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Job chance wishes are granted
DOLE queues are a thing of the past for trainees at 30 companies in Blackburn and Darwen thanks to a council scheme. Blackburn with Darwen Council has distributed nearly £200,000 to finance training programmes for companies in the borough who have taken
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Valley host to East Europe visitors
ROSSENDALE rolled out the welcome mat for visitors from Lithuania who have formed links with St Paul's Church and primary school, Rawtenstall. For the past two years the church has supported a Lithuanian orphanage with toys, clothing and teaching aids
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Welcome for probe into old folk's homes
CHANGES aimed at ending the "scandal" of elderly people paying thousands of pounds from their own savings to pay for nursing care in retirement have been welcomed by Lancashire Tories. Conservative county council spokesman Coun Joyce Stuart has given
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Worker 'flipped' and threw chair
EDWARD Roberts "flipped" during a disciplinary hearing at his work and pushed over the desk his manager was sitting at before picking up a chair and throwing it at a window, a court heard. Blackburn magistrates heard that as he left Roberts threw another
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Parents vow to fight on over special schools
PARENTS today vowed to stand together and fight a threat hanging over four special schools. The declaration came after the first formal meeting between parents, governors and headteachers of Broadlands Nursery, Blackamoor, Dame Evelyn Fox and Crosshill
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It's down to Dunn for crunch Everton clash
TEENAGE starlet David Dunn looks like having to continue bearing a major midfield burden for Blackburn Rovers, following their failure to bring in reinforcements. Ewood chief executive John Williams admitted today that the club had drawn a blank so far
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'Herbal Viagra' causes a stir
AN ENTREPRENEUR based in East Lancashire has caused a stir after claiming he has discovered a wonder remedy which will spark a sexual revolution. Trained chemist Simon Campbell is boss of a Clitheroe company which is marketing a herbal alternative to
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An old Bob worth a bob or two
AFTER his death, 19th-century mill owner Robert Hopwood, who became one of East Lancashire's wealthiest cotton magnates, was described as being "remarkably shrewd" despite not having had much education, writes Eric Leaver. This testimony came in 1880
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Five years ago: Bomb scare chaos
A BOMB scare brought chaos to Blackburn town centre as police cordoned off a large area around the cathedral. An army bomb disposal team were called in from Liverpool to examine a car parked on the cathedral car park after police became suspicious of
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CRICKET: New Lowerhouse professional Martin van Jaarsveld led the South Africa President XI's run-ch
Van Jaarsveld was unbeaten on 131 as the South Africans reached 268-5 in pursuit of a victory target of 440 on the final day in Cape Town. Lancashire all-rounder Andrew Flintoff followed up his first innings 70 with an agressive knock of 80, including
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Council risks coming a cropper
IT IS hardly surprising that, at their first consultation meeting with parents of one of the four special schools threatened with closure under town-hall cash-saving proposals, Blackburn with Darwen councillors should run straight into a hail of flak.
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HAWKS 10 CHELMSFORD 9
SOLIHULL 6 HAWKS 0 ICE HOCKEY: Hawks can forget all about winning the English Premier League for this season - but the future looks bright. The high quality of young ice hockey players coming through the ranks was clearly evident last night as a squad
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Yanks were great guys
REGARDING your "Looking Back" article (LET, February 22) about the American troops stationed in Blackburn during the war, I worked in Brookhouse Mills where they were billeted - at a small department of Truman's brewers. I organised deals with Yankee
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Best years of our lives
REGARDING Eric Beardsworth's article (LET, January 28) about the old Accrington Grammar School, I started there in September, 1952. I was in 1A, my form room was Room 19, which looked out on to Hardman Street, and my form master was Eric Cordingley. There
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Poster push for Women's Day
YOUNG women from youth groups throughout Lancashire took to the billboards in a poster campaign to mark today's International Women's Day. They plastered billboard sites in Burnley, Colne and Rawtenstall with their own designs - all with the theme: "Who
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'Poll tax effect to last years'
THE cultural damage of the poll tax will take years to put right, Burnley Council's finance chairman Peter Kenyon has warned. He revealed that large amounts of community charge cash is still being pulled into the town hall coffers, a full six years after
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Court date for toxic gas leak firm
A CHEMICAL firm is set to be prosecuted by environment and health chiefs after a leak of toxic gas from its plant in Hyndburn. Nipa Laboratories, Nook Lane, Oswaldtwistle, is due to appear before Hyndburn magistrates to face charges brought by the Environment
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Brewers' ideas lead to the stars
BREWERY staff are the toast of their colleagues! Employees at the Whitbread site at Samlesbury received awards of gift vouchers under the company's Rewards and Recogniton Scheme - and 15 are now heading for the national finals. The scheme is for staff
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Red tape curse
RED tape is a bigger concern to local firms than the fortunes of the economy, according to a survey out today. Bosses of small firms in the region said that rules and regulations were a major threat to entrepreneurial success. And despite the impact of
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Lady of the dance
BALLET enthusiast Muriel Mutter had to be on her toes when entries for the Nelson Festival poured in. More than 100 girls in the North applied to take part, creating a headache, albeit a welcome one, for the organisers. Muriel, the event's secretary,
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Street attack dad, 21, dies
DETECTIVES were today considering further charges after a young man died in hospital 16 days after he was attacked in a back street near his home. Shahbaz Arshad, 21, of Woodfield Terrace, Brierfield, died early today at Royal Preston Hospital. He had
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Mrs Lancashire talk
THE life and work of Lancashire poet and author Benita Moore will be recounted at the Weavers' Cottage, Rawtenstall, on Thursday. Rawtenstall Civic Society has organised the event. Guest speaker will be Benita's widower Gordon. Benita known affectionately
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Taxi queue man cleared of attack
A DRUG user has been cleared of attacking a man in a taxi queue for no reason. Mark Tapper, 24, a drain layer, was found not guilty of assaulting Jan Dickinson causing him actual bodily harm, after a two-day trial at Burnley Crown Court. Tapper, of Mason
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Rollercoaster lvoe affair
BEING the husband of the mayoress of Blackburn may have its exhilarating moments, but that's nothing compared to the thrills of a fast rollercoaster, according to Tommy Sharples. Taxi driver Tommy is married to mayoress Anne Sharples, and for the past
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Port Vale deny £450,000 Payton transfer bid
ANDY Payton will be staying to spearhead Burnley's fight for survival and not Port Vale's bid to stay in the First Division. Payton had been linked in the national Press with a £450,000 move to Vale Park where he would have been re-united with ex-Hull
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Marjorie pictures the past
YET another happy memory of Blackburn's old Rialto Cinema comes to Looking Back - this time, from ex-usherette Mrs Marjorie Lassey, of Portland Road, Langho. During the day, writes Eric Leaver, she worked at the town's Mullard electronics factory but,
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Ten years ago: M-way driver's shock
A SHOCKED motorway driver escaped serious injury by seconds when a boulder was dropped off a bridge on the M65 at the Gannow junction, Burnley. Mark Rose, of Earby, braked when the rock was dropped 50 yards in front of his car but ran over it, ripping
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Clarets give ball away
HAVING presented Robert Taylor with five goals, Burnley stressed today that they also made a gift of the match-ball for the Gillingham striker. Contrary to reports in a Sunday newspaper, the Clarets didn't charge Taylor for the ball - supplied by manufacturers
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Street's ahead
ICE SKATING: Alan Street is back on the glory road - a full two years after his ice skating career took a shock detour. The Blackburn Arena champion was hoping to put months of anguish behind him in the under-19s Youth Olympics in Slovakia. For the 16
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LANCASHIRE LYNX 22 DEWSBURY RAMS 12
RUGBY LEAGUE: Lynx registered their second league win of the season with a well-deserved victory in the mud at Victory Park. Coach Steve Hampson introduced two new signings in ex-Wigan forward Ian Gildard and centre Jason O'Loughlin from Leigh. However
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Voters will be wary of hidden taxes
SO, according to the torrent of trailers, the much-heralded goal of a 10p rate of income tax is to be reached in tomorrow's Budget. But, for this departure to be of real benefit to the safe-on-tax image which Labour has cultivated for its wooing of the
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Arthur set for bow
TEENAGE ice hockey star Natalie Arthur is set to become the youngest ever female player to represent Great Britain. The 14-year-old from Darwen has impressed selectors with a string of top displays for her two club sides the Altrincham Tomahawks and the
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NON-LEAGUE SOCCER: Colne 3 Tetley Walker 3
JORDAN Heseltine capped his first team debut with a dramatic last minute equaliser to earn Colne a richly deserved point from this pulsating league clash. Denzil Hart's men were in danger of being left empty handed after twice throwing away the lead before
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School is our heritage
IN response to the remarks of Councillor Bill Taylor and Councillor Kathy Stephenson on the review of special schools in Blackburn and Darwen (Letters, March1), historically, the Blackamoor Special School campus has long been part of Blackburn's heritage
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'Best way to fight cancer is from within'
INSIGHT on survivor's booklet for others CANCER, which last week claimed the life of pop icon Dusty Springfield, will strike down one in three people. The fight against the "big C" continues unabated and last week the Government announced a bowel cancer
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Prentice fights right to roam change
RIGHT to roam campaigner Gordon Prentice today branded the Government's compromise on access to the countryside "lunacy". And the Pendle MP urged Prime Minister Tony Blair to think again. Environment Minister Michael Meacher was today expected to confirm
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Gas sniffer dead at resort - inquest
A DARWEN mother told an inquest how her her son, who regularly sniffed butane gas, phoned her the day before he was found dead with a plastic bag over his head at a southern seaside resort. Burnley-born Barry Hargreaves, who had moved to find work in
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Parents vow to fight on over special schools
PARENTS today vowed to stand together and fight a threat hanging over four special schools. The declaration came after the first formal meeting between parents, governors and headteachers of Broadlands Nursery, Blackamoor, Dame Evelyn Fox and Crosshill
