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Shakers may sell to strengthen
BURY may be forced to offload players before they can afford to make any summer signings. Chairman Terry Robinson says the club's restrictive wage bill may force him to sell off squad members before new blood can be brought in for the 1998/99 Division
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Lions roar to victory again
Dewsbury Rams10 Swinton Lions 13 THE Lions survived a war of attrition in more ways than one as they returned to winning ways at New Crown Flats. The match was delayed by half an hour due to horrendous traffic on the M62 caused by a blazing lorry. Add
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Church under fire from vandals
RADCLIFFE'S landmark church is under siege by a gang of teenage vandals who attack the building, disrupt services, and defecate on the place of worship. The latest incident at St Thomas and St John's Church has left its clock badly damaged. "They climb
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Inspectors give school top marks
STAFF, governors and the headteacher at All Saints Church of England School, Whitefield, have been praised for their hard work and commitment by inspectors from the Office of Standards in Education. Pupils of the school on Rufford Drive were also praised
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Fred, 92, stranded in rooftop scare
PROUD pensioner Fred Grimshaw has admitted he's too old to climb on roofs - at the age of 92. Fred had to be rescued by paramedics and firefighters after he became stranded while repairing the eight foot high outhouse roof at his home in Cobden Street
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Chaytor's Methodist mission
DIVINE intervention may be too much to ask but Bury North MP David Chaytor is exploring all avenues in a bid to solve the ongoing Bolton Road Sports Club saga. The sports club is being turfed out by Bolton Road Methodist Church which wants to sell the
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Hospital patient's fatal river crossing
A SCHIZOPHRENIC'S attempts to avoid police detection after fleeing a psychiatric hospital ended in tragedy. Volunteer patient Mr Peter Lord's body was found floating face down in the River Roch by two teenagers on April 29. The 41-year-old was minus his
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TEN YEARS AGO: Lollipop lady heroine
AN ice-cool lollipop lady moved into top gear as emergency services battled to rescue an East Lancashire car crash victim. As fire and ambulance crews fought to free a 21-year-old driver from the wreckage of a crash in Harwood Road, Rishton, lollipop
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Teen louts targeted after old woman injured
A WORRIED mayor is to call a meeting after an elderly woman cut her head in a doorstep run-in with a teen girl gang. Clitheroe Mayor John McGowan wants to rally police and community leaders in an effort to stop teenage nuisances making life a misery for
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FIVE YEARS AGO: Pint price-rise anger
FURY erupted among licensees after brewers Whitbread announced a 4p-a-pint price rise just days after revealing a profits jump of 13 per cent. The annual rise, which followed a budget increase, saw the price of cask ales go up by 1.4 per cent and all
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A high note for the new mayor
BURNLEY'S musical mayor, Coun Eric Selby, has taken over the chain of office as the town's first citizen. At his inauguration he revealed to the packed council chamber that at the age of 19, as an enthusiastic piano player, he won the Carol Levis Show
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Thank you for saving my life
LUCKY-to-be-alive Christian Wheadon visited Padiham fire station to say thank you to the men who rescued from him from a terrifying ordeal. Christian, 10, was trapped to his waist in clinging mud and had water up to his shoulders after slipping down a
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Public to have a say over Prestige site schemes
PEOPLE of Burnley are being invited to have their say in the multi-million pound redevelopment of the town's Prestige site - as the first of two blockbuster shopping schemes comes under public scrutiny. Plans by the would-be developer, Castlemore Securities
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Danger roads targeted to cut down accidents
A DOZEN danger roads in Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale are to be targeted in a police plan to reduce accidents. Nine people were killed in road accidents in the Pennine Division last year and another 193 suffered serious injury, plus a further 1,187 with
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CYCLING: Ian's among the elite
MOUNTAIN bike ace Ian Wilkinson survived an early crash to fight his way back to a magnificent finish in the Pro Elite World Cup. Burnley's Wilkinson got caught up in a 20-man pile up in the start area of the Newham Park course in Plymouth but battled
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Nurses 'threatening and abusive' in parking row
THE row over parking at Blackburn Royal Infirmary escalated today amid claims that nurses had been abusive and threatening over spaces. The claims came from people at the community centre near Ivy Street, Blackburn, where the council has introduced £2
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CRICKET: Lancashire booze ban at Old Trafford
LANCASHIRE have slapped a booze ban on Old Trafford for Saturday's Texaco Trophy international. They will prevent any alcohol being brought into the ground, except the members enclosure, in an effort to prevent the pitch invasions which have disrupted
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CRICKET: Sun boost for tourists
Pete Oliver sets the scene for the Texaco Trophy series THE promise of firm wickets should counter England's home advantage and make their Texaco Trophy series with South Africa - which started at the Oval today - an even affair. That's the verdict of
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Obedient to the word
MY friend's four-year-old daughter stayed with us last weekend - a lovely girl and so innocent. On Saturday evening, at 9pm, I asked her if, as a treat, she would like to go with me to the petrol station. Katie then proceeded to hand me her sun block
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Cash deals hypocritical
HOWEVER much the relief and rejoicing of British nurses Deborah Parry and Lucille McLauchlan may be at their release from jail in Saudi Arabia, it must be matched by huge disquiet over the huge cash deals for their stories For whatever the truth in their
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Spend now, collect later
A FRIEND of mine has recently had the misfortune to have been made redundant and was debating the use of his lump sum pay-out. My first reaction was to advise cautious investment and consideration of his future needs, but, on reflection, advising him
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Hound death race bikers off the road
THE DISCLOSURE by police that weekend motor-bikers, speeding up to a staggering 160 mph, are using country roads in the north of the county as a racetrack will alarm many people, but, perhaps, may not surprise others. For those familiar with the routes
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Black is beautiful: Lancashire delicacy is in hot demand
Food News, with Christine Rutter THE humble black pudding is back in vogue. Television chefs are turning their attentions to the regional delicacy by cooking it up on the small screen. And the traditional dish is enjoying guest spots on the menus of upmarket
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Firefighters rescue trapped bird
A BIRD in the hand was certainly well worth it when Whitefield firefighters rescued a stricken fledgling starling. The bird had become trapped in a wall cavity of a house at Manchester Road, Whitefield. Occupiers called in the fire brigade after hearing
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Urn unveiling put back
THE unveiling of Ramsbottom's controversial urn has been put back a month. The huge bronze sculpture, which has polarised opinion in the town, was due to be officially unveile on Saturday (May 16). But engineering difficulties in fixing the vase in its
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Taking steps to help deportation threat family
SOCIAL worker Mr Malcolm Jones took on a marathon feat to raise money for a Bury family being threatened with deportation. The 36-year-old ran the London Marathon and raised £200 for the Iqbal family after becoming involved in their plight earlier this
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NON LEAGUE: Thompson signs up for Stanley
ACCRINGTON Stanley's new boss Billy Rodaway has made his first signing with the appointment of former Burnley star Les Thompson as the club's new reserve team manager. Thompson had been looking for a coaching post after a double hernia operation brought
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ROVERS: Hodgson targets Serie A ace Esposito
BLACKBURN have targeted Italian striker Carmine Esposito as manager Roy Hodgson looks to bolster his strike force for next season. The Empoli striker scored 14 times in the recently finished Serie A campaign and could provide the extra forward power Rovers
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CLARETS: Turf Moor fans say Stan's the man
STAN Ternent is the overwhelming favourite among the Clarets supporters to succeed Chris Waddle as Burnley boss. The Bury manager attracted 40 per cent of the vote in the Lancashire Evening Telegraph's phone poll in which we asked the supporters to name
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Prestwich bag the points
Prestwich Heys 2 Elton Fold1 ANOTHER frustrating catalogue of missed chances spelt defeat for Fold in this end-of-season derby as Heys took advantage of Elton's sloppy finishing to claim the points. It was the home side who started the liveliest on Saturday
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Packaging firm' s new appointment
PACKAGING firm RPC Containers has appointed Sean Dyer as sales and marketing manager. Sean joins the Blackburn firm from Lawson Mardon Fibrenyle where he was an accounts manager. RPC manufactures injection moulded containers for a range of uses including
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President is named
FOUNDER chairman of the North West Chambers of Commerce John Entwistle has been elected president of the British CC. Mr Entwistle, a solicitor with Davies Wallis Foyster, succeeds David Richardson, managing partner at Leeds-based chartered surveyors Weatherall
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Creative group's £15.2m profits
GREETINGS cards and stationery group Creative Publishing today announced a rise in profits to £15.2 million. The firm, which split from Fine Art Developments last October, saw pre-tax profits increase 12 per cent. Its sites including Hambledon Studios
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Put yourself well and truly in the picture
AMATEUR camera buffs throughout the Bury area now have the chance to give themselves and their talent bags of exposure. For Bury Photographic Society has launched its open photographic competition and entries are being sought from all over the borough
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Supermarket gun terror
FOUR shots were fired during an armed attack on a security van outside a Bury supermarket. A security guard was pistol-whipped, punched and kicked by two raiders who escaped empty-handed following the failed robbery at the Aldi store in Bell Lane. As
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More power to the people say politicians
ELECTED mayors, weekend polls, voting in supermarkets, more postal votes - but above all, giving power back to the people. These are just some of the demands made by politicians on all sides after the worst ever turnout in local elections. They hailed
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Learn to live life to the full
"IT'S never too late to learn" is the clear message being delivered next week. Bury is joining towns and cities across the land to take part in Adult Learners Week. It's the seventh annual celebration organised by NIACE, the national organisation for
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Glynne's gift of life
FOUR children have been offered the chance of life following the tragic death of a Bury health club owner. Heart valves from Mr Glynne Olive, who died on Monday (May 11) after a motorbike crash, were transplanted into young cardiac patients. The revelation
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Lucky escape as water gun explodes
A NATIONWIDE scare has been sparked after a Chinese-made toy 'Water Blaster' gun exploded in the hands of a Rawtenstall man. He was pumping water into the gun when there was a loud bang and he was covered in water and jagged pieces of plastic. Luckily
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And they call it puppy love...
AFGHAN hounds Tazi and Luca sealed their relationship by becoming "engaged" in one of the most bizarre events ever to be held in Pendle. Now the well-groomed groom and his bride can look forward to their "wedding" in Witton Park, Blackburn, on August
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Fatal mix of heroin and drink
A PLUMBER died after injecting himself with heroin. But it was the combination of the non-fatal dose of morphine and a large amount of alcohol consumed in a drinking binge that caused Mr Andrew Dover to collapse into unconsciousness on the floor of a
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'Neighbourhood watch' goes off with a bang!
A HOUSEHOLDER went to war against drug addicts and troublemakers by booby-trapping his property with alarm mines. Paul Humphreys made trip wires attached to blank cartridges along his garden path, constantly used as a short cut by local youths. For 18
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'Marathon' made £2,500
THANK you everyone who kindly sponsored John Holden, from Cherry Tree, Blackburn, who ran in the London Marathon for Breakthrough Breast Cancer, and to those who supported the Breakthrough 'marathon' coffee morning in Ryburn Avenue, Blackburn, on May
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Local government problem non-existent
THE pious contribution from Councillor Tony Harrison (Letters, May 18) is typical of the misrepresentation which has dogged the debate on standards in local government arising out of the Burnley Council housing allocations inquiry. Essentially, the two
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Twin town visitors given Bury welcome
INTERNATIONAL friends of Bury made a flying visit to town this week. A 17-strong party from Notre Dame d'Oe near Tours in France, led by their Mayor Jean-Lut Galliot, were received in council chambers by Bury Mayor, Coun Roy Walker. The lightning weekend
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Liberal anger over bypass delays
LEADING Pendle Liberals have expressed their dismay at the news of another delay to the start of building work on controversial by-pass routes. They claim Labour-controlled Lancashire County Council has reneged on a promise made last autumn that it would
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Lucky Emma is the toast of the town
THE trip of a lifetime to Hungary awaits Bury College student Emma Rabone, thanks to a Lancashire brewery. Emma ,18, of Hawthorn Avenue, Bury, was nominated for the trip by the Mayor of Bury, Coun Roy Walker. She is one of nine lucky local students set
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Mayor's scheme to honour local people
KIND-HEARTED local people can be nominated for a new set of awards for voluntary service in the community. The scheme has been set up by the Mayor of Bury, Coun Roy Walker, who is keen to honour local folk for outstanding civic service. No more than 12
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NON LEAGUE: Let's hear it for the Boys
BACUP Borough manager Brent Peters has unveiled a major new sponsorship deal which is believed to be the biggest in the club's history. Waterfoot-based BE Boys Limited have shaken hands on a three year agreement with the North Western Trains League side
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ROVERS: Gascoigne-style antics a better bet for Sutton
Bramwell Speaks Out CHRIS Sutton should have learned his lesson. The Rovers striker clearly chose the wrong way of informing Glenn Hoddle that he was unavailable for England B duty. Instead of a simple telephone call, calmly outlining the reasons for
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Bury's heroes just the ticket with fans
SHAKERS fans are clamouring for season tickets on the back of the side's end of season heroics. Sales for the 1998/99 season are already close to matching last season's overall total of 2,400. Peter Cullen, ticket office manager at Gigg Lane, says the
