed the proposal to inject an extra £9 million into NHS dental services this year and urged local health
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CLARETS: Turf Moor Notebook
BURNLEY top the Division Two average attendance charts. The Clarets boast an average of 10,962 from their first three League fixtures against Gillingham, Bristol Rovers and Oldham. Lancashire rivals Preston North End, due at Turf Moor a week today, are
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Rented houses need probing
IN Burnley, whole blocks of terraced houses are left decaying in Daneshouse, with Stoneyholme and Burnley Wood also in a state, with houses boarded up. Who owns all these properties? Many have obviously been bought by speculators who are renting them
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CLARETS: We will get it right, says Waddle
RESOLUTE Chris Waddle today spoke about his first two months in the managerial chair at Burnley and vowed: "I will get it right." Burnley endeavour to break their Division Two scoring duck at York City tomorrow as Waddle goes in search of his first league
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Shop window for contracts
FIRMS preparing to bid for a slice of a multi-million contract market are being offered a helping hand. The East Lancashire Promotions Partnership will be exhibiting with a number of East Lancashire firms at SUBCON '98 aimed at the sub-contracting industries
