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EVENTS taking place in East Lancashire on Saturday, April 20
Coffee Morning, Birtwistle Centre, Keighley Road, Colne, 10am-noon. Organ Recital by Peter Morrison, Parish Church of St Mary Magdalene, Church Street, Clitheroe, 7.30pm. Spring Fair, Robinson Court Residential Flats, Barnoldswick, 10am-2pm. Pleasers,
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Mice and humans just do not mix
One fort in the Grave, with KEITH FORT HOW horrible for customers of a Rawtenstall bank, innocently drawing money from an automated teller machine, to get, along with their cash, gruesome pieces of mouse. Most of all I feel sorry for the mouse (although
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A breath of fresh air for soap hunk
TOMORROW night images of picturesque Downham, in the Ribble Valley, will be beamed into Britain's living rooms as a new BBC drama series begins. PAULINE HAWKINS spoke to one of its stars. HUNKY actor Samuel J Hudson -- probably best known for his role
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Garage fined for unsafe tyre sale
A BLACKBURN garage has been fined £600, with £600 costs, for selling a part-worn tyre in an unsafe condition. The prosecution followed random test purchasing exercises carried out by Blackburn with Darwen Council Trading Standards officers. Blackburn
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Closures follow familiar pattern
THE closure of care homes is happening all over the county. The patterns are all too familiar: a 'consultation,' which is a waste of money since everything has been decided in advance; 'new standards' which, surprise, surprise, the old homes fail to meet
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Put your heart into charity runs
THE Friends Of Heart Of Lancashire Appeal is looking for people entering marathons to perhaps run on behalf of the charity which provides training in the use of cardio-pulmonary resuscitation and defibrillators for local communities in Lancashire. The
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Cut out pusher, give drugs free
STATISTICALLY, it appears that the average drug addict will commit 75 crimes a year to feed their habit. I am told that it would cost approximately £100 to legally provide them with a year's supply of heroin or cocaine. So why, instead of having 75 distressed
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Police probe factory fire
A FIRE at a plastic pellet firm in Leigh may have been started deliberately. Fire crews were called to Foscolour Limited in Bickershaw Lane at about 5am on Friday. It is thought that the fire started in paper sacks of chemicals in a store room. Firefighters
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Car park boy racer blitz
YOUNG drivers who have transformed a town centre car park into a race track are to be targeted in a new police initiative after a leading councillor was almost knocked down. Boy racers who congregate on the Blackburn Shopping Centre multi-storey car park
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Come on you Clarets
FAMOUS Clarets fans today sent out a rousing rallying call to the people of Burnley and urged them to get behind the team and roar them into the play-offs. Messages of support for Burnley's bid for Premiership glory came from the length and breadth of
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Leigh star joins Saints
LEIGH Centurions' Welsh international front rower Dave Whittle has joined Super League neighbours St Helens on loan for a month. Former Leigh boss Ian Millward contacted his old club after Saints were hit by a crippling injury pile-up just a week before
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Hodgson was in England frame
ROY Hodgson, who has been named as the new United Arab Emirates coach, has revealed he was one of the three candidates to succeed Kevin Keegan as England boss. The Football Association did not make their three-man shortlist public and gave the job to
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Rovers manager attends Hall of Fame awards
BLACKBURN manager Graeme Souness returned to the scene of his greatest managerial triumphs last Sunday when he appeared at the Glasgow Rangers Hall of Fame awards. He was a guest at the Glasgow Hilton Hotel for a gala dinner honouring new inductees to
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Misfit Grayson wanting a new start
EWOOD misfit Simon Grayson could be handed the chance to resurrect his career in the Far East when his contract runs out in the summer. The 32-year-old defender is currently interesting a number of clubs in Japan and China as World Cup fever takes a grip
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Concert boost for hospice
PENDLESIDE Hospice funds have been boosted by £2,600 after a concert in Burnley. The Christines Day Charity Concert was staged on Easter Sunday at the Lowerhouse Canteen, Lowerhouse Lane. The amount will be further swelled by a presentation party to be
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Hospice campaign takes the biscuit
A BAKERY charity fund raising idea is 'bearing' fruit for the Hospice Care for Burnley and Pendle initiative. And now the figurehead for the campaign, Burndle bear, has got himself a girlfriend to help raise even more cash for the charity. The award winning
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CLARETS: MP Peter hopes lucky black cat returns
BURNLEY MP Peter Pike's personal standing in the polls among some of his closest supporters suffered a disastrous setback -- after he mislaid the family moggie. The MP said he was now "deeply unpopular" among members of his family after pet cat Thomas
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CLARETS: Hughie's support is best by miles
A CLARETS-MAD Irishman travels 200 miles to Burnley every other home game just to watch his favourite football team play. Hughie Kane, 46, of Blackrock in County Dublin has supported the Clarets since he watched them play on Match Of The Day when he was
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CLARETS: Keep off the pitch, fans told
POLICE are warning Burnley fans to be on their best behaviour ahead of this weekend's final match of the season against Coventry. Pitch invasions have become a tradition at Turf Moor over recent years, but police say fans are risking arrest and even possible
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New mum spared jail term for fraud
A FORMER employee of Burnley Comet store and two accomplices all involved in deception have escaped jail sentences. Helen Gowling, 19, who was of previous good character, was told by a judge she had been very much at the centre of the fraud and normally
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Come on you Clarets
FAMOUS Clarets fans today sent out a rousing rallying call to the people of Burnley and urged them to get behind the team and roar them into the play-offs. Messages of support for Burnley's bid for Premiership glory came from the length and breadth of
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Rape bid man caged
A FATHER-of-three who dragged a teenager off the street and subjected her to a terrifying sex attack, was today starting a six year jail term. Burnley Crown Court heard how Nazam Hussain, 26, struck after an 18-year-old was separated from friends as she
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Quality bus service pays off
A MODIFIED bus route which has increased passenger numbers by more than six per cent has been officially welcomed by Lancashire County Council. Council representatives met Lancashire United bosses to celebrate the progress of recent changes and officially
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Chemists on Duty
Sunday, April 21 BLACKBURN: noon-1pm: Lloyds Pharmacy, 62 New Chapel Street, Mill Hill.. DARWEN: noon-1pm: Boots Chemist, 8 Market Street. ACCRINGTON: noon-1pm: Espleys Chemists, 257 Whalley Road; noon-1pm: Co-op Pharmacy, 65 Higher Antley Street. CLITHEROE
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lChemists on Duty
Wednesday, April 24 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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Chris and Cheryl's marathon effort
CLITHEROE couple Chris Barrow and Cheryl Morris put their best feet forward and raised £800 for a worthy cause from running the London Marathon. The couple, proprietors of the outdoor clothing shop, Onward and Outward, ran the marathon on behalf of the
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Table's been tying Kilby in knots!
NERVES are not the only things being shredded at Turf Moor this week - Clarets chairman Barry Kilby has had to cut up another tie. Like any other fan he has his superstitions in the run up to games, the key one being wearing the same tie if the the team
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Clarets' on-loan hit-man is out to gun down Coventry
WITH goals likely to be at a premium tomorrow the pressure is on the Burnley strikers but David Johnson for one is unconcerned. The on-loan hit man has scored in each of his first four starts at Turf Moor and he is itching for the chance to make it five
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Clarets concentrate on their own job...
STAN Ternent's first target for tomorrow is to beat Coventry City and then he admitted: "Our fate will be in the lap of the Gods." The Clarets boss remained both relaxed and upbeat as he looked ahead to a game that will be full of tension. "We are in
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High five as Hegg bounces back
WARREN Hegg led from the front as Lancashire fought back after a nightmare start to his captaincy career. The wicket keeper took five consecutive catches, including an acrobatic effort to dismiss Michael Bevan, as Leicestershire slipped from 354 for five
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Misfit Grayson wanting a new start
EWOOD misfit Simon Grayson could be handed the chance to resurrect his career in the Far East when his contract runs out in the summer. The 32-year-old defender is currently interesting a number of clubs in Japan and China as World Cup fever takes a grip
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Des res comes with 300 graves
A BUSINESSMAN bought himself a grade-two listed church complete with graveyard before rivals had the chance to bid. The man, whose identity has not been revealed, snapped up Belgrave Chapel, Bolton Road, in Darwen town centre, and its 300-grave graveyard
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Chartists hand MP petition
ROSSENDALE Chartists went back to Victorian times to call for the modernisation of the local authority. The group handed over a petition of more than 3,500 names to Rossendale and Darwen MP Janet Anderson at Rawtenstall Town Hall. Members in traditional
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How I found body of axe attack victim
A PARAMEDIC told a court how she found the body of an East Lancashire businessman who was killed with an axe. Paramedic Angela Armitage told the court how she was called to Woodside Hall in Yorkshire and found former escort girl Jan Charlton outside Danny
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Public involved in transport review
PROPOSALS to improve transport links between Rawtenstall and Bacup are going out to public consultation. Rossendale Borough Council, Lancashire County Council and the Bacup and Stacksteads Community Partnerships are carrying out a review of transport
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Last chapter of landmark mill
A DEMOLITION crew is set to bring an end of an era as they prepare to bring down a landmark which has stood over Rossendale for almost 200 years. Sykeside Mill at Road End, Haslingden, is an 1830s Grade II listed building with a chimney easily recognised
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Royal date for Scout band
A SCOUT band will put Rossendale on the map this weekend when they play in front of the Queen. The band from the 2nd Rossendale pack were selected to attend Windsor Castle to accompany the parade of Scouts who will be presented to the Queen before marching
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Marathon men's memories spurred them on
MARATHON men Neil Fulkin and David Crank pounded 26.2 miles of cobbles and tarmac on Sunday to raise money for cancer research. Neil of Whalley New Road, Blackburn, ran around the London streets for just under five hours to raise £250 for Cancer Research
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Teenager attacked team-mate in football game
A BLACKBURN teenager in a soccer tournament attacked a team-mate in a "dreadfully aggressive" act, a court has heard. A 14-year-old youngster ended up with a fractured cheekbone after he was kicked in the face. He needed surgery for the injury below the
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Car park boy racer blitz
YOUNG drivers who have transformed a town centre car park into a race track are to be targeted in a new police initiative after a leading councillor was almost knocked down. Boy racers who congregate on the Blackburn Shopping Centre multi-storey car park
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54 police jobs will go in budget cuts
LANCASHIRE Police are set to axe 16 police and 38 support staff as part of budget cuts facing the force next year. But police bosses have vowed that the cuts will not affect the number of bobbies on the beat. Lancashire Constabulary bosses revealed last
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Where can you find skimmers?
Angling, with Kingfisher AS the excellent spring weather continues, so do great catches from all nearby commercial fisheries. Such is their form that it is not surprising to find few anglers bothering with local stretches of Leeds-Liverpool canal, although
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Footballer on drive charge
BUDDING soccer star Jason Jarrett is to be tried over an alleged drink-drive charge. The 22-year-old, who transferred from Bury to local rivals Wigan Athletic for £75,000 just weeks ago, was charged after an incident in November last year at Hunstanton
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EVENTS taking place in East Lancashire on Sunday, April 21 and Monday, April 22
Table Top Sale, Samlesbury Memorial Hall, 10am. Accrington Male Voice Choir Concert, Holy Trinity Church, Oswaldtwistle, 6pm. Women's Home League, Salvation Army, Vicar Street, Blackburn, 10am and 6pm. Tug Towing Fun Day with Blackburn Boat Club, Oswaldtwistle
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Lancashire Hot Spots
This week, MICK BAINES lives a Deepdale dream MICK Baines is hoping for "divine intervention" tomorrow when his football team Preston North End plays Nottingham Forest at Deepdale. To reach the play-offs Preston must win, Burnley need to lose to Coventry
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The Saturday Message
This week, with the Rev Kevin Logan, Vicar of Christ Church, Accrington "LISTEN, boys!" The warm Irish lilt in the priest's voice froze as ice. His eyes were blue-diamond hard. "Always remember" pause for effect "that a woman's body is UUUUGLY!" Shoulders
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My First. . .
This week, with FRED COUGHLIN, 79, of Hilton Road, Darwen, an Al Jolson tribute singer JOB: I started work when I was seven. I used to get my little wooden truck out and go down to Crown Paints and fill it with wooden pallets. I paid 2d to prove I hadn't
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Red or white rose, it's still a beauty
Drive & Stroll, with RON FREETHY - this week, around Waddington, in the Ribble Valley IT is interesting to find that Waddington is split in two by a brook, on the banks of which are the Coronation Gardens, which celebrated Elizabeth II coming to the
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Blooming good effort
VOLUNTEERS from Rotaract in Blackburn who raised cash for the Marie Curie cancer charity managed to double their efforts and raise even more when they supported the cause for the second year running. The club made £620 with the sale of daffodils, compared
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Marathon man Rodger thanks his supporters
MARATHON man Rodger Williams has issued a big "thank you" to his supporters, who helped him raise £2,000 for charity by sponsoring him to run the London Marathon. Rodger, owner of Videorama video shop in Brownhill, Blackburn, ran his first marathon in
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Drivers' First North Western strike off
DRIVERS of First North Western (FNW) have suspended their strike action for Monday. The East Lancashire Line's services from Preston to Colne, and Clitheroe to Manchester will now run as normal. Strike action planned for April 29 and May 6 has also been
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Lack of alarms is alarming
I CANNOT believe how many people fail to recognise the importance of smoke alarms. We do house sitting and find that in the richest of houses they don't have them. The fire service will check your house and fit smoke alarms, all without any charge whatsoever
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Insensitivity beggars belief
REGARDING the elderly couple in a care home who faced separation in the shake-up of services (LET, March 22), the man in charge of social services, County Coun Chris Cheetham, said earlier there were 'no guarantees' the couple would stay together. I respectfully
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Put blame on parents and police
REGARDING problems with youths in Infirmary Street/Moseley Street (LET April 6), this is not new in the area. I have letters dating back to 1999 from Jack Straw and letters sent to police chief Eddie Walsh. I told the police at various meetings that this
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It's no-go for Jansen, says Souness
EWOOD chief Graeme Souness today conceded Matt Jansen's dream of making England's World Cup squad is over after he was struck down by illness earlier this week. Jansen's hopes of making his full international debut and impressing Sven-Goran Eriksson were
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Staff escape works blaze
STAFF at a plastic makers were evacuated from their work premises after fire broke out in a small extraction unit. More than 20 people from the company based at Balderstone Close, Burnley, and the unit next door were ordered from the buildings as a precautionary
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Flexible working a step closer at council
PLANS to introduce more flexible working arrangements for Pendle Council employees are a step nearer. Members, who are hoping that other local organisations will also give the issue more thought, agreed that consultations should begin with trade unions
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Accused student weeps in dock at terror of jail
A STUDENT accused of inflicting life- threatening injuries on a youth wept as he told a jury of his terror at the prospect of jail. Simon Simpson, 18, who admits he "bottled," victim Jason Metcalfe in a fight outside Earby Conservative Club and kicked
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Teenagers complete tough commando training
TWO teenagers from Nelson have successfully completed the gruelling training required to become a Royal Marine Commando. Steven Snaith and Christopher Sharmen, both 18 and former pupils of Mansfield High School, have received the coveted Green Beret after
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Refurbished park centre is opened
A NEWLY refurbished visitor centre at Wycoller Country Park will be officially opened next week after a £121,000 transformation. County Councillor Tim Ormrod, cabinet member for public protection and rural affairs, will join children from Trawden County
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Mum-to-be weeps at judge's prison warning
A PREGNANT mother who faces a jail term for her part in a gang attack on a man broke down in tears in a dock. Samantha Kay, 21, whose baby is due in about five weeks time, was found guilty of causing grievous bodily harm with intent after a four day trial
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Crumbling Catholic churches under threat
A MEETING to discuss the future of the Catholic Church in Hyndburn has been called by the Bishop of Salford amid fears over the crumbling state of some of the buildings. The future of four churches -- Sacred Heart, St Anne's, St Joseph and St Mary in
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The truth about cats 'n' dogs
HOLIDAYMAKERS who pine for their pets will soon be able to zoom in on their furry friends big brother-style. A new £100,000 animal hotel in Great Harwood will install webcams in every kennel so people can log on, wherever they are in the world, and take
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Chemists on Duty
Thursday, April 25 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, April 26 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
Monday, April 22 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, April 23 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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Charity trek youngsters cover 20 miles
FIFTY children from Moorland School in Clitheroe cast off the memories of foot and mouth in the area by stepping out for a 20-mile walk in aid of diabetic research. The walk, usually an annual affair, had to be cancelled last year due to the foot and
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County won't capitulate
NORWICH City may look to have a simple task on Sunday with the visit of bottom club Stockport County to Carrow Road but the Hatters are determined to do Burnley a favour. Even before the Clarets beat Stockport County at Wembley in 1994's second division
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There is room for improvement, says Jepson
THE reserves' season may have ended in disappointment with defeat by Preston North End in the title decider but manager Ronnie Jepson was far from dejected. As he reflected on his first season in charge of the Clarets second string in the Avon Insurance
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Local leagues
AUSTRALIAN Mark Higgs is looking forward to one Transco Lancashire League fixture in particular this season - the one against Ramsbottom. His side Church travel to Nelson tomorrow for the first game of the new season. But the fixture the 25-year-old is
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Clarets concentrate on their own job...
STAN Ternent's first target for tomorrow is to beat Coventry City and then he admitted: "Our fate will be in the lap of the Gods." The Clarets boss remained both relaxed and upbeat as he looked ahead to a game that will be full of tension. "We are in
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Shakers stars in fight for jobs
SHAKERS skipper Martyn Forrest says players will be playing to stay in a job when they take on Peterborough in their 'meaningless' last game in Division Two writes Chris Hall Bury travel to the London Road ground seemingly with nothing to play for after
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Birthday inside for 'Pied Piper' of Darwen
A TEENAGER dubbed the Pied Piper because of his influence over other youngsters on an estate where he was later banned was today celebrating his birthday in a secure unit. Blackburn Magistrates sent Lee Taylor, 16 today, to Lancaster Farms juveniles detention
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Spectacular relay marks the special week
BLACKBURN town centre proved right on track for an army of volunteers taking part in one of the biggest and most spectacular charity events ever staged in Lancashire. The 2002 Multiple Sclerosis North West Awareness Campaign, held all this week, took
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Trust scheme points way to success
BLACKBURN has been chosen for the launch pad of a pilot project for young people. The Prince's Trust launched Route 14/25 at Ewood Park when details were revealed of how it will benefit up to 1,500 people in Lancashire and an estimated 4,000 across the
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War children to benefit from fund
THE Dean of Blackburn has praised the generosity of the people of the town who helped raise almost £7,000 for a fund-raising appeal. The Blackburn with Darwen Afghanistan Interfaith Appeal was launched in February by the Dean, the Very Rev Christopher
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Asylum seekers crisis rebounds
HAULIERS have been forced to deliver tonnes of cargo destined for UK customers by road after the Channel Tunnel was closed to rail freight traffic. French train operators SNCF were forced to suspend rail freight traffic as the problem with asylum seekers
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Missing pension book investigated
AN investigation has been launched after an elderly woman claimed she returned from a winter holiday to find her pension book had gone missing. Vera McNally, 79, who was in the RAF throughout the Second World War, had to wait ten weeks for her money to
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End of era for Millennium club
DEMOLITION work has begun on an abandoned town centre nightclub -- but mystery surrounds want is to happen to the site. Fire bosses today welcomed news that bulldozers had arrived at the Millennium nightclub, saying it would rid Blackburn town centre
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Rugby League
CHORLEY Lynx's recent signing Graham Close is out to build on his debut success against Leigh Centurions at Hilton Park tomorrow in the West section of the Buddies National League Cup. Former Warrington player, who scored a brace of tries on his debut
