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CLARETS: Don't be fooled by Burnley's position, warns Bristol boss
Bristol City v Burnley - Peter White's big match preview JOHN Ward will be aiming to plot the downfall of Burnley at Ashton Gate tonight, when he could so easily have been in the visitors' dug-out himself! But the former Turf Moor assistant manager knows
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Chef goes for a curry record
AWARD winning chef Mohammed Alkas Ali is bidding for a place in the Guinness Book of Records by cooking and serving a curry and rice to 10,000 people. But the Internationally renowned chef needs help in the form of a pan which will hold 8,000 pints! Mr
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TEN YEARS AGO: Gun massacre moves
TOUGHER laws on guns in the wake of the Hungerford massacre were due to be unveiled by Home Secretary Douglas Hurd. He was also expected to announce a date for a firearms amnesty. Suggested reforms included a ban on Rambo-style semi-automatic rifles,
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A make-believe world explored
THE pupils of Blacko County Primary School have been looking at some of the more unusual books in the shops this Christmas, and have sent us their opinions on two of these. Illustrated Book of Fairy Tales, retold by Neil Philip, illustrated by Nilesh
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Second-class response
IN need of a post code, I inquired at the Post Office and Royal Mail office in Accrington. In both cases, I was sympathetically given phone numbers to ring (at cost). It is odd that the Royal Mail spends vast amounts of money to get us to use post codes
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Angry with the buses
I WONDER if any more of your readers are angered by the appalling bus services run by Stagecoach Ribble. I have had cause to complain on numerous occasions due to services running anything up to an hour late, buses being cancelled, services that only
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WANDERERS: Blake set for Ewood assault
BOLTON Wanderers are gearing up for an assault on Ewood Park this weekend. Hit-man Nathan Blake gave them both last night's win over Newcastle, and their second win in 48 hours - and vindicated Bolton boss Colin Todd sees no reason why he can't make it
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Christmas drink-drive blitz begins
THE Christmas crackdown on drink-drivers began today. A high-profile police campaign to catch over-the-limit drivers will run for the next month. Mobile patrols will tour Lancashire setting up high-visibility police checkpoints, day and night. Any driver
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CLARETS: Waddle to stand by side that beat Northampton
CHRIS Waddle is sticking to his guns over the comments which whipped up such a storm and he is demanding his team show the same sort of determination at Bristol City tonight. Reaction from the supporters themselves to the player-manager's criticism of
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Foxes feel pain
THERE has been so much rubbish talked about fox hunting lately. If we were to believe them, hunters would have us think the foxes actually like being killed. They say things like they don't feel pain and they don't suffer. How do they know? Have they
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Brain scare probe: Wife wins wrong-diagnosis apology
A BRAIN haemorrhage victim who was wrongly told she was suffering from meningitis has won a two-year battle for an independent inquiry into her case. Katrina Rees, 49, has also received a written apology from hospital bosses who have introduced changes
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Conflict of views on road humps
THE number of petitions pressing the council to introduce traffic calming measures is at odds with opinions being expressed in letters to local newspapers, says a Hyndburn councillor. Coun Bill Goldsmith spoke out as councillors received a request from
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Standard is 'low'
CAN I clarify something for Mr J Duckworth (Letters, November 19) who, like many others, is under the misapprehension that all police drivers have to undergo extra training before driving police cars? I actually have it straight from a police inspector
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Sweet smell after big stink over charity shops
A SHOP that was at the heart of Clitheroe's charity shop row has been taken over by a cosmetics retailer. And a traders' spokesman has welcomed the return of a real business to the premises. The anti-smoking charity Quit took over the double-fronted Castle
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FIVE YEARS AGO: Town's 'crown jewels' go
SHOCKED mayor Cathleen Thom claimed no section of society was safe from crime after the theft of Hyndburn's "crown jewels'. Councillors and staff were coming to terms with the theft of the irreplaceable chains of office dating from 1935, taken in a raid
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Hanging shows mental health facilities are a shambles
CHRISTOPHER Saunders was plainly a vulnerable man. Aged 19, he had the mental age of a 10-year-old. He is now dead, having hanged himself at Calderstones Hospital, Whalley, where he was locked up more than 300 miles from his home and family. Such was
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Stay-away patients lose place on dentist list
PATIENTS across East Lancashire who do not visit their dentist regularly could find themselves without access to NHS treatment. New government regulations mean that anybody who has not been to the dentist since September 1996 will automatically be taken
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Third woman attacked
DETECTIVES are investigating a third attack on elderly women in Nelson in just nine days. In the latest incident, a 71-year-old woman from the Hibson Road area of Nelson was grabbed and pushed to the floor in a busy car park before having her shoulder
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ROVERS: I wont panic, assures boss Hodgson
ROY Hodgson will not panic into making any hasty decisions, in the wake of Blackburn Rovers' 4-0 defeat by champions Manchester United on Sunday. The Ewood boss wants to strengthen his squad in certain positions and stresses that he will do so when the
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Six-month probe into council house scam
A SPECIAL report on allegations that council houses in Burnley were unfairly handed out to tenants will go to the Ombudsman and the District Auditor, councillors have been told. Council chief executive Roger Ellis says he has now completed the six-months-long
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The last dance: Arthritis and its effect on children
Tuesday Topic, with Christine Rutter ARTHRITIS Care is the only national charity devoted to the support and welfare of people with this crippling illness. This year the charity celebrates its golden jubilee. In 50 years it has seen 22 branches open in
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CLARETS: Supporters have a right to speak out
Cummings and Goings - a fan's eye view, with Stephen Cummings "I'M FINDING out who my friends are very quickly - and we haven't got many in the stadium." Should Chris Waddle continue to make such sweeping statements, he will soon discover his circle of
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East Lancs lags behind in prosperity stakes
LANCASHIRE'S economy is starting to show signs of recovery from recent slumps, according to a report published by Lancashire County Council. But the annual report adds the county's business sector still has a long way to go before it catches up with the
