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Trolley back in action
A HOSPITAL tea round which was suspended because of safety fears is back on the wards and organisers are appealing new volunteers. The tea trolley service run by the WRVS to provide a welcome cuppa to patients in Blackburn Royal Infirmary was suspended
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East Lancs shamed by TV licence cheats
TELEVISION watchers in East Lancashire are among the worst in the country for licence dodging, according to a new "league of shame." Areas of the county from Blackburn to Barnoldswick, which are covered by the Blackburn BB postcode, have been placed 18th
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Boomerang boys aim for the big time
FORGET Sister Sledge and their hit single "We Are Family" and meet the Monks from Blackburn and their band Boomerang. Brothers Graham, 15, Gary, 14, and Ged, 10, are following in their musical dad Neil's footsteps - and believe they could go all the way
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Extra police slash crime figures
LANCASHIRE has more police than ever before, Home Secretary Jack Straw has revealed. And he has praised the force for slashing crime in the county by more than 10 per cent. Blackburn MP Mr Straw spoke out in Home Office questions after Fylde Tory MP Michael
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Phew - ready for bed!
WHEN Tony Corrigan, bedroom furniture buyer at Littlewoods, wanted to learn more about the supply and delivery of new beds to his mail order customers across the UK, he contacted Barnoldswick-based Silentnight, the UK's biggest bed manufacturers. They
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Crooked cops to be targeted in crackdown
AN ELITE squad of corruption busters and a confidential phone line are likely to be set up in a bid to drive dishonest police out of the Lancashire force. A new action plan aims to make the county's constabulary the most ethical in the country. Officers
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Ternent blasts Shield referee
DISAPPOINTED Burnley boss Stan Ternent felt his side were robbed of a place in the second round of the Auto Windscreens Shield by two contrasting penalty decisions at Wigan last night. Ternent criticised referee George Cain for awarding Wigan a spot-kick
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Teenager's golden moment sinks Clarets
Auto Windscreens Shield 1st round: Wigan Athletic 2 Burnley 1 (after extra-time golden goal) - Pete Oliver's verdict ON a night when the much talked-about '10-yard rule' was never once put to the test, referee George Cain still couldn't avoid being the
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Widow given four weeks to get out
COUNCIL chiefs are investigating a complaint from a teacher who has been given four weeks notice to find a new home for her elderly mother. Christine Ryden, of Wellfield Road, Blackburn, is devastated that her 70-year-old widowed mother, Margaret Whitham
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Best yet by inspired Rovers
Division One: Blackburn Rovers 3 Bolton Wanderers 1 - Neil Bramwell's verdict THE belief was back. The flair was back. And the crowd was won back. It was small wonder that, for the first time since relegation, memories of the Premiership came flooding
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Events in East Lancashire on Thursday, December 9th
Blackburn Artists' Society meet St Gabriel's Church Hall, Brownhill Drive, Blackburn, 7pm. Christmas Get-Together. "Cinderella" pantomime, Oswaldtwistle Civic Theatre, 7pm. Citizens Advice Bureau Surgery, Little Harwood Community Centre, Plane Tree Road
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No, we shall not forget
YOUNGSTERS from St Mary's Hall, Stonyhurst, visited the First World War battlefields of the Somme and Ypres. They visited the graves of former Stonyhurst College pupils whose lives were lost in the titanic battles. Two former pupils buried in Knightsbridge
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TEN YEARS AGO: Landlords fight back
BLACKBURN town centre landlords were fighting back against lager louts with a new early warning system. And the 37 pubs had a Christmas ultimatum for bar-room brawlers: "Behave or be banned." The new Publink scheme - the first in East Lancashire - had
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Marriage statistics give pause for thought
AMID the spectacular collapse of marriage as a social institution, comes dispassionate evidence today that should give couples - and the government - pause for thought. For figures from the Office for National Statistics show that half of all couples
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Blunt bashed
I SHOULD be grateful if you would thank John Blunt (LET, December 1) for demonstrating and confirming my point about media ignorance of education. N E THORNLEY, Fearns Community High School, Fearns Moss, Stacksteads, Bacup. Converted for the new archive
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Christmas in prison for thief
A THIEF made the "brave" decision to be sentenced before Christmas, when other offenders were trying to get out of it, Burnley magistrates heard. Paul Wearden, 30, who completed only 14 hours of a 120 hour combination order imposed 18 months ago, knew
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Menace on the roads
I WOULD like to warn other road users about a driver who disregards the use of indicators or other road vehicles in her quest to go whichever way she pleases. My husband had dropped my son off at Utopia in Blackburn and was on his way home along Barbara
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'Prolific' burglar put behind bars
A BURGLAR has been sent to jail for 16 months despite his barrister's plea for him to be put on a special probation initiative for "prolific" raiders. John Kershaw's counsel, Robert Crawford, told Burnley Crown Court the defendant had a bad record and
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School's class act
A CLASS act by a village school made it one of the country's top performing primaries in Government league tables published today. Blacko School had just 12 pupils taking part in National Curriculum exams for 11-year-olds. And they came through in style
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Pauline's new heart meant a new life
BRAVE Pauline Ratcliffe is saying three cheers as she prepares to celebrate the fifth anniversary of her new heart. At 2am on December 10, 1994, the bleeper sounded and Pauline was rushed from her home in Red Lees Road, Cliviger, to Wythenshawe Hospital
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Lights illuminate boom town Burnley
IT was boom town Burnley as Christmas lights switch-on night triggered a trading bonanza for retailers. The start to the late night openings saw an average sales increase of 20 per cent compared with last year, say town centre managers. And that wasn't
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Living on the edge
THE idea of there being a successful nature reserve right alongside a busy motorway would seem at first sight to be impossible. As I found out when I visited the Picnic Site at Scorton right alongside the M6 between Garstang and Lancaster and near the
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Create your own haven for wildlife
Nature Watch, with Ron Freethy AS the temperature drops, gardeners hang up tools, hose and gloves for the onslaught of winter. With just a few minor changes to your traditional gardening approach, you can still play an important role in encouraging wildlife
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Green firms join forces to save money
LOCAL companies are joining forces and going green to make savings. A group of firms joined the first Carrs Industrial Estate Waste Minimisation Workshop at Groundwork Rossendale. This was the first in a series of four events which are a follow-on from
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Celebration Time for award firm
TIME Computers is celebrating after winning a prestigious award to mark the company's achievements. The Simonstone-based computer giant has scooped the Confederation of British Industry's coveted title of the North West's Best Emerging Company. Rob Davies
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Disdain is arrogant
ONE can, of course, be forgiven for being confused about the moral values of former transport minister, Steven Norris, the re-tread runner once again hoping to be Tory candidate for London's mayoralty. For, with his strongly heterosexual record as an
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Meningitis victim is improving
A TEACHER struck down by the killer disease meningitis almost two weeks ago is still recovering in hospital. The 42-year-old Darwen Vale High School teacher, who lives in Accrington, is being treated at Bury General Hospital. East Lancashire Health Authority
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Rare £38,000 watch among raid haul
A RARE diamond and sapphire studded watch, one of only 10 in the world, was among items stolen in an armed raid on a luxury farmhouse. Police today appealed to jewellers to look out for the £38,000 gent's watch if it is offered to them for sale. The watch
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Morris dancing
FORMER Burnley boss John Benson praised his young match-winner for a Roy of the Rovers finish as 17-year-old debutant Andrew Morris sent the Clarets sliding out of the Auto Windscreens Shield last night. Second-year-trainee Morris scored the golden-goal
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Clarets form watch (v Wigan)
CRICHTON: Commanded his penalty area well and swept up impressively behind the defence when called upon...7 WEST: Little Scottish winger Brian McLaughlin got little joy out of West, who also contributed to Burnley's attacking options on the right...7
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Threat against MPs 'a throwaway line'
POLICE swarmed around James Arthur Notley's home after he threatened to kill Home Secretary Jack Straw, a court was told. And he was the centre of press attention after the police issued an incorrect press statement indicating that Notley had threatened
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School one of the most improved
PUPILS at an East Lancashire primary school were celebrating a startling success today after it was named one of the most improved schools in the country. The latest primary school league tables, based on 11-year-old pupils' National Curriculum test results
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As good as it gets, says Parkes
CARETAKER boss Tony Parkes reflected on Blackburn Rovers' best display of the season and said: "That's as good as it gets." Last night's 3-1 win at Ewood Park lifted his side to 11th in the First Division, just four points away from the play-off positions
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Match arrests
POLICE say there were eight arrests before the game between Blackburn Rovers and Bolton Wanderers at Ewood Park last night. Pub landlords had been warned to close for the evening and police feared violence could break out before the grudge match. Patrols
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Valley volunteers' aid adds up to £5million
VOLUNTEER work in Ribble Valley is worth nearly £5million a year, a survey has revealed. The Ribble Valley Voluntary and Community Sector Audit found that more than 4,000 volunteers - about six per cent of the Ribble Valley population - regularly gave
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FIVE YEARS AGO: Bootleg clampdown
BOOTLEGGERS bringing cheap beer to East Lancashire were warned of a cross-channel clampdown after customs smashed a multi-million pound smuggling ring. It was believed a number of small gangs were operating in East Lancashire, bringing regular van loads
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Results show real value of school tests
A CASCADE of merit stars is showered on schools, teachers, pupils and the government today as so many emerge successful in the National Curriculum tests for 11-year-olds. And amid a sharp rise in standards across the country, particularly encouraging
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Shopping 'cruelty free'
I AM writing to inform readers of the recent publication of the best guide to cruelty-free shopping - 'Compassionate Shopping Guide,' available for £1.50 from the animal welfare campaigning organisation Naturewatch. It lists all the companies that sell
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Sympathy for farmers
WITH reference to Ian Tindall's remarks on farming (Letters, November 25), although myself or my family has never been involved in farming, I do have some sympathy for farmers. There is no doubt that farming needed rationalising, just like coal, cotton
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Bandits take games machine apart
POLICE are looking for "bandits" who dismantled an amusement machine at a Burnley pub to steal the cash box containing about £200. The raiders put the machine back together, returned their empty glasses to the bar of the Tim Bobbin pub in Padiham Road
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Comments not ageist
IN reply to Dave Snape's views (Letters, November 24) on my earlier remarks. What I wrote was not 'ageist comments' about young motorists. It was the fact that by far the largest number of accidents are caused by drivers in the 18-27 age group - mainly
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Clarets fans gotta be at the Grotto!
CLARETS fans are being are being urged to turn Derby's Pride Park into Santa's Grotto for Saturday's FA Cup clash. Soccer fanatic Alan Boys, who runs his own Unofficial Burnley Football Club Web Site, has issued the notice via the Internet, calling for
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As good as it gets, says Rovers boss
CARETAKER boss Tony Parkes reflected on Blackburn Rovers' best display of the season and said: "That's as good as it gets." Last night's 3-1 win at Ewood Park lifted his side to 11th in the First Division, just four points away from the play-off positions
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Clarest boss blasts ref after Shield defeat
DISAPPOINTED Burnley boss Stan Ternent felt his side were robbed of a place in the second round of the Auto Windscreens Shield by two contrasting penalty decisions at Wigan last night. Ternent criticised referee George Cain for awarding Wigan a spot-kick
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Poppy record
THE poppy appeal in Great Harwood has collected a record sum this year. Poppy organiser for the Royal British Legion Great Harwood branch, Paul Dunn, said they had raised over £3,000 so far this year - the largest in its history. Mr Dunn said: "I would
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Student distraught after losing work
A DISTRAUGHT 18-year-old from Accrington fears she may have to put off going to university for a year because she lost her schoolwork on a bus. Hayley Dixon, of Manchester Road, Accrington, is appealing to anybody who may know the whereabouts of the year's
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Safety first for firm
A COMPANY has been honoured with a prestigious safety award. C Caswell Engineering Services, of Haslingden, received the British Safety Council's prestigious five star safety award following a reception at HMS Belfast, London. The ventilation and ductwork
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Screams foil robbery attempt
A TEENAGER was left badly shaken when she was pushed against a wall by a youth who tried to steal her shoulder bag. The 13-year-old girl was at the end of the pedestrian bridge over the M65 motorway in Reedyford Road, Nelson, when a youth approached.
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The joke is on us
IN a week when it was announced that a stack of plastic bread crates were to be auctioned at Christie's for up to £6,000 as a piece of modern sculpture and, among more examples of such idiocy, an American artist was asking a similar sum for his display
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Paying for the sick euro
BRITAIN'S Euro-sceptics - the majority of voters, I believe - should not take too much comfort in us not being signed up to the single currency as the euro dives to record lows. For even though we are not in it, the collapse of this contrivance to turn
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This moral cowardice
The opinions expressed by John Blunt are not necessarily those of this newspaper SOCIETY'S reaction to the country's latest teeny dad - the fag-smoking persistent truant who, at just 13, has become Britain's youngest father of twins - seems to be one
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Starring role for Anne and Bert
THE winners of a competition got star treatment when they switched on a light to dominate Blackburn's landscape over the Christmas period. Anne and Bert Calvert, of Blackburn, won a contest organised by Thwaites Brewery to switch on the star on top of
