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CLARETS: We want Moore! Fans look for cup classic repeat
FA Cup 1st round: Rotherham United 3 Burnley 3 - Peter White's big match verdict NO-ONE felt more at home at Millmoor than Burnley central defender Neil Moore who sported a broad grin to reflect the significant part he played at both ends of the pitch
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Louise trial a convenient tear-jerker
ONE of the most important points about the Louise Woodward case is to realise why she was found guilty on so little real evidence. The defence made a bad mistake in using the lawyer who got OJ Simpson acquitted. The psychology of this is because, from
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Hospital tonic
ON a recent visit to Blackburn Infirmary I saw a notice on a door which read: Motorists beware. Car thieves operate in this area. Somebody had written underneath: Why? Are there no surgeons? Made me laugh! WENDY ROBERTS, Baker Street, Blackburn. Previous
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Come home! plea to mother
A TEENAGER today made a plea to his missing mum to come home for the sake of his two young sisters. Concern was mounting today for the safety of Christine Wright who vanished three days ago. Richard Ledsham, 17, who is caring for Caren, six, and Bethany
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ICE HOCKEY: Hawks stop the rot
Lancashire Hawks 5 Fife Flyers 8 ; Murrayfield Royals 6 Lancashire Hawks 6 LANCASHIRE Hawks stopped the rot last night - and Adrian Lomonaco was the toast. Only a late late goal denied Hawks a much-needed win but Lomonaco - the top points scorer in the
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Out of step
FOR seven years, they have quick-stepped and foxtrotted to the good old tunes at the Sunday tea dance at Barden High School, Burnley. It has been the weekly pleasure of up to 130 dancers, most of them pensioners. A more innocent pastime you would be hard-pressed
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The sorrow of double fire tragedy
FLORAL tributes have been placed against the front of a Burnley house where a mum and her son died in a double fire tragedy. The bouquets are accompanied by simple, sad messages of sorrow and grief. Lee Haythornthwaite should have been celebrating his
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CLARETS: Waddle set to sign striker
CHRIS Waddle is set to complete the signing of prolific-scoring non-League striker Kevin Henderson from Morpeth Town this week, subject to the usual medicals. But the Burnley player-manager, who welcomed the prospect of a home tie in the second round
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Firm base on crime
THE results of a survey which found businesses were keen to get involved in the fight against crime are echoed in Lancashire according to a probation boss. The county's chief probation officer, John Crawforth, said his service was already working with
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Bride and gloom: Royal wedding was just what the country needed
Looking Back, with Eric Leaver IF EVER there was a time when Britain needed cheering up and something to celebrate, it was 50 years ago. Excitement over the wedding of Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh pierced the gloom of a nation plunged
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ROVERS: Hodgson hopeful of Hendry boost
ROY Hodgson is hopeful that Colin Hendry might win his battle for fitness and be ready to challenge for a return to the Blackburn Rovers side for Saturday's crunch clash with Chelsea at Ewood. Hendry, who limped out of the match at Barnsley just over
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FIVE YEARS AGO: Girls pitch in
A WHOLE new ball game was facing girls at a Darwen Moorland School, which joined forces with Blackburn Council to begin a soccer coaching course. Sports development officers from Blackburn Community Leisure were to spend six weeks teaching a pilot class
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TEN YEARS AGO: Cell conditions anger
PRISONERS were being kept in "appalling" overcrowded cells at Blackburn police station for up to 10 days, it was claimed. And a police watchdog committee was told the conditions would not improve because a £120,000 facelift had been shelved by the Home
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Sorry to say... it's the end of the honeymoon
IT remains to be seen whether Labour's greatest single asset, Tony Blair - he of the extended honeymoon with the electorate and the stratospheric personal popularity ratings - has kept the trust intact. But, rather than the detail of the cash-for-favours
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Women have say in lawmaking
READERS will recently have heard or read about the move by the Government to curb the rights of alleged sex attackers to question their victims in court. Under common law, dating back centuries, defendants have had the right to call witnesses and address
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Girls boxed at Worlds Fair
IN reply to the query by Julian Pilling (Letters, November 11), I have a photo in a magazine of two women boxers squaring up to each other. The date is 1904. Underneath is the caption: Women boxing - not an Olympic event, but one of the attractions at
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Parking laws constantly broken
FOR years, when walking or driving along Whalley Range continuing through Little Harwood into Blackburn, I have observed many parked cars on double yellow lines. Recently, between Victoria Street and Bastwell I saw 12 cars, two of which were displaying
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Home blow to dead hero's fiance
HOME Secretary Jack Straw has stepped in to try to help a disabled woman who has lost the chance of a new home after her fiance died. It was the wish of Lez Saunders that Debbie Yates, 26, should vacate her flat in Cambridge Gardens, Lower Audley, Blackburn
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Community bank celebrates its 200th recruit
THE fastest-growing community bank in East Lancashire is celebrating its latest notable recruitment. Irwin Gay, of Cowes Avenue, Haslingden, is the 200th member of the Haslingden and Helmshore Credit Union. He was presented with a certificate and instant
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Contradiction over Hallowe'en
ROSE Marsden (Letters, November 12) gave an interesting historical account of Hallowe'en activities, but seemed to presume the point of my previous letter was that all primary schools are involved in this ritual. This was not the case - only that I felt
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Church gives Bolivian orphan a chance in life
AN orphan in Bolivia has been "adopted" by Mount Zion Church, Cliviger. Saturnino Tenorio is 14 years old and lives with his brother who has two children of his own. The Independent Methodist church applied to the Tear Fund to sponsor a child and were
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Land can earn cash
REGARDING your story about the battle between Stanley House Veterinary Surgery and McDonald's for a land site in Colne (LET, November 10), there are several arguments on both sides of this case but, as your article says, the council has a duty to get
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Proud head's lavish praise for pupils and staff
A SMALL school can be special and we have exam results to prove it! That was the message from principal Muriel Ashcroft at the prize-giving of Moorland School in Clitheroe. "Our 1997 GCSE results were indeed excellent, with an 88 per cent pass rate. Our's
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Baby Levi death probe results 'long overdue'
RELATIVES of battered baby Levi Rose say the findings of an inquiry into his tragic death are long overdue. Five-month-old Levi died violently at the hands of his parents in June, 1996. His aunts, Margaret Rose and Carole Brine, claim not enough was done
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Sir Bobby hits target
SOCCER legend Sir Bobby Charlton kicked off a £3 million investment at a Great Harwood firm. Sir Bobby was guest of honour at carton factory Boxes Ltd which has just installed a new six-colour Roland printing press - the only one of its kind in the country
