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EVENTS taking place in East Lancashire on Sunday, December 16, and Monday, December 17
SUNDAY Christmas in the Park, brass band, Christmas carols, craft stalls, Corporation Park, Blackburn, 1-4pm. Family Carol Service, Salvation Army, Charter Street, Accrington, 10.30am. Victorian Christmas, Gawthorpe Hall, Burnley. Good Shepherd walks:
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East Lancs girls binge shock
YOUNG women are putting their health at risk and turning East Lancashire into one of the worst heavy drinking hotspots for Lad-ettes in the country. Counselling services across the area today revealed they were seeing around 30 per cent more women in
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Filan joins Wigan
ROVERS keeper John Filan has ended his Ewood nightmare after agreeing to join Second Division Wigan. Aussie international Filan agreed to a £600,000 switch yesterday after Latics boss Paul Jewell made a dramatic late swoop for the former Coventry stopper
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American Wolff in Blackburn
AMERICAN hot-shot Josh Wolff plans to win a dream ticket to next summer's World Cup finals by proving himself in the Premiership with Rovers. The United States international swooped into Blackburn earlier this week to spend a fortnight training with Rovers
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Wardens pool ideas for fight against crime
REPRESENTATIVES from neighbourhood warden schemes across the North West gathered in Burnley yesterday to swap project ideas. Burnley's community wardens were introduced in the autumn and have now become a familiar sight in Burnley Wood, Rosegrove, South
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Shoplifters - we're watching you!
SHOPLIFTERS in Colne will be under the watchful eye of the law in the run up to Christmas as police step up the number of patrols working in the area. Local beat officer Phil Davies, who has responsibility for the retail parks in the town, and Special
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Tax disc alert
POLICE are warning drivers to be on their guard against tax disc thieves, after, three vehicles in the area had had their tax discs removed over the last few days. They are warning criminals of harsh punishment if they are caught, with a maximum penalty
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Pervert pensioner to serve 5 years jail term
A PERVERTED pensioner who molested two little girls was today starting a five year jail term, at the age of 67. Lonely widower Derek Brown, said to have kept pornographic books at his home, had turned to drink after the death of his wife and was isolated
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Chemists on Duty
Thursday, December 20 BLACKBURN: To 9pm: Lloyds Pharmacy, 4-6 Railway Road; Cohens Chemist, 63 Whalley Range; To 8pm: Johnston Pharmacy, 50-52 Johnston Street. To 7.30pm: Aston Pharmacy, 95 Accrington Road. To 6.30pm: Donald Wood Ltd, 53 Fishmoor Drive
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Chemists on Duty
Friday, December 21 BLACKBURN: To 9pm: Lloyds Pharmacy, 4-6 Railway Road; Cohen, 63 Whalley Range. To 8pm: Johnston Pharmacy, 50-52 Johnston Street. To 7.30pm: Aston Pharmacy, 95 Accrington Road. To 7pm: Moss Pharmacy, 314 Bolton Road; The Pharmacy, Oakenhurst
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lChemists on Duty
Wednesday, December 19 BLACKBURN: To 9pm: Lloyds Pharmacy, 4-6 Railway Road; The Surgery (Chiropody), 132 Lammack Road; Cohen, 63 Whalley Range. To 8pm: Johnston Pharmacy, 50-52 Johnston Street. To 7.30pm: Aston Pharmacy, 95 Accrington Road. To 7pm: The
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Chemists on Duty
Monday, December 17 BLACKBURN: To 9pm: Lloyds Pharmacy, 4-6 Railway Road; Cohen, 63 Whalley Range. To 8pm: Johnston Pharmacy, 50-52 Johnston Street. To 7.30pm: Aston Pharmacy, 95 Accrington Road. To 7pm: Moss Pharmacy, 314 Bolton Road; The Pharmacy, Oakenhurst
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Chemists on Duty
Tuesday, December 18 BLACKBURN: To 9pm: Lloyds Pharmacy, 4-6 Railway Road; Cohen, 63 Whalley Range. To 8pm: Johnston Pharmacy, 50-52 Johnston Street. To 7.30pm: Aston Pharmacy, 95 Accrington Road. To 7pm: The Pharmacy, Oakenhurst Road; Geloo Bros, Cleaver
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Odds against an upset
IN newspaper terms Burnley is what is known as a "good news" club. That is not to say that the news is always good, in fact for much of the last 20 years it has mainly been bad, the fact is there is always something happening. That is why it was no great
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Ex-Clarets and County star wants best for both teams
WHEN top of the table Burnley took on bottom side Stockport at Turf Moor today, Tony Hancock had divided loyalties. Hancock played for both sides and so he is hoping that Burnley will go up but at the same time Stockport won't get relegated. "I really
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Turf Beat
BURNLEY may have struggled to impress the bookies, despite being top of the first division, but the layers have no doubt they will make the next round of the FA Cup. If you want to take advantage of tax free betting you would have to invest £80 just to
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Kilby ready for talks
CLARETS chairman Barry Kilby believes that the issue of the "Phoenix League" is far from dead despite the overwhelming vote against it by top flight chairmen. And he admitted to being surprised that the margin in favour of rejecting a change to the current
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American Wolff in Blackburn
AMERICAN hot-shot Josh Wolff plans to win a dream ticket to next summer's World Cup finals by proving himself in the Premiership with Rovers. The United States international swooped into Blackburn earlier this week to spend a fortnight training with Rovers
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Vandal attacks
TWO cars in Darwen had their wing mirrors damaged when vandals struck overnight on Wednesday. A Ford Fiesta on Richmond Terrace had an electric wing mirror damaged and at around the same time another car's wing mirror was vandalised on Sandon Street.
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Candle blaze
A five-year-old boy is believed to have lit a candle which later started a house blaze in Darwen. A fire brigade spokesman said the candle is thought to have been left smouldering when the boy and his mother left the house in Maria Street yesterday. Fire
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Teenagers given date in court
POLICE are taking four Haslingden teenagers to court because they refused to sign anti-social behaviour contracts. The quartet have been responsible for acts of assault, criminal damage, burglary and disorderly conduct and police wrote to their parents
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Five-year-old Deanna has trip of a lifetime
JUST hours after she completed her last course of radiotherapy little Deanna Radcliffe was flying out for a trip of a lifetime to meet Father Christmas. Deanna, who will be five next week, was found to have an inoperable tumour behind her right eye and
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Alcopops blamed for booze binges
DO young women drink too much or is it a case of girls just wanna have fun? We asked the Friday customers in Blackburn town centre bars after recent national reports on binge drinking. Julie Burke, 27, thinks young women do go out intending to get drunk
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Some women now drinking double the national average
YOUNG women are putting their health at risk and turning East Lancashire into one of the worst heavy drinking hotspots for Lad-ettes in the country. Counselling services across the area today revealed they were seeing around 30 per cent more women in
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Few fears over health effects
DO young women drink too much or is it a case of girls just wanna have fun? We asked the Friday customers in Burnley town centre bars after recent national reports on binge drinking. Auxiliary nurse Hazel Savage, 18, of Padiham, said: "I drink about eight
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Road accident victim's neck is broken
A 21-YEAR-old woman suffered a broken neck in a road accident in the centre of Nelson in the early hours of today. Claire Louise Clark, of Pinfold Place, Nelson, was crossing the A56 Leeds Road near its junction with Barkerhouse Road when she collided
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Freed plane spotter home
The brother of one of the 12 plane spotters arrested and held in Greek jails for five weeks accused of spying topday welcomed him back to Britain. The group were freed on bail last night and flew into Luton airport this morning. Steve Jenkins, of Southwood
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Jobs to go as firm rebuilds
HALF-A-DOZEN staff at Gaskell Textiles will lose their jobs this Christmas after current restructuring is completed but bosses hope that innovations will mean the end to redundancies. Around 100 people are employed at the Clayton Business Park site but
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Chemists on Duty
Sunday, December 16 BLACKBURN: 10.30am-4.30pm: Superdrugs Pharmacy, 3-7 Stonybutts; 11am-2pm: Aston Pharmacy, 95 Accrington Road; noon-1pm: RH Wilson, 75 Whalley New Road, Bastwell. DARWEN: noon-1pm: Lloyds Pharmacy, 103 Blackburn Road. ACCRINGTON: 10am
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Reserves hitting back
CLARETS reserves produced arguably their best display of the season to win 5-2 at Wolves exactly a week after their woeful showing against Rotherham at Turf Moor. Having witnessed the dramatic improvement in performance manager Ronnie Jepson is hopeful
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Kilby ready for talks
CLARETS chairman Barry Kilby believes that the issue of the "Phoenix League" is far from dead despite the overwhelming vote against it by top flight chairmen. And he admitted to being surprised that the margin in favour of rejecting a change to the current
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'Cardboard city' stunt helps homeless
BLACKBURN became a cardboard city for the day when local charity Nighsafe held a street collection to raise money for the homeless. The charity decided to swap its annual fund-raising sleep-out for an exhibition of portrait work done by users of Nightsafe
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60 clamped in blitz on tax dodgers
A WEEK long blitz on car tax dodgers ended with more than 60 cars being clamped in the area. The scheme, which ran throughout last week in Blackburn and Darwen, claimed 81 cars. Blackburn police and the DVLA teamed up for the operation, and clamped 64
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Women drivers warned: Be on guard
POLICE are warning women to be on their guard after a man indecently exposed himself to a female driver. The incident happened as the 30-year-old woman was sitting in her car in traffic on Oakenhurst Road, Blackburn. As she waited to pull away in her
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Gun scare in ginnel
A GROUP of girls making their way home were accosted by a man carrying a black pistol in his hand. Blackburn magistrates heard that the girls decided to walk away and ignore what the man was doing and as they did so the uncle of one of them arrived on
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East Lancs girls binge shock
YOUNG women are putting their health at risk and turning East Lancashire into one of the worst heavy drinking hotspots for Lad-ettes in the country. Counselling services across the area today revealed they were seeing around 30 per cent more women in
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ICE HOCKEY: Haig not confident Hawks can keep Whitley at Bay
BLACKBURN Hawks face the toughest of challenges tomorrow when they go head to head with league leaders Whitley Warriors. After losing their last two league games on the trot, the Hawks are in great need of a win this weekend, but team coach Bobby Haig
