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Late-payers hitting small firms
SMALL businesses in East Lancashire are being strangled by late-payers, figures out today reveal. Statistics compiled by the Forum of Private Business pressure group estimates that £349 million is owed to privately owned firms in Blackburn alone. Although
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Terror raid on service station
A TERRIFIED garage worker was tied up and left in a storeroom as robbers stole cigarettes and cash. The 22-year-old woman was forced into the back room last night at the Telegraph service station, Bolton Road, Blackburn, by two men wearing face masks.
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TEN YEARS AGO: Fears for mill workers
HUNDREDS of East Lancashire mill workers were forced to dice with death at their machines, it was claimed. "Victorian" safety levels in factories throughout the area could kill, a top union official warned. Paul Hoggarth of the General Municipal and Boilermakers
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Glider pilot crash drama
A PARAGLIDER had to be airlifted to hospital after he crash-landed on the summit of Pendle Hill yesterday afternoon. Clitheroe paramedic Bob Massey said the man had a life-threatening injury and praised the quick response time of the police helicopter
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Centenarian gets the VIP treatment
A LUXURY ride in a Rolls-Royce marked the 100th birthday of a church stalwart. Miss Bell Broughton was taken from her home in Denton Street, Barnoldswick, where she has lived since it was built 89 years ago, to St Andrew's Methodist Church in the town
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Gerard wins battle for Russian bride
A FOUR-year red tape battle is finally over for sweethearts Gerard Whittaker his Russian fiance Tanya Kadremetova as they prepare to spend their first Christmas together. They met in a night club while Gerard, 42, was holidaying in St Petersburg and after
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I'm still awaiting a reply
IT is interesting to see yet another person (Letters, December 10) asking how Blackburn Council can justify the banning of 'A-boards,' after their own recent erection of the large sculpture on the Boulevard. I have previously asked the same question in
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A-boards ban a risk to jobs
BLACKBURN Council's implementation of the ban on A-frames and wares outside shops has been dictatorial with no give and take. We have received innumerable complaints during the past two months from confused traders being in consternation over their livelihoods
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Radio revolution: Top bobby was ahead of his time
Looking Back, with Eric Leaver THESE days, with their body armour, American-style nightsticks, handcuffs and pouches on their belts for CS gas sprays, our bobbies look more and more like Robocop. But who would have foreseen the day when they might have
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CLARETS: Waddle in the dark over Smith link
CHRIS Waddle today dismissed Sunday newspaper speculation that Aston Villa were hot on the trail of Burnley's young star Paul Smith. A report claimed that Villa were leading the chase for Smith's services, with West Ham also interested. But the Turf Moor
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ROVERS: High and dry! Blackburn one point from top after stunning Highbury raid
Arsenal 1 Blackburn Rovers 3 - Peter White's big match verdict "ONLY two more wins and we'll be safe from relegation," grinned one battle-hardened veteran of Uncle Jack's Blue and White Army as they spilled happily into the North London streets, silent
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Legal team's franchise
A LAW firm is celebrating after being awarded a legal aid franchise. Irene Chenery-Baker, which employs seven people at its Church Street offices in Clitheroe, has gained the accreditation for its family law work. Previous news story Converted for the
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Now, this is the future
ITS official! Directors of Burnley office equipment firm F H Brown and London-based Dudley Stationery shook on their merger deal when they met at the Oaks Hotel. And the bosses then held presentations for staff from the 280-strong Burnley firm, one of
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Competition gets a pasting!
A MAJOR national award has come to Darwen for the export success of its biggest employer. Borden Decorative Products beat off competition from companies around the country to win the 1997 NatWest Export Excellence award. The firm had already been judged
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Church memory of Paul
THE father of missing Blackburn student Paul Wells has brought back a Christmas decoration from Kashmir to help churchgoers remember his son. Bob Wells, of Bracken Close, Feniscowles, recently returned from a fact-finding visit to India where he continued
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FIVE YEARS AGO: Plea to cut car crime
THE Government would have to introduce a new national strategy to tackle "appalling and unacceptable" levels of car crime which were reaching epidemic proportions, Shadow Home Secretary Tony Blair said. Unveiling a Labour Party survey - Putting the Brakes
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Battling Battersbys show they're softies at heart!
CORONATION Street's 'neighbours from hell' showed they have a much softer side when they visited East Lancashire. Bruce Jones and Vicki Entwistle, better known as the soap's rowdy Les and Janice Battersby, were at the Only Foals and Horses Sanctuary,
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On the march with Michael
SCOUTMASTER Michael Warwick got the surprise of his life when a piece of music named after him was played at a Christmas concert. The Warwick March, written by London professional composer Rodney Newton was given its world premiere by the 2nd Rossendale
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A million reasons for health cuts
A £1 MILLION cash shortage threatens to create longer waiting lists and cuts in services at hospitals and clinics across East Lancashire. Worried health chiefs are considering whether the money to maintain services at their current levels during the next
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ATHLETICS: Powell strides out
BLACKBURN Harriers runner Pauline Powell convincingly won the Lancashire cross-country championship at Worden Park, Leyland. Halfway through the senior race she had dropped all the field apart from the leader, defending champion, Amanda Parkinson of Sale
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Doorman killed in street fight
A MURDER inquiry was launched today after a man was found in the street with head injuries after a fight outside a pub. Police were called to the Bees Knees pub on the junction of Holme Street and St James Street, Accrington, at 11.20pm on Saturday. They
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ICE HOCKEY: Hawks suffer 'Mor' misery
Fife Flyers 9 Lancashire Hawks 5 ; Lancashire Hawks 4 Fife Flyers 11 HAWKS had "more reasons" to feel dejected last night as Mark Morrison turned in one of the finest one-man shows seen at the Arena this season to complete a weekend of misery at the hands
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Soap sirens past their sell-by date
IF EastEnders' Cindy and Ruth, Coronation Street's Deidre and Sally, Brookside's Jacqui and Lindsey and Emmerdale's Jan and Sarah were loaves of bread in a Blackburn supermarket they would be removed for being stale and way past their sell-by date. Kermit
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. . .But here is why we have to consider it
IF the government is looking for ammunition in support of its drive to reduce welfare spending, the fact that it will plough the savings into schools and hospitals is perhaps one that it ought to stress. For if not in crisis, the NHS is not far off. Already
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Hitting disabled is a cut too far
THE government may have a mandate for thinking the unthinkable over welfare reform, but when it comes to doing it, it may find that many of its MPs and the public do not share its resolve. And it is already receiving clear warnings of big trouble if it
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ROVERS: McKinlay ban spoils fun
ROY Hodgson saluted a "fantastic" result for Blackburn Rovers at Highbury on Saturday. But a great day for the club was slightly marred, with Billy McKinlay picking up his fifth yellow card of the season to leave him facing a two-match ban. The rugged
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CLARETS: Wig wham bam! Burnley crash in hot and cold display
Burnley 0 Wigan Athletic 2 - Richard Slater's big match verdict FOR moments during this game, particularly early in each half, Burnley looked like a team on fire. Passing was crisp, sharp and penetrative. Challenges were firm and efficient. There was
