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Local workers courteous as ever
FURTHER to Mr Duxbury's recent letter about Byrom Supplies and the injustices of council grant allocation (October 22), I would like to point out that I am the main contractor for the "new kids on the block" referred to in his letter. As was in the case
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Jailed for trying to kill himself
AN MP is to press for a review of the way mentally ill people are dealt with by the justice system after hearing of the case of a Pendle man thrown in jail for trying to kill himself. Matthew Pickles was handed a bag of blood-stained clothes, the remnants
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Pensioners claim 'fair share' of surplus funds
ANGRY pensioners claim they are being denied a fair share of a multi-million pound fund. Former employees of Unilever, including those who worked at the Brooke Bond Oxo plant in Great Harwood, say that they have missed out on hundreds of millions of pounds
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Policy hits aged
NHS Trust guidelines which limit the numbers of tablets hospitals and GPs can prescribe to patients on low incomes, especially the elderly, is a short-sighted policy which, in the long run, not only makes life more difficult for the elderly infirm but
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Smells cost firm £11,135
A PET food manufacturer has been landed with a £11,135 legal bill after a long history of complaints about smells from its factory. Blackburn-based Dugdale Davies was fined £10,000 after the council decided to take legal action. The company based in Davies
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Bid to stop tipping on farm site hit by fire
AN environmental watchdog is being pressed to stop illegal tipping once and for all at a farm above Colne, following a fire at the site which has been burning for days, sending a huge plume of noxious smoke for miles. Pendle Council's environmental health
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TEN YEARS AGO: Queen's visit scare
A MAJOR breach in security for a visit by the Queen to East Lancashire was uncovered by an alert teenager. Car passes for the Royal opening of a new wing at Blackburn's Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School were found scattered on a playing field. They were
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Speed killed our pet
I WOULD like to take this opportunity to remind the speeding, callous driver of a blue van who, on the evening of Tuesday, October 28, mowed down my much loved family pet dog and couldn't be bothered to stop, that we had our family pet for many years.
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Will openness work?
THE right of National Health Service workers to "blow the whistle" when they are concerned about the treatment of patients seems fair. The move follows a Government call for an improved climate of openness in the NHS so that concerns can be voiced without
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Euro culture link from £80,000 arts project
BURNLEY Council is being asked to take a leading role in an £80,000 three-country arts project. If the scheme gets the go-ahead, youngsters in Burnley will become involved in a Kaleidoscope Cultural Co-operation project with groups from Bulgaria and France
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Church vandals knock over 40 gravestones
A CHURCH warden today blasted vandals who knocked down 40 gravestones at an East Lancashire cemetery. The attack has stunned officials at St Leonard's Church, Old Langho, who made the grim discovery at the burial ground on Sunday. John Lambourn, church
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CLARETS: Crewe admit interest in Cooke
FIRST Division Crewe Alexandra today admitted their interest in Turf Moor striker Andy Cooke. Gresty Road assistant manager Neil Baker confirmed to the Lancashire Evening Telegraph: "We've contacted Burnley and made a firm enquiry about Andy Cooke. "But
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Landlords in protection plea over soccer thugs
POLICE have been told to expect an explosion of violence by soccer thugs when Blackburn Rovers clash with Bolton Wanderers next month. The warning has come from Blackburn landlords who have told police they want more protection during matches. Fed-up
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CLARETS: We can both make play-offs, says Lennie
Luton Town v Burnley - Tony Dewhurst's big match preview LENNIE Lawrence is back in business after Luton Town's worst-ever start to a Second Division campaign. And the welcome return of ex-Clarets skipper Steve Davis has sparked a rise in fortunes at
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FIVE YEARS AGO: Madam Cyn's cafe bar plan
THE long arm of the law caught up with celebrity party-giver Cynthia Payne when she threw back the covers on her latest pleasure palace. Helping her launch Madam Cyn's cafe bar plan in Accrington was controversial retired judge James Pickles. But Cynthia
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MOTORSPORT: RCD pick up top award
BURNLEY'S RCD Motorsport have been voted the best bike team racing in Britain at the sport's annual awards ceremony. Bike industry voters put the squad in pole position - ahead of the high profile £1million Superbike outfit and top 600cc and 250cc teams
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CRICKET: Akram set to be new skipper
WASIM Akram is expected to be named as Lancashire's new captain at an Old Trafford committee meeting tonight. Wasim, currently leading Pakistan in their one-day series against South Africa, is the hot favourite to take over from Mike Watkinson who stepped
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System is letting down mentally ill
THERE are many in this country who are extremely unhappy at the way the mentally ill are treated And the shortcomings of the system were brutally exposed recently when a man from Barnoldswick was handed a bag of blood-stained clothes, the remnants of
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'Young Kitchener' Jennie dies at 89
LITTLE Jennie Jackson, who dressed as young Kitchener during the First World War and raised £4,000, has died aged 89. Jennie, married name Flynn, had lived at Dove Court Nursing Home for a year, coming originally from the Brunshaw area of Burnley. She
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Letters from the heart
THE art of letter writing is alive and well in the schools of East Lancashire as evidenced by the two schools - Blacko County Primary and Griffin Park County Primary, Blackburn - featured in this week's NIE Column. Pupils at Blacko School were moved to
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Beware the festive crooks say police
SHOPPERS have been urged to beware of Christmas crooks as they start to splash the cash in the run up to the festive period. That is the message from Lancashire Police, who are encouraging people to think of crime prevention as the annual rush begins.
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ROVERS: Signs are good for ace defender Hendry
COLIN Hendry will see a specialist tomorrow for a thorough examination of his injured knee, but the early signs seem to be encouraging. The Blackburn Rovers and Scotland star twisted his knee in the first half of Saturday's game against Barnsley at Oakwell
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Plane makers' toast to soaring orders
THOUSANDS of aerospace workers in East Lancashire are celebrating their part in a major milestone. Since it first went into service 2,500 orders have been placed for the Airbus range of commercial aircraft. Work for the European plane making consortium
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'Barbaric' comment an insult to families
IN reply to letters (October 30) regarding the wedding of Tony Aspinall, I have read most of the letters concerning the Aspinall brothers and I wish to give my opinion on this. The words that shocked me were 'Barbaric animals,' which I feel is an insult
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Mystery increase in killer food bug cases
REPORTED cases of the potentially lethal food bug E-Coli have soared in Blackburn and Darwen after a local pensioner contracted the bug and died. There were a record number of cases reported in September, the month after the death, but health experts
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The weaker sex? Women and the right to box
Tuesday Topic, with Christine Rutter THE WORLD has taken a dim view of women slugging it out for supremacy in the boxing ring. Campaigners who successfully lobbied for the right females to box have been knocked out by the sting of protest. And the blow
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Town's roads are at the mercy of utilities
CAN I right some of the wrongs recently levelled at Blackburn Council by a plethora of frustrated road users, with whom I both empathise and sympathise? The council does not became the highways authority until April 1, 1998, but does currently act as
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SHAKERS: Forest test for Bury
BURY face their toughest test of the season so far tonight, when table toppers Nottingham Forest are the visitors to Gigg Lane. And, confidence in the home camp is high after the Shakers' battled back from two down at Norwich to earn a point. Tonight's
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Vets in site battle with Big Mac
THE battle between a town's vets and international burger giant McDonald's over a piece of land is hotting up. Councillors are set to agree an outline plan by Stanley House Veterinary Surgery to build a new surgery on land in Crown Way, Colne, when they
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CLARETS: I'd love to play for Clarets again, admits Davies
DEFENDER Steve Davis looked ahead to tonight's clash with Burnley at Kenilworth Road and admitted: "I'd love play to play for Burnley again." The ex-Burnley skipper lines-up against his old club with Luton aiming to bring the Clarets' six-match unbeaten
