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Workers stranded on roof
DO-it-yourself roofers were left high and not so dry when they set about repairing vandal damage. Kevin McNamara and Joe Casey battled against the elements all day to repair the roof of Blackburn Rifle and Pistol Shooting Club. But at the end of the day
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Strong pound hits Scapa shares
SHARES in industrial materials manufacturer Scapa, which employs hundreds throughout East Lancashire, fell after the firm reported continuing weak demand for its products. The Blackburn based firm saw its shares fall by 11 per cent to 165p after its annual
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Nasty neighbours flee estate crime crackdown
FIVE problem families have moved out of town rather than face eviction, thanks to a new scheme aimed at ridding estates of nuisance neighbours. The Safe Estates Initiative, launched last month by the police and Rossendale Council, targets families who
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Rail freight to ease clogged roads
RAIL freight bosses are drawing up plans to take off the roads goods which pass through East Lancs. English, Welsh and Scottish Railways say they have already held talks with companies in Lancashire with a view to opening new freight terminals in the
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Daughter's fury as mum, 76, is conned out of cash
THE angry daughter of a 76-year-old woman who was conned out of £165 in her own home today spoke out in a bid to warn others. Christine Bramley, of The Station Hotel, Cherry Tree, is furious that a man burst into her mother's flat at a warden-controlled
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Ternent set to ring the changes
BURNLEY face their first Football League opposition tomorrow with a number of players with points to prove to new boss Stan Ternent, writes PETE OLIVER. With the big kick-off just two weeks away there look to be several places up for grabs in the starting
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Match-nificent Seven!
SEVEN women's undying love for Blackburn Rovers has turned them into TV stars overnight. Season ticket holders Pauline Perkins, Gina Masterson, Christine Barker, Janette Robbins, Janet Finn, Olive Reah and Linda Leaf never miss a Rovers match, home or
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Rovers eye Aussie Colosimo
SIMON Colosimo is hungry to join a big European club - and the young Aussie believes that Blackburn Rovers fit the bill, writes PETER WHITE. The 19-year-old central defender, who also plays sweeper, is having trials at Brockhall with a view to a possible
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What's On: Weekend events in East Lancs
Saturday Royal Lancs Show, Astley Park, Chorley. Dance Night Out with MCs Stan and Olwyn, King George's Hall, Blackburn, 7.30pm. Janet Anderson MP surgery, Darwen Librry Theatre, School Street, 10-11am. Inner Wheel charity shop, Lord Street West, Blackburn
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FIVE YEARS AGO: Baroness 'arrested'
BARONESS Castle marched through Preston and chained herself to railings before being arrested. But the former Blackburn MP, better known as Barbara Castle, was not at all worried. She was publicising an exhibition at the town's Harris Museum which praised
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TEN YEARS AGO: Valley flood damage
A THREE hour downpour in Rossendale caused widespread flood damage to houses, shops and pubs. Bacup town centre and the village of Cowpe were the most seriously hit areas, and firemen were called out to pump water from cellars. Nine houses at Bottoms
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CRICKET: Mark of respect
HASLINGDEN skipper Mark Griffin doesn't know too much about tomorrow's Bentgate opponents Rochdale but he is certain of one thing - "We are in for a very difficult game." With a place at stake in the final of the Lees Inter-League Challenge Cup competition
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GOLF: Furey hath more hell
GED Furey's troubled season continued when he missed the cut by a shot in his defence of the £18,000 De Vere Hotels PGA North Region Championship at Heron's Reach, Blackpool, yesterday. The Pleasington professional, who also failed to qualify for the
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Abandoned by show
I HOPE the Royal Lancs Show at Astley Park, Chorley, this weekend is a complete washout! Just because I have four legs and a tail, I've been excluded from an event I've attended for years. The powers that be say it's for health and safety reasons. You've
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CRICKET: Whatmore laughs off Wasim injury scare
LANCASHIRE coach Dave Whatmore today dismissed a fresh injury scare surrounding Wasim Akram, writes ANDY WILSON. Wasim went off the field late yesterday at Colwyn Bay after bowling five overs in Glamorgan's innings, and was reported this morning to have
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No grounds for complaint
REGARDING the remarks of Miss S Dolan (Letters, July 20) concerning the 'disgraceful' Channel 5 reception, I cannot understand why you named this 'Letter of the Week,' or why it was printed in the first place. I thought it was common knowledge that you
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CRICKET: Harvey's back for Padiham big push
PADIHAM are still on course for a season of unprecedented success, despite last Sunday's setback when they lost out to Vaux Ribblesdale League title rivals Great Harwood, writes PETER WHITE. And professional Mark Harvey should be fit to return to the
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Warning: Keep the car
NOT being a car owner myself, I wish to warn car owners what they are in for should they listen to John Prescott and give up theirs. What should be one of the major events of the year, the Royal Lancashire Show, is on this week. Let's have a day out,
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ATHLETICS: Middle distance trio join the AAA trials
THREE middle distance stars Jason Lobo, Amanda Parkinson and Kerry Smithson stride out for international glory this weekend, writes GEORGE KIRBY. Described as "the rebirth of UK athletics", the BUPA AAA Championships at Birmingham's Alexander Stadium
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Only 'fat cats' win
REGARDING your report (LET, July 17) on a Dalesrail ramblers train being cancelled due to a coal train derailment at Dent Head on the Settle-Carlisle railway. I would like to enlighten those ramblers whose day's enjoyment of the Dales was spoilt by this
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Home closure threat 'barbaric'
BURNLEY council officers are preparing a report on the threatened closure of Whiteacres home for elderly but an immediate protest to Lancashire County Council has been ruled out. By 21 votes to12 Burnley Council decided to wait until the report goes to
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Ex-Stanley star savaged by dog
A FORMER Accrington Stanley football star was due to have surgery today after being savagely attacked by a dog. David McDowell, 48, was bitten on both arms by the animal as he walked home late yesterday evening. Mr McDowell, landlord of the Bridge Inn
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Roll up...Roll up!
A FLOORCOVERINGS firm has rolled up with a new PR company. Gaskell Textiles, with bases in Clayton-le-Moors and Oswaldtwistle, has appointed Blackburn firm PAPR to handle its publicity. The carpet firm's parent firm, Altham-based Gaskell plc, has been
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Store staff cash in
HUNDREDS of supermarket workers in East Lancashire are celebrating their share of a multi-million pound windfall. Superstore chain Asda, which employs more than 1,000 people at its Accrington, Blackburn, Burnley, Colne and Rawtenstall stores, has handed
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Congregation battles on as church vandals strike
PARISHIONERS are battling against the odds to get building work back on track after vandals attacked their church. A major programme of improvements at St James' Church, Darwen, was threatened when youths went on the rampage causing £1,500 worth of damage
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Red Or Dead fashion guru teams up with Rovers
BLACKBURN Rovers supporters look set to become the most fashionable in the Premiership! Clothes guru Wayne Hemingway - the man behind the multi-million pound Red or Dead label - could be about to design a new range of leisurewear for fans of his hometown
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Hit-and-run driver leaves women seriously hurt
POLICE are hunting a hit-and-run driver who left two young women seriously injured. The women were hit by a white Peugeot 309 car as they crossed a pelican crossing on Barbara Castle Way, Blackburn, at midnight. Police say the driver deliberately drove
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Latest theft is a sign of the times
THIEVES stole a direction sign near council offices in Blackburn town centre just hours after it had been fitted. The new sign had been erected on the Pilkington Street side of the council's Jubilee House complex. Thieves smashed and stole the sign which
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Starving bull mastiff less than half normal weight
A MAN left a bull mastiff on its own in a Haslingden flat, feeding it only once every three days, a court heard. By the time the animal was rescued by the RSPCA, the bitch known as Defan was only half her normal weight and was suffering dehydration and
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Time running out for objectors to development
CAMPAIGNERS in Guide may only have 21 days to send objections to John Prescott over plans to build a major commercial development on their doorsteps. The plan to create a hotel, car showroom, petrol filling station and sports/health centre, as well as
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Unadopted road spells danger
WORRIED villagers claim their lives are being put at risk by a danger road leading to their homes. Unadopted Stubbins Vale Road, the only access to the village of Strongstry in Rossendale, is in such a bad condition that taxi drivers refuse to travel
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Sporty sessions are strictly for the girls
GIRLS-ONLY sports sessions hit the mark with local youngsters taking part in a summer holiday leisure scheme. A leading coach and players visited Pendle Leisure Centre, Colne, for the daily morning sessions in hockey, netball and soccer this week. Diane
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'Don't harass the old folk'
THE conviction of a young man who harassed his gran and made her fear for her safety could open the floodgates for hundreds of elderly people to reveal intimidation by relatives. David Forrest, 24, of Ravenglass Close, Blackburn, was conditionally discharged
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The nosy parkers
A SPATE of car crime and vandalism has prompted council chiefs to recruit security guards to patrol parts of Blackburn Shopping Centre car park seven nights a week. Town centre bosses are hoping the initiative, combined with the CCTV cameras, will make
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Lack of sports facilities loses lottery bid
A MULTI-million pound sports scheme lost out on lottery cash because it did not include enough sporting facilities, shocked councillors have been told. Ribble Valley Council had planned a flagship scheme to take sport in the area into the millennium,
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Check-outs target of sugar-free campaign
A COUNCIL is to target supermarkets in an oral health campaign to get them to operate sugar-free checkouts. Ribble Valley Council's community committee have backed East Lancashire Health Authority's oral health strategy, although they refused to support
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Spending is road to ruin
SO Labour is going to spend, spend, spend. But where on earth is all this money going to come from? There has to be a catch in it somewhere. I can see massive unemployment and soaring interest rates, as we had under the last Labour government which failed
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Bring end to parties
ALTHOUGH I am a Labour voter, I agree with Mrs J Lee (Letters, July 16) that since entering 10 Downing Street Tony Blair has been far too extravagant. He has thrown lots of parties and filled 10 Downing Street with his special advisers, all on big salaries
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Nanny state will not bring us back to family values
EVEN though it is designed to bolster that vital societal unit, the family, which the state has watched disintegrate over the span of barely a generation, the government's proposals for secular "baptisms" and pre-marriage counselling for couples will
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Ward's sad passing
TOMORROW sees the end of an era for the Blackburn, Hyndburn, Ribble Valley Health Care Trust, with the closing of the 'E' wards at Queen's Park Hospital. As someone who has spent more than their fair share of time as a patient on ward E3, I think it is
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Health trust says thanks
BURNLEY Health Trust directors have said thank you for the work of their community services manager, Valerie Schofield, who is leaving for a new post in Blackpool. Trust chief executive David Chew said Mrs Schofield had been with the trust for eight years
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War on ragwort
READING the with latest of Ron Freethy's interesting, well-written and well-illustrated articles, I see that (LET, July 17) he makes reference to ragwort in that... "its yellow blooms contain more than a trace of poisonous cyanide." I may be mistaken,
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Sooty in hospital...
FIFTY-year-old furry pal Sooty will be making a guest appearance at Burnley General Hospital's children's ward. He is making an appearance at Burnley Mechanics from August 6 to 8 with his show of The House That Sooty Built, and is taking time out on August
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Heart disease caused double death tragedy
WORKMATES who died within minutes of each other both suffered from chronic heart disease, a post mortem examination has revealed. Labourer George Taylor, 45, collapsed while mixing cement outside a house in Ightenhill, Burnley, on Wednesday. His boss
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New survey fails to save club plan
BELVEDERE and Calder Vale Sports Club has failed in a last gasp plea to Burnley Council to extend its facilities. Club officials attended the full council meeting but could not get officials to change the decision to keep the land at Highfield Avenue
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Borough paper blasted as 'joke in bad taste'
A COUNCILLOR has called for the scrapping of the Burnley Borough News council newspaper to provide more cash for a scheme providing free or cheap access to sports and arts facilities. Coun Harry Brooks told a meeting of the full council that an Equal
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Council's training record attacked as 'disastrous'
AN ATTACK on Burnley Council's "disastrous'' excursions into the field of training has been blasted independent councillor Harry Brooks. The council had not learnt the lesson that training programmes should have been left to the professionals years ago
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Ternent set to ring the changes
BURNLEY face their first Football League opposition tomorrow with a number of players with points to prove to new boss Stan Ternent, writes PETE OLIVER. With the big kick-off just two weeks away there look to be several places up for grabs in the starting
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Rovers eye Aussie Colosimo
SIMON Colosimo is hungry to join a big European club - and the young Aussie believes that Blackburn Rovers fit the bill, writes PETER WHITE. The 19-year-old central defender, who also plays sweeper, is having trials at Brockhall with a view to a possible
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Power play
FURNISHING fabrics firm Panaz has made a splash with its customers. The Fence company sponsored the national power boat competition held on Windermere and invited more than 50 key people from the contract furnishing and interior design market. Managing
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The Man in the Iron Tomb
Drive And Stroll, with Ron Freethy IF YOU were asked where the British iron industry began, would you choose Sheffield, Scunthorpe, Teeside or Ironbridge in Shropshire? My first choice would have been Ironbridge - but I would have been wrong. To find
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Overseas assistance
A NEW scheme to help small and medium sized firms get to grips with overseas markets has been launched. The initiative is aimed at companies employing fewer than 500 people in Lancashire and other parts of the North West. The European funded scheme will
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MP in plea for Pendle Witches
PENDLE MP Gordon Prentice wants the Government to open up the dungeons where the Pendle witches were held before they were condemned to death. The Labour backbencher has launched a new campaign to ensure that people interested in the history of East Lancashire's
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High praise
MPs HAVE congratulated the Consortium of Lancashire Aerospace for its exhibition at the Commons last week. Chorley MP Lindsay Hoyle has put down a Commons motion, also sponsored by Pendle MP Gordon Prentice and Burnley's Peter Pike who organised the meeting