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EVENTS taking place in East Lancashire on Thursday, Date: June 27
A LOOK at events, from amateur theatre to rambles through our beautiful countryside. Absolute Beginners Watercolour Painting, Rossendale Museum, Whitaker Park, Rawtenstall, 10am-noon. Chumbawamba, Mechanics, Manchester Road, Burnley. Musical Evening,
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Kennedy not interested in Shakers' takeover
SALE Sharks RUFC owner Brian Kennedy has no interest in taking over Bury Football Club but is still keen on a groundshare scheme with the Gigg Lane club. That much is clear after Shakers joint chairman John Smith and Save Our Shakers fundraising chairman
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Downpour doesn't dampen footy fives
They may have had to cut the competition in half but it did not dampen the spirits of Ighten Leigh's annual five-a-side competition which is now in its fourth year. Only 26 of the original 50 teams got to take part in the event after a downpour put the
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Forget kangaroos -- it's cricket all the way!
Well I'm back from my adventures Down Under and already my memories of patting kangaroos, cuddling koalas and watching penguins are a fast fading memory as I turn my attention back to my beloved Grassroots. For I have already been back in work for a week
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Nobel gesture as teams take part
Teams came from as far as Liverpool, Oldham and Southport but it was local sides who took most of the honours at Akzo Nobel's annual five-a-side tournament. Host side Akzo Nobel lead the charge winning two age groups as East Lancashire sides won four
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Why are local traders upset?
ICAN'T help but wonder why Blackburn market traders are so upset about the 'French market.' After all, one event is unlikely to drastically affect their profits. Are they possibly afraid that people might find out how cheap and fresh the French traders
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Has council lost the plot?
HOW wonderful to see the working of local government, albeit at second-hand. Blackburn with Darwen, the award-winning unitary authority, manages to upset even its lollipop people, never mind anybody else (LET, June 17). And yet not a million miles away
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New post for MP
BURY South MP Ivan Lewis has been given a new ministerial job by his bosses in Government. Mr Lewis is the new junior minister for adult learning in the department for education and skills. It's a sideways move for the Labour man, who was made junior
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What's in store for council houses?
THE future of Bury's council houses comes under the microscope when experts report back with their findings. Tenants are invited to the first of a series of "feedback" meetings to hear the verdict from consultants. Town hall bosses are looking at a range
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Praising Donna is child's play!
TOP of the class are child carer Donna Jones and four-year-old Alicia Pitt. The toddler who attends Creche and Co Ltd's Fairfield's Nursery in Bury entered a national art competition to tell the country how wonderful her teacher is. Alicia's colourful
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Home patients forced to move
TWENTY elderly patients, including one aged 93, are being forced to move after the owners of a private home announced its closure. Holme Nursing Home, which gives nursing, residential and mental health care to people aged over 80, in Burnley Road, Cliviger
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Invisible men of American soccer
A COLLEAGUE returned from the United States at the weekend to reveal that the country's achievement in reaching the last eight of the World Cup had been as well reported as the fact that Latvia won the Eurovision Song Contest. Rovers' Brad Friedel may
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Unsal in cup fight
ROVERS defender Hakan Unsal faces a race against time to be fit for the biggest game of his life, the World Cup semi-final against Brazil on Wednesday. Unsal missed the golden goal defeat of Senegal in the quarter-finals at the weekend with a knee problem
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Kaiserslautern defender is on his way to Ewood
GRAEME Souness has made his second summer signing with 21-year-old German defender Sebastian Pelzer moving to Ewood Park from Bundesliga side FC Kaiserslautern. The attacking left back had two separate trials with Blackburn Rovers at Brockhall last season
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Jamie mum's plea for mercy trip cash
THE mum of a Burnley youngster hoping to travel to Hungary for special medical treatment has appealed for help with the cost of the trip. Anita Graham, of Waddington Avenue, is trying to raise £15,000 to send her five-year-old son Jamie to the Peto Institute
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Home patients forced to move
TWENTY elderly patients, including one aged 93, are being forced to move after the owners of a private home announced its closure. Holme Nursing Home, which gives nursing, residential and mental health care to people aged over 80, in Burnley Road, Cliviger
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Polluting dairy is hit by £2,000 fine
A COMPANY which polluted a tributary of Pendle Water in Barrowford was fined £2,000 by Reedley Magistrates Court. Bowland Dairy Products Limited, which has a base at Fulshaw Head Farm in Barrowford, was also ordered to pay £1,104 to the Environment Agency
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10 years ago
Veteran television astronomer Patrick Moore took on a starring role when he switched on Blackburn College's new cable channel. Open Campus Television was the first educational TV channel to be launched in the country.
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Pub's £150,000 revamp
THE Dog and Otter pub in Great Harwood has reopened after a major refurbishment costing more than £150,000. The pub on Cliffe Lane has received a massive facelift with a brand new bar, lounge, restaurant and a newly fitted kitchen. The Dog and Otter is
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'Fake' copper robs elderly woman
POLICE in Great Harwood have warned people to be vigilant after an 87-year-old woman was duped by a conman posing as a police officer. The woman, from Gloucester Avenue, had just returned home from shopping in Clayton-le-Moors when the incident happened
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Summer fun for Burnley school children
ALMOST 1,000 schoolchildren will be enjoying a summer of fun this year hosted by Burnley Football Club's community team. A grant of over £140,000 from the New Opportunities Fund will go toward providing a series of activities for children from the Burnley
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CRICKET: Byas return will boost sorry Lancs
DAVID BYAS will make an 11th hour bid to boost Lancashire as they return to Championship action against Kent in Liverpool tomorrow. The former Yorkshire skipper, who has been out since breaking his knuckle on May 24, will see a specialist at 8.30am. And
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Clarets keeping fit for new season
A NUMBER of Clarets stars were back at Gawthorpe yesterday morning as they continued the build-up to the new season. It is now fewer than seven weeks until Brighton and Hove Albion visit Turf Moor for the first game of the season and the full pre-season
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Criticism are unjust - Neville
SAVE Our Shakers fundraising chairman Neville Neville has hit back at fans who are criticising his involvement in the club writes Phil Thorp The former commercial boss at Gigg Lane has been the target of a number of letters in the Bury Times regarding
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Gala returns after foot and mouth
TOCKHOLES Village Gala is back after foot and mouth stopped the event for the first time in three decades last year. The event, which takes place around the village, is being staged on July 6 and organisers hope to make it one of the best. Last year,
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Crisis talks on woods hit by floods
RESIDENTS across Darwen are being asked to attend a crisis meeting tonight,arranged to work out what to do with flood-ravaged Sunnyhurst Woods. Council officers and members of the Friends of Sunnyhurst Woods will be at the meeting, being held little more
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Mother slams appeal of axe killer
THE mother of a wealthy Rawtenstall businessman who was axed to death today hit out at his killer's plans to appeal against her five-year sentence for manslaughter. Former escort girl Jan Charlton was cleared of the murder of Danny O'Brien, 41, last month
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Scarecrow hunt adds to the fun
SCORES of scarecrows took over a village to help a church celebrate its 150th anniversary. St Thomas Church, Musbury, in Helmshore, held a scarecrow trail all around the village, when hundreds of people picked up a map and took to the streets to find
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Mix-up left Civic Hall uninsured
A CIVIC Hall was left uninsured for 18 months after a mix-up between officials, which only came to light when robbers stole £2,300 from the building. Now, Whitworth Recreation and Leisure Trust is calling on Rossendale Council, which owns Whitworth Civic
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Wakefield funeral for fire death brothers
THE FUNERAL of three brothers who died in a Blackpool house fire is to take place on Tuesday, June 25. A Lancashire Police spokesman said Lumb brothers Gage, 8, Arnie, 5, and Callum 4, who died in a blaze at their Boothroyden home at North Shore, would
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Two dead in Fylde road collisions
POLICE have named the victims of two fatal Fylde Coast road crashes which happened within two hours of each other on Sunday morning (June 23). Driver David Rumming, of Garrick Grove, Layton was pronounced dead at the scene after his Volkswagen Golf ploughed
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Appeal gets a boost from Alice's jar
CARING pensioner Alice Smith has been coppering up for six months and is donating her jar of pennies to the Lancashire Evening Telegraph Magic Eye Appeal. Alice, 76, has been collecting 2ps and 1ps since Christmas, having donated the earlier contents
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Reforming addict gets a second chance
A REFORMING drug addict was given a further chance to prove himself when magistrates agreed to defer sentence for an attempted handbag snatch. Blackburn magistrates heard how Paul Kinsey McGinty had been a "jibbering wreck" when he went into a Midlands
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GOLF: In good Nick
Nick Uttley followed up his Harold Ryden Trophy success with a joint fifth finish at the Trafalgar Trophy at Nelson. The Nelson golfer beat Anthony Harwood in the final of the Harold Ryden last Wednesday and shot rounds of 72 and 70 to finish five strokes
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Council staff threaten strike over pay offer
COUNCIL workers are gearing up for their first strike over pay for many years. A one-day stoppage on July 17 has been pencilled in as a day of action if last-minute talks fail. Three of the largest trade unions, Unison, GMB and the TGWU, are balloting
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Salford-bound Swinton let Hawks off the hook
Swinton Lions 24 Hunslet Hawks 24 (at Hilton Park, Leigh) ON the night Swinton officially confirmed their move to Salford City's ground, they went on to produce a performance not geared to winning them friends in new places writes Steve Bott Leading by
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At last! Sun, runs and plenty of buns!
What a difference a fortnight's sun makes! Plenty of cricket, games and practices, lots of runs and wickets and even sunburnt bald slapheads. Junior cricket at Nelson has seen victories across all age groups and, more importantly, has seen several half
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New boys Riley's hit top spot
League new boys Rileys Snooker Club got one over their close rivals Haideria to go to the top of the B Division. A five wicket haul from Arshad Mahmood and fine batting performance from Liyaqat Feroze, Arif Akram and Asif Malik guided Rileys to a comfortable
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The ice maiden cometh!
Karen Barber knows exactly what it takes to become an international ice skater having skated at the highest level for more than a decade. And now the former Olympian is doing her utmost to try and get local skaters from the barrier on to the international
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When were last church services?
CAN any reader help me to determine when St Margaret's Church, Burnley, held its last services and when it was demolished, please? I have inquired without success through all the obvious sources. KEN SPENCER, 167 Manchester Road, Burnley BB11 4HR.
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Double glazed windows a pain
IWONDER if any tenants on the Shadsworth and Whitebirk estates in Blackburn are pleased with the external works that have been carried out. I was very happy in my nice quiet and warm home until March. Then we had double glazed windows installed, which
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Better things for council to tackle
IS it not time that Blackburn with Darwen Council was applauded for its decision to hold a French market in what was once Blackburn's principal street? It is most appropriate as it is in keeping with the council's magnificent reconstruction in Church
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French fare stale and unhygenic
BLACKBURN market traders have little or nothing to fear from the French market soon to be held in Church Street. My family and I visited one of these three-day French markets last month in Lowestoft. Never again! None of the stalls selling meat or sausages
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Clampers relax grip
MOTORISTS in Whitefield can rest easy after a clamping company relaxed its grip on the Brand Centre car park. As reported in the Guide drivers complained that MGB Clamping Company Ltd was causing havoc after imposing £85 fines on cars parked on the closed
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Teenage driver died as he 'fooled' at wheel
A YOUNG driver who was twice the drink-drive limit was killed "in a fleeting second" after fooling around behind the wheel. Shaun Gornall,18, died instantly after colliding head-on with another car in Preston New Road, Samlesbury. His friend James Blackshaw
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Dead ants in dad's Walnut Whip
HUNGRY DAD Chris Orrell was keenly ant-icipating tucking into his favourite chocolate snack. But when the 32-year-old took a bite out of a Vanilla Walnut Whip he found dozens of dead ants inside. The disgruntled father-of-two, from Prestwich, immediately
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Happy to be home
A CALIFORNIA-BOUND pensioner who ended up thousands of miles away in Costa Rica by mistake has returned home safe and well. Trudy Rosenfield (70), from Whitefield, hit the national headlines after a travel blunder meant she was sent to the wrong San Jose
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Crash cabbie is given drinks ban
A PART-time cabbie almost three times the limit has lost his licence and his job after being banned for two years. Burnley Magistrates heard father-of-one Craig Henry Cooper, 42, would also lose his employment with a finance company after a late morning
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Lighting cigarette led to car in crash
A SOLDIER who smashed a car into a lamp post told police he lost control while lighting a cigarette. Burnley Magistrates heard how signalman Mohammed Usman, 19, panicked and he and the car owner ran into the field to think what to do. Usman, of St Mary's
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Politicians young and older swap notes
TWO politicians of two different generations swapped notes when a youth politician dropped into a present MP's office. Tanzil Aslam, 16, of Thursby Road, Nelson, and Pendle's Youth Parliament representative, visited MP Gordon Prentice's office. Tanzil
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Five years ago
The Royal National Institute for the Blind wanted to establish a Blackburn fund-raising committee. The charity was looking for a chairman, treasurer, secretary, fund raising co-ordinator and volunteers.
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Inquiry ends as finance director resigns
A FINANCE official who was at the centre of a council investigation has quit his post. Alan Rainford, 44, Hyndburn Council's financial director, tendered his resignation on Friday, five weeks after he was suspended from his £45,000-a-year job. Details
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Tough line with tax fraudsters
A BURY tax specialist says the Inland Revenue is taking a tough new line with fraudsters. Mr Alan McCann, director of tax at Bury-based business advisers DTE, says the Revenue is increasingly using its powers to confiscate assets obtained with the proceeds
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Clarets keeping fit for new season
A NUMBER of Clarets stars were back at Gawthorpe yesterday morning as they continued the build-up to the new season. It is now fewer than seven weeks until Brighton and Hove Albion visit Turf Moor for the first game of the season and the full pre-season
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CRICKET: Inter-league draws on way
The draw for the Inter League Trophy between sides from the Transco Lancashire League and sides from the Central Lancs League is as follows - Rochdale v Burnley, East Lancs v Radcliffe. Ties are to be played on Saturday, July 20. Accrington beat Lowerhouse
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Penning England's Last Hope
HANDWRITING expert Louis Samuel from Whitefield took a break from studying other people's jottings to pen a book for himself. In England's Last Hope, Louis, of Richmond Close, takes a largely comic, but part serious look at life as a conscript during
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Refs' course
BURY Referees' Association will be hold a new class three referees' course at St.Mary's Social Club, Pine Street, Radcliffe. The course will be ran over five Tuesday nights in July and the exam will be on August 6. Contact Peter Adamson 0161 796 5756
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Kaiserslautern defender is on his way to Ewood
GRAEME Souness has made his second summer signing with 21-year-old German defender Sebastian Pelzer moving to Ewood Park from Bundesliga side FC Kaiserslautern. The attacking left back had two separate trials with Blackburn Rovers at Brockhall last season
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Work to start on car park
MORE car parking spaces are to be provided for shoppers and visitors in Radcliffe. On Monday, work started on a new public car park on Blackburn Street at the site of demolished terraced properties and refurbishment of the existing back street route,
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Only a man can turn a cold into a plague
ALL women know that men hate talking about their health. Only last night I arrived home to be met by a moaning, groaning husband, weaving his way slowly around the house like a wounded grizzly bear. "What's the matter?" I asked. "Nothing," came the reply
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Nursery marks jubilee
YOUNGSTERS in red, white and blue and armed with Union Jacks enjoyed two parties rolled into one when their Darwen nursery staged a Golden Jubilee party and summer fair. Staff from Les Enfants nursery in Avondale Road decided to bring their annual summer
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Disabled to join in spirit of games
ADULTS with learning difficulties or physical disabilities will celebrate their triumph over adversity in a special sporting competition. They will compete as part of the Commonwealth Games' Spirit of Friendship Festival. A triathlon, ten pin bowling,
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Designed in Darwen!
BUSINESSMAN Stephen Render masterminded the construction of a West Indian cricket ground -- from from the living room of his bungalow in Darwen! Stephen, of SJC Consultants, bowled over the Caribbean competition to win the contract to organise electrical
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Name your potion
I AM currently doing some research on folk medicine. May I invite your readers to write to me or call 01706-878340 if they have any old remedies, of whatever nature, or know of remedies used by grandparents etc. The more unusual the better. I would also
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Make your mark in the world of fashion
BUDDING young fashion designers are being asked to step forward and take part in a unique competition later this year. As part of Mela 2002, which takes place at the NEC in Birmingham on 18th-20th October the 'RCKC Young Designer of the Year Competition
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Make your mark in the world of fashion
BUDDING young fashion designers are being asked to step forward and take part in a unique competition later this year. As part of Mela 2002, which takes place at the NEC in Birmingham on 18th-20th October the 'RCKC Young Designer of the Year Competition
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Praise for school
AN East Lancashire school has been praised for boosting pupils who come from deprived homes. Our Lady and St John RC High School in Blackburn has won the prestigious Quality Mark from the Basic Skills Agency. Agency inspectors said: "The school refuses
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Pubs' battle on over reforms
EVERY pub in East Lancashire will be mailed a 'call to arms' to fight the Government's licensing plans next week. The national mailshot from the bosses of Shepherd Neame, Britain's oldest brewery, and Wetherspoon seeks to explain the alleged pitfalls
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Judge's praise for 'wonder parents'
A JUDGE who agreed £2 million compensation after a baby suffered brain damage during birth has praised the family for the care and devotion they have given their son. Justice Brian Leveson at Preston Crown Court session house ratified the payout for Craig
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Residents complain as carpet firm clears site
OFFICIALS are monitoring a carpet firm after residents living nearby complained about smoke from burning rubbish and debris. Residents said that Causeway Carpets in Roe Lee Mill Industrial Park, Blackburn, started burning trees and demolishing buildings
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£2.5m school plan set to go ahead
EDUCATION bosses are set to push ahead with plans to create a new £2.5million primary school in Blackburn. Two CE primary schools will be closed in the Ewood area and be replaced by the new school on Fernhurst estate. The estate's creation has caused
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Estates to have street booze ban
STREETS on housing estates are set to become booze-free zones in a bid to halt teenage street corner drinkers making residents' lives a misery. More than £100,000 has been secured to extend Operation Crystal Clear, which banned drinking in Blackburn town
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Teenage driver died as he 'fooled' at wheel
A YOUNG driver who was twice the drink-drive limit was killed "in a fleeting second" after fooling around behind the wheel. Shaun Gornall,18, died instantly after colliding head-on with another car in Preston New Road, Samlesbury. His friend James Blackshaw
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Dealing with Denmark
BUSINESS Link North Manchester is hosting a breakfast at 8.30am on Thursday at The Village hotel, Bury. It is for companies in Bolton, Bury, Rochdale, Wigan and Oldham who want to find out how to do business with Denmark. Businesses will also have the
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GOLF: Kirsty's reward
Clitheroe golfer Kirsty Taylor finished joint ninth at the French Open at the Golf d'Arras course. Taylor, pictured, finished three under after rounds of 68, 72, 74 and 71, picking up around £3,000 in prize money. Taylor finished 13 shots behind the winner
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What's On:
PUBS AND BARS THE ROYAL OAK, Lytham Road, South Shore, Blackpool. Live music: Fri -- Nemesis. Sat -- U4ria. THE ROYAL HOTEL, North Promenade, Cleveleys. Live music: Thurs -- Flame. Fri -- The Fearless Brothers. Sat -- Darious Foe. Sun -- On The Edge.
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Biker's cliff death mystery
A 33-YEAR-OLD cyclist who plunged 50ft to his death at a local beauty spot may have taken the wrong path along a cliff edge, an inquest heard. Motorcycle courier Matthew James Deacon, of Bury New Road, Whitefield, was found by a man walking in the woods
