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Form watch
PAYTON: Livewire performance from the striker who was constantly involved and got the goal that mattered with a cool finish...9 JOHNROSE: Another valuable performance from the hard-working midfield man who added the graft to the craft...7 SMITH: Occasionally
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Form watch
GRAYSON: Had an excellent first half with his composed play. Struggled in the last 15 minutes at centre back and was caught out of position for the winner. But, generally, made fewer mistakes than most...7 SHORT: Needed to be more dominant, not as assured
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Crime blackspots to be targeted
THE first stage of a huge campaign to clamp down on crime across Lancashire has been completed. As part of new laws introduced under Jack Straw's crime and disorder act, every borough in Lancashire has had to carry out major audits. Public consultations
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Trail-blazing Lancs leads the way
A SUCCESSFUL safety campaign that cut chip pan fire injuries in Lancashire by half is to be extended nationwide. Home Secretary and Blackburn MP Jack Straw launched the hard-hitting £1.5million advertising campaign today following the successful pilot
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MP backs campaign to save village school
AN MP has backed calls for a tiny village school to be saved after speaking to campaigners at a public meeting. Parents are protesting against the proposed closure of Tosside Primary School in Gisburn Forest. A question mark hangs over its future after
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Crisis on the farms: MP told that new-born calves are being killed in cash squeeze
FARMERS in East Lancashire are killing new born calves because it is cheaper than rearing them, it was claimed today. And 15 dairy farms in Ribble Valley are on the brink of collapse because of the dramatic fall in the price of milk. Ribble Valley MP
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Village bus lifeline's early days
WHEN the Pendleside community of Barley was first linked to the outside world by "bus " in the 1920s , the transport provided by villager Tom Barrett was hardly in the luxury league - for it amounted to two benches placed back-to-back under an awning
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TEN YEARS AGO: Shopping facelift
LONG-awaited plans for a multi-million pound facelift taking shopping in Blackburn into the 21st century were due to be unveiled within weeks. And the revamp at Blackburn Shopping Centre could have been under way by February, centre manager Allan Caster
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RUGBY LEAGUE: Easy win lifts Lynx clear
Oldham 26 Lancashire Lynx 52 LANCASHIRE Lynx finally moved away from next to bottom after easily defeating fellow strugglers Oldham at Spotland. Lynx were always in control of the game after three tries in the opening 12 minutes and only a late rally
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LOCAL CRICKET: Padiham close gap
VETERAN Stephen Gee opened up the race for the Jennings Ribblesdale League title as he led Padiham to victory over top club Ribblesdale Wanderers. Gee, who is due to retire at the end of the season, scored 72 as Padiham set a target of 195-9. Wanderers
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LOCAL CRICKET: Petrie leads by example
A FINE all-round performance from professional Richard Petrie led Darwen to a comfortable victory over Lancaster and enabled the Birch Hall side to open up a nine point lead over St Annes at the top of the Northern League with four game remaining. Petrie
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Benefits are not something-for-nothing
THE notion of the government leaving jobless youngsters penniless for six months by stopping all their benefit may seem cruel, but since this proposal is aimed at the indolent core who repeatedly refuse to participate in the welfare-to-work New Deal programme
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LOCAL CRICKET: Lancashire League Saturday round-up
ENFIELD smashed a club record and professional Dave Saker also had a hat-trick to celebrate as they demolished Rishton at Dill Hall Lane. A massive opening partnership of 229 between Andy Barker (113) and Russ Edmonds (107 not out) beat the previous best
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Support for sufferers
WITH reference to your recent article 'Toddler who captured a town's heart' (August 6), the National Society for Epilepsy would like to extend their best wishes to the family and friends of Lauren Thornber at this difficult time. Epilepsy is the most
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Re-examine the pay and display
YOUR report about the closure of the Whalley car park (LET, August 6) is most disturbing. It is stated that it has been leased from Whitbread by Ribble Valley Council for the past 10 years, that the council cannot afford to renew the agreement and that
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What pleasure in the park
WHAT a pleasure it was to visit Oak Hill Park, Accrington, and see hundreds of people enjoying themselves at the Holland's Sounds Festival. Even the weather changed from a dismal morning to a sunny afternoon. The parks are there for public use, also to
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Town aims too high
MRS M.E. Hanson's problem about finding someone to help with her garden (Letters, August 12) is ubiquitous in this ambitious town of ours. Why doesn't our town council take its eyes off the city in the sky for a while and look at the reality? Do we really
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PC cut free after crash
A POLICEMAN was seriously injured and had to be cut free from his car after an accident while he was answering an emergency call. Police today said 36-year-old PC Chris Giltrow-Shaw, from Burnley, was in a "poorly" condition on a ward in Burnley General
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Rovers boss sticks to his guns
BRIAN Kidd faced up to the increasing pressure caused by an alarmingly-poor start for Blackburn Rovers and vowed - I'm confident we'll come good. Supporters are already getting restless after three games without a win in a disastrous start. And Kidd,
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From trainee to boss!
JOBSEEKER Christopher Farnworth, 21, from Accrington, is building himself a new career after 18 months of unemployment with help from the New Deal. Pauline Stuttard, an advisor from his local Jobcentre, arranged a placement for him under the Environmental
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Dying man found next to rail line
A 22-year-old man died hours after being found collapsed next to the railway line at Nelson. Today police named him as Gary Elliott, of no fixed address. A train driver reported to British Transport Police that a man was next to the track near to Chaffer's
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Parties unite to save playing fields
POLITICAL rivals have banded together to stop playing fields in Nelson being turned into an industrial estate. Liberal Democrats in the Bradley ward area have added their voices to those of the local Labour party in opposing proposals to earmark Swinden
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Blooming marvellous!
WATCH out Southport we've a show to rival yours! That was the claim made by organisers of one Brierfield and Reedley's best ever shows. The 73rd annual flower and homecrafts show at Walter Street Primary School, Brierfield, attracted 80 per cent more
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Early-arrival Lewis welcomed by neighbours!
LITTLE Lewis Reed had a welcome party all ready and waiting when he popped out two weeks early. As well as mum Alyson and dad Bill, the family's living room had two paramedics and three midwives - and a couple of passing neighbours trying to watch the
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Kids to help as store opens
INTERIOR designer Graham Wynne, from BBC's popular programme 'Changing Rooms', will be helped by local children when he officially opens the new Wickes Blackburn store on Great Bolton Street on Saturday, August 28, at 10am. Children had the opportunity
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Mellon toasts team's tasty starter
MICKY Mellon helped Burnley chalk up their second win of the new campaign and then admitted that the Clarets couldn't have asked for a better start. "If somebody had given us seven points out of nine at the start of the season we would have jumped at
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Firm pledges for new theatre
A CAMPAIGN for a new Blackburn theatre has been given a £14,500 boost by local businesses. Haslingden firm WH Good Electrical Engineering Services and Nelson-based Pendle Frozen Foods both agreed to sponsor rooms at the Red Brick Theatre, Ewood. Campaign
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'Tragic' tale of ex-alcoholic
A TRAGIC chain of personal disasters turned reformed alcoholic Shelley Margaret Tierney to drink. But her first lapse in 12 years led to even more trauma when she was stopped and breathalysed just moments after driving off a pub car park. Tierney, 40,
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Cooke blow sparks striker crisis
CLARETS boss Stan Ternent is facing a worrying striker shortage after Andy Cooke's hamstring injury took the gloss off a superb win at Oldham Athletic. Burnley now face a spell of four games in 12 days with Cooke likely to miss them all. And potential
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Kidd sticks to his guns
BRIAN Kidd faced up to the increasing pressure caused by an alarmingly-poor start for Blackburn Rovers and vowed - I'm confident we'll come good. Supporters are already getting restless after three games without a win in a disastrous start. And Kidd,
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Impressive Clarets warm the heart
Div Two: Oldham Athletic 0 Burnley 1 - Pete Oliver's match verdict A HEART monitor apparently dropped from the wrist of a Burnley fan went missing and then remained unclaimed at the end of the game according to the public address announcer at Boundary
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Rovers made to look second-rate
Division One: Blackburn Rovers 1 Barnsley 2 - Peter White's match verdict IT'S time for Blackburn Rovers' players to stand up and be counted, time to take responsibility for their performances and time to put an end to the entirely-justified label of
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Events in East Lancashire on Tuesday, August 24th
Accrington and Blackburn CHA meet Billinge End/Preston New Road, Blackburn, 7pm, for evening ramble. Blackburn Home Organists meet St Stephens Conservative Club, Robinson Street, Little Harwood, 8pm. AGM Good As New shop, Whalley Road United Reformed
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NON-LEAGUE SOCCER: Daisy Hill 1 Nelson 1
NELSON came away from New Sirs with a point when they should really have taken all three in this First North Western Trains League Second Division clash. The Blues gifted Daisy Hill the opening goal with a defensive blunder after 20 minutes when they
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FIVE YEARS AGO: Babies warning
SMOKING, drinking and drug-taking mums-to-be inflict suffering on their babies, said a Burnley child care expert. Consultant paediatrician, Dr Ian Swann, called for a strong partnership between pregnant mothers and Burnley Health Trust - because lives
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COUNTY CRICKET: Crawley praises pace ace
JOHN Crawley led the praise for unsung hero Peter Martin after his five wickets fired Lancashire into the top four of the Championship table on Saturday. Martin ripped out the heart of Yorkshire's second innings in a superb afternoon spell to set up Lancashire's
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Farmers must have a better deal
THE DEPTH of the crisis in agriculture is brought home graphically in the disclosure today by MP Nigel Evans that 15 dairy farms in his Ribble Valley constituency alone are on the brink of collapse. But it seems that the government fails to understand
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Message is clear on tolls
THE Scottish people are to have the dubious pleasure of having tolls introduced on to certain roads this year, as an experiment. I am sure that the Scottish people will not be pleased to learn that the only drivers who are exempt from these tolls are
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LOCAL CRICKET: Lancs League feature match
OLD-stager Ian Haworth is well used to being ribbed over his age. But, these glory days, he always seems able to have the last laugh . . . even when the pain in his rib cage is anything but funny. He faced Accrington on Saturday when many - dare I say
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A plea for straight talk
I AM rather amazed by the evidently sophisticated person whose tone of voice drops with the obvious intention of saying: "All is not well between me and you," without saying it. Why not just say what's in your heart instead of blocking up the drains?
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LOCAL CRICKET: Sunday round-up
RAWTENSTALL skipper Keith Roscoe led by example with a remarkable seven-wicket haul to end Haslingden's fading EW Cartons Lancashire League title hopes. Roscoe, who recently chalked up his 700th wicket in the league and took five wickets the previous
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New penalty on soccer skipper
A SOCCER player has been banned from Burnley and District Sunday League after assaulting an opponent, despite being cleared to carry on playing by Lancashire Football Association. Norrie Doogan, 33, captain and centre half of the Lowerhouse Lane Ends,
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Cooke blow sparks Clarets striker crisis
CLARETS boss Stan Ternent is facing a worrying striker shortage after Andy Cooke's hamstring injury took the gloss off a superb win at Oldham Athletic. Burnley now face a spell of four games in 12 days with Cooke likely to miss them all. And potential
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Brookhouse appointment
ANDY Sims has been appointed sales and marketing manager for tooling at Brookhouse Holdings of Darwen. Andy, who has a wide background in international sales working in the Middle and Far East, is a mechanical engineer by training. He will be responsible
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Addict sent to rehabilitation
A DRUG addict who admitted handling part of the proceeds of a £4,600 burglary has been spared a jail sentence and sent into drug rehabilitation. Mark Mathews, 23, of Brecon Avenue, Oswaldtwistle, admitted handling stolen goods and allowing himself to
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Team Links up with success
THE team at Business Link East Lancashire has been awarded a national stamp of approval. The business support organisation has been awarded Business Link Accreditation - a standard all such bodies must reach within their first three years to continue
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Final chance to shine
ENTRIES are now being invited for the final quarter of the Lancashire Evening Telegraph East Lancashire Business Awards. The winners of the third quarter will be announced next month but companies interested in applying for the fourth quarter's prizes
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Reunion planned for school chums
FORMER classmates at Nelson Grammar School are being invited to meet their old chums at Nelson Cricket Club on Saturday, September 25. The reunion is targeted at all those who started at the school in 1950 and being organised by three ex-pupils: Pat Ormerod
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Search for boy as home burns
A TERRIFIED mother has told how a desperate search was launched when her son went missing as a blaze ripped through her home. Mother of four Debbie Reeves, 32, was dozing on her settee when she was woken by one of her children to discover her home filled
