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Crowbar attack
A man suffered head injuries in a crowbar attack at his home in Dunnockshaw. The victim answered a knock on the door of his bungalow in Burnley Road, Dunnockshaw, shortly after 10pm last night. He was confronted by a man who burst into the house and hit
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Couple return to find home gutted
A DISTRAUGHT couple returned from a night away to find their picturesque home had burned to the ground. Donna Kelly, 38, and Peter Lloyd were in a state of shock at the devastation caused by the blaze. The isolated single-storey three-bedroom farmhouse
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Head warns over future standards
THE headteacher of an award-winning grammar school today issued a public warning over standards and cash as it prepared to go back into local authority control. And Ribble Valley MP Nigel Evans said standards had to be maintained at Clitheroe Royal Grammar
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Faiths join forces to heal scars of war
REFUGEES arriving in East Lancashire from Kosovo tonight will be offered support from the area's Christian and Muslim communities. About 160 people are expected to arrive at the Calderstones Hospital complex which has been hurriedly converted by volunteers
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School crossing was a non-starter
IT WAS hailed as a unique road safety experiment, but though the "Checkpoint Charlie" barriers made and tried out by staff and pupils at Blackburn's Shadsworth High School - now Queen's Park High - 32 years ago this week had the the town's MP, Transport
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FIVE YEARS AGO: Guns found in street
TWO police guns were found lying in a Blackburn street. It was understood that the Smith and Wesson weapons were found by a member of the public in Sudell Cross, and came from a police armed response vehicle. An investigation was launched into the incident
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GOLF: Jackson lifts Lancs title
BLACKBURN'S Tony Jackson won the Lancashire Amateur Championship for the first time at Ormskirk yesterday. Jackson fought off a fierce challenge from Shaw Hill star Nick Dougherty to edge home by two shots. Jackson went into the final round with a narrow
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It is time to play safe on mobile phones
NOT for the first time, the use of mobile phones is linked with causing brain tumours. And though the scare has been contradicted in the past, this latest alert is more worrying - since research funded by the mobile phone industry itself suggests there
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LOCAL CRICKET: Inter-league competition
THE Lancashire League will have nine representatives in the second round of the Inter-League Cup after a string of high-scoring encounters against their Central League counterparts on Saturday. Enfield duo Andy Barker and Dave Saker lead the way with
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Freedom of Information? It's a joke
AT LAST, after more than 20 years of Labour manifesto promises and after months of delay since the party came to govern, a Freedom of Information Bill finally trundles into the open today. But it comes with the squealing sound of the brakes being applied
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Down, but not out!
I WOULD like to thank all the electors who voted for me in the Livesey parish elections held on May 6. Although this was overshadowed by the borough council elections, many voters from the Livesey ward took the time to vote in the parish election despite
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LOCAL CRICKET: Taylor-made for victory
Lancashire League: Haslingden 174 (12pts), Nelson 87 (2) - Paul Agnew reports CRICKET captains, in line with soccer coaches, often win credit for decisions that alter games. They are hailed for possessing some sort of mind-numbing super-human tactical
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An economic nonsense
IF the councillor quoted in your article (LET, May 17) about new scholars at Pleckgate High School, Blackburn, doesn't think a child from Rhodes Avenue (from where you can see the school) should go to Pleckgate and should go to another school at the other
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LOCAL CRICKET: Unbeatable duo out on their own
Ribblesdale League IT'S neck and neck between Ribblesdale Wanderers and Padiham at the top of the Jennings Ribblesdale League. The top two from last season have yet to lose a game after another successful double header. Champions Padiham had two comfortable
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Choice taken away
COUNCILLOR Bill Taylor, Chairman of the Education Committee of Blackburn with Darwen Council, in a statement to the Lancashire Evening Telegraph on May 17, is quoted as saying three Conservative councillors have been looking into individual cases with
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Right loyal ladies retire
A NEW chapter has begun for Elizabeth Hitchen who has retired after 36 years as divisional children's librarian for East Lancashire. And creche assistant Eileen Smith has had her share of changing nappies and drying tears during her 23 years service at
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Sex attack on boy,16
A 16-YEAR-OLD Burnley teenager was the victim of what police are describing as a serious, vicious and unprovoked sex attack. The incident happened on an area of land off Calderbrook Avenue, Manchester Road, known as the Bull Fields at 8.30pm on Friday
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Mum and sons rescued
A MOTHER who was rescued from the bedroom of a burning house with two young boys today spoke of their escape after a chip pan fire threatened to engulf her home. Yvonne Ryan, 47, her son Gary and his friend Ian McCloud, both 12, were stranded upstairs
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Soccer scuffle at pub
POLICE officers cleared about 150 people from a Pendle pub, after scuffles broke out following a screening of the FA Cup Final. They were called to the George and Dragon, Gisburn Road, Barrowford, at 9.15pm on Saturday to deal with the disturbance. Sergeant
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Town hall wrangle prompts sell-off fear
FEARS that Brierfield Town Hall could be sold off have been voiced by local Liberal councillor Sajjad Karim and he has called for a full report on its future. A decision by Labour and Tory councillors to suspend any further action on the Brierfield council
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Wine stolen from scrap yard
SIX cases of expensive wine bought for a millennium party were stolen during a raid on a vehicle dismantlers yard. Ian Dearden, the owner of Walsh and Dearden, Sough Road, Darwen, is offering a £500 reward for the return of the haul which included some
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Man in horror crash out of intensive care
AN 81-YEAR-OLD man was still recovering in hospital today after being seriously injured in a horrific head-on crash. Harry Manning, of Colne Road, Sough, Earby, underwent surgery lasting several hours after being airlifted by helicopter to Airedale General
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Plane hit by bolt from blue
A COUPLE whose plane was struck by lightning as they flew to Ibiza are safely back home. The holiday started dramatically for Blackburn couple Tom and Margaret Kennedy when, 30 minutes after boarding a Boeing 767 at Manchester Airport, it was struck by
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Starlets clinch Hong Kong triumph
THE Blackburn Rovers Academy side won the inaugural Carling Soccer Sevens at the Hong Kong Football Club. Playing against senior sides from Hong Kong, China and South East Asia as well as Glasgow Celtic's under 20 team, Rob Kelly's talented young outfit
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Burnley will get West, says Warnock
CLARETS target Dean West is expected to make the move to Turf Moor - by his manager at Bury. West is out of contract at Gigg Lane and although he has been offered new terms he has not signed a new deal. And Bury boss Neil Warnock believes that West is
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Success is in Brian's grasp
FORMER bus driver Brian Foote has won a £45,000 grant - to develop a bright idea he invented in his garden shed! Brian was off sick from work with a hand problem two years ago, when he decided to try and improve on the splints given to him by doctors.
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Sutton for sale at £12m
PREMIERSHIP clubs chasing Blackburn Rovers striker Chris Sutton will have to start the bidding at around £12 million. The Ewood striker triggered a release clause in his contract in meetings with manager Brian Kidd and chief executive John Williams last
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Events in East Lancs/North West on Tuesday, May 25th
Michael Rampling and Pat Moss, Brierfield Full Gospel Mission, Stanley Street, 7.30pm. Refreshments available. "How Old Is Old Enough," - play, Burnley Mechanics, Manchester Road, 7.30pm. "Country Club," - play, Blackburn Cathedral, 6.30pm. Free Health
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Bid to ditch cowboy workers
A CHARITY for the elderly has joined forces with a home improvement agency to combat cowboy workmen. The Ribble Valley branches of Age Concern and Homewise are putting together a list of tradesmen who can be relied on to "do a good job at a reasonable
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TEN YEARS AGO: Heatwave kills fish
HUNDREDS of trout drowned in the River Ribble - victims of the sizzling summer heatwave. But experts said it was an annual natural disaster and there was no danger of the fish being wiped out. The alarm was raised by a Blackburn couple, Jim and Jean Park
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RUGBY LEAGUE: Lynx slip to sloppy defeat
Lancashire Lynx 28pts Batley Bulldogs 47 LANCASHIRE Lynx slipped to yet another defeat against Batley in an entertaining encounter at Victory Park. Once again defensive lapses cost Lynx dear in a game which they could have won. One man who didn't deserve
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Act now over landmark
QUITE some time ago I heard that the chimney of India Mill in Darwen was to be renovated, but nothing appears to be happening. It would be a terrible shame if the chimney deteriorated even further. So why doesn't someone get cracking? R BOARDMAN, Park
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COUNTY CRICKET: Lancs slump after stirring championship win
LANCASHIRE followed up a magnificent championship win with a dismal CGU National League defeat. Worcester Royals, so badly hit by injuries and illness that they had to use 41 year old coach Bill Athey, strolled to a six wickets win with 28 balls to spare
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We want letters, say troops
I'M serving with the British forces in Macedonia and I would like to thank my parents in the Lancashire Evening Telegraph for sending me copies of it as well as letters and parcels. I hope to see them soon, but, as we are in the middle of nowhere, I would
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Search for ancestors
I AM researching the ancestry of my family which originated from Lancashire. My great-grandfather, William Edward Tootell, was born in Accrington in 1860 and at the age of 17 left for Brisbane in Queensland. His parents were John Tootell, born 1834 at
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LOCAL CRICKET: East Lancs pro unstoppable
Lancashire League THERE'S no stopping East Lancs professional Claude Henderson at the moment after another brilliant spell of spin bowling destroyed Church at Blackburn Road. Chasing East Lancs' total of 195-6, the home side looked on course for victory
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Euro would help farmers
YOU report (LET, May 13) the return of farmers' markets in Colne. The producers who are organising them deserve credit for this initiative to market British food better and to emphasise the quality which is there, even if often unrecognised. It can only
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Thin end of the wedge
ON June 10, we are bidden to vote in a Euro election. Time for some hard thinking. If we say "Yes" to the euro, no-one can be in any doubt that this would mean signing up for far more than just a single currency. In recent months, German and other continental
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Shop pair terrified by masked raiders
TWO masked men burst into the Spar Food Market, Manchester Road, Burnley, and escaped with a substantial amount of cash. The incident happened at 10.15pm last night as two members of staff were about to lock up for the night. Two men in balaclava masks
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Councillor's son in bid for Labour seat
THE son of a Burnley councillor will find out tonight if he is to represent the Labour Party at the by-election caused by the death of Foreign Office minister Derek Fatchett. Clarets fan Shahid Rafique Malik, 31, is on a short-list of four selected by
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Invite to the dance - for justice
DANCE for justice is the invitation next month, as money is raised for the Christopher Alder Campaign. Christopher, 37, died in police custody in Hull a year ago. His sister, Janet, from the Manchester Road area of Burnley, is appealing for the police
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Young girl who helped catch thief
A DRUNKEN burglar has started 15 months' detention - and a judge has paid tribute to the eagle-eyed schoolgirl who helped put him there. Young dad Glen Bowers, 19, was spotted with his accomplices by the 11-year-old girl who kept on his trail - despite
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Law insight
A SEMINAR looking at how new employment laws affect smaller firms is being staged tonight. The Kingfisher Partnership of Rawtenstall's focus group meeting will examine whether the new legislation will make more work for owners of small and medium sized
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Beat the millennium bug
A MAJOR initiative to help firms make sure they are not caught out by the millennium bug has been launched With just seven months to go before the turn of the century Business Link East Lancashire has joined forces with a computer firm to offer help.
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Bosses lobby for the future
AEROSPACE leaders from East Lancashire put their case to protect the industry in a lobby. The Nelson based North West Aerospace Alliance led a delegation to the North West Regional Development Agency to outline their concerns and aims for the industry
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Surprise day for Betty, 90
BIRTHDAY surprises don't come much bigger than the ones arranged for 90-year-old Betty Noble. The sprightly pensioner met relatives she had never seen before at a party in her beloved home town. Mrs Noble, nee Moore, was forced to leave Darwen in the
