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Old pal's act is playing havoc with the memory
LAST week, out of the blue, I got a telephone call from an old friend. "It's Karen," she said. "Who, Sharon?" I replied. "No, Karen." I racked my brains" Karen, remember? We shared a flat for four years." "Oh, God, KAREN." I yelped, "How did you find
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This week in 1976 25 years ago
BUS STOPPED: Inquiries were launched into claims by angry parents that the lives of 30 local children were at risk on a bus journey home from a week's camping holiday in Wales organised by Bury Education Department. Police stopped the double-decker bus
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Help wanted to trace sister
IWISH to trace my sister with whom I lost contact more than 20 years ago. How would I go about tracing her, especially if she has since married? Can readers help? I know the approximate area she moved to and have advertised in local papers to no avail
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No objection to green belt plan
REGARDING the proposed mansion to be built in the green belt (LET, August 8), I do not have a problem with it. Consider recent developments in the Ribble Valley, such as the large structure at Brockhall, the Rovers football academy that looks like an
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An insult to ratcatchers
BLOODSPORT apologist David Stocker's claim (Letters, July 23) that hunters perform the same role as rat catchers, namely, eradicating pests, is insulting to professional rat catchers. Professionals deal with a problem quickly and efficiently. Hunters,
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Let town be a place to be proud of
IT is 26,000 miles or more and 40 years since I lived in Blackburn and wrote a daily column for the Lancashire Evening Telegraph. Recently, I returned for a long stay with my sister, who lives in Lammack. What has happened to dear old Blackburn? What
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Tragic mum battles on in fight for justice
BATTLING mum Brenda Rowley has won another step in her fight for justice for her son, Malcolm. She has received a long-awaited letter of apology from Salford Social Services over the severely disabled 30-year-old's death at his Eccles care home. In it
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That's the spirit!
A POPULAR Prestwich pub has been deemed full of community "spirit". The Church Inn, in Church Lane, is through to the finals of Community Pub of the Year in a competition organised by pub company Unique. Landlords Kay and Tom Gribben have been invited
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Rovers striker in loan talks
Rovers reserve team striker Ben Burgess was today in talks with Brentford about a possible loan move to Griffin Park. The Bees want the Rovers youngster on a month's loan after recent interest in the player from Aberdeen and Bournemouth.
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Striker's goal vow
ROVERS striker Nathan Blake today threw down the gauntlet in the battle for striking places by vowing 'I can still score goals in the Premiership.' Blake's future at Ewood has been the subject of intense speculation all summer after manager Graeme Souness
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BNP in attempt to win allies on council
BRITISH National Party bosses have issued a "join us" appeal to the second largest group on Burnley council -- in its bid to win a power base in the town hall. Letters have gone out to members of the council's Independent Group calling on them to align
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Good evening, gentlemen
GENTLEMEN are invited to get together to help raise some vital funds for charity. The Pendle Inn, Barley, is holding a gentleman's evening with a guest speaker and comedian accompanied by a four-course dinner. The event is being held on Wednesday, September
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Attacked trader 'just wants out'
A 73-YEAR-OLD newsagent seriously injured in an attack in his shop today told how he just wanted to "retire and get out". Kenneth Bond was behind the counter in his shop, K & L Bond newsagents, at the junction of Railway Street and Chapel House Road
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Millennium gospel will go on display
A GOSPEL handwritten to celebrate the second millennium has been presented at St John's Methodist Church, Albert Road, Colne. Colne Bible Action Group organised the presentation of the gospel on Saturday when speakers included the Rev Gay Pye and Bible
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Nina's ballet dream
A TEENAGER has taken a giant step towards achieving her ambition to join a professional ballet company. Nina Rostron, of Rishton, has won a place at the prestigious Hammond School in Chester, where she will study for the next three years. The former Norden
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Conference for rural women
FEMALES from Hyndburn are to have to opportunity to join others from throughout the region at a training conference for women living in the countryside. The get-together is the work of Clitheroe-based training company Springboard, which provides information
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Couple target OAPs in sneak thefts
A COUPLE posing as officials have been targeting the elderly in a "disturbing" string of house burglaries. The police are linking the attacks in Altham, Accrington and Earby, all carried out by a man and a woman posing as either factory officials or council
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Animal magic at shelter re-opening(THUMBNAILtrspca1308)
SCORES of animal lovers offered strays a new home when an RSPCA shelter re-opened, six months after falling victim to the foot and mouth crisis. But staff at Holker House Farm, Altham, have warned that the money needs to start rolling in to make up for
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French artist's work on the Platform
WORK by French artist Gisele Jacquemet will be exhibited at the Platform Gallery, Clitheroe, from the middle of next month to celebrate its reopening after refurbishment. The display is the culmination of a residency hosted by Ribble Valley Borough Council
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Redundancy leads to a new career
A FORMER receptionist made redundant from her job has opened the door on a new career. And if Denise Lever could be forgiven for suffering stress after her earlier setback, her new role is to help others overcome the condition. Mrs Lever (41), has now
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Ruth's a real medal marvel!
TO achieve a medal in the sporting world is no mean feat but it is becoming quite a habit for one Prestwich ten-year-old. Sporty Ruth Smith has just notched up her 40th athletic accolade after winning a silver medal in the World Dwarf Games in Toronto
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Starlets sign at the fair
TWO Blackburn Rovers soccer starlets warmed up for the new Premiership season at the St. James' Residents' Summer Fair in Darwen. Darren Dunning and Fred Murray rushed from training to sign autographs and join in the fun and games at St James' School.
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Talk 'to reveal mystery of the Incas'
AN AMATEUR archaeologist from Darwen is to reveal a theory about the Inca Empire he thinks will astound the professionals. Alexander Newbigging, of Alfred Street, will give a one hour talk at Top Conservative Club, Northcote Street, Darwen, on Thursday
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Rubbish takes on a life of its own
YOUNGSTERS on a summer environmental course turned a load of rubbish into a life-sized piece of art in the shape of a human. The children collected so much litter from the stream and grass areas of Sunnyhurst Woods, Darwen, that they thought it too good
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Darwen shoppers excluded from free swim scheme
A LEADING councillor has urged council bosses to remember the Darwen in 'Blackburn with Darwen' after claiming that residents in the town were losing out. Darwen councillor Fred Slater hit out after learning that a scheme which gives loyal users of Blackburn
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Police pledge to beat call centre problems
POLICE have pledged to beat problems at their year-old call centre, after an 80-year-old woman 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 some
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Man Utd run course
A SOCCER course for youngsters run by Manchester United Football/Community Scheme will be held on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, August 21-23 as part of the programme of summer holiday events at Fearns Sports and Leisure Centre, Stacksteads. The sessions
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Band are part of the Inn crowd
THE Pendle Jazzmen will be playing at the Whitchaff Inn, Rawtenstall, on the second and fourth weeks of each month. Their first performance there was on Friday. The band will also be performing next month at the Sparrow Hawk, Burnley, on a date due to
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Indecent assault charge man held in custody
A MAN charged with abduction and indecent assault was remanded in custody for 48 hours yesterday -- two hours after he had been granted bail. Former Blackburn College worker Mark Hayhurst, 33, from Manchester, was given bail by magistates on two counts
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Multi-storey flats to be demolished
THREE blocks of empty flats in Blackburn are scheduled to be blasted to earth early next year -- at a cost of more than £1million. Councillors seem certain to approve the demolition of the Queen's Park group of flats at a meeting this week and are searching
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Speed cameras 'easily seen'
POLICE today pledged to let drivers know the locations of hundreds of new speed cameras due to be placed throughout the county as part of a road safety crackdown. And it was revealed that all fixed penalty tickets issued from cameras in Lancashire will
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£100,000 down the drain
COUNCIL bosses today announced plans to revamp a £100,000 electronic timetable which has been confusing bus passengers for three years and admitted: "It's never worked." In February 1998, Lancashire County Council launched the Real Time Information System
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Manager strikes
DARWEN won their last pre-season friendly of the summer against Preston Sunday League champions Arkwrights. Darwen went ahead through an Andy Walsh penalty on 25 minutes. Arkwrights, whose side includes a number of UniBond League players, equalised through
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Keenan out as Siddle goes through
ASHLEY Siddle continued his recent good form in matchplay golf by winning his first round tie at the British Boy Championships at Ganton. The Rossendale player, who is 18, reached the semi final of the English Amateur Men's Championships at Saunton, Devon
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Colne aim for better
COLNE lost narrowly to Conference side Southport but manager John Lister will take a lot of heart from a pre season as he hopes the Holt House side will avoid the bottom two spots this term. A young Colne side struggled in the NWCL Division Two last season
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Flitcroft will be boost for Reds
STANLEY boss John Coleman thinks the signing of midfielder Steve Flitcroft will be mutually beneficial. The Reds snapped up the former Rovers trainee last weekend and the 20-year-old will go straight into the reckoning for the start of the UniBond Premier
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GOLF: Walker Cup win for Great Britain & NI
NICK Dougherty's Walker Cup feat left his mother fighting back the tears as she watched back home. Ennis Dougherty and Nick's dad Roger watched as the Great Britain and Ireland team fought for the 38th Walker Cup. It seemed to be slipping out of their
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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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Forget luxury items and pay your bills instead
IT is often said that politicians contradict themselves. None was more obvious than the gaff by deputy council leader Derek Boden in last week's edition. In his letter, he defended the council's decision to spend £250 of council tax payers' hard earned
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Shakers may be the next
I KNOW the plight of Wimbledon Football Club may seem irrelevant to yourselves, but we (the fans of the club) fear it could set a dangerous precedent. If the Football League decides against the fans' wishes and allows the club to move to Milton Keynes
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How would plan work?
YOUR correspondent Realist (Yours Truly, Aug 2) supports the National Front and others in seeking to plan for voluntary repatriation of immigrants. Would they remove people of immigrant parents, who were born and brought up here, or would they restrict
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Why should electorate suffer?
THANKS to your excellent reporting we are informed (again) of the shortcomings of this inadequate council. Here we are, not even a third of the way through the financial year and already our elected representatives are crying poverty. How long before
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More facilities would mean less trouble
I AM writing about the lack of public leisure facilities for young people. Doubtless you are already aware that if teenagers had more to do, they would be less likely to encounter the police as often. What the economic cost to the council tax payer of
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EVENTS taking place in East Lancashire on Wednesday, August 15:
Blackburn and District Probus Club, St Silas Parish Rooms, Preston New Road, Blackburn, 10.30am. Speaker: Mr A Grime "Iceland By Caravan." Spring Vale Rambling Class meet Sunnyhurst Wood, Falcon Avene, Darwen, 7pm. Summer Playscheme, Bank Top Community
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Today's the day
1675: King Charles II laid the foundation stone of the Royal Observatory in Greenwich. 1787: Mozart completed "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik". 1889: The screw bottle top was patented by Dan Rylands of Hope Gas Works in Yorkshire. 1911: British MPs voted to receive
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CCTV the only safe security
REGARDING your report (LET, August 6) about Danny Thompson installing a CCTV camera outside his home, I think he is right to have one fitted. We were robbed last year while on holiday and nobody saw the thieves climbing through our window in broad daylight
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Heat's on to stave off cold
WE are constantly being told of the serious consequences of global warming, but I think East Lancashire is immune to this! The heating in my home has been on during May and June and in the first two weeks of July. Up to then I counted six hot days this
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Thanks for help in charity trek
HAVING recently returned from Peru after doing a 100-kilometre charity trek through the Andes for SCOPE, I would like to thank all those who helped me raise more than £1,600 for children with cerebral palsy. These include: family, friends and neighbours
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Road delays warning over funeral cortege
THREE hundred travellers are this morning (Tues Aug 14) expected to attend the funeral of Richard Cornelius Price. The 39-year-old died from natural causes in Bury General Hospital last Wednesday (Aug 8). Mr Price, who was born in Farnworth, was staying
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Royal honour for Rotarian
EIGHTY-NINE-year-old Rotarian Jack Farraday has received a letter of congratulations from the Queen for his long service with the organisation. A celebration dinner was held by Bury Rotary Club in honour of Jack who has notched up more than 50 years continuous
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Homeless hostel plan replaced by houses
ABORTED plans to build a homeless hostel in Bury have been replaced with proposals for a housing development. Manchester Methodist Housing were forced to withdraw their application to build a complex on land at Baron Street, Bury, to help the homeless
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30 teenagers bid to join Fusiliers
MORE than 30 Bury lads and lasses accepted the chance to earn the Queen's shilling and join the rank and file of the town's heroic sons. While visits to Bolton and Rochdale have proven fruitless, a day's recruitment in Bury town centre on Wednesday reaped
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Sarah adds polish to the breakfast show
A BEAUTY clinic was on the right wavelength to gain maximum publicity. For popular Key 103 disc jockey Mike Toolan presented his morning show from Acacia Beauty and Nail Clinic in Bolton Road, Bury. And if the pressure of presenting such a three-hour
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Remembering festival fever!
ROCK fans of Bury's "Woodstock" of the late 1970s, where people from all over England and Europe travelled to attend the infamous Deeply Vale pop concerts, turned back the clock at the weekend. The organisers of that famous event staged a major exhibition
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Asylum change praise
COUNCILLORS today backed proposals to allow asylum seekers to work as soon as they enter Britain. Home Secretary David Blunkett has announced a review of the procedures surrounding the dispersal of asylum seekers once they arrive in this country. Currently
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£100,000 down the drain
COUNCIL bosses today announced plans to revamp a £100,000 electronic timetable which has been confusing bus passengers for three years and admitted: "It's never worked." In February 1998, Lancashire County Council launched the Real Time Information System
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Shula sets sights on pop career
A SINGING career is hotting up for sunbed salon receptionist Shula Goldstone. For the talented 22-year-old, who works in her parent's shop, Sundays Solarium in Bury New Road, Prestwich, is releasing her debut pop single in October. The former Bury Grammar
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Rovers reserves in action
Rovers reserves are in action against Manchester City at Hyde United tonight (kick-off 7pm). Midfield duo Alan Mahon and Damien Johnson have both been included in manager Alan Murray's squad as they look to step up their comebacks after injury. Rovers
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England Under 21s ready for Holland showdown
ROVERS midfielder David Dunn is relishing the chance to broaden his football education under the tutelage of new boss David Platt as England Under 21s prepare to enter a new dawn at Reading's Madejski Stadium tonight. Former England legend Platt will
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Businessman who head-butted drinker is bailed
A BUSINESSMAN who attacked and "seriously injured" a man in a pub has three weeks to wait before he learns his fate. Burnley Magistrates heard how victim Craig Stansfield suffered eye injuries, a smashed bone in his left cheek and was vomiting blood after
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Bat's been bitten by the snake bug
AS a youngster, Bat Grainge decided there was only one way to overcome his arachnophobia -- by popping down to the local pet shop and buying a very large tarantula. When he returned home and put it under the Christmas tree in its box, his mum was not
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Giz-a-Start gets going
RESIDENTS in the Waterside and Vivary Bridge areas of Colne are taking advantage of the Giz-a-Start scheme funded by Pendle Partnership to improve their career chances. They can benefit from free training, advice and educational courses at the new Waterbridge
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Council says 'no' to extension
PLANS to extend a garage and build a first-floor extension above it in Bent Lane, Colne, have been turned down by councillors. The house had already been extended to the side and back at ground-floor level to provide an enlarged kitchen, garage, study
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Scheme to help old folk save energy
PENSIONERS in Pendle are being urged to take advantage of a scheme to promote energy efficiency by putting in an order for free energy-saving light bulbs. The bulbs will be delivered and fitted free but the bulbs will be distributed on a first come, first
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Another police warning to drivers who drink
DRIVERS ignoring a summer drink-drive campaign have been warned by police that they are getting tough. Although the campaign in Pennine Division has been going only a week, a number of drivers have tested positive and one gave a very high reading. Road
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TEN years ago
FIVE thousand brown trout were released by the National Rivers Authority in rivers where fish died in pollution incidents. Fish were being released into the Irwell at Weir, Rossendale, and Belmont Clough at Belmont.
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FIVE years ago
FOOTBALL-MAD youngsters in a Thai orphanage received a parcel to bring a smile to their faces -- 11 shirts bearing the name of their soccer hero. They were sent Alan Shearer shirts by Blackburn Rovers after the club was contacted Pat Nicholson. Pat, from
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Question is, how does Jane do it?
A DEDICATED quiz-master has celebrated her seventh anniversary of asking killer questions with the proud boast: "I've never taken a day off!" Jane Haigh, 40, dishes out the tough questions to punters at the Grey Horse, Whalley Road, Accrington. Susan
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Open up plea by MP in suicide PC case
AN MP has called for police to release details of a deal struck with a female constable who dropped claims of sexual harassment. The call came as a woman who claimed her policeman husband killed himself because of the case said the decision meant she
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Interest cut welcomed
WHAT a relief! That's the verdict from business throughout Bury. And it's in response to the news that interest rates are to be reduced, thereby creating a better economic climate for companies. For local business-to-business support agency Bolton and
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Phone firm hosts club meeting
THRIVING Pennine Telecom opened its doors to host the fifth meeting this year of the Bury Business Club. And the event proved to be another informative and entertaining evening in this season's highly successful programme. The keynote presentation was
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Unravelling the "mystique"
A WHITEFIELD company is unravelling the "mystique" surrounding the creation of a flooring product. Commercial flooring specialist Polyflor is aiming to establish its radically restyled and repositioned Polyflor Mystique PU range. The strategy is to give
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Milestone for paving company
RAMSBOTTO,ased paving manufacturers Marshalls has become the first company of its kind to offer NVQs (National Vocational Qualifications) to building contractors. And, says the company, the move demonstrates industry confidence in its efforts to encourage
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Well worth the hassle
AS opening days go, it could scarcely have been better. Never mind the ridiculously inconvenient kick-off time. Never mind not getting home until late. It was all worth it; an away win, a couple of goals and a clean sheet, all roared on by a noisy and
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Ternent dismisses Little link
CLARETS boss Stan Ternent has dismissed persistent rumours linking Clarets wing star Glen Little with a move to Premiership outfit Sunderland. The fit again 25-year-old appears to be attracting interest in the north east but the Turf Moor manager was
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Lancs Cup hopes shattered
LANCASHIRE were at Lords today - but with their C&G Trophy hopes shattered by Shahid Afridi. The Pakistani staged a one-man demolition of the Red Rose bowling at Grace Road yesterday to send Lancashire to London for today's National League game against
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Striker's goal vow
ROVERS striker Nathan Blake today threw down the gauntlet in the battle for striking places by vowing 'I can still score goals in the Premiership.' Blake's future at Ewood has been the subject of intense speculation all summer after manager Graeme Souness
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England Under 21s ready for Holland showdown
ROVERS midfielder David Dunn is relishing the chance to broaden his football education under the tutelage of new boss David Platt as England Under 21s prepare to enter a new dawn at Reading's Madejski Stadium tonight. Former England legend Platt will
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Ternent dismisses Little link
CLARETS boss Stan Ternent has dismissed persistent rumours linking Clarets wing star Glen Little with a move to Premiership outfit Sunderland. The fit again 25-year-old appears to be attracting interest in the north east but the Turf Moor manager was
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Bhutia vow over yellow cards
BURY'S Baichung Bhutia has vowed that Bury will stamp out their disciplinary problems. The Shakers were hit by a £25,000 suspended sentence from the Football Association for picking up 87 yellow cards last season - one of the worst in the league. Preece
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Boy, 15, cleared of raping 13-year-old girl
A 15-YEAR-OLD boy has been cleared of raping a 13-year-old girl, after a week-long trial at Burnley Crown Court. The teenager, from Whitworth, was found not guilty of the charge and was discharged from the court by Judge David Pirie. The jury had heard
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Delight as health centre 'stays local'
VOLUNTARY groups in Todmorden are cock-a-hoop after hearing they have won the right to make a former health centre their home. The news came from Calder Valley MP Chris McCafferty, who said she was delighted to have received confirmation that Calderdale
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Toddler blaze death 'a tragic accident'
THE death of toddler Aaron Reynolds is likely to have been an horrendous, tragic accident police said today. Inquiries into the fire in which three-year-old Aaron died are likely to take some weeks. Aaron was trapped in his bedroom at home in Hollin Way
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Stage awards deadline
NOMINATIONS for the Lancashire Evening Telegraph Curtain Raiser award for contributions to amateur theatre in East Lancashire must be in by Friday. Nominations should be sent to National Operatic and Dramatic Association region 3 representative Margaret
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Soccer brothers strike it lucky!
IT is every young footballing fan's dream to come face to face with their sporting heroes. And that is exactly what happened for brothers Michael, 12, and Mathew Grimes, eight, of Bushburn Drive, Langho, when they met up with Dutch international and Barcelona
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Friendly action
SOCCER: NWCL Division One title hopefuls Clitheroe are in action at home to Old Blacks tonight and Great Harwood are playing Clitheroe Town at the Showground. Division Two club Padiham play Whitworth Valley in a pre-season friendly at the Arbories. Last
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GOLF: Hunt is three over
ELGA champion Michael Hunt made a solid start to the Eden Tournament at St Andrews, Scotland, with a three-over-par 73 in the first round of qualifying yesterday. The Burnley 22-year-old will play the last 18 holes of qualifying on the New Course at St
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Couple injured in road collision
POLICE are appealing for witnesses of a road accident on Blackpool Promenade yesterday (Monday, August 13) involving an elderly couple to come forward. Fred Holden, 76, and his wife May, 77, from Haslingden, were crossing the promenade at its junction
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Thank you from Bealey
ON behalf of the president and members of the committee of the Bealey Community Hospital League of Friends, I would like to express my sincere thanks to everyone who supported our annual garden fete on Saturday, August 4. The winning programme number
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Coping with demand is a struggle
I WOULD like to clarify the situation at the Radcliffe Citizens Advice Bureau. Your sub-heading stated "Too little business to keep the office open". If only that were so. The Radcliffe office, like many other advice agencies is inundated with work. It
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Wrong for Israel to act?
ANOTHER bomb has exploded in London, thankfully without loss of life or major injuries. There was a telephoned warning and, after the explosion, spokespersons said that it was potentially a "barbaric act of mass murder". They also said that "it was an
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Have police gone soft?
I FEEL compelled to write in response to what I read in the national newspapers. It really does fill me with a deep sense of betrayal having served in the Army for a total of 12 years, Lancashire Fusiliers and the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, to think
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Bonn was an EU triumph
HOW will critics of the European Union respond to its success in securing agreement in Bonn for measures to reduce global warming and introduce the Kyoto Protocol? For make no mistake, this was an EU triumph. In face of outright opposition from George
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Suspended head is back
THE headteacher of a special school, who was suspended over allegations that he mis-used school computer equipment, is expected to be officially reinstated this week. Mr Bernard Emblem was removed from his post at Millwood Primary School by the governing
