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ROVERS: Big Ron set to shuffle the pack
Sheffield Wednesday v Blackburn Rovers - Peter White's big match preview BIG Ron Atkinson's version of the Hillsborough Hokey Cokey had Wednesday fans dancing in the streets of Sheffield as his second spell in Steel City started with a few party tricks
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Police B-test purge should last all year
IN reference to the article about drinking and driving (LET, December 20), I think that it is disgusting that the police only have a purge at Christmas. They should do it every day for 52 weeks. If only the people who do it would stop and think how they
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FIVE YEARS AGO: Water price trimmed
CHEAPER water bills were in the pipeline for East Lancashire people. Watchdog OFWAT forced North West Water to trim its proposed price increases by nearly three per cent over the next two years. OFWAT boss Ian Byatt said: "In setting price limits, I want
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TEN YEARS AGO: Drink campaign bites
DRINK and drive at your peril - that was the message to motorists from Lancashire Police. And already the police were starting to bite with their anti-drink drive campaign. In the first four days of the official national campaign the number of positive
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ICE HOCKEY: Festive cheers for Hawks
Kingston Hawks 5 Lancashire Hawks 7 ADRIAN Lomonaco pulled out a real Christmas cracker for Lancashire Hawks in Hull last night to leave Kingston Hawks in a real flap. The canny Canadian bagged a man of the match award for a first class performance, proving
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Pity about 'missing' audience
WHAT a pity it was that the Christmas concert by Blackburn and Darwen Brass Band at the Leisure Centre in Darwen on December 14 was so poorly advertised. It deserved a much greater audience, for the quality of the band was high and the programme choice
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A very Merry Christmas from East Lancashire to all our Internet readers around the globe!
Previous news story Converted for the new archive on 14 July 2000. Some images and formatting may have been lost in the conversion.
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Rock on back to the 70s
Mark Templeton Surfs the Net SWITCH on your lava lamp and dig out your flares to take a groovy trip back to the 70s over the Internet. The revival of that particular decade is well and truly rocking all over the web. There are some excellent sites which
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Drink-drive anguish of a caring wife
REGARDING your report on the call by a magistrate for all drink-drivers to be jailed (LET, December 20), the night before, my husband went to his Christmas "do". As he left home - by taxi - he said that he would be taking it easy on the beer and would
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CLARETS: Crunch time for ace Smith
THERE are some massive games coming up for Burnley over Christmas and New Year, starting with Chesterfield at home on Boxing Day. And, at an individual level, it could also be crunch time for Paul Smith. The 21-year-old left winger has yet to cement a
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Party answer as school Christmas is cancelled
PARENTS of pupils who lost out on Christmas festivities at their school because of unruly behaviour have hit back by throwing a mammoth party for the youngsters. Barbara Milne-Redhead, the head teacher of Brennand's Endowed School in Slaidburn, cancelled
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ROVERS: Hodgson on target for Europe
ROY Hodgson leads Blackburn Rovers into the second half of the Premiership season at Hillsborough on Boxing Day with one thought in his mind - so far so good. The Rovers boss will recall top scorer Chris Sutton to the starting line-up after suspension
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Subsidiary sold
COMPUTER firm Skillsgroup has sold off a Swedish subsidiary. The Haslingden-based group has disposed of Nordic Data- distribution AB. The deal is worth around £10.2 million. The firm said the move was part of its aim to focus on higher margin operations
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No-bias group's award
AN equality organisation has scored a first in the country. Blackburn Racial Equality Council has become the latest East Lancashire employer to be awarded the Investors in People staff training and development standard. And now it aims to encourage ethnic
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Union chiefs' forecast is for a brighter year
HUNDREDS of jobless people in East Lancashire can look forward to a bright new year, according to union leaders. Statistics compiled by the TUC show more than 1,000 people in the area could benefit from the Government New Deal scheme aimed at getting
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Uneasy peace in dispute over new taxi controls
COUNCIL chiefs have agreed to take a second look at the controversial regulations which sparked a town centre protest by taxi drivers. Town hall leaders believe the move staved off a late night taxi strike but there is still caution about finding a long
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Chart aces join bid to beat racism
CHART topping band Chumbawamba have backed the Burnley and Pendle Anti-Nazi League campaign against racism at Turf Moor. The British National Party has been distributing literature to football fans on match days. The Anti-Nazi league has been supported
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We wish you a very merry Christmas
CHRISTMAS Eve...and at the frozen North Pole, Santa Claus piles presents for everyone aboard his sleigh and prepares to head south, spreading joy and happiness in his wake. This year, however, he has as his Little Helper - your Lancashire Evening Telegraph
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Teletubbies 'taking over from Jesus' for kids' Christmas
A PUBLICITY frenzy will make the Teletubbies bigger than Jesus this Christmas, according to a concerned pastor. Alan Barnes of Blackburn Ragged School United Reformed Church claims the popular toys will take over the festivities, with the true meaning
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CLARETS: Waddle frustrated in bid to boost squad
CHRIS Waddle was ready to admit defeat today - but only in his efforts to strengthen the Burnley squad for two vital Christmas games against Chesterfield and Oldham Athletic. The Burnley player-manager has spent the festive build-up trying to reshape
