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Robber pointed gun at brave PC
A MASKED gunman who brought night-time terror to the house of a teenage computer boss was today starting a five-year jail sentence. And the police officer who ended up looking down the barrell of the gun told how he chased Michael Flaherty, 27, and brought
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Team in a boom town rut
A TOWN centre management team which has attracted 29 new businesses in the past 12 months could disappear in three months unless funding is found. Hundreds of new jobs have been created over the past year in Burnley but assistant town centre manager Ian
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Chemists on Duty
Thursday, January 10 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
Tuesday, January 7 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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All hands on deck for Clarets
PAUL COOK and Andy Payton have come back to Turf Moor this week and manager Stan Ternent admitted: "We need everyone we have got available." Both players left for loan spells at the start of last month but Ternent is delighted to have them back at the
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The day the Dons dealt Burnley a major blow
TODAY'S game at Turf Moor between Burnley and non-League side Canvey Island stirred memories of a famous day when the Clarets made the football headlines for all the wrong reasons. Twenty seven years ago Southern League side Wimbledon was written off
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Acrebottom's new pro is shining in Australia
RAMSBOTTOM are looking forward to the arrival of their new professional Michael Clarke. The 20-year-old Aussie, who plies his trade with the New South Wales Blues, hit his first century of the season in a Pura Cup game last month. And Ramsbottom coach
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Yorath dreaming of sinking Rovers
SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY boss Terry Yorath knows his side is only two games away from the final of the Worthington Cup but he admitted: "We could not have dreamed of this." The first division strugglers are fighting for their lives in the league, with only
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Ex-sergeant Keith leads helping hand
A FORMER police sergeant who led a domestic violence unit in Rossendale is now in charge of a pioneering project to ensure victims receive the best care when they turn for help. In the past there has been an ad-hoc approach to domestic violence. If people
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Sterile unit boost for hospital wards
A RAWTENSTALL firm is among two East Lancashire technology companies set to benefit from special grants from the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI). Quantum Air Technology Ltd in Rawtenstall has received £45,000 to carry out a feasibility study into
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Pub boss mourns stabbing death of barmaid
THE manager of the London pub where barmaid Charlotte Flannagan was killed today paid tribute to the 22 year old. Charlotte, originally from Blackburn, had worked at the Barley Mow pub, in the capital's West End, since October. She was found dead by Metropolitan
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Expansion plan at the arena
SPORTS and leisure facilities at Blackburn Ice Arena are set to be expanded as bosses strive to take advantage of a leisure and retail revolution in the town. The arena has been a regional centre for ice skating and ice hockey for the past 11 years, but
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Bones and records broken in icy snap
ICY conditions and school holidays have combined to see a record number of patients with broken bones heading for A & E departments in Blackburn and Burnley. Casualty staff at Blackburn Royal Infirmary and Burnley General Hospital have been struggling
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After all this, I need a holiday
One Fort in the Grave, with KEITH FORT JUST back from my hols and feeling depressed. Shouldn't be but I'll explain why. For many years I have been chasing the summer sun in the middle of our winters because, in our climate, I think it's a great tonic;
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Bid to gag 'pied piper'
A TEENAGER dubbed a 'pied piper' for allegedly leading other youngsters into crime could be banned from making contact with them in a bid to stop trouble on an estate. Lee Taylor, 15, would be the first person in Lancashire to have the no-contact clause
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Grabbi offers too low says Souey
ROVERS £6.5m striker Ciccio Grabbi is still creating interest - but no one has yet made a firm bid for the Italian. With the arrival of Andy Cole and Grabbi's return of one goal since his move to Ewood Park this season, there have been enquiries about
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Kenna keen on Birmingham move
OUT-OF-FAVOUR full-back Jeff Kenna has spoken of his hopes of making his loan move to Nationwide First Division club Birmingham City a permanent one. Kenna, who has already spent a spell on loan at Second Division Wigan this season, has helped the Blues
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Souey hopes to see a turnaround
THE FA Cup never treated Rovers boss Graeme Souness too well as a player - but he's had better luck as a gaffer and is hoping for more. Although Rovers are on the verge of some silverware in the Worthington Cup with their semi-final against Sheffield
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Yorath dreaming of sinking Rovers
SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY boss Terry Yorath knows his side is only two games away from the final of the Worthington Cup but he admitted: "We could not have dreamed of this." The first division strugglers are fighting for their lives in the league, with only
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Drunken man, 55 fondled schoolgirl
A DRUNKEN man who indecently assaulted a schoolgirl, attacked her friend after she tried to intervene and then sank his teeth into a police officer trying to arrest him. James Roberts, 55, of Townley Avenue, Huncoat, admitted indecent assault, common
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Chemists on Duty
Sunday, January 6 BLACKBURN: 10.30am-4.30pm: Superdrugs Pharmacy, 3-7 Stonybutts; 11am-2pm: Aston Pharmacy, 95 Accrington Road; noon-1pm: HN Espley Ltd, 149 Whalley Old Road, Little Harwood. DARWEN: noon-1pm: Boots Chemists, 8 Market Street. ACCRINGTON
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Chemists on Duty
Friday, January 11 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, January 9 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, January 7 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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Rotherham date
THE first of the Clarets two postponed games has now been rearranged and the club has published details of the ticket sales. Burnley will now travel to Rotherham on February 12 for a 7.45pm kick off. Returned tickets from the original Boxing Day date
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Reserves back in action
BURNLEY reserves return to action after the Christmas break with Wednesday night's match against Tranmere Rovers at Turf Moor. Their last game attracted a season's best crowd for the Lancashire derby against Preston North End and those who turned up got
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Benado boy faces big derby test
BURNLEY reserves return to action after the Christmas break with Wednesday night's match against Tranmere Rovers at Turf Moor. Their last game attracted a season's best crowd for the Lancashire derby against Preston North End and those who turned up got
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All hands on deck for Clarets
PAUL COOK and Andy Payton have come back to Turf Moor this week and manager Stan Ternent admitted: "We need everyone we have got available." Both players left for loan spells at the start of last month but Ternent is delighted to have them back at the
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Airlines home in on secure system
AIRPORTS and airlines have turned to a Darwen company in their bid to step up security following the terrorist attack on New York's World Trade Centre. The human barcode system, is in the final stages of development by Navigator Solutions Ltd (NSL), based
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Reward for return of pedigree Kuma
THE owner of a Japanese Akita dog which escaped from her home in Waterfoot wants her pet back home and is offering a reward. Kuma is 16 months old, 24ins high and a rusty colour with white feet, white tips in her tail, a white chest with a black mask.
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Suicide rescue PC awarded
A POLICE officer who saved the life of a man as he attempted suicide has been commended for his actions -- but police are also keen to trace a mystery clergyman who helped in the rescue. Last October PC Justin Fraser was called to the motorway bridge
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Heart patients upset in jammed payphone fiasco
PATIENTS on a hospital ward in Blackburn were forced to wait days before they could wish their relatives a Happy New Year because the payphones in their ward were out of order, it was revealed today. The cardiac ward at Blackburn Royal Infirmary was virtually
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Robberies 'planned with care'
A MAN who carried out half a dozen building society robberies around the country, including one in Blackburn, has been put behind bars for eight years. One office was hit twice by Graham Wright, 51, who carefully planned his raids, even to the point of
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West bags star winger Rivett on loan from Warrington
Rugby League CHORLEY Lynx coach Graeme West has increased the firepower of his squad ahead of Sunday's trip to face Hunslet Hawks. West has bagged two permanent signings, and a loan deal -- with the arrival of winger Leroy Rivett the major coup. Rivett's
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Sands dominates in frozen conditions
Angling, with Kingfisher PROFESSIONAL football may have fallen victim to the weather last week but local matchmen are made of sterner stuff. A frozen Leeds-Liverpool canal greeted the 64 competitors who turned out for the Hyndburn and Blackburn Open,
