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Contracts rolling in for wagon firm
A TRUCK wash firm is celebrating a clutch of new contracts. Envirowash, based at Simonstone Business Park, was launched last year to provide an environmentally friendly vehicle wash service. The firm has recently secured contracts with Ultraframe, Sappi
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Advice for inventors a bright idea
A NEW scheme to help bright ideas make it to the marketplace is set to be launched in East Lancashire. InVentures will provide practical advice for inventors and innovators, to guide them through the design and business planning stages of developing a
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Government praise for crime-busting Initiative
BURNLEY has received further government praise for its crime-busting Dordrecht Initiative scheme. The pioneering project, launched by Home Office Minister Alun Michael, was recently visited by the Home Affairs Select Committee which was compiling a report
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Clash over parking 'nightmare'
A COUNCILLOR has clashed with an antiques dealer about alleged parking problems in the street that they share. Coun Simon Danczuk claims a 'traffic nightmare' is being created close to his home in Percival Street, Darwen, by visitors to the neighbouring
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Robbie dazzler! Fans go wild for bad lad of Take That
Andrea Muldoon reports from King George's Hall LET me entertain you, sang Robbie Williams. Let the show-off go on, said the T-shirts. The ego landed in Blackburn - and he didn't disappoint. A full house at King George's Hall, Blackburn, replied with loud
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CRICKET: Skipper Akram in fitness fight
WASIM Akram is fighting to be fit for Lancashire's next Championship Challenge. The break in the fixture list could not have come at a better time for the Red Rose skipper, as he tries to overcome the muscle strain which has affected him all week. "I
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CRICKET: Padiham get ready for Surendra
Ribblesdale League weekend preview THERE are lies, damned lies and statistics - but, in the case of Settle's new professional Surendra Bhave, the figures certainly don't lie. In just seven Vaux Ribblesdale League innings so far this season, the Indian
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U-turn over hospital suicide probe
HEALTH bosses today bowed to pressure and revealed the results of an inquiry into the death of a patient who was found hanged at Calderstones Hospital. The Lancashire Evening Telegraph revealed yesterday how managers at the Whalley hospital were refusing
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The facts about Jobseeker's Allowance
I HAVE never before challenged the inaccuracies of your correspondents as I normally afford myself a wry smile and let them dwell in their ignorance, but feel I must reply to Mr G Smith (Letters, May 21) whose friend was denied the Jobseeker's Allowance
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Article on bikers below the belt
I MUST protest, in the strongest possible terms, about the attitude and phraseology of your Opinion column (LET, May 21). The editorial, headed 'Hound death race bikers off the road,' was a piece of hyper-emotional, muck-raking, 'shock-horror-probe' gutter
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Carefree days on seashore
Ron Freethy recalls Hest Bank Camp School memories I RECENTLY wrote about readers' memories concerning clogs. I did not use the interesting letter from Mr J King, of Francis Street, Mill Hill, Blackburn, because he stirred my memories on another subject
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War and peace: Quiet life suits trader who hid from Saddam's henchmen
Friday Folk TRADER Roy Johnson has moved to East Lancashire hoping his new diving venture will prove less dangerous than the last time he set up shop. For when the former Vietnam war helicopter mechanic tried selling scuba equipment in Kuwait, he found
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CLARETS: Takeover deal 'imminent'!
SOLICITORS from Burnley Football Club and Peter Shackleton's camp were today still trying to tie up the loose ends of the Turf Moor takeover. Clarets board members have been told the £1 million 'up front' loan is now in an English bank account. The cash
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WORLD CUP: Gallacher loves stars and strikes
KEVIN Gallacher is eager to make up for lost time on Saturday with the World Cup finals looming on the horizon. The 31-year-old Blackburn striker has been on the international scene now for 10 years. Yet after making his debut against Colombia in May
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Back to basics for vehicle
EMPLOYEES took on a project with a difference to help the disabled. Workers from the fabrications department at British Aerospace, Samlesbury, have built a basic vehicle for people with multiple sclerosis. Student Phil Swindle, an undergraduate at Brunel
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Seized jeans may be fakes
A BLACKBURN man has been arrested following the seizure of more than 3,000 pairs of designer jeans, thought to be fakes. He was stopped on the M6 by Staffordshire police on Saturday following an anonymous tip-off to the Intelligence Investigation Consultancy
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Caring Georgina goes into Africa
A TEENAGER from Blackburn who wants to help African children is raising money for a month-long trip to Kenya. Sheffield University student Georgina Pickering,19, will fly to Nairobi with ten others in August to take part in a voluntary project organised
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TEN YEARS AGO: New aid for teenagers
A NEW scheme to offer East Lancashire teenagers alternatives to crime, unemployment, drugs and homelessness was launched. The 16 Network in Blackburn was set up by community workers with experience in probation, drug problems, careers and youth service
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Shooting victim's body laid to rest
THE FAMILY of 24-year-old Paul Rothwell, who was shot dead at his home in March, have finally been able to lay his body to rest at Pleasington Cemetery, Blackburn. Paul's final journey began from his father Frank's house in Whitehead Street, Blackburn
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FIVE YEARS AGO: Loonies head for East Lancs
RAVING loony politicians from all over the country were getting ready to descend on East Lancashire - to discuss plans for a more sensible image. Members of the Raving Loony Giant Green Party were expected to choose a new name at a summit meeting in Sabden
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Muslims to set up fund for Pakistan
THOUSANDS of East Lancashire Muslims may set up a cash fighting fund to help Pakistan combat crippling sanctions in the fallout from the country's nuclear tests. Despite international condemnation of the tit-for-tat response to India's own atomic tests
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It's the REEL way to look after East Lancs rivers
A PROJECT encouraging people to look after East Lancashire's rivers will be officially launched next month. River Enhancement East Lancashire is the latest part of the Mersey Basin Campaign network. It is backed by Pendle, Burnley and Hyndburn Councils
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GOLF: Rostron through to the last eight
DEFENDING champion Kim Rostron is through to the quarter finals of the English Women's Championship at Walton Heath, Surrey. The Clitheroe golfer faces a tricky repeat of last year's semi-final against Cheshire champion Elaine Ratcliffe. Rostron was is
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Mohammed's royal invitation
A BUILDING society worker who left Blackburn a year ago to start a new career in the Foreign Office has been invited to Buckingham Palace by the Queen to mark his outstanding achievements at work. Just twelve months ago Mohammed Toafiq Wahab, 23, was
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CRICKET: Ace Scuderi plays down derby clash
Lancashire League weekend preview JOE Scuderi could have been forgiven a hint of nostalgia when the Jennings Worsley Cup draw not only handed his new club Colne a home derby - but also meant he was to face his old Nelson team-mates for the first time
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Beer price rise is understated
I AM surprised at the lack of comment on the 7p-a-pint increase in the price of beer (LET, May 23). This is especially as Whitbread have just announced a 12 per cent increase of profits to more than £354 million! The prize for the understatement of the
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Why all the secrecy?
SO bosses at Calderstones Hospital, Whalley, have caved in to the criticism of their refusal to reveal the full results of their inquiry into the death of 18-year-old patient Christopher Saunders who was founding hanging in shower cubicle last November
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Traffic planning stupidity yet again
IS there no end to the stupidity of the road plans for Darwen? Not content with having reduced two lanes of traffic into one, they now are installing a pedestrian crossing less than 100 yards from a double set of traffic lights which already allow pedestrians
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Example must be made of 'Nuclear Two'
THE HORRIFYING prospect - indeed, reality - of a nuclear arms race taking place on the already-volatile Indian subcontinent is one to which the international community must respond with determination. For though the "how" of this dangerous departure is
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Clapped-out! Hague's Tory team is a sorry sight
Political Focus, with Bill Jacobs IF Tony Blair faces a few problems in deciding when and how to reshuffle his government, Tory leader William Hague must be green with envy. If one or two of the Labour Cabinet may be looked on as sub-standard or have
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ROVERS: Atalanta battle to keep hold of Boselli
ATALANTA have made a last-ditch bid to hold on to defender Nicola Boselli, despite their relegation from Italy's Serie A. Blackburn Rovers boss Roy Hodgson targeted the 25-year-old Italian as a potential signing some time ago and it was expected he would
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CLARETS: Burnley close in on manager Stan
BURNLEY have identified their man - but the fans will be kept in the dark a little longer to know Chris Waddle's successor. It should be worth the wait, though, as their number one choice Stan Ternent remains the firm favourite to land the job. After
