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EVENTS taking place in East Lancashire on Tuesday, Date: May 28
A LOOK at events, from amateur theatre to rambles through our beautiful countryside. Save Our Homes and Day Centres meeting, Accrington Town Hall, 6pm. Irish Night and Spring Raffle, KSC 110 Club, Burnley, 8pm. Huncoat Neighbourhood's Open Meeting, Methodist
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Action must be fast AND work
AT last officials have reacted to two years of campaigning by this newspaper to highlight the fears of staff, unions and local residents about security at Calderstones hospital. The backgrounds of the types of patients being housed in the medium secure
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Outfoxing foxes
FEW people have a good word to say about the fox, but there is no doubt that there are very few more attractive creatures than a fox cub. I once talked to an old farmer who told me that there were good foxes and bad foxes. After more than 60 years of
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Bird of the week
WHILE strolling around Tockholes I found the nest of a blackcap containing young which were being fed. The nest looked so fragile that I could almost see through the floor. Whilst I was watching from a discreet distance it began to rain very heavily and
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Make the most of countryside
THE Forest of Burnley organisation is planning a very active June and they want lots of people to take part. For more details you can telephone on 01282 839657. On Sunday, June 16 at 2pm there will be a family cycle ride but this can also be followed
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Teenager admits escape
A 19-year-old Blackburn teenager who admitted escaping from a police officer will have to wait until next month to learn his fate. James Wylie, of Roberts Street, pleaded guilty to escaping from PC Mark Laing on November 11 last year, when he appeared
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Errol 'thin' found starving
ERROL was found by Manchester Dog Wardens in the Chorlton area. He is a medium sized black and fawn lurcher, approx. seven years old. He was admitted to the Home on the 15th May, 2002. Errol was in a shocking state. He has been starving for some time
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'Ladies day' a huge success
AS part of the local celebration of the Queen's Jubilee, a group of ladies from Balderstone and the surrounding districts organised a charity bazaar and coffee morning at Mellor Brook Community Centre on May 11. Lots of people turned up and thanks are
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Give a dog a home?
A PRETTY Manchester terrier cross found wandering in Blackburn on Wednesday by the dog warden is in desperate need of a new home. The terrier, a bitch, is thought to be about two-and-a-half years old. She is black, tan and white and, although she was
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Church caters for all ages
REGARDING Mr Dino Christodoulou's acclaim for St Bartholomew's Church at Ewood (Letters, May 14), I have no real need to go round looking for the best church. For me, St James' at Stopes Brow, Lower Darwen, is the church. We at St James quite often have
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A title Baz wants to lose
BAZ holds the title of the longest staying dog at Manchester Dogs' Home. He has been with us since July 2001 - could you be that special person to take him home. Baz is only two years old now. He is a tan and sable medium sized dog. He will obey basic
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Put speeding blame on me
AS I sat, reading my letter from the police for speeding at 35 mph, I thought, who could this be? Surely, not me -- over 30 years' driving, always been a good boy. Who was it? Same name, same car registration. Who is this person? Maybe it is me, but it
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Plot to create a superstate
AT first the idea of a regional parliament based here instead of in London seems a good one. But this is part of a plot by Brussels to create a superstate. The Eurocrats want to build the United States of Europe, against the wishes of most ordinary people
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Supporter turned back
A ENGLAND fan from Burnley has been refused entry into Japan, police sources have said. Mark Holden, 33, was turned back by Japanese immigration authorities at Narita International Airport in Tokyo, the UK's National Criminal Intelligence Service (NCIS
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Walking wounded improving
BLACKBURN midfielder David Dunn looks set to miss out on a World Cup call-up after Sven Goran Eriksson's walking wounded took another giant step towards full fitness in Kobe today. Dunn and Leeds United's Alan Smith -- who are both currently on standby
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Dunn plays a waiting game
IT'S not exactly how he had imagined it. As Blackburn midfielder David Dunn worked up a sweat in a corner of the gym at Brockhall yesterday, there were only 23 other Englishmen in the world he would have dreamed of swapping places with. For, while the
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Indecent assault in street
A 28-year-old woman was indecently assaulted after a man started chatting to her on a Burnley street. The incident, at 3.30am on Sunday, happened after the woman walked from Church Street to Lindsay Street. Det Sgt Steve Mounsey said: "She was approached
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Three men remanded in custody on murder charge
A TEENAGER who died after an incident in a nightclub had been out celebrating a friend's 18th birthday, it has been revealed. A doorman and his son appeared in court yesterday charged with the murder of Gavin Tattersall, 18. Mr Tattersall, of Cambridge
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Man's frantic bid to save fiancee's life
A FIANCE told how he desperately tried to save his girlfriend with the kiss of life after he found her collapsed in the bath two days after they got engaged. Although an inquest in Burnley was told Samantha Fogg, 22, of Selkirk Street, Burnley, had a
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Ban for former cabbie
FORMER cabbie stopped by police made eight attempts to give a specimen of breath -- but managed only one, a court heard. Burnley magistrates heard how Mohammed Javed, 31, had no driving licence and wasn't insured. Javed, of Hartington Street, Brierfield
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Aero firm slips into the red
THE events of September 11 helped push East Lancashire aerospace employer L Gardner into the red. The firm, which employs more than 500 at its Cleveland Guest and Pendle Aeroform sites in East Lancashire, today released figures for the six months to February
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Five years ago
FIREFIGHTERS were investigating the cause of a blaze which wrecked a groundsman's hut belonging to St Cuthbert's Church in Darwen. The fire in Westminster Road badly damaged gardening equipment.
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Council officer probe decision due
THE officer at the centre of a council investigation should learn his fate in the next few days. Hyndburn Borough Council manager Mike Chambers said he hoped to receive the report into the inquiry into finance director Alan Rainford soon. Mr Rainford
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Friends raise £6,700 for coma teenager
FUND-RAISERS today revealed they were well on their way to raising £10,000 to look after a teenager recovering from a coma. Andrew McMinn, 19, of Blake Gardens, Great Harwood, was a passenger in a car which crashed into a stone wall in Clayton-le-Moors
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HART beat helps to protect traders
A SCHEME to protect traders from criminal activities is set to be relaunched to coincide with major developments in a town centre. The HART Scheme, Hyndburn Association for Retail Traders, will be relaunched alongside an increase in policing in Accrington
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Mum's message to 'scum' thieves
A WOMAN has struck back against the "scum" who burgled her house and ransacked her daughters' bedrooms by circulating a letter warning neighbours to be vigilant. Diane Skinner, of Albert Street, Clayton-le-Moors, discovered the break-in at her terrace
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Appliance of science a winner
YOUNG scientists from St Augustine's RC High School have won through to the finals of a national schools science competition. The Billington school is one of only 18 to make it to the closing stages of the BNFL-sponsored competition. Organised by the
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Tributes to a sport all-rounder
TRIBUTES have been paid to a popular sportsman who died on a golf course. Peter Grainger, 53, of Singleton Avenue, Read, collapsed and died during a competition at Whalley Golf Club. The keen cricketer was brought up in Read and attended Clitheroe Royal
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Gazza's future on hold
PAUL Gascoigne's footballing future is on hold until the World Cup has finished. Gazza, who was 35 on Monday, ended the season with Burnley after they took over his contract from Everton in the middle of March. His close friend and confidante Jimmy "Five
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Lancashire's World Cup blow
LANCASHIRE have resigned themselves to the blow of having to play their Benson and Hedges Cup semi on the same day as England play Argentina in the World Cup. Normally they would hope for a gate of over 10,000 for the clash with Warwickshire on June 7
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Swedes hoodoo can be broken
ALEX Stepney was England's goalkeeper the last time they beat Sweden and he is hoping that the 34-year hoo-doo will be broken on Sunday. Stepney, who was the Clarets goalkeeping coach last season, won his one and only cap as the then World Champions beat
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Dunn plays a waiting game
AS Blackburn midfielder David Dunn worked up a sweat in a corner of the gym at Brockhall yesterday, there were only 23 other Englishmen in the world he would have dreamed of swapping places with. For, while the rest of his Rovers team-mates are no doubt
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Optics ruling one in the eye for shorter measures
DRINKERS at a Darwen bar are being given larger measures to raise their spirits. Bar Java, in Wellington Fold, is one of the first pubs to change from 25ml to new 35ml optics as the industry moves into line with the rest of the world. Marketing manager
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People's party for tower supporters
DARWEN people are invited to another party at their tower. The re-opening community celebration is on Friday, almost six weeks after the landmark was made available to the public again. A low-key ceremony at the end of April was criticised for failing
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Soccer card cheat is caught in the act
FOOTBALL card cheat Bernard Seaborn was well offside with his collecting ruse. Armed with the cards and claiming to be raising money for two under 16's soccer sides, the 61-year-old conned people out of money. However, the ruse came to an end when someone
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Girl was given a lift in stolen car
A TEENAGER did not realise the car she was given a lift in was stolen until after it had crashed into a fence and the driver confessed. Blackburn magistrates heard Lisa Holt then got back into the car with three males as it was driven in a reckless manner
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Hospital crackdown pledge
BOSSES at Calderstones Hospital are poised for a major security crackdown after a series of safety breaches culminated in a patient going on the run from armed police. The incident, during which the man was believed to have a knife, came days after a
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He is more than a lad
JACK was collected from Trafford police station on the 28th February 2002. He was found wandering in the Trafford area. He is a large brindle male dog approx two years old. He will obey basic commands such as sit and stay. Jack has a very happy personality
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A mini German shepherd called Dan
DAN was collected from Manchester Police and brought to Manchester Dogs Home on the 25th February 2002. He was found in the Longsight area. He is a medium sized, black and tan male dog approximately six years old. He looks like a mini German shepherd.
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A real gentleman is James
JAMES is a black and white cross Labrador. He is medium sized and approximately 18 months old. He was admitted to the Home on the 4th March after being left in Asda car park, Harpurhey. He will sit, stay and give you his paw and will fetch a ball - he
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Leave war graves alone
HAVING just returned from Flanders and the Somme battlefields, I am totally against any disturbance of graves of men of the bravest British Army of all time. The area is well served by ports and airports near Paris. RUSSELL DAVIES, Willis Road, Feniscliffe
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Fit enough to play "tuggy" games?
BARNEY was collected from the Manchester police after being found in the Clayton area. He is a dark brindle and white, medium sized male dog, approx. six years old. Barney is a real character, he oozes with energy. He will fetch a ball and obey basic
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Pinelope in a smash
Pinelope was admitted to the Manchester Dogs' Home on the 17th April 2002. She had been involved in a road traffic accident in the Beswick area of Manchester and taken to a local vet's surgery.. She has had a pin inserted in her right leg to keep the
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Road has been turned into 'The Somme'
IN vain, have I waited for the claims of Ash Lane, Great Harwood, to be put forward in your "worst road in Lancashire" category, an oversight which I would like to rectify now. Having only moved here in June, 2001, I can honestly claim to have seen it
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Motorist cut free from car
ONE man had to be cut free from his car after a serious collision in Leigh early today. The accident, involving a Peugeot 305 and a Ford Mondeo, happened at 5.30am on Atherleigh Way, at the junction of Kirkhall Lane, outside Asda. The Peugeot driver was
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Hospital crackdown pledge
BOSSES at Calderstones Hospital are poised for a major security crackdown after a series of safety breaches culminated in a patient going on the run from armed police. The incident, during which the man was believed to have a knife, came days after a
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Swedes hoodoo can be broken
ALEX Stepney was England's goalkeeper the last time they beat Sweden and he is hoping that the 34-year hoo-doo will be broken on Sunday. Stepney, who was the Clarets goalkeeping coach last season, won his one and only cap as the then World Champions beat
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Dunn plays a waiting game
IT'S not exactly how he had imagined it. As Blackburn midfielder David Dunn worked up a sweat in a corner of the gym at Brockhall yesterday, there were only 23 other Englishmen in the world he would have dreamed of swapping places with. For, while the
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Decade of fund-raising celebrated
SATURDAY marked the 10th anniversary of the annual garden party and plant sale in aid of hospice care in Burnley and Pendle. And it was also the 10th year that John Whitford has helped grow and sell hundreds of plants for Pendleside Hospice Care. Mr Whitford
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Waiting times get the all-clear by CHC
HEALTH bosses in Burnley were given an all-clear when they were visited by the Community Health Council to look at waiting times. Members of Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale CHC visited the accident and emergency department at Burnley General Hospital last
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Worsthorne Bulletin
WORSTHORNE'S popular Mums and Toddlers group meet on Thursday mornings in the Church Rooms from 9.30 to 11.30. It only costs £1 per family. The Toddler Group's main fund-raising event this year is being organised by Barnardos -- a Toddle at Blackpool
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Bid to sell stolen jewellery ends in jail term
A MAN who took part of a high value stolen jewellery haul to a pawn broker's is behind bars for three months. Burnley magistrates heard how Michael Duckworth, 21, and an accomplice were given £75 for the jewels, which the worried owner had carried around
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Badges are big business for students
STUDENTS at a Pendle special school were celebrating yesterday after making and selling 2,749 Jubilee badges to businesses and schools. Teenagers at the student centre at Townhouse School, in Nelson, produce badges each year for various events but were
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Alcoholic died after taking mixture of pills
A 42-YEAR-OLD Nelson woman died after taking a combination of prescription pills. Gail Holden who had been staying with her friend Theodore Jolly, of Netherfield Road, died on December 24. Mr Jolly, who was accused of killing Miss Holden by a female friend
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Road revival plan to lure shoppers
AFTER more than 20 years of being a car-free town centre, Nelson could once again have a road running through the heart of it. Council leader Azhar Ali has proposed the pedestrianised area between Leeds Road and Manchester Road should be reopened to provide
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Ten years ago
DENTISTS in East Lancashire declared war on proposed government cuts in their fees. Fylde dentists made a stand by refusing to accept any new adult NHS patients after proposed fee cuts reached 25 per cent.
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More pubs to switch on for the World Cup mornings
ANOTHER 18 pubs in Hyndburn have been granted early morning licences for the World Cup. This brings the total number of pubs in the borough which will adhere to strict rules, including having a big screen TV and serving food, to 33. The additional pubs
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Three remanded in custody on murder charge
A TEENAGER who died after an incident in a nightclub had been out celebrating a friend's 18th birthday, it has been revealed. A doorman and his son appeared in court yesterday charged with the murder of Gavin Tattersall, 18. Mr Tattersall, of Cambridge
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Tea shop in for top award
A TEA shop in Clitheroe is the toast of the town after being shortlisted for a top award. Cafe Caprice, in Moor Lane, is in the running for the Tea Council's Top Tea Place of Britain Award, following a visit by an anonymous tea-taster. The popular cafe
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WI members dig up farm facts
SLAIDBURN Women's Institute members are researching and recording farm boundaries and field names in the upper Hodder Valley. The project is a community study which is linked with the National WI celebration 'Pathway to the 21st Century,' to mark the
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Swedes hoodoo can be broken
ALEX Stepney was England's goalkeeper the last time they beat Sweden and he is hoping that the 34-year hoo-doo will be broken on Sunday. Stepney, who was the Clarets goalkeeping coach last season, won his one and only cap as the then World Champions beat
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Bottom club's pro happy at New Lane
OSWALDTWISTLE Immanuel professional Rob Ashton believes the green shoots of recovery are starting to sprout at New Lane -- despite the club's wretched start to the season. Immanuel, who have finished in the bottom two in each of the last two years, once
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The snouts in the money trough
OINK! It's the sound of the snouts going into the town hall money troughs as councillors vote themselves pay increases way above the level of inflation. At Blackburn, they are grabbing a 10 per cent rise -- around four times the rate of inflation. In
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Why not shop locally?
ON top of all the worry suffered by his family when 69-year-old Blackburn pensioner, Alzheimer's Disease victim Allan Jones was 'missing' while he trudged 10 miles home in the rain after the bus on a council-organised trip for old folk left without him
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Shakers on brink of survival deal
BURY will be saved from extinction on Friday as creditors agree to write off an £800,000 debt. A deal to hand control of the club to the Save Our Shakers Association has yet to be signed but their largest creditor, the Russell Cooke Trust, are believed
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Power play
A BAND has a booming good new room to practise in. Blackburn with Darwen Brass Band has been given permission to use the Goose House Power Station, in Goose House Lane, Darwen. Coun Tony Humphrys, the mayor of Blackburn with Darwen, opened the room at
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Truly remarkable, that's young Chloe
TEN year-old Chloe McClean had a big surprise when she was named a borough's most remarkable pupil. The pupil of St. Barnabas' Primary School, Knowlesley Road, Darwen, had no idea she had won the award presented by the Soroptimist International of Blackburn
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Over-limit driver's full stop
CID officers did not have to do much investigating when Simon Francis Peter Broughton drove on to the garage forecourt where they were filling their police car. He jerked to a halt and when the officers spoke to him he had clearly been drinking. Broughton
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Mum tells of heartbreak
A FAMILY who saw their father collapse in front of his majorette troupe have taken the agonising decision to switch off his life support machine. Father of four Tony Bowe, 42, who worked at Hamilton McBride in Altham, bent down to pick up a drumstick
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Family turns back yard into skateboard ramp
A SKATEBOARD-mad family are going loop the loopy after cramming a stunt ramp into their back yard! The 18ft-wide and 5ft-high skateboard half-pipe fills the rear of Michael Groocock's terrace -- and his neighbours don't mind a bit! In fact his pensioner
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Missing cat con trick
POLICE are warning homeowners to be vigilant after a thief conned his way into a pensioner's home -- pretending to look for his cat -- and took a purse containing £30 The man, described as a white, approximately 5ft 8ins tall -- called at the 75-year-old
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Soccer ace Dunn shows his bald skills
A BLACKBURN Rovers midfielder's career in hairdressing is over and Dunn before it even got started. David Dunn joined a class of year one modern apprentice students for a fundraising event for Great Harwood crash victim Andrew McMinn, where more than
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Payment by cheque went wrong
A WOMAN detained as she stole a 52p drink from Woolworths was found to be wearing a £39 pair of trainers, stolen when an attempt to pay with a stolen cheque went wrong. Danielle Nicholson, 22, of Devon Road, Blackburn, pleaded guilty at Blackburn magistrates
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This will be a major benefit to patients
ACCURACY is the number one priority for those working with cancer patients in East Lancashire, which is why Dr Charles Grimley is backing the Magic Eye appeal. Dr Grimley, a consultant physician and gastroenterologist at Burnley General Hospital, believes
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GPs step up war on heart disease
DOCTORS in Blackburn with Darwen have set up specialist heart clinics. A total of 33 GP practices under Blackburn with Darwen Primary Care Trust have started clinics to combat the high incidence of the condition in the area. There are just three in the
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Father of three stole from mosque
A MAN broke into a mosque and stole cash after forcing open a safe. Blackburn magistrates ordered the preparation of pre-sentence reports on Salim Ali, 28, after hearing that his previous record included four burglaries of mosques. Ali, of Palmer Road
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Probe into 10-mile walk by pensioner
A SENIOR council officer is to quiz community centre staff on why a pensioner was left to walk 10 miles home after he was left behind on an OAP trip. Sayyed Osman, assistant director for regeneration at Blackburn with Darwen Council, visited the family
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Prisoners missing out on training
INMATES at a Lancashire prison are missing out on valuable training programmes and being locked up for "substantial periods" a report has revealed. Overall Garth Prison, Leyland, was praised as a "very sound establishment" which had shown a great deal
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Men's health week is a first
A NATIONAL medical week for men is to be launched after a six-year crusade by a Bury therapist. Richard O' Neill (40), of Tamworth Drive, Brandlesholme, believed a downward slide in the general health of men needed to be tackled. He found many men seemed
