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Hopes go West with injured troops
NONE of the following players was involved at the start of Rovers' game with West Ham - Tim Flowers, Jeff Kenna, Christian Dailly, Stephane Henchoz, Gary Croft, Damien Johnson, Garry Flitcroft, Billy McKinlay, Damien Duff, Chris Sutton and Kevin Gallacher
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Royle's men are on the up
AN 11-game unbeaten League run suggests there isn't much wrong at Manchester City. And after the recent troubled history at Maine Road, there are signs of better times ahead under Joe Royle. But one area for improvement is in front of goal where City's
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Man U just love a 'stand-up' comedy
AFTER reading Neil Bramwell's column (LET, March 4) I had a good chuckle and gloat. Bramwell is obviously of the United hating persuasion, which is put down by the Old Trafford faithful to jealousy - and we love it. When opposing supporters are singing
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Cummings and goings with Stephen Cummings
"WHY do you bother?" people will ask me. "Why on earth do you bother when you know they are going to lose?" And I have to admit, they've got a point. For example, it's not easy to explain why in excess of 10,000 Burnley supporters will pitch up at Turf
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Use appliance of science for lbw
IN this age of modern technology, I wonder why a way hasn't been found to help the umpire judge lbw decisions - which, surely, are among the most debatable in the game. We are all living in a computerised era, can send off rockets to Mars and other planets
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Dog-ged determination tracks down Max
CATH Hyde scoured the streets and fields near her home in a round the clock search for her missing dog - before the beloved pet bounded into her arms after two weeks living 'ruff!' Max, a collie cross, wandered out through an open door from Cath's house
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Davis hopes to sink the blues
BURNLEY couldn't have asked for a bigger stage on which to exorcise the demons of the Turf Moor nightmare endured 10 days ago. That 5-0 thumping by Gillingham saw the Clarets hit rock-bottom. But the performance and the fall-out that followed in the shape
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Home truths for disgruntled fans
AFTER witnessing the abject 'support' of a minority of Rovers fans against Sheffield Wednesday and Newcastle United, I feel compelled to state a few home truths. 1. Rovers need Brian Kidd more than he needs Rovers. 2. Rovers need their home-grown, young
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Fans don't have bottomless pockets
HOW can Neil Bramwell (LET, February 25) slag off the attendance at Ewood Park against Newcastle as disappointing? 27,000 is tremendous. When they first went into the Premier League, Rovers themselves said they would be happy with an average of 18,000
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Tomorrow's events in East Lancashire
Cancer Research Campaign Charity Shop, 50 Railway Road, Darwen, 10am-4pm. Hyndburn Schools Celebration of Music, Oswaldtwistle Civic Theatre, 7pm. Womens Aglow Christian Fellowship meet Accrington Town Hall, 7.30pm. Hyndburn Arthritis Care meet Churchfield
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TEN YEARS AGO: Comic Relief crazy
EAST Lancashire went comic relief crazy to raise hundreds of thousands of pounds for East Africa charities and needy youngsters and pensioners at home. Four curates took part in a marathon cornflake sit-in in Morrison's, Blackburn, for the appeal, which
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FIVE YEARS AGO: Stream of blood
A STREAM ran red with blood after a slaughterhouse on the Whitewalls Industrial Estate, Colne, spilled waste into it twice in one day. The National Rivers Authority investigated after a member of the public said Swinden Clough was full of red dye, and
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Leaders light Euro touch paper
LABOUR Party strategists are reported to want the issue of the single currency played down at the European elections in June - fearing that Tony Blair has gone too far beyond public opinion. Both Labour and the Tories did their best to keep the lid on
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Ramblers will face a few more hurdles
IN OPTING for legislation rather than a voluntary code in order to fulfil its "right to roam" election pledge, the Government may have pleased many more ramblers than landowners, but it could become bogged down in lots of bother before greater access
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Teenagers' good deeds
SCHOOLS and teenagers are still the topic of negative reports, but let me tell you of the positive things done by pupils and teachers at Darwen Vale High, where I am a Year-11 student. I am a charity representative, along with three other students whose
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Hawks aim for second place
ICE HOCKEY: Andrew Dickson hopes to help Blackburn Hawks close the curtain on their ice hockey season in style tonight (face-off 7.30pm). The Canadian hot-shot missed Sunday's defeat at Solihull due to a facial injury, but is keen to rejoin the fray as
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Conserve our wildlife sites
YOUR front page report concerning the resurfacing of the M65 - which would have the additional consequence of benefiting barn owls - made interesting reading. Barn owls as wild breeding birds are a threatened species, due to loss of habitat. However,
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SOCCER: Snow blow
SOCCER: The snowfall in the early hours of Saturday morning had a disastrous effect on games due to be played later in the day in the Blackburn and District Football Combination. Although most of the snow had cleared by kick off time, it left behind waterlogged
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RACING: Junior carries Festival hopes
NEXT week's Cheltenham Festival will make most of racing's media headlines this week, writes Harry Barlow. I've had excellent information concerning Jessica Harrington's Irish raider Ferbet Junior. If you can still get the 10-1 offered by the Tote for
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Disappointing comments
WHAT a disappointment was your editorial comment about Blackburn's proposed orbital route (LET, February 18). You and, indeed, Councillor Peter Greenwood may think that he is "breaking ranks with the rest of his group." The fact is he is not. All members
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Age old problem
THE government has a real problem in trying to change the present system, whereby the elderly have to use their savings, or sell their houses, to pay for their care in residential or nursing homes. In the past, elderly people were cared for on hospital
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Net closes on sex pest
POLICE hunting a sex pest who has exposed himself to people in Accrington on more than 40 occasions say they could be closing in on him. Officers say they have received new information which could identify the man, who is believed to live in the Whalley
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Woman hurt in bag snatch
A PENSIONER suffered wrist and shoulder injuries when she tried to fight off a teenage thug who snatched her bag. The 77-year-old was walking along Tanpits Road , Church, after a night out at bingo when approached by the youth. He started to talk to her
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BOOK REVIEWS
IF your children are just starting on their education, we have opinions on books designed to help them with reading and number work, reviewed by older pupils who have tried them out with youngsters: Easy as 1,2,3 123, a Dorling Kindersley Snapshot book
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Say goodbye to exam stress
PART two of our guide to surviving the stress of exams is published today. To enter the competition to win copies of Knowledge Adventurer software, Aldi English and Maths and Smart Start French just read through the dos and don'ts in both last week's
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Belligerent Bramwell paints sad scenario
ONE should, I suppose, recognise the enormous, face-losing, volte-face by Neil Bramwell (LET, March 4) who at last has - grudgingly - concluded that David Beckham has talent. As is typical of the man, he had to temper his praise with his usual prejudice
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Decision soon over land wrangle
A MOVE to designate part of Colne a conservation area has been criticised by a planning consultant. Andrew Brown, of Barnsley-based Brown Environmental Design, was called in by the owner of land between Lidgett and Bents who claims Pendle Council is trying
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Budding 'Bransons' raise hospice cash
SPECULATE to accumulate. Those words certainly ring true with the volunteers at Rossendale Hospice. Chairman of Rossendale Hospice Dorothy Mitchell issued a challenge to the volunteers to exercise their entrepreneurial skills with the aid of £10. And
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Move to ban cars from town centre
PROPOSALS to make a town centre more pedestrian-friendly to bring in more visitors and boost trade are to go out to public consultation. Among the ideas from planning consultants Symonds to transform the gridlocked centre of Colne is a ban on vehicles
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Police plan ads in the gay press
POLICE chiefs are considering advertising in the gay press for new officers as part of a massive revamp in recruitment policies. The controversial move is just one of a string of measures to change the face of Lancashire's police force. A Manchester recruitment
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'Our team spirit is superb' says boss Ternent
BIG-GAME hunters Burnley will present a united front to Manchester City when they bid to revive their season in tonight's heavyweight clash at Turf Moor. The rumour mill has been working overtime since the Clarets crashed to a 5-0 home defeat by Gillingham
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Why not step into Lions' den?
WE ARE a newly-formed rugby league team, operating from Nelson and Colne College. The club currently play in the North West Counties League with some success. Now we are looking for people to become involved with the club in all areas. We need a stronger
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Saima just wants to make a bit of history
SAIMA Afzal hopes to make a little bit of history by becoming the first female Asian councillor in the Blackburn with Darwen borough. Blackburn Labour Party claims that if Ms Afzal is successful in the Corporation Park ward in the local elections on May
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Down by the Riverside with Phil Lloyd
Dear Mam, Hi, it's me, Jason. Sorry for not writing sooner since I moved to Rovers but I've been busy with our relegation battle. Blackburn's a lot like Liverpool really, except the locals talk with a funny accent. Ewood Park hasn't quite got the atmosphere
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WHERE ARE THEY NOW: Chris Pearce
CHRIS Pearce, one of the most popular players to wear the goalkeeper's jersey at Turf Moor, could have a role to play in developing a future Clarets number one. Pearce, who played 219 games for Burnley from 1987 to 1992, is back at the club, helping coach
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Town hall industrial action threat
UNION chiefs from Blackburn town hall are considering industrial action over what they see as a "bullying and threatening" attack on their working conditions. More than 200 council employees gathered outside the town hall last night waving placards and
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Keeper Flowers' injury hits Kidd's relegation fight
BRIAN Kidd has now run into a goalkeeper crisis to go with all his other problems as he tries to put together a squad to take on Everton in tomorrow night's crucial relegation clash at Ewood. The Blackburn Rovers boss, also grappling with a flu bug which
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Hodgson outburst is just not on
JUST who does Roy Hodgson think he is? Again he has been moaning about his dismissal from Blackburn Rovers. Better managers than him have been sacked for far less reason and they have kept a dignified silence. The one thing they have in common is that
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Firm's share boost
SHARES in Ribble Valley based Ultraframe rose today after the firm struck a transatlantic deal. The Clitheroe-based conservatory roofing firm has signed up to a deal with another firm to make and sell conservatories in the United States, Canada and Mexico
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Payout demand for mink farmers
MINK farms in East Lancashire face closure after after a House of Commons Bill received overwhelming cross-party support at its second reading. But Ribble Valley MP Nigel Evans has called for " full and proper" compensation for mink farmers. The Bill,
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TEN YEARS AGO: udget promise
PENDLE ratepayers faced with an overall rise of 6.6 per cent in the budget were promised better services by the ruling Liberal group. The budget was the last before the introduction of the poll tax and council leader Tony Greaves said far more turbulent
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FIVE YEARS AGO: Workman shot
A WORKMAN was shot in the head with an air gun as he excavated a road in the middle of the Stoops and Hargher Clough estates, Burnley, scene of rioting two years earlier. Doctors struggled to remove the pellet, which had lodged close to a blood vessel
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SNOOKER: Darwen League
BOROUGH'S bid for their first Darwen Snooker League title in years is hotting up! They trimmed a couple of points off Cemetery A's eight-point lead last week when they whitewashed Prince while the Cem were dropping two points against Top Con A. Early
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Euro value on slide
I AGREE with Councillor D Pearson (Letters, March 2) that, on the issue of Europe, the Prime Minister has done a massive U-turn. What I can't understand is just why Mr Blair is so anxious to take Britain in to a currency that is depreciating at a yearly
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Semi-final dream
NON-LEAGUE: Clitheroe can set up a semi final clash with Darwen in the North Western Trains League Floodlit Trophy by defeating Atherton Collieries in their re-arranged third round tie at Alder Street tonight. Ramsbottom United should have Gareth Feeney
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SOCCER: Blackburn Sunday League
IT WAS another bad day for fixtures as eight out of the scheduled 15 fixtures were postponed due to waterlogged pitches. Thankfully, the four pitches which were the venues for the quarter-finals of the Blue and White Rosebowl Cup were passed fit and they
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Pair on Lancs tour
CRICKET: Mike Atherton and Ian Austin are to tour South Africa with Lancashire as a pre-World Cup fitness test. At the request of the England selectors, the Red Rose duo have been included in a 20-strong Lancashire party which flies out to Cape Town on
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Why not work together?
MY recent remarks (Letters, February 4) about stray cats, brought a response from both the RSPCA and Pets in Need. I tried to ring Pets in Need and Blackburn Cats Rescue. Neither has numbers in the telephone book and the RSPCA don't know of them either
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Hair students' show is top of the crops
STUDENTS enjoyed, or endured, a few "hairy" moments in the stressful run-up to a college's annual hairdressing extravaganza. But once the Carnival Creations show organised by NVQ Level III hairdressing students at Nelson and Colne College got under way
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Store war looms at development site
A STORES war could break out at the former Prestige factory site in Burnley if, as expected, councillors this week grant planning permission. An outline application for development of the site to include a Sainsbury supermarket and Homebase store along
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Marathon man beats the odds
A MAN who has never lost his love of athletics, despite having suffered a serious illness, is training to run the London Marathon for charity - at the age of 68. Vincent O'Rourke , a former captain of Clayton Harriers athletics club, had a kidney and
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Prentice wins 'right to roam'
DELIGHTED Pendle MP Gordon Prentice has offered the Government his "right to roam" bill as the vehicle for their legislation to open up four million acres of countryside to ramblers. And Environment Minister Michael Meacher, who yesterday stunned the
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Cannabis man caught on spy camera
KURT Michael Bolton, 24, of St John's Avenue, Darwen, was fined £75 with £50 costs by Blackburn magistrates after pleading guilty to possessing cannabis. The court heard that officers monitoring the Darwen centre closed circuit TV cameras saw Bolton put
