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Trader's rage over hole in pavement
AN angry Clitheroe newsagent has criticised highways chiefs after a four foot-deep hole was left outside his shop in the latest twist in the A-board row. Peter Brass said a three foot-square hole, which is out of view on a corner just yards from a school
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Let people decide on beef on the bone ban
THE government has chosen to ban beer on the bone even though the chances of a person eating a T-bone steak from a BSE-infected animal are infinitesimal. Though Agriculture Minister Jack Cunningham may enjoy the festive period but thanks to his decision
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Island at 'danger spot' not good enough, claim
CAMPAIGNERS fighting for a crossing on a busy Blackburn road have been told a traffic island will be built in February. But they claim it is not enough and that they would rather wait for a zebra or pelican crossing. Lancashire County Council has made
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FIVE YEARS AGO: Spend, spend, spend
EAST Lancashire shoppers went bargain barmy in the sales. Crowds shoved through busy shopping centres all day and eager hands dug deep into pockets in an effort to snap up the best buys. Lengthy queues formed in all the major stores which had thrown open
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ICE HOCKEY: Christmas Cup hopes killed off by Pirates
Lancashire Hawks 3 Peterborough Pirates 8 ; Peterborough Pirates 6 Lancashire Hawks 3 HAWKS were stripped naked by the Pirates - washed up with nowhere to hide. Their chances of festive cheer in ice hockey's Christmas Cup vanished at the hands of Peterborough
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CLARETS: Tycoon wants Turf Moor answer
THE New York-based tycoon bidding for Burnley Football Club is anxious to hear from the Turf Moor board. Multi-millionaire Ray Ingleby, the chairman of a huge public company called Caribiner, has notified the board of directors of his intentions to plough
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Support for our farmers
AS the crisis in our meat industry deepens, I feel compelled to write and offer my sympathy and support to our farmers and their animals who are the innocent victims of whatever hairbrained ideas our "scientific brains" can come up with. What sane mind
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These thieves did not have any honour!
WE are all aware of the adage that there is an unwritten law of honour among thieves - that they do not steal from their own kind. The young couple who stole the collection box from our charity shop in Darwen Street, Blackburn, were not a modern day Robin
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Rare musical Diana tribute for Princes
PRINCESS Diana's distraught sons have been handed a poignant musical memory of their mother by workers at an East Lancashire factory. Two copies of a rare tribute single recorded by the singer Chris DeBurgh have been presented to Princes William and Harry
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ROVERS: Blackburn grounded by bad bounce
Blackburn Rovers 2 Crystal Palace 2 - Peter White's big match verdict EVER had one of those days? The car won't start and the bus sails past without stopping. You forget your umbrella and it pours down, the cash machine chews up your card and, when you
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TEN YEARS AGO: World markets in chaos
MORE than £14 billion was wiped off the value of share prices on the London Stock Exchange as City dealers returned from their Christmas break to find the world financial markets in chaos. The losses came as the FTSE index which measures the top 100 shares
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Unpopular nettles need better selling
CLEARLY - and with a massive Commons majority to give it the nerve - the government is not afraid of grasping nettles. But even if they are ones that much public opinion says deserve to be grabbed, it still risks being stung by a voter backlash if its
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Flying roofs put home in peril
AMAZED 76-year-old Nellie Gallagher was lucky to escape unharmed when storm force winds lifted the roof off nearby garages and dropped the timbers in her garden. Nellie's garden looks like a timber yard after the incredible near miss. Nellie, of Windermere
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Curtain up on theatre cash drive
EXCITING plans for a £1.62m youth theatre were unveiled at Burnley Mechanics. Burnley Youth Theatre is celebrating its silver jubilee next year and hopes to mark it by beginning building work on the youth arts centre. Last year the theatre was unsuccessful
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America may hold solution
AS an American who has been over here for several months, I am interested by the attitude of both the public and the authorities towards drinking and driving. In the USA, there are many cities where the police departments pay the cab fare for the journey
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Cameras cut car park crime
VANDALISM at hospital car parks in Blackburn has been slashed by 800 per cent since the introduction of a pay and display scheme and closed circuit TV cameras. Figures have revealed that there were only four incidents of car vandalism during 1996/97 at
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Cubs' crazy cake caper
CUB leader Liz Clayton got the surprise of her life when she and her son appeared on BBC TV's Generation Game. Her cubs had been secretly smuggled into the studio and were brought on stage during filming to help host Jim Davidson plunge her face in a
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Champagne flows for Nellie's 100th
A MAGNUM of champagne helped residents at a Colne residential home celebrate Nellie Irving's 100th birthday today. Nellie, whose grandson Alistair Little is a TV chef and regular on Ready, Steady, Cook and judge on Masterchef, enjoyed a grand party and
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ROVERS: Hendry rocked by ligament damage
COLIN Hendry is at the centre of another injury scare, with fears of a lengthy absence for the Blackburn Rovers central defender. Hendry was forced to pull out of yesterday's 2-2 draw with Crystal Palace at half time after suffering what seemed to be
