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Neil's out to cut a dash
BARBER Neil Crossley hopes his new venture won't be 'hair' today and gone tomorrow. The Burnley-based businessman has launched his own hairdressing salon after taking part in the Firmbase start-up package for East Lancashire businesses. The firm, One
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Choirs on song to sweep the board
ROSSENDALE choirs were in fine voice as they swept the board at Morecambe Music Festival. Songsters from the Ladies' Choir took first prize in every class they entered on Choral Competition Day and the Male Voice Choir also won their section. And when
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Incredible journey signals take-off for young Daniel
YOUNG Daniel Yates is looking forward to a sky-high treat after his family won a balloon race. Daniel, a Year One pupil at Stubbins Primary School, Rossendale, was amazed when he found out the balloon had made an incredible 800 kilometre journey across
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Sporty mayor kicks off in year of office
KEEN sportsman and teacher David Smith was sworn in as the Ribble Valley mayor in a ceremony in the council chamber. Coun Smith, of Cumeragh Lane, Longridge, teaches at the town's high school and is a former national basketball player and manager of Longridge
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Police raids net drugs and property worth £250,000
POLICE today revealed that more than £250,000 worth of drugs and property were seized in the biggest operation of its kind in Burnley. More than 30 people were due in court today after officers launched a second swoop on homes in the south west area of
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Take a break in Costa del Blackburn - rain and all!
FORGET the Costa Del Sol - rainy Blackburn will be the destination for tourists from all over Europe if a travel agency in the town gets its way. Ambitious bosses at Take a Break UK (TABUK) Ltd, based in Cherry Tree, have already attracted visitors to
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Equality council in cash crisis
A PIONEERING scheme set up to combat racist attacks in Blackburn and Darwen is running out of cash. Blackburn's Racial Equality Council is bidding for extra money to fund its hugely successful racial harassment project. Since the project started two years
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CRICKET: Spin doctor called in for rookie Chris
LANCASHIRE have called in Shane Warne's spin doctor to continue the development of rookie leg spinner Chris Schofield. Terry Jenner, a former Aussie Test leggie himself, and Warne's personal coach, is in England primarily to work with Surrey's Ian Salisbury
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Wad a way to go! Ten months of turmoil ends in sudden departure
Chris Waddle last night shocked football with his resignation as manager of Burnley FC. Here, sportswriter Pete Oliver looks back on his short but eventful reign: CHRIS Waddle's arrival at Burnley to cut his teeth in management was hailed as a major coup
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Princes up for the Cup
I NOTE that our royal princes, William and Harry, enjoy watching football and I think it would be rather nice if they were invited to present the trophy at the FA Cup Final at Wembley on Saturday instead of some fuddy-duddy politician. OLIVE SLATER, Sussex
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Buck stops at council
REGARDING the Observer's league table of local government (LET, May 4) and noting the position of Blackburn Council fifth from the bottom, who was it that recommended that it - one of the worst-performing local authorities in the country - should be a
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Spot checks are the way to find real truth
A SPOT check by health watchdogs on the day-surgery unit at Rossendale General Hospital found everything was fine - except that it had no patients. That, they were told, was most unusual. Normally, the ward was full. But it made the unannounced inspectors
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Harassment project needs full support
THE FACT that Blackburn and Darwen have the highest rate of reported cases of racial harassment in the country ought to be a matter for shame and concern. But one of the reasons for this is that, for the past two years, victims of these disgraceful attacks
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Everyone's a food and Nutter case!
The Entertainers - Christine Rutter talks with television chef ANDREW NUTTER FOR Andrew Nutter, life is never going to be the same again. A few years ago he could slip unnoticed into his restaurant in his trademark wacky waistcoat. No heads turned. No
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It's not just a game, children discover
Valerie Cowan Surfs the Net PARENTS worried children will spend all day playing online games and surfing for rude sites if they get internet access should be reassured by the results of a new survey. The report, by NOP Family, revealed that almost one
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Info plea after bag snatch
A BATTERED and badly-bruised pensioner is still in hospital a week after being mugged by two thugs in Accrington. Detectives today renewed their appeal for witnesses to the vicious street robbery which happened at 1.35pm in Scaitcliffe Street. The 84-
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CLARETS: Rothwell hits out after Waddle exit
CLARETS director Bernard Rothwell has angrily insisted that Peter Shackleton had nothing to do with Chris Waddle's departure. And Mr Rothwell slammed comments made on Radio Lancashire by sports editor Gary Hickson as "disgraceful and totally irresponsible
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CLARETS: Players' reaction to manager's shock resignation
BURNLEY captain Neil Moore admitted the news of Chris Waddle's departure had come as a major shock. Moore was with seven other players told of the news by reserve team boss Gordon Cowans as they flew back into the country following an end-of-season break
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ROVERS: Ticket prices up at Ewood Park
MOST season-ticket and matchday prices at Ewood have been increased by Blackburn Rovers for next season - the basic admission charge going up from £16 to £18, writes PETER WHITE. And chief executive John Williams blamed rising costs, particularly players
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Fewer failing in business in NW
BUSINESS failures in the region have dipped slightly. The number of receivership and administration appointments recorded by accountants Deloitte & Touche in April fell from 16 to 13. The total for the first four months of 1998 is now 59 compared
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Game for profits leap!
COMPUTER games retailer Game, which is to float on the London Stock Exchange next month, has revealed that its profits have soared more than ten-fold. The firm, which has a store in Blackburn shopping centre, estimated it made a pre-tax profit of £7.1
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Angry daughter calls a halt on zebra crossing
THE red light has been put on work to create a zebra crossing in Nelson after claims that it would make an 81-year-old disabled woman a prisoner in her own home. Cheryl Cole said she had not been warned the crossing would be put down right outside her
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MP wants drug sniffer dogs and random tests in prisons
TORY MP Nigel Evans has called for the use of random drug testing and sniffer dogs in all prisons. His appeal came as the government announced a new strategy to tackle narcotics problems in Britain's jails. Ribble Valley MP Mr Evans said action was needed
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FIVE YEARS AGO: Soccer rail station fears
WORRIED residents protested at plans to build a new railway station near Rovers' Ewood Park stadium. People in Marlton Road and Kirby Road said their privacy would be threatened if a new station were to be built at Longshaw Street. Others feared disruption
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'Friends' project to help addicts
A CHARITY has launched a pioneering new scheme aimed at helping people tackle their drug problems. Blackburn-based THOMAS (Those On The Margins of Society) is on the lookout for volunteers to befriend addicts struggling to come off heroin and hard drugs
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TEN YEARS AGO: 'Tree jinxed', say mums
WORRIED mums were enforcing a Friday 13th lock-up - to save their youngsters from a "jinxed" tree! Seven-year-old Joanne Wechala and Nicola Sherry, 11, both broke their right arms after falling off the same branch of the same tree on consecutive evenings
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CRICKET: Rishton push holders to limit
Worsley Cup round-up RISHTON put up a tremendous fight at Haslingden before going down by just 11 runs as the first round Jennings Worsley Cup ties were completed last night. They resumed at 87-4, chasing Haslingden's 224-2 with only half their overs
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Which opinion poll was that?
BILL Jacobs (LET, May 1) mentions an opinion poll that shows the government might well have had a majority of 250, instead of the present one of 179, if a General Election was held now. Where and how, I wonder, are these opinion polls carried out - as
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Inconvenience a small price to pay for safe roads
WE have noted the complaints (LET, May 1) concerning the new traffic management scheme in Duckworth Street, Darwen. As the three local councillors, we were consulted on the scheme before its introduction. While we had reservations about some parts, we
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Beauty on the road to a hall of fame
Nature Watch, with Ron Freethy THIS week I have been walking through history and natural history. One of our regular contributors to Nature Spy is Vincent Taylor and he often reports sightings around Gawthorpe in Padiham. The morning dawned bright and
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Dole out jobs in the forces
The John Blunt column ALREADY the whingers are complaining that youngsters from deprived areas could be forced into a life in uniform - economic press-ganging, they are calling it. But I fail to see what is wrong with urging those without jobs to join
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CLARETS: Waddle quits - now the search starts for a new boss
NEIL Warnock could be a leading contender for the vacant Turf Moor job following Chris Waddle's shock departure but Burnley chairman Frank Teasdale revealed that the applications had already started rolling in. But there will also be other names much
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CLARETS: It was personal, says Waddle
ONE MAJOR problem forced Chris Waddle to leave Burnley, I can reveal today, writes PETE OLIVER. Waddle told me that his decision to suggest a parting of the ways was not a footballing or financial one. He would not disclose the nature of the stumbling
