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EVENTS taking place in East Lancashire on Tuesday, August 14:
Brookhouse Access Point, Blackburn, women only courses: Help and advice on jobsearch, 1-3pm. Helmshore Christian Fellowship activities for children, Haslingden Sports Centre: 5-7 years 1.30-3pm; 7-11 years 3-4.30pm. 'Magic Mayhem' -- youngsters age five
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Speed cameras will save lives
ALARMED though many motorists may be by the plan today for a more than fourfold increase in speed cameras in Lancashire, sensible people will measure the scheme not in terms of drivers caught and fines collected, but in lives saved and injuries cut. For
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Can I sue for sales onslaught?
ITHINK I am suffering from 'pre-accident stress' caused by being bombarded by advertisements from 'ambulance-chasing' firms keen to suck private and public money into their maw. I wonder if I can sue for the trauma of 'fearful expectation' caused by the
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Writer unfair in condemnation
NOT knowing the full facts behind the claim for compensation for stress by police officers involved in the Bradford riots and, thus, not being in a position to know if they were exposed to unreasonable conditions, which would not be considered part of
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Centurions help tackle thieves
KNOWLEDGABLE rugby supporters were rewarded for taking part in Operation Hawk, a streetwise police initiative, backed by Leigh Centurions. Throughout the 2000-20001 season, the Centurions teamed up with Leigh police to produce 24 rugby cards, featuring
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They don't know what stress is
SO the police of Bradford are asking for compensation for stress caused by the riots. What sort of police force have we got today? There are some in the force who are dedicated and do not complain when it gets a bit rough. But then, there are some who
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Chorley 2 Leigh RMI 4 by Martyn Hindley
RMI boss facing selection dilemma LEIGH RMI manager Steve Waywell has been left with a selection headache ahead of Saturday's Conference curtain-raiser with Hayes as both Dino Maamria and Marcus Hallows scored in the 4-2 defeat of Chorley. Maamria netted
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Rovers ready to make impact
BARCA coach Carlos Rexach believes Rovers are ready to make an impact in the Premiership next season following their 3-2 victory at a rain-soaked Ewood yesterday. Mark Hughes's dramatic late winner condemned the Catalan club to their first friendly defeat
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KEY STATS: Rovers v Barcelona
A LOOK at the teams, stats and key momemts from yesterday's game. TEAMS: Rovers: (4-4-2) right to left Friedel Curtis, Berg, Short, Bjornebye Gillespie, Flitcroft, Dunn, Duff Blake, Grabbi Subs: Mahon (for Flitcroft, 46), Bent (for Blake, 61), Hughes
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Stan tackles irate fan
BURNLEY boss Stan Ternent was quick to apologise after tempers frayed at Hillsborough last night. Ternent was at the centre of an incident when an irate Sheffield Wednesday fan attempted to confront Clarets player Paul Cook after the midfielder had put
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Jailed for kicking woman 'he still loves'
A YOUNG dad smashed the nose of the woman he claimed he loved and then turned on a police officer, a court was told. Burnley Crown Court heard how Loran Britcliffe, 26, had been 'gutted' after his ex-girlfriend Karen Bottomley, told him she was having
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KEY STATS: Sheffield Wed v The Clarets
A LOOK at the teams, quotes and stats from yesterday's game. REFEREE...Phil Dowd (Stoke) ATTENDANCE...21,766 Wednesday Chris Stringer...Looked confident 7 Ian Hendon...Kept tight rein on Little 6 Derek Geary...Busy on left flank 6 Danny Maddix...Assured
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LOCAL CRICKET: A ROUND-UP of local scores
NORTHERN Premier Cricket League results. Division One: Blackpool 133 (4) Netherfield 97-4 (4); Chorley 86 (0) Kendal 87-3 (12); Darwen 59-7 (4) Leyland Motors 84 (5); Fleetwood 150-9 (5) St Annes 150-5 (4) rsp; Lancaster dnb (4) Preston 31-0 (4) rsp;
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LOCAL CRICKET: Dismal day for Darwen
DARWEN entertained Leyland Motors in the Northern Premier League on Saturday and the result reflected a damp and dismal afternoon at Birch Hall. After a delayed start the home side ripped into the Leyland batsmen and professional Keith Semple finished
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'Stolen' tablets are found
A QUANTITY of tablets reported stolen in Blackpool on Friday have been found. Several blister packs of benzhexol, haloperidol and clorzarial tablets, which Police say were being used to treat a mental health condition, were inside a bag thought to have
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Lucky escape as tree falls on house
ANDREW Tillotson's first day at a new job went with a bang -- after he arrived to be told an 80-foot tree had fallen on to his house. The lime tree crushed a garden shed where Andrew had just been to collect his motor bike as he left his home in Burnley
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LOCAL SOCCER: Rams show strength
NELSON will be hoping to play North West Counties Division One side Ramsbottom on a level footing next season and had a good test of how they have come since narrowly missing out on promotion last year. The NWCL Division Two side, who looked near-certainties
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Police hunt exposure man
BLACKPOOL Police are hunting a man who indecently exposed himself to a 12-year-old girl at the weekend. A police spokesman said the man drove his car up to the girl at the junction of Mowbray Drive and Plymouth Road, Blackpool, at about 10am on Saturday
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You can keep this Internet filth
I'VE been bombarded with invitations to sex shows this week -- via e-mail. Two companies have urged me to get the experience of a lifetime by logging on. I don't think so. They are offering "state of the art live shows with the wildest amateurs in the
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Family is family
I'M surrounded by anti-royalists who rant and rave when the news makes a fuss of our premier family. But though I'm neither for them or against them, I am interested in what they get up to. It was pitiful to watch the 101-year-old Queen Mother on Saturday
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Dropping back to earth
BLACKPOOL'S heroics in the Millennium Stadium were put firmly into the past as the Royals of Reading gave Steve McMahon's men a stark lesson in what to expect from Division Two this season. The Seasiders were convincingly outdone in every department as
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Shakers' flying start
AS if sulking at being robbed of matches during the summer break, Bury made up for it with a display so energetic it wouldn't have looked out of place in Edmonton at the World Athletic Championships. The players ran until they dropped and quite rightly
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Letter from Shakers chairman
Last Friday, on the eve of the new season Bury FC chairman Terry Robinson sent an open letter to the people of the town THE season commences tomorrow, but there are still many questions our supporters need to be answered. The on-going takeover, which
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Moving tribute to a mother
MY years of glancing through the Births, Marriages and Deaths announcements with mild curiosity were rewarded by Peter Moulding who wrote about his mother (LET, August 1) -- just about the most moving thing I have ever read. Peter, I don't know you, but
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Thanks for fine day trip out
ON July 29 -- Princess Diana's 20th wedding anniversary -- I and three friends went on a day tour with Kath and John Reeves, who own their own coach. On the coach there were quite a number of pensioners and John, the driver, was wonderful with them all
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Friends approve art in the park
THE Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley Friends of the Earth local group attended the Council's Arts in the Park on July 28 and 29 and praise them for a well-organised event and congratulate them for a job well done in attracting many local groups and
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Will the real Sven-Goran please stand up?
SVEN Goran Eriksson look-a-like and Journal photographer Colin Lyne has already completed a sporting on-screen hat-trick. Svensman Col, known in the office as Ash (Ashton-under-LYNE, get it?), has shot to fame because of his dashing similarity to the
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Young need to be taught responsibility
REGARDING your report headlined 'Free condoms to beat teenage pregnancies' (LET, July 26), successive governments have boasted for the past 20 years or so about how they have committed themselves to increase the spending on education and also for much
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Stan tackles irate fan
BURNLEY boss Stan Ternent was quick to apologise after tempers frayed at Hillsborough last night. Ternent was at the centre of an incident when an irate Sheffield Wednesday fan attempted to confront Clarets player Paul Cook after the midfielder had put
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Call for action over missing patient
AN MP today stepped up his calls for a security review at Calderstones Hospital and demanded the background of a missing patient is made public -- almost five weeks after he disappeared. The Ribble Valley Tory MP Nigel Evans called for the search for
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Hughes still has big part to play
ROVERS boss Graeme Souness today insisted Mark Hughes could still have a big part to play in his plans this season after the veteran striker scored a stunning goal to sink his old club Barcelona yesterday. The 37-year-old hitman gave Rovers a massive
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Hughes blast fells Barca
IF Mark Hughes calls time on his career in British football at the end of this season, Rovers fans can be sure of one thing -- the ageing striker has no intention of going quietly! Now classed in the veteran bracket and fast approaching his 38th birthday
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'Loutish' property boss keeps his freedom
A 'LOUTISH' property developer who lost his temper and injured a man who put his arm around him in a pub, has kept his freedom. Burnley Crown Court heard how David Whitham, 32, whose victim had been on crutches, had behaved in a way which meant he could
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Barca-based Dominic is 'home' for big Rovers game
FOOTBALL came home for grandad John Arkwright when he turned the beautiful game into the generation game at Rovers' big match with Barcelona. When Rovers announced they were playing the Spanish superstars in a pre-season warm-up at Ewood Park, John, of
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M ditched to pave way for drive-thru
BURGER giant McDonald's has ditched its towering Golden M in a bid to get permission for its first restaurant in the Ribble Valley. And diners wanting to sample Big Mac and fries in the new restaurant will get to do so in unique surroundings. The plans
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Blackpool joy, St Annes gloom
BLACKPOOL inflicted the first Northern Premier League defeat of the season on Morecambe by 148 runs with 13 balls to spare. They elected to bat first at Woodhill Lane, and the foundations for a formidable total were laid by a second-wicket stand of 86
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What is society coming to?
MY CONCERNS for this community increase every day and not for the better. On Sunday, July 15, my husband and his friend went out for a burger in Leigh. As they approached the church opposite the bus station, in King Street, two men asked them where the
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Dropping back to earth
BLACKPOOL'S heroics in the Millennium Stadium were put firmly into the past as the Royals of Reading gave Steve McMahon's men a stark lesson in what to expect from Division Two this season. The Seasiders were convincingly outdone in every department as
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No match tomorrow
STAN Ternent will not be seeking a replacement fixture for tomorrow night's postponed friendly clash with Premiership champions Manchester United. The Turf Moor meeting was called off due to United's squad being depleted by international call-ups and
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Boss very pleased with opening game
CLARETS boss Stan Ternent believes that the opening day win at Wednesday proved what a healthy state his squad is in. While it took time for Burnley to take control of the contest, a well placed header from Gareth Taylor on 57 minutes and a penalty from
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LOCAL CRICKET: Chorley's title hopes fade
CHORLEY'S hopes of lifting the Northern League title suffered a possibly fatal blow with this emphatic defeat at Windsor Park, Kendal. Having been put in, Chorley struggled from the off against extremely hostile and accurate bowling, particularly by Kendal
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LOCAL CRICKET: Harvey leads Baxenden to victory
JONATHAN Harvey led Baxenden to a seven point victory on Saturday, lifting the club into third place in the Jennings Ribblesdale League. The Back Lane professional took five wickets and was backed up by Pete Usher who also captured five victims as Ribblesdale
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Letter from Shakers chairman
Last Friday on the eve of the new season Bury FC chairman Terry Robinson sent an open letter to the people of the town THE season commences tomorrow, but there are still many questions our supporters need to be answered. The on-going takeover, which has
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Clarets show their steel
PATIENCE is a virtue and it was one that the Clarets needed as they opened their 2001-02 campaign with a success that will inflate the burgeoning optimism at Turf Moor. It took time for Stan Ternent's side to find their rhythm against a busy, if unco-ordinated
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Hughes blast fells Barca
IF Mark Hughes calls time on his career in British football at the end of this season, Rovers fans can be sure of one thing -- the ageing striker has no intention of going quietly! Now classed in the veteran bracket and fast approaching his 38th birthday
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The worst possible start
PRESTON will be glad their league trip to Gillingham is over for this season after history repeated itself. Last season, the Gills put four past North End and this time they took they one step further with a five goal haul in Preston's worst league result
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By George! Shakers swoop at the double
BURY have strengthened their squad with two new signings. Greek premiership defender George Siros has been snapped up after a short trial at Gigg Lane while Manchester United youngster George Clegg has joined on a three-month loan. And a highly satisfying
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Police pledge to beat call centre problems
POLICE have pledged to beat problems at their 12 month old call centre, after an 80 year-old women claimed she got tired of waiting to report a crime. The woman, from Darwen, who does not want to be named, was attempting to report an incident in which
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Eight-year-old's mum tells of terror attack
THE mother of an eight-year-old girl who was the victim of a terrifying sex attack has told of her daughter's ordeal. The Blackburn mum said her daughter was walking back from shops in the Bank Top area of town when a man driving a Spacecruiser-type vehicle
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Man is held over knifepoint threat
POLICE were today questioning a man after a Darwen mother was threatened with a knife in front of her three terrified children. A spokesman said the man had been arrested in the south of England on Saturday night. He was driven to Blackburn police station
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Call for action over missing patient
AN MP today stepped up his calls for a security review at Calderstones Hospital and demanded the background of a missing patient is made public -- almost five weeks after he disappeared. The Ribble Valley Tory MP Nigel Evans called for the search for
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LOCAL SOCCER: Dale slip
ROSSENDALE completed their pre-season warm-up against UniBond Premier side Burscough ahead of the start of their UniBond First Division campaign next Saturday. For the opening 45 minutes, Dale held their own and felt aggrieved they weren't in front after
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LOCAL SOCCER: Bury off to a flyer
SHAKERS striker Jon Newby had the distinction of netting the first league goal of the new season after just three minutes in a brilliantly worked one touch passing movement, writes Paul Forrest. And Bury were good value for their victory, enduring some
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LOCAL SOCCER: Reds get revenge for Blues defeat
A SECOND half goal by Lutel James gave UniBond Premier side Accrington Stanley victory in their final warm-up match to avenge last week's 3-2 defeat at North West Counties First Division side Clitheroe. Stanley could have taken a fifth minute lead when
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LOCAL SOCCER: Late double grounds Magpies
CHORLEY went down 4-2 in a pre-season friendly against Leigh RMI -- but the scoreline flattered the Conference side. The game was all-square at 2-2 with 10 minutes to go but a late double from Leigh secured a win. But Chorley boss Ken Wright said he was
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SOCCER: The worst possible start
PRESTON will be glad their league trip to Gillingham is over for this season after history repeated itself. Last season, the Gills put four past North End and this time they took they one step further with a five goal haul in Preston's worst league result
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The worst possible start
PRESTON will be glad their league trip to Gillingham is over for this season after history repeated itself. Last season, the Gills put four past North End and this time they took they one step further with a five goal haul in Preston's worst league result
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You don't know how lucky you are
NEXT door's five-year-old grandson lost his baseball cap -- and what a fuss they went to to replace it. It had to be a certain make and colour, but after traipsing around ever shop in town, they had no success. So they resorted to a plain cream-coloured
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Just stop and thing about it
YET another national day has been decreed for August 13 -- this one celebrating left-handers' day. But this one could create some good for those of us who don't realise how difficult it is to be kibbo. To celebrate, Tyldesley left-hander Lynn Heaton,
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Saturdays will be two halves of sheer hell
WELL thank you very much, ITV. As if Saturday evening telly wasn't bad enough, it's going to be even worse for non-footy fans. And an evening of two boring halves at that. From August 18, the first showing of the Premiership will be from 7pm to 8.15pm
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Some things never change
NOTHING in this world is new. The clampdown on roaming dogs is old hat, despite the recent signs on lampposts throughout the borough that they must be kept on leads and must not be allowed to litter pavements etc. I inherited a piece of furniture this
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MP wants to boot the boot
AN MP is calling for a control on thousands of people's favourite Sunday pastime. The car booting phenomenon is still going strong, with the Miners, Hindley Green and Bickershaw leading the way in this area. However, many believe sales are being abused
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Can't you take a joke?
I WAS stunned this week to learn that a caring new group has lost funding over a little joke in their newsletter. Four years after Atherton's Frances Raftery's husband died, she began to feel isolated, and thought other widows and widowers must be in
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Hooray for the environmentalists
CAROLE Merton has written to me, regarding a recent piece about conservationists winning their fight to halt a by-pass around Hastings, and people caring more about the money belt than the green belt. She said: "I am writing because the proposed busway
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The rising star of Leigh!
FORMER Journal sports editor David Hodgkinson gave me the shock of my life when he appeared in Corrie the other week. He was spotted walking in the woods while Roy, Hayley and Wayne and Co were supposed to be on holiday in Derbyshire. Atherton-born Dave
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MP backs possible M&S move
BURY South MP Ivan Lewis has welcomed news that retail giant Marks and Spencer might move into Prestwich. As reported exclusively in the Bury Times, the business has expressed an interest in building a food store on the site of the Grimshaws Vauxhall
