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Annie was a great sport
SPORTS development staff have paid tribute to pensioner Annie Murray who died last week. The octogenarian was the most regular visitor to Blackburn with Darwen Council's sports team's programme for people over 50. Her favourite sports were horse riding
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Where do the late night boozers get their drink?
OWNERS of a town centre pizza and kebab hut have claimed frustrated and hungry drinkers smash their windows if they do not open late. Councillors are being urged to crack down on late opening and planners say since the closure of Horace's, Bacup's only
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Council will pay for your Millennium proposal
BLACKBURN with Darwen Council wants your ideas for millennium projects and events in communities across the Borough. These ideas will then be considered by the Council's Millennium Task Group which is co-ordinating year-long celebrations for everyone.
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New heated boots could cut soccer injuries
FOOTBALLERS running on to the pitch on chilly winter days next season are in for a treat for their feet! An East Lancashire firm has developed a heated football boot - and believes the technology could be extended to other uses including labourers' wellies
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Stan calls for patience from the fans
BURNLEY boss Stan Ternent insists he is no magician and has appealed for patience and backing from the Clarets' fans as he tries to reverse the club's current fortunes. Ternent spoke out after his side lost 1-0 at Vauxhall Conference side Morecambe last
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Rovers start search for successor to Hendry
ROY Hodgson will have to start virtually from scratch in his attempts to find a replacement for Colin Hendry, who has stressed there is no going back on his decision to quit Ewood. For the Rovers boss admitted that he had not been considering having to
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MP slams doorstep delivery ruling
ANGRY milkmen today launched a campaign to overturn a new bylaw banning the employment of youngsters in the delivery of doorstep pintas. And Ribble Valley MP Nigel Evans has called on milk delivery firms to mount a legal challenge against the new ruling
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Armchair adventure!
Valerie Cowan Surfs the Net ONE OF my favourite things about the Internet is the way it allows you to follow the activities of scientists and researchers working in far off places. Where once you would have had to wait until the team returned from their
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Taj Mahal and Eugene"Hideaway" Bridges, at Colne Municipal Hall
TWO world class blues performers set about showing just how varied the blues can be, writes MARK ASQUITH. Former Burnley Blues Festival headliner Eugene "Hideaway" Bridges, often compared to the great BB King, got things off to a blistering start with
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TEN YEARS AGO: Tyres warning
MOTORISTS in East Lancashire were warned their tyres could be potential killers. Rumanian-made Danubiana tyres had been on sale throughout the county and drivers were urged to return them immediately. Department of Transport tests showed the tyres did
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Voting to conscience
I WROTE recently to my MP Jack Straw, expressing my concern over the lowering of the age of consent for homosexual sex. In his reply, he rattled on about the vote being a free vote, allowing MPs to vote according to their conscience. Fine, but in an issue
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Ignore barmy Brussels
EARLY risers see them everywhere - the youngsters helping milkmen with the doorstep deliveries. But come September, this willing workforce gets the sack - because of a new by-law, introduced by councils in Lancashire, that says delivering milk is something
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Tribute to hospital staff
IWISH to pay tribute to Dr Myers, Dr Chatterjee, all the junior doctors, nurses and staff of D3 ward at Queen's Park Hospital, Blackburn, for their kindness and consideration to me while I was a patient there. The doctors were patient and professional
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Was king a winner?
IWONDER if Mrs J Lee (Letters, July 16) could inform me of one battle, other than the Boyne, where William III actually won. Incidentally, according to one of William's supporters, James II and his generals had left the area before the 'battle' had begun
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SUPERBIKES: Foggy's four wheel drive!
CARL Fogarty today hinted at a new mouth-watering career on four wheels when his Superbike days are over. The Blackburn former world champ is to consider his future with Ducati after the Brands Hatch round of the World Superbike Championship at Brands
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Are folk in right jobs?
THE Lancashire Evening Telegraph does a great deal in righting wrongs for its readers. Authorities fail to respond to such cases as Mrs Eveline Price's wheelchair ramp (LET, July 20), Mary Duxbury's wait for heart surgery (LET, July 8) and the poor chap
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The right decision
I AM in complete agreement with the House of Lords' decision to throw out the homosexual age of consent amendment. Older people have greater wisdom and a conscience which can be relied upon to guide laws through politics which will benefit the moral standing
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Prescott plans a flop
JOHN Prescott's plans for getting the motorist out of his car and on to public transport won't work. For one thing, a large proportion of motorists are too lazy to walk a hundred yards if they can go in the car. I have seen a driver come out of a shop
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Home's plea for memorabilia
A HAPTON nursing home is appealing for goods from the 1930s, 40s or 50s to create a reminiscence room for residents. Wordsworth House Nursing Home, Wordsworth Street, has set aside a room in the home to be converted with memorabilia which will help trigger
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Time extension urged for equestrian centre
.A HORSE and carriage driving centre may still be set up in Burnley, even though controversy surrounds the plan. The project on land at Woodplumpton Road, Habergham Eaves, failed to leave the starting gate five years ago when council planners first gave
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Curtain down on £10m Empire Theatre dream
CASH-strapped Burnley councillors have withdrawn support for a £10 million plan to restore the Empire theatre to its former glory - after hearing the project would close the Mechanics theatre. The crippling costs of Burnley Light Opera Society's scheme
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Estate meeting
TENANTS on a Rishton estate will have their say on Hyndburn Council's housing repair programme when they meet town hall officials tonight. Residents of Sands Estate are due to hear whether repairs cash will be spread more evenly. A storm of protest blew
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Students' degrees of success
STUDENTS are celebrating success after passing degrees in a scheme organised by Accrington and Rossendale College. The college teamed up with Liverpool John Moores and Sheffield Universities to offer higher education courses. And 36 students are beaming
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Lichen us more and more!
Nature Watch, with Ron Freethy A SURE sign that East Lancashire has become a healthier place to live in recent years is the increase in the amount of lichen growing in the area. Lichen is a combination of two plants. There is a fungus partner which grows
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Fergie's double
NO, no, no - this cannot be true. Someone must be taking the mickey. Last week's £500 winner in Blackburn Rovers' Double Your Money Club was. . .Mr A Ferguson, of Blackburn (number 095A)! Aarghh! Now those pesky Old Trafford plc shareholders might even
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Milkmen angry at Euro ban on young helpers
THE first sound countless East Lancashire folk hear in the morning is the distinctive noise of a milk float trundling down the street and the clink of bottles on the doorstep. But only the earliest risers get to see how the bottle of milk gets from the
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Quote of the week
"I definitely don't want to stay in football as a coach and, although I always thought golf was a poof's game, I now like it more than football" - Julian Dicks on wanting to become a pro golfer when his West Ham contract expires. Nice to see that Julian's
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Extras-ordinary
CHORLEY cricket professional Tim Menting put himself in danger of getting a reputation as a bit of a wide boy. For the unfortunate Tim had a day to forget when he opened the bowling at Windsor Park against St Annes. The young Aussie's over lasted 18 deliveries
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Risk of escape - so witch dungeons to stay locked
AN EAST Lancashire MP has lost his fight to have the Pendle Witch dungeons re-opened. He was told that if the dungeons where the witches were imprisoned almost 400 years ago were opened to the public then prisoners could escape. Pendle MP Gordon Prentice
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None so blind...
THE mad march of political correctness goes on - now with the children's nursery rhyme Three Blind Mice being banned by a parent and toddler group because it involves cruelty to animals and could insult blind people. Goosey Goosey Gander has also been
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It's a family affair
TRUST a nanny-minded government - and one rediscovering its old socialist instinct to splurge on spending - to come up with the idea of paying grandparents to mind their own grandchildren. Ostensibly, it's all part of a drive to enable mothers to return
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Where's the logic?
AMONG all the venom shrieked at the House of Lords by gay activists and high dudgeon among the gay-friendly Labour MPs whose overwhelming vote to legalise homosexual sex for 16-year-olds was thrown out by peers, there was an outstanding quote by the one-time
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Value of a class system
The opinions expressed by John Blunt are not necessarily those of this newspaper TEACHERS in East Lancashire are so disillusioned that they are quitting in droves, according to union chief Simon Jones. Dear me, it must be those long hours, the poor pay
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Resign call in £50,000 wrong stone plan battle
LEADING councillors have been urged to resign after defeat in a controversial planning dispute which is set to cost £50,000 and led to a couple facing financial ruin. Philip Garvey said his wife, Janet, was diagnosed with nervous depression and suffered
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Springboard to business success
EAST Lancashire women who boosted their confidence and business skills through an innovative training scheme have been rewarded. The 40, from Blackburn, Burnley, Ribble Valley, Hyndburn, Pendle and Rossendale, successfully completed the Springboard programme
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Rovers are champions for disabled fans, says report
BLACKBURN Rovers is top of the league for accommodating disabled fans. The Ewood Park club emerged as number one in a Government-backed report which also highlights top football clubs which have failed to provide sufficient seats for wheelchair-bound
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Brothers admit baseball bat attack on axeman
A MURDER trial sparked off violent events which left a man fighting for his life after a baseball bat attack, Preston Crown Court heard. Gerald McCullion had brain surgery to remove a blood clot and was not expected to survive the night. The 48-year-old
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Events in East Lancashire tomorrow (Thursday, July 30th)
The Curiosity Club - arts, crafts, games, gardening and short visits, for children seven years and over, Ivy Street Community Centre, Blackburn, 1.30-3.30pm. Admission 25p. Summer Playschemes, Bangor Street Community Centre; Green Lane Community Centre
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Beavers seek adult helpers
AN appeal has gone out for adults to sign up as leaders with a fun group for youngsters. Clitheroe and District Beavers are desperately seeking leaders, organiser Sue Buckley said. The group recently held its first annual sports night and family barbecue
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Girlfriend warned of biker's tragic death
A MOTORCYCLIST who died after a collision with a tractor had been warned by his girlfriend: "That bike will kill you." Property developer Stephen Durkin, 32, died as he returned from his weekly pilgrimage to Devil's Bridge at Kirby Lonsdale, on Sunday
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My family comes first: Colin Hendry tells why he's leaving Ewood
COLIN Hendry confirmed last night that he has played his last game for Blackburn Rovers. In his first interview since dropping the bombshell that he was leaving Ewood Park, Hendry revealed that it was a case of putting family values above everything for
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Four public halls face scrutiny
FOUR council-run public halls are to go under the spotlight in a bid to improve how they are marketed and boost their income by 10 per cent in a year. Now promoted as Valley Venues, Rossendale's four public halls are to come under scrutiny amid suggestions
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Actors say last goodbye to Tod
MEMBERS of Pendle's amateur dramatic theatre scene will pay their last respects to one of the area's best known characters at his funeral service tomorrow. Thomas Todhunter, better known to local theatregoers as simply Tod Hunter, died at his home in
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Parents in fight to find cure for rare childhood disease
THE parents of a Blackburn child with a rare genetic disorder have called on local people to help them raise funds to find a cure for the disease. Mark Beniston and Claire Thorpe spent eight months anxiously waiting to find out why their one-year-old
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Hendry scraps £500,000 testimonial for Rangers
COLIN Hendry has walked away from an estimated £500,000 testimonial pay cheque to grab his chance of playing for Rangers. Giving his only newspaper interview, exclusively to the Lancashire Evening Telegraph, since it was revealed that he had made up his
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Stan's plans get shot down
Morecambe 1 Burnley 0 - Pete Oliver's match verdict IN THE unlikely event that Stan Ternent had any doubts about the size of the job he is facing at Turf Moor then last night will have helped further dispel them. With the exception of Andy Payton, Burnley
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Canal charity cycle
ROTARACT members in the Ribble Valley will get on their bikes to raise cash for the Multiple Sclerosis Society. The Rotaract Club, a social and fund-raising club for 18 to 30-year-olds, is to undertake a 125-mile sponsored bike ride along the Leeds to
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FIVE YEARS AGO: Killers named
PAKISTAN police officially named the alleged killers of a Nelson taxi driver gunned down on his return to the country. Mohammed Afzal died in a hail of bullets on a visit to his home village of Jaurah. Pendle MP Gordon Prentice spent nine months investigating
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GYMNASTICS: Heap's Common touch
BURNLEY gymnast Craig Heap has been selected in the England team for the Commonwealth Games. Heap, ranked number one in Britain, had been in danger of missing out on a place in the England team through injury. He missed the English Open because of a tendon
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Don't scrimp on care in the community
NOT before time, the government reads the last rites for Care in the Community for people with mental illness. For, however well-intentioned was the philosophy of shutting the old asylums and placing patients in society, the upshot in far too many cases
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CRICKET: Wanderers' policy pay-off
RIBBLESDALE Wanderers are bearing the fruits of their youth policy as they emerge as the dark horses in the race for the Ribblesdale League title they haven't won since 1963. The Clitheroe club are in joint third place on the same points as defending
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CRICKET: Atherton facing marathon semi trek
MARATHON man Mike Atherton faces a severe test of even his stamina in the NatWest Trophy semi-finals. Lancashire were today drawn to play Hampshire at Southampton on August 11 - the day after the end of the Fifth Test at Headingley. It means that if the
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Foal fund swelling
THANK you for printing my 'One in a Million' appeal (Letters, July 7) for the Only Foals and Horses Sanctuary's land purchase fund. I have been so touched by the reaction from people who have donated coins, notes and cheques. The fund stands at £820,
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Lords give good value
IN a prime example of engaging mouth before brain, our government is committed to replacing the 'undemocratic' House of Lords because of the influence of unelected peers. Just a minute, though, what about the influence of all those unelected spin doctors
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Commons debate over Lucas jobs
BURNLEY MP Peter Pike will tonight appeal for Government action to promote the use of compressed natural gas in cars to save dozens of jobs in his constituency. The Labour backbencher will make his case at a special 30-minute House of Commons debate.
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Bogus officials alert
OLD FOLK in Burnley have been warned about doorstep conmen after a spate of sneak-in burglaries. In the latest incident involving two bogus council workers, £200 cash and an £800 gold and diamond ring were stolen from the Hurtley Street home of an 86-
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Protest over race councils merger
RACIAL equality campaigners plan to stage a demonstration tonight to protest at plans to dissolve Hyndburn and Rossendale Racial Equality Council. Objectors will gather outside the council's Accrington office in Oak Street at 6pm as a meeting to discuss
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Funny old game
DIEGO Maradona was linked this week with a possible move to Spanish Second Division outfit Badajoz. It appears that the president of Badajoz is Argentine comic Mauricio Tinelli. So that makes two of them then. Converted for the new archive on 14 July
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Shear we go again
THERE was a familiar look to Ceefax last week when their top story headline read: 'Rovers deny Shearer move rumours'. They must have had that one set in stone - so often was it used in the past. It was soon corrected to 'Newcastle' but it makes you wonder
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MP Janet lands 'showbiz' job
EAST Lancashire MP Janet Anderson has won a "glittering prize" job in charge of tourism, film and broadcasting in the government reshuffle. And the Rossendale and Darwen MP has promised to make sure that the history and beauty of the region is properly