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Teachers warn of 'pay by results' boycott
TEACHERS in East Lancashire might boycott any government scheme which would involve their pay being calculated from their classroom performance. A new appraisal scheme, which would involve teachers being paid by results, may well come into force in September
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TV licence dodgers face crackdown
TELEVISION licence dodgers face a tough time as licensing bosses launch a major crackdown in Blackburn and Burnley. And a spokesman for TV Licensing said there would be nowhere for dodgers to hide. The month-long clampdown, starting next week, will target
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Bogus callers struck twice in minutes
DETECTIVES have revealed bogus callers struck twice at the same set of flats within minutes. The callous thieves forced their way into neighbouring properties in Fairhope Court, Bank Top, Blackburn, around 5.30pm. The thieves called at the flat of an
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Teen gang's attack for computer games
FOUR teenagers are behind bars for a total of nine years after a youth was twice attacked at his own home - for his computer games. Young dad Michael Wynn, 20, who went to school with victim Daniel Chatburn, went 'masked' into the 18-year-old's flat,
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Tories' budget of cuts
CONSERVATIVES at County Hall have come up with a budget which they say will slash council tax rises and cut jobs at County Hall. Lancashire's controlling Labour group has warned that council tax demands will rocket by 8.5 per cent next year. And the authority
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Great-grandad, 93, dies after road accident
A 93-YEAR-OLD great grandad described as a happy-go lucky man loved by everyone he met has died after being knocked down as he crossed the road outside his home. Joseph Alan Sheard, of Brothers Street, Blackburn, suffered multiple head injuries in the
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Burnley 1 Luton Town 2
SPARE a thought for Paul Crichton when you look at the Second Division table to gauge the impact of Burnley's fifth home defeat of the season, writes PETE OLIVER. The Burnley goalkeeper has barely made a mistake since taking on the unenviable task of
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Pollution 'cancer chemical' shocker
TWO East Lancashire chemical factories are pumping tonnes of cancer-causing fumes into the air each year - and helping make the region the most polluted in the country, according to a report out today. Oswaldtwistle's Nipa Laboratories and the ICI plant
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Aston Villa 1 Rovers 3
STRESS levels were rising fast at Villa Park on Saturday but, while some of Stan Collymore's colleagues were left considering a course of treatment, Jack Walker won't be booking into any expensive clinics, writes PETER WHITE. Blackburn Rovers have not
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Stamp of approval for hospice appeal
I WAS delighted to see the East Lancs Hospice appeal launched (LET, January 29). I am sure the people of East Lancashire will help the appeal reach the target of £1.3 million. Your readers may like to know that the hospice collects used postage stamps
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Make unruly bus pupils walk it
I WISH school children would behave properly on public transport. This follows an unpleasant journey from the Padiham Road area of Burnley to Nelson on January 29. Pupils who boarded the bus were very badly behaved. When I was at school we had special
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Drink driving: It's the limit
IF, as you report (LET, January 26), drastic cuts are needed in the police budget, then could we be informed of the total cost of the recent action against motorists during December, when thousands were stopped and questioned and only a handful found
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SOS for animal sanctuary
REGARDING the possible closure of the Only Foals and Horses sanctuary at Oswaldtwistle (LET, January 29), there are all the millionaires about, as well as big businesses and the lottery, and yet this shelter may have to shut because of a money shortage
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Help through the pain
IT is commonly thought that people can only get arthritis in their hips, knees and other joints. In fact, of the 200 forms of arthritis and rheumatic disease, one type called temporal arteritis affects the blood vessels in the head. It's no joke for those
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We must not tolerate 'cancer' emissions
CLAIMS that two East Lancashire chemical plants are pumping out tonnes of cancer-causing fumes are branded as alarmist by the industries today. Even so, and even with the continuing reduction of them, the nature and sheer amount of these emissions remain
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Help stop the seal slaughter
I HAVE just received by monthly newsletter from International Fund for Animal Welfare, reminding me that the 1999 sealhunt will soon be starting. Beautiful baby harp seals as young as 12 days old will be clubbed to death and skinned, some even being murdered
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Right rise, wrong people
REGARDING the recently-announced pay rise for nurses employed in the NHS, as an ex-nurse, I must criticise the allocation of this and any future pay increase. While I applaud the pay rise wholeheartedly for front-line nurses - student nurses, staff nurses
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Back door charging
WE parents and carers of adults with a mental handicap, have, for the past few years, been fighting on their behalf - against the imposition of charges for attendance at day centres. From the start, we have regarded it as an injustice and, on the part
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Try a joint production
THE continuing blasts of hot air over the future of Clitheroe Civic Hall seem to have produced only one original observation, that from the lady who pointed out (Letters, January 22) that advertising for the Cinema outside Clitheroe is such that she was
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Pooper snoopers to report on dirty dogs
VILLAGERS are being asked to become pooper snoopers in a bid to stop dogs fouling the village's open spaces. Simonstone Parish Council is calling on all householders to report neighbours who walk away after their dogs have fouled local land. A newsletter
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Traders' clamp anger
RELATIONS between Burnley market tenants and their council landlords hit a new low today after the town hall called in a company to clamp their vehicles. Furious market traders claimed today they were being victimised and put out of business by the council
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Bank that listens
BUSINESS bosses in East Lancashire have welcomed the latest interest rate cut. The East Lancs Chamber of Commerce has been campaigning for a further cut to help local manufacturers in the area hit by the strength of the pound. "Following the criticisms
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They believe in Yesterday. . .
BEATLEMANIA hit East Lancashire big time as hundreds flocked to an exhibition reliving the day of Nelson's Imperial Ballroom. And there was no shortage of memorabilia at the Silverman Hall, Nelson, for the organisers, Lancashire-based Tracks, to value
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Hanging suicide of marriage-split dad
A FATHER was found hanging by a dressing gown cord from the banister of his Lower Darwen home. And an inquest heard how Ian Kay, 36, was "torn apart" every time he returned his five-year-old son, Nathan, to his estranged wife after arranged visits - as
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Ex-businessman busker's iron bar threat - court
A BUSINESSMAN turned busker who threatened a schoolboy with a 2ft metal bar has walked free from court. Patrick Park, 47, who had no previous convictions, pointed the weapon towards the 14-year-old's chin as he cycled in Darwen and was later found to
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Pollution 'cancer' shocker
TWO East Lancashire chemical factories are pumping tonnes of cancer-causing fumes into the air each year - and helping make the region the most polluted in the country, according to a report out today. Oswaldtwistle's Nipa Laboratories and the ICI plant
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Pub teen knife slasher behind bars
A NEW Year reveller who slashed a licensee's back, causing a seven inch cut, has gone to detention for 18 months. William Alderson's victim, Robert Bank, had to have 19 stitches in the half-inch deep wound after being attacked with a knife at the Tower
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Christians left out says vicar
INTERNATIONAL aid agencies have hit out at comments from an East Lancashire vicar who accused Muslims of aid discrimination and urged his parishioners to make sure charity begins at home. The Reverend David Ashforth, of St Leonard's Church, Balderstone
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Little injury blow
BURNLEY'S bid to bounce back from their fifth home defeat of the season has been hit by an injury blow to winger Glen Little. Early indications suggest Little is suffering from an abductor strain, a muscle injury which is set to keep him out of next Saturday's
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Trivial pursuit
MAY I point out to N Forrest (Letters, February 1), the objective of my remarks (Letters, January 26) was to highlight the dangers of crossing the road at Four Lane Ends, Blackburn and, hopefully, see some safety measures implemented in the near future
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TEN YEARS AGO: £400,000 haul
LANCASHIRE and Yorkshire detectives were hunting a gang of high-class burglars who netted more than £400,000 in valuable antiques and jewellery. Twenty raids on houses in East Lancashire were thought to have been carried out by the professional gang who
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FIVE YEARS AGO: Night of fortune
A PALMIST was hired to tell nightclub revellers' romantic fortunes at a special Valentine party night at Peppermint Place, Blackburn. Psychic fortune teller Linda Preston, of Kestrel Drive, Darwen, planned to tell clubbers if they would be lucky in love
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Criminals' benefit stop will need watching
THE GOVERNMENT is reported to be adding to its tough-on-crime credentials with a scheme to stop the payment of state benefits to criminals who fail to comply with probation or community service orders. If so, they will be backed all the way by the public
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RUGBY LEAGUE: LANCASHIRE LYNX 13 BRAMLEY 12
LANCASHIRE Lynx kicked off the new league season with a narrow one point victory over Bramley at Victory Park. After half an hour Lynx were trailing 12-0 but a stirring fight back earned them the points. Hero for Lynx was Tommy Hodgkinson with the match
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ICE HOCKEY: HAWKS 6, INVICTA 5
SOLIHULL 17, HAWKS 2 HAWKS slipped to a disastrous defeat at Solihull last night, much to the delight of a former star. Steve Chartrand grabbed a hat-trick as Hawks not only crashed to their heaviest and most embarrassing reverse of the season but also
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Hospitals staff superb
MY six-months-old granddaughter recently contracted meningococcal meningitis and was treated at the Royal Infirmary and Queens Park Hospital in Blackburn. There has been a great deal in the news recently about this horrible, and often-deadly disease and
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Home closures consultation a sham
COUNCILLOR Sue Reid has stated that the reasons for the proposed closure of Shadsworth House home for the elderly in Blackburn were vandalism and the occupancy levels. The report submitted to the council on November 18 also cited these. If this is the
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SALESMAN Martin Fisher has joined Gaskell Textiles' underlay department as sales representative for
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Rovers no to Flowers
TIM Flowers has had his transfer request turned down by Blackburn Rovers, with manager Brian Kidd the major influence on the decision. Things can change quickly and Kidd knows Rovers cannot afford to lose the keeper with the relegation battle still to
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Pool cue 'protection' from pub pair - court
A 'BIZARRE' evening ended unhappily for Paul Steven Dewhurst when he was caught in public with an offensive weapon. Dewhurst, 22, of Duke Street, Oswaldtwistle, pleaded guilty having half a pool cue in a back street on January 10. Dewhurst was granted
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Early blooms
Nature Watch, with Ron Freethy I LOVE the period between mid-February and early May. The days are getting longer all the time and new flowers are appearing all the time. Records sent in by our botanical nature spies always come in thick and fast during
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Painless growth
ONE of the country's most successful entrepreneurs paid a visit to a fledgling firm to witness its own fast growth. John Lancaster, founder of Clitheroe-based Ultraframe, called at Advanced Pain Management in the town, to present the firm with a string
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ELTEC praised over training
A TRAINING body has been singled out for praise for its work in boosting East Lancashire's economy. In the first annual review of Training and Enterprise Councils in the North West, ELTEC was praised for leading the region for its Investors in People
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Mary, 80, dies after road accident
A WOMAN who suffered serious leg injuries in a road accident the day before her 80th birthday has died in hospital. Mary Latham, of Chapelhouse Road, Nelson, suffered a broken leg and ankle and deep cuts to both legs in the accident outside her home on
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Traders' clamp anger
RELATIONS between Burnley market tenants and their council landlords hit a new low today after the town hall called in a company to clamp their vehicles. Furious market traders claimed today they were being victimised and put out of business by the council
