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Terror raid on bookies
A ROBBER tied up a woman assistant manager at a Rossendale betting shop and who forced her to open the office safe. The 25-year-old woman was opening the Ladbrokes office in Bank Street, Rawtenstall, at 11am yesterday when she was approached by the attacker
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Experts brush up on Shakespeare link
SHAKESPEARE experts from around the globe gathered in East Lancashire to discuss the Bard's links with the area. The conference was organised following claims that Shakespeare spent some of his early years at Hoghton Tower. The evidence is so strong that
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Reid cool on Little link
SUNDERLAND'S exit from Turf Moor after yesterday's pre-season win over Burnley should end contact between the two clubs for the foreseeable future. The build-up to the game, which Sunderland won 2-0, was centred round fevered transfer speculation involving
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Kidd set to make first summer signing
BRIAN Kidd finally looks set to enter the summer transfer market as the countdown to the new season begins in earnest. But it is doubtful that Sheffield Wednesday pair Emerson Thome and Andy Booth are top of his list, despite speculation yesterday that
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Oh, so friendly
Pre-season friendly: Burnley 0 Sunderland 2 - Paul Agnew reports BY name and nature a friendly, an afternoon of mutual appreciation, much back-slapping, general courtesy and polite applause. So this is where the game's purist hang out. Regrettably it
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Motorists back random B-tests
DRIVERS in East Lancashire are backing the introduction of spot check breath tests, according to new research commissioned by the police. A major survey into drivers attitudes to policing and drink driving was published today by the Lancashire force the
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Kidd in need of insurance
Pre-season friendly: Blackpool 0 Blackburn Rovers 0 - Peter White reports WITH the odd notable exception, this instantly-forgettable affair had very little to do with Blackburn Rovers' preparations for the First Division kick-off in 12 days time. It wasn't
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Events in East Lancashire on Tuesday, July 27th
"Child's Play" - six to 11-year-olds, Helmshore Textile Museum, Holcombe Road. St Bartholomew's and St Andrew's Churches Charity Shop, Lord Street West, Blackburn, 10am-4pm. Blackburn Home Organists' Club meet St Stephen's Conservative Club, Robinson
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Some hands, some feat! Star treatment in the Valley for marathon piano player
SHE drew an audience of 16,000, was feted like a film star, came with a personal trainer and two nurses in her retinue and put so much into her world-beating performance that she had to be taken to a nursing home to recover. It sounds like a concert in
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TEN YEARS AGO: Mercy crews' threat
MERCY crews throughout East Lancashire threatened industrial action, which could hit the sick and elderly, following the breakdown of pay talks. Union leaders said the lifesaving ambulancemen were angry and ready for action, following the collapse of
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LOCAL CRICKET: Nelson through after thriller
NELSON will meet Crompton in the final of the knockout competition between Lancashire League and Central Lancashire League clubs after two thrilling semi-finals on Saturday. The Lancashire League champions scraped through by virtue of having lost less
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Response not good enough
THE response to the murky affair of Blackburn housing chairman Mohammed Khan being offered - by a panel made up of three Labour party colleagues and a fellow councillor - a £22,000 a year job with Blackburn Racial Equality Council while he was its chairman
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LOCAL CRICKET: Birch Hall boys buoyant
DARWEN maintained their 14-point lead at the top of the Northern League with a crushing 99-run victory against Leyland at Fox Lane. On a wicket of variable bounce, and despite an opening partnership of 51, a shock looked on the cards as Darwen slumped
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Cash could be better spent
AS a full-time employee of the Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley NHS Trust, I was amazed to read your report (LET, July 1) on the opening of the new facilities for the hospital radio volunteers. I can see that everyone likes to work in a nice environment
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LOCAL CRICKET: Prayers answered by Monk
RIBBLESDALE Wanderers won the Jennings Ramsbottom Cup for the first time in 79 years in a style that made a mockery of their recent lack of success. Their last trophy was the league title in 1963 and the name of the Church Meadows side is the first on
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Let the people go
BLACKBURN with Darwen Council claims it wants to look after its tenants. This is based on nothing but political dogma, for the evidence shows that they have completely failed as landlords. They have accumulated massive debts in rent arrears and tenants
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Stolen car ploughs into women
TWO women were injured when a car driven by a 15-year-old boy mounted a pavement and collided with them. Police said the Vauxhall Cavalier car had been taken without consent. The teenager lost control of the car in Harold Avenue, Burnley, and it was in
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Textile firms set to clinch merger deal
A PLANNED merger involving one of East Lancashire's biggest employers has moved a step closer. Entrepreneur Trevor Hemmings, who owns a 71 per cent stake in Nelson-based John Wilman Ltd, which operates Coloroll in Nelson and John Wilman Textiles in Burnley
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Pub heroes rescue woman from canal
TWO young men rescued a woman from drowning in the canal after spotting her in the water while they were enjoying a night out at a pub. Marc Waddington, 18, of Ellerbeck Close, Harle Syke, and 20-year-old Kieran McLoughlin, of Reedley Road, Reedley, jumped
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Campaigner mum welcomes charges
THE sister of a man who died in police custody has welcomed a decision to prosecute five police officers in connection with his death. Janet Alder vowed her 18-month campaign for the full facts into the death of her brother Christopher Alder, 38, at Hull's
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Rovers set to make first summer signing
BRIAN Kidd finally looks set to enter the summer transfer market as the countdown to the new season begins in earnest. But it is doubtful that Sheffield Wednesday pair Emerson Thome and Andy Booth are top of his list, despite speculation yesterday that
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Bat'n bald!
A TEAM of cricketers had a close shave for charity. The entire Baxenden team had their heads trimmed back to the bone in the changing rooms before they played Earby on Saturday, by players' wives Beverly Bulcock and Beverley Watson. Mark Rishton, Peter
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I'll torch the house, husband told police
A MAN threatening to kill himself poured petrol from a window and shouted that he would torch his home - and anyone who tried to stop him, a court was told. Burnley Crown Court heard how David Ashworth, 28, armed himself with a cigarette lighter and a
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Rachelle's solutions to airport problems
A CLITHEROE mum has won a top job as part of Manchester Airport's new information services team who are responsible for the company's £10 million computer systems. Rachelle Newnham, 40, is the airport's Head of Business Solutions Development and has been
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A lovely day with Rubbish on board
PENDLE pop band The Rubbish had 'a lovely day' on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal - on a barge driven by TV personality Fred Talbot. The five-piece group teamed up with the Granada weatherman to shoot a video for their debut single 'It's A Lovely Day.'
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Chance to chase the hot news
BUDDING news reporters can sample a taste of journalism on a new course at Blackburn College. "An Introduction to Practical Journalism" starts in September at the college's media centre. Course leader Richard Slater has 10 years' experience as a newspaper
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Flowers airs his frustration
TIM Flowers made his first pre-season appearance for Blackburn Rovers at Bloomfield Road on Saturday then revealed the depth of his frustration over the lack of interest in his services. Flowers is available for transfer after having a request accepted
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Youth flung into canal after attack
A TEENAGER was savagely beaten and thrown into the canal by a gang of youths who pounced on him as he returned from a night out. Police say 19-year-old Thomas Todd could have been killed in the attack, which left him with a broken jaw and cheekbone. Mr
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Bullet man claims were wide of the mark
OH, no, it wasn't - says East Lancashire conjuror Trevor Dawson of the dubious claim which Looking Back aired earlier this month that Blackburn was the home town of the famous music hall magician Chung Ling Soo, who died after being shot on stage in London
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FIVE YEARS AGO: Frightened cow drowns in well
A FRIGHTENED cow drowned when it leapt into a well during a thunderstorm. The animal jumped through the wooden well cover and into the deep drinking water below. It was dead when landowners Peter and Linda Bateman discovered it at their Higher Ramsgreave
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LOCAL CRICKET: Vaux Northern League
RESULTS - Division One: Blackpool 169-5, Lancaster 168-6 (12-1); Chorley 155, St Annes 170-08 (2-15); Kendal 200-5, Fleetwood 149 (15-0); Leyland 57, Darwen 156 (2-15); Morecambe 212-4, Netherfield 131-8 (8-1); Preston 67, Leyland Daf 98 (2-10). Batting
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Bring rules up to date
WITH just five drivers failing breath tests out of the 32,000 Lancashire police stopped in their Christmas drink-driving crackdown, the force evidently shared this newspaper's view that a debate was needed on whether this kind of blitz was really worthwhile
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LOCAL CRICKET: Big-hitter Robinson seals win
WICKETKEEPER Andrew Robinson was the hero of Padiham's last ball victory over Whalley in the Jennings Ribblesdale League. Earlier Graham Knowles had scored 80 as Whalley set a target of 162 with Shaun Rashid taking 6-42. Padiham's reply was led by Philip
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COUNTY CRICKET: Athers fires another reminder
MIKE Atherton fired another message to the England selectors with a match winning unbeaten 87 in his first one day innings of the season at Southampton yesterday. Athers steered Lancashire to a four wicket victory over Hampshire Hawks which, with Yorkshire
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All foreign to Daniel
WE had another laugh from our eight-year-old grandson, Daniel, who was visiting us. He is always in the front-line with interest in anything mechanical or electrical and he watched as I repaired a portable radio. After the repair, I tuned in to the nearest
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Catering for idiot minority
I HAVE never read such a bigoted load of nonsense as the remarks of Councillor Adrian Shurmer on traffic calming (Letters, July 15). He says it was put in to create havoc. These can only be the words of an extremist trying desperately to justify his position
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Clean up 'Dodge City'
FOR far too long, the council estates in Blackburn and Darwen have not been kept up to scratch by the Labour-controlled council. One only has to drive around the Roman Road estate to see the total mess it is in. It is like Dodge City and has been for
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Reid cool on link with Clarets stars
SUNDERLAND'S exit from Turf Moor after yesterday's pre-season win over Burnley should end contact between the two clubs for the foreseeable future. The build-up to the game, which Sunderland won 2-0, was centred on fevered transfer speculation involving
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Stuart goes 'big'
CLITHEROE man Stuart Bleazard has beaten off more than 2,000 other people to land a job with the world's largest business services firm. A former pupil of St Augustine's RC High School, Billington, Stuart went on to study at University College Chester
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Failures increase as firms struggle
BUSINESS failures in the North West rose by 48 per cent during the second quarter of 1999 compared with the first three months of the year, according to shock figures published today. Receivers were called in at 52 North West companies during the three
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BAe help to put schools on flight path
BAe at Samlesbury opened their gates to more than 100 schoolchildren as part of a national education project. More than 60 schools from across the UK are taking part in the EuroCollaborator project which involves designing a future concept passenger aircraft
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Now Ron's our man in the middle!
ENTRANTS in the Lancashire Evening Telegraph's Grimewatch competition can now turn to one of the North West's top environmental experts for advice. Ron Freethy, the Evening Telegraph's own nature correspondent, has been appointed Grimewatch co-ordinator
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Terror raid on bookies
A ROBBER tied up a woman assistant manager at a Rossendale betting shop and who forced her to open the office safe. The 25-year-old woman was opening the Ladbrokes office in Bank Street, Rawtenstall, at 11am yesterday when she was approached by the attacker
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Biker's arm ripped off
A MOTORCYCLIST lost an arm and suffered two broken legs after colliding with a car on the A675 between Abbey Village and Belmont. William Burchell, 36, of Clover Field, Clayton-le-Woods, was taken by helicopter to Preston Royal Hospital, after the accident
