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Ferry across the Mersey
Ron Freethy's Summer Outings IF you have a spare few days during the holiday period then you could do worse than take some ideas from a recently published booklet entitled 'Making the Most of the Mersey.' This is available free of charge -- all you have
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Text addiction - it's a modern-day curse
THE rich and famous send them, the young and old send them, everyone seems to be doing it. But the pastime of sending messages from mobile to mobile isn't without its downside, as reporter DAVID HIGGERSON found out. SITTING at his tranquil hotel in the
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Critic hits wrong mark
THE letter of Mr K Sowerbutts cover a variety of interesting topics and are short. Stephen Lee (Letters, July 14) is free to ignore them or to write in if he disagrees with them, but his criticism would be better directed against the repetitious single-issue
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Girl, 14, in ravine plunge
A TEENAGER who plunged 35 feet from a rope swing in picturesque woodland today admitted: "I'm lucky to be alive." Lauren Lovelace, 14, suffered a broken wrist and severe bruising when she landed in the stream at the bottom of a ravine in Printshop, Darwen
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Rovers set to move for Deane as Boro sign striker
BLACKBURN boss Graeme Souness is ready to step up his bid for Middlesbrough striker Brian Deane. Boro's move for Coventry City striker Noel Whelan appears to have cleared the way for Deane to leave the Riverside. And Rovers are expected to be first in
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Couple in crash horror
A PASSENGER was left dangling upside down with a broken leg in the wreckage of a car. Police said driver Lisa Ashworth, of Camp Street, Harle Syke, near Burnley, lost control of the Ford Escort she was travelling along Halifax Road, Nelson, at 6.45pm
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Park rocks to sounds of summer
SIZZLING sunshine and equally sizzling sounds attracted a record 15,000 visitors to the annual Bands in the Park summer concert in Queen's Park, Burnley, yesterday. The massive crowd enjoyed a varied programme of events with top group Dodgy bringing the
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Blues images caught on camera
IMAGES captured by a team of amateur photographers during last year's Great British Rhythm & Blues Festival in Colne will go on exhibition in the town this month. Volunteers were handed disposable cameras and asked to take pictures of events and characters
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Talks continue to save aero jobs
TALKS are continuing to try and save at least some of the 150 jobs to be axed at Rolls-Royce's plant in Barnoldswick, after the company announced a bumper £1billion order book at the Farnborough Air Show. Union officials and management have spent weeks
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Workers escape ceiling collapse at pub
BREWERY bosses hope the Colne pub where workmen had a lucky escape when ceilings collapsed above them may still be able to open in time for the town's annual R&B music festival at the end of next month. About half a dozen contractors were working
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Ring 999 at the double!
WHEN firefighters Claire and Jayne Pringle turn up at the scene of an emergency "at the double" it means just that. The 24-year-olds could well be the only twin sister firefighters in the country. The sisters, who are not identical but look very similar
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Topping gift for animal home
FURNITURE company MFI has donated a sink unit and worktop to Oswaldtwistle-based Only Foals and Horses sanctuary. The gift, from the firm's Blackburn branch, has been installed ready for the opening of the new overflow establishment, Houghton Barn Farm
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Hunt for missing girl, 15, goes national
PICTURES of missing teenager Ruksana Khatun have been published in national homeless magazine The Big Issue as a charity steps up its involvement in the hunt for the 15-year-old. The National Missing Person's Helpline hopes the picture, accompanied with
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Crook gets six weeks to shun crime and drugs
A THIEF with an "appalling" record has got six weeks to show a judge he can stay clear of drugs and crime. Wayne Gibbons, 33, was told by Judge Ian Hamilton he was taking a "limited risk" with him and adjourning sentence until September 8. The defendant
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BSE crisis takes sad toll as cattle mart closes
A HEARTBROKEN book keeper who has worked at Haslingden's famous cattle auction for more than 25 years wept today as she said: "We're closed." Carol Thornley, 58, could not hold back the tears as she described how the cattle market had collapsed alongside
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Shearer's date at Turf Moor
BURNLEY were today set to move for former Rangers midfielder Derek McInnes. The 29-year-old Scot is available from French club Toulouse for a fee of around £450,000. McInnes has held talks with West Bromwich Albion but according to sources in the West
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Prescription for learning
ELTEC's Xtend recruitment and training programme has proved to be just the right tonic for Saima Abbass. Saima, 24, from Nelson, is enjoying a successful career as a trainee pharmacy technician at Leedham's Pharmacy in Colne. She is gaining hands of experience
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Bury FC: Spot kick sicker for Shakers
ISLE OF MAN SOCCER FESTIVAL Oldham Athletic 0 - Bury 0 (Oldham win 5-4 on penalties) TURIN 1990, St. Etienne 1998, Douglas 2000. What do these places and dates have in common? The answer is that, in footballing terms, the better side on the day lost in
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Bid for pub late licence
A POPULAR pub is applying for permission to renew its entertainment licence. The current licence for the Fernhurst Hotel in Bolton Road, Lower Darwen, has expired and an application has been lodged with Blackburn with Darwen Council. The owners of the
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Burns victim to walk on fire
A BURNS victim who suffered horrific injuries as a baby is to put his fears behind him and walk over hot coals for charity. Kelvin Golden, 23, sustained injuries to his hands and head as a baby after falling into a scalding hot bath. He decided to tackle
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Girl, 14, in ravine plunge
A TEENAGER who plunged 35 feet from a rope swing in picturesque woodland today admitted: "I'm lucky to be alive." Lauren Lovelace, 14, suffered a broken wrist and severe bruising when she landed in the stream at the bottom of a ravine in Printshop, Darwen
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MP Janet shuns Hollywood glitz for British B&B
JANET Anderson is shunning the bright lights of Hollywood this summer to tour Britain's seaside bed and breakfast hotels. Although her job as Film Minister entitles her to go to California, attend the Oscars and mingle with the Tinsel Town glitterati
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Horsing about is fun in the sun
RECORD crowds turned out to the Royal Lancashire Show as the weather smiled on the annual three-day event. It was the most successful show for at least five years, drawing crowds of more than 60,000. Despite a thunderstorm on the opening Friday, the weekend
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Right royal date for doctor
A CEREMONY with a royal flavour awaits Doctor Sharon Turnbull. Dr Turnbull, of The Paddock, Blackburn, has completed a PhD in management from the Management School at Lancaster University. And she will receive her degree from the university's chancellor
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Pregnant woman punched and slapped
A FATHER-to-be attacked his pregnant girlfriend and told her he hoped she would lose the baby, a court was told. Burnley Crown Court heard that Jason Taylor, 26, who abused, punched and slapped Julie Preston, later told police she was hard work. But he
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Father tells of rape trial hell
A SINGLE parent cleared of rape today told how he was driven from East Lancashire following his "hellish" ordeal. Robert Jackson was found not guilty on the third day of a trial at Preston Crown Court. It had been claimed that the 45-year-old attacked
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Battling together to fight crime
UNSAFE and ignored: but still full of community spirit! That is what the overwhelming majority of residents living in the Fernhill area of Bury said loud and clear through a survey carried out over the past few weeks. The Bury Community Enterprise questionnaire
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Events in East Lancashire on Tuesday, August 1
Blackburn Breast Care Support Group, Beardwood Hospital, Preston New Road, Blackburn, 7pm-9pm. "Alexander Technique." Blackburn Fellowship for the Hard of Hearing, Ardley Centre, Bent Street, Blackburn, 7.30pm. Annual Miners Reunion, Miners Club, Plumb
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Justice takes precedence over secrecy
IT IS almost two and a half years since Home Secretary Jack Straw called on Freemasons working in the criminal justice system to declare their membership -- so that openness might dispel any suspicion that justice could be corrupted by Masonic influence
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Everyone will foal for tiny tot Tinkerbell
VISITORS to the Only Foals and Horses Sanctuary, Oswaldtwistle, can see tiny one-month-old foal Tinkerbell. The arrival of the two-foot high filly surprised sanctuary staff, who didn't know mum Mollie was expecting when she came to the sanctuary. Tinkerbell
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Bid for pub late licence
A POPULAR pub is applying for permission to renew its entertainment licence. The current licence for the Fernhurst Hotel in Bolton Road, Lower Darwen, has expired and an application has been lodged with Blackburn with Darwen Council. The owners of the
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Are 'freebie' fridges faulty
SOME time ago, Blackburn with Darwen Council were offering fridges at a cost of £25 to people in receipt of income support and they would also took away your old fridge. I've had one for two years, but it has stopped working. I inquired at the Town Hall
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A complex situation
REGARDING the proposed sports complex development at Moorhead High School, Accrington, a representative from Hyndburn Athletic Club was present at the County Hall, Preston, where the club and the Moorhead Residents' Association had the opportunity to
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Invitation to join the club
HAVING retired early 18 months ago, I was somewhat at a loss in filling in my spare hours, then I saw Trinity Pensioners' Club in Blackburn was recruiting new members. I joined and now enjoy its resources and belong to the committee. Once again, we are
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No mention of support
I WAS extremely disappointed to read your article on the crime and safety (LET, July 25). While I welcome any action plan on the improvement of life for future generations of citizens in Blackburn, Darwen and the whole of the county, I think that to talk
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Democracy, sound-bites victim
I CANNOT now remember whether the people who are elected to councils or Parliament are technically our representatives or whether we delegate authority to them. In the present political climate, it certainly has ceased to be government of the people,
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All talk, no action
JEFF Stone of Fleming Square seems to have taken on the mantle of Mr Right for Blackburn. He and a few others seem to think they know what the general public want. What we want is a shopping centre that is pleasant to walk about in, traffic-free, seats
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Couple in crash horror
A PASSENGER was left dangling upside down with a broken leg in the wreckage of a car. Police said driver Lisa Ashworth, of Camp Street, Harle Syke, near Burnley, lost control of the Ford Escort she was travelling along Halifax Road, Nelson, at 6.45pm
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Hopes of £20m blitz on poor housing
A BLITZ on bad housing in two of the most run down areas of Burnley could get the go-ahead this week when North West Development chiefs announce a £200million regeneration package for the region. Burnley has its fingers crossed that it will get a £20million
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Saddle up the horses - petrol's 50p a gallon!
WHEN piebald Prince pulled a covered wagon through Oswaldtwistle with Wild West characters aboard back in 1974, he and the dressed-up employees from Enfield Manufacturing were publicising the company's display in a textile exhibition that the firm, celebrating
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When the big boss barged in
WHEN an elegant cruiser's arrival at Church Kirk wharf on the Leeds-Liverpool Canal was greeted by canal workers 45 years ago, it was at the end of a 400-mile journey from London -- with the new boss of British Waterways, Major General Sir Reginald Kerr
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Spitfire down, chicken feared dead
AIRCRAFT investigation enthusiast Nick Wotherspoon, the sleuth of the "secret" Spitfire crash in Blackburn in December, 1944, is on Cloud Nine. Looking Back's story last week brought him a couple of on-the-spot accounts from readers -- and helped pinpoint
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TEN YEARS AGO: River health risks
DANGER warnings went up along the banks of Blackburn's River Blakewater which was discovered to be a health risk. For a survey revealed that the river was more like an open sewer - rife with salmonella and gastroenteritis-causing bacteria. The illegal
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FIVE YEARS AGO: Police station fears
AS new chief constable Pauline Clare took up her post, it was revealed that a second East Lancashire police station faced closure as part of force re-organisation. But a local officer gave a public assurance that Great Harwood station would not be closed
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Dirty bins shocker
A PENSIONER called for action after discovering foul-smelling bins in council-run toilets. Marjorie Irwin, 80, of Hillcrest Road, Langho, said she was disgusted by overflowing bins in one the cubicles at the facilities at Blackburn Market. "I went to
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Tourists quizzed about murder
SPANISH police have been interviewing tourists about the murder of a former Stonyhurst College student who was stabbed in the head hours after arriving in Barcelona. Gareth Mather, 20, who attended the college in the Ribble Valley for five years, and
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Student of year Thomas is bright spark
AN engineering student has proved he is a real bright spark with the help of an East Lancashire firm. Thomas Bray, 19, has been named student of the year by the North West Engineering Employers Federation after developing a machine used in lamp technology
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Family way to build contacts
STUART McCreath used to be a bricklayer -- but now he's helping other people to build careers. Stuart, 32, has joined his parents in the recruitment agency Power Jobs Ltd, which specialises in recruiting and placing workers into the UK and Northern Europe
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Confidence on the rise in region
BUSINESS confidence in the North West is higher than the national average, despite companies complaining of declining profits. A new Lloyds TSB survey showed just 24 per cent of businesses in the region reported a rise in profits during the first half
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Child care unit's new chief
SOCIAL services worker John Tempest has been appointed the new director of Blackburn Child Care Society. John will be at the helm of the Whalley Road centre, which has a residential children's home, a residential remand unit, a bail support scheme and
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Stolen kiddy cab is finally tracked down
A KIDDIES' car which was at the centre of a mini-crime spree has been found following an appeal in the Lancashire Evening Telegraph. Earlier this month thieves marred the launch of Kiddy Cabs at Blackburn Shopping Centre by stealing one of the vehicles
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Ordeal on a desert island
A SOLICITOR dumped on a burned-out island with only two strangers and a "box of tricks" for company today described it as the longest week of his life and said: "I just missed my mum." Majid Ditta, 25, of Whalley Range, Blackburn, can be seen in the Thai
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Park rocks to sounds of summer
FIREWORKS lit up the sky at the finale of a weekend of live music attended by more than 20,000 people. About 7,000 people flooded into Corporation Park, Blackburn, for a free classical music concert by the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. The highlight
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Ordeal on a desert island
A SOLICITOR dumped on a burned-out island with only two strangers and a "box of tricks" for company today described it as the longest week of his life and said: "I just missed my mum." Majid Ditta, 25, of Whalley Range, Blackburn, can be seen in the Thai
