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Filter firm's appointment
BRYAN Inglis has been appointed to head up the US arm of filter firm Longworth. In his new role as president of B&M Longworth Inc, based in North Carolina, he will also be responsible for sales and marketing for the group. Previous news story Converted
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Alarming jobs for the boys
A GROUP of 22 apprentices have taken their first steps in an alarming career. The group have started Shorrock Security's three year programme, which will lead to full-time jobs as alarm engineers with the Blackburn firm. Hundreds of teenagers applied
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My house is now a home
I RECENTLY came back to Blackburn and was re-housed in a house that required re-decorating throughout. I was not in a physical condition to undertake this and the community housing worker contacted the Lancashire Probation Service to see if they could
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Trust faces £300,000 deficit as drugs price soars
A FINANCE chief has warned that the soaring cost of drugs could send Burnley hospitals' more than £300,000 into the red. David Meakin, finance director of Burnley NHS Trust, revealed the increased price and range of drugs was creating extra cash pressures
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Far Eastern envoy reveals East Lancashire roots
Friday Folk THE man representing British interests in the exotic Philippines capital of Manila is Laurie Evans, originally from Darwen. This week he faxed the Lancashire Evening Telegraph office in Burnley in response to questions about local man Peter
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Wrong message
THE teacher at the Hollins County High School, Accrington, is abusing her position, by persuading children to correspond with a convicted murderer (LET, October 22). It's about time the people in charge of the school told this teacher to start persuading
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Lorra, lorra laughs at school's Blind Date
THERE were a lorra, lorra laughs at Colne's Park High School when year 11 students staged a version of hit TV show Blind Date! They arranged the stage, devised the questions, including double entrendre, selected the candidates - including head teacher
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FIVE YEARS AGO: Blooming good show
TWO East Lancashire pubs wiped the board at a regional pubs in bloom competition. Ken Burrows and Sue Jones of the White Hart Inn, Sabden, shot to the top in the hanging baskets and containers category of the Thwaites Pubs in Bloom contest. While green-fingered
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Tory bonds come unstuck
THE BONDS with which Tory leader William Hague has sought to unite his disarrayed party have fast come unstuck. For big guns Michael Heseltine and Kenneth Clarke lead the assault on his policy of ruling out a single currency for 10 years when barely is
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Where time has taken its toll
Drive & stroll, with Ron Freethy: Paythorn IN my column on October 17 I mentioned some of our local toll houses which operated from about 1760 to the late 19th Century. This brought a crop of fascinating letters, including one from Mrs G Walmsley
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Family has been denied so much
I AGREE whole-heartedly with your correspondents regarding the wedding in jail of the convicted murderer Tony Aspinall (LET, October 22). Relating to this, I would ask why, after 11 years with his girlfriend and having a six-year-old son, has Mr Aspinall
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Bullseye Brown! Chancellor hits the spot over single currency
Political Focus, with Bill Jacobs THERE might have been some confusion along the way, but Gordon Brown's Monday statement to MPs appears to have hit the button spot-on. Prime Minister Tony Blair promised the Commons announcement would be "clear, definitive
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Balance needed on wind farms
IN reply to the comments of A Culverhouse about planning applications for wind farms (Letters, October 28), the statement in the draft local plan is an expectation, not a statutory requirement. We cannot compel applicants to carry out a full consultation
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Fishy tale nets firm a fortune
A FORMER bakery boss who now heads the firm behind Britain's new box office smash has proved a hit in the city - and with his own bank manager! Just days after Shooting Fish, the romantic comedy starring Kate Beckinsale, passed the £2 million box office
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Thrust comes home
THE world's first supersonic car, Thrust SSC, built with help from East Lancashire engineers, has returned home. Travelling slower than the 763.035mph it achieved with fighter pilot Andy Green at the wheel in Nevada's Black Rock Desert, Thrust crossed
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New head at law firm
BRENT Patterson has joined law firm Parker & Pickles as head of its criminal litigation department. A former crown prosecutor who specialised in youth and fraud work in West Yorkshire, he moved into private practice in 1993 and comes to the Blackburn
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ROVERS: Dave's true grit! Shell-shocked Watson standing firm
Barnsley v Blackburn Rovers - Peter White's big match preview BARNSLEY goalkeeper David Watson could have been forgiven for calling in sick before last Saturday's trip to Old Trafford. But the natives are made of sterner stuff in what was once termed
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STANLEY: At last, Smith. . .and bones!
BRAVE Peter Smith is back in business - just nine weeks after breaking his leg on the opening day of the Unibond League season. A staunch favourite at the Crown Ground, Smith was given a standing ovation when he arrived as a second half substitute, 10
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Nanny trial leaves a nasty taste
THE trial and conviction of teenage British nanny Louise Woodward who today will be sentenced to life for the murder of the nine-month-old baby in her charge, will leave an unpleasant taste in the mouths of many observers here - for many reasons. The
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Firefighters' mission of mercy heads for Algeria
FIREFIGHTERS have set out from East Lancashire on a mercy mission to help refugees in war-torn Algeria. An advance party of ten volunteers was leaving the county yesterday and will be flying out to refugee camps in Tindouf, southern Algeria. Another five
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ROVERS: Hodgson's full house
ROY Hodgson should have a 'full house' for tomorrow's trip to Barnsley - everyone available for the first time this season. But the Blackburn Rovers boss was keen to stress that there will not be any complacency in the camp as they take on the Premiership's
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Post on cue
SNOOKER firm Riley has racked up changes to its team. The Padiham-based cue sports firm has appointed Stuart Askey as retail national accounts manager. He had previously worked for Samsung and replaces David Gilson. David has moved to the export side
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Youth unworthy of representing country
THE declared intent to create a new, young Britain has the hallmark of gimmicky claptrap and should be given the boot treatment without delay. Some of the foul-mouthed pop artists, who have been associated with the debasement of old Britain, are eminently
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TEN YEARS AGO: Rampaging bull shot
POLICE marksmen had to shoot an escaped bull after it rampaged round streets in Nelson. Officers armed were called in because of fears the enraged animal could get into the town centre. Two other bullocks were brought in to calm the animal, but they also
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Too late, the cry
NICE to see Coun Don Rishton has at last shown an interest in Bank Top, Blackburn (LET, October 28), even though that particular horse has bolted. As for jiggery pokery over City Challenge boundaries, in my view, without it, Jack Straw would not have
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CLARETS: 'Cooke wanted' claim angers Waddle
BURNLEY boss Chris Waddle today angrily denied reports that First Division Crewe had tabled a £500,000 bid for striker Andy Cooke. Reports from Cheshire today said that Crewe boss Dario Gradi had already made a firm offer for the Welsh target man. Their
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Service centre gives all the right answers
DEMAND for help from a business information service is booming. The council-run International Business Centre, in Blackburn, provides detailed information on overseas markets aimed at firms interested in exporting. A report to councillors next week highlights
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Gandhi recalled
BLACKBURN Museum is preparing an exhibition commemorating the visit made in 1931 of Mohandas Gandhi to Darwen and Blackburn. We are keen to hear from people who may recall this event in person, or who have handed-down family stories about the great man
