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Terror kids who must be tamed
AFTER all they have been through, it is appalling that refugees who fled war-torn Kosovo are having their lives made hell by youngsters plaguing the housing estate where they have been resettled. Groups of children as young as 12 are attacking their homes
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Women's cricket hits back
A WOMAN at the forefront of women's cricket is to set up Blackburn's first female team since 1957. Maria Grant has only been in Blackburn since May but she has already made plans to end the 43-year exile. The former executive director of the Women's Cricket
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MID LANCASHIRE TRACK AND FIELD MEETING: Barden Athletics Track, Burnley
PENDLE Athletics Club picked up no few than 12 first places in the latest round of the Mid-Lancashire track and field meeting. While strong winds meant that no records were broken and personal best times were at a minimum, there were still some very good
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FORD PRIMARY SCHOOLS TAG RUGBY COMPETITION: Blackburn Rugby Club
HOLY Souls Raiders will represent Blackburn and Darwen in next weekend's Lancashire Youth Games after winning the Ford Tag Rugby competition for the second successive year. The Blackburn school beat Holy Trinity in an exciting final that went all the
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Attack hell of refugees
REFUGEES resettled from Whalley to a housing estate after fleeing war-torn Kosovo want to leave because they have been targeted by young hooligans, it was revealed today. They say the warm welcome offered at Calderstones and then by Burnley when five
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Garner: Rovers will be top dogs
ROVERS goalscoring legend Simon Garner is delighted to see Burnley back in Division One and ready to resume their rivalry with his former club. But Garner, who scored two penalties to give Blackburn victory in the last League derby between the two clubs
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Fans reaction to fixture list
TODAY was the day that Rovers and Burnley fans had been looking forward to. The fixtures for the new season have pitted the arch rivals against each other for the first time in more than 17 years. Turf Moor will host the first clash on December 16 while
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Crime pest clampdown in antisocial orders
BURNLEY'S first two anti social behaviour order cases are almost ready to go to court and a further 22 cases are being monitored. The council and a number of housing associations are to employ an anti social behaviour officer later this summer in an attempt
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Princess Diana award for teen in mainstream
A FORMER special school student who made the transition to high school and became a prefect is one of the first to receive a Diana, Princess of Wales, Memorial Award for young people. Tony Sturdy, a year 11 pupil at Ivy Bank High School, Burnley, is proud
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Judge to rule over pews row
A HIGH Court judge has been called into settle a dispute over the removal of 112-year-old wooden pews from an East Lancashire church. Arguments between traditionalists and modernists at St Anne's Church, Fence, near Burnley, began when the former Vicar
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Former school head dies at 84
TRIBUTES have been paid to the former head of Burnley Grammar School, Noel Bernard Stokes, who died in Wolverhampton on Sunday, aged 84. He was head of the grammar school for 14 years from 1961 and, during that time, raised to new heights the performance
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Attack hell of refugees
REFUGEES resettled from Whalley to a housing estate after fleeing war-torn Kosovo want to leave because they have been targeted by young hooligans, it was revealed today. They say the warm welcome offered at Calderstones and then by Burnley when five
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Little Edward splashes out
SEVEN-year-old Edward Briggs will take to the water tonight to raise money for the Meningitis Research Foundation. Edward's splashing fund-raising idea was sparked by the death of three-year-old family friend Timothy Howarth, who contracted the brain
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MP backs Thora as she tells OAPs of extra help
HYNDBURN MP Greg Pope is backing a new government publicity campaign featuring Last of the Summer Wine stars Dame Thora Hird and Peter Sallis, which aims to help cash-strapped pensioners. A television campaign is aiming to reach around half-a-million
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Piano star switch at hall
RENOWNED pianist John Lill has had to postpone his appearance at this year's Ribble Valley International Piano Week. Stephen Hough has stepped into the breach and will perform at tonight's recital at the Centenaries Theatre at St Mary's Hall, Stonyhurst
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Death crash chef lost control of car
A 22-YEAR-OLD Ribble Valley chef died when he lost control of his car and collided head-on with a van, an inquest heard. Robert William Buchanan was airlifted to hospital after being cut free from the wreckage of his car following the collision in Whalley
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Death crash chef lost control of car
A 22-YEAR-OLD Ribble Valley chef died when he lost control of his car and collided head-on with a van, an inquest heard. Robert William Buchanan was airlifted to hospital after being cut free from the wreckage of his car following the collision in Whalley
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Rovers visit in pre-Chrsitmas cracker
THE man who scored the last goal in a Burnley-Blackburn League derby is delighted to see the games back on the fixture list -- starting on December 16. Derek Scott scored Burnley's goal in their 2-1 defeat at Ewood Park on April 4, 1983 in a game marred
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Clarets to meet Rovers in pre-Christmas cracker
THE man who scored the last goal in a Burnley-Blackburn League derby is delighted to see the games back on the fixture list -- starting on December 16. Derek Scott scored Burnley's goal in their 2-1 defeat at Ewood Park on April 4, 1983 in a game marred
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Spec-tacular buy-out gets go-ahead
SPECTACLE manufacturer Crown Eyeglass looks set to go private after being overlooked on the stock market. The Blackburn-based firm has recommended a 90p-a-share offer for the company from a management buyout team led by founder Joe Lee. In common with
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Town won't miss out in 150th party
DARRENERS will not be excluded when the 150th anniversary of Blackburn borough is celebrated next year, councillors have pledged. Blackburn with Darwen Council wants to hold a festival and create a new piece of municipal artwork to commemorate the Blackburn
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Bowling away the barriers
THE ladies of the Lodge family are striking a blow for their gender. Mum Catherine has just been appointed the first-ever female steward at Darwen Subscription Bowling Club -- and eldest daughter Alex is the club's first female secretary. "It just shows
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Busmen ponder an all-out strike
BUS drivers are to consider an all-out strike or an overtime ban in a dispute over pay. Union leaders are to canvas the views of Stagecoach Ribble drivers on escalating action. Another one-day strike is being planned for next week but the T and G union
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Warning over soccer derby days
POLICE in charge of controlling soccer matches have revealed they wrote to the Football League calling for caution over the scheduling of crunch derby games. And the officers in charge of policing at Ewood Park also say vital lessons were learned following
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COUNTY CRICKET: Ganguly aims for Lord's date
SOURAV Ganguly turned on the style at last for Lancashire in the unlikely setting of Cleethorpes yesterday -- then set his sights on Lord's. Ganguly hit a brilliant unbeaten 120 from 98 balls with 18 fours and two sixes, smashing 30 off the 30th over
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Events in East Lancashire and North West on Friday, June 23rd
Children's Disco, Val's Barn, off Belthorn Road, Belthorn Village, 6.30pm-9pm. "Magic of the Mind" -- techniques of stress management, Nazareth Unitarian Chapel, Knight Hill, Padiham, 7.30pm. Summer Fete, St Barnabas' CE Primary School, Knowlesley Road
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Waist disposal for your man!
MEN are getting fatter -- but they are trying to hide it by squeezing into trousers that are too tight for them. A new survey published yesterday found that one in 10 men has the national average 36in waist -- but nearly half of them insist into cramming
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Heard the one about the Englishman, Irishmen, Scots, Italian, Frenchmen. . ?
THANK goodness for Phil Neville. For, without that attempt to kick Romanian striker Moldovan into Moldova, the aching embarrassment would have dragged on. I was surely not alone in urging Ganea to slot the penalty home. The added bonus is that our loyal
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ACCRINGTON AND DISTRICT CRICKET LEAGUE VETERANS COMPETITION: Enfield Manufacturing Co 146/4 beat St
THE fast bowlers may have slowed down a bit these days and the batsmen's eye for the ball isn't what it was -- but the veterans showed they can still produce the goods. For the inaugural Accrington and District League's Veterans Competition got off to
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Judge sitting in row over seats at church
A JUDGE has been called into settle a dispute over the removal of 112-year-old wooden pews from an East Lancashire church. Arguments between traditionalists and modernists at St Anne's Church, Fence, near Burnley, began when the former vicar, the Rev
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Long wait is over for Rovers and Clarets fans
THEY have been waiting for more than 17 years. But the moment that Blackburn Rovers and Burnley fans have been longing for was finally announced today. The teams will clash on December 16 at Turf Moor with the return match at Ewood Park on March 31, 2001
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Turf Moor trip in pre-Christmas derby cracker
BLACKBURN and Burnley are set for a pre-Christmas cracker after the Turf Moor derby was today pencilled in for Saturday, December 16. The return at Ewood Park, as the teams square up in the same division for the first time since 1983, is scheduled for
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It's special for Tony not to be
A FORMER special school student who made the transition to high school and became a prefect is one of the first to receive a Diana, Princess of Wales, Memorial Award for young people. Tony Sturdy, a year 11 pupil at Ivy Bank High School, Burnley, is proud
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Flood fear over moors mining
CONTROVERSIAL plans to open a new coal mine on moorland above Burnley and Bacup have not gone away, an environment campaigner has warned. Former Burnley councillor Tony Harrison says that although a decision on the scheme to open a 67-acre trench mine
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Pike backing horse centre at inquiry
BURNLEY MP Peter Pike will back businessman Andrew Brown at a public inquiry into controversial plans for a 100-acre leisure complex on green belt land. In his written evidence to next month's four-day public inquiry into the scheme at Crow Wood House
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Judge sitting in row over seats at church
A JUDGE has been called into settle a dispute over the removal of 112-year-old wooden pews from an East Lancashire church. Arguments between traditionalists and modernists at St Anne's Church, Fence, near Burnley, began when the former vicar, the Rev
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Bypass bid is likely to be put off
LABOUR councillors will refuse to back down tonight over Lancashire's choice for its only major road scheme in the next five years, even though it means continued agony for traffic-plagued Pendle residents. The county's highways bosses, with full support
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FIVE YEARS AGO: Health wait shock
SCORES of worried women in East Lancashire were waiting up to 73 weeks to see a gynaecologist. The shock revelation came as MP Janet Anderson launched a campaign to find out why deaths from certain illnesses were much higher in the North West than they
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TEN YEARS AGO: Food bug outbreak
EXPERTS were called in to help track down the bug which was causing a "food poisoning" outbreak at an East Lancashire hospital. Cases of salmonella poisoning at Burnley General Hospital had more than doubled over two days -- and more cases were expected
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Let's spend £30,000
PEOPLE have been asked for ideas on how best to spend £30,000, at the first meeting of the Oswaldtwistle Area Council. More than 100 people attended meeting at the town's civic theatre on Monday which followed a pilot meeting in February. Police gave
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Paradise is Billy in bronze
POP star Billy Fury died 17 years ago, but his legend lives on thanks to estate agent Peter Davies. Peter, who runs the Sound of Fury fan club in memory of Billy, is spearheading a campaign to have his idol immortalised in the form of a bronze statue
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Major coal deal to fuel kilns
A MULTI-million pound deal has been struck to supply coal to Clitheroe's Castle Cement works. The firm has signed a contract with RJB Mining to supply 300,000 tonnes of deep-mined coal from Maltby Colliery near Rotherham. The coal, which will transported
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Euro match night drink-driver banned
ANDREW Paul Hook was spotted driving erratically on the A59 by police officers as he drove home from Preston to Gisburn in the early hours. Blackburn magistrates heard that as Hook parked outside his home, the officers spoke to him and then breath-tested
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Cherie topping as kids visit No 10
A TROUBLED trip to Downing Street turned to joy when Cherie Blair asked a group of schoolchildren in to number 10. The 41 11-year-olds from St Mary's Hall, Stonyhurst, set off at 5.30am for an 11am rendezvous with the Prime Minister's wife. But problems
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BIG is best!
DOES size matter? It's a question that has plagued the mind of men (and women, but in a different way) for time in memoriam. But these days, it does seem that bigger is better. Take those trendy bank ads with Tony Hopkins and that bloke out of Lock Stock
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Turf Moor trip for Rovers in pre-Christmas cracker
BLACKBURN and Burnley are set for a pre-Christmas cracker after the Turf Moor derby was today pencilled in for Saturday, December 16. The return at Ewood Park, as the teams square up in the same division for the first time since 1983, is scheduled for
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Whitbread group sales on the rise
HOTELS and leisure group Whitbread, which last month sold its Samlesbury brewery as part of a a £400million deal with Belgium company Interbrew , has said sales for the first quarter of this year were ahead of the same period last year. The group said
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Rocky road to ride for charity
A ROCKY ride lies ahead for three cyclists raising money for the Children's Hospitals Appeal Trust, which provides equipment for hospitals in the North West. Gill Matthews, Karen Lord and Jan Ashworth will travel to the Canadian Rockies in June next year
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Numbers come up for bingo players
THE numbers have come up for Blackburn's bingo army after a run of bad luck. They have been given back the key of the door to the community centre where they hold their weekly sessions. For two weeks the group of around 20 pensioners were forced to cancel
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Computer to call up a copper
A COMPUTER centre which handles hundreds of daily police calls in East Lancashire took another step towards becoming fully operational this week. The centre has already been handling calls for Hyndburn and the Ribble Valley and this week the Blackburn
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Sex disease toll on the increase
A TOP doctor today revealed that the number of patients with sexually transmitted diseases was soaring across East Lancashire -- because people were ignoring warnings about the HIV virus. Dr Sedki Gayed said new figures showed that patients seeking treatment
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Kaoru loves land of the Rising Pud!
FISH and chips is one Lancashire delicacy that Kaoru Okazaki is glad is not on sale in Japan. Kaoru has left behind city life in Japan to spend a year at Westholme High School in Blackburn as part of an international travel scheme. She arrived in Blackburn
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Child sex shame of ex-Army man
A FORMER serving soldier from Blackburn befriended single mothers to gain access to their daughters who he would then sexually abuse, a court heard. Norman Green, 62, was appearing for sentence at Guildford Crown Court after pleading guilty to 19 offences
