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School fair goes all American
ABRAHAM Lincoln, the Statue of Liberty and Davey Crockett turned out to celebrate Independence Day at Bacup's Sharneyford Primary. Each year the school has a different theme for its summer fair; it has been the Olympics, last year was insects and this
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Turkey 'quakes fail to put off holidaymakers
HOLIDAYMAKERS in East Lancashire are still going ahead with plans for trips to Turkey, despite two earthquakes which have left 144 people dead. Four travel agents from East Lancashire all said none of their customers had asked to cancel or transfer holidays
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Sin and selfishness threat to NHS - Bishop
POLITICAL and financial arguments could wreck the future of the National Health Service, the Bishop of Blackburn has warned. Speaking at a special thanksgiving service to mark the 50th anniversary of the NHS yesterday, the Rt Rev Alan Chesters said healthcare
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Ripley makes £1.5m Saints switch
STUART Ripley's £1.5 million move from Blackburn Rovers to Southampton was finally completed today after a weekend of talks and medicals, writes PETER WHITE. Ripley met Southampton last Wednesday then travelled South on Friday for further discussions
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Heated debate over cold cash
RIBBLE Valley MP Nigel Evans has slammed Labour opponents for blocking moves to change the way cold weather payments are calculated. Measures introduced by Mr Evans would have taken the wind chill factor into account when determining the payments. Cold
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TEN YEARS AGO: Dangerous craze
FIRE-EATING youngsters were risking their lives in a deadly new game, it was revealed. Children - some as young as ten years old - were seen squirting butane gas into their mouths, spitting it out, and setting fire to it. Coun Edna Millett, of Accrington
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CRICKET: Titchard helps Padiham stretch their league lead
PADIHAM kept up their challenge at the top of the Vaux Ribblesdale League table with stand-in professional Steve Titchard leading the way with 72. Edenfield could find no answer to the home side's 176-8 and were dismissed for just 73 runs with Stephen
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CRICKET: Jackson's five!
THE uninformed may have presumed that Liam Jackson "arrived" yesterday, writes PAUL AGNEW. You know the sort of thing - promising young pretender finally finds the sort of statistical analysis to make even the most battle-hardened sit up and take notice
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Good, calculated move
IN A move that comes long after the harmful effects of allowing the electronic calculator to take over from mental arithmetic in the classroom have become plain, schools were this week set to be hit by a government ban on their use by under-eights. So
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£300 for challenge
ON behalf of the Daniel O'Donnell North West Association, I would like to thank everybody who donated to the Romanian Challenge Appeal Charity while the fans were queuing for tickets. They raised over £300. Also a big thank you to the police who kept
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SUPERBIKES: Double delight in South Africa
CARL Fogarty roared back into the World Superbike Championship race with a pair of second place results at South Africa's new circuit Kyalami. And that leaves Blackburn's twice world champion just seven points behind championship leader Aaron Slight going
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Time up for ridiculous throwbacks
AS EVER, when the cesspit of centuries of blind bigotry in Ulster comes annually to the boil at the so-called marching season, the reaction of neutral observers is one of appalled perplexity. Just what motivates these people to hate so ardently? For is
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Hunting is about killing
RECENTLY the RSPCA rescued three fox cubs purposely bred to guarantee a kill for a hunt in North Yorkshire. This shatters the pro-hunting argument that foxes have to be killed to protect farm animals. Hunts are not allowed to harbour cubs yet how many
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CRICKET: Bacup heading back up to top
THE only way is up for Bacup on this evidence and a jubilant Lanehead skipper David Thompson agreed, writes PETER WHITE. In stark contrast, they could well pass Saturday's Lanehead victims Rishton travelling in the opposite direction. Judged on Saturday's
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CRICKET: Lancs League Saturday round-up
PAUL Turner smashed his best ever score for East Lancs to set up victory over Rawtenstall - and his dad then joined him in the field as a substitute fielder 17 years after his last first team appearance at the Meadows. Turner junior put together a stylish
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CRICKET: Lancs League Sunday round-up
HASLINGDEN recovered from a terrible start to rout Rishton and break a club record, thanks to a batting blitz by professional Hamish Anthony. At 27-4, scored at less than two runs an over, Haslingden looked in big trouble. But Anthony had the answer,
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Lives put at risk by fire hoax callers
HOAX callers who have turned out the fire brigade to the same bogus incident three times are putting lives at risk, warns a fire chief. Burnley Sub Officer Peter Frazer said today: "If we catch someone we will be able to check if it is the same person
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Comrades remember
HUNDREDS of East Lancashire soldiers who lost their lives during the Battle of the Somme were honoured and remembered at a special service at Blackburn Cathedral. Officers from The Queen's Lancashire Regiment met on the 82nd anniversary of the famous
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Ripley makes £1.5m Saints switch
STUART Ripley's £1.5 million move from Blackburn Rovers to Southampton was finally completed today after a weekend of talks and medicals, writes PETER WHITE. Ripley met Southampton last Wednesday then travelled South on Friday for further discussions
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Historic stone home at last
A FAMOUS Huncoat landmark has been returned to the village with its history written in stone. The stone was originally set above the farm doorway in 1768, but when the building was knocked down more than 40 years ago it was sent to Haworth Art Gallery
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Gavin sleeps soundly
STUDENT Gavin Emberton can sleep soundly for the rest of his stay at university! For the 21-year-old from Leyland has already been promised a job at bed giant Silentnight after he finishes his course at Bradford University next year. Business management
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Muslims march to mark prophet's birthday
HUNDREDS of Muslims marched through the streets of Nelson in a procession to celebrate the birthday of the prophet Mohammed. More than 300 people from all over East Lancashire and Bradford gathered at the Markazi Jamia Ghosia Mosque on Clayton Street
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Driver in debt-collector car chase jailed
A DRIVER who led debt collectors on a high-speed chase along a major road has been sent to prison for four months. Blackburn magistrates jailed Malcolm Jones, 57, of Clarence Street, Darwen, after hearing how he tried to avoid to two men from a Darwen
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Church has a Yankee doodle dandy!
THE only church in the Rossendale village of Water opened its doors and invited the public in for a summer fair on an American theme. Eden Methodist Church, on Burnley Road East, is hoping the local community will make use of its large hall to hold meetings
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Farewell to Benita
HUNDREDS of mourners gathered to pay their final respects to East Lancashire authoress Benita Moore, who lost her battle against cancer last week. The funeral of the woman affectionately known as Mrs Lancashire took place at Stonefold St John's Church
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Cathedral lantern appeal nears £800,000 target
FUND raisers today revealed they were on the "last lap" of a huge appeal to rebuild the lantern tower of Blackburn Cathedral. And they also disclosed that the first of 56 spectacular 20-foot stained glass panels will be installed later this month. The
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Ternent completes backroom staff
MICK Docherty and Jimmy Robson are back at Turf Moor - and they have been joined by a new chief scout in Cliff Roberts, who has left a similar role with Bury to link up again with Stan Ternent, writes PETER WHITE. Leaving Burnley in the wake of the new
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Lottery let-down
A LOTTERY syndicate has missed out on a £178,000 win after forgetting to buy the ticket. Gail Ellwood and mum and daughter Susan and Kelly Cooper had five numbers plus the bonus ball on last Wednesday's draw. But their dreams of new cars, fancy holidays
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I want Harrison to stay
STAN Ternent is fighting tooth and nail to keep Gerry Harrison at Turf Moor and has made the out-of-contract star the best offer he can muster, writes PETER WHITE. But the Burnley boss also knows that he faces a big job to persuade Harrison to commit
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Tomorrow's events in East Lancs
Blackburn Breast Care Support Group meet Beardwood Hospital, Preston New Road, 7-9pm. Summer Party Night. Friends in Bereavement meet in the Day Hospital, Burnley General Hospital, 7.30pm. Open meeting/walk. BARSA Better Driving Course, Blackburn Northern
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Young boffins' skills go on show
YOUNG inventors from Clitheroe Royal Grammar School are set to take centre stage at the North West finals of a top competition. The regional final of the Young Engineer for Britain 1998 competition will take place at British Nuclear Fuels in Warrington
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The lost village
Eric Leaver on a unique annual reunion THE once-thriving village of Grane on the moors near Haslingden was home to more than 1,000 folk - who worked in its three mills, three quarries and on its 30 farms and worshipped in its two churches. Their forefathers
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RUGBY LEAGUE: Lynx crush the Raiders
LANCASHIRE Lynx crushed Barrow Border Raiders to stay on course for promotion from Division Two - but it wasn't enough to qualify for the final of the Trans Pennine Cup. Lynx cemented their lead at the top with an impressive 32-14 victory but Oldham claimed
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ATHLETICS: White takes junior title
ACE sprinter Rebecca White of Blackburn Harriers won the 100 metres title in the AAA National Junior Championships at Bedford. Her time of 11.45 seconds is four tenths of a second faster than she has ever run before. On the second day of the championships
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FIVE YEARS AGO: Black cab fury
FURIOUS taxi drivers joined a mass meeting against council moves to force them to drive black cabs. They claimed their livelihoods would be ruined and that Blackburn Council was ignoring common sense by demanding all hackney carriages be black cabs. But
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CRICKET: Lancs lift booze ban
LANCASHIRE are to lift the Old Trafford booze ban for Wednesday's NatWest Trophy second round tie against Yorkshire. The club caused controversy by banning all spectators, except members, from bringing alcohol into the ground for the Test Match - with
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CRICKET: Chorley's highs and lows
IT was a triple header weekend of highs and lows for Chorley who swept to the top of the Northern League on Saturday but tasted defeat in two cup competitions. A middle order batting slump left Chorley 15 short of victory in the Lancashire Cricket Board
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One law for fans
THE Daniel O'Donnell fans who camped on Northgate for days, queuing for tickets, must have been delighted by the hospitality they received. Call me a cynic, but I bet if one of Blackburn's homeless people acquired the luxury of a tent, and set it up outside
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Baffled by marching
ISEE that the so-called marching season is on us again in Ireland and must confess that I have difficulty in understanding exactly what they are all about. My little knowledge of the history of William IV is that he was a man foisted on to the English
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Does council know better?
THE latest decision on the A-board debate demonstrates the arrogant, dictatorial rule emanating out of Blackburn Town Hall. Now they have decided they know better than the minister who advised councils against this type of action. What are they proposing
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Councillors out of touch
THE recent survey carried out by the LET regarding A-boards and shop displays resulted in a landslide of 9 - 1 in favour of keeping them. Now I give you a quote from the LET, April 1, by Mr Phil Watson, the new chief executive of Blackburn with Darwen
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Bad press deserved
THE subject matter of this letter was intended to give total support to the traffic-calming section of Blackburn with Darwen Council. These sections have had a very bad press lately, and I was going to give them the supportive benefit of my 50 years'
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We have right to hope
IN response to misleading letters attacking medical research, it is sad, but true, that many people seem to show more concern for animals than people. It seems some would rather resort to psuedo-scientific nonsense rather than accept that medical advances
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Streets of fear claim by residents' leader
RESIDENTS are "living in fear" in an area of Accrington which has been at the centre of a murder inquiry, it has been claimed. Chairman of the Central Residents' Association Bernard Sullivan said people in the area were "frightened to death". He told
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Advice helps land £17million deal
ACCOUNTANTS from Pierce have helped strike a £17.3 million deal. The Blackburn-based firm advised the shareholders of Liverpool-based fashion retailer Wade Smith in their sale of the firm to Arcadia Group. The Pierce team was led by senior partner Graham
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Vinyl's pride of place
SETTING up a shop specialising in vinyl records may not be the most obvious business ideas in the age of the compact disc. But Janice Percy and Alison Sharples believe they have captured a niche. They have launched Pride Records in Rawtenstall specialising
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Muslims take to streets to praise Mohammed
HUNDREDS of Muslims marched through the streets of Nelson in a procession to celebrate the birth of the prophet Mohammed. More than 300 people from all over East Lancashire and Bradford gathered at the Markazi Jamia Ghosia Mosque on Clayton Street, Nelson
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New blow for heart baby
TINY Ebony Johnson is facing a huge operation to receive a new heart but the surgery has had to be put on hold. The seven-month-old suffers from cardiomyopathy, which means her heart does not pump blood as quickly as it should, but the problem is made
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Mayor's son in holiday crash
THE teenage son of Ribble Valley Mayor Councillor David Smith is in intensive care after being injured while on holiday in France. The 18-year-old student, also called David, was in collision with a car as he and five friends were travelling around Brittany
