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Parents demand justice over beaten-up soldier's suicide
GRIEVING parents are demanding justice after their soldier son killed himself with a drugs overdose after being bullied at an army barracks. Nineteen-year-old Andrew Paul Johnston took the overdose when he came home on leave from the Queen's Lancashire
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Sunday Best of British
A ROSSENDALE businesswoman has scooped the highest accolade in fashion's answer to the Oscars. Jan Shutt from Sunday Best won the title of Womenswear Retailer of the Year and then went on to beat 34 top British retailers - including Oasis and Richards
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Up-beat Mersey: River basin has new lease of life
Nature Watch, with Ron Freethy THE other day a friend rang me to say that he had seen a large flock of barnacle geese near Formby Point. Many naturalists think that Formby is so close to the River Mersey that not much will be seen there because of pollution
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Doorstep delivery!
QUICK-off-the-mark Katie Louise gives a whole new meaning to doorstep delivery. The ambulance doors had barely closed on mum-to-be Trina Hancock, 28, when her baby daughter arrived. The 6lb 6oz baby girl was delivered in three minutes by ambulance technician
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TEN YEARS AGO: Labour MPs' tests fury
CHARGES for eye and teeth checks were the first step on the Tory road to charges for everything - according to furious North East Lancashire Labour MPs. Blackburn's Jack Straw warned: "The next step will be charging for a stay in hospital and the step
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MOTOR SPORT: Mini marvels are class act
A COURAGEOUS fightback by Daniel Harper and Les Reger on the last day of the Network Q RAC Rally has been rewarded with a class victory. The Mini Cooper men went into yesterday's final leg in South Wales in 81st position overall, and holding a forty one
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Heaters action plea
AS THE tragic inquest into the deaths of a Burnley woman and her two teenage grandchildren showed only last week, the need for people to be aware and alert to the dangers of carbon monoxide poisoning in their homes is all too evident. Today campaigners
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Village textile mill's 40 jobs under threat
VILLAGERS have been shocked by a closure threat to a century-old family weaving business. About 40 employees at Banister Brothers in Bee Mill, Ribchester, have been told that the family-run business could close soon if new orders cannot be found. Some
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Soccer pauper gets a major airing on TV
A STRUGGLING soccer team will feature in a television documentary on the plight of non-league football clubs. A Panorama camera crew is planning to turn out at Darwen FC's Anchor Ground for the next home clash on Saturday. Panorama is planning a documentary
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Blunt needs a claw trim
I FOUND John Blunt's comments (LET, November 12) on the purchase of a £20,000 diamond-studded collar for our cat to be insulting and unwarranted. As he quite rightly said, it's our money and we can do what we like with it. However, I would like to put
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Surrender to Europe on gays in the military
The John Blunt column THE armed forces brasshats are dead against it and so are the troops in the ranks, so why is the government preparing to scrap the ban on lesbians and gays serving in the military? Answer: another surrender to Europe. For afraid
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Families in fear as football 'fans' run riot
A DAMNING report has been sent to the Football Association after away "supporters" caused damage and terrified families at Rossendale United's Dark Lane ground in Newchurch. A group calling themselves the Tow Law Misfits from Durham broke glasses and
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Prickly customers
ORPHANED and poorly hedgehogs from Lancashire will benefit from a Christmas fair held on Saturday at St Peter's School, Burnley. Burnley ranger Kevan Talbot and his wife Tina are hoping for a big turnout at the fair so lots of money can be given to Hedgehog
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Driver's lesson learned
I AM in favour of preventing accidents and, in some cases, of road-calming measures. Restricting road width is a measure which creates hazards and slows the flow of traffic. Road humps, or "sleeping policemen" are much more effective, and more sensible
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CLARETS: Outclassed, outfought - and out of the cup
FA Cup 1st rnd replay: Burnley 0 Rotherham United 3 - Neil Bramwell's big match verdict HANG your head in shame any Burnley player involved in this shambles. It is one thing to go out of the FA Cup to a side from a lower division. But it is another to
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Blair is far from fair on pensions
JOHN Blunt (LET, November 19) makes some highly-relevant points about early retirement in the public sector and its cost to the taxpayer, but there is another side to the coin. At 53, I was made compulsorily redundant after 17 years' service and a near-perfect
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Cricketers hope for £100,000 lottery big hit
A CRICKET club is hoping to secure nearly £100,000 of lottery cash if it gets planning consent to develop its pavilion. Padiham CC has 200 members and seven teams, including four junior sides. Secretary Brian Shirtcliffe said since the club's pavilion
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FIVE YEARS AGO: Street stars in town
SOAP opera star Vera Duckworth led the singing in the rain in Blackburn shopping centre. A huge and happy crowd of 2,000 cheered as Coronation Street husband and wife Jack and Vera Duckworth switched on the Christmas lights. Actors William Tarmey and
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End this cruelty
WE urge foreign governments to end cruelty to animals yet we still allow blood-thirsty sports in our own country. Barbaric, sadistic hunting kills 20,000 foxes, 6,000 brown hares and 200 deer a year. MP Michael Foster's Bill offers the opportunity to
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Two died so apologies will not suffice
HOSPITAL chiefs today apologised over the case of East Lancashire wife Hazel Horner who was strangled by her mentally-ill husband Michael, who then hanged himself, the day after he was discharged without warning from an acute psychiatric ward. But are
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Hospital criticised over double death
HOSPITAL staff were today blamed for contributing to the death of a 54-year-old woman who was strangled by her mentally ill husband. Michael Horner, 52, throttled his wife, Hazel, with a coat belt and then hanged himself a day after he was sent home from
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ROVERS: Swede in frame as Hodgson faces striker worry
GIANT Swede Pascal Simpson is jetting to England on Saturday for talks with Blackburn Rovers. Ewood boss Roy Hodgson is looking at the 26-year-old AIK Stockholm target man as a possible addition to his striking resources. Simpson, however, is currently
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Hack to the future!
Mark Templeton Surfs the Net STAR gazers can have hours of fun on the net thanks to hundreds of astrology sites. One of the best is a page called New Age Voices, which has a brilliant interactive section and will deal you a set of tarot cards on demand
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Meningitis scare at school
PUPILS at a Whalley school were receiving antibiotics today after two classmates were struck down with suspected meningitis. The six-year-olds, a boy and a girl, who attend Whalley CE Primary School, were both said to be recovering well from the meningococcal
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Sick parrot Scruffy is birdnapped
A SICK parrot called Scruffy has been stolen - and his owners are in a desperate flap to get him back. Carol Uprichard and David Culshaw, of Hendon Road, Nelson, are worried that Scruffy, who is on medication after suffering from concussion when he fell
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Dogs essential for pest control
IN response to recent letters calling for a ban on hunting wild mammals with dogs, with all due respect to your correspondents, I think they are ignorant of the facts. Words like "cruel," "barbaric" and "archaic" are used, but all but one give no alternative
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Head speaks of benefits brought by £2m facelift
A HEAD teacher spoke of the benefits a £2 million building scheme had brought to his school during its annual presentation evening. Richard Bridges told a packed hall of students past and present, staff and parents about the improvements Darwen Moorland
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CLARETS: Waddle distress at FA Cup exit
FURIOUS Chris Waddle had just one word for Burnley's pathetic exit from the FA Cup - "Embarrassing!" The player-manager and his side were jeered off the field by a poor Turf Moor crowd as Third Division Rotherham strolled into the second round 3-0. And
