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Events in East Lancashire Sunday, December 3
Antiques and Curios Collectors Fair, Hoghton Village Hall, Blackburn Old Road, 10am-4pm. Animals Christmas Party, Bleakholt Animal Sanctuary: Edenfield 12noon; Ramsbottom 4pm. Hyndburn Ramblers meet Plantation Street, Accrington, 9am, Bolton Abbey car
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Father's rage after being woken
MARTIN John Le Moine, 31, of Lindisfarne Avenue, Higher Croft, Blackburn, was bound over in £100 to keep the peace for six months when he appeared before Blackburn magistrates and admitted a breach of the peace. Emma Kehoe, prosecuting, said Latrice Palmer
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Tips to beat misery of a burst
EAST Lancashire householders are being warned not to run the risk of suffering the misery of burst pipes in their homes this winter. Poorly insulated pipework in the home can become frozen when the temperature drops and when the pipes thaw they can burst
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PETER FELL: My fate in God's hands
CONVICTED killer Peter Fell spent his first day of freedom preparing for the final battle to clear his name and insisted: "My fate is in God's hands." And the former soldier and photographic salesman from Great Harwood called on the Government to re-open
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Andy Neild's Ewood beat
SOME of the national Press ran a story last weekend claiming Damien Duff was heading for the Ewood exit door. But, if that's the case, then why do my spies tell me he's just applied for membership at Clitheroe Golf Club? That's hardly the act of a man
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Slip into town and do some skating
ICE skating is coming back to Burnley town centre -- by popular demand. In the summer a synthetic rink was installed outside McDonalds and proved a great hit with youngsters. This time it will be back on December 10 from 11am and 4pm and costs £1 per
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Burglar and his ally sent to jail
A BURGLAR and his accomplice are both behind bars after a drink-fuelled raid on a house. Wayne Hannah, 33, of Hamden Street, Burnley, admitted burglary and was sent to jail for 18 months. Shaun Thwaite, 32, of Dean Street, Burnley, pleaded guilty to handling
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Pervert jailed
A PERVERT who subjected a schoolgirl to a six-year "campaign" of sex abuse has been jailed for nine years. Burnley Crown Court heard how voluntary worker Peter Sunderland, 60, repeatedly raped the child, attacked her if she refused his demands and threatened
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Patients join in art of making rag rugs
PATIENTS at Pendle Community Hospital are enjoying making rag rugs with artist Lynne Stein. She has been employed by the Burnley Health Care Trust as part of the Year of the Artist work and is carrying out a project up to Christmas with the elderly patients
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COURT: Twin, 35, sobs in the dock after admitting assault on sibling
Brother attacked in row over sex abuse A MAN needed 20 stitches after being given "a good going over" by his brothers in a row over sex abuse when they were younger, a court was told. Burnley Crown Court heard how Harry Windle was attacked after twins
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Oxygen, Blackburn: '70s DISCO SOUNDS, 9pm to 1am, free.
Cubes, Blackburn: DJ GILLY, ANDY B, house and garage, 9pm to 1am, free. Utopia Discotheque, Blackburn: SEDUCTION, chart and party tunes, 10pm to 3am. Ewood Arms, Blackburn: Gone Begging, 9pm, free. Roadhouse, Manchester: MOSOLIDGOLD, indie, 9pm. Utopia
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Old folk warned as cruel con pair strike
PENSIONERS' groups are warning older people to be on their guard against bogus callers after thieves stole a couple's life savings. Gladys, 89, and Harry Birch, 80, lost cash they had been saving to pay for a stairlift in their home when two bogus social
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Chemists on Duty
Sunday, December 3 Blackburn: 12noon-1pm: HN Espley, 343 Preston Old Road, Feniscliffe; 11am-2pm: Aston Pharmacy, 95 Accrington Road; 11am-1pm: Johnston Pharmacy, 50-52 Johnston Street; 10.30am-4.30pm: Superdrugs Pharmacy, 3-7 Stonybutts. Darwen: 12noon
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Chemists on Duty
Wednesday, December 6 Blackburn: To 9pm: Peels, 4 & 6 Railway Road; The Surgery (Chiropody), 132 Lammack Road; Cohen, 63 Whalley Range. To 8pm: Johnston Pharmacy, 50-52 Johnston Street. To 7.30pm: Aston Pharmacy, 95 Accrington Road. To 7pm: Arthur
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Chemists on Duty
Friday, December 8 Blackburn: To 9pm: Peels, 4 & 6 Railway Road; Cohen, 63 Whalley Range. To 8pm: Johnston Pharmacy, 50-52 Johnston Street. To 7.30pm: Aston Pharmacy, 95 Accrington Road. To 7pm: Arthur Haworth, 314 Bolton Road; The Pharmacy, Oakenhurst
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Chemists on Duty
Tuesday, December 5 Blackburn: To 9pm: Peels, 4 & 6 Railway Road; Cohen, 63 Whalley Range. To 8pm: Johnston Pharmacy, 50-52 Johnston Street. To 7.30pm: Aston Pharmacy. 95 Accrington Road. To 7pm: The Pharmacy, Oakenhurst Road; Geloo Bros, Cleaver
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'Don't give in to kids' blackmail'
THE headteacher of one of East Lancashire's independent schools has urged parents to stand up to "blackmail" by their children. They were also warned of the "frightening" amount of pornography and violence facing today's youngsters. In the annual speech
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Driver faces charge over death crash
A 21-YEAR-OLD MAN has appeared in court charged with causing death by dangerous driving after a road smash in which a teenager died. And three other men have been charged with conspiracy to pervert the course of justice following the same incident. Thomas
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Time is right for Cooke departure
TURF Moor crowd favourite Andy Cooke admitted it hadn't been a difficult decision to make the switch to Stoke City. Cooke yesterday ended his five-and-a-half year stay with the Clarets to sign for the Second Division promotion-chasers in a £300,000 deal
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Winger's loan move to Wigan could prompt lucrative deal
KEITH Gillespie started a one month loan spell with Wigan Athletic today knowing a string of impressive performances for the Latics could lead to a lucrative move abroad. The Northern Ireland international, who has been told he can leave Ewood on a free
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HUT STUFF!
THE BURN have signed a record deal with a star-studded record label Hut records, Pulse can exclusively reveal this week. The join top indie acts like Embrace, Gomez, Placebo and Richard Ashcroft on the Hut label, which has an enviable track record for
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PETER FELL: Ex-terrorist led freedom fight
A REFORMED terrorist who led Peter Fell's fight for freedom today said his battle wasn't over but the door was almost open. The Rev Billy McFetridge has been one of convicted double murderer Fell's staunchest supporters since he first met him seven years
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PETER FELL: He wants his life back
THE Brother of released Peter Fell claimed not even £1million compensation could make up for the time he has spent in prison and stressed: "He would rather have his life back." Paul Davies, 36, said that Peter would be entitled to every penny of any compensation
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Scheme to aid deaf and blind
BLIND and deaf people using social services departments should notice a big difference in the way staff help them in the future. Blackburn with Darwen social services have introduced a new training scheme designed to help staff understand the specific
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PETER FELL: Children's home staff recall a boy desperate for attention
PETER Fell had an unsettled start to his life in East Lancashire. He was born in 1961, the eldest of Alan and Maureen's three children. The stormy marriage ended in divorce in 1965 and Peter and his brother Paul were just toddlers when they were put into
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PETER FELL: My only crime was being foolish
THE crime for which Peter Fell was convicted shocked the nation. On a cold spring afternoon in May 1982, two housewives Anne Lee, 44, and Margaret Johnson, 66, were savagely murdered as they walked their dogs on Hungry Hill, Aldershot. They were both
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PETER FELL: My fate in God's hands
CONVICTED killer Peter Fell spent his first day of freedom preparing for the final battle to clear his name and insisted: "My fate is in God's hands." And the former soldier and photographic salesman from Great Harwood called on the Government to re-open
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Big Sam won't let the Hornets sting twice
BOLTON Wanderers' manager Sam Allardyce is on something of a revenge mission as he prepares his troops for the crucial meeting with Watford at the Reebok Stadium tomorrow. Big Sam is still smarting over October's clash with the high-flying Hornets at
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Students break records
A RECORD number of students received certificates at a presentation held in Blackburn College. More than 280 people -- the college's best ever -- were awarded Access Foundation certificates having completed a range of courses designed to improve their
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Drama students dress to thrill!
TEENAGERS turned themselves into characters from dozens of plays at an exhibition and show at Westholme School, Blackburn. GCSE drama and A-level theatre studies students acted sketches from modern day and Shakespearean plays on Wednesday and Thursday
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Primary care trusts move
TWO new primary care trusts may be developed to bring together all kinds of community-based care. If proposals go ahead, the new Trusts will be based on the Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale primary care groups and the Hyndburn and Ribble Valley groups.
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Pervert jailed
A PERVERT who subjected a schoolgirl to a six-year "campaign" of sex abuse has been jailed for nine years. Burnley Crown Court heard how voluntary worker Peter Sunderland, 60, repeatedly raped the child, attacked her if she refused his demands and threatened
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Winger's loan move to Wigan could prompt lucrative deal
KEITH Gillespie started a one month loan spell with Wigan Athletic today knowing a string of impressive performances for the Latics could lead to a lucrative move abroad. The Northern Ireland international, who has been told he can leave Ewood on a free
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Star flicks switch
A LEUKAEMIA charity will benefit by nearly £1,000 thanks to a charity firework display and light switch on at Pendle Village Mill, Brierfield. Burnley Football Club's star striker Andy Payton was called in to flick the switch and light up a 20ft tree
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Flu jabs reach target
HEALTH chiefs in Burnley have achieved this year's Government target of flu immunisation for 60 per cent of over 65s in the area. Dr Swamy Narayana, chairman of Burnley Primary Care Group said he would be writing to his GP colleagues and practice and
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Walkers' route is made a mudbath
RESIDENTS in the Kibble Grove area of Brierfield are outraged after a pathway behind their houses which leads out into the countryside was churned up and left an 'eyesore'. People living near the pathway used it to take their dogs for a walk or to go
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Clean Sweep to tidy streets
AN East Lancashire clean-up is set to continue in a bid to attract Christmas shoppers. Successful clean-ups have already been held around the Whitefield area of Pendle prompting organisers to extend it further afield. On Tuesday volunteers will be taking
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SAVAGE GARDEN: Hold Me (Columbia) --Savage Garden have dropped the fast beats here. It follows Affir
CINERAMA: Your Charm (Scopitones) -- Taken from their second album Disco Volante Your Charm sticks to the lounge-like formula that David Gedge has made his trademark. But behind the swooning structure of the song, former Wedding Present frontman Gedge
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Green beret success
TEENAGER Duncan Jamieson has successfully completed his training to become a Royal Marine Commando. Duncan, 19, of Laneshawbridge, attended Ermysteds Grammar School, Skipton. He has just finished 30 weeks of the hardest initial training in the world to
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Rabbits come with smart home
A LOP-EARED rabbit and six guinea pigs are being offered complete with "des res" after being rescued by the RSPCA. The animals were found by a farmer's wife in Millerfold Avenue, Accrington, in their hutches. Inspector David Anforth said it was a complete
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A tough lesson for hoax callers
YOUNGSTERS in a hoax hotspot are being targeted in a bid to slash the number of malicious calls to emergency services. Pupils at Spring Hill Primary School, in Exchange Street, Accrington, are to be visited on Tuesday by specialist staff from British
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Chemists on Duty
Thursday, December 7 Blackburn: To 9pm: Peels, 4 Railway Road. To 8pm: Johnston Pharmacy, 50-52 Johnston Street. To 7.30pm: Aston Pharmacy, 95 Accrington Road; To 6.30pm: Donald Wood Ltd, 53 Fishmoor Drive; Healthbook Ltd, Audley Shopping Centre, Audley
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Chemists on Duty
Monday, December 4 Blackburn: To 9pm: Peels Chemist, 4 & 6 Railway Road; Cohen, 63 Whalley Range. To 8pm: Johnston Pharmacy, 50-52 Johnston Street; To 7.30pm: Aston Pharmacy, 95 Accrington Road. To 7pm: Arthur Haworth, 314 Bolton Road; The Pharmacy
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Pete Oliver's Turf beat
Thanks Andy ANDY Cooke is gone but not forgotten at Turf Moor. The crowd favourite ended his five-year stay at Burnley with a £300,000 move to Stoke City yesterday and was set to make his Potters debut against Luton Town at the Britannia Stadium this
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Time is right for Cooke departure
TURF Moor crowd favourite Andy Cooke admitted it hadn't been a difficult decision to make the switch to Stoke City. Cooke yesterday ended his five-and-a-half year stay with the Clarets to sign for the Second Division promotion-chasers in a £300,000 deal
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Who saw vandals strike?
POLICE are appealing to the public to help catch vandals whose recent trails of destruction targeted bus shelters and telephone boxes. Rossendale West Inspector Ewan Cameron said patrols in Rossendale had been stepped up but the public's help was needed
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Customers back newsagent in youth incident
A COMMUNITY has launched a petition supporting local traders after a newsagent was charged with assaulting a teenager and breaking his arm outside his shop. Peter Bretherton, who runs a newsagents on Alder Drive, Hoghton, appeared at Leyland magistrates
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Officers struck in search for patient
NIGEL Short assaulted two police officers who came looking for him after he had been reported missing from the psychiatric ward at Queen's Park Hospital. Blackburn magistrates heard that Short, a voluntary patient, was at a house in Whalley New Road,
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PETER FELL: MP calls for probe into police conduct
PETER Fell has been the victim of a terrible miscarriage of justice, according to Hyndburn MP Greg Pope. Mr Pope took a personal interest in Fell's case after he was contacted by the convicted killer from his prison cell and has now called for an investigation
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Father jailed for burglary
A FORMER heroin addict whose new baby had to be weaned off methadone has been jailed for 21 months for burgling his grandma's neighbour. Burnley Crown Court heard how Glen Nelson, 31, whose baby has been in hospital after being born with a dependence
