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Moors reunion ensures village is not forgotten
MORE than 200 people connected with a East Lancashire village were reunited on the moors above Haslingden. The descendants of former residents of the village of Grane, which partly disappeared when the area was flooded to create a reservoir, met up to
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Holiday rock is free
ROCK in the park returns to Pendle next month. Local band Slack Alice will headline the concert in Letcliffe Park, Barnoldswick, on August 9. Other local bands Cheatin' Hearts and Twisted Wheel will also appear. Pendle Council entertainments manager,
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Fresh probe into mystery holiday death
THE grieving family of a Colne man who died on holiday in Turkey are hoping further tests will reveal the cause of death. Denby Lee, 48, of Duke Street, went to bed as normal part-way through a fortnight's holiday in the coastal resort of Marmaris and
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Worker beat victim with bat
AN ENGINEER who hit a workmate with a baseball bat has been sent to jail for a year. James Turner, 42, attacked victim Jon Shuttleworth after he was told Mr Shuttleworth had informed bosses about missing jet engine blades from Weston's in Station Road
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Europe city guide warning
TRADING Standards officers are warning companies to be aware of a circular about a European City Guide. Officers in Lancashire have received a number of complaints and queries about the guide being published by a Spanish company. Firms throughout Lancashire
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Race case ex-soldier battles on
AN ASIAN Gulf War veteran who claims he suffered a decade of racial harassment today resumed his long-running battle for compensation against the Ministry of Defence. Nasar Khan, 33, of Blackburn, hopes an industrial tribunal in Manchester will allow
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Ternent's blast after sloppy performance
STAN TERNENT has warned a section of his players to shape up or face being replaced by new signings. Ternent was furious with his side's defensive display as the Clarets drew 3-3 at Third Division newcomers Halifax Town on Saturday. And he pulled no punches
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Clarets hit by back trouble
Halifax Town 3 Burnley 3 - Pete Oliver's match verdict STAN Ternent has less than two weeks to forge an efficient fighting unit out of a side that looked in parts like the Home Guard at The Shay on Saturday. Defensively the Clarets are struggling and
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Rangers still hunt Hendry
MORE speculation about Colin Hendry's Ewood future was the sort of build-up Blackburn Rovers could have done without as they prepared to face Wolves tonight in the first of their three pre-season friendlies back home in England. A national newspaper claimed
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Events in East Lancashire, Tuesday July 28th
Birds of Prey display, Belthorn County Primary School's field, Belthorn Road, 1-4pm. The Curiosity Club for children age seven upwards, arts, crafts, games etc., Ivy Street Community Centre, Blackburn, 1.30pm to 3.30pm. Summer Playscheme, Sudellside Community
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Yo-yo just bounces back
IT'S been around since about 400BC but the return of the yo-yo - which, according to retailers, has become this summer's top-selling toy - proves that kids' crazes come round and round over the years. For while older readers may remember a yo-yo fad flaring
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FIVE YEARS AGO: Fat Cat pay storm
PRIME Minister John Major joined the chorus of criticism over North West Water bosses' massive pay rises. In a letter from Downing Street to Blackburn MP Jack Straw he stressed that the bosses should show pay restraint, and showed his sympathy for East
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GOLF: Lora shares eighth spot
CHORLEY'S Lora Fairclough enjoyed a share of eighth place in the Chrysler Open at the Sjogard Golfklubb in Sweden yesterday. Fairclough shot a level par 73 in her final round to finish four over par for the four rounds, 12 shots adrift of winner Laura
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SOCCER: Deepdale delight
PRESTON's pre-season preparations produced an excellent 2-1 win over Celtic at Deepdale yesterday. A crowd of close on 4,000 watched Preston beat a young and inexperienced Celtic side 2-1. Mark Rankine gave North End the lead before John Paul McBride
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Boom and bust bloomer
FIGURES released over the last few weeks have shown that the Labour Government is failing to maintain the stable economic situation that was left them by the previous government. Inflation is up, interest rates are up, unemployment is up, mortgage repayments
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CRICKET: Lancs crawl to a draw
LANCASHIRE did not win any friends, or the match, with their safety first attitude at Colwyn Bay on Saturday. And they have slipped to fourth in the Championship table. But they still closed the gap on leaders Surrey by four points, taking seven bonus
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Put up price of petrol
REGARDING John Prescott's transport plan, it is impossible to suddenly say to the nation: "Don't use your car," when cars have become a way of life. Public transport has deteriorated over the years and railway stations have closed. To improve everything
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£44,000 translates as 'good value for money'
A COST of £44,000 for Burnley's translation unit has been interpreted as good value for money by council chiefs. Independent councillor Harry Brooks asked how long council taxpayers in Burnley would have to continue to pay for the service which was supposed
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Kiddies on the road again after minibus is snatched
AN ANGRY dad has come to the rescue of youngsters with special difficulties who were left stranded by thieves who stole their nursery minibus. Dave Warburton, whose three-year-old daughter, Hannah, attends the Stepping Stones development therapy nursery
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Shock for boss as axe falls on security scheme
AN Accrington security boss says the town will be the worse after a decision to axe a community warden scheme to save cash. Hyndburn Borough Council decided to cut the project, which had been set up in November, 1994, at a recent meeting. But Shaun Raywood
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Stepping out for charities
WORKERS put their best foot forward for charity Employees from BAe Samlesbury raised more than £1,800 by completing a sponsored walk from the factory to their sister site at Warton. The 45 employees took between four and seven hours to complete the trek
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Who needs sun when there's summer fun?
A SUMMER fun day lived up to its name as hundreds of residents of a Pendle estate enjoyed a bumper day of activities and amusements. Residents of Hodge House estate, Nelson, flocked to Regent Street playing fields to enjoy a repeat of last year's pioneering
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Kindness repaid by theft
A HOMELESS man who was given shelter repaid his landlady by stealing household goods, a court heard. Mark Clough, 31, of Hector Road, Darwen, admitted theft when he appeared at Blackburn magistrates court and was bailed for sentencing in three weeks.
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Eyes in the sky will keep a watch over town centre
VANDALS and troublemakers face being driven out of Darwen town centre by high tech 'eyes and ears' which will soon monitor their every move. Councillors and town hall officials gathered to mark the start of work on a £95,000 closed circuit television
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Ex-seaman, 93, found dead in front of gas fire
A FORMER merchant seaman was found dead in his Darwen home only days before his 94th birthday after a worried neighbour alerted police. Pensioner Harry Walsh, of Ivinson Road, had died in front of his gas fire and his body was so badly affected by heat
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Drunken dad, 19, threatened to 'cut officers' throats'
A NEW dad who got drunk after he split with his girlfriend, threatened to cut police officers' throats, a court heard. Joseph Benjamin Jenkins, 19, squared up to an officer and one felt so threatened at the police station he used CS gas, Burnley magistrates
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Disabled help for holidays
A FREE holiday information booklet for disabled people is now available from Blackburn with Darwen Council for Voluntary Service. It is full of information on holiday companies and services which can help disabled people find the right holiday. Disabled
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Spy cameras promise happy Christmas for traders
SHOPKEEPERS have been promised every effort will be made to get a town's new closed circuit television system in place by Christmas or the New Year. The CCTV system for Bacup is being funded by an anonymous £100,000 donation and there are already plans
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Cheated ROF is owed more than this
THE WRITING looked to be on the wall for Blackburn's once-mighty Royal Ordnance factory today. And what a sad and tragic blow it will be for the town if one option facing the works this afternoon becomes reality - that of moving what is left of the ROF
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Plea for playground
THE children of Mill Hill in Blackburn have just got a fabulous new playground to add to the playground already there. Can I ask when the children in Bank Top with Wensley Fold will get one? Are playgrounds in the plans for the redevelopment of Bank Top
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£30,000 States trip a waste
WE are all aware how highly the Prime Minister values the support of Rupert Murdoch and his publishing empire. But to send his Chancellor all the way to Idaho in the USA to attend a Murdoch news executives' conference is surely going too far. Mr Murdoch
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CRICKET: Don't write us off warns Rushton
IF CHERRY Tree feel as though they have again got one hand on the Vaux Ramsbottom Cup, which they won so convincingly last year, then Earby skipper Steve Rushton is determined to make them think again. There's no doubt that double-holders Cherry Tree
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Drug rehab centre badly sited
REGARDING the proposal to open a drug rehabilitation centre in Bridge Street, Darwen, in recent years this street has had a considerable amount of money spent on it so that people can shop in comfort without the worry of traffic, particularly the elderly
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Six and a half years jail for duo caught in police sting
TWO burglars arrested in the police Operation Canberra have been jailed for six and a half years amid claims they were 'encouraged' to offend. Daniel Devlin, 25, was sent to prison for three-and-a-half years. Christian Ormonde, 28, who has no previous
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Unusual reaction to drug killed woman
A PENSIONER being treated in hospital for blood clots died of a rare complication. But not to give her the anti-coagulant drugs which ultimately led to her death would have been negligent, an inquest heard. Home Office pathologist Dr William Lawler told
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Man in undies made threats
A HOUSE was cordoned off when a drunken man, clad only in his underpants, threatened paramedics in a Kung Fu stance. Arthur Orford, 53, swore at police, approached them apparently intent on fighting and was eventually brought down by a police dog, Burnley
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Six go on African trip of a lifetime
SIX teenagers from Hyndburn are flying out to Tanzania later this year to help with an orphanage and clinic project. The trip of a lifetime will take them to the Bethany Project in the remote village of Mwanza set up by the Oswaldtwistle-based Northern
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Police found 'pot' plant on TV
A MAN with no criminal record committed a series of offences over six months after turning to drugs following a personal tragedy, a court heard. Now magistrates have given him a year's probation to tackle his problem and told him: "We hope a probation
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Woman struck as she tried to stop a row
A YOUNG dad punched the friend of his former girlfriend when she tried to stop a 'heated row,' Burnley magistrates heard. Christian Cormack, 24, struck Sharon Crook in the face when she objected to him grabbing her friend, the court was told. Cormack,
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MP joins row over unborn child that nobody wants
AN EAST Lancashire MP has promised to raise the case of a mum-of-five at the centre of a surrogacy row over an unwanted unborn baby with a Government Minister. Rossendale and Darwen MP Janet Anderson said the case of Claire Collier, 29, of Cooper Street
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'Specials' will be recruited to combat rail attacks
A SCHEME to recruit special constables to patrol trains will be up and running before Christmas, it was revealed today. The 'specials' will be used by British Transport Police across the UK following a successful pilot scheme in East Lancashire. The part-time
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Trading Standards warning on work-at-home schemes
TRADING Standards officers are warning people not to be caught out by schemes which promise big earnings for working at home. The schemes, which often involve re-addressing envelopes of making up kits of some kind, are often advertised in shop windows
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The forgotten castaway
ECHOING the tale of Robinson Crusoe, East Lancashire could lay claim to its own forgotten castaway. But can readers complete his astounding adventure story - brought to Looking Back 132 years later by a man who believes he is a descendant of shipwreck
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TEN YEARS AGO: Rail sabotage claim
SABOTAGE was putting thousands of lives at risk on the North West's railway network, it was revealed. British Rail police were called in to investigate claims that striking signal engineers had been tampering with equipment, prompting fears of a horrific
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ATHLETICS: Lewis takes tour title
ROSSENDALE athlete Dave Lewis came out on top in the gruelling Coolmax Tour of Tameside. The six-stage series covered 52.4 miles within a week with Lewis finishing with the best aggregate time. The three-times English national cross-country champion finished
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Leave it out, Sun!
THE SO-CALLED silly season is supposed to start when Parliament shuts down for the summer, leaving newspapers short of serious stuff. But this year the slapdash Sun has kicked off early. And playing with a fractured funny-bone, true to form, it dragged
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ATHLETICS: Lightning Lobo takes AAA 800m title
JASON Lobo, from Blackburn, sits on top of British 800m running, AAA Champion after a great race in the final of the BUPA AAA Championships and Trials at Alexander Stadium, Birmingham. Keeping out of trouble in a closely bunched field, he shared the lead
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Property not suitable
IF Mrs Eveline Price required a ramp to give her access to her home (LET, July 20), why did she buy a property which was obviously not suitable? I assume she did not buy the house unseen. Why should Hyndburn Council pick up the bill because Mrs Price
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World Cup squad honour for Darren
KEEN footballer Darren Stowe is on target to make it a double for Burnley when he joins team mate Ben Brotherton playing for England. Darren and Ben, both 17, play for Burnley Community Team and now both have been selected for the 16-strong England squad
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Ternent's blast after sloppy performance
STAN TERNENT has warned a section of his players to shape up or face being replaced by new signings. Ternent was furious with his side's defensive display as the Clarets drew 3-3 at Third Division newcomers Halifax Town on Saturday. And he pulled no punches
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Workers step out on a long Good Friday
Summer Walks with Ron Freethy ONE of the most "traditional walks" in East Lancashire is down along Ightenhill Park Lane and along Pendle Water to Padiham. In the 1960s, I lived on Ightenhill and I was given a photograph of a Good Friday scene. It shows
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Marsden chief happy with 'no' to bank vote
THE boss of East Lancashire's building society has welcomed the vote against conversion to a bank by members of Britain's biggest. Neil Shoesmith, the recently appointed chief executive of the Nelson based Marsden society, said the vote against windfall
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Church full of flowers
A FLORAL library of books was on show at St Anne's Flower Festival, Chapeltown. The Chapeltown Road church was filled with more than 70 flower arrangements depicting book titles from Romeo and Juliet to The Wind in the Willows. Flowery planets hung from