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Amanda's bike trip down Mexico way
AMANDA Lawrenson is heading down Mexico way to help people with cancer. The 27-year-old, of Methuen Drive, Hoghton, will be cycling 600km across the country in February to raise funds for Macmillan Cancer Relief. The eight-day cycle starts at Alvarado
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Thieves silence karaoke business
THIEVES with stars in their eyes stole £10,000 of karaoke equipment leaving the owner to sound off in fury. Nigel Ely has had 5,000 CDs taken from the back of his car as well as speakers, portable televisions, microphones, mixing desks and amplifiers.
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Fury over dumped syringes
AN ANGRY grandmother was shocked when her grandson found a tube of syringes while he was playing near her home. Jean Grogan, 53, of Dover Close, Blackburn, said 12-year-old Christopher Hargreaves found about 50 syringes in a yard at a house in Romney
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Rovers form watch (v Walsall)
FILAN: Made one major blunder and admitted it had cost two precious points...5 KENNA: Saw plenty of the ball especially going forward and almost scored in the opening minutes...7 SHORT: A decent game before his suspension and unlucky to be denied a rare
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Short denied by linesman's flag
CRAIG Short was denied his first Rovers goal by a controversial decision from a linesman at the Bescot Stadium last night. The Rovers central defender seemed to have put his team 2-0 ahead in first-half stoppage time when he claimed the last touch to
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Kidd defies critics
BRIAN Kidd defied his critics after two more precious points slipped away from Blackburn Rovers' grasp at the Bescot Stadium last night. Having seen some of the stories in the national press, the under-fire Rovers boss was wary of what he said after his
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Battle is on for first-team places
TOM Cowan will be fighting to resurrect his Burnley career when he makes his comeback in the reserves against Tranmere tonight. The 30-year-old defender admits to feeling frustrated at his lack of first team opportunities this season. But the former Huddersfield
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GRANE ROAD: Short cut that isn't
A COMPUTER route-finding package is showing drivers that the Grane Road is NOT the quickest route between Rossendale and Blackburn. Grane residents have complained about the number of truck and car drivers who use the treacherous hilltop route as a "short
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Pregnant soccer fan pushed to ground
OUTRAGED fans have called for action after a pregnant Blackburn Rovers supporter was pushed to the ground when trouble flared following the team's 2-0 defeat by Manchester City. Six months pregnant Pamela Kerans, 21, of Manchester Road, Baxenden, was
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Late blunder costs Kidd's men victory
Division One: Walsall 1 Rovers 1 - Peter White's verdict JOHN Filan emerged from another dressing room full of broken dreams to apologise to his team-mates, manager and travelling supporters for the blunder that cost Blackburn Rovers victory against Walsall
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LOCAL SOCCER: Old Blacks 2 Spotland 0
AN OUTSTANDING display of wing play from Best and Keigher ran the Spotland defence ragged. Time and time again they got round the backs but there was some very bad finishing from the Blacks front men - Taylor particularly had chances to break the deadlock
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LOCAL SOCCER: Witton Winter League
WEST End are the early pacesetters in the First Division and they got the better of Welding Engineering by a 5-1 scoreline. Caristone just beat Medin 2-1 to become one of five teams on three points. Acme Refrigeration returned to winning ways with a 4
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LOCAL SOCCER: BAC Preston 1 Padiham 5
PADIHAM'S 5-1 away win over BAC Preston on Saturday ensured the Storks stayed top of the West Lancashire Football League Division One table and made some amends for the previous weekend's shock 4-1 home defeat against second-placed Garstang FC. A second
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Gone but not regretted
THE vote to end the 700-year-old right of hereditary peers to sit and vote at Westminster was a truly historic occasion. Britain will never be the same again - and will be manifestly better for it. In some places a tear may be shed for the passing of
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JUNIOR SOCCER: Local round-up
OSWALDTWISTLE UNITED 4 ROSSENDALE VALLEY ACES 0 THE home side proved too strong for the Valley outfit, in a VMI Accrington and District Boys' League match played at a gusty Bullough Park. Playing in a roving midfield role, United skipper Joel Byrom enjoyed
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LOCAL SOCCER: SGL Seat Cars West Lancashire League
RESULTS - Premier Division: Eagley 0, Kirkham & Wesham 4; Barnoldswick Utd 0, Fulwood Amateurs 0; Blackrod Town 4, Wyre Villa 2; Burnley Utd 5, Leyland Motors Ath 2; Charnock Richard 2, Norcross and Warbreck 2; Feniscowles 0, Freckleton 3; Lansil
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Small change from washer
READING Mr D Pratt's account (Letters, October 14) about things in pockets reminded me of some years ago when I was repairing washing machines for a living. There was one house in Barden Lane, Burnley, where the normally spaced-out breakdowns suddenly
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No fun in fireworks
I HAVE a list of solutions to deal with child and teenage thugs who deliberately let off fireworks and do stupid things with them in the run-up to Bonfire Night. The police should have powers to seize fireworks from children and teenagers involved in
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NVQs, route to success
I AM perplexed why Mr R Bracewell (Letters, October 25) would regard the achievement of advanced level National Vocational Qualifications as of little significance. Perhaps he is unaware that many of the largest and most dynamic local employers are choosing
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TV appeal in hunt for sex attacker
POLICE hunting a sex attacker who indecently assaulted a 13-year-old girl in the grounds of a Hyndburn school hope a television appeal tonight will yield more clues. Great Harwood detectives have passed details of the attack at Norden High School, Rishton
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Clarets battle is on for first-team places
TOM Cowan will be fighting to resurrect his Burnley career when he makes his comeback in the reserves against Tranmere tonight. The 30-year-old defender admits to feeling frustrated at his lack of first team opportunities this season. But the former Huddersfield
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Child cruelty denied
A WOMAN burned a little boy's arm on an oven hot plate, a jury was told. Burnley Crown Court heard how Sandra Roberts, 30, who was in charge of the youngster, claimed the wound was an impetigo infection, but a casualty doctor thought it was a burn. A
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Rovers boss defies the critics
BRIAN Kidd defied his critics after two more precious points slipped away from Blackburn Rovers' grasp at the Bescot Stadium last night. Having seen some of the stories in the national press, the under-fire Rovers boss was wary of what he said after his
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Ousted leader wants poll-probe rival to quit
A FORMER council leader has called for the resignation of the Independent councillor whose agent reported him to police for alleged breach of electoral law. George Slynn spoke out after the Crown Prosecution Service decided not to charge him over the
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Hedgehog hazards as hibernation looms
Nature Watch, with Ron Freethy WHEN the clocks are altered and bonfire fever strikes the nation, it is the time to turn our attention to hedgehogs. Very few of our native mammals hibernate - that includes the squirrel - and therefore how the hedgehog
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New group helps fly the cultural flag
A NEW group is set to be launched to help East Lancashire's arts and crafts businesses prosper. East Lancashire Cultural Industries Development has been formed to fly the flag for one of the area's fastest growing industries. The new group aims to cover
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Supply and demand, sir
JUST six years after starting up with £2,000 in savings and cash from a car loan, the two men who founded a teacher supply agency sold the business last week for £13 million. I do not begrudge them a penny. They identified a market and set out to serve
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£2.5m award for brain-damage boy, 12
A 12-year-old boy who was the victim of clinical negligence during his birth at Burnley General Hospital, has been awarded a record £2.5million in a High Court settlement. The Manchester court award to Carl Fyles, who suffers from cerebral palsy, marks
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GRANE ROAD: 'Safety' rapped
MORE than 3.5million vehicles a year are using East Lancashire's notorious Grane Road - and large parts remain just like a B-road, residents claimed today. Members of Grane Residents' Association and Belthorn Residents' Association said the information
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Dad hits out at council after son severs finger
A FATHER is accusing a council of negligence after his son severed a finger on the door of a portable storage unit. Nine-year-old Aaron Walker had to have the tip of his finger sewn back on after the accident in Staffa Crescent, Shadsworth, Blackburn.
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Fraud trial told of bogus businesses
TWO men were allegedly part of a plot to set up bogus businesses and disappear, "ripping off" unsuspecting suppliers to the tune of "many, many thousands of pounds." Burnley Crown Court heard how Syed Annayet Hussain, 24, and Syed Asif Hussain Shah, 28
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Death threat after Asian hate talk
A JUDGE has asked for a report from a forensic psychiatrist on a knifeman who walked into a taxi office and threatened to kill a worker. Burnley Crown Court heard how Carl Brierley, 24, who has previously taken an overdose, had with him a 12-14 inch blade
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GRANE ROAD: Overtaken by danger
MOBILE cafe owner Karen Murray today told of how she watched motorists dicing with death on the Grane Road and admitted: "I see near-misses all the time." Karen called emergency services after the crash which injured six people next to her caravan, in
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Grane Road: 'Safety' rapped
MORE than 3.5million vehicles a year are using East Lancashire's notorious Grane Road - and large parts remain just like a B-road, residents claimed today. Members of Grane Residents' Association and Belthorn Residents' Association said the information
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Teenager caught with cannabis
A TEENAGER was granted a conditional discharge for 12 months and ordered to pay £118 costs by Blackburn magistrates after pleading guilty to possessing cannabis. The court heard that police approached Rafik Lorgat's car late at night when it was parked
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GRANE ROAD: Bid to kill speed on hell highway
COUNTY councillors are due to decide next week whether to cut speed limits on the Grane Road. The move is one of the measures being considered in an effort to cut the number of deaths and injuries in accidents on the notorious route between Haslingden
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Estate terror bus attacks 'ended'
BLACKBURN police say an operation to track down youths who were targeting bus drivers on a housing estate has been a success. Officers have identified five youths who are believed to be responsible for the trouble on the Fishmoor estate in Blackburn.
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By heck! It were a reet good do
HOTPOT and black pudding were on the menu when Galligreaves and District Community Association, Blackburn, held a Lancashire day. Local artists, historians and pupils from St Luke's and St Philip's School displayed historical pictures and artefacts from
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Events in Lancashire on Thursday, October 28th
Blackburn Artists' Society meet St Gabriel's Church Hall, Brownhill Drive, Blackburn, 7pm. Workshop. Activity Afternoon, Rhyddings Methodist Church, Oswaldtwistle, 2pm-4pm. "The Little Shop of Horrors," Oswaldtwistle Civic Theatre, 7.30pm. "The Sorcerer
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Panel punch led to court
A MAN who had been thrown out of the Rendezvous nightclub in Whalley was arrested after he punched a glass fronted display stand. Blackburn magistrates heard that police had already told Garry Platt to go home. Platt, 25, of Padiham Road, Sabden, pleaded
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MP calls for French meat ban in schools
EAST Lancashire Tory MP Nigel Evans has demanded Lancashire County Council bans French meat in its schools and old people's homes. The Ribble Valley MP wants it to follow Kent with an embargo after revelations that farm animals in France have been fed
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TEN YEARS AGO: Battle for baby units
MATERNITY staff at Bramley Meade and Accrington Victoria Hospital expected to hear bad news from a meeting of the district health authority. The units were earmarked for closure. Staff called on local councillors, MPs and mothers to back them in a fight
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JUNIOR SOCCER: Blackburn and Darwen League
Results - Under 11: Earcroft Jnrs 1, Blackburn Eagles Jnrs 8; Haslingden Juniors 2, Blue Star 4; Ossy Celtic 4, Rossendale Valley Lads 1; STASH 1, Knuzden Jnr 3; Whalley Tigers 3, Ossy Braves 3. Under 10 Red: Blue Star Aces 0, Blackburn EAgles 5; Haslingden
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FIVE YEARS AGO: Council sick rumpus
SICKNESS absence among council workers was costing Burnley about £1 million a year not including payments for replacement staff or overtime. Coun Harry Brooks - who has raised controversy on the same subject five years later - said Burnley council staff
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SCHOOLS SOCCER: With Graeme Hollinshead
BURNLEY Under 15s have been given a tough away draw against Halton in the third round of the Heinz Ketchup Trophy. The youngsters beat Wigan 3-1 in a tough first round tie at Gawthorpe School thanks to goals from Ashley Whelan (2) and Robbie Smith. And
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If Government bottles it, the public won't
IF, in its determination to play it by the book and stick to EU trade rules, the government will not stand up for our farmers and hit back at France's illegal boycott of British beef, then it seems consumers will have to fight this war and force the French
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Take a look at ourselves
RON Freethy's feature on fox hunting (LET, October 13) was intelligent and informative. As a nation of animal lovers, Britain should lead the way to a ban on this issue. The argument that banning this obscene tradition erodes civil liberties would have
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TABLE TENNIS: Leaders' perfect Plumb
TABLE TENNIS: Leaders Whitbread had a superb start to the season in Division One of the Blackburn and District League. Team secretary John Marshall led fellow players Eddie Pilling and Ged Simpson to an astonishing 10-0 home victory over H&S Plumbers
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Safety for disabled
I AM engaged in research into disabled women who have suffered domestic violence and the problems they may have faced in securing a place at a refuge. I would like to hear from anyone who has found themselves in this situation. I can guarantee that anyone
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JUNIOR SOCCER: Hyndburn and District Boys' League
IN THE Under 14s LFA Club Cup competition, Hyndburn have two clubs through to the third round with Blackburn Eagles travelling to Bury and winning 1-0 and Langho Juniors defeating Westhoughton Rangers 3-1. There were one or two surprises in the league
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Support for rail crews
DAVID Wiggins of Railtrack (Letters, October 15), can be reassured that the rank and file workers of Railtrack, and the firms they subcontract out to, have the support of the vast majority of the general public for the good work they do. After all, it's
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£2.5m award for brain-damage boy, 12
A 12-YEAR-OLD boy who was the victim of clinical negligence during his birth at Burnley General Hospital, has been awarded a record £2.5 million in a High Court settlement. The Manchester court award to Carl Fyles, who suffers from cerebral palsy, marks
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Health merger 'logical'
AN East Lancashire health trust is backing a major shake-up of NHS services which could put it out of business. Burnley Health Trust, the hospitals service for Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale, says merger with Blackburn would be logical, provided it was
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MP Greg goes for election hat-trick
HYNDBURN MP Greg Pope has been selected by the Labour Party to fight for a hat-trick of wins in the seat at the next General Election. Mr Pope was backed by every branch in the constituency - which takes in Haslingden as well as Hyndburn - that took part
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Tucking in for charity
STAFF at a commercial law firm will be getting their day off to a good start later this week. A charity breakfast is being staged at Taylors offices in Blackburn on Friday to raise cash for the Breakthrough Breast Cancer appeal. Two employees at the firm
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Brewer's strength showing through
BREWING and leisure group Whitbread saw profits edge up despite difficult trading conditions. The firm, which employs more than 1,000 in East Lancashire, reported profits up three per cent to £213.6 million in the six months to August 28, compared with
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Family escape as car hits house
A CAR smashed into the front of a house in Nelson sending stones and glass crashing into a front room where a family had been sitting only minutes before. Police are looking for three young men who ran off after the blue Toyota Corolla became embedded
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'Non' to boeuf M- la merde!
LET me make sure I've got this right. The EU declares that British beef is safe at last from Mad Cow Disease, but the French take no notice and illegally ban it all the same on health grounds. Then, in the ensuing row, it is revealed that French farmers
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Birt's binge a fee-for-all
OFFICIALLY, it is a 'do' to announce the BBC's programming for the new millennium, but the upcoming junket at Hampton Court Palace costing licence-payers more than £50,000 is also being seen as an expensive farewell party for the corporation's departing
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School sows the seeds of change
PUPILS at a Blackburn school are going green - inside and outside the classroom. The youngsters from Meadowhead Junior School, Anglesey Street, have been learning the value of recycling and energy efficiency through in-class projects. And they have been
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Volunteers make a big difference
AN area of rough, grassed land is now an attractive community garden, thanks to the efforts of volunteers. The Rishton Prospects Panel, a community organisation, joined forces with Groundwork East Lancashire, the British Trust for Conservation Volunteers
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Cruising into old age
ONE of the great myths of our times is that pensioners are poor. A great many are not - cruise liners are chock-a-block with wrinklies and advertisements abound to tempt stiff-kneed grey-hairs into expensive walk-in baths, ease-you-up armchairs and stairlifts
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Bogus caller alert
HOUSEHOLDERS have been warned to be on their guard against bogus callers after a 75-year-old woman was targeted by a thief who claimed to have damaged her rear wall. More than £1,000 worth of property, including jewellery and a handbag, was taken from
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Court hears of kill threat
A JURY has been told how a man who "pole-axed" a 25-year-old amateur sportsman with a single punch warned a friend: "Keep him away from me or I'll kill him." Neil Anthony Morton, 27, denies inflicting unlawful and malicious grievous bodily harm on 25-
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Youth took computer games worth £300
LESS than a week after starting a new job Majid Hussain was caught stealing computer games. Blackburn magistrates heard that Hussain was searched as he left the B and L Distribution Limited and three CDs were found. Three more games were found in a parked
