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Summer schemes for deaf kiddies
EAST Lancashire Deaf Society will hold two summer playschemes for all deaf and hard of hearing children. One, run with the YMCA for five to 12-year-olds, is being staged in Blackburn until August 23. Activities include games, crafts and a visit from a
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Fry, fry again for chippy title
A HUSBAND and wife team are hoping for third time lucky in the Fish and Chip Shop of the Year Competition 1999. Tony and Elaine Jordan own the Old Mill Hill Chip Shop, New Chapel Street, Mill Hill, and The Galley Chip Shop, Wellington Street, Blackburn
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Alert over 'gay nights' at council sauna suite
POLICE have gone on sauna patrol after a council-run leisure complex was listed as a meeting point in a gay magazine. Managers at Haslingden Baths held talks with with police after hearing that their sauna, which hosts men-only sessions on Mondays and
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Vehicle share scheme appeal
COMMUNITY groups across Burnley and Pendle are being asked for their views on proposals to create a vehicle sharing scheme to provide transport for the disabled. Efforts by Community Accessible Transport (CAT), a charity based at Colne Town Hall, to help
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Injured toddler taken away from parents
A TODDLER from the Blackburn area who was shaken so violently that she was left permanently injured is to be taken away from her parents, even though it is not known who caused her injuries. But three senior appeal judges ruled that a childminder who
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Clarets hand trial to Smith
AMBITIOUS Burnley may look to succeed where First Division clubs Ipswich Town and Queen's Park Rangers have failed and add Martin Smith to their squad for the new season. The former Sunderland wide man played the second half of Burnley's 1-0 friendly
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Events in East Lancashire for Thursday, July 29th
Alf Wright's Afternoon Music Hall, Blakeys Cafe Bar, King George's Hall, Northgate, Blackburn, 4pm. Summer Playscheme, ages nine to 12 years, Earcroft Community Base, Darwen, 1.30pm-4pm. St Bartholomew's and St Andrew's Churches Charity Shop, Lord Street
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The Witch Guides to good camping
EAST Lancashire's 'good witches' are attending an international Girl Guide camp in the New Forest, Hampshire with 3,000 girls from all over the world. Guide leader Barbara Bryan took 12 guides from St Leonard's, Langho, to the week-long camp on Saturday
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Blunkett urged to keep kids in the swim
EDUCATION Secretary David Blunkett is to be brought into the row over Lancashire County Council's decision to slash swimming lessons for many primary school pupils. Culture Secretary Chris Smith promised to raise the matter with his Cabinet colleague
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Therapy? Drumming beats going to doctor
THE graduation ceremony of the first students of a new school for alternative therapies literally went with a bang. Students at the Northern School of Neuro-Linguistic Programming in Whalley held a drumming session to mark their graduation as NLP practitioners
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LOCAL CRICKET: Blackburn Amateur League
RESULTS: A Division: Little Harwood 181-9 (Amin 42, Ashfar 49, A Patel 6-48, S Patel 6-72), Nabipur 44 (Iqbal 7-17); Brookhouse 180-9 (F Patel 64, Montazir 51), World XI 43 (F Patel hat-trick); St James Road 125 (M Hussain 29), Gujrat 127-4. B Division
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LOCAL CRICKET: Scorecard
READ 149-2 BLACKBURN NORTHERN 148-7 Read 5pts Blackburn Northern 0pts N Knight lbw Sleep...16 A Norse lbw Sleep...5 Lomas b Eastham...59 N Weaver lbw Sleep...20 P Bromley c Marsh b Sleep...24 D Pratt b Eastham...1 M Gillibrand c Eastham b Sleep...5 N
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LOCAL CRICKET: Vaux Northern League
RESULTS: Division Two: Darwen 134-3, Leyland 133 (12-0); Fleetwood 179-8, Kendal 177 (15-2); Lancaster 106, Blackpool 116 (2-10); Leyland Daf 82-6, Preston 81 (12-0); Netherfield 218-2, Morecambe 220-65 (0-12); St Annes 155-9, Chorley 205-5 (2-8). Batting
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Not extreme to have reservations
AFTER Labour took a pounding in the European elections last month at the hands of a combination of stay-away voters' disdain for the EU and support for the Tories' keep-sterling strategy, Tony Blair was deemed to have started pedalling backwards - away
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Foxed by the hunters
THE foxhunting issue has raised its head again and the 'countryside carers' are objecting to us townies interfering in their sports. Well, perhaps one of them can explain to this townie, if the fox is such a nuisance why, during cubbing, when young fox
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MP Pike opens revamped club
LADS and lasses at Burnley Boys' Club are enjoying a new facility at their Barden Lane headquarters - a cafe, complete with posters, bright menus, McDonalds-style seating, TV and video and a sports viewing window. The transformation of a former meeting
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Anti-hunting folk take note
CONCERNING your remarks (LET, July 9) about outlawing foxhunting. To ban such a sport - yes, sport - would be ludicrous. The hunts keep these vermin under control. To take away hunting would mean more chickens and more lambs being taken. Then, foxes will
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'Copter whirls winners off for thrill-packed day
A HELICOPTER flight to a free day out at Alton Towers was the prize won by two youngsters who were chosen as Newspapers In Education Literary Achievers of the Year. Fourteen-year-old Saiqua Jabeen and Meher Chowdry, 12, took part in the Super Story Search
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LOCAL CRICKET: Andy hits vital six
ANDREW Robinson took no chances in securing Padiham's nail-biting win over Whalley which keeps the defending champions in the thick of the Jennings Ribblesdale League title race. Padiham could have claimed the extra over after Whalley collapsed from 149
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Holiday 'Concern'
AGE Concern has become aware that a growing number of older people holiday with their family. In recognition of this, Age Concern Insurance Services has recently revised its travel insurance package. The new product provides excellent comprehensive cover
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Canal boat trips will tempt visitors
VISITORS to Burnley are being offered the chance to enjoy cruises along the Leeds and Liverpool Canal to learn more about the area's industrial heritage and pick up a bargain at the same time. Over the next two Saturdays the Marton Emperor canal boat,
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LOCAL CRICKET: Red Arrow Services Chorley and District Amateur League
RESULTS: Division One: Brinscall 115-2 (S Critchley 47no, S Frost 37no), *Feniscowles 114-9 (B Officer 41, M Huddart 4-14); Chorley St James 137-2 (V Lang 50no, G Bhatt 45), *New Longton 136-7 (I Wilson 47no, G Bhatt 4-38); *Newburgh 106 all out (D Chisnall
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Failed bid food for thought
REGARDING the failed bid by Hyndburn Council to gain a grant from the Single Regeneration Budget (LET, July 15), it appears that Deputy Prime Minister John 'Two Jags' Prescott must have decided that Hyndburn didn't need the cash, on one of his visits
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Cuppas will be missed
AS a patient at Blackburn Infirmary over a long period of time, I found your report on the suspension of the WRVS tea trolley (LET, July 16) very disturbing. I visit two clinics every few weeks and always look forward to a 'cuppa' etc from the trolley
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No need for homes freeze, says MP
A SPENDING freeze imposed on Burnley's housing stock transfer plans is unnecessary, the town's MP Peter Pike has insisted. He believes the council has had all the government assurances and promises required that the £20 million residual debt problem will
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Trust finance chief calls for urgent action
A HEALTH chief has warned Burnley hospitals may need extra Government cash help if they are to meet their waiting list targets for the year. Health Trust finance director David Meakin says the hospitals and community care group currently has 5,135 patients
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Sorrow at town losing the blues
LEISURE chiefs have pulled the plug on Burnley National Blues Festival, after admitting defeat in their bid to compete with rival events. Councillors will instead opt for a 'make 'em laugh' policy - part of a new programme of attractions to replace the
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Copycat raid on cash and carry store
ROBBERS got away with £10,000 in a carbon copy raid on a security guard at a Burnley cash and carry store. The Securicor officer was hit on the head during the attack at the Booker store in Gannow Lane. The attack was almost identical to an incident in
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Rovers prepare double transfer swoop
ASTON Villa utility man Simon Grayson and Sheffield United goalkeeper Alan Kelly look set to become Blackburn Rovers' first two summer signings as the club respond positively to their pre-season crisis. And there could be more new men on the way before
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Nature notes book will aid cancer fight
A FORMER teacher who has battled against cancer has published the second in a series of nature books to raise funds for charity. Charles Gidman, of Beechwood Avenue, Accrington, has published a 40-page book called 'Looking Around in Summer' in aid of
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Women of today get together for free festival of art
A FREE arts festival to celebrate Asian women's culture brought together young women's groups from all over Lancashire, at the New Era Centre, Accrington, on Saturday. The celebration, called 'Aaj Ki Aurat,' which means Women of Today, was co-ordinated
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Gardner Group in £75m take-over
L GARDENER Group, the engineering companies which include Cleveland-Guest Ltd of Colne, has announced the £75 million acquisition of Cirqual. Cirqual is a designer and manufacturer of specialist components for the aerospace, telecommunications and building
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Why one man's feathered friend can be another man's enemy
Nature Watch, with Ron Freethy TO the bird watcher the sight of a peregrine on the hunt or a heron catching a fish is a wonderful experience. To a pigeon fancier, an angler or a gardener with a pond, then the view taken of these birds is often quite different
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A Time for jobs
THE management at Time Computer Systems were completely overwhelmed by the response to their job open days earlier this month. More than 2,000 job seekers flooded through the gates of the firm's Simonstone headquarters and 80 new employees have now started
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With this modem, I thee zap!
I SHARE the repugnance and concern of family values campaigners about the new cut-price quickie divorce service on the Internet. After all, with almost half of British marriages already ending in the courts, is it good for our society, already bulging
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Lording it at the 'palace' of Westminster
THE disclosure that British taxpayers may end up forking out £30 million for the the new £250 million EU parliament building in Strasbourg - complete with its £10,000 luxury shower unit for each MEP - is bound to anger right-minded people. And especially
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Gunman scare for children
COURT: Armed response team called ARMED response teams were drafted in after police received a report of a man with a gun at a house in Darwen. And when officers went to the door of the house, in Hazel Avenue, they were greeted by two children, aged 12
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Copycat raid on cash and carry store
ROBBERS got away with £10,000 in a carbon copy raid on a security guard at a Burnley cash and carry store. The Securicor officer was hit on the head during the attack at the Booker store in Gannow Lane. The attack was almost identical to an incident in
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Woman's knife terror as robbers strike
A WOMAN was mugged at knifepoint by two men in broad daylight. She was approached by the thugs around 2.45pm on Sunday, July 18, in Grimshaw Park, Blackburn. The robbers ordered her to hand over her handbag and when she refused one pulled out a knife
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Band toasts brewer's generosity
BLACKBURN-based brewery Daniel Thwaites is banging the drum for a local brass band after coming up with 500 notes. The brewery's Charitable Trust has handed over £500 to Clitheroe Town Band to buy a new drum kit and cymbals. The group disbanded more than
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Platform one is no place to catch the train
A LONG disused rail platform has been brought back into use as part of the £5.5million refurbishment work to create a new modern Blackburn railway station. Platform four is being used by Manchester, Bolton, Blackpool and Preston passengers because platform
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Rovers' Premiership coffin heads for grave in bizarre ritual
BLACKBURN Rovers' premiership status will officially be declared dead and buried when a bizarre ritual is staged in Bamber Bridge this weekend. Hundreds of people are expected in the town to watch a coffin, dedicated in the memory of Rovers' ill-fated
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800 join fight to save special school
AN action group hoping to save an East Lancashire special school earmarked to close within a year have delivered more than 800 letters objecting to the plan. Members of Blackamoor Action Group, who have spent months campaigning on behalf of the school
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Grayson and Kelly in the frame as Rovers prepare to swoop
ASTON Villa utility man Simon Grayson and Sheffield United goalkeeper Alan Kelly look set to become Blackburn Rovers' first two summer signings as the club respond positively to their pre-season crisis. And there could be more new men on the way before
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Stan's spoilt for choice!
Pre-season friendly: Rochdale 0 Burnley 1 - Pete Oliver reports IF Stan Ternent knows his starting line-up for Burnley's curtain-raiser at Wycombe Wanderers on Saturday week he's giving few clues away. For the third game running he gave all his fit senior
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Clash of rivals in leisure schemes
DEVELOPERS have denied that their proposed commercial park at Guide would clash with another project for a new cinema and leisure park behind Blackburn railway station. Arrowcroft North West bosses have told a public inquiry that their plans for a hotel
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Stalemate, cheque mate
Andy Ritchie Testimonial: Oldham Athletic 0 Blackburn Rovers 0 - Peter White reports OLDHAM player-manager Andy Ritchie was the official beneficiary from last night's testimonial game at Boundary Park but it could be Blackburn Rovers boss Brian Kidd who
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Car crash victim, 76, airlifted to hospital
AN elderly woman was airlifted to hospital after a two-car smash on the Clitheroe by-pass. Evelyn Howorth, 76, was taken to the Royal Preston Hospital with serious leg and chest injuries after the crash at 4.10pm yesterday. Her condition today was 'stable
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TEN YEARS AGO: Bumper crowds hope
BUMPER crowds were expected at Chorley for the three days of the county's top farming event. It was the first year the Royal Lancashire Show had been held over the weekend. Organisers predicted the change would establish Astley Park as the show's permanent
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FIVE YEARS AGO: Workers storm out
MILL workers stormed out in protest claiming a leaked document revealed they would face pay cuts of up to £100 a week. The document, obtained by union officials at Smith and Nephew's Hollin Bank Mill, Brierfield, outlined the new banking system for paying
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BADMINTON: Blackburn and District Association
THERE will be 45 teams contesting the various divisions during the coming season, which looks likely to start on Monday September 20. Belgrave Carpets have decided to withdraw their B team but there's another new club to the Association - playing under
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LOCAL CRICKET: Hot shot Jon on mend
IN-FORM Earby professional Jonathan Harvey is hoping to be fit to continue his rich run of form against Whalley on Saturday. Harvey dislocated the index finger on his right hand when trying to take a catch off his own bowling in Earby's narrow win over
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SUPERBIKES: Hodgson set to miss out
NEIL Hodgson is set to miss out on a chance to restake a claim to a World Superbikes ride at Brands Hatch this weekend. The Burnley rider was axed by world championship outfit Kawasaki to ride in the British series for INS Ducati this year. The top five
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Hypocrisy rules
FOX hunt supporters say that foxes are mean, vicious little killers that should be hounded to death. They should add "because we enjoy doing so." Hypocrisy rules in fox hunting. It could be said that foxhounds are also mean, vicious little killers. As
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COUNTY CRICKET: Murali's new deal
LANCASHIRE have signed Muttiah Muralitharan for the next two seasons. Chairman Jack Simmons announced at today's NatWest Trophy quarter final against Yorkshire that the Sri Lankan spin wizzard has agreed to return to Old Trafford in 2000 and 2001. Lancashire
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COUNTY CRICKET: Crawley salute to ace Athers
JOHN Crawley today saluted Mike Atherton's role in the great Lancashire revival. Lancashire went into today's NatWest Trophy quarter final against Yorkshire, who won the toss and raced to 35 without loss from seven overs, bursting with confidence after
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£83,000 for a desk makes Pike see red
BURNLEY MP Peter Pike has hit out at the House of Commons authorities spending £83,000 on a reception desk - enough to buy at least two terrace houses in his constituency. The desk - with an opaque glass top and limestone front - is for the multi-million
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Station plans flawed
WITH reference to your report 'Just the ticket' (LET, July 6), the proposal to move the booking office at Blackburn's railway station to platform level when the rebuilding is complete is a bad one, for a number of reasons. First: such a move would add
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Move means more jobs
A COMPANY planning a multi-million pound move has announced it is set to take on 60 new staff over the next few months. Simonstone based Direct Courier Services will move to a brand-new purpose-built site in three months time. And the rapidly expanding
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I'm innocent, says teacher on boy sex charge
A TOURIST facing a 10-year prison sentence after being charged with having sex with a young boy in his hotel in Thailand said today: "I am the victim of a complete and dreadful set-up." Public school teacher and magistrate Philip Howarth, who hails from
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Just for fun scheme a hit
A PLAYSCHEME has been hailed a success for the second year running by leisure chiefs. Hyndburn Council's six-week Just For Fun programme is already matching last summer's success in attracting youngsters to join in a wide range of activities at a variety
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So far so good for youth scheme
A GROUP set up to give youth a voice in Hyndburn has hailed its achievements during its first six months. Hyndburn Youth Council was set up in February to campaign for the rights of younger people in the borough. The forum is run by 24 people aged between
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Chamber boss says 'Great Scott'
BURNLEY-based Peter Scott Printers has been praised for the progressive nature of its business by East Lancashire Chamber of Commerce chief executive Michael Damms. He was invited to check out the company's operation and meet the management team - founder
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Leader chairs East Lancs alliance
COUNCILLOR Malcolm Doherty, leader of Blackburn with Darwen Council, has been elected chairman of East Lancashire Partnership. The partnership brings together all key organisations in East Lancs to work together with private and voluntary sector partners
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Purse snatched
A WOMAN had her purse stolen by two teenage girls who asked to look at her baby when she was leaving St John's Church, St John's Road, Padiham. As she allowed one of them to hold the child, the other girl unzipped her handbag and stole the purse, containing
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Catalogue crime of man on hard times
A FORMER businessman used somebody else's details to set himself up as a catalogue agent when he fell on hard times, a court was told. Burnley magistrates heard how Simon Peter Balme, 29, for many years a charity worker, then ordered goods to the tune
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NON LEAGUE SOCCER: Dale put four past Wigan
ROSSENDALE United continued their impressive early season form with a 4-2 victory over a strong Wigan side featuring David Lee, Scott Green and Stuart Barlow. Rossendale were 4-0 up through Jim McCluskey, Vinnie Patterson, Steve Carling and Andy Grimshaw
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GOLF: Tony's out on his own
BLACKBURN'S Tony Jackson was left to carry the flag for East Lancashire into the second round of the English Amateur Championship at St Mellion in Cornwall today. Jackson was due to meet Zane Scotland, the teenager who qualified for the Open at Carnoustie
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Passing le buck
WITH a record 60,000 asylum-seekers a year seeking the comfort and safety of this country - at a cost of some £600 million to the taxpayer - we need more like a hole in the head. But it turns out that we are getting them courtesy of the French who are
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Fine 'em all doing the Lambeth squat!
The opinions expressed by John Blunt are not necessarily those of this newspaper FOR justice to be done, the bill for the loss should be the responsibility of the council officials in notoriously loony Lambeth. They did nothing for more than 12 years
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Crumbling classrooms bite the dust
DEMOLITION work on old classrooms at Holy Trinity Church of England School in Darwen will be complete by the time pupils return from their summer break. The first brick of the new building will be put in place in January, marking the end of a ten-year
