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Welcome to green team
NEW members of a green group have been welcomed to the fold. Newmans Footwear of Blackburn and Ultraframe of Clitheroe are the latest East Lancashire companies to join the Business Environment Association. Representatives from the firms received certificates
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Internet firm defends 'stimulant' ad page contract
AN East Lancashire firm today defended its decision to design Internet pages which promote the controversial "legal highs." The company has created pages on the World Wide Web - which can be accessed by children - selling "stimulants, psychedelics and
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Two escape as car overturns
TWO young men escaped serious injury when a car overturned on a country road in the early hours of yesterday morning. Driver Andrew Newhouse, 19, of Bent Lea Road, Gisburn, and his 17-year-old passenger Liam Stratton, of Park Road, Barnoldswick, were
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Volcano evacuees watch Rovers
A GROUP of evacuees from the volcano-damaged island of Montserrat cheered on Blackburn Rovers yesterday in their Premier League match against Coventry at Ewood Park. It was the first football match they had seen. Blackburn Rovers gave the tickets, and
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FIVE YEARS AGO: Romance's royal connection
ROMANCE was still blossoming for a Lancashire girl in love with Princess Anne's former husband. Jane Thornton, 32, followed Captain Mark Phillips to Osbaldeston Hall Farm Riding Centre near Blackburn where the captain was lecturing Northern members of
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No explanations for council debts
COUN Dave Smith (Letters, September 19) is very smug, yet very vague in his analysis of Blackburn Council's huge debt - a staggering £114.7 million. He fails to mention that the town has the highest debt of any non-metropolitan council of its size - plus
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Windmills the way ahead
REGARDING the front page article 'Wind Farm Fear,' (LET, September 17), I think the people who continually winge about wind farms are pathetic. As a member of Greenpeace and World Wildlife, I suggest these people become members and read about what is
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Kangaroo killing sickening
SOME supermarkets and restaurants in this area are now stocking kangaroo meat. As a local representative of the charity Viva, I am shocked that more five million animals are being shot every year. Because female kangaroo meat is considered more tender
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Rescue package for failing schools
EDUCATION bosses are putting together a multi-million package aimed at rescuing Blackburn and Darwen's failing schools. Town hall bosses are hoping £13 million worth of investment will help solve the crisis in the borough's schools and colleges. Blackburn
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DNA tests to identify body found in Kashmir
ADVANCED crime detection tests were beginning today on the human remains discovered by officials hunting student hostage Paul Wells. Indian authorities will examine samples of DNA - the genetic fingerprint - as well as the dental, medical and physical
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ICE HOCKEY: Lomonaco leads from the front
Murrayfield Royals 4 Lancashire Hawks 6 ADRIAN Lomonaco kept his head on a night of chaos - and Lancashire Hawks started their ice hockey league campaign with a morale-boosting victory. But it looked as though this would be the game that never was when
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Fall in! Then a fall out - storm over singing ex-soldier
Looking Back, with Eric Leaver HE DIDN'T stay long, but ex-Rifleman T Williams left his mark on East Lancashire - in the form of 3ft-high "We Want Terry" slogans painted on walls. But the day after they were daubed, wags added the words "In The Army"
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Rider injured in bike fest street parade
ONE of the hundreds of motor cyclists at the Rossendale Motor Bike Show was injured in an accident during the morning cavalcade. Robert Cook, 40, of Templand, near Lockerbie, Dumfries, came off his Kawasaki 750 machine when a rider in front braked. Another
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NON LEAGUE: Ex-Clarets star James in charge at Stanley
LEIGHTON James was named today as Accrington Stanley's new manager. The former Burnley star and ex-Welsh international will take charge for the first time tomorrow night when Stanley take on Lancaster City at the Crown Ground. And Stanley chairman Eric
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Ex-patients make a better life on outside
A HEALTH chief has paid tribute to former Calderstones residents' ability to adjust to life in the community. Russ Pearce, chief executive of Calderstones NHS Trust, said more than 150 residents with learning disabilities were resettled in the past year
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ROVERS: Wilcox counts cost of dismissal
JASON Wilcox was left counting the cost of his dismissal against Coventry City at Ewood yesterday when frustration turned to fury for the Blackburn Rovers winger. A certain three-match suspension, to start against Southampton on October 18, is bad enough
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Silver award for builder
BUILDER Anthony Bush has won an industry 'Oscar' for his work. Anthony, of Clitheroe, who works for Laing Construction North West, won silver in the Building Manager of the Year Awards for his work on the Bridgewater Hall concert venue in Manchester.
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Firms bid to share in helicopter work
AEROSPACE companies in East Lancashire are aiming to land orders from a multi-billion industry this week. Eight firms are exhibiting under the Consortium of Lancashire Aerospace's banner which is making its debut at Helitech 97, a shop window for the
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Road deaths are the lowest ever
THE number of deaths on roads in Lancashire is at its lowest point ever, according to new figures. And the number of seriously injured people has also fallen in the last year, although slight injury accidents continue to rise. The latest figures are similar
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CLARETS: Capital punishment! Where does Waddle go from here?
Brentford 2 Burnley 1 - Tony Dewhurst's big match verdict WIND back the clock seven short months to an agreeable spring day in West London and a scoreline to savour: Brentford 0 Burnley 3. "The best performance from a Burnley team in 10 years," a couple
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Crowds roar in to the super bike show
A RECORD 25,000 visitors roared into Rawtenstall for the town's annual Motorbike Show - making it the biggest of its kind in the North and probably the largest annual event in East Lancashire. Its popularity seems to know no limit, doubling the number
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Daredevil, 17, rides Wall of Death in home town
STUDENT Steven Carr's visit to Rossendale Motor Bike Show a year ago ended in him becoming a Wall of Death rider! And when 17-year-old Steven returned to his home town thousands saw him in his new role as a motorbike stuntman. His first brush with the
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TEN YEARS AGO: Teenager is shy hero
A PLUCKY teenager emerged as the shy hero who rescued a woman from her blazing house. Anthony Height, 13, dragged mother-of-five Christine Carslaw from her home in Stanley Street, Accrington, where she had collapsed unconscious. He quietly left the scene
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CLARETS: Waddle appeals for extra cash
CHRIS Waddle has appealed to Turf Moor's board of directors for extra transfer cash in a bid to lift Burnley away from the bottom of the Second Division table. Burnley's disastrous start to the campaign continued at Brentford after a cruel injury-time
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SNOOKER: Shokat reaches last 16
SHOKAT Ali was celebrating his first ever last 16 appearance in a world ranking event at Hereford Leisure Centre today. The Accrington snooker player defeated world No 15 and former Irish Masters champion Darren Morgan 5-2 in the German Open. When the
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MOTORCYCLING: It's Darren's day
DARREN Barton was ecstatic today after clinching the 125cc British SuperCup at Donington Park. The 22-year-old from Hoddlesden settled for a safe fifth place which was enough to win him the title for a second time from nearest rival Fernando Mendes, who
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Council out of control
THAT Hyndburn Council is considering spending several million pounds on new council offices to "lower carbon dioxide emissions and fuel costs" is a bitter blow to the council tax payers. It also defies belief. I think council leader Coun George Slynn
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A dazzling display?
DELEGATES to the Labour Party conference in Brighton today will no doubt savour the occasion of it being the first for 19 years that the party has held while in government. And after the ending of Labour's long wilderness years by its spectacular May
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Action needed now to protect children's future
THE BILL for the legacy of failing schools that the new Blackburn with Darwen education authority inherits is put today at £13million. And though council tax payers may escape much of the sting for the rescue plan - as the Council looks to Europe and
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Smoke drama as man 64, saved
FIREFIGHTERS broke down a front door with a sledgehammer to rescue a 64-year-old man from his smoke-filled home at Huncoat today. Peter Naughton had fallen asleep in the front room leaving a pan of meat on the cooker. It had burned dry giving off acrid
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Comedy of errors over fence
THE comedy of errors over the fence stopping entry to Buncer Woods from Buncer Lane, Blackburn blunders on. Having discovered that the 1995 Town and Country Planning act requires that planning permission is received before erecting a fence over one metre
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ROVERS: Blackburn get the elbow in scrappy stalemate
Blackburn Rovers 0 Coventry City 0 - Peter White's big match verdict THE supporting bouts were more intriguing than the main event, as Blackburn Rovers drew their third successive Premiership game and, on this occasion, it definitely was a case of two
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Straw blasts campaign on cannabis
HOME Secretary Jack Straw today launched a broadside at a high profile campaign to legalise cannabis. The Blackburn MP said it would worsen drug problems and torpedo efforts to tackle the menace in East Lancashire. He was reacting to a call from some
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Schools on alert over outbreak of head lice
HEALTH experts have responded to a panic about a rise in cases of head lice by compiling a fact sheet for schools. East Lancashire Health Authority sent out the guidelines on treatment on Friday. Dr Roberta Marshall, consultant in communicable disease
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Couple flee pub flames
A COUPLE had a lucky escape after a fire started in their pub when they were in bed. Licensee Jack Hadley and his wife, Diane, fled the Stag Inn, Henry Street, Church, after hearing a crackling noise in the upstairs lounge at 5am on Sunday. Mrs Hadley
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Alarm can be difference between life and death
A CAMPAIGN which could save lives gets under way in East Lancashire this week. The area's firefighters are taking part in National Fire Safety Week, which aims to make people aware of the risks of fire and how they can keep themselves and their families
