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ROVERS: Ewood Park notebook
A NEW publication is now available at Ewood with the club's first Official Yearbook - certainly in modern times - on sale, price £5-95. It includes enough facts and statistics to satisfy even the most fervent 'anorak' - both individual and team details
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Golden pair dance through 50 years
DANCING teachers Bert and Barbara Dobbs have waltzed through 50 years of marriage and claim quick-stepping and fox-trotting has kept them young! The couple have taught all over East Lancashire for more than 30 years. They currently hold classes on Wednesday
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Inspector calls and gives top marks
BURNLEY'S St. Mary Magdalene's RC Primary School received top marks after an OFSTED inspector called. Their glowing report revealed a 200-pupil caring, secure and supportive school with much to commend it. The quality of teaching was satisfactory in 97
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Enough said. . .
ON Page One (LET, November 12) you reported a youth died while on a barge trip, which included four supervisors, after sniffing body spray. On Page Two, probation staff were assuring the public that a hostel next door to a youth club and infants' school
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Teletubby troubles
I WAS bemused by Mrs A M Poynton's remarks (Letters, November 7) on the Teletubby saga at Mothercare. I was one of those people walking up in the last half hour joining friends at the front of the queue, as she puts it. But rather than actually claiming
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Fake designer gear scam rocks BT bosses
SHOCKED bosses at a BT exchange have launched an internal investigation amid allegations that fake designerwear has been sold on the premises. Trading Standards officers visited the BT Operator Centre in Jubilee Street, Blackburn, to investigate the claims
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CLARETS: Waddle looks for new loan striker
CHRIS Waddle is likely to trawl the loan markets again over the next few days but admits that Andy Cooke's expected promotion back to the first team could leave him with something of a dilemma. Cooke was set to renew his attacking partnership with Paul
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Mum and son die in house blaze
A MOTHER and her teenage son died in a double fire tragedy at their home in Burnley early today. Neighbours said Joyce Haythornthwaite, 36, and her son Lee were trapped when fire gutted their home. Joyce's partner, Ian Winchester, suffered severe injuries
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Project to put wrongs 'write'
AN action plan is being put together with the aim of improving literacy in Blackburn and Darwen schools. The decision to draw up the blueprint was taken after it was revealed the borough's youngsters fall below the national average when it comes to reading
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Road safety call after pensioner injured
AN ELDERLY man today remained comfortable in hospital after fracturing his ribs in a collision with a car at an accident blackspot. Walter Young, 83, of Trinity Street, Oswaldtwistle, was injured crossing Union Road, Oswaldtwistle. Paramedics took him
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95 jobs to go in drug packaging closure
WORKERS at a Burnley pharmaceuticals firm have been given the bombshell news that the company is to close. Ninety-five workers at Hillcross Pharmaceuticals, Harle Syke, will lose their jobs. The shut down at Walshaw Mill, Talbot Street, will be carried
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ICE HOCKEY: Hawks need to make use of fire power
LANCASHIRE Hawks have two of the most feared forwards in the land - and a run of seven straight defeats. Any wonder the management are confused? Hawks will look to the nation's leading ice hockey pointscorer Adrian Lomonaco to drive them out of an alarming
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RUGBY UNION: Where there's a Will. . .
The Saturday Interview meets Blackburn-born WILL GREENWOOD THE lot of a famous sporting offspring can be difficult. To be a lad who had a dad who reached the very heights of his game and then to try to follow suit - come on. Would you fancy following
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Candle chaos
I WILL have a scented candle beside a relaxing bath after a hectic day - or so I thought. I lit the candle, making sure to keep the flame away from the curtains, etc. While sitting in the living room, I could smell the delicious aroma of 'Autumn Woodsmoke
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Council is the biggest sinner
FOLLOWING the enforcement of the order against 'A-boards' outside shops, I would point out that Lancashire County Council, ably assisted by Blackburn Council, have introduced more hazards to the blind and disabled than all the traders put together. First
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Town centre sealed in siege drama
A 52-YEAR-OLD man was due to be questioned by police today following a five-hour siege at a flat in the centre of Accrington. Police were called to the home in St James Street at lunchtime yesterday following reports of a domestic dispute. A 34-year-old
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CLARETS: Turf Moor notebook
CHRIS Waddle will make a special guest appearance at W H Smith, Market Square, Burnley, on Thursday, December 11, to sign copies of his book - "Chris Waddle: The Authorised Biography". The Turf Moor player-manager will be available from 5-7pm. REPLAY
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Hi-di High! Clean-cut seaside lads spread the anti-drugs message
PULSE - music and more, with Simon Donohue SEASIDE fun is more likely to involve fresh air and salt spray than modern day perils like pills and pints. So Blackpool band Kato will be the ideal outfit to prove that youngsters can enjoy a 100 per cent natural
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Campaign brings a flood of phone calls
CONCERNED readers have flooded police with information about dealers, since the start of the Lancashire Evening Telegraph Drive Out Drugs Campaign. Almost 150 people have telephoned the freephone number 0800 555111 to offer information aimed at clearing
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ROVERS: Transfer chase reports are paper talk only
NATIONAL newspaper reports that Blackburn Rovers are chasing Oldham's 22-year-old left back Carl Serrant are premature. But Ewood boss Roy Hodgson admitted the club would always be interested in good players if they became available. Serrant played for
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NON LEAGUE: Eight-goal "derby" drama
Darwen 3 Rossendale United 5 DARWEN player-boss Steve Wilkes saw his side lose a two-goal lead to neighbours Rossendale then to add salt into the wounds he was sent off in the closing minutes. Darwen had cruised into a 2-0 lead. Neil Durkin scored the
