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New start for toddlers
A NEW parent and toddler group was opening in Stacksteads today. It was the idea of Gill Platt, Deana Talbot and Karen Wright who were having to travel to groups in Bacup or Rawtenstall. They will help to run the new service in Stacksteads Methodist Church
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MP is dogged in the war on crime
PENDLE MP Gordon Prentice has sensed an opportunity to track down more criminals. He is backing moves by the Home Office for the return of the distinctly low-tech bloodhound. The Pendle MP asked Home Office Minister Paul Boetang what assessment had been
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We were running on empty admits Kidd
NO complaints from Brian Kidd who was convinced the demands of a testing seven-day spell had taken a heavy toll of his depleted squad and was the main reason for their crushing defeat at the hands of an effervescent Sheffield Wednesday side. It was, in
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Form watch
BRASS: Despite playing out of position and taking a few minutes to get back on the pace, the midfield man made an impressive return to the starting line-up and was a dominant figure in the middle...8 DAVIS: No real chances to shine going forward, Davis
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Drugs theory after woman is found dead
DRUGS are thought to have played a part in the death of a 24-year-old woman found unconscious at her Blackburn home. Attempts to resuscitate Bianca Gattei, of Scotland Bank Terrace, Livesey, failed and she was pronounced dead at Blackburn Infirmary. A
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Comic Relief abortion cash row
A FURIOUS row broke out today after an anti-abortion group urged Roman Catholic schools across East Lancashire to boycott raising cash for the Comic Relief campaign. The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) has written to Catholic schools
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Lawrie load of trouble
Wycombe Wanderers 2 Burnley 0 - Pete Oliver's big match verdict ADAMS Park, that graveyard of Burnley dreams, took on yet more nightmare proportions for the Clarets as they had two men sent off while extending their losing record on the ground to four
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Tomorrow's events in East Lancashire
Friends in Bereavement meet in the Day Hospital, Pendle Community Hospital, Leeds Road, Nelson, 7pm. 'Portrait of Nelson Today' - slide presentation by Harold Duxbury. St James Mothers Union, Blackburn, meet in the church lounge, 7.45pm. 'The Bethany
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Christening mayhem
TWO men were in hospital with stab wounds today after violence erupted at a Christening party in a pub. Trouble broke out before last orders were called at the Park Gate Inn, Copster Green last night. A 52-year-old man suffered stab wounds to the back
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TEN YEARS AGO: Man jumps from dock
A MASSIVE police hunt was under way for a Blackburn man who jumped from the dock of the magistrates court on Northgate. Mark Thomas Elliott was flanked by two police officers but vaulted over the back and ran from the building. Police flooded the town
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CRICKET: Lancs elect a woman
LANCASHIRE made history today by electing a woman onto their committee for the first time in the club's history. Janet Entwistle of Southport, came third in the annual poll where eight candidates were fighting for four vacancies. And she displaced one
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CRICKET: Simmons warning over Murali
LANCASHIRE chairman Jack Simmons handed out a blunt warning over the protracted Muttiah Muralitharan affair. Simmons told a packed annual meeting at Old Trafford that he expected Sri Lanka to give permission for Murali to join Lancashire after the World
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SOCCER: Chorley 0 Blyth Spartans 2
MANAGERLESS Magpies looked sadly in need of inspiration after a lacklustre show against a Spartans side which was always sharper and more inventive. Even the arrival of new striker Mark Ceraolo from Morecambe failed to pep up the Chorley front line, but
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ICE HOCKEY: Hawks 16 Oxford 4; Romford 0 Hawks 3
BARRY Hollyhead put the shutters up and Andrew Dickson smashed through the century barrier as Blackburn Hawks celebrated the best weekend of their ice hockey season. Netminder Hollyhead was in sensational form at Romford last night. He kept a clean sheet
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SOCCER: Fans paint Tiverton blue and white
CLITHEROE'S south western safari may have ended in tears but the Blues travelling army refused to let it dampen their spirits, writes ANDY NEILD. Those hardy souls whose 12-hour round trip began at the crack of dawn were still singing when their coach
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SOCCER: Tiverton Town 4 Clitheroe 0
IF ONLY Blues boss Steve Parry could have kidnapped Peter Beardsley. The ex-England striker now winding down his career at Hartlepool United had the Clitheroe squad under his spell on the eve of their big day when he breezed through the hotel bar, where
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Prefect's memories
REGARDING the demolition of the old Accrington Grammar School (LET, January 28), it would appear from the many letters you have published there are many fond memories of the old school. Living in Burnley, my father took me to school on my first day in
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Crash driver hunted
POLICE are hunting a driver who ran off after two cars collided at the junction of Halifax Road and Burnley Road, Brierfield, at 6.30pm on Saturday. One vehicles, a Renault Clio, burst into flames but driver Harry Mandeena, 57, of Venables Avenue, Colne
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Great bands and booze make the weekend swing
AN estimated 600 ale and music lovers visited a beer festival at Oliver's Bar at Burnley Mechanics - but that was only a taste of things to come. Sixteen brews of real ale including Hobgoblin, Old Speckled Hen, Abbot's Ale, Riggwelter and Tiger Best were
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Drive to recruit new Territorials
A CAMPAIGN to boost recruitment to the Territorial Army swings into action in Burnley this week. A series of high-impact advertisements designed by Saatchi and Saatchi are being unveiled at various locations with the message: "In the TA you need to be
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Householders face double inflation bill
A DOUBLE inflation council tax rise of 7.8 per cent faces Burnley householders this year - taking the total bill for the vast majority of those living in terraces to £632. The rise - equal to that announced by neighbouring Pendle council - will be presented
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£70,000 lorries snatched from haulage firm
THE OWNER of an East Lancashire haulage firm which delivers to Sainsbury's stores across the county and in Scotland today blasted thieves who stole two £70,000 vehicles from her 14-strong fleet. The raid at B J Transport on Station Road Industrial Estate
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MP shows how easy it is to save a life
HYNDBURN MP Greg Pope may have helped save someone's life - by taking time out from Parliamentary duties to give blood. Mr Pope attended the blood donor session at the New Era Centre, Paradise Street, Accrington, as one of 60 MPs nationwide who are backing
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Bishop pays tribute to heroic Pals
HEROES of the First World War were honoured at a service to commemorate the bravery of the Accrington Pals. Relatives and friends of the fallen soldiers were among parishioners who remembered a generation of men shattered in the Battle of the Somme. The
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Best carnival ofthis millennium!
CARNIVAL organisers are gearing up for a spectacular end-of-century celebration. The Lancashire Evening Telegraph is a sponsor of this year's Famous Accrington Carnival, which will light up the town on Saturday, June 19. It will be the sixth time the
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Attack victim fights for life
A MAN was fighting for his life today as friends told how he was chased down a back street and attacked by three men believed to have been wielding metal bars. Shabaz Arshad, 21, of Woodfield Terrace, Brierfield, suffered severe head injuries in the attack
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Goal! But neighbours want posts moving
NEIGHBOURS have asked councillors to shift the goalposts in a row over damaged fences. Young soccer aces have been finding the target only for the ball to carry on through the goals and smash into garden fences. The goalposts were fitted on open space
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Death probe
STACKSTEADS: Former soldier Anthony McMullen died suddenly at his home, aged 46. He had lived at West View, Stacksteads since leaving the army two years ago. East Lancashire coroner David Smith opened and adjourned an inquest. Mr McMullen is survived
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Woman robbed in alley
A 48-YEAR-OLD woman was knocked to the ground when a thief stole her handbag in Blackburn town centre. The robbery took place yesterday at 12.15 as she walked down an alley close to Mercers in Northgate. The offender wore a black bob cap and a light-coloured
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Swan set for scan on knee
PETER Swan was today undergoing a scan on his injured knee with the Clarets hoping that he won't be added to their growing list of absentees. Burnley had Lenny Johnrose and Ally Pickering sent off as they lost 2-0 at Wycombe Wanderers on Saturday to slip
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Rudi awakening for Rovers
Blackburn Rovers 1 Sheffield Wednesday 4 - Peter White's big match verdict DEEP in the heart of Ewood's equivalent to the legendary Anfield 'boot room', there would be hurt and disappointment at a scoreline and performance which must have left Blackburn
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B & B guest broke trust
A FORMER guest at a Ribble Valley bed and breakfast establishment has started a three-month jail term for molesting the owners' daughter. Ian McDonald, 53, was convicted of two counts of indecent assault, after a trial last year, at Burnley Crown Court
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FIVE YEARS AGO: Armed police swoop
ARMED police swooped on a suspected terrorist and seized a cache of explosives and guns in the crowded Accrington town centre while terrified eye-witnesses were told to keep down and stay down. A man was arrested and immediately driven down the M6 guarded
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New Labour is just like all the rest
WHEN the government tries to gag the press - particularly when it is one which, in seeking power, preached openness - it ought to have a very good reason. So what lay behind Home Secretary Jack Straw's subsequently-thrown out attempt to stop newspapers
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No wide TV unless it's free
WHEN I read Granada Television's reply to Mrs Ashcroft's complaint about the shape of the picture on TV (Letters, February 15) I rubbed my hands with joy at their generosity because the only way that there will only be widescreen television will be if
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Take the train? What a strain
GOING to Preston for a drink with friends, I decided to catch the train. Because of the times of local buses, it meant a 20-minute wait at Blackburn station - or so I thought! Arriving at the station on a freezing evening, I found that it hasn't had toilets
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Town must shape up
I READ (LET, February 9) with some dismay that Blackburn with Darwen Council are once again hundreds of thousands of pounds in debt, through non-payment of rents. It seems to me that this happens every year. This is a lot of money which could have been
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Shelter packed out
LINDA Green (Letters, February 4) has discovered for herself a fact that all the charities working with domestic animals are only too well aware of - this country has a massive stray cat problem. Ms Green was advised, quite correctly, that her local RSPCA
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Indigestion? No it's a baby!
YOUNG mum Katherine Green today paid tribute to medics who saved the life of the baby she did not even realise had been conceived. The 19-year-old gave birth to little Charlie Anne May on the stairs of her Darwen home. She got up in the middle of the
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Christening mayhem
TWO men were in hospital with stab wounds today after violence rupted at a Christening party in a pub. Trouble broke out before last orders were called at the Park Gate Inn, Copster Green last night. A 52-year-old man suffered stab wounds to the back
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We won't end up in drop scrap: Brass
CHRIS Brass is backing Burnley's battling qualities to steer them clear of a second successive relegation battle. The Clarets have a five-point cushion above the drop zone and despite playing more games than most of their rivals look to have enough in
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Form watch
FILAN: A strange afternoon for the keeper who was beaten four times but made one or two good saves as well...6 KENNA: If the Republic of Ireland international ever has nightmares they will probably involve Petter Rudi running free in acres of space...5
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Rovers ace McKinlay facing groin op
BILLY McKinlay faces surgery to cure his groin injury problems as Blackburn Rovers boss Brian Kidd's midfield crisis takes another turn for the worse. And this latest injury blow simply underlines the urgent need for Rovers to recruit another influential
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Arts hit the Lottery jackpot
FOUR East Lancashire arts projects were today celebrating scooping £53,200 from the Arts Council of England to run exciting millennium festival projects. Mid Pennine Arts in Burnley, Little World Ltd in Rossendale, Longridge Millennium Committee and Burnley
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Musical of faith heads for Clitheroe
CHRISTIANS throughout the North West will make their way to Clitheroe tomorrow to see a millennium show backed by pop icon Sir Cliff Richard. Hopes and Dreams, a professional multi-media musical backed by Christian Churches in Britain, is touring the
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Jag youths in 90mph chase
TWO youths who sped through a town centre in stolen a prestige car have both paid the price with their liberty. Colin Fisher, 19, who was at the wheel of the Jaguar XJ6 as it sped through Accrington, was sent to detention for two years and three months
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Guides' big day
HUNDREDS of Guides took part in the annual Thinking Day Services across East Lancashire. Services were held at St John's, Crawshawbooth, All Saints Church, Earby, and St John Southworth Church, Nelson. Taking part in the services, at which the renewal
