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Mercy plea for sacked officer
THANK you for your 'Opinion' (LET, December 11) regarding the "strippergram" incident at Lancashire Police HQ. I am related to one of the two constables who have retained their jobs. I can assure you that the last 10 months of worry and heartache have
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Mercy team in cool it plea on 'nutters' night'
THE public are being urged to act sensibly tonight to help overstretched ambulance crews cope on their busiest night of the year. Lancashire Ambulance Service is expecting up to five times the usual number of emergency call-outs. Bernard Glenholme, its
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Splendid year: Sightings prove that our wildlife is thriving
Nature Watch, with Ron Freethy HAPPY New Year. This is my wish to readers but it is also a comment on the wildlife of Lancashire, which enjoyed an excellent year. I'm sure that all naturalists will remember their special days and here is my list. Last
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Grateful for the Internet
THANK you for the opportunity to send my greetings to friends and family through your paper on the Internet. We are separated from most of our children as we spend Christmas in Sri Lanka. Christmas here is not what we are used to, as most of the population
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Police target driver parents who put kids' lives at risk
POLICE are to clamp down on problem parking in Pendle in a bid to prevent parents putting children's lives at risk. They say it is only a matter of time before a child is killed or seriously injured because of inconsiderate parking near schools when parents
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10 YEARS AGO: NHS pay rises 'immoral'
PAY rises averaging £32 a week for National Health Service bosses were branded "immoral" by a union leader. Eric Cooper, who represented more than 4,000 workers in East Lancashire hospitals, hit out after the Government announced the increases for senior
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Have a happy 1998
FAREWELL, 1997 - a momentous year if ever there was one. But as its events of triumph and tragedy sink into the history books, it is what lies ahead in the New Year that adds the intriguing mix of trepidation and anticipation to the emotions of millions
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Wonder-web for a Rovers fan
I HAVE just discovered the Lancashire Evening Telegraph's web page and I think it's great. I moved down to London in September and the sports pages of the papers down here never cover the Rovers and even when they do, they are incredibly biased. Of course
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Driving school sensible
INSTEAD of being taken to court, careless motorists in Lancashire are being sent back to school to learn how to drive safely. But this is no soft option. The police-backed better-driving courses cost drivers £100 and they must pass stiff tests before
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Dream garden vanishes in danger flood
A FAMILY'S dream garden has disappeared under a sea of flood water. Philip and Kathleen Williams now want action taken to drain their waterlogged allotment before it claims a life. They fear children will drown if they fall in the water - at least 10
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Cheers to a New Year boom!
STAFF at an award-winning charity shop are toasting the prospect of a prosperous New Year. The Barnardo's shop in Yorkshire Street, Burnley, beat off competition from 320 other Barnardo's stores across the country to win an award for boosting sales in
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Funds crisis over urban roads decay
HIGHWAYS and public transport experts are being brought in to help draw up a package of measures to take Blackburn and Darwen into the next millennium. According to a recent report, roads in the borough are facing funding crisis with many crumbling into
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Teenager stabbed in neck
A TEENAGER has undergone surgery after being stabbed in the neck. The sixteen year-old from Earby is recovering in Burnley General Hospital where his condition is described as comfortable. The youth had just parted from friends as he left McDonald's restaurant
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Special school's aim is equality
I READ the article (LET, December 3) regarding the lack of examination entries for year 11 pupils in local special schools with some concern. The schools listed covered a vast range of special educational needs. Blackamoor, however, is unique in that
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Anger at TV licence rise
THIS Labour Government are the pits. In April, the TV licence fee will rise by a massive £6, so any increase given to pensioners in 1998 will immediately be snatched back two-fold. The TV is a lifeline for many housebound and isolated pensioners. Also
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NEW YEAR HONOURS: Top award - from a 5-shilling investment!
LONG-serving Burnley organist and choirmaster Malcolm Bulcock has become an MBE in the New Year's Honours list. Mr Bulcock, 55, a retired Blackburn teacher, has been organist at All Saints Church, Habergham, for 36 years. He received the honour for his
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NEW YEAR HONOURS: It's Sir Tom, and there's a gong for race ace Carl
MOTORCYCLE ace Carl Fogarty woke up today sharing a New Year Honours winner's podium with a Lancashire football legend and a pleasure beach boss! The 31-year-old rider - who has six world titles under his belt - described his MBE for services to the sport
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NEW YEAR HONOURS: I'm overwhelmed, says children's champion
A FORMER school governor has received a gold star in the 'people's honours'. Mrs Joan Banks was awarded the MBE for service for young people in Accrington. Joan, 66, of Queens Road, Accrington, clocked up 30 years as a school governor and has been involved
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CLARETS: Burnley hold first talks with tycoon bidder
BURNLEY Football club chairman Frank Teasdale has met tycoon Ray Ingleby for talks about a Turf Moor takeover. The New York-based multi-millionaire held discussions with the Clarets chief before Christmas during a family visit to Lancashire. And Mr Teasdale
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Grisly search for head after dismembered body found in bin
DETECTIVES were today searching for a head following the gruesome killing of a Burnley teenager. The naked body of Christopher Hartley, 17, was found in a bin at the back of a hotel in Blackpool early yesterday. It had been cut into two and his head was
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It's a glad farewell to town's eyesore
JUST one solitary block of flats remains as Burnley says farewell to an eyesore. When Trafalgar Gardens was first built in the late 60s it was the 'in' place to live, boasting among its residents doctors and business people, but by the early 80s the medium-rise
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ROVERS: Hodgson has high hopes for injured Hendry
IT could yet be a Happy Hogmanay for Colin Hendry, as the injury-hit defender is still in with a chance of making Blackburn Rovers' third round FA Cup tie against Wigan Athletic on Saturday. Rovers boss Roy Hodgson revealed there were "no real signs of
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Dangerous children must be brought to heel
WHILE appreciating the attempt by G Townley (Letters, December 19) at playing the devil's advocate in Jack Straw's constituency immediately prior to Christmas - the supposed season of goodwill - I would hope the loony left have enough common sense not
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Minibuses on the road at last
A DELAY in delivery of two community minibuses in Pendle was because they had to be custom-built, the area's MP has been told. Pendle Liberals blasted Labour-controlled Lancashire County Council earlier this month over an almost two-year wait for the
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Caring staff make Debbie's day
A GRATEFUL family have enjoyed an extra special Christmas, thanks to caring staff and customers at the Co-Op in Oswaldtwistle. The Union Road store rallied round to organise a fund-raising raffle for checkout assistant Debbie Phillipson, 36, who suffered
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FIVE YEARS AGO: End of a grim year for jobs
THE shadow of a grim 1993 hung over East Lancashire at the end of a year which saw 100 jobs a week lost. A total of 5,600 jobs vanished in 1992 as industry crumbled under the recession. The Lancashire Evening Telegraph's survey of redundancy announcements
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ICE HOCKEY: Hawks comeback too late
Lancashire Hawks 3 Kingston Hawks 13 LANCASHIRE Hawks scored three cracking goals in the final 12 minutes of last night's Northern League clash at the Arena. Trouble was, they hadn't found the net in the previous 48 minutes - during which time visiting
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SUPERBIKES: I'll be back, says Foggy
CARL Fogarty's New Year's Resolution is simple - to win back the World Superbike crown to add to the MBE he has just been awarded. The 31-year-old rider believes this year he will be firm favourite to regain the title that he narrowly missed out on last
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Honours show commitment to education
THERE is a refreshing look to the New Year Honours List published today. It is that of recognition for people who really do deserve a medal - the inspirational teachers. For despite the list's now almost-obligatory sport and showbiz gloss - and there
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Bottom's brighter thanks to clean-up kids
MEMBERS of Rossendale Whitewell Bottom Youth Club are fighting back against those who say young people do no good. Teenagers have improved the area around their youth and community centre to benefit themselves and the wider community. Youngsters, ranging
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No answer to Irish question?
IRISH republicans have always maintained that the partition of Ireland in 1921, was a serious mistake. But what was the alternative? Two years' of bloody conflict in Ireland between the Irish Republican Army and the British Army, supported by the Irish
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Residents-only plan bids to solve parking problem
MOVES to stop motorists parking in residential streets in Clitheroe town centre are getting into gear. And jubilant residents have said the sooner the scheme gets off the ground the better. They have been fighting to clear their streets of cars left by
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Ice meanie ruins hockey fan Carl's Christmas
A YOUNG fan is distraught after a thief sneaked off with one of his prized ice hockey gloves. Seven-year-old Carl Slater had been given the £35 Bauer gloves for Christmas. But just two days later, as he skated on to the ice at Blackburn Ice Arena to be
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On yer bike, John!
The John Blunt Column JUST picture it - there's a harassed mum, struggling with both hands full of heavy, bulging carrier bags, a fractious kid in a pushchair and it's pouring down. And as she fumbles for the keys for her car, along comes New Labour's
