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Flying visit
PETER Pike has toured the British Aerospace Samlesbury site. During the visit the Burnley MP was briefed on progress with the Eurofighter, Airbus and Joint Strike Fighter progress. Previous news story Converted for the new archive on 14 July 2000. Some
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New software lines
TWO new software products are being launched this month by a Blackburn firm. Ryder Systems, which specialises in telecommunications software, will unveil Geneva and BOB at an industry exhibition in Brighton. Both analyse phone calls and charges for large
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Health guru backs move to curb meningitis threat
HEALTH chiefs have backed a call for family doctors to carry penicillin supplies for the rapid treatment of meningitis. Burnley Community Health Council believe the move could save lives during the winter period when cases of the killer disease reach
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CLARETS: Gordon glitters! Veteran inspires Burnley to second win
Burnley 2 Walsall 1 - Tony Dewhurst's big match verdict IN 1975 Gary Glitter was at number one in the hit parade, Chris Waddle was playing his football in the schoolyard and Brian Clough's Derby County were champions of England! And in the same year a
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Firework youth's burns shock
A TEENAGER was being treated in a specialist hospital unit today for burns to his face and neck after a freak firework accident. David Wales, 16, told his parents he was injured when he dropped a lighted cigarette into an explosive powder left on the
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Do they think we're daft?
MANY people here in East Lancashire will be a little puzzled by a Government report on the Millennium Dome at Greenwich. Ministers have been told that the Dome will attract more than 12 million visitors in the year 2000, of whom more than two million
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Firms get together to combat crime
FIRMS can find out how to combat the threat of crime from sneak thieves to eco-terrorists at an event tomorrow. The 'Business Security Matters' event has been organised by Initiative Burnley to address the security concerns of firms in the Burnley area
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ICE HOCKEY: Hawks out of the hunt in pointless weekend
Lancashire Hawks 8 Murrayfield Royals 11 ; Peterborough Pirates 6 Lancashire Hawks 4 HUNT got a couple and it was Roger over and out for Lancashire Hawks. Roger Hunt, Murrayfield Royals' namesake of the former Liverpool football legend, scored a brace
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Trouble avoided
REGARDING the return of the handbag which I lost at Asda Stores, Blackburn (Letters, October 28), I have now met and thanked the kind lady who found it and gave it to customer services. Losing a purse or handbag causes much in the way of problems. Sometimes
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Care urged over decision on out-of-town retail park
COUNCILLORS will be asked to consider the effect a major new out-of-town retail park would have on town centre traders before deciding if the multi-million pound project can go ahead. British Gas and Creswell Estates want to build six units on the former
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ROVERS: There's no money problem at Ewood, says Walker
JACK Walker sent a message of re-assurance to Blackburn Rovers supporters today, telling them: "The only thing that's changed is that I am keener than ever." Mr Walker insists there are no problems between him and manager Roy Hodgson and that there is
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Pizza maker gets a slice of IIP action
PIZZA firm Stateside Food of Haslingden, which produces 916,000 pizzas a month, is the latest East Lancashire firm to gain the Investors in People award. It employs 260 staff producing pizzas for some of the UK's top supermarket chains. Other local firms
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My nightmare as nanny who injured baby
FORMER au pair Diane Carter was affected more than most by the trial of nanny Louise Woodward - because she feels it could have been her on the stand. The mother-of-four from Blackburn could so easily have suffered the same fate as Louise when a stint
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France has taken lead on defence
EARLY next year, the French Navy will receive the 'Charles de Gaulle,' a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier of 39,000 tons. As well as having a substantial missile armament, it will carry 40 Super Etendard aircraft. A second nuclear carrier will join the
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FIVE YEARS AGO: ICI announce site closure
INDUSTRIAL giant ICI announced the closure of its Britannia Mill site in Darwen with the loss of 130 jobs. The closure, blamed on the recession, would cut ICI's workforce in Darwen by 25% and came after the loss of India Mill and Lower Darwen Paper Mill
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TEN YEARS AGO: Brick firm up for sale
ACCRINGTON'S 100-year-old Nori brick company was put up for sale as part of a "job lot" sell off by its Yorkshire owners. Around 100 workers at the multi-million pound high-tech Nori plant, Whinney Hill, were told of the shock move by management of parent
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CLARETS: Waddle blast for boo boys
CHRIS Waddle today rounded on the Turf Moor boo boys and blasted: "Give the players a chance." Waddle says a section of the Turf Moor support have brought a fear factor to Burnley's home performances. And he wants the criticism to stop as Burnley bid
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Free help on hand for budding businesspeople
A BUSINESS advice night is being held to help small firms and budding entrepreneurs. More than 30 organisations will be represented at the event at Haslingden Sports Centre on November 12 from 5pm to 9pm. Advice on areas including finding suitable premises
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No peace until Saddam is removed
THE pictures coming out of Iraq look very familiar. Members of Saddam Hussein's moustachioed rent-a-crowd burn the USA flag while others hold aloft flattering portraits of Saddam himself and messages of hate for the West in general. Once again the Middle
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East Lancs campaign to free Louise
SHOCKED people across East Lancashire are campaigning to free British nanny Louise Woodward. A growing army of people in the county believe Louise is innocent and many have pledged a crusade to clear the 19-year-old of the murder of baby Matthew Eappen
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Anger at pistols defeat
THE GOVERNMENT today moved to reverse two defeats to its ban on all pistols inflicted by hereditary Peers in the House of Lords. Home Secretary Jack Straw sought to overturn the changes as MPs debated the Firearms Bill in detail at its report stage. Labour
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ROVERS: It's one for the X-files as Rovers rue missed chances
Barnsley 1 Blackburn Rovers 1 - Peter White's big match verdict ROY Hodgson probably doesn't watch the X-Files. The Blackburn Rovers manager's thoughts seem to be concerned with more down-to-earth matters. But he does know all about the X-Factor - X as
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CLARETS: Cooke ponders future at Turf Moor
STRIKER Andy Cooke has warned his future could be away from Turf Moor. Super sub Cooke was Burnley's second half goal hero with a late winner against Walsall on Saturday. But speculation continued today that Cooke could be the subject of a £500,000 bid
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Mine of information: Landmark and pit are linked in time
Looking Back, with Eric Leaver WHAT'S the connection between East Lancashire's most famous landmark, 1,225 feet up on the moors, and a 408ft-deep hole in the ground miles away? Guessers might easily hit on 100-year-old Darwen Tower as being one half of
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Certainly nothing nice about mice
I MUST reply to Andrew Butler - 'The Tender Trap' (Letters, October 22). Most of us appreciate and derive benefits from those animals which are either a direct comfort to us or pose no harm at all. Mr Butler's view, written in Beatrix Potter style, portraying
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ROVERS: Anxious wait on Hendry
COLIN Hendry is at the heart of an anxious wait after sustaining a knee injury in Saturday's draw against Barnsley at Oakwell. The player is being checked by a specialist, with fingers crossed that it will not keep him out of Blackburn Rovers' side for
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Haulage firms facing new French blockade
WORRIED East Lancashire haulage companies were today frantically drawing up plans to avoid being caught in chaos expected from the French transport strike. French lorry drivers, with the backing of coach drivers' unions, were threatening to blockade roads
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Skin graft for brave burns girl
BRAVE burns girl Stephanie Little was today undergoing a four-hour skin graft operation. Stephanie, five, suffered severe burns to her lower back when her dress burst into flames as she stood too close to a gas fire. The graft operation was due to take
