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Rovers form watch (v Manchester City)
FILAN: Good game and a superb penalty save...8 KENNA: Probably relieved to be substituted as Kennedy was starting to run him ragged...5 SHORT: Vulnerable to Dickov's pace but made one memorable tackle on the flying Kennedy...6 DAILLY: Fluctuates from
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Clarets form watch (v Bristol City)
CRICHTON: A quiet afternoon in the shot-stopping department but played his part with some assured handling...7 WEST: Solid defensively but his distribution occasionally let him down...6 SMITH: Played his part in another clean sheet and drilled a couple
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Redundant staff back at plant
STAFF made redundant when a Pendle factory closed are back working at the plant under new bosses. Trawden-based LBS has taken on more than 40 workers after moving one of its subsidiaries from Wales to part of the former Lear Corporation site at Spring
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Another crash at accident blackspot
ONE person was trapped in a five-vehicle crash on the notorious Grane Road between Haslingden and Blackburn today. Three ambulances and the North West air ambulance helicopter were sent to the crash, near the mobile cafe lay-by between the Grey Mare pub
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Clean sheet delight for goal hero
MIDFIELD maestro Paul Cook served up a stunning goal to set Burnley on their way to another impressive victory. But the former Stockport man was more concerned with singing the praises of the Clarets defence after another clean sheet kept Stan Ternent's
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Ternent ends Allen interest
BURNLEY boss Stan Ternent has decided not to pursue his interest in former Nottingham Forest and Oxford winger Chris Allen. The former England Under 21 international arrived at Turf Moor on trial last week in a bid to secure a permanent move with the
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Homes galore - but no one wants them
EAST Lancashire has one of the North West's highest proportions of homes people do not want to live in, according to a report. The Council for the Protection of Rural England says more than 10 per cent of privately-owned housing stock in Blackburn, Burnley
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Cooking good for Ternent
Division Two: Burnley 2 Bristol City 0 - Andy Neild's verdict TWO 'cooks' turned up the gas in the Second Division promotion race as bubbling Burnley swept aside Bristol City at Turf Moor. The classy Clarets served up a real gourmet feast as stunning
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Family tree's lost branches
TRACING family tree roots from her home in Canada, Miss Linda Lowrey wonders whether readers can put her in touch with the Darwen descendants of her grandfather John Plant's brother. He was David Plant and he and his wife Sarah (ne Waddicor) had five
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FIVE YEARS AGO: Health trust bust-up
THE chairman and chief executive of the troubled Burnley HealthCare Trust each called for the other's resignation in an astonishing bust-up. Mrs Maggie Aikman claimed James Rawson asked her to quit her £60,000 plus post in view of a possible vote of no
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Meanness could cost lives
NO-ONE would permit pedestrians to cross a busy motorway - because it would be lethal madness. Yet in East Lancashire the Highways Agency lets this sort of danger go on daily - all for the sake of the £250,000 that it could cost for footbridge so people
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Cash has been forwarded
ON behalf of my daughter, Julie Hand, formerly of Blackburn, who was to run in the New York Marathon in aid of the Macmillan Nurses, but, due to an injury to her ankle, has had to cancel, I wish to extend sincere thanks to all her sponsors. These include
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Double yellows banned for all
I FULLY agree with the disabled driver who complained (Letters, October 13) - taxis, or any other cars, should not park in a space reserved for the disabled unless they are entitled to. I find it strange though, that he asks: "Why are they permitted to
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NON-LEAGUE SOCCER: Holker OB 0 Darwen 4
DARWEN responded perfectly to a pre-match rocket from manager Steve Wilkes with a four star performance which re-ignited their promotion push. Wilkes had blasted his players after last weekend's defeat at Woodley and wielded the axe dropping Jimmy Khan
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No thought for others
IN response to 'Disabled' (Letters, October 13), while I am very sympathetic towards any disabled drivers and agree there should be more parking for them, I find a certain irony in his complaint concerning taxi drivers parking on double yellow lines.
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Back ban on French goods
CONSIDERING the French were our allies in two world wars, why are we constantly in conflict with them in peace? For years General de Gaulle led a campaign to keep us out of Europe and the Common Market. Then, we have their farmers and wagon drivers periodically
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Awards over the top
WHEN I first saw the photograph of more than 70 mature students, each clad in traditional cap and gown (LET, October 1), I thought "How wonderful - this must be an Open University degree awarding ceremony." Imagine my surprise and near disbelief on discovering
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Double standards
WITH many others, I have followed the recent extended coverage of Councillor Mohammed Khan's job application to the Blackburn Racial Equality Council. There were many critical articles and editorials presenting all sorts of allegations. Now, the truth
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Search for relatives of dead journalist
AMERICAN police are trying to trace relatives of a former East Lancashire journalist found dead in his apartment in Dallas, Texas. A post mortem examination found Peter Williams, 61, died of a kidney infection. Police are not treating his death as suspicious
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Helping to gauge life of an aircraft
WAFER thin gauges the size of postage stamps are helping keep aircraft flying for longer. The special monitoring gauges are being fitted to Eurofighter Typhoon components at British Aerospace, Samlesbury. The gauges are fitted to various parts of the
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Everyone wins with new schools link-up
BOSSES at a steel site have signed up to a schools project at the double. The Corus site at Guide has agreed to team up with two local schools under the School Friends initiative run by Blackburn Partnership. The firm is now linked with Lower Darwen Primary
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Germans increase share of engines company
GERMAN car giant BMW is upping its stake in aero engines group Rolls-Royce which employs more than 1,000 people in Pendle. BMW today announced it is increasing its stake from two per cent to just over 10 per cent. The move is part of a wider deal between
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Anger at snub for danger road bridge
HIGHWAYS bosses were blasted today after they announced their refusal to build a footbridge over a high-speed road where pedestrians are playing "Russian roulette" with cars. MPs Greg Pope and Janet Anderson are furious that the Highways Agency is considering
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City boss backs Rovers
JOE Royle was still tipping Blackburn Rovers to come good, even after his table-topping team beat them at Maine Road. And the Manchester City manager felt it was a crucial - and ultimately deserved - win for his team. Though he said Rovers had given the
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Acting legend licensed to thrill
SIR John Mills thrilled an audience in Blackburn with tales from his long career - and raised thousands of pounds for a new theatre venue in the town. The screen legend brought his one-man show to King George's Hall to raise money for the Red Brick Theatre
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Time for players to back their boss
Comment by Peter White TWELVE months ago today, Blackburn Rovers were preparing for a massive Premiership game against Arsenal. Tomorrow night they visit the tiny Bescot Stadium. And who would ever have thought that a game against Walsall would be a major
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Kidd slams Ewood flops
BRIAN Kidd accused his players of not wanting victory as much as First Division leaders Manchester City at Maine Road on Saturday. In a shock, plain-speaking outburst, Kidd admitted there was something "fundamentally wrong" with his team and accepted
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Crash driver's m-way mayhem
A WOMAN was fighting for her life today after a five-vehicle motorway smash caused by a driver who ran off and abandoned a car in the middle lane of the M61. Kathryn Louise Gottweiss, of Spring Meadows, Darwen, was airlifted by a police helicopter to
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Royle variety disappointment
Division One: Manchester City 2 Blackburn Rovers 0 - Peter White's verdict IN their playing days, Brian Kidd and Joe Royle were a couple of strikers hewn from the same chunk of granite. The two friends, as well as former team-mates, knew how to take a
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Events in East/Central Lancashire on Tuesday, October 26th
Ladies Fashion Sale, Lammack Methodist Church, Blackburn, 8pm. Proceeds for Leprosy Mission. Asthma Support Group meet Education Block, Blackburn Royal Infirmary, 7.30pm. Fun Time for six-11 year-olds, Rhyddings Methodist Church, Oswaldtwistle, 6.30pm
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Can you unlock diary's secrets?
CAN readers with memories reaching back more than 70 years solve a puzzle for Mrs Catherine Hartley - of just who was the girl who kept a diary all that time ago? Mrs Hartley came across the diary in St Anne's and suspects its writer may have retired
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TEN YEARS AGO: Roundabout moves
MINISTERS were to be pressed to move into top gear to resolve the chaos at the traffic blackspot of Brownhill roundabout, Blackburn. The planning committee was to go direct to the Department of Transport, and Tory councillors called for drastic measures
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NON-LEAGUE SOCCER: Squires Gate 3 Ramsbottom United 3 (aet)
UNITED live to fight another day after being behind three times to plucky and unlucky Second Division outfit Squires Gate in a pulsating FA Carlsberg Vase first round tie. The home side made a strong and confident start and it was 11 minutes before the
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NON-LEAGUE SOCCER: Tetley Walker 0 Nelson 0
NELSON preserved their record as the only unbeaten FNWTL Division Two team with the help of a clean sheet after a fine performance from goalkeeper Simon Burrows. The valuable away point gained against Tetley Walker at Long Lane keeps The Blues' promotion
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NON-LEAGUE SOCCER: Bacup Borough 3 Blackpool Mechanics 0
STUART Farnell bagged a hat-trick of headers to maintain Borough's excellent unbeaten run in the First North Western Trains League Second Division. But apart from the goals, there was little to choose between these two sides in a scrappy and dour affair
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NON-LEAGUE SOCCER: Colne 3 Oldham Town 1
COLNE'S season took an upward turn on Saturday after it had looked like this First North Western Trains League Division Two clash was going to be the same old story for Denzil Hart's side. The Reds' first win for over a month came courtesy of a glittering
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Don't dither over French food - ban it
THE GOVERNMENT may be seeking to appear as "good Europeans" by refusing to ban French meat in retaliation for France's wrongful ban on British beef, but public health comes before politics. For when it is disclosed that French farmers have been feeding
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NON-LEAGUE SOCCER: Harrogate Town 1 Chorley 3
CHORLEY maintained their excellent away form by completing a hat trick of successful raids into Yorkshire. However, the Magpies' victory was not as clearcut as the score suggests, and Harrogate, seeking a club record eleventh match unbeaten, contributed
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NON-LEAGUE SOCCER: Atherton LR 5 Great Harwood Town 1
A SENSATIONAL second half hat-trick from former Stockport striker Jimmy Flood sank sorry Harwood in a game manager Denis Underwood will quickly want to forget. After Monday night's 4-4 debacle against Maine Road, Underwood was searching for more defensive
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A medal at last for Bobby Seith
BURNLEY ended nearly 40 years of hurt for former player Bobby Seith when they presented him with his championship-winning medal during the half-time interval at Turf Moor on Saturday. Seith never received the medal he was due after playing 27 games to
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Puzzle of club's mystery hero
A HIDDEN page of history has been uncovered during the restoration of a war memorial. The discovery has turned members of Daneshouse Working Men's Club, Nicholl Street, Burnley, into amateur detectives to find out more about a mystery man named on the
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55 staples in head wound
A POOL player today spoke about the mystery brush with death which left him needing 55 staples in a head wound and an emergency operation to remove a blood clot from his brain. Lucky-to-be alive Aaron Haine, 22, of Castle Street, Hapton, has an operation
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Robber locked up
A YOUTH has been sent to custody for his part in a robbery when a teenager was forced to draw out cash from bank. Waseem Hussain, 16, and another youth threatened to kill their terrified victim during his hour-long ordeal, Burnley Crown Court heard. Sentencing
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Gloomy outlook for exporters
EXPORTERS in the region are more gloomy about prospects for the future, according to a survey. Businesses in the North West were among the least optimistic in the country about their overseas sales, figures compiled by Dun & Bradstreet reveal. Numbers
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Attack girls behind bars
TWO teenagers who gave a 13-year-old girl a "kicking" in what a judge slammed as an appalling attack are both behind bars. Cherisse Newton, 16, who had earlier threatened to kill somebody and cut a woman with a five-inch bladed knife, was sent to detention
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Safety seminar
FIRMS can get the facts about accidents at work at a health and safety seminar. The East Lancashire Chamber of Commerce and Health and Safety Group are staging the event at the Dunkenhalgh Hotel to help firms understand the law and how to prevent accidents
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Nightclub gutted after arson attack
A BLAZE at a Pendle nightclub, which caused up to £200,000-worth of damage, was an arson attack. A joint investigation by fire and police officers found three seats of fire inside the Phoenix club, formerly known as Blueberrys, Holme Street, Nelson. Police
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55 staples in head wound
A POOL player today spoke about the mystery brush with death which left him needing 55 staples in a head wound and an emergency operation to remove a blood clot from his brain. Lucky-to-be alive Aaron Haine, 22, of Castle Street, Hapton, has an operation
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Crash driver's m-way mayhem
A WOMAN was fighting for her life today after a five-vehicle motorway smash caused by a driver who ran off and abandoned a car in the middle lane of the M61. Kathryn Louise Gottweiss, of Spring Meadows, Darwen, was airlifted by a police helicopter to
