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Atherton returns
MIKE Atherton will be back at Old Trafford tomorrow after less than 48 hours rest -- playing in Lancashire's Championship match against Leicestershire. Coach Bob Simpson revealed today that Athers would be back to boost his county as they aim to build
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Roaring forties
DRAG out the uniforms, nylons and chewing gum for a forties disco to commemorate VE day at the George and Dragon, Rochdale Road, Bacup, on Saturday. Everybody is welcome and admission is free.
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Invite to join in big parade
THE George and Dragon in Bacup inviting people to join in the fun at Bacup's Commonwealth celebrations on Sunday, June 24. The parade starts at noon from Taylor Holme Industrial Estate, followed by entertainment at the George and Dragon, Rochdale Road
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In memory of pub landlord
MACMILLAN nurses have received a donation in memory of Dennis Sturges. Dennis, who was landlord of Blackamoor Inn, Roman Road, Blackburn lost his battle against cancer in January. Instead of flowers at the funeral, his wife Christine asked for donations
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Back on track after revamp
IT'S full steam ahead for Chorley pub the Royal Scot, following an £80,000 investment by owners Burtonwood Brewery. Licensee Mark Deans said: "The new decor has made a big difference, the colours have given the pub a warm feel and although it is modern
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Drinkers pool cash to keep diver in the swim
A SWIMMING pool attendant has made a big splash in the diving world with the help of his local. Drinkers at the Alma, in West Street, Padiham were celebrating after regular Daniel Crake, won his latest diving competition while he was sponsored by the
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Clarets' Maine Road raid
BURNLEY have been linked with a three-pronged raid on Manchester City. While Clarets boss Stan Ternent is hoping to tie up a deal with striker Gareth Taylor this week, who was on loan from Maine Road at the end of the season, City defender Andy Morrison
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Rovers' Italian Mission
ROVERS boss Graeme Souness is ready to step up his bid to land Italian goal-ace Corrado Grabbi. As exclusively revealed in Friday night's Lancashire Evening Telegraph, Ewood chief Souness has made the 25-year-old striker his top summer target after being
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What a reception!
THE ATMOSPHERE in Blackpool town centre was electric as hundreds of Blackpool FC fans gathered outside the Town Hall in Talbot Square to honour their team. Excited fans of all ages decked themselves out in Seasiders' tangerine, and cheered, chanted and
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Two players released from Deepdale
North End have announced that two players who were out of contract at the end of the current season have been released, while a third has been offered an extension to his contract. The two players who have been released are left-back Dominic Ludden and
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Irish flock to resort
TOURISM Minister Janet Anderson took time out from electioneering to visit the headquarters of Accrington-based travel specialists Fraser Eagle. The company is helping to attract record numbers of Irish tourists to Blackpool through an "all in" package
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Promises so few of us intend to keep
PROMISES, promises! We all make them, we all break them. Some may deny that, but no-one can go through life and keep every pledge. Look at all those promises we make to ourselves at New Year. My own -- to lose weight -- has gone swimmingly. I've only
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Police appeal after shop theft
DETECTIVES today appealed for a group of girls to come forward after cash was stolen from an off-licence in St John Street, Darwen. The incident happened about 9.30pm on Saturday when the shop keeper reported £25 missing from a plastic box kept under
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Calling all water babies
NEW mums in Darwen are invited to turn their offspring into real water babies with the launch of a new exercise scheme. Staff at Surestart, a government funded organisation that helps families with children from birth to four years old, have set up a
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Rainbows' demand met
DEMAND for youngsters to be part of the traditional Rainbow Guides has prompted the launch of Darwen's latest pack of youngsters. Ten girls aged between five and seven are due to be enrolled as members of the new Highfield Rainbows at a special ceremony
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Event which can help save lives
THE parents of two men who died from undetected heart conditions today urged people to take up the remaining few places at a lifesaving screening session. Irene Wickers, of Cyprus Street, Darwen, and Granville Staff, of Carus Avenue, Hoddlesden, announced
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It's all in the frame
A RE-FORMED arts group has launched its premiere exhibition in its new home. Albion Arts was formed from the well-established Globe Arts which had to vacate its gallery and studio in Globe Mill Waterfoot, and moved its centre next door to Albion Mill.
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Bleach site set for redevelopment
A FORMER bleach works site in Helmshore is set to become a housing estate with business units. Planners are being recommended to approve plans for the former Holden Vale Bleachworks off Holcombe Road when they meet on Tuesday. The plan is for 12 two bed
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Vikings will be doing it without ropes
STEAM enthusiasts will join dare devils and Vikings at Stacksteads summer fair on Sunday. The mix of events, from noon, should prove a real crowd-puller with people having the chance to SCAD dive -- 'bungee jumping minus the rope' with a freefall sky
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Fun day puts disused
land to very good use By Brian Gomm MUMS and dads got together to rekindle community spirit with a children's fun day enjoyed by young and old alike. Parents from the "tree area" of Atherton's Hag Fold estate asked their local representative, Councillor
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Flat fire kills man
A BLACKPOOL man died after fire tore through his flat at the weekend. Leslie Faulkner, 53, was found unconscious by firefighters in the front bedroom of his burning first floor flat on Boston Way, Marton in the early hours of Saturday morning. Concerned
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Teenagers face theft charges
THREE teenagers have appeared in court charged with a number of thefts from parked cars during the charity pop concert at Ewood Park on Saturday, featuring S Club 7. The youths, aged 14, 15 and 16, who cannot be named for legal reasons, were jointly charged
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School blaze case adjourned
THE case against two youths charged with arson after a rural primary school was burnt to the ground has been adjourned until Monday July 2 by Chorley magistrates. Two million pounds-worth of damage was caused after the incident at Brindle Gregson Lane
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Woman's 13-hour drinking session
A DRINKING session that lasted around 13 hours ended unhappily for Amanda Jane Fisk. She was arrested in the early hours of the morning after, a court was told. Blackburn magistrates court heard that Fisk was shouting and screaming at a male companion
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Police on lookout for knifepoint robbers
DETECTIVES are hunting three armed robbers after a taxi driver was forced to hand over cash at knifepoint. Abdul Ghafoor, of Accrington Road, Blackburn, was called to Amars Indian takeaway in Whalley New Road at about 11.20pm on Saturday and asked to
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Thugs throw cat to savage dogs
A FAMILY'S pet cat was savaged to death after thugs threw it into a back yard with two snarling alsatians. Alison and Stephen Wilkinson, of Revidge Road, Blackburn, returned home from a day out with their four young children to find clumps of fur and
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Final link date sparks new row
WORK will begin on Blackburn orbital route's £2.5million missing link this summer if a newly-submitted plan for the scheme gets the go-ahead. But today concern was expressed that the 500-metre stretch of road may not solve the town's congestion problems
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GOLF: In pole position
CLITHEROE-attached Stuart Andrew is in pole position on the Tamsel Tour. Andrew finished joint third at Hawkstone Park with a combined score of 145. Mike Hollingworth (Denton) and Darren Prosser (Flint Ink) trail him in the Order of Merit. The next event
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SOCCER: Drumming up
BOLTON Wanderers are hoping to boost the noise at the Reebok Stadium next season in the Premiership by having an exclusive African percussion band -- the Reebok Rhythm -- drumming in the stands. Although most of the band, from Ghana, is in place, auditions
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MOTORSPORT: Lampkin joy
DOUGIE Lampkin, who rides for the Burnley-based Radson team, continued from where he left off yesterday, by once again totally dominating yesterday's trial in Japan. The Silsden star made it two wins in a row and in doing so he further extended his advantage
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What a reception!
THE ATMOSPHERE in Blackpool town centre was electric as hundreds of Blackpool FC fans gathered outside the Town Hall in Talbot Square to honour their team. Excited fans of all ages decked themselves out in Seasiders' tangerine, and cheered, chanted and
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What a reception!
THE ATMOSPHERE in Blackpool town centre was electric as hundreds of Blackpool FC fans gathered outside the Town Hall in Talbot Square to honour their team. Excited fans of all ages decked themselves out in Seasiders' tangerine, and cheered, chanted and
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Disease takes its cruel toll
TODAY we see evidence of how the scourge of foot and mouth disease is reaching every corner of life in East Lancashire. We might think of ourselves as mainly an industrial area but the pack of cards effect of this agricultural plague shows that the health
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Stage Whispers
THE Whalley Abbey Mystery Plays scheduled for June 12-17 have been cancelled due to the foot and mouth crisis. BLACKBURN Arts Club is now holding readings for productions for the 2001/02 season at the club theatre from 7.30pm each night on the following
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Green treat
I WOULD like to thank Blackburn with Darwen Council for the care they take ensuring the trees planted in Queen's Park are looked after. My little boy, Kristian, was born in Greenweek eight years ago, and he loves visiting 'his' tree. BERYL RIGBY (Mrs)
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Polling means education loss
AS the General Election nears and all the parties stress the importance of education, I wonder if any of them can tell me why, when an earlier date for the election was cancelled due to the foot and mouth outbreak, the school my children attend was still
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Postal votes system explained in detail
WHILE the substance of your story and editorial are fair comment I feel the headline 'Postal Vote Chaos' might lead your readers to assume that we did not adequately plan our response to the likely demand, and I hope the following will both explain the
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21 year old admits killing neighbour
A MAN who attacked and killed his neighbour after losing his temper is awaiting sentence after admitting manslaughter. And today police revealed that although Ian Wright did not mean to kill popular sportsman Andrew Gordon - who suffered a fractured skull
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Rovers' Italian Mission
ROVERS boss Graeme Souness is ready to step up his bid to land Italian goal-ace Corrado Grabbi. As exclusively revealed in Friday night's Lancashire Evening Telegraph, Ewood chief Souness has made the 25-year-old striker his top summer target after being
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Pupils are prize competitors
THREE students who created their own fly-on-the-wall documentary of school life at Ivy Bank, Burnley, have won a runner-up prize in a national competition. Year eight pupils Chris Kearns, Adam Lee and James Marshall shot their documentary in different
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Sweep's Ferry trip to fame!
TONIGHT Matthew I'm going to be . . . these were the words uttered by a one-time chimney sweep as he left behind his karaoke machine for the real thing on ITVs Stars in their Eyes. Friends and family will be waiting in anticipation to see Stephen Hurrell
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Villagers keeping fingers crossed
DESPITE the latest outbreaks of foot and mouth close to Pendle, organisers of the Blacko village fete are keeping their fingers crossed that the event will still go ahead next Saturday. MAFF gave clearance for the fete before the recent cases were discovered
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Window cleaner in bike death crash
A WINDOW cleaner who was well-known for his community work and love of sport has been killed after his motorbike crashed into a stone wall. Father-of-two Roger Hargreaves, 54, a member of Clayton-le-Moors Harriers athletics club and who lived in Brunswick
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Reunion in Germany
FORMER pupils of Park High School, Colne who have taken part in the school's exchange trips to Germany during the last four decades are getting together this month. They will be joined by their German counterparts, from Furtwangen, on June 22, at 7.30pm
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Moves to end the residents' misery
A MEETING is to be held to try and end youths running rampage at a Colne playground. Residents living close to the play area in Cragg Street, have complained for several years about the nuisance caused by youngsters kicking footballs over the high perimeter
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Coronation St star Vicky finds missing rings
A DRAMA faced by soap star Vicky Entwistle has had a happy ending -- thanks to the Lancashire Evening Telegraph. The Oswaldtwistle actress, who now lives in the Ribble Valley, has had her stolen rings returned after making an appeal in the Evening Telegraph
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Celebration of God's creations
THE stage is set for the Whalley Mystery Plays, dramatised bible stories being acted in the historic Abbey grounds. A large cast from the Ribble Valley will perform new and old mystery plays recounting stories from the old and new testaments, such as
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Historic setting set to prompt poetic thoughts
HISTORIC Chipping will provide the inspiration for a one-day writers' workshop. The event, organised by Clitheroe Writing Group, will take place on Saturday, June 16, and is open to anyone who is keen to develop their writing skills. The day will start
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LOCAL CRICKET: Cup Draws
THE Worsley Cup, Inter-League and LET Cup draws. WORSLEY CUP SEMI-FINALS To be played Sunday June 24 Burnley v Bacup; Ramsbottom v Colne INTER LEAGUE QUARTER-FINALS To be played Sunday, June 17 Rishton v Norden; Littleborough v Lowerhouse; Ramsbottom
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LOCAL CRICKET: Toby called up by Red Rose juniors
TOBY Bulcock has taken the first steps on the road to cricket stardom after he was selected for Lancashire Under 11's. The 10-year-old, who plays for Baxenden, went through four rigorous trials but made it to the final 22 and received a letter last week
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LOCAL CRICKET: Settle will play on
RIBBLESDALE League side Settle will complete their fixtures for the season. The foot-and-mouth hit club has missed three first team games, four second team games and two third team games since the disease hit the rural area three weeks ago. MAFF officials
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Time to give us a hand
HOTELS and restaurants have been asked for advice and props for the latest production at Todmorden Hippodrome Theatre, which starts next week. Todmorden Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society, which owns the theatre, is presenting Alan Ayckbourn's Time
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Charity began at birthday party
I WOULD like to thank all my relatives and long-time friends who came to my birthday party at the Waterside Club. Thanks to my daughter Lynn, helped by my other children, we collected £245 and I sent £100 to Pendlebury Hospital and £145 to Derian House
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Young company simply brilliant
RECENTLY, in the Hornby Room of Blackburn Library, the young section of the Red Brick Theatre company put on a brilliant performance of 'Whistle Down The Wind.' The behind-the-scenes team did a wonderful job obtaining a venue at very short notice and
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Shop staff threatened
ARMED robbers threatened staff in a kebab shop and escaped with the contents of the till yesterday. The two men, who were wearing balaclavas, threatened the man and woman behind the counter of the Pit Stop Fish and Kebab House in Newbrook Road, Over Hulton
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Boss on viking raid
EWOOD chief Graeme Souness today jetted off on a special Scandinavian spying mission as he continues to scour Europe for potential transfer targets. The globetrotting Rovers boss is due to watch a couple of targets in action for Norway's Under 21s against
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Arsenal kid has big future, says Dunn
BLACKBURN midfielder David Dunn today tipped Arsenal ace Jermaine Pennant to become the new darling of English football ahead of tonight's vital Under 21 qualifier in Athens. Dunn watched Pennant rip Rovers' to shreds in the first leg of their FA Youth
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Golden rule of safety
SEVEN local companies have received awards for their safety records in a prestigious international competition. In the latest Occupational Safety and Health awards, three Preston firms and four Leyland-based businesses received recognition. The annual
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School fair fun
ACTIVITIES for all the family will be on offer at a primary school's summer fair on Sunday. The PTA of St Mary Magdalene's RC School, Burnley, has arranged the fair, which will start at noon and will be opened by Burnley Sea Cadets and their newly-formed
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Chapel queen Victoria in town parade
MORE than 60 members of Burnley's Greenbrook Methodist Church stepped out for their annual walking day around the Rosegrove and Lowerhouse area of town. They included the newly-crowned chapel queen, Girls' Brigade member 14-year-old Victoria Holt, who
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Blaze home peril for fire crews
FIREFIGHTERS searched a burning former residential home today while masonry fell about them after reports that a family could have been in the house. Fire crews were called to the large end terrace building on the corner of Manchester Road and Piccadilly
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Bone broken after breaking window
THE sound of breaking glass was followed by the sound of breaking bones when Maurice Derbyshire was tackled by a security guard after smashing a glass door panel at a Clitheroe shop, a court heard. Blackburn magistrates were told that in the struggle
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Toys joy
CHILDREN at a special needs school in Nelson were delighted when they received a surprise delivery of toys yesterday. The youngsters at Town House School, in Town House Road, received the gifts from generous traders from the Admiral's Market Place who
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Tell police if you're offered a quad bike
POLICE are asking people to inform them if they are offered quad bikes for sale. The alert follows the theft of £20,000 worth of bikes from KiK Motorcycles, Pendle Trading Estate, Chatburn. On May 10 two red Honda four-wheel-drive 350cc quads (all-terrain
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Ten years ago
POLL tax protesters held a birthday bash outside Preston Prison gates for a jailed pensioner from Baxenden. At 73 he was the oldest person in the country to be jailed for not paying his community charge - £341 to Hyndburn Council.
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Five years ago
COURAGEOUS Gwen Mayor, the former Great Harwood woman who died protecting her class of Dunblane youngsters from a crazed gunman, was named Scotswoman of the Year. Mrs Mayor was announced joint winner of the award, organised by a Scottish newspaper group
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'Assault' cab driver sought
POLICE have issued a description of a taxi driver wanted in connection with the assault of a 22-year-old woman in White Ash Lane, Oswaldtwistle. The driver is described as being an Asian male, late 30's-40s, of medium build, with a stubby goatee beard
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£1m revamp for estate
MORE than £1million is to be pumped into an East Lancashire estate in a bid to improve the quality of lives for residents. The money will be spent over the next six years in the Greenhill estate, off Shakespeare Avenue, Great Harwood and is part of £12million
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Club dives into the unknown
ATHERTON swimmers are taking their marks for a massive sponsored swim in the hope of making their centenary year of celebration a success. Club members are pulling out all the stops to raise cash for their party year, despite fears that the council may
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John's dream car
is 'a nightmare' AN IMPORTED dream machine has become a £20,000 nightmare, claims a performance car enthusiast. Fortunately John Hewitt, 50, of Long Lane, Hindley Green, was able to rely on his standby 22-year-old British-built TVR when his new Alfa Romeo
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What a reception!
THE ATMOSPHERE in Blackpool town centre was electric as hundreds of Blackpool FC fans gathered outside the Town Hall in Talbot Square to honour their team. Excited fans of all ages decked themselves out in Seasiders' tangerine, and cheered, chanted and
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Woman over limit after row
CARE worker Shirley Driver was breathalysed outside her Clitheroe home after police saw her driving in the early hours of the morning. Blackburn magistrates heard that Driver had left the family house to "clear her head" after a disagreement and had not
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What a reception!
THE ATMOSPHERE in Blackpool town centre was electric as hundreds of Blackpool FC fans gathered outside the Town Hall in Talbot Square to honour their team. Excited fans of all ages decked themselves out in Seasiders' tangerine, and cheered, chanted and
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Pool up, up and away!
Blackpool 4-2 Leyton Orient Scorers: (Blackpool) Hughes 35, Mchee 43 (og), Simpson 77, Ormerod 88 (Leyton Orient) Tate 1, Houghton 37 FINALS are always a special occasion, but rarely has there been one more dramatic than this Third Division Play-off Final
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Injuries clearing up
THE injured quartet of Graham Branch, Lennie Johnrose, Lee Briscoe and Glen Little are coming along nicely at the moment. Branch (knee), Johnrose (ankle) have both gone under the surgeons knife while Little and Briscoe are hoping to use the break to shake
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Clarets' Maine Road raid
BURNLEY have been linked with a three-pronged raid on Manchester City. While Clarets boss Stan Ternent is hoping to tie up a deal with striker Gareth Taylor this week, who was on loan from Maine Road at the end of the season, City defender Andy Morrison
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LOCAL CRICKET: Bacup and Burnley march on
BURNLEY and Bacup marched into the last four of the Worsley Cup last night -- and then drew each other in a mouth-watering semi-final at Turf Moor in two weeks time. Burnley's paid man Dale Benkenstein made 59 in their rain-affected match against Accrington
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LOCAL CRICKET: Brown secures Worsley victory
DAVID Brown battled back from a finger injury to record a vital half century in Burnley's Worsley Cup quarter-final win over Accrington at Thorneyholme Road last night. The match was held over from Saturday because of the weather and number four batsman
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Feel the Ewood noise -- Atomic
TWO years ago, pop stars Atomic Kitten were a struggling band who performed in front of school youngsters. Now strutting their stuff out on stage in front of 25,000 people, you'd think the Ewood Park Feel the Noise concert was just another gig for Atomic
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Service on offer
BARROWFORD-BASED plastic mouldings specialist Standel Dawman has launched a new service aimed at prototypes and short-run production. The company specialises in rotational moulding techniques for a variety of products ranging from litter suction machines
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Air show race for big orders
THE cream of East Lancashire's engineering industry will be taking on the rest of the world at the Paris International Air Show later this month. Dozens of companies will be showcasing their talents at the event where contracts worth billions of pounds
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A sigh of re-leaf for nature-lovers
NATURE-loving neighbours have breathed a sigh of 're-leaf' after being assured an historic tree is not destined for the chop. Sandra Cooper and David Ainsworth, of Earnsdale Road, Darwen, feared the massive sycamore would be felled after workmen cut back
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Sweet things are made of this
EVERYTHING from jewellery to salt dough models, greetings cards to chocolate is on display at Manchester Road Methodist Church in Haslingden. The church is holding its 22nd week-long exhibition with arts and crafts exhibitors coming from all over the
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Award-winning film-maker opens new premises
AWARD-winning film-maker Lord David Putnam will be in Rawtenstall on Monday to officially open Cribden House School's modernised premises. Lord Putnam, who is famous for epics such as Chariots of Fire, is also chairman of the influential General Teaching
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21 year old admits killing neighbour
A MAN who attacked and killed his neighbour after losing his temper is awaiting sentence after admitting manslaughter. And today police revealed that although Ian Wright did not mean to kill popular sportsman Andrew Gordon - who suffered a fractured skull
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Drama in South Shore
TRINITY Theatre Group will present the play "Gaslight" at the Memorial Hall, Dean Street, South Shore on June 13 and 14. Performances start at 7.30pm, and tickets priced £3 and £2 concessions are available on the door.
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Peter's walk on the wild side
BLACKPOOL nightclub boss Peter Clarke braved poisonous caterpillars and blood-sucking leeches to raise much-needed cash for disabled children. Peter and his daughter Laura have just returned from a 10-day Himalayan charity trek which involved 90 exhausting
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Plans for cash
DEPRIVED areas in Blackpool could face a brighter financial future if the town is successful in its bid to attract millions of pounds of European funding. If all goes to plan, the town hopes to receive a share of £12 million of the European grant to support
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Crash gran out of hospital
A 57-year-old woman injured in a crash which killed her granddaughter has been discharged from hospital. Mariym Anwari, of Glenfield Close, Little Harwood, suffered pelvic injuries when a lorry ploughed into the Toyota people carrier on bank holiday weekend
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Appeal to trace drug dealer
THE National Crime Squad is seeking the public's help to trace Mark Lilley -- a major North West drugs dealer who went on the run prior to him being convicted and sentenced to 23 years in jail. Lilley, aged 29, absconded from Bolton Crown Court after
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War vets rally for their final service
THEY fought on the beaches and returned home as heroes but members of the Normandy Landing Association have succumbed to a battle they could not win -- against time. After 27 years the group -- which is run independently from the national body of the
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MOTORSPORT: Rally forum
CLITHEROE and District motor club, organisers of the Proflex Stages, are holding a post-rally forum at Waddington Social Club tonight. The event will include a question-and-answer session, video show and exhibition of photographs from the rally, starting
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GOLF: Dougherty style
NICK Dougherty turned on the style for the Walker Cup selectors yesterday, returning a bogey-free 66 in the first qualifying round of the Amateur Championships. The Shaw Hill 19-year-old, who has played in six PGA European Tour events this year making
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Takeover speculation surrounds steel firm
SPECULATION is rife that Watson Steel is to be taken over by another famous local steel fabrication company -- William Hare Ltd. The BEN revealed exclusively on Saturday that Lostock-based Watson was on the verge of a takeover by an unnamed company. William
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Rape threat man jailed
A MAN who attacked a schoolgirl on a bus and threatened to rape her has been jailed for four months. The terrified 15-year-old girl was attacked and then told she would be followed and raped by Paul Wilson, Bury magistrates were told. Dr Roger Woods,
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Guides were prepared for every emergency
A GROUP of workmen are seriously injured in an accident on a building site and another has collapsed after suffering a heart attack. What should a group of youngsters do on finding such a scene? A seven-strong team of Radcliffe girl guides had the chance
