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China - via Mont Blanc!
A FORMER Blackburn man is going East to teach in China. Albert Eastham, 60, is heading for Gansu Province in the centre of the country, where he will teach public and business administration. He arranged the post through the British Executive Service
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Watch eclipse on TV, warns expert
A LEADING public health boss has renewed the appeal for people not to risk their eyesight by looking directly at the sun during the eclipse. Professor John Ashton, North West Regional Director of Public Health, reinforced the warning by Chief Medical
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Labour urged to suspended job row pair
TWO Labour councillors who have become ensnared in a £22,000 race watchdog job furore could face suspension from the party's council group. Labour chiefs in Darwen have called for Mohammed Khan and Dave Hollings to be suspended and a special meeting will
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Jansen boost for Rovers
MATT Jansen trained with Blackburn Rovers' first team squad yesterday and looks as though he could be back in the reckoning for Saturday's opening First Division game against Port Vale at Ewood. The return of Jansen, a certainty for the 16 if he is fit
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What's on tomorrow, Wednesday August 4
Spring Vale ramble - Sett End. Meet Pole Lane Playing Fields, Darwen, 7pm. Under 13s Disco, Little Harwood Community Centre, Whalley Old Road, Blackburn, 1pm-3pm. Probus Club meet St Silas's Church Hall, Preston New Road, Blackburn, 10.30am. Lupus Group
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FIVE YEARS AGO: Pub 'dive bombed'
A KILLER bird put town centre drinkers in a real flap. As they sipped their beer, out of the skies plunged a peregrine falcon. The bird crashed into a fence outside the Borough Arms, Blackburn, as it dived for a pigeon. Borough manager Peter Rawcliffe
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Alarm bells ringing
SHUT the pits! Uneconomical! No demand - look at the smoke belching from the chimneys. We heard it all in the Margaret Thatcher era. What does the mining community think of the new age (the Cemfuel saga) - the men who did their best to hang on to their
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TEN YEARS AGO: Water runs brown
MOTHERS were advised to boil water for babies' bottles after the taps ran brown. But the North West Water Authority denied reports that water supplies to areas in East Lancashire were contaminated. The warning came following reports of brown tap water
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RALLYING: Neil's best-ever result
NEIL Simpson today confronted his doubters after his best-ever British Rally Championship result - fifth overall on the Ulster International. The 27-year-old Colne driver was the revelation of rally holding down second place in his Volkswagen Golf turbodiesel
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Alarm bells ringing
SHUT the pits! Uneconomical! No demand - look at the smoke belching from the chimneys. We heard it all in the Margaret Thatcher era. What does the mining community think of the new age (the Cemfuel saga) - the men who did their best to hang on to their
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'Stupidity' highlighted
REGARDING the comments (Letters, July 26) of former councillor Chris Reid on the much publicised traffic calming in the borough, to intimate that the majority of road users should suffer due to the actions of a lunatic minority only serves to highlight
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SUPERBIKES; Foggy radical
CARL Fogarty is pushing for a radical change to his Ducati bike in a bid to solve the tyre problems which dogged his Brand Hatch showcase event. The Italian manufacturers called a top level meeting with tyre manufacturers Michelin and suspension experts
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Transform the eyesores
AT different ends of East Lancashire and in diverse ways, a couple of campaigns were under way today to save the region's countryside from being buried under bricks and mortar for new housing. For we find Ribble Valley MP Nigel Evans commencing a two-month
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CRICKET: Schofield in to bury Lancashire bogey
CHRIS Schofield returns for Lancashire at bogey ground Derby tomorrow. The 20-year-old leg spinner is recalled to the side for the Championship game against Derbyshire and could bat as high as number six in the order. Schofield took eight wickets in his
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No store double talk
REGARDING the remarks of Philip Congdon about the proposed supermarket in Great Harwood (Letters, July 21), I take exception to his comments about councillors being "swayed by executive double talk." As a councillor, who is a member of the development
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CBI singing wrong tune
WE are not surprised that the Confederation of British Industry supports the euro. It also supported UK entry into the ERM. That disaster led to more than 100,000 bankruptcies and doubled unemployment. Unfortunately, the CBI is backing another loser.
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Attack uncalled-for
WITH regard to C Reid's attack on Councillor Adrian Shurmer (Letters, July 26), it would appear that he hadn't read his own letter before he sent it. If he had, then I am certain he would have wanted to correct it beforehand. If pandering to populism
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Canal cruises draw crowds
MINI cruises came to Burnley as visitors enjoyed pleasure trips along the Leeds and Liverpool Canal. The town's new tourism venture was welcomed by hot sunshine as visitors to Burnley Wharf boarded the Marton Emperor for a choice of journeys along the
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Homes deal safe says MP
THE Government will come up with a solution to Burnley's £20million headache which has put the planned transfer of the entire 5,600 home stock into limbo, says MP Peter Pike. The council has halted spending on the £74million deal to hand over control
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Jacket clue may trap car crook
A DISTINCTIVE jacket was left at the scene of a car crime in which property valued at over £1,000 was stolen. A reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the thief, who got away with items including two child car
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Centre light fantastic!
GLASGOW'S new Buchanan Galleries shopping centre has installed more than £50,000 worth of cold cathode lighting from AC/DC Lighting Systems of Barrowford. Cold cathode has been used to provide a variety of coloured lighting throughout the centre's interior
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Duralay does it again
ONE of East Lancashire's major employers and Europe's leading carpet underlay manufacturer is celebrating winning the top prize in national industry awards. Duralay won the Flooring Industry Awards carpet underlay prize with its market leading Durafit
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Gang flee after high-speed chase
POLICE are searching for three thieves who stole a works van after escaping from the owner following a high-speed chase. The grey, A-registered Ford Transit van was stolen from Manor Place, Church, at 10.45am on Saturday. The vehicle, which has a sliding
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Success in the pipeline
TONY Hibbert has been appointed chairman of the Northern Branch of the Pipeline Industries Guild. Mr Hibbert, of Applecross Drive, Burnley, has worked for Transco for 32 years and is a network manager based at Spa Road, Bolton. The Pipeline Industries
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Virtual view is toast of crumpet firm
A FIRM'S customers will be able to see their new machinery in action before they even buy it thanks to virtual reality. Barrowford-based bakery machinery manufacturer Sugden approached Northern Technologies in Nelson for help earlier this year. Sugden
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Top marks for Whitbread education
WHITBREAD, which has a brewery in Samlesbury and a depot in Blackburn, has earned top marks for its national education programme. It has been awarded one of the first Programme Impact Endorsement Marks by a partnership including Business in the Community
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Fast work on Typhoon with multi-million machine
THE machining and treatments centre at British Aerospace Samlesbury has just taken delivery of the first of four multi-million pound Advanced Contouring Machines as part of the Eurofighter Typhoon investment programme. The turnkey package supplied by
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Getting a head start
CONTRASTING topics of a local industry of the past and up-to-date news reporting are being studied by students taking part in a Blackburn summer literacy school. A group of youngsters about to enter Pleckgate High School are getting a head start on their
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Lancs hotpot call for Millennium Dome
WOULD-BE chef and East Lancashire MP Gordon Prentice wants the Millennium Dome in London to provide a taste of British regional cooking. The Pendle Labour back-bencher wants Lancashire hotpot, Cumberland sausage and other local delicacies put on the menu
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'I woke to realise I was living my nightmare'
GRADUATE Stephanie Hawke today spoke of her frightening ordeal after spending seven days in intensive care fighting the deadly E.coli bug. Stephanie, 21, had just graduated in medieval studies from Lancaster University and was at home with her parents
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Head-on van and bus smash
A VAN driver suffered serious injuries and was trapped for more than an hour when his vehicle collided head-on with a bus at 7.15am today. Five people were taken to Burnley General Hospital after the accident, in Booth Road, Stacksteads, near the junction
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Drink-drivers targeted
LANCASHIRE police have launched their summer campaign against drink-driving with a new non-alcoholic cocktail and the message: "Don't drink and drive, don't drink and die". The fruity Summer '99 cocktail was unveiled at Blackpool's Brannigans bar yesterday
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Sky's the limit for granny
A DAREDEVIL grandma with a taste for hair-raising rides is planning to be catapulted hundreds of feet above the North Sea in a charity stunt. Annie Dowd, 67, of East Street in Helmshore, Rossendale, is to have a go on one of Blackpool's scariest attractions
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Man attacked after 'touching' boy, 13
A MAN who fondled a "frightened" 13-year-old boy has escaped a jail sentence. Brian Chadwick, 36, who had no previous convictions, immediately owned up to what he had done and had been the victim of a "frenzied attack" by the occupier of the flat where
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Caravan and stable plans
A STABLE scheme at a West Craven farm is set to go before councillors at the end of this month. Farmer Richard Wilson has applied to Pendle Council for permission to erect 12 stables for livery use at Brook Farm, Harden Road, Kelbrook. Mr Wilson proposes
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Alarm rings for lottery help line
UNLUCKY lottery fans hoping to get some winning advice from a new premium rate telephone line were today told to question the value of the £1-a-minute information before they ring. Blackburn with Darwen Council trading standards officer Chris Allen spoke
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Master plan to reduce waste mountain
A MASTERPLAN is being drawn up to prevent the amount of household, commercial and industrial waste produced in Lancashire reaching the height of Blackpool Tower by 2001. The council council, in partnership with Blackburn with Darwen Council and Blackpool
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This is now my team - Ternent
STAN Ternent today looked positively towards the start of what he expects to be a Burnley promotion push and declared: 'This is now my team'. The Turf Moor boss had created some controversy last season, in the wake of a heavy defeat at Fulham, by making
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Alex the saviour was only bonus
WATCHING the latest England performance was akin to watching paint dry - they lost it, and were only saved in the first game by an innings from a bowler, Alex Tudor. Where is the fire and aggression and, most of all, consistency, all of which are required
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Thought-provoking captain's comments
MAY I say how I enjoy your coverage of local league cricket? - as I have always done, going back to the days of Alf Thornton. The "Captain's Log" column I find really thought-provoking - and it has certainly provoked me to write regarding the comments
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Reunite top comedy duo
IT was fittingthat Morecambe honoured its favourite son with the unveiling of a statue of the 'tall thin one with the glasses.' The town is justifiably proud of the brilliant and lovable Eric - but he looked so lost without little Ern. In life they were
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Reunite top comedy duo
IT was fitting that Morecambe honoured its favourite son with the unveiling of a statue of the 'tall thin one with the glasses.' The town is justifiably proud of the brilliant and lovable Eric - but he looked so lost without little Ern. In life they were
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Young Stanley...
A YOUNG and largely experimental Accrington Stanley side last night went down 3-1 to Colne FC at Holt House. The home side's goals were scored by Mark Towers (two) and Steve Gavin, while Paul Heavey replied for the UniBond club. A Paul Baker goal five
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SOCCER: Young are on ball
YOUNG football stars of the future proved they were on the ball as they were rewarded for taking part in a week-long soccer school, writes JEREMY RICHARDS. Burnley FC "hot shots" Chris Brass and Paul Weller were at Pendle Leisure Centre, Colne, to present
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ATHLETICS: Lobo facing final hurdle
JASON Lobo is in last chance saloon after weather conditions thwarted his latest bid to qualify for the World Athletics Championships. The Blackburn 800m man was second in a quality field in Thurruck, again ahead of Curtis Robb and a strong international
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BADMINTON: Blackburn and District Association
THE new details for the forthcoming season are now being confirmed. The committee has decided that once again there will be five divisions of nine teams. This will mean that during the season each team will have two weeks when there is no scheduled match
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CRICKET: Ample joy for county
LANCASHIRE Under-15s recorded a hat-trick of wins at the Ampleforth Festival last week, writes Graeme Hollinshead. The young Lancastrians began their programme with a 38-run victory against Cardiff. Batting first, they made 176-9 (J Morris 57) and Cardiff
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'Stupidity' highlighted
REGARDING the comments (Letters, July 26) of former councillor Chris Reid on the much publicised traffic calming in the borough, to intimate that the majority of road users should suffer due to the actions of a lunatic minority only serves to highlight
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No store double talk
REGARDING the remarks of Philip Congdon about the proposed supermarket in Great Harwood (Letters, July 21), I take exception to his comments about councillors being "swayed by executive double talk." As a councillor, who is a member of the development
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HORSERACING: Thanks for the memories
WE ARE now settled in at our new home at Sutton Bank in Yorkshire which is 1,200 feet above sea level. I would like to thank you for all the kind letters and cards you sent us on our farewell from Whalley, where I had eight great years. I hope you followed
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SOCCER: Kearton captures Florida scholarship
BEN Kearton is crossing the Atlantic to revive dreams of a footballing career which were dashed on his own doorstep, writes PETE OLIVER. The 18-year-old from Blackburn was a member of Rovers' School of Excellence but wasn't kept on at Ewood Park. His
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Jansen boost for Rovers
MATT Jansen trained with Blackburn Rovers' first team squad yesterday and looks as though he could be back in the reckoning for Saturday's opening First Division game against Port Vale at Ewood. The return of Jansen, a certainty for the 16 if he is fit
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Tips to survive the big night
BUSINESSES can relieve the pressure of the new millennium by taking steps now to ease the stress of the big night. Barclays Merchant Services, which handles the plastic card purchases made in more than 129,000 shops and business across the UK, has produced
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Teenager admits raping his own mum
A TEENAGER who raped his own mother as she slept in her bed is awaiting sentence. The youth, now 17, from Oswaldtwistle, was just 16 when he attacked his middle-aged mother. He subjected her to a second ordeal of giving evidence against him before a jury
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Election apathy
EVERY election in recent years has seen a relentless slump in the number of people who bother to vote and, according to politicians, public apathy is the single biggest crisis facing local democracy. Experts have looked at scores of different schemes
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High fliers on cloud nine
"AN absolutely wonderful, thrilling trip - we are so grateful to the companies who gave us this brilliant prize". When they managed to get their breath, the excitement was evident in voices of our two Newspapers in Education Literacy Achievers of the
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Photo record record of justice fight
CIVIC and political leaders were in Pendle for the official closing ceremony of a photographic exhibition organised by the Kashmir Working Group. The month-long display at Nelson library featured pictures of the borough's official delegation to Kashmir
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CRICKET: League's clash
THE Ribblesdale League and Lancashire League meet twice this week in the Lancashire Junior inter-league competition. Tomorrow, they clash at Under-17 level, with Oswaldtwistle Immanuel staging the game, and on Thursday it is the turn of the Under-15s
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Labour urged to suspended job row pair
TWO Labour councillors who have become ensnared in a £22,000 race watchdog job furore could face suspension from the party's council group. Labour chiefs in Darwen have called for Mohammed Khan and Dave Hollings to be suspended and a special meeting will
