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The council has to earn its £9m windfall
HOWEVER much or little substance there is in the Tory response that Labour is seeking to buy votes in the looming local elections, what is certain about the £9million improvements windfall the government is dangling in front of Blackburn with Darwen Council
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Ex-Army officer steps into bursar's posting
A FORMER Army lieutenant colonel will have pupils standing to attention after being appointed bursar at Westholme School in Blackburn. John Henwood, previously bursar at Farnborough Hill independent girls' school in Hampshire, replaces Tim Marshall who
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Lost purse never found
ON January 17 I took a taxi from the Asda supermarket, Accrington, as I am disabled. I dropped by purse in the taxi with a substantial sum of money in it together with my Access card. It was never found. I hope the person who found it enjoys the contents
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Hospital care appreciated
I WOULD like to convey my grateful thanks to the consultant, doctors, nurses and all members of staff on Ward 4C at Queen's Park Hospital, Blackburn, for the wonderful care and attention shown to my husband over the past three weeks he has been there.
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Run for a good cause
OF the lucky readers allocated places in this year's London Marathon on April 22, I want to ask those who have not yet decided which charity to run for, to consider Diabetes UK. Among our many activities we organise holidays and family weekends for children
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It's no laughing matter for Leigh comedian Frank
COMEDIAN Frank Bollard finds parking in Bright Street, Leigh, one big joke -- but it's not a laughing matter. The retired international cabaret star has called in help from local councillors in a bid to save the only green verges in the area, which he
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Builder Steve beaten by yobs
HORRIFIC injuries were suffered by Steven Bastable at the hands of thugs who beat his face to a pulp. The 26-year-old builder can now hardly open his blackened eyes, has stitches across a long wound along the hairline and under his nose and lost teeth
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£9m council windfall
THE Government today said Blackburn is to get a £9million boost -- but only if it meets a range of tough new targets. The golden cash carrot was being dangled in front of council leaders at a Downing Street reception after the area was one of just six
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Chances at a premium in Trophy draw
Hereford United 0 Leigh RMI 0: BOTH Conference clubs will be happy to still have one foot in the FA Trophy as the tie of the round between Hereford and Leigh RMI was bereft of both goals and attack-based entertainment. In the most prestigious non-league
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Leigh Centurions 48
Rochdale Hornets 0 By Mike Hulme Simp-Leigh the best Centurions hit summit after another points romp THE Centurions marched to the top of the Northern Ford Premiership after enjoying their second points romp in the space of four days. Following their
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We rode our luck: Spackman
BARNSLEY boss Nigel Spackman admitted his side rode their luck as he celebrated his first point as the new manager at Oakwell. The Tykes were rescued by the woodwork three times in the second half as Rovers went in search of another valuable three points
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Firing blanks
ROVERS 0 BARNSLEY 0 FORMER Liverpool legend Ian Rush will sit down with Barnsley boss Nigel Spackman this week to discuss the possibility of becoming the new striker coach at Oakwell. But Rovers chief Graeme Souness may be contemplating heading him off
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The Sixties revisited
THE 1960s will be the theme of this year's Todmorden Charity Carnival. The committee is well on the way to organising the event, to be held in Centre Vale Park, Todmorden, on Saturday May 26. It will be followed by a giant car-boot sale and market on
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Search for love, fame and fortune on prime time TV
MILLIONS of people saw the highs and lows of three East Lancashire people who gripped the nation when they took over prime time TV. Locals dominated ITV between 6.45pm and 10.15pm when they starred in ratings winners Popstars, Blind Date and Who Wants
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Search for love, fame and fortune on prime time TV
MILLIONS of people saw the highs and lows of three East Lancashire people who gripped the nation when they took over prime time TV. Locals dominated ITV between 6.45pm and 10.15pm when they starred in ratings winners Popstars, Blind Date and Who Wants
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Bert's photographs straddle a century
Bert with one of the exhibits on show at Colne Library PHOTOGRAPHS of Colne taken by local historian Bert Hindle are on show at Colne library. His collection dates back to copies of photographs of the bucket toilets of the 1800s, through millennium celebrations
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Pub blaze drama
POPULAR country pub The Hodder Bridge Hotel, in Chaigley, was severely damaged when a fire started in the kitchen area. Licensee Melvyn Clay and business partner Derek Hartley tried to put out the fire using extinguishers.
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'Back from the dead'
A PENSIONER who had a heart attack in Antley Methodist Church, Accrington, was brought back from the dead after two ambulance men battled for five minutes to revive him. Jack Grimshaw, 74, of Dill Hall Lane, Church, was doing odd jobs at the church when
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String-along
PICTURED entertaining the audience in a Spectacular Show at the New Era Centre, Accrington, are members of the Live Puppet Theatre Company Tamsin (left) and Lyndis Harden, with project co-ordinator for the Asian Women's Group of Accrington Parveen Akhtar
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Seeing spots
Crewe Alexandria 4 Burnley 2 Crewe Alexandra 4 Street 4mins, Smith (pens) 39, 43, Ashton 85 Burnley 2 Branch 12 mins, Cook (pen) 59 PENALTIES are fast becoming a taboo subject at Turf Moor after Burnley ended up on the wrong end of a shoot-out for the
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Award for internet business
AN EAST Lancashire internet development company is celebrating after picking up a prestigious quality award. The decision to award Readstone POS accreditation by the British Accreditation Bureau followed a recent move by the business to larger offices
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Company builds firm foundations
EAST Lancashire-based construction firm NEL is building foundations for strong future growth. The Nelson-based company has opened its second regional office in less than four months, spreading its interests across Britain. NEL Construction has opened
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New bike sport is the driving force
BLACKBURN motorbike manufacturer CCM Motorcycles is roaring ahead into a new business market. The company is launching itself into the £675 million European "dual sport" motorcycle market through what is predicted to be the next big bike sport, Supermoto
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Alan's money for art's sake
ARTIST Alan Fielding (pictured) was so desperate to bring the arts back to Darwen he decided to make his dream turn real with money -- £30,000 of it! Alan has spent that amount over three years to convert a former builder's yard into the Valley Art Centre
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Cash to improve blackspot where child died
A ROAD where a youngster was killed is to be targeted with Government cash to make it safer. Kai Pong Wong, 13, had been in the country for only a month when he stepped out in front of a car in Openshaw Drive, Blackburn, and went crashing through the
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Goodbye gifts for brownie leader
BROWNIE leader Win Freeman said a sad farewell to youngsters on her retirement. Mrs Freeman, 65, has worked with the St Mary's brownies, Mellor, for 19 years, but decided to call it a day so she could look after her three grandchildren -- Charlotte, five
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Quake rescue 'fantastic,' fireman tells meeting
A LANCASHIRE fire search and rescue officer told a public prayer meeting how he helped save a woman trapped in the rubble of the Indian earthquake. Senior divisional commander Peter Halleron, who returned from a week in Bhuj on Friday, said it would be
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Cash to improve blackspot where child died
A ROAD where a youngster was killed is to be targeted with Government cash to make it safer. Kai Pong Wong, 13, had been in the country for only a month when he stepped out in front of a car in Openshaw Drive, Blackburn, and went crashing through the
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£9m council windfall
THE Government today said Blackburn is to get a £9million boost -- but only if it meets a range of tough new targets. The golden cash carrot was being dangled in front of council leaders at a Downing Street reception after the area was one of just six
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Fury and fears over road chaos
BUSINESSMEN today hit out at council traffic scheme and roadworks which they say have caused traffic chaos for their customers and staff. One company even fears the traffic jams outside their business could drive people away to less congested areas of
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Sam rages at ref
QPR 1 BOLTON 1 SAM Allardyce was so incensed by the performance of referee Uriah Rennie he almost missed the point. After watching his side reduced to 10 men through the 17th minute sending off of goalkeeper Steve Banks and a clear penalty turned away
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Dale on title charge
ROSSENDALE 2 MOSSLEY 0 ROSSENDALE registered their fourth consecutive win against fellow promotion hopefuls Mossley in NWCL Division One. First half goals from Craig Sargeson and David Gray put Dale in control in their first league game at Dark Lane for
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GREAT HARWOOD 0 LEEK CSOB 1
Heat-on Great Harwood GREAT Harwood Town manager Denis Underwood has vowed to battle on and get his side out of trouble. Underwood was in upbeat mood despite Town slipping to the bottom of NWCL Division One following the defeat at fellow strugglers Leek
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Armed man caught
AN armed man was arrested in Bury at 7am today after a domestic dispute. Police say the man entered the house at Garstang Drive at around 11.30pm yesterday. The family inside managed to escape. An armed response unit was called out to monitor the man's
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Boy snatched by men in van
A SCHOOLBOY was snatched by two men as he rode his bike. The 13-year-old, who has not been identified by police, was abducted in Bury and then dumped in Breightmet. He was riding his bike in Grange Road, Bury, at 5.15pm on Friday when a blue Transit-type
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Events in East Lancashire on Tuesday, February 6
Blackburn Breast Care Support Group, Beardwood Hospital, Preston New Road, Blackburn, 7pm-9pm. Make-up demonstrations with Josie Slater. Fairport Convention, Burnley Mechanics, Manchester Road, Burnley, 7.30pm. "My Mother Said I Never Should," New Millennium
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Lodging a cheque
DIABETES UK received a cheque for £225 from the Lodge of United Brethren at Larkhill Health Centre, Blackburn. From the left, Ian Ashton (Masonic district charity steward), Jeanette Senior (Diabetes UK treasurer), Ann Ray (secretary), Ian Ainsworth and
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Goodbye gifts for brownie leader
BROWNIE leader Win Freeman said a sad farewell to youngsters on her retirement. Mrs Freeman, 65, has worked with the St Mary's brownies, Mellor, for 19 years, but decided to call it a day so she could look after her three grandchildren -- Charlotte, five
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Arson attack at school
IT WAS school as normal for pupils at Queens Park High School today after a suspected arson attack. Firefighters were called to the building, in Haslingden Old Road, Blackburn, around 8.35am on Sunday when a fire broke out in a store room. Station-officer
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Imperial is logical
YOUR leader on metric measures (LET, January 23) was interesting. The metric system is an entirely arbitrary system designed by utopian head-choppers during the French Revolution. The standard metre is derived from 'one ten millionth part of a meridianal
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Car offences are ignored
I NOTE that it is proposed that control of the traffic warden system is to be taken from the police and either the council or a private company will run it for the profitable income it will derive for council coffers (LET, January 18). All very well if
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Club evacuated as fire guts flat
A CLUB had to be evacuated after fire broke out in a flat. More than 150 people at the Leigh Bowling Club, on Pownall Street, had to put down their pints at 8.50pm on Saturday after smoke was spotted pouring from the steward's living accommodation. Firefighters
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Article was not a true reflection
REGARDING your article (LET, January 30) about Calderstones Hospital, Whalley, while it is true that there is a nationwide recruitment problem within the NHS, this is not a true reflection of the staffing problems within Calderstones. There are two types
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Groans of discontent at Daisy Hill and Atherton LR
NOT a single game featuring our local non-league sides survived the weather on Saturday and nowhere could the groans of discontent be better heard than at Daisy Hill and Atherton LR. The two were set to meet at New Sirs in the NWCL Division Two Round
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Church mast decision 'may be costly'
A FORMER vicar has warned that considerable costs could fall on the people of Burnley and Padiham after councillors refused to allow mobile phone equipment in St Leonard's Church tower. But recently-retired Canon Jim Duxbury, who spearheaded the church
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Mini fanatic mum killed in the car she loved so much
A DRIVER killed in a crash was a Mini fanatic who had driven the same type of car for 28 years, her husband said today. Rita Bull, 54, from Padiham, was driving the car when it was involved in an accident with a Ford Mondeo in Rossendale Road, Burnley
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Drivers who think they know better
STUBBORN drivers who refuse to believe the main road between Burnley and Todmorden is closed and impassable are having to do difficult U-turns, says a highways boss. Almost every 10 minutes, construction workers see one or two cars and even HGVs having
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Builder Steve beaten by yobs
HORRIFIC injuries were suffered by Steven Bastable at the hands of thugs who beat his face to a pulp. The 26-year-old builder can now hardly open his blackened eyes, has stitches across a long wound along the hairline and under his nose and lost teeth
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I had my head in the crowds
A veteran fan remembers Turf Moor's greatest gate on eve of historic fixture CUP fever may have gone out of the window in Burnley this year after the Clarets were scuppered in the shoot-out at Scunthorpe, but for fans with long memories, coming up this
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String-along
PICTURED entertaining the audience in a Spectacular Show at the New Era Centre, Accrington, are members of the Live Puppet Theatre Company Tamsin (left) and Lyndis Harden, with project co-ordinator for the Asian Women's Group of Accrington Parveen Akhtar
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Couple flee home in blaze drama
PARENTS Angela and Nigel Dodd were lucky to be alive today after escaping their burning home through a downstairs window. Angela, 36, and Nigel, 39, of Wordsworth Close, Oswaldtwistle, had to climb through their living room window as fire swept through
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Gradi wouldn't have begrudged Burnley a point
RELIEVED Crewe manager Dario Gradi confessed that he would have settled for a share of the spoils after a six-goal thriller at Gresty Road. Crewe's 4-2 win was their first home success in the League since the end of November and lifted them out of the
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Loans: Now you have the Choice
A NEW service is being offered to North West businesses searching for commercial mortgages. Firms in the region can use the services of MktChoice.com, which started trading this month, through specialist brokers who are members of the National Association
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Longest decline since recession
THE profitability of North West firms fell for the sixth consecutive quarter, the longest decline since the last recession, according to figures out today. The average return on capital, a leading measure of how profitable a company is, stood at 10.14
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Pension schemes: a warning
A SENIOR East Lancashire finance expert is warning that many of the area's businesses run the risk of expensive fines if they fail to comply to new pension regulations out in October. From then it will be compulsory for most employers with as few as five
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BURY & RADCLIFFE JFL
Juniors share the spoils THE BAD weather was back to disrupt the league programme again this week, with only 18 games being played. Woodbank and Walshaw U12s had to share the points in what both managers agreed was a "fantastic advert for junior football
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Mum's fear over organ scandal
A MOTHER who feared her son might need a third life-saving kidney operation today made an emotional appeal for the public to carry donor cards amid worries people would be deterred after the Alder Hey body parts scandal. Parveen Anwar, of Leamington Road
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Laptop boost for students
INFORMATION-hungry students at an East Lancashire school are being offered "takeaway chips" to feed their quest for knowledge. Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Blackburn, has launched an innovative scheme to allow A-level students to take laptop computers
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Search for love, fame and fortune on prime time TV
MILLIONS of people saw the highs and lows of three East Lancashire people who gripped the nation when they took over prime time TV. Locals dominated ITV between 6.45pm and 10.15pm when they starred in ratings winners Popstars, Blind Date and Who Wants
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Nelson miss chance for top spot
RAMSBOTTOM'S NWCL Division One match at Woodley Sports fell victim to the weather at the weekend along with two Division Two fixtures. Nelson lost the chance to regain top spot in the league when their home match against Formby was postponed and Darwen's
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Baxter's the hero despite defeat
WARRINGTON 4 COLNE 0 ROOKY goalkeeper Ross Baxter turned in a superb show but couldn't prevent Colne slipping to defeat against high-flying Warrington. Baxter's hoerics -- he was only playing because of an injury to Andy Moore -- kept Warrington at bay
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Blues pair in charge
NANTWICH 0 CLITHEROE 5 CLITHEROE hotshots Lee Cryer and Neil Spencer were at it again as the Ribble Valley outfit cruised to their best away win of the season. Cryer and Spencer scored a brace apiece to take their respective goals tallies to 22 and 17
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Battle royal
CHORLEY 1 OSSETT TOWN 1 THIS clash between the UniBond First Division's fifth and sixth placed sides proved to be a battle royal with some crunching exchanges in a fierce tussle for midfield supremacy. In the end, a draw was the fitting result. When the
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Stanley fall to three set pieces
STALYBRIDGE CELTIC 4 ACCRINGTON STANLEY 0 STANLEY crashed to a heavy defeat at UniBond Premier Division second placed side Stalybridge Celtic, who completed a league double over the Reds who conceded three goals from set pieces. Celtic capitalised on
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Healy could have had a hat-trick
PORTSMOUTH 0 PRESTON 1 PRESTON manager David Moyes was critical of match-winner David Healy -- for not scoring a hat-trick! The former Manchester United striker scored his third goal for his new club since his £1.5m move at the end of December -- and
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Suzanne's pop star dream comes true
TALENTED singer Suzanne Shaw was looking forward to a big pop career today after winning a place in Britain's newest band. The 19-year-old appeared on the TV show Popstars and was picked to star in the new band which has already been tipped to reach number
