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A world of difference
SHOPPING in Blackburn, I admired the Christmas decorations in the precinct. Later, I was in Darwen's three day market. Guess what? - we've got different decorations. I counted 16 buckets hanging from the ceiling. They can't put lights up, they're collecting
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Community set to honour achievers
MORE than 30 university and college graduates from Burnley's Bangladeshi community will receive special certificates as the community honours its achievers. Around 2,000 Bangladeshi-origin people live in Burnley - most in the poorest Daneshouse area of
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ROVERS: Croft's original means so much to Ewood
Blackburn Rovers 1 Chelsea 0 - Peter White's big match verdict AN American jury might well have got the verdict wrong, but not Roy Hodgson. It seemed almost inevitable that the post-match inquest would centre on Gianfranco Zola's squandered opportunities
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Baby born after mum's tragic death
A TRAGIC dad was today coming to terms with the loss of his wife who died minutes before the birth of their baby girl. The baby was delivered by Caesarean section after eight months pregnant Nusrat Hussein, 29, lost her fight for life from a suspected
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Birthday girl Carole abseils into big six-O
FORMER model Carole Cawley-Smith felt anything but glamorous as she celebrated her 60th birthday by sliding 60 feet down an old railway viaduct. Family and friends cheered on her once-in-a-lifetime performance as the ex-beautician donned climbing gear
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Council rejects tree-felling plea
COUNCILLORS in Hyndburn gave the chop to a colleague's application to fell a tree in woodland behind his garden. Coun Anthony Bushell wanted to chop down the mature oak tree - protected by a preservation order - on the grounds that it posed a danger.
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FIVE YEARS AGO: Defective cabs shock
A CABBIE clampdown showed almost half the cars tested in Blackburn and Darwen were unfit for the road. Drivers and operators of defective cabs were facing prosecution after police and Blackburn Council joined forces for a swoop on taxis and private hire
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ROVERS: Keegan wants Coleman
KEVIN Keegan wants Blackburn Rovers central defender Chris Coleman to join the Fulham bandwagon, now starting to roll thanks to the Mohammed Al Fayed millions. But personal terms could stand in the way of a potential £2 million-plus transfer for the Welsh
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Adams talks a sickener but vital
THE confirmation that Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams is to be met by Tony Blair at Downing Street, probably before Christmas, will understandably stick in the craw of many. After all, is not Mr Adams the front man for the IRA which, while ostensibly participating
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Robbery gets new Crimewatch slot
THE shooting of Burnley PC Mark Driver in a Post Office raid four years ago will be highlighted in a one-off Crimewatch UK programme after the crime was linked to two similar attacks. "Crimewatch: Still Unsolved'' will focus on cases that remain frustratingly
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CLARETS: Grim reaper: Harrison and Ford can't save lost cause
Grimsby Town 4 Burnley 1 - John Kirkby's big match verdict WITH Harrison and Ford on the Burnley subs bench, it was a case of raiders of the lost cause. Both players tasted the action in the second half by which time the Clarets were well and truly out
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Firms prepare for millennium timebomb
FIRMS will next week be offered advice on how to deal with the potentially catastrophic millennium timebomb. Experts fear major computer breakdowns when the year 2000 arrives because some hardware and software won't be able to recognise the new date.
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ICE HOCKEY: Hawks land trophy in glory weekend
Altrincham 4 Lancashire Hawks 8 ; Lancashire Hawks 10 GB Under 20s 4 LANCASHIRE Hawks got their hands on some silverware and turned over the cream of the nation's ice hockey starlets. Some weekend! Don't for one single second try telling Jimmy Pennycook
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Big thanks to pub
UNCLE Jack's pub, in Lower Darwen, held a Race Night for Blackburn's under-14s ice hockey team, The Kestrels, on November 13, to help them raise money for their trip to Toronto, Canada, in February. The Kestrels would like to thank Jim and Eileen for
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CLARETS: It's D-day for Creaney
CHRIS Waddle was sweating on a positive answer from Gerry Creaney this afternoon, as he waited for the Manchester City man to respond to Burnley's offer of a permanent move to Turf Moor. The player-manager is desperately trying to give his side a lift
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Tory MP Nigel gets freebie to Stringfellows
TORY MP Nigel Evans has been give a free membership of the famous Stringfellows nightclub in London - the haunt of Page Three models and soap opera actresses. This fact about the Ribble Valley member and Tory Constitutional spokesman is revealed in the
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Public's aware
JOHN D Farrer (Letters, November 18) - Hyndburn Council does need to spell out the financial implications of housing stock transfer. Far from neglecting to do so, it has made detailed financial information available at 22 public meetings over the last
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TEN YEARS AGO: Young boozers' fears
A CRACKDOWN on teenage drinking, blamed for increasing violence and disorder among the young, was demanded today. The law on under-age drinking was "being widely flouted" said a major report to Home Secretary Douglas Hurd. And he was urged to make the
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GOLF: Furey in the running
GED Furey is among the leaders are three rounds of the PGA European Tour Qualifying School in San Roque, Spain. The Pleasington professional is just four shots off the lead at the midway point. Furey has shot rounds of 72, 68 and 72. Previous sport story
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£8m homes sale to generate facelift
COUNCIL house sales will give Burnley an £8million boost for home improvements in the town. The money is being released by the Government over the next five years to help the authority tackle the £40million backlog of council house repairs, housing chairman
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£1.3m boost for college training
A MAJOR £1.3 million redevelopment was yesterday launched at Nelson and Colne College at a turf-cutting ceremony. Most of the cash will be used to build a new training centre at the college's main Nelson site. Small and medium sized firms in the area
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Poor Stanley: Glorious past could not save soccer club
Looking Back, with Eric Leaver IT had been a year of sensation - a new group called the Beatles had taken the pop world by storm, the Profumo sex scandal rocked the government, President Kennedy was assassinated in the USA and Britain's Prime Minister
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Store's drinks request refused
AN OFF-LICENCE application has been rejected after fears were expressed that it could lead to increases in under-age drink problems in Oswaldtwistle. Linda Landon was applying for a licence to sell drink from her general store in Catlow Hall Street. Hyndburn
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1,200 sign petition against moors wind farm
CAMPAIGNERS fighting plans for a wind farm say they were overwhelmed by the public support shown during a street protest. Darwen Moors Wind Farm Opposition Group say they collected 1,200 signatures in the space of just a few hours when six members gathered
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Charles sees real cost of trying to avoid tax
THE ROYALS, it seems, are taking the hint. For after their damaging and blundering public relations errors in the wake of the death of Princess Diana, the decision by Prince Charles to drop moves to avoid the £8.4million inheritance tax bill on her estate
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Take the wind out of 'farms'
THE windfarm developers have turned greedy eyes on our least-spoiled coasts and hills since the Government introduced a handsome subsidy for wind-generated electricity in 1991. There are hundreds of windfarm proposals currently on the drawing board and
