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Ship's tonic
CRUISE ship passengers will enjoy a breath of fresh air on their voyage thanks to a Burnley firm. Interfilta has struck a deal with P&O to supply filters for the air conditioning system of the luxury cruise liner Oriana. The liner was fitted with
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Old folk: Cops quiz man
A MAN was today being questioned by Burnley police about attacks on two elderly women. The arrested man, who is in his thirties, was being interviewed by detectives investigating a street bag snatch and an aggravated burglary in which two women pensioners
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Fire-ravaged mill was not insured
OWNERS of a four storey mill which was reduced to rubble during a blaze today revealed the landmark building was not insured. Nearly 100 firefighters from across the county fought the fire which ripped through Vale Rock Mill, Johnson New Road, Hoddlesden
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TEN YEARS AGO: Safety alarms call
A CALL for East Lancashire paperboys and girls to carry personal alarms was made as the search for a missing newsboy continued. Colne newsagent Frank Hotherall said alarms should be attached to the bag of everyone who delivered papers. Police issued safety
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Cash squeeze over debtors
TOUGH new rules are being introduced in a bid to cut the number of council tenants who owe money to the town hall. Once the new policy is introduced anyone owing the council more than £1 will automatically get a letter or a visit. This will be followed
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Mayor out
IF Pendle Council are so desperate to save money, why not get rid of the Mayors, along with their helpers, free luncheons, expensive cars and chauffeurs, etc? I honestly cannot see what good they do. The only time we see our Mayor is in the procession
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It's a disgrace!
Heritage expert RON FREETHY's personal view on plans to close the Lewis Textile Museum in Blackburn I AM at present working on a book called "King Cotton" which traces the history of Lancashire's textile industry. My brief is to place our cotton where
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'Euro' is out of our hands
AS we embark on another year, it is as well to warn of happenings if a single-currency - the 'Euro' - is foisted upon us. Meeting in secrecy, the Frankfurt-based European central bankers will define and implement our monetary policy, conduct our foreign
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SNOOKER: Taylor still knows tricks of trade
DENNIS Taylor has blasted suggestions that he is heading for the snooker scrapheap. The former world champion crashed out of this year's Embassy qualifiers at Blackpool last week. And the popular Irishman was furious at coverage from Press Association
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Why did we not have this policy years ago?
THE NEW get-tough policy by Blackburn with Darwen Council over tenants behind with their rent may seem harsh - when officials are set to pounce on debts as small as a £1 and evict those owing as little as £105. But with having the grim record of being
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Search proves fruitful
OUR Story Search reading scheme is proving a big hit with pupils in the Upper Junior class at Heathland College, Accrington. The scheme, designed by our Newspapers in Education department, delivers our newspaper into the classroom for any three-week period
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From anarchy in the UK to big time in the USA
IT TOOK 16 years for Burnley band Chumbawamba to conquer the pop charts. Following their phenomenal success both in this country and the US, singer Danbert Nobacon talks to SIMON DONOHUE about six months of stardom. ANARCHIC Burnley band Chumbawamba played
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Fame in name only: Local folk who share with the stars
Tuesday Topic, with Christine Rutter DID you know Eddie Murphy and George and Barbara Bush were living in East Lancashire? The county is positively brimming with celebrity names nestling in anonymity. All right, I may not be talking about real-life superstars
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Half million pound cuts on way
CUTS of more than £500,000 will be made in the budget for Blackburn with Darwen's museums and leisure service over the next six months. Councillors will decide where the savings will be made at a leisure, sport and community services committee meeting
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ROVERS: Hodgson has Crespo in his sights
ROY Hodgson has not made a multi-million pound bid for Parma's Hernan Crespo a priority. But the Blackburn Rovers boss was interested enough in the Argentine striker to have made a trip to Italy to see him in action. Hodgson today played down the increasing
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Joanne and Stephen wed in double quick time
A RECTOR pulled out all the stops when a parishioner asked him to arrange a wedding ceremony with just three days notice. Joanne Ferguson, a former member of the choir at St Peter's Church, Burnley, made the plea when her fiancee, soldier Stephen Holland
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More strike threats as cabbies reject council peace package
THE ROW between Blackburn and Darwen taxi drivers and the town hall looks to have reached stalemate with more strikes and go-slows on the horizon. Private hire drivers and taxi drivers left clubbers in the two towns stranded when they staged a lightning
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MPs may rue Euro assumptions
WE are hearing a lot from MPs about when we will accept single European currency. Are they assuming the referendum they promised us will go the way they want? After being ripped off by joining the Common Market and decimalisation and being told what to
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Police boss promises blitz on thieves
CRIMINALS who give the impression that they are Burnley's hardmen cry like babies when they are locked on their own in a police cell, a local force boss has revealed. Supt Mike Griffin promised to give the anti-social element in the town a harder time
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Council gives us no hope
REGARDING your report "Village shops cheered by rates-slashing move" (LET, January 7), I see that Local Government Minister Hilary Armstrong has realised that small shops are worth looking after, as is the service they provide. Why, then, is Blackburn
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Straw must go
THOSE crooks involved in the drugs trade - the pushers, those who 'cut' drugs and risk lives for bigger profits, foreign regimes who use the drugs trade to buy arms to oppress their people - must all be delighted with Jack Straw's decision to keep things
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Councillors couldn't win
R EGARDING the special meeting of Burnley Council on January 7 and your editorial views, I attended as a member of the public and as a Lowerhouse resident. I can well understand why a large number of Labour councillors did not attend. If they had, they
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No respect for people or environment
UNTIL January 9, two mature trees stood on the car park of the Blackburn Register Office and added a much-needed dash of colour when they were in blossom during the summer. That was until the council decided to smash them to pieces with a JCB in order
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Talks sinking would be a triumph of evil
WITHIN days of hope for lasting settlement in Ulster being rekindled by the London-Dublin "something for everyone" blueprint put to the Stormont multi-party talks, the craving of the province's ordinary people for peace is shattered as bloodshed threatens
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Road signs misleading
THE Highways Agency and construction teams should be congratulated for the speed and efficiency in which the work on the M65 extension was carried out, with minimum upheaval to the local road network However, the opposite can be said for whoever is responsible
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CLARETS: Waddle hands trial to ex-Owl Pringle
CHRIS Waddle hopes to give a trial to former Sheffield Wednesday youngster Alan Pringle in tonight's Turf Moor reserve game against York City. The 19-year-old midfield player has been released by Wednesday and is available on a free transfer. "I know
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New posts for MD
BRENDA Rudge, above, managing director of the Lancashire Evening Telegraph and Blackburn and Burnley Citizens, has been appointed to two new posts. Mrs Rudge has been elected to the board of Business Link East Lancashire along with Barry Kilby, below,
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Changes at top level
THE parent company of an East Lancashire garage has announced changes at the top. Sanderson Bramall Motor Group, which bought the Westwood Garage Mercedes dealership in Rishton last year, is splitting the role of chairman and chief executive. Peter Jones
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New chapter in life of Riley
A NEW team is in the frame at a snooker firm as it prepares to join forces with another company. Padiham-based E J Riley announced last year that it planned to form a new group with the Hazel Grove Superleague pool firm. The new group will be based at
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Ethnic welfare groups clash
A ROW has erupted between two influential ethnic minority organisations in Blackburn. Pakistan Welfare Association chairman Ajaib Hussain claimed: "For more than two years we have received absolutely no support from the Ethnic Minority Development Association
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Soccer ace Rachel offered America placing
ENGLAND women's soccer international Rachel Brown is exporting her skills to the United States where she has been awarded a university scholarship combining degree study with coaching and playing football. "It's the opportunity of a lifetime to study
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FIVE YEARS AGO: Traders' raiders plea
SHOPKEEPERS in Blackburn demanded tougher sentences for robbers in a letter to Home Secretary Kenneth Clarke. The calls for action came after more than 30 armed raids took place in the area over three months. Blackburn and District Chamber of Trade president
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Town hall urges staff to tell all
A SCHEME protecting town hall staff who blow the whistle on wrongdoing has been given the thumbs-up by councillors. But if employees act maliciously they could find themselves in hot water, the councillors decided. The Ribble Valley Council's personnel
