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School no longer failing, says report
TEACHERS were celebrating at a Blackburn school after Ofsted inspectors decided they were no longer a failing school. Intack Primary School, Whitebirk Road, is no longer in the special measures category, imposed after a critical Ofsted report in October
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Church raider held
A THIEF dubbed a 'one man crimewave' in Rossendale came out of retirement when his wife threw him out, Burnley magistrates heard. Wayne Banham, 29, who raided two Valley churches, one of them three times, also struck at the Rawtenstall Masonic Hall and
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Fans' £2,000 movie ticket
STAR Wars-mad friends cannot wait for the latest film to come to Blackburn - so they're flying to New York to see it! The seven pals have booked flights to America tomorrow and are planning to spend their three-day stay glued to the silver screen. John
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Survey clues to Asian jobless
YOUNG Asians in Pendle have been urged to take part in a survey to pinpoint the barriers preventing them from getting jobs. The survey will be based on a questionnaire currently being circulated around the borough. It has been organised by the Action
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74 masons 'tip of the iceberg'
NEW figures today show that at least 74 freemasons are serving as magistrates in Lancashire - but there could be scores more, since almost 300 JPs refused to reply to a survey of the county's courts. And Lancashire Police has been rapped for failing to
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Swan to miss start of season
PETER Swan is expected to be Burnley's only absentee when Stan Ternent's squad report back for pre-season training on July 5. The big defender has had a cruciate ligament operation and Turf Moor boss Ternent confirmed today he did not expect him to be
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Thursday events in East Lancs
Whitbread Senior Citizens Talent Contest, Accrington Town Hall, 2pm. Alf Wright's Afternoon Music Hall, Blakeys Cafe Bar, King George's Hall, Blackburn, 4pm. Blackburn Flower Club meet Trinity United Reformed Church Hall, Brownhill Road, 7.30pm. "Getting
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Travel to school 'chaos' slated
RIBBLE Valley MP Nigel Evans is demanding a government minister tackles Lancashire County Council's 'chaotic' school transport policy. He is also urging local authorities to do more to get pupils to travel to class on public transport rather than using
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Mosque plan - new bid
REVISED plans for a mosque at the site of a new housing estate in Clitheroe town centre have passed the first hurdle. But objectors are furious after the controversial plan was included on a Clitheroe Council agenda at the last minute. The Holden Street
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Homes should open for us
REGARDING 'Homes For Kosovars' (LET, May 12), they couldn't keep open these two homes for the elderly in Blackburn for the old folk of our country because it cost too much, but they can open them up for refugees - for how long we do not know. I find this
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Fogarty delay claim dismissal
BLACKBURN bullet Carl Fogarty has slammed suggestions that his Ducati team are deliberately holding back new engine parts in a bid to avoid weight penalties. Superbike bosses have already considered plans to impose penalties on Fogarty and team-mate Troy
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No justice for motorist
IT seems to me that if you are a decent, law-abiding citizen, it goes against you. Within the last month we have had two lots of damage done to our car - first, by a moronic yob who had nothing better to do than rip my wing mirror off and kick my passenger
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Soldier who won asthma battle
SOLDIER Marc Beckett beat asthma to win a place in the army and has just passed out at Winchester. Marc could be serving in Kosovo in the next 12 months in a peacekeeping force. His parents Andrea and Jeffrey, from the Accrington Road area of Burnley,
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Council blamed for tax bill mix-up
A BANK has hit back at claims that it was to blame for a mix-up over council tax payments. Burnley Council was inundated with complaints after some people who had agreed to pay their bill by standing order were included among 5,500 sent letters for not
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Housing 'mate' probe
THE chief executive of Burnley Council has stepped in to investigate a row over membership of a new housing board. Former councillor Peter Swainston was nominated by the Labour group to serve as one of its four council representatives on the shadow board
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Majorette girls short of money
A STRUGGLING majorette group has launched a desperate appeal for sponsorship to keep the club alive. Members of Great Harwood Carltonaires are about to celebrate their first anniversary - but the troupe's funds are running out. Around 50 girls, aged five
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Worker sucked into drill machine
A WORKER at an Accrington wood machinists had his fingers sucked into the three-bit drilling head of an unguarded machine. Blackburn magistrates heard that Malcolm Dennet was taken to hospital with the drilling head still attached to his hand after the
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A walk on the wild side
Nature Watch with Ron Freethy A FEW years ago I was invited to officially open the Fearndean Way, which is a footpath linking Colne and Wycoller. I thought it was a good idea at the time but I did not realise that it would turn out so well. This week
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Bearings staff are on the ball
FOUR senior staff at RHP Bearings have achieved on-the-job qualifications and boss Danny McGuire believes their efforts have helped reap rewards for the whole company. The plant manager has achieved a level five NVQ in management, while team leaders Paul
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Cut pollution plea to firms
COMPANIES in Pendle are being urged to cut down on water pollution during a workshop next month, aimed at helping bosses get a greater understanding of the impact their businesses have on the environment. The Business Environment Association (Pendle)
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Man, 55, denies boy sex assaults
A SCHOOLBOY was allegedly sexually abused by a middle-aged man, who told him not to tell anybody, a court heard. The teenager, now a student, told Burnley Crown Court how he later confided in a friend when they were swapping stories about embarrassing
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Kick them off gravy train
HOMOSEXUAL MPs, we are told, are demanding that they be treated the same as married politicians in the Commons when it comes to claiming allowances for their partners. This would give them the same benefits that straight MPs get for their husbands or
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Sick of the scroungers
FORGET whether mobile phones addle your brains, there's a bigger health hazard plaguing Britain - the millions of people going down like flies with so-called disability and needing injections of £67 a week of taxpayers' money in order to survive or, otherwise
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Burglar was second hand dealer
A MAN stole a playstation and a hi-fi on New Year's Eve, a court heard. The owner of the house in Nancy Street, Darwen, had not noticed the break-in until New Year's Day. Julie Harrison awoke to find smashed glass from a kitchen window. A playstation,
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Housing 'mate' probe
THE chief executive of Burnley Council has stepped in to investigate a row over membership of a new housing board. Former councillor Peter Swainston was nominated by the Labour group to serve as one of its four council representatives on the shadow board
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Forbidden love story
A WOMAN who rocked the Catholic Church by marrying a priest has published a book about her taboo love affair. Eileen Quinn's book "A Love Forbidden" tells the true story of how she risked the wrath of the Catholic Church and losing her family and friends
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Schools struggle to stay in the swim
SCHOOL governors claim they could be forced to axe swimming lessons from the curriculum under new measures set to be imposed by the county council. Governors at St Mary's RC Primary School, Clayton-le-Moors, have asked Hyndburn MP Greg Pope to join their
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Stagecoach face grilling in court
STAGECOACH Ribble - the biggest bus operator in East Lancashire - is to appear before a public disciplinary inquiry for operating unreliable services. The firm, with depots in Blackburn and Burnley and a base in Preston, will appear at Trafford Magistrates
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Plane crash escape
TWO men narrowly escaped death when their vintage plane crashed near a popular picnic site. The Tiger Moth bi-plane came down in Spring Wood, Whalley, narrowly missing the busy A59, at 7.30 last night. Paramedics and firefighters from Clitheroe, Accrington
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Kidd backs United for glory
BRIAN Kidd believes Manchester United will put English football back on top in Barcelona tonight by beating Bayern Munich to claim the European Cup he lifted as a player back in 1968. But the Ewood boss will miss out on the carnival as Blackburn Rovers
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Mini-firm success
YOUNG entrepreneurs have won the East Lancashire final of a business competition after producing a board game that netted a 600 per cent dividend for shareholders. The Paragon Young Enterprise team from Ribblesdale High School, Clitheroe, devised the
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5,000 fish wiped out
NORTH West Water was not prosecuted over the pollution of a river which wiped out 5,000 fish. The news was given to Friends of the Earth campaigner Brian Jackson. A letter from HM Inspector of Pollution concerning caustic soda poisoning of Colne Water
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Support shines bright
BURNLEY Council put the town's name "up in lights" at Wembley. As the Clarets brought First Division soccer back to Turf Moor, messages flashed up on the giant electronic scoreboard including: "Burnley Council and Burnley people are proud of you". A council
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No soft approach for drug pushers
THE government has set steep targets in aiming to halve drug abuse in less than ten years - as the measure of addicts causing 30 per cent of all today's crime makes starkly clear. But in targeting anti-drug activities - and, rightly, using millions seized
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The pleasure was mine
MAY I thank the many people who voted for me in Oswaldtwistle's St Andrew's ward on May 6. Sadly, not enough to retain my seat as it's only Labour councillor. It is with great sadness that I will be unable to continue with the Saturday surgeries that
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Why still the secrecy brothers?
THERE is no doubt that in recent years Freemasons have made determined efforts at greater openness and that the public has become much more aware of the considerable charitable work they do. And evidently much of this endeavour stems from the Brotherhood's
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Light up cyclists!
I DON'T understand why the only safety advice that seems to be given to cyclists is that they need to wear helmets because inconsiderate motorists may knock them off their bikes. But there is often fault on both sides - when you see cyclists riding without
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Mural delightful
WHAT a delightful discovery - that of an oil painting of Warwick Castle, signed by H Hughes in 1912, which was found under old wallpaper during redecoration on the landing of a terraced house in Park Lee Road, Blackburn (LET, April 12). Evidently, the
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Truth is the first casualty
WAR has been described as "a state in which two or more heavily armed and well trained forces set about slaughtering a defenceless civilian population." There is no better example of this than the Balkans. The atrocities perpetrated by the Yugoslavs are
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Theft victim, 86, left stranded
A REWARD is being offered to help catch an antiques thief who left an 86-year-old pensioner stranded in another town. The old man, from Padiham, was found wandering and lost in Accrington. The crook called at the old man's home in Lawrence Street, Padiham
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Assault course charity challenge
FUND-raisers are being offered the chance to tackle TV's famous Krypton Factor course and gather cash for an East Lancashire charity at the same time. Hospice Care for Burnley and Pendle is one of the charities involved in this year's Krypton Factor Challenge
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Pupils take to the air in school station
BRITAIN'S youngest radio station went on air in East Lancashire today. Pupils from Ivy Bank High, Burnley became only the sixth school in Britain to run their own station on a restricted service licence. The mix of news, views and music started at 8am
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Fans, just for tonight!
TWO friends who have won a dream trip to watch tonight's European Cup Final have vowed to swallow their pride when they fly out to Barcelona. Philip Leaver and Mike Peel are not Manchester United supporters - but say they won't let it spoil a good holiday
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Heavenly awards
A BUSINESS mentoring scheme in East Lancashire has helped back 1,500 jobs in the area since it was launched. And guests at the Guardian Angel awards ceremony heard that it was equivalant to knocking more than one per cent off the unemployment rate across
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Shaun, 11, in brolly bother
RED-FACED Shaun Morrisey had to be rescued by the fire brigade after getting trapped - in an umbrella. Firefighters used bolt-cutters to take the brolly to bits after it refused to budge, before gently extracting the 11-year-old from its mechanism. In
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'Town hall is our heritage'
A COUNCILLOR has pledged that there are no plans to sell off Brierfield Town Hall. Labour councillor Frank Clifford was responding to fears expressed by Liberal councillor Sajjad Karim who said that if the present situation was allowed to drift, the council
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They should see it coming
OF all the dread fates that the millennium is said to augur, surely, the most ludicrous is that shrinks and counsellors will be swamped by depressed and disappointed nutters who find that the prophecies of doom and disaster, the second coming of Christ
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Throw druggie scum in jail
IN addition to costing you and a I billions by being responsible for a third of all crime, the country's druggie scum are now set to take another £217 million out of our pockets. For it has been decided that treatment of this order, rather than prison
