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Award for school where parents learn
KEEN parents have helped an infants school win a top award for its work in the community. Audley Infants School, Blackburn, beat strong competition to secure the prize, which is reserved for the school which is judged to have made most progress in working
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Smith back in the frame
BURNLEY wide man Paul Smith came through his second comeback game last night to put himself in contention for a return to first-team duty. Smith played a full 90 minutes for the Clarets' reserves as they beat Huddersfield 2-1 at Turf Moor. And while manager
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Festive rip-off taxis warning
COUNCIL bosses have launched a crackdown on taxi drivers who overcharge during the festive period. The problem of passengers in the Ribble Valley being forced to pay over the odds for their journey home by cab was highlighted by Coun Philip Nierop. He
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Hero is the world's first Cyber-Beatle
IMAGINE if you could talk to one of your heroes - even if they were dead. The John Lennon Artificial Intelligence Project offers the chance to do just that - sort of. The project aims to recreate the personality of the former Beatle using artificial intelligence
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10 YEARS AGO: Stations blueprint
A MAJOR improvement scheme for Lancashire's railway stations was being used as a blueprint for similar projects across the country. That was the message from Coun Joe French, chairman of the county's public transport sub-committee, who unveiled a plaque
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ATHLETICS: What's On this weekend
THE Karen Hoathers Five mile road race and trail race starts at 11.15am on Sunday from the Falcon Inn, The Square, Littleborough near Rochdale. Promoted by Andy O'Sullivan and Rochdale Harriers, the race is in aid of the GEM appeal. Sunday's Stoop Fell
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PENDLE SCHOOLS' FIVE-A-SIDE CHAMPIONSHIP: Primet High School, Colne
WEST Craven will represent Pendle in the regional finals of the Wagon Wheels National Cup. The unbeaten Barnoldswick school came top of the seven team year seven tournament to earn the right to play for their borough in January. Organisers said that the
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HYNDBURN AND DISTRICT YOUTH LEAGUE: Blue Star under 12s 2 Blackburn Boys under 12s 2
WHEN you get two arch enemies playing against each the skill normally makes way for the heat of the moment. But not in this case. For Blue Star and Blackburn Boys showed exactly why they are both challenging for the title with both teams playing some
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SOCCER: Junior round-up
AC BLACKBURN 4 NORTH VALLEY DYNAMOS 0 AC REMAIN top of the league with two games remaining. That this game was playable at all is thanks to the excellent work of British Aerospace groundsman Stuart. Blackburn started well and kept the North Valley team
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NORTH DIVISION TWO: Blackburn Firsts 30 West Park Bramhope Firsts 8
BLACKBURN rediscovered the form of last season to turn in their best performance of the present campaign. The club just missed out on promotion last time around but more displays like this and they could just about launch another late challenge. Blackburn
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TABLE TENNIS: New Era on brink
DIVISION Four leaders New Era Res look to have the Hyndburn League championship in their grip with an emphatic 10-0 whitewash over Dash, Matthew and Daniel Huntingdon, ably assisted by Shazad, were far too good for the opposition. Whalley entertained
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ATLETICS: David Staff Memorial five mile fell race
RUNNERS from across East Lancashire and further afield headed for the hills of Darwen to pay tribute to a young athlete who tragically died from a heart condition while taking part in a road race five years ago. The Darwen Dashers have hosted the gruelling
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ATHLETICS: Disaster strikes Clayton's Calder
CLAYTON'S run of relay bad luck continued on the Calderdale Way last weekend. The event, which Clayton's A team won last December, attracted over 100 teams of 12 this year. The runners competed in pairs over six stages covering the 50 miles of the Calderdale
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Action brings down crime rates
CRIME in the Brunshaw area of Burnley has been cut to its lowest level for two years, say police. They say recent initiatives against juvenile nuisance and criminal damage in particular have cut overall crimes in the district to less than one per day
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Festive food-less fiasco at cabaret night
PARTYGOERS banged their cutlery on tables after claiming their Christmas cabaret night had turned into a foodless fiasco. One group say they only got one tray of brussels sprouts and carrots to share between 14, while other diners left without getting
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College guide picks up award
A GRAPHIC arts firm has won a national marketing award. Printoff of Nelson designed a produced a guide aimed at school leavers on behalf of Salford College. The guide won the best prospectus award in a national education marketing award. Printoff, based
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College A-level record in top 10
THE cream of the crop helped Nelson and Colne College rise to the top as one of the most successful A level centres in the country. Students who picked up exam successes in the summer were at Colne Municipal Hall last night to receive awards for their
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Biking king's legal fight agony
CARL Fogarty has opened his heart about the bitter legal battle that is tearing his family apart - and which has resulted in a three-month stand-off with his father. The Mellor-based World Superbike champion is trying to stop his uncle, Brian Fogarty,
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We share the shame
LAST week the organisers, this week the viewers. The BBC Sports Personality of the Year has kept my blood simmering at boiling point. Forgetting the relative merits of the candidates, I felt Sunday's show provided a sad indictment of Britain entering
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Woman's fury at policemen
A WOMAN who went to the police station to make a complaint of assault to police ended up attacking two officers and breaking a window. Burnley magistrates heard how Katrina Blacklock, who is 20 but functions as a 12-year-old, had repeatedly caused trouble
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Pupil hit by virus
PARENTS have been advised not to keep their children away from a Blackburn school where a pupil has been struck by suspected meningitis. The seven-year-old girl, who has not been named, is a pupil at St Luke and St Philip's CE School in Hancock Street
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BURNLEY RESERVES 2 HUDDERSFIELD TOWN RESERVES 1
GOALS from Ronnie Jepson and Alex Kevan extended Burnley's unbeaten Pontins League run to seven games as they overcame third-placed Huddersfield at Turf Moor last night. Jepson put the Clarets ahead after 20 minutes when he made the most of good work
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Double murder: two teenagers guilty
TWO teenagers were today beginning life sentences for the murders of Blackburn couple Mohammed and Bilquis Karim. Thomas O'Reilly, 17, of Surrey Road, Whitebirk, Blackburn, was found guilty of the double murder at the trial at Liverpool Crown Court. Christopher
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Biking king's legal fight agony
CARL Fogarty has opened his heart about the bitter legal battle that is tearing his family apart - and which has resulted in a three-month stand-off with his father. The Mellor-based World Superbike champion is trying to stop his uncle, Brian Fogarty,
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Wing pair in bug scare
BLACKBURN Rovers widemen Jason Wilcox and Damien Duff look set to be ruled out of Sunday's televised clash with Sheffield United after being sent home ill from training. Duff and Wilcox have both complained of feeling under the weather in the last 24
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Dismay at road death toll
MP Nigel Evans is demanding action by Lancashire County Council and police to cut the unusually high toll of deaths and injuries in the Ribble Valley. He spoke out after a new survey showed that his rural constituency had the 19th worst road safety record
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FIVE YEARS AGO: Christmas jobs blow
A CHRISTMAS jobs blow hit workers at a Nelson wallpaper company. A total of 12 employees were to be made redundant from the 500-strong workforce at John Wilman Ltd. The job losses were blamed by the company on "a review of costs". Workers blamed a New
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SOCCER: VMI Accrington and District Junior League
RESULTS - Under 10 Blue: Gt Harwood Panthers 0, Oswaldtwistle Villa PUmas 3. Under 11 Blue: AC Blackburn 4, North Valley Dyn 0. Under 11 Red: Wilpshire Wanderers , Great Harwood Rovers 5. Under 12: All Star Boys 1, Blackburn Boys 19; Huncoat Utd 11, Rishton
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RUGBY UNION: Sandbach RUFC 8 Rossendale RUFC 30
ROSSENDALE ran out comfortable winners in this Thwaites North Wet Three League fixture against opposition that has struggled for much of this season. Together with defeat for Warrington at the hands of Rochdale, this means that the top of the table has
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MD FOODS ACCRINGTON COMBINATION DIVISION THREE:CASTLE FC 0 WHINNEY HILL 'C' 0
A BREATHTAKING first half display from Whinney Hill's player-manager Mick Price, forced to take over the goalkeeper's mantle only minutes before the kick off, prevented his team being turned over by Castle's rampaging forward line. In the opening 45 minutes
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ATHLETICS: Hot-shot Hargreaves' magnificent Longridge seven
LONGRIDGE never fails to turn out a good number of runners despite being one of the roughest seven-milers in the area. Personal bests are uncommon and yet some good times were set on Sunday. Aaron Hargreaves took first spot in a time of 37.46, finishing
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Tough action cuts crime
CRIME in the Brunshaw area of Burnley has been cut to its lowest level for two years, say police. They say recent initiatives against juvenile nuisance and criminal damage in particular have cut overall crimes in the district to less than one per day
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Cat-astrophe of rising pet population
AN animal charity is urging pet-lovers to neuter their cats and help control the spiralling cat population. Immediate homes are also needed as the RSPCA's Altham shelter is packed to capacity with a waiting list of more than 200 cats waiting to come in
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Santa's favourites
Peake Practice, with Ray Peake THIS week I give you a recipe for mince pies, everyone's favourite nibble at Christmas. In fact a jovial old man I know, who dresses predominantly in red, informs me he eats millions of them on Christmas Eve and he rates
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Damage limitation
FIRMS in East Lancashire hit by flooding could use it to their advantage. Auctioneers and valuers Singletons of Blackburn point out that firms affected by flooding should consider applying for a rateable value reduction. Property that is vulnerable to
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Final checklist for the 'bug'
A LAST-MINUTE check is being urged for Lancashire businesses to make sure they are ready for the new millennium. The Action 2000 organisation has published a series of survival check lists to help firms make it through the New Year. "The Millennium date
