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Burglars get the bird
THE Woods family of Hapton are offering a £100 reward for the return of Reggie, an 18-month-old red and blue parakeet stolen from their home in Valley Gardens at about 8pm last night. His cage and food were also taken. Ron Woods said: "We only moved here
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Bed fire tot on the mend
A TODDLER who inhaled smoke after setting fire to his bedroom is doing "very, very well" in hospital and could be back on a ward soon. Joshua Petrie, three, was treated in the intensive care unit of Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, Pendlebury, at
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Oxfam duty keeps Betty 90 years young
BETTY Tomlinson puts the secret of her long life down to her 22-year-long stint working at a charity shop. The 90-year-old widow is the longest ever serving volunteer at the Oxfam shop on Preston New Road, Blackburn. Betty, of Furness Avenue, Blackburn
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War dead honoured
THE war dead in East Lancashire will be remembered at a special parade to commemorate the anniversary of D Day. Members of the Queen's Lancashire Regimental Association will march through Blackburn town centre on May 23. The veterans, who will include
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£14m tools of the trade secure jobs
A £14 MILLION investment will help secure the future of East Lancashire aerospace's industry, workers were told. The new high tech facilities at British Aerospace, Samlesbury, will be used by more than 150 staff to produce tools to manufacture aircraft
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Brewery's 'feline' fine after Black Cat victory
PURR-FECT! That's the verdict by top judges on a Burnley brewery's Black Cat ale! The mild was sold purely as a draught until last year when Moorhouse's Brewery got an order from Canada for the beer to be bottled. And it was the bottled variety that was
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RUGBY LEAGUE: Sting in the tail for Lynx
LANCASHIRE Lynx are brimming with confidence in their challenge at the top of rugby league's Division Two. Last week's victory over table toppers Bramley at Headingley stands Kevin Tamati's men in good stead for the visit of York Wasps to Deepdale tomorrow
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Hit-and-run driver 'deliberately mowed man down'
POLICE have stepped up their hunt for a hit-and-run driver who left a young man for dead as he returned from a night out. Dylan Smalley, 27, of Atlas Road, Darwen, was found lying in the road just yards from his home in the early hours. Officers, who
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CRICKET: King Arthurton the key to knockout success
Worsley Cup KEITH Arthurton's efforts to get his game in order after a disastrous last World Cup is paying dividends for both the player and Rawtenstall. And a continuation of his remarkable run of form could be crucial to Rawtenstall's prospects of advancing
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ROVERS: Ewood Park notebook
ANOTHER good crowd is expected at Ewood on Monday night when Rovers bid to add the Lancashire FA Youth Cup to their league title. Tranmere are the opposition and the Jack Walker Stand will be open with a £3 admission charge across the board. Rovers have
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CLARETS: Overson battles to save his career
VINCE Overson is scrapping his summer holiday plans as he battles to revive his Football League career. Overson has been released by Burnley after an injury-ravaged second spell with the club where he launched his career in the late 1970s. But he is determined
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ROVERS: It's win or bust, admits Sutton
CHRIS Sutton laid it on the line as Blackburn Rovers completed their preparations for tomorrow's Premiership blockbuster against Newcastle United at Ewood - "We HAVE to win." The Rovers striker, still in with a chance of claiming the Premiership's golden
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ROVERS: Pride and Roy - Hodgson takes positive approach despite fear of Europe failure
The Saturday Interview: Peter White talks to Blackburn Rovers manager ROY HODGSON THE burden of potential failure momentarily seemed to lie heavily on Roy Hodgson's well-groomed shoulders. And, no matter how inappropriate that might seem after going from
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Relative tells Tony Blair of Kashmir village massacre
A LEADING campaigner for Kashmiri rights has written to the Prime Minister and other political leaders telling them about the massacre of 22 people in his home village. Mohammed Aslam, secretary of the Pendle Kashmir Working Group, was horrified when
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Snap to it and you can make a 'REEL' splash
A NEW environmental partnership aimed at cleaning up and improving East Lancashire waterways and riverbanks rivers will be officially launched next month with the help of local amateur photographers. The group REEL (River Enhancement East Lancashire)
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CRICKET: Lancs have to boost run rate
LANCASHIRE were facing a tough qualification task in their last Benson and Hedges Cup group match at Old Trafford today after a Leicestershire runs blitz at Grace Road. Leicester went into yesterday's game against the Minor Counties with the worst run
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Bus surfers dice with death
POLICE and paramedics today blasted children who have been dicing with death in a new "bus surfing" craze. The warning was made after three young boys on in-line skates were spotted clinging onto the bumper of a double decker bus as it travelled along
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Lethal mixture? Cocktail of cleverness could be poison at the box office
PULSE - music and more, with Paul Barry PARTY people Alabama 3 say they may have dug their own grave with their latest combination of dance music attitude, gospel blues . . . and sermons. The collective, who bring their eccentric mix of blues, gospel
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ROVERS: Controversy follows Shearer back to Ewood
Blackburn Rovers v Newcastle United - Peter White's big match preview RECENT statistics have highlighted an unusual trend in the Premiership. More forwards are falling foul of referees, with at least one famous exception - Alan Shearer. The former Rovers
