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Lucky lottery winners
THIS week's winners in Burnley Hospice Care Lottery are: £1,000 Mrs D Fairclough, Burnley 3564; £250 Mrs J Soothill, Burnley 2752; £100 Mrs D Barnes, Barnoldswick 2365. £5 winners: Mr G Pope, Nelson 1488; Mrs M Duari, Colne 0094; Miss E Clark, Burnley
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Special delivery gets MPs' vote
AN East Lancashire firm is helping ensure that MPs don't drop their mail on the floor. Envopak from Burnley have produced a special packet for MPs' post to replace the traditional rubber band. For years MPs have wandered around Westminster with huge masses
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'Full house' for singer's funeral
PROFESSIONAL and amateur singers travelled from all over the country and Europe for the funeral of Burnley operatic baritone Keith Latham. More than 200 people attended St Mathew's Church, Burnley, and as his friend and colleague Nigel Wilkinson, in a
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Friends behind bars for drunken attack
TWO drunken teenagers who picked on a middle-aged man going home from an evening out with friends are both behind bars. Burnley Crown Court heard how best friends Andrew Kirk and David Smith's victim David Allen, who just the day before had found his
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Lorna's sexy catsuit wows 'em on Blind Date
NIGHTCLUB dancer Lorna Edgar will set the men's pulses racing tonight when she appears on TV in a revealing PVC catsuit. Blonde Lorna is set to be the star of ITV's Blind Date in her raunchy outfit. Lorna, 22, of Pilgrim Street, Nelson, beat competition
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Sex pest
A MAN indecently exposed himself to two women in Whalley Road, Accrington. He is described as white, aged 18, 5ft 6ins, ofmedium build with mousey brown hair in short back and sides but long on top. He was wearing a bottle green, Gortex, waist length
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Farmers on Euro fact finding mission
TOP agriculture officials from countries in line to join the European Union visited East Lancashire to see first hand how it their country's farmers would have to cope. Representatives from 13 EU candidate countries visited farms in the Slaidburn area
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Suspensions unfair on fans
Pete Oliver's Turf Moor beat CLARETS boss Stan Ternent believes the system of suspensions should be reviewed with players too easily totting up bans and missing games. He said: "It's virtually impossible to go through a season without getting five bookings
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CLARETS: Hartson woe scuppers Aloisi deal hopes
JOHN Aloisi has forced his way back into contention for a first-team place at Coventry -- which could scupper any hopes of a possible move to Turf Moor. According to reports in the Midlands the City striker has been the subject of interest from Burnley
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Jail for knife attack pair
TWO men have been jailed for their part in a knife attack which could have cost a Darwen man his life. Victim Peter Dawson sustained a serious stab wound to his chest and a collapsed lung after being attacked on his doorstep. Preston Crown Court was told
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Tower emerges in all its glory
PARISHIONERS were today celebrating as a £140,000 project to renovate part of their parish church came to an end. The tower at St Peter's Church , Church Terrace, Darwen, has been shrouded by scaffolding since the end of September, but on Monday, the
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Burglar sent to prison
A BURGLAR who targeted a pensioner's home while she was out was today starting an 18-month jail term. A judge at Burnley Crown Court told Daniel Lawrence, 40, he had been much younger when he had committed other offences -- and he was now older and should
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CCTV gets green light
THE go-ahead has been received for a £108,000 CCTV crime-busting scheme for Haslingden town centre. Haslingden has the highest level of town-centre crime in Rossendale, especially violence and alcohol-related offences. Six closed-circuit cameras will
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Would-be star's crunch night
MILLIONS of viewers will find out tonight if a young Blackburn man will make it from pub singer to pop superstar. Kevin Simm is down to the last ten people hoping to make it into a new band after being followed by TV cameras for ITV's Popstars show over
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Knife threat
A SECURITY guard was threatened with a knife after challenging two thieves at Tesco's Hill Street store in Blackburn. The two youths were attempting to leave without paying for a bottle of vodka when the guard confronted them. They escaped after one of
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Pupils play it by the book to help stroke victims
KIND-HEARTED students at a Blackburn high school turned over a new leaf in a push to raise money for a hospital stroke unit. Pupils at St Wilfrid's High sold copies of a book of photographs of old Blackburn to friends and relatives to raise money for
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Scheme helps tots with speech trouble
YOUNGSTERS with speech and language problems will get help before they start school to prevent them falling behind later, thanks to an innovative new scheme. Nursery school children with significant problems in Blackburn and Darwen will be able to spend
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Family's seven years of racial abuse
AN Asian father from Blackburn spoke about his personal experiences of racial harassment during the launch of a Racial Harassment Project with Home Secretary Jack Straw. Iqbal Pathan, of Ambleside Close, was one of the guest speakers at Jans Conference
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Mercy team tells of Indian kindness
THE East Lancashire firemen who went to India to help in the relief effort after last week's earthquake have returned home to tell of the amazing generosity and willpower of the Indian people. Ged Richmond, Andy Barnes and Mark Southworth flew into Manchester
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Injured Bash keeps up his spirits
PRESTON striker Steve Basham is making good progress after his horrific broken leg. Basham suffered the injury in North End's 1-0 win over Tranmere in October -- after he'd scored the winning goal. It came as the former Southampton man was just securing
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CRICKET: Legend Lloyd bids for Lancs return
CLIVE Lloyd hopes to win back his place on the Lancashire committee two weeks today. The West Indies legend is one of six candidates standing for four vacancies at the club's annual general meeting. He was forced to stand down from the committee in 1996
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DEATH CRASH ACTION PLEA
RESIDENTS today called for traffic lights to be installed at a junction where a woman was killed in an horrific smash. Mini driver Rita Bull, 54, of Eton Close, Padiham died yesterday after a collision with another car. She worked as a packer with one
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ASYLUM SEEKER IN LOVE TANGLE
A KOSOVAR asylum seeker who says he found true love in a Blackburn nightclub faces being split from his new wife -- just a month after they were married. And a red tape wrangle has left him and his new family without money for food or heating after their
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EWOOD BEAT with Andy Neild
Oz stint could be making of a man ROVERS' Academy coach Rob Kelly believes 'Big' Ben Burgess's loan stint in Oz will turn the teenage striker into a man. Burgess is currently on a season-long loan with Sydney-based outfit Northern Spirit where he's currently
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HE'S ONE EYAL OF A PLAYER!
EGIL Ostenstad today backed Eyal Berkovic to add a whole new dimension to Rovers' promotion push if he completes his anticipated loan move from Celtic. Rovers remain confident of striking a deal to bring the midfield schemer to Ewood until the end of
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'Sad day' as post office faces closure
EFFORTS by company bosses to find someone to take over a Burnley post office have failed. Burnley MP Peter Pike expressed his concerns over the future of Lowerhouse Post Office, Lowerhouse Lane, last December when sub-postmistress Kathleen Smith decided
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DEATH CRASH ACTION PLEA
RESIDENTS today called for traffic lights to be installed at a junction where a woman was killed in an horrific smash. Mini driver Rita Bull, 54, of Eton Close, Padiham died yesterday after a collision with another car. She worked as a packer with one
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Riddle of man with head injury
A MAN is in hospital suffering from head injuries following an alleged assault in Camden Street, Nelson. The street was cordoned off after police were called to the scene by the ambulance service at about 8.15pm yesterday. Officers remained at the scene
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Charity worker sold used stamps again
A DISABLED charity worker sold unmarked used stamps to a businessman potentially cheating the Post Offfice out of up to £8,000. Burnley Crown Court heard how Alan Sanderson, 58, who has severe arthritis and sells stamps on the Internet to collectors,
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Tidy up for it
PENDLE indie boys Tidy will join forces for a gig with Clayton Le Moors band Ten Stone Dead this week. Both groups have been busy since the new year recording new material and Tidy lead singer Bruce Thomas believes TSD's Manchester influenced sound will
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Store robbery
ROBBERS escaped with £200 in cash after threatening a member of staff at Ali's Store on Blackburn Road, Accrington. The men police are looking for are both white, aged between 20 and 25 years. The first was 6ft tall and fat and was wearing a brown and
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Street's Hayley adopts charity trek
EAST Lancashire soap star Julie Hesmondhalgh is urging volunteers to embark on the trip of a lifetime which will also raise money for charity. Julie, who plays Hayley in Coronation Street, has teamed up with on-screen husband Roy -- David Neilson -- and
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Garage blaze damage to 16 cars
THOUSANDS of pounds worth of damage was caused to 16 cars after a blaze ripped through a garage. The vehicles were severely damaged by fire when a car being repaired at units in the converted Britannia Mills, Rishton, broke out in flames. An employee
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Dad jailed after fracas in town
A FATHER of five involved in a fracas in Accrington town centre, has been jailed for three months. Burnley Crown Court heard how Dominic 0'Sullivan, 42, had taken hold of a man's lapels and had been agitated after earlier being set upon. Sentencing him
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Fingerprint tests that say cheese is real
AN East Lancashire cheese is to be protected by a new 'chemical fingerprint' to weed out fakes. Beacon Fell traditional Lancashire Cheese already has its own special Protected Denomination of Origin under European Union rules, just like Champagne. But
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Sir grabbed my pal by the neck, pupil tells court
A SCHOOL pupil described to a court how his friend collapsed to the floor after being grabbed by the neck by teacher Garth Sutcliffe. The boy then went on to say Sutcliffe had prodded his classmate with his foot as he lay on the floor and told him to
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Villages don't get much satisfaction
CLITHEROE is a disgrace, road and traffic management is appalling, councillors are smug and the administrative side of local government are lazy, grossly overpaid people, according to a survey. These were just a few of the 'negative' comments received
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Chaos theory on Starsailor and Walsh
AMEN lead singer Casey Chaos has predicted that Starsailor will be as big as The Verve. Speaking exclusively to PULSE, before the Manchester leg of the NME tour, Chaos was full of praise for the young group, whose frontman James Walsh hails from Chorley
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Window smashed with garden gnome
A MAN'S concern for his ex-partner landed him in court charged with damaging her front door with a garden gnome. Blackburn magistrates heard that when William Hunter went to her Darwen home late at night and when he could not get a response, he smashed
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Injured driver may not have understood sample request
A BMW driver who went into the back of an articulated lorry on the M62 motorway was cleared by a court of refusing to give a blood sample to police when required, because he proved his injuries may have left him confused at the time. Ian Cockroft, 44,
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Society honours stalwart member
A BURNS night celebration also marked 27 years of tireless effort on behalf of the Blackburn and District Scottish Society by its secretary, Marion Montgomery. Mrs Montgomery, a member of the society for 32 years and a former president of the organisation
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New voice for Asian business community
KEY speakers including Home Secretary and Blackburn MP Jack Straw got a newly formed business group aimed at East Lancashire's Asian business community off to a flying start. The Asian Business Federation, which aims to give Asian-run businesses a voice
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Magnificent seven earn Oxbridge places
SEVEN students from a top East Lancashire school have been offered places at Oxford or Cambridge universities this year. Dr David Hempsall, head of Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Blackburn, said he was extremely pleased at the students' success. The
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ASYLUM SEEKER IN LOVE TANGLE
A KOSOVAR asylum seeker who says he found true love in a Blackburn nightclub faces being split from his new wife -- just a month after they were married. And a red tape wrangle has left him and his new family without money for food or heating after their
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ICE HOCKEY: Hawks aim to be the chiefs
BLACKBURN Hawks face a tough double header this weekend, home and away to the formidable Chelmsford Chieftains, in the Premier Cup. Chelmsford visit the Arena tonight, and the Hawks travel to Essex for the return fixture tomorrow. Facing a team from a
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Pro Harris free to lead charge
TRANSCO Lancashire League title hopefuls Nelson expect to get a near full season from new professional Chris Harris. The Kiwi all-rounder is due to resume his league career at Seedhill this summer as Keith Arthurton's successor as paid man with the 1999
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Bittersweet taste of the cup
THE SATURDAY INTERVIEW: with Kingstonian's Ian Duerden EVERY action has an equal and opposite reaction, according to Isaac Newton. Where does his theory apply more than to the FA Cup? The joy and glory it can bring is matched by the despair and misery
