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EXPORT AWARDS AID FOR SMALL FIRMS
FIRMS in East Lancashire are being urged to bid for cash help to break into overseas markets. The DTI has launched its annual Export Awards for Smaller Companies to coincide with a new initiative to help firms sell abroad. The awards scheme offers prize
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Designs on your job
TEXTILE firms in East Lancashire are being warned of a epidemic in copying that threatens their future. Illegal imitation of fabric designs is 'rampant' according to a survey carried out in the industry. More than 40 per cent of firms which had carried
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TEN YEARS AGO: Workers walk out
AROUND 200 shopfloor workers walked out of a tufting machinery company after two colleagues were sent home. The workers at Cobble Blackburn Ltd were involved in a long-running dispute over pay, and had agreed not to fill in time cards for jobs. The walk-out
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Loo-nacy!
PEOPLE looking to spend a penny are being left red faced by a loo-ny council blunder. Confusing new signs at the toilets in Sunnyhurst Woods, Darwen, point in the wrong direction, meaning many woman have been using the men's facility - complete with urinals
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Travellers locked in eviction battle
A GROUP of travellers are locked in a legal battle with a council over moves to evict them from playing fields in Pendle. Pendle Council successfully applied for an eviction order to move a group of about 20 caravans and other vehicles from Swinden Hall
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Remember your roots call by council leader
NEW Burnley council leader Stuart Caddy, has issued a "Don't lose sight of your roots" message to the national Labour Party. The postmen's union boss said that while he accepted Labour needed modernising, there was a need for the party to remember, at
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Lofty goes back to jungle...in Darwen
PINT sized performer Don Estelle will be seen going back to his "beloved" Darwen roots when he appears on television tomor- row. The 65-year-old singer and actor, best remembered as Private Lofty Sugden in It Ain't Half Hot Mum, didn't hesitate when asked
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Nurses in car park furore
HOSPITAL workers were on the warpath today after council chiefs slapped a £2-a-day charge on a car-park littered with broken glass. Dozens of nurses, other staff and health trust managers at Blackburn Royal Infirmary, who use the nearby Ivy Street car
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Frank's for the memory, dad
I WAS fortunate enough to see Frank Sinatra - in 1976 in a concert at Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto - initially, because I wanted to write to my father back in England, who was a great fan of his, about his performance. Sinatra's opening line was: "It's
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Thank you from guest Chernobyl kids
ALLOW me to say a big "thank-you" to everyone who rang me after my appeal (LET, May 9) for suitcases and trainer shoes for the children from Chernobyl visiting East Lancashire. I never realised how generous people could be. I was inundated with offers
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Hard-faced Tory cheek
I WAS astounded to read J Lee's remarks in "Promises worthless" (Letters, May 14) particularly since this disinformation is coming from the Tory camp whose hard-faced attitude led them to such a massive and overwhelming rejection by the British public
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Chemical leak cover-up alleged
WITH regard to the recent chemical leak from Nipa Laboratories, Oswaldtwistle, and the subsequent fudging and apparent cover-up of information coupled with a lack of action by the company, the local council, along with the Department of the Environment
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NON-LEAGUE: Darwen drop fate sealed
DARWEN will definitely be playing Second Division football in the North Western Trains League next season with no avenue of appeal open to the club. Darwen's relegation will be rubber-stamped at the league AGM next month after clubs voted at a special
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CLARETS: Cowans: I want to stay at Turf
GORDON Cowans has expressed his desire to remain as part of the coaching set-up at Turf Moor, writes PETE OLIVER. Cowans guided Burnley reserves to the Pontin's League Second Division title in his first season in the post but accepts that his fate will
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ROVERS: Corbett linked in £1m swoop
TEENAGE sensation Jim Corbett could be on his way to Blackburn from Second Division Gillingham in a £1m deal, write PETE OLIVER. The 17-year-old winger is believed to have held talks with Rovers boss Roy Hodgson today to discuss a seven-year deal. Corbett
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Vandals set fire to ancient yew
AN ANCIENT yew tree was set on fire by vandals in Witton Park on Monday evening. The tree, one of an avenue of yews near the lily pond, was badly damaged before Blackburn firefighters put it out at 8pm on Monday. Amateur photographer Anne McCullagh-D'Lyske
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Ex-Rover Ronnie's World Cup history kick-off
BLACKBURN ROVERS legend Ronnie Clayton kicked off a soccer exhibition that stirred his own World Cup memories. The Ewood hero was guest of honour at the Museum of Lancashire in his home town of Preston. Ronnie saw memorabilia of matches and events from
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FIVE YEARS AGO: Prescription fury
TORY moves for pensioners and children to pay for prescriptions provoked fury across East Lancashire. Pensioners' groups said they feared the elderly would stop seeking treatment if they had to pay for medicine. Kevin Durkin, from Age Concern in Blackburn
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Passenger seriously injured in collision
A 67-YEAR-old woman was seriously injured when a van collided with the back of the car in which she was a passenger. Jennie Holden, of Ramsgreave Drive, Blackburn, was taken to Blackburn Royal Infirmary with serious hip and pelvic injuries after the accident
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MOTOR SPORT: Hartley hares it!
MIKE Hartley is taking up the challenge of competing in Britain's top one-make racing championship, writes NEIL JOHNSON. For the Nelson-based businessman will be making his debut in the popular Ford Fiesta Challenge at Oulton Park's British Touring Car
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Student's birthday death fall stays a mystery
POLICE at Burnley are keeping open their files into the death fall of student Crispin Carbury. The Sheffield University student suffered head injuries in a 30-feet fall from a service ramp at Burnley Market Hall while out celebrating his birthday with
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CRICKET: Austin injury blow
IAN AUSTIN is the latest addition to Lancashire's injury list, and is set to miss the Championship match against Essex starting in Chelmsford tomorrow. Austin has suffered a reaction to the cut knee he sustained in the opening Championship match at Sussex
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CRICKET: Weekes bat up for sale
A PIECE of Lancashire League history goes under the hammer tomorrow when Sir Everton Weekes' record-breaking bat is placed up for auction in London. The legendary West Indian batsman scored a then Lancashire League record of 1,518 runs with the Stuart
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Tourist and traffic trap
I SEE (LET, May 13) that some travel agents are going to make Blackburn into a tourist attraction. What, may I ask, will they show people? The empty bank and two square eyesores in Church Street? A bus station that has few buses or Ainsworth Street chock-a-block
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We must protect our priceless heritage
THE warning by English Heritage that hundreds of Britain's historic buildings and structures are in danger of crumbling away unless urgent action is taken, is timely. Yesterday we featured some of East Lancashire's ancient treasures including Cromwell's
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Changes in rape law are long overdue
TWO important legal changes in the treatment of rape victims in court, being announced today by Home Secretary Jack Straw, are long overdue. The sexual history of rape victims will not be admitted in court, except in extreme circumstances, and their alleged
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Heavy metal haven: Treasures at old lead mine
Nature Watch, with Ron Freethy A COUPLE of weeks ago I was invited to join a group of enthusiasts from the Earby Mining Museum on a trip into a disused lead mine at Cononley, near Skipton. You would expect that the area would have been devoid of life.
