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Wind farm won't make a difference
S HARGREAVES (Letters, September 29) seems to think that a wind farm on the moors above Darwen will put fish back in the sea and help to regenerate the world's rain forests. If this is the case, I would almost be ready to concede the argument. The facts
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CLARETS: Williams boost for win-shy Burnley
BURNLEY hope to have Michael Williams back in the squad for tomorrow's crucial home game against Wycombe Wanderers when it is virtually win or bust for the Turf Moor side. Improved performances in recent weeks have seen Chris Waddle's side go so close
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Bomb hoax halts town centre
THE bomb scare which brought Blackburn town centre to a standstill yesterday was "an elaborate hoax" said police. Hundreds of people were evacuated from their places of work after a suspicious package was found in the BT telephone exchange on Jubilee
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TEN YEARS AGO: Shopping complex plan
ANOTHER massive shopping complex could be built on the Hyndburn side of Whitebirk, it was revealed. Plans were lodged for two stores, a garden centre and parking for nearly 800 cars on eleven and a half acres at Hyndburn Park. The plans were submitted
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FIVE YEARS AGO: Baby boom forces closure
A HOSPITAL'S maternity unit was forced to close. . .because eight of the midwives were pregnant. But hospital bosses were confident that the Bull Hill unit at Queen's Park Hospital, Blackburn, would reopen when the midwives returned to work from their
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Riley goes into Africa
SNOOKER firm Riley has potted a sponsorship deal in Africa. The Padiham firm is backing the World Amateur Snooker Championships in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, next month. "Riley came out on top at the end of last year's championships in New Zealand with players
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Here comes the bride - and there goes tradition
THOSE who ask if nothing is sacred any more will surely be upset to find the Church of England once again preparing to sacrifice much-loved tradition and values on the altar of political correctness. For this time, it is the father of the bride who gets
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Seized fakes to clothe war victims
EAST Lancashire firefighters are to take £1 million of fake designer jeans and shirts to a war-ravaged African state to clothe refugees. The clothes are part of a haul seized by trading standards officers in raids on counterfeiting operations throughout
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ROVERS: Hodgson faces selection headache
NORWEGIAN international Tore Pedersen is in line for a possible first Premiership appearance for Blackburn Rovers. Roy Hodgson faces major problems on the right flank for tomorrow's game against Wimbledon at Selhurst Park. The Rovers boss already knows
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GOLF: Three in a row for Ged
GED Furey won his third Lancashire Open in a row and fourth in all with a blistering four-under-par final round of 68 at Heron's Reach. The Pleasington professional came from two back off overnight leader Craig Corrigan to beat the Warrington professional
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Friends get up my nose
I SEE Friends of the Earth are again targeting the man trying to get to work in his car (Letters, September 26). Why don't they either give it a rest or target everyone? These car rallies which go crashing through forests don't do much good, or the veteran
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£700 bill costs council £19,300
A TOP level investigation has been launched after a wrangle over a £700 bill took nine years to settle - and cost the council £19,300 in legal fees. Bosses at Blackburn with Darwen Council began an inquiry into council procedures following a legal settlement
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Triathlon man in fund bid
AN intrepid fund-raiser is to take part in a one-man triathlon in aid of the Diana, Princess of Wales memorial fund. Mr Michael Pemberton, 54, of Hob Green, Mellor, will swim a mile, walk five miles and then embark on a 20-mile bike ride tomorrow. Mr
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New flowerbed home for frogs and toads
VOLUNTEERS at Lomeshaye Marsh Project in Pendle are tackling weeds in an eco-friendly way, thanks to a donation from a local firm. Northern Polytunnels of Colne has provided a large quantity of mushroom tunnelling to cover an area 3ft deep in nettle,
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People's champ
TRICIA Calway is the new voice of the region for the CBI. Tricia is a partner in Rawtenstall-based accountants and business advisers Kingfisher Group. She is one of only four women on the 40-strong North West Regional Council of the Confederation and
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Blackburn's Montserrat evacuees tell of paradise lost
HEARTBROKEN Montserrat evacuees John and Ann White, who fled in terror from their paradise home, say they will never be able to return home. John said: "I have never been to Britain before. Now I am here, I feel I will be here until I die." The couple
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Vicar resolves pervert problem - he buys paedophile's caravan
A SEX offender has been ousted from his hideout in a Ribble Valley village - after the local vicar bought his caravan. The Rev David Ashforth, of St Leonard's Church, Balderstone, has bought the caravan from the convicted paedophile to stop him being
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Great walk - but you'll have to share your butties!
Drive & Stroll, with Ron Freethy: Pennington Flash A FEW years ago if I said that I was going for a walk up and over an old coal mine you would have been right in saying that I'd gone off my trolley. At Pennington Flash, near Leigh, however, all the
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Schemes are non-starters
IT was Dr Samuel Johnson who said that getting married for a second time was "a triumph of hope over experience." The same could be said of your article (LET, September 26), concerning the revamp of Blackburn town centre - if EU monies become available
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Head fumes over cash share-out
A HEAD teacher who claims he has watched his school crumble because of a lack of cash has hit out after being overlooked for a share of a £2million Government rescue package. Roger Eckton, head of Beardwood School, Blackburn, said it was yet another disappointment
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Two chiefs is a nonsense
I WHOLEHEARTEDLY agree with every word of your excellent Opinion (LET, September 30) on the £100,000 pay-off for the Blackburn Council chief. I have been in Blackburn 20 years and have never understood how Blackburn Council is run. And I never did agree
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Top marks for teachers' unions
WITH the determination they have shown in the past to resist exposure of schools' achievements - through national testing, league tables and publication of GCSE results - teachers have often been accused of being more concerned with protecting their least-able
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New names for estates could lift stigma
SOME of Burnley's council estates could get new names to remove their stigma and attract more people into empty houses. Two-thirds of Burnley's empty council houses are in three West End estates - Stoops, Hargher Clough and Barclay Hills. Liberal Democrat
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A top award for working student Tim
A PROJECT to improve the way a factory works has won a student a top award. Undergraduate Tim Slorick spent the summer at Envopak in Burnley looking at raw material-handling on the shopfloor. His work for the firm, which manufactures specialist bags for
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Lucky Jim! Former student is on TV sleuth Hetty's team
Friday Folk A FORMER Blackburn College student has won a starring role alongside TV sleuth Hetty Wainthropp. James Slark, 19, who completed a BTec National Diploma in media studies in the summer, will be assisting with the purchase of props for the popular
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Energy output is but a drop in the ocean
S HARGREAVES (Letters, September 29) regards those who fear the prospect of a wind farm on Darwen moor as 'pathetic.' In my experience, a person who resorts to cheap insults does so because his case is not supported by the facts. These are that PowerGen
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Consent is a must
IT is quite clear that planning permission was not sought by Blackburn Council before the fence at Buncer Woods was erected. Why not? The Council is absolute in its condemnation of any project which requires, yet does not seek, such permission. Remember
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War on rubbish dumpers
A CRACKDOWN is being launched on rubbish dumpers who are risking the back streets of Hyndburn being overun with rats. Hyndburn Council is adopting a "get tough" policy and says it will prosecute persistent offenders who put sacks out in back streets instead
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Bubbly birthday
STAFF at advertising agency Capricorn took the day off to celebrate its 25th birthday. The Rising Bridge-based firm was founded by Peter Gildersleve in an office above a shop in Ashton-under-Lyne and moved to East Lancashire to be closer to its then largest
