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Organisers take a bow
I WOULD like to congratulate the organisers of the recent Three Tenors concert at St Gabriel's Church, Blackburn. It was a wonderful evening. Everyone enjoyed their singing and may they continue to entertain the public for many more years. EVA MAIRES
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Calling all ex-'Pilgrims'
I AM trying to locate pupils from an asthmatic boarding school I attended in Seaford, East Sussex. It was called Pilgrims and survived in this form from 1955 to 1997. I have found a school photograph taken in 1971 and I am trying to trace former pupils
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Town has its good points
REGARDING the 'shoddy town' slur on it in a national newspaper, Burnley is like many former industrial towns in Lancashire -- a mixture of grot spots, declining traditional terraced houses, mills and other properties. Burnley is also set in beautiful
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Buying peat? Think twice
OVER this holiday weekend, thousands of people are making their way to the nearest garden centre and picking up bags of peat compost without thinking twice about it. Sadly, they will be helping to destroy a precious habitat. Lowland peat bogs were once
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Woman rescued in house blaze
FIREFIGHTERS who rescued a 23-year-old woman from her burning bungalow early today said she was "lucky to be alive". Kelly Stacey was found slumped on a settee in Birch Hall Lodge, Birch Hall Avenue, Darwen, at 6.25am. She was led to safety from the smoked
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Stand-in Parkes has no complaints
STAND-IN manager Tony Parkes had few complaints about Rovers 2-1 defeat at lowly Palace. With manager Graeme Souness again away on a spying mission, Parkes assumed control for the second time in three games following last weekend's trip to Grimsby. And
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Souness checks on Forest defender Rogers
BLACKBURN Rovers boss Graeme Souness has been linked with a move for Nottingham Forest defender Alan Rogers. The Ewood chief missed Rovers' 2-1 defeat at Crystal Palace on Saturday to watch the 23-year-old in action for Forest against Port Vale at the
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Matt's relief as Palace survive
Crystal Palace 2 Blackburn Rovers 1 BLACKBURN Rovers striker Matt Jansen still retains a lot of affection for Crystal Palace. But the former England Under 21 international nearly pushed his old club over the precipice and into Division Two after conjuring
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Missing links in protest chain
ANTI-abortion protesters formed 84 human chains in silent vigils in various parts of the country at the weekend. In Burnley, the chain was just a link as only a handful of members of the local Society for the Protection of Unborn Children displayed posters
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Red hot reward for fire hero!
GOOD neighbour Stephen Webster was taken to hospital after trying to fight a house fire across from his home in Wycoller Avenue, Burnley. Stephen, 25, breathed in thick black smoke as he threw buckets of water on the flames. He was given oxygen at the
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TEN YEARS AGO: Catch of his life
KEITH McClure made the catch of his life when a live hand grenade rolled off a shelf in a garage. He caught the grenade as it fell and put it back on the shelf of the garage in New Bank Road, Blackburn, where he was carrying out a house clearance with
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Points are the vital thing, says goal ace Payton
ANDY Payton slipped one toe into the Second Division's golden boot with a match-winning brace to take his League goal-scoring tally for the season to 27. The deadly Clarets striker is keen to end the season as the division's top marksman. But promotion
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Turf Moor pair named in PFA team as Stan's men go second
GLORY-HUNTING Burnley have guaranteed a play-off place and key men Steve Davis and Glen Little have both been named in the PFA's Second Division team of the season. But the biggest prize of all still awaits as they prepare to travel to Scunthorpe United
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Clarets pray for dragon's fire in final promotion push
Burnley 2 Cambridge United 0 IT'S a pity the daffodil season is as good as over or Burnley's florists could have made a killing this week. With the promotion race in its final straight, there will be honorary Welshmen popping up all over town as the Clarets
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Clarets pair named in PFA team as Stan's men go second
GLORY-HUNTING Burnley have guaranteed a play-off place and key men Steve Davis and Glen Little have both been named in the PFA's Second Division team of the season. But the biggest prize of all still awaits as they prepare to travel to Scunthorpe United
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Card group greets chief
A NEW boss has been appointed by a greetings card giant. Hallmark Cards, which owns the Hambledon Studios site on the Altham industrial estate, has appointed Ian Stuart as its new European chief executive. He was previously head of Raxall Sundown, America's
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Investors award pays
An advertising agency is enjoying bottomline benefits thanks to a staff training and development programme. Ribchester-based Workhouse Advertising and Marketing is the latest employer to be awarded the Investors in People accolade. And boss Mark Jones
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Union's safety at work drive
A MAJOR campaign to cut deaths and injuries to young people at work has been launched by union leaders. The GMB, which represents thousands of East Lancashire workers, say two people aged between 16 and 24 have been killed in work accidents every month
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Shake-up at ICI pays dividends
THE transformation of chemicals giant ICI is almost complete, according to the firm's chairman. The giant which operates the Synetix site in Clitheroe, has been moving from a high volume bulk chemicals business to a more specialist manufacturer. The reshaping
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Pensioner dies in garden fence collapse
A PENSIONER died in a freak accident in the driveway of his home. Norman Oldham, 79, of Rochdale Road, Edenfield, was standing on a four-feet high wooden fence measuring a car port when the fence collapsed. Mr Oldham fell backwards on to the concrete
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Kindest cut off all
BLACKBURN hairdresser Carolyn Briggs made sure it was a close shave when three plucky cleaners braved the clippers in a children's charity challenge. The trio from Blackburn's Queen's Park Hospital took part in the sponsored head shave to help raise money
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Motorbiker killed by car driver's judgment error
A MOTORCYCLIST died after a slight nudge from a car knocked him off his machine and sent him hurtling head first into an oncoming car. An inquest heard that David Ligatt's helmet was ripped off by the force of the impact and he died as a result of massive
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Telegraph sports writer dies at 51
THE sporting world today paid tribute following the death of Lancashire Evening Telegraph deputy sports editor and chief sports writer Peter White. Peter, who had covered Blackburn Rovers for the Evening Telegraph for almost 20 years, collapsed and died
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SOCCER: Bury 1 Reading 1
THE Shakers' end of season party at Gigg Lane never quite lived up to its billing. Bury had to work hard on an afternoon which seemed destined to be one of those days when the ball won't go into the net. The visitors had taken a first half lead through
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NON LEAGUE SOCCER: Chorley 0 Workington 0
WITH the two teams having drawn a combined total of 26 matches prior to this one, another stalemate was very much on the cards, and so it proved in a lacklustre end of season exercise. Chorley's point owed much to defensive diligence as they created few
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COUNTY CRICKET: Lancs may have to answer match-fix claims
LANCASHIRE may have to answer questions over a charge of match-fixing which first surfaced six years ago. The allegations were made by former Essex player Don Topley and involved an Old Trafford Sunday League match and the last day of a championship game
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Events in East Lancashire on Tuesday, May 2nd
Ladies fashion sale, Lammack Methodist Church, Blackburn, 7.30pm. In aid of Junior Mission for All at Home and Overseas. Accrington and District Bonsai Club meet Thorn Inn, Church, 7.30pm. Blackburn and District Stamp Club meet Feilden Room, Central Library
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Peter will be missed
THOUSANDS of readers -- in East Lancashire and across the world -- will share our grief and join in the tributes following the sudden death of our deputy sports editor and chief sports writer Peter White. For Peter was a professional journalist whose
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A victory for common sense
FOR Old Labour stalwarts, it might be regarded as an ideological step too far -- towards privatisation of the sacred cow NHS -- but the government's plan to pay for elderly patients to convalesce in private nursing homes in order to free hospital beds
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Keep check on children
IN view of the number of fires supposedly started by children (LET, April 13), is it not time that parents checked their children's pockets for matches before they go out to play? J WALTON, Rothesay Road, Blackburn.
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Honour is shared
REGARDING your report 'Caring cop in line for top award' (LET, April 21), it is an honour to be nominated for the Whitbread Volunteer Action Awards, but I am concerned that I should be singled out of all the people who make the Blackburn and District
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Telegraph sports writer dies at 51
THE sporting world today paid tribute following the death of Lancashire Evening Telegraph deputy sports editor and chief sports writer Peter White. Peter, who had covered Blackburn Rovers for the Evening Telegraph for almost 20 years, collapsed and died
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Rape probe
BURNLEY Police are investigating a claim that a woman was raped at a house in the Burnley Wood area. An investigation was launched following a complaint made yesterday. A man was arrested and was today being questioned by detectives.
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Jobless ask 'Giz a Start'
COLNE'S unemployed will receive extra help in job searching with a new project aimed at helping local people find training and work. Giz a Start held an open day to show how it will provide people in Colne and the surrounding area with help and advice
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FIVE YEARS AGO: 'Tree village' move
A MASSIVE operation involving nearly 300 police was launched to evict protesters from a "tree village" in the path of a controversial motorway extension. Climbers trained in mountain rescue techniques scaled the high trees to help dislodge the anti-M65
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Red faces over Belisha blunder
BURLY Belisha beacons have been installed in Billington by mistake, council chiefs revealed today. The 15ft black and white striped giants, heralding a new pelican crossing in Whalley New Road, were wrongly installed by Garstang-based contractors C and
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Dad slams babies' deaths probe delay
THE father of two baby boys who died within a year of each other has accused detectives of deliberately delaying an investigation into their deaths. Robert Woods, of Pendle Street, Accrington, hit out during an inquest into the death of his four-month-old
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Start of a new health era
A SPECIAL ceremony will mark the start of building work on the new multi-million pound community hospital and health centre in Longridge. A traditional sod-cutting ceremony will be held on Monday, May 8 and will be attended by Communicare NHS Trust chairman
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Rovers check on Forest defender
BLACKBURN Rovers boss Graeme Souness has been linked with a move for Nottingham Forest defender Alan Rogers. The Ewood chief missed Rovers' 2-1 defeat at Crystal Palace on Saturday to watch the 23-year-old in action for Forest against Port Vale at the
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Brewery's cash boost
AN East Lancashire hotel is set to receive a £90,000 boost as part of a £100million investment programme. Scottish & Newcastle is investing the cash in its Premier Lodge network of budget accommodation hotels. The initiative will include the refurbishment
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Woman rescued in house blaze
FIREFIGHTERS who rescued a 23-year-old woman from her burning bungalow early today said she was "lucky to be alive". Kelly Stacey was found slumped on a settee in Birch Hall Lodge, Birch Hall Avenue, Darwen, at 6.25am. She was led to safety from the smoked
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Drink drive man responsible for two-death crash
AN ANTIQUE dealer was so drunk he could hardly speak shortly before he got behind the wheel of his performance car and drove at high speed in thick fog, an inquest heard. And a coroner held Peter Floyd responsible for the death of his front seat passenger
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Work to resume at blaze factory
BOSSES at a Rossendale factory hit by fire say very little lasting damage has been caused. Fire crews from across East Lancashire were called to the Duralay plant in Broadway, Haslingden, on Friday afternoon after fire broke out in a rubber-moulding machine
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Green week set for colourful show
BLACKBURN with Darwen's annual green festival gets under way on May 13. GreenWeek is now in its 10th year and features a wide range of environment-themed activities. Steve Lee, the council's community events co-ordinator, said: "Much of the emphasis of
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Staff united in safety drive
STAFF of United Utilities are putting themselves in the driving seat as part of national Road Safety Week. An internal road risk forum has been set up in partnership with Lancashire County Council and Lancashire police and tomorrow United Utilities will
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Alcoholic dressed up as woman to steal booze
A SHOPKEEPER could not believe his eyes when regular customer Paul Procter walked in wearing a fur coat, high heels and a skirt. But Malkit Aujla got an even bigger shock when he went to the man's home shortly after and Procter answered the door completely
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SOCCER: Crewe Alexandra 1 Bolton Wanderers 3
YOU have got to hand it to Bolton -- they wouldn't know what to do with a white flag. And it would take a brave man to back against them going into the season's final day clinging onto a great chance of making the First Division promotion play-offs. Victory
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SOCCER: Preston North End 3 Millwall 2
WHILE Preston legend Sir Tom Finney thinks North End can go all the way to the Premiership, striker David Eyres is only looking as far as next season, writes DANY ROBSON. After celebrating the Division Two championship, 40 years after hanging up his boots
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NON LEAGUE SOCCER: Rossendale United 2 Skelmersdale United 1
AFTER a stuttering last few matches which threatened to spoil a largely successful season, Dale got back on track to record a win against no-nonsense Skelmersdale. This win now puts some spice into tonight's final game against Mossley, with the winners
