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Villagers play a 'wild' card
CAMPAIGNERS in Guide are set to play a wild card in their bid to prevent a major commercial development on land near their homes. Residents in the village are awaiting the visit of a government inspector who will have the final say on whether industrial
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Ternent signs Mellon
MICKY Mellon is the latest to join the Turf Moor revolution after Stan Ternent today splashed out to sign the Tranmere Rovers midfielder. Ternent unveiled the 26-year-old before setting off for Bristol Rovers where Mellon will make his debut tomorrow.
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Family speak out over shamed solicitor
THE shattered parents of a student who was stabbed to death today said they will never be able to forgive the solicitor whose actions led to the collapse of a murder trial. Shehzad Iqbal died after he was stabbed in the street three years ago and a murder
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Woodgate repays faith of new boss
Blackburn Rovers v Leeds United - Peter White's big match preview A FEW months ago, it would have been a case of Jonathan Who? Now, Leeds United's 18-year-old central defender Jonathan Woodgate is so well known he finds himself experiencing both the fame
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Ward set for debut
BRIAN Kidd was today named as the Premiership's Carling manager of the month for December - just five weeks after taking charge of Blackburn Rovers. The award for Kidd, still wrestling with a host of injury problems for tomorrow's Ewood clash with Leeds
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All change for charities
TWO ancient charities which have helped the "poor, aged, needy and impotent" of Longridge for 300 years have combined to serve the North West. The Thomas Houghton and William Daniels charities have released funds around Christmas for the needy of the
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FIVE YEARS AGO: Factories shed jobs
SEVENTY jobs were lost in Darwen including 38 at envelope makers Chapman Inveresk and 32 at neighbouring factory New Waterside Paper Mill, Eccleshill. But company bosses said that despite severe pressures on the UK printing, publishing and paper making
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Reputation intact
I FOUND Mr D Crowley's comments (Letters, December 31) in respect of Ron Freethy's error over the Canada geese rather pompous. To any knowledgeable bird-watcher the mistake was obvious - and forgivable, knowing Mr Freethy's reputation in the nature world
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Regulars turn up trumps
I WANT to express our thanks to the people of Blackburn, and in particular the regulars at the Griffin and Bee Hive pubs, in Redlam, who, with the efforts of Carole and David Taylor and David's mother Dorothy, have raised the magnificent sum of £3,600
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CRICKET: Ribblesdale eye Premier feeder role
THE Ribblesdale League was one of five potential feeder leagues to the proposed Lancashire Premier League to meet with the Lancashire Cricket Board last night. The Ribblesdale League is being seen as a possible feeder into the Northern League if the Northern
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Cemfuel - a reminder
MAY I remind readers that objections to Castle Cement's application to burn 'Cemfuel' in Kiln 7 at their Clitheroe plant must be with the Environment Agency by January 14. Realistically, history tells us that this proposed increase to three hazardous
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Something to hide? Not Lancashire police
IN the Comment column (LET, January 6), your newspaper criticised Lancashire Constabulary for not providing all of the statistical information it wanted on the Christmas and New Year drink drive campaign. You questioned whether the force has something
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Video pervert gets two years
"A VOYEURISTIC homosexual," who made and directed a sex film featuring a boy, is behind bars for two years. Middle-aged Alan Mason was arrested after being seen by schoolboys trying to video film in Burnley bus station toilets. And today the man who painted
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Pleasant area that escaped the Industrial Revolution
Drive and Stroll, with Ron Freethy - today visiting Pendle AROUND Christmas I braved the threatening weather and walked from Newchurch-in-Pendle to Sabden Fold. Sabden Fold is one of those underrated little hamlets which was once a popular route for packhorses
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Mail order warning to traders
A TRADE group has appealed for help to tackle what it believes may be a growing problem. Several members of Blackburn & District Chamber of Trade have recently had problems involving mail order credit card transactions. "We have had instances reported
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Boom year ahead for software sales
THE UK's craze for computer games helped retailer Electronics Boutique - which has a store in Blackburn - hit a super score over Christmas. Record sales of Sony Playstations were the driving force behind a 31 per cent sales increase in the five key weeks
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Poster bid to keep kids fit
PRIMARY school children in Pendle are invited to take part in a competition organised by Nelson and Colne College students in a bid to encourage them to keep their bodies healthy. The poster contest is open to pupils in reception to Year 3 classes. It
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Survey shows homes unfit to live in
A ROW of decaying terrace houses in Nelson would cost almost £100,000 to bring up to a standard fit to live in, according to a Pendle Council survey Council staff inspected the six homes in Every Street after a yard wall collapsed during a storm in October
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Video pervert gets two years
"A VOYEURISTIC homosexual," who made and directed a sex film featuring a boy, is behind bars for two years. Middle-aged Alan Mason was arrested after being seen by schoolboys trying to video film in Burnley bus station toilets. And today the man who painted
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A question of catering
FORGET A Question of Sport, when it comes to a real 'grilling,' Nelson and Colne College's A Question of Catering really puts the bite on experts. The annual question time event, held at the college's Barrowford Road, Colne, site on January 27, gives
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Guilty sex-assault pensioner's cancer plight
A CANCER-stricken pensioner is facing jail after being convicted of sex assaults - but a judge is allowing him to have treatment first. Walter Pearson, 67, was found guilty of five counts of indecent assault after a four-day trial at Burnley Crown Court
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Ally looks to the play-offs
Bristol Rovers v Burnley - Pete Oliver's big match preview BURNLEY take on Bristol Rovers at the Memorial Stadium tomorrow 13 points adrift of a play-off place and without a win in five League games. But no-one at Turf Moor is writing off the Clarets'
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B-test spot checks caught five out of 32,000
JUST five people were arrested for drink-driving out of 32,101 stopped by police spot checks during the Christmas clampdown. Police revealed the figure today, days after being criticised for not revealing the spot-check figures in their statistics released
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Events in East Lancashire tomorrow (Saturday, January 9th)
"Beauty and the Beast" pantomime, Main Hall, Queen's Park Hospital, Blackburn, 2.15pm. 50/50 Dancing with MC's Duncan and Margaret, Tony's New Empress Ballroom, Town Hall Street, Blackburn, 7.30pm-11pm. Dance, Accrington Town Hall, 8pm. "Aladdin On Ice
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TEN YEARS AGO: Euro cash pledge
THREE East Lancashire companies were promised Euro-cash expansion funds totalling nearly £250,000. The business development grants from the European regional development fund went to Boxes Ltd, of Great Harwood, the Alan Farrow group, of Darwen, and National
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Support was superb
ST John Ambulance in Lancashire would like to say a big thank-you to your newspaper for the support we have received over the past year. Publication of our news releases has greatly enhanced our fund-raising and recruitment projects and given recognition
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Triumph or waste, debate is needed
OBLIGING us now with more detailed figures on its month-long Christmas and New Year blitz on drink-driving, Lancashire Constabulary discloses that out of more than 32,000 motorists stopped at roadside checkpoints, just five failed breath tests. This is
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A call for compassion
REGARDING your Insight report on homeless Michael Herrington (LET, January 4), what a sad, miserable plight this young man appears to be in. He deserves compassion, certainly not abuse and scorn. We have sad cases here in our town. I quietly hand over
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ICE HOCKEY: Hawks looking good for '99
BLACKBURN Hawks blast into 1999 at full pelt - and with a clean bill of health. Hawks started the year on top of the English Premier League and have set their sights on staying there - starting with two points against Romford Raiders tomorrow night at
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Sound bungle a turn-off
TURNING on in readiness for the news, I only saw the tail end of 'Talent of Tomorrow,' an entertainment special on Granada TV on New Year's Eve, in which youngsters from the North-East competed in a talent contest. But I was surprised and pleased to see
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DARTS: George backs Baxter
BOBBY George, the greatest showman to have set foot on the Lakeside stage, is convinced that Ronnie Baxter is just three matches away from his own place in darts folklore. George, widely regarded as the best player never to have won the Embassy World
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Pain goes with glory
BEING, as he is, leader of the ruling-Labour group in Hyndburn, Councillor George Slynn hasn't any option but to accept any criticism or compliments made about his party. You have to accept the pain with the glory. And as for him deserving praise (Letters
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Poisoned by vodka
A SELF-confessed alcoholic who was drinking a bottle of vodka a day died from alcohol poisoning combined with the effects of a prescribed sleeping tablet, an inquest heard. Michael Holmes, of Leamington Avenue, Burnley, told an inquest in Burnley how
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Clarets boss Ternent signs Mellon
MICKY Mellon is the latest to join the Turf Moor revolution after Stan Ternent today splashed out to sign the Tranmere Rovers midfielder. Ternent unveiled the 26-year-old before setting off for Bristol Rovers where Mellon will make his debut tomorrow.
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Ward set for Rovers debut
BRIAN Kidd was today named as the Premiership's Carling manager of the month for December - just five weeks after taking charge of Blackburn Rovers. The award for Kidd, still wrestling with a host of injury problems for tomorrow's Ewood clash with Leeds
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Lack of sparkle
JEWELLERY giant Goldsmiths, which has a store in Blackburn, has reported disappointing trading over Christmas. The firm said sales in the four weeks to January 2 were down by 2.6 per cent compared with last year. Converted for the new archive on 14 July
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Modern ways aid elderly
STEPHANIE Entwistle is only 21 but is already an expert on old age! For Stephanie from Accrington is one of the first people in East Lancashire to complete a Modern Apprenticeship in Care for the Elderly. The subject is one of 40 covered by the ELTEC
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Valet pit-stop for car park
ENTREPRENEUR Mark Watts has swapped his paintbrush for a sponge for his new venture. Former decorator Mark of Haslingden has set up a valeting service based in Blackburn's multi-storey car park. Car Park Valeting has taken over 14 spaces in the Standard
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Lancs banks take account of euro
"A PINT of best mild and a packet of pork scratchings please." "Certainly sir - that'll be 2.57 euros." It is unlikely a conversation along those lines will be heard at the bar of an East Lancashire pub within the next couple of years - at least not until
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Council tenants to pay 2.4 per cent more
COUNCIL house rents in Pendle look set to rise by 2.4 per cent this year. The increase would raise £187,000 towards a £270,000 deficit in the council's housing revenue account that has to be found in order to keep services at the same level. The rise
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Tragic widow killed herself
A GRIEVING wife who had been married for 62 years could not cope with the death of her husband and took her own life just days later. Mrs Priscilla Caygill, 87, was found on Boxing Day by a care assistant in her room at Dercliffe Rest Home, Nelson, where
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A garden to make that day extra special
A GARDEN designed to make newlyweds' big day even more special is one of more than 130 projects in the running for a Lancashire Evening Telegraph Grimewatch award. The garden at the Register Office in Jubilee Street, Blackburn, was landscaped by Blackburn
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Job rush as Sainsbury's fix opening date
SUPERMARKET giants Sainsbury's confirmed today that their new Darwen store will open on March 31. A recruitment drive for up to 150 team leaders and general store assistants was launched yesterday. Sainsbury's community liaison manager Jackie Alderson