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New post box 'second class'
CAMPAIGNERS who have won a two year battle to secure a post box for their community claim the new facility is definitely second class! Edna Collier, the owner of Priory Stores, Priory Drive, Darwen, pushed the Royal Mail for a post box on her land with
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Wheelchair mum's bus ban incenses daughter
A WOMAN has slammed a bus company after a driver refused to let her elderly disabled mum on to his vehicle with her wheelchair. Janet Hamer and hubby Kevin, of Low View, Waterfoot, tried to board a Rossendale Transport mini-bus in Bacup town centre with
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Murdered son's new gift of life
THE legacy of life which followed the murder of a former East Lancashire journalist's son has continued with a birth of a baby boy for the Italian woman who received his transplanted liver. Seven-year-old Nicholas Green was shot in the head by Mafia gunmen
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Bryn grumbles about the bumbles as council delays
A DISABLED man, plagued by a swarm of bumble bees nesting under the floorboards of his council home, has accused environmental health officers of ignoring the problem for three days. Bryn Reynolds, 55, complained to Hyndburn Council about the insects
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CRICKET: Premier League plans are a non-starter
THE introduction of a Premier League is as far away as ever after the latest rejection by the Confederation of Lancashire Cricket Leagues. The Confederation was due to hold further talks with the Lancashire Cricket Board about the possibility of creating
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RUGBY LEAGUE: Travelling Lynx aim for top spot
LANCASHIRE Lynx face another long trip tomorrow when they travel to Derwent Park to take on Workington in the Red Rose Trophy kick off 3pm. This is the second time in a month that Lynx have had to travel to Workington, but they will hope to return with
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Estate fears over mental patients
A UNIT for schizophrenics and the chronically mentally ill in the middle of a plush housing scheme is planning to double the number of patients it cares for. Kemple View, situated between The Ryddings and The Dales housing estates off the A59 at Langho
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750 BILLION dollars behind Clarets!
$750 billion behind takeoverTHE backers of Burnley takeover bidder Peter Shackleton are a massive oil company with assets of 750 billion dollars. And the delays that have dogged the company's Turf Moor deal have centred around another hush-hush multi-million
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CRICKET: Scud primed for semi-final showdown
Worsley Cup preview HASLINGDEN may be the holders and the reigning Lancashire League champions but Colne professional Joe Scuderi insists the draw for tomorrow's Worsley Cup semi-finals suits him fine. "Out of the other three sides I'm quite happy with
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Muddy Hell! . . . or, if you're lucky, music heaven: Yes, it's festival time again
PULSE - music and more, with Paul Barry THE time is approaching when thousands of music fans prepare to wander round muddy fields, get soaked, sunburned or dehydrated, or possibly all three. So I've cleaned off my wellies to give a quick preview of some
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CLARETS: Pitch problems at Turf Moor
ONE of the wettest Junes on record has left Burnley facing a race against time to have their new £200,000 pitch ready for the start of the 1998/99 season. The club insists they will win that race and be ready for the big kick-off on August 8. But they
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WORLD CUP: Heat is on for Hod, warns Waddle
PAUL Gascoigne's absence will give England a tough task in their World Cup opener against Tunisia on Monday. That's the verdict of his former Newcastle, Spurs and England team-mate Chris Waddle. The ex-Burnley boss has vast experience of conditions in
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Action plan for fire brigade
FIRE chiefs in Lancashire have drawn up an action plan to take the brigade into the 21st century. The major review follows a wide ranging inspection of the service by Government appointed officials who produced a glowing report on the brigade but also
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Disabled girl's wheelchair hope pinned on £1 badges
DISABLED Hannah Warburton's parents hope that £1 badges will help raise money for a wheelchair. Hannah, pictured with dad David, is three and a half years old and has cerebral palsy. She cannot walk and has difficulty eating. Now her dad and mum Maggie
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Doubts over ancient bridge rescue plan
A COUNCIL has been accused of "dragging its feet" over a bid to save a historic bridge which has fallen into disrepair. A rescue package is being drawn up for the ancient bridge used by Oliver Cromwell to cross the River Hodder near Stonyhurst College
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Couple's battle to fight disease
THE plight of a brave toddler who has a rare life-threatening disease with no cure has inspired a campaign to fund research into his condition. Two-year-old Robert Glover, who lived with his family in Adelaide Street, Accrington, before they recently
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CRICKET: Injury AXA for Fairbrother
NEIL Fairbrother is out of Lancashire's AXA League game against Somerset at Old Trafford tomorrow. But it is not the thigh injury Fairbrother suffered at Northampton last week which is keeping him out - more like the perils of fatherhood. Fairbrother
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ROVERS: Ewood ticket sales up 10 per cent
THE flurry of transfer activity at Ewood Park has prompted an equally rapid turnover of business at the ticket office. Sales of season tickets are up 10 per cent on last year with the record signing of £7.25 million Southampton striker Kevin Davies getting
