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Grant go-ahead
AN £18,000 grant is helping a slipper-making firm take a step up. R & M Heys Footwear is moving to new premises at the old market hall in Chapel Street, Haslingden, from Vale Mill. And the firm applied to the Action for Haslingden Small Business Investment
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Warning on staff crisis
SMALLER firms must invest in staff training to help their businesses grow. Les Bury, of Blackburn accountants Kidsons Impey, said recent research had found many smaller and medium sized firms were struggling to attract the high calibre staff they needed
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Buses change route after speed hump complaints
A BUS company has been forced to change a popular route after customers complained they were being given a bumpy ride. Darwen Coach Services is attempting to avoid dozens of speed humps created during the last few months as part of a major traffic calming
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TEN YEARS AGO: Save our jobs plea
REDUNDANCY-threatened Lucas workers in Burnley appealed to cash-rich Lancashire Enterprises Ltd to help save their jobs. The workers wanted the county council's work creation agency to buy a factory to slash crippling costs at two Burnley aerospace centres
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Artist Jean about to hit the big time
AN ARTIST who hails from the Ribble Valley is to have her work exhibited at a top gallery and a book about her work published. Jean Macalpine, who hails from Waddington and whose family still live there, will exhibit her hand-tinted black and white photography
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FIVE YEARS AGO: A close shave
MERCY man Musa Haldarvi had a close shave on his latest aid mission to Bosnia. Musa, of Blackburn Street, Blackburn, shaved off his beard to convince border troops he was not a Muslim fundamentalist. He and colleagues Ronnie McLachlan, of Blackburn, and
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RUGBY LEAGUE: Lynx held in Trophy thriller
Lancashire Lynx 18 Oldham 18 LANCASHIRE Lynx and Oldham fought out thrilling 18-18 draw at Lightfoot Lane in the first round of the new Red Rose Trophy. Lynx had to survive a fierce onslaught from Oldham in the last 15 minutes to hang on for a point.
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Market traders in a rage over free fruit give-away
FURIOUS traders are demanding to know who gave permission for a superstore to set up stall and give away free fruit in the entrance to Burnley market during the Spanish festival in the centre. The stall, set up by Sainsbury's, was moved after 90 minutes
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CRICKET: Worsley Cup round-up
JOE Scuderi enjoyed his first clash with his old Nelson team-mates as his new club Colne defied the best efforts of Roger Harper to progress to the semi-finals of the Jennings Worsley Cup. The Australian's 39, his team's top score, was an integral part
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Fed-up villagers set to win battle of noisy bottle banks
VILLAGERS subjected to the sound of smashing glass "morning, noon and night" are set to win their fight to have bottle banks removed. Mellor residents say they have had to put up with the collection points less than 20 feet from their homes because of
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CRICKET: Mott shattered as Lowerhouse are dumped out
Worsley Cup: Lowerhouse 133, Haslingden 179 'SHATTERED' was the word Lowerhouse professional Matthew Mott used to describe his disappointment after holders Haslingden dumped his side out of this year's Worsley Cup. Just four weeks earlier only the front
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Disgust of Japanese Emperor's award
THE Emperor of Japan's visit to this country is hard enough to accept, but giving him the Order of the Garter is disgusting. Why do we, the proud people of this country, let the powers-that-be get away with it? Are we becoming a nation of mice and not
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CRICKET: Lancashire League round-up
A QUICKFIRE half century from East Lancs' Paul Kelly proved to be the turning point in his side's win over Todmorden at Centre Vale. Kelly arrived at the wicket with East Lancs stuttering on 150-7 after Phil Bolton had laid the early foundations with
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Blair's made a mess of the NHS
I AM accused by Duncan McVee of spreading Tory disinformation about NHS waiting lists (Letters, May 20). I was just quoting a fact - that after one year of a Labour government waiting lists are at a record high. Can Mr McVee deny that? When he was in
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Pragmatism - or envy?
PROPOSALS pencilled in a government White Paper due this summer could mean that owners of second homes - the so-called country cottage set - could lose the 50 per cent council tax rebate they now enjoy. Indeed, if ministers heed the urgings of the Local
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Blunt view on tattoos offensive
AS co-organisers of the tattoo convention mentioned by John Blunt (LET, May 20), we found his comments highly offensive. Tattooing is an art form that has been going on for thousands of years, is practised all over the world, and these days is increasing
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NHS whistle blowers must be protected
THERE are many ramifications still to come after the landmark ruling by the General Medical Council against the two heart surgeons and the NHS trust chief executive at a Bristol hospital where, after operations, 29 infants died because they failed to
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Opportunity knocks! How Hitler prompted a revival of the old-fashioned wake-up call
Looking Back, with Eric Leaver WEARY war workers cursed Hitler's blitz in 1940 and 41. A day's toil was often followed by a night on the rooftops on compulsory fire-watching duty. But one written-off bunch in East Lancashire had cause to thank him for
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Five churches again unite for annual procession
THE five churches which comprise the Accrington Team Ministry, St Andrew, St Clement, St James, St Paul and St Peter, are planning their annual Processions of Witness, which will take place on Sunday, June 14. The walks in their present form were started
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CLARETS: Ternent says yes to Turf Moor job
STAN Ternent today agreed to be manager of Burnley - returning to the club he joined as a schoolboy in 1961. Ternent formally resigned as Bury's boss this morning before accepting the Turf Moor post. His first appointment at Burnley will be to make his
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ROVERS: Blackburn get Davies at knockdown £7.25m
Peter White reports KEVIN Davies today revealed that his burning ambitions to win trophies and play for England were the main reasons behind his record-breaking move to Blackburn Rovers. The 21-year-old striker today completed his £7.25 million move from
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People power for carpets firm
A WORKFORCE was given the red carpet treatment after collecting a training and development award. Leo's Carpets has become the latest East Lancashire employer to achieve the Investors in People award. The firm employs 50 staff at its Cherry Tree base
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College boost for industry
THE four East Lancashire colleges have joined forces to help local firms. The Business Initiative project aims to co-ordinate the services offered to firms by the further education colleges at Accrington & Rossendale, Blackburn, Burnley along with
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Victory in fight to keep benefit office open
PENDLE MP Gordon Prentice has won his battle to secure the future of the Benefits Agency office in Barnoldswick. The office had been under threat following claims that too few people used it, but after a review and pressure from the MP, it has been announced
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Shoppers in pledge to support jobs aid
HUNDREDS of shoppers pledged their support on a petition calling for the Government to provide financial assistance to Lucas, one of Burnley's biggest employers. It was announced last week that up to 70 jobs are to go in the aerospace factory, which had
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Popular cricketer, 41, dies after fall down stairs
A TALENTED wicketkeeper and father-of-three died suddenly at home after falling down stairs. Peter Worsley, known affectionately in the cricketing world as Ben, fell at his Padiham home in Stockbridge Road. A post-mortem examination was due to be held
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Burst tyre truck driver 'prepared to be killed'
A TERRIFIED trucker who lost control of a 38-ton articulated lorry when the tyre burst today told how he prepared to die at the wheel. Dave Harbour, 50, cannot believe how he escaped unscathed from the accident that blocked the M6 in the Midlands for
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Spice Girls fans rocked as five become four
POP'S worst kept secret was revealed yesterday as Spice Girl Geri Halliwell quit the all-girl band. It is now a case of 'Five Become Four' for the band who shot to the top of the charts with the hit song Two Become One. But the group's fans in East Lancashire
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CRICKET: Happy ending for Russell
Lancashire League: Rishton 123-7, Church 121 THE end justified the means in more ways than one as Rishton ground out their 'usual' derby victory over Church at Blackburn Road yesterday. In this case it was the end from which Rishton's South African left-arm
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Ex-TV wrestler Vic grips top salesman title
WRESTLER Vic Faulkner used to lift the bad guys clean out of the ring... but now he's content to lift his new title as Thwaites salesman of the year. Vic shot to television fame in the 1960s as a fresh-faced youngster when he and his elder brother and
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Labour too Blue?
THE spectacle of Tory spokesmen hitting out at Labour ministers for closing hospitals makes you wonder whether to laugh or cry. Forget for a moment the gross ineptitude of the research which led to the double listing of hospitals, inclusion of a hospital
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In need of education about traffic calming
SOMEONE on the council has the mistaken idea that vehicles are rushing through Darwen on the A666 at speed, but the volume of traffic on a road dictates the speed of the vehicles on it. The roads in and around Darwen have not changed since horse and cart
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All that jazz donated to library
A MASSIVE collection of compact discs, records, videos and books amassed by jazz enthusiast George Daniels has been donated to Blackburn Library by his family. Mr Daniels, of Higher Reedley Road, Brierfield, attended almost every jazz event in the area
