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Heys pay the price
PRESTWICH HEYS...0 NEW MILLS...2: Home and away fixtures against New Mills didn't bring any joy for Heys. The first team lost 2-0 at Sandgate and the reserves were beaten 5-2 in Derbyshire. After the deserved 2-1 win over Leigh Athletic, this was the
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Stand win again!
STAND made it a weekend to remember as they moved off the bottom of the Central Lancashire League for the first time this season. After last weekend's victory against Unsworth, a confident Stand side entertained Middleton on Saturday. The home side won
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Defender's red card robbed us of classic game
COMMITTED and whole-hearted are two words that would generally be used to describe Lucas Neill, one who you can guarantee will give 100 per cent every game. But unfortunately I have to add the words stupid and irresponsible to those two after his two-footed
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Defender Todd seeking home comfort
ANDY Todd is doubly determined to prove his worth on his Burnley bow. The on-loan Blackburn defender is aware his mistake at Norwich on Saturday cost the Clarets a share of the spoils. And Todd, who makes his home debut against Nottingham Forest tonight
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Banquet time
ALMOST one hundred licensees from in and around Blackburn will be enjoying their association's annual banquet tomorrow. The Blackburn and District LVA are holding the banquet at Mytton Fold Hotel in Langho. President for the event will be Barry Pitt,
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Cause close to many
A CHARITY night for a cause close to many is to be held at an Oswaldtwistle club. Stanhill WMC is holding a fundraising night for Macmillan Nurses on October 3. Don Marsden, concert secretary, said that many will be supporting the cause from personal
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War of words
LIVERPOOL boss Gerard Houllier launched an astonishing attack on Rovers boss Graeme Souness as the row surrounding Lucas Neill threatened to spiral out of control. Souness and Neill both went before TV cameras yesterday to make heart-felt apologies for
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Helpline launched to help in families' difficulties
FAMILIES in Rossendale are being offered a friendly ear in the form of a new helpline for parents and carers. Rossendale Family Forum is behind the plan which will see the launch of the new line this month. Trained volunteers will be manning the call
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Boost for job hunt prospects
A NEW training course designed to improve people's job hunting prospects has been launched in Rossendale. The free two-day course called Getting The Right Job will examine where to look for work, how to apply for jobs and interview skills. Sandra Harrison
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Tutus to the fore to fight breast cancer
SHOPPERS in Rawtenstall will be treated to an unusual sight on Thursday as supermarket staff will be donning tutus to raise money to fight breast cancer. Staff from the Asda store will be dressing up and pushing trolleys through the market and shopping
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Mini raffle in major appeal
EAST Lancashire's three hospices are joining forces for the first time in a major appeal to raise £100,000 for patient care. Helmshore company Musbury Fabrics has donated a brand-new Mini Cooper car -- similar to the one in new movie The Italian Job -
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Family's plea over new dental crisis
THE dental crisis in Rossendale has been thrust into the spotlight once again after another dentist left the Valley. This is the second NHS dentist to leave Rossendale in just a month -- leaving thousands of patients without any dental provision in the
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Glisten glitters in first year figures
GLISTEN PLC, the Blackburn-based chocolates to popcorn group, today announced record annual pre-tax profits of £1.36million. In its first full year on the Stock Market, the company pushed its turnover through the £15million barrier for the first time.
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Social services changes to protect children
SOCIAL Services departments in East Lancashire are set to be overhauled as part of a Government drive to protect children. Blackburn with Darwen Council and Lancashire County Council will be asked, along with other authorities across the country, to appoint
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Dismayed by choice of "weak" scheme
THE council executive recently looked at the three schemes put forward to develop the large area situated at the corner of Bury New Road and Stanley Road, Whitefield, visible as you emerge from the Metrolink station. This is an important site which will
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Rents incentive will be a one-off
FURTHER to the letter from Councillor Gunther (Vouchers-for-rent scheme "an insult", September 5), I must dispute her assertion that the scheme is insulting to the thousands of people who pay rent regularly. Bury Metro Council recently introduced a prize
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£150 million bid for high school
BURY'S 14 high schools could be transformed if a "once in a lifetime" bid for £150 million is successful. It would dwarf an earlier £37 million proposal, which failed, to rebuild three schools under the controversial Private Finance Initiative (PFI).
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Parents take a lot of the blame
IT has to be said that parents bear a lot of responsibility for what happens to their children and a high proportion of them either don't know where their children are or what they are doing. You only have to see the number of young children out unescorted
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Company has been a disaster
REGARDING the article (LET, September 8) on Blackburn Council's apology for the comic-opera outfit, Capita, the company has been a disaster since it started in March, 2001. My personal experience was in September that year when I waited approximately
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Death loch probe after wave hits angler
A FISHERMAN has told how he was lucky to escape with his life after a massive wave swept over him -- at the same spot in Scotland where three members of a Leigh family were killed. Raymond McLeod, aged 40, was fishing at Loch Ryan, near Stranraer, when
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Cyanide alert after body found
A CYANIDE alert was sparked today when a man's body was found in a river by police. The body, which is believed to have contained the chemical, was discovered in the River Darwen close to Swan Farm Close off Branch Road, Lower Darwen at 8.12am. Officers
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Crackdown on 'Bengali Boys' gang
A POLICE chief today said "a cancer" had been removed from society after four members of a notorious gang were ordered to behave or face prison. The four youngsters, all part of a gang calling themselves the Bengali Boys, have been served with interim
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Bringing council closer to the people
TOWN Hall bosses are embarking on a major overhaul to bring services closer to residents across the borough. They have agreed a new "customer contact" strategy to make it easier for people to contact council departments, pay bills and raise questions
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Memorial will be tribute to disbanding association
A CHURCH service and dinner this weekend will officially mark the disbanding of the 80-year-old Tottington Ex-Servicemen's Association. A special service of Evensong will take place at St Anne's Church in Tottington this Sunday (Sept 21) at 4pm. And the
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Where are theynow?...Mike Ferguson
HISTORY might have been made at Ewood on Saturday when Barry Ferguson made his Blackburn debut. But the name Ferguson has been synonymous with Rovers for some time thanks to the exploits of a certain Mike Ferguson in the mid 1960s. Fergie joined Rovers
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I'm sick of being subbed
FORMER Blackburn winger Damien Duff last night admitted he's becoming frustrated by Claudio Ranieri's rotation policy at Chelsea. Duff joined the Blues in the summer for a club record £17 million fee but he has yet to finish a game for his new club as
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War of words
LIVERPOOL boss Gerard Houllier launched an astonishing attack on Rovers boss Graeme Souness as the row surrounding Lucas Neill threatened to spiral out of control. Souness and Neill both went before TV cameras yesterday to make heart-felt apologies for
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Cliviger Bulletin
CLIVIGER Parish Council held their September meeting on Friday at the Village Hall, where details of the proposed car park for use of visitors to the hall were considered. A letter of comment from a resident was read out and objections were raised by
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Super sub Seddon gets his Stag night
SHACKLED striker Gareth Seddon will finally escape the substitutes bench as Shakers take on the last of the Division Two drop-outs on Tuesday night. After beating Huddersfield and taking a draw from Saturday's clash with Cheltenham, Bury are looking to
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Thumbs up for training scheme
PENDLE Training has been praised following a recent inspection. The Nelson-based training provider passed an inspection by The Adult Learning Inspectorate (ALI) with flying colours. ALI, which is responsible for assessing the quality of adult learning
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Ten years ago
PUPILS swapped conventional lessons for a chance to learn performing arts at a school festival. Festival Day at Our Lady and St John High School in Blackburn involved pupils unicycling, juggling and painting.
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Five years ago
A MUM praised surgeons for saving the sight of her son whose eye was penetrated by a dart in a freak accident. Jeanette Sullivan of Pendle Avenue, Chatburn, took her son Mark, 13, to Berwick-on-Tweed hospital after the accident while on holiday.
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Breathing space in tour firm's battle
LANCASHIRE tour operator MyTravel has earned crucial breathing space in its battle for survival, after securing new terms on £221.6 million of debt. The troubled holiday giant has been given an extra three years to pay off the debt to bondholders, who
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Double bike tragedy
A VETERAN motorcyclist has been killed in a road accident seven years after his son died at the Isle of Man TT races. Pensioner Arthur Lofthouse was due to give up motorcycling and was on his last trip before selling his bike. Today his family said he
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Husband jailed for wife's lover attack
A SPURNED husband who forced his way into his wife's lover's house and attacked him as he lay in bed is now starting a six month jail term. Father-of-two Francesco Rizzo's snapped when he found his wife Michelle and her former boyfriend Derek Tattersall
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Athletics: Radcliffe hit the heights
THE Ben Nevis Fell Race is a classic. The ten mile route, with 4400 feet of climbing (and descending) presents the runner with the highest single climb in British fell running. The race attracts a top class entry and reaches its limit long before the
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Shauna's shirt
SHAUNA Murtagh is heading East to trek along the Great Wall of China to raise money for the Breast Cancer Research Fund. And Blackburn Rovers have given her fund a boost by donating a signed shirt which Shauna recently auctioned off for £250. Shauna,
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Angler's 'mad moment'
A MEMBER of a Blackburn-based angling club had a fight on his hands after a row with a fellow member over missing tackle, a court was told. Blackburn magistrates heard that Alan Pickering armed himself with a meat cleaver after a scuffle in the club minibus
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Ex-drinker Fred is now a lecturer
A REFORMED alcoholic is teaching students about the effects of alcohol after kicking the bottle and fulfilling a vow to become a university lecturer. Fred Harris was an alcoholic for 20 years but today he is a permanent research fellow and lecturer at
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Strike cash blow to crews' training
FIRE chiefs will not be reimbursed for £170,000 they lost during the fire strikes. The losses were incurred at Lancashire Combined Fire Authority's Washington Hall training centre near Chorley, mainly as a result of the cancellation of courses during
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Rams must do better
RAMSBOTTOM manager Andy Grimshaw will be hoping for a vast improvement when his side entertain Abbey Hey tonight (kick-off 7.45pm). The Rams chief admitted he felt let down by his players after they lost 3-1 at Ashington and were subsequently knocked
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Bacup aim for quick recovery
BACUP will go into tonight's game at Mossley confident after a good performance against UniBond First Division outfit Bamber Bridge in the FA Cup on Saturday. But they couldn't really ask for a more difficult encounter to bounce back from their 2-0 defeat
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Stand are looking good
STAND ATHLETIC ... 1 HINDSFORD ... 1: THERE is much to be admired about this new Stand side as it emerges from the rubble of last year's collapse. It's a young side - only two of the squad are over 21 - but one packed with natural ability, youthful exuberance
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They admit it: the market is special
I READ with interest the letters concerning the proposed development in Bury by Westfield Shoppingtowns, but I fail to understand why no-one has mentioned the alternative: "Bury but Better", a town centre vision and development strategy. This development
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'Pensions for councillors' plan
BURY councillors could soon vote themselves pensions, just months after pocketing a 50 per cent "pay" rise. They could shortly be allowed to join the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) in a move which might cost local taxpayers £50,000 a year. The
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EVENTS taking place in East Lancashire on Wednesday, Date: September 17
A LOOK at events, from amateur theatre to rambles through our beautiful countryside. Over 50s Club, Queensgate Pentecostal Church, Burnley, noon. Choral Evensong, Blackburn Cathedral, 5.15pm. North West Archives Festival, The Mechanics, Manchester Road
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Rubbish shames us all
OUR report tonight of rubbish piled up in an East Lancashire back street does indeed cast shame on our area. Resident Sam Spence, who is so appalled by the mess near his Blackburn home that he dreads what friends from out of town may think, puts some
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Quest for the best choices in training
A PROJECT to make East Lancashire a beacon of excellence in health care and a magnet for staff over the next few years is gathering pace. Professor David Pilgrim, the new clinical dean for the area's Teaching Primary Care Trust, has been busy forging
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Taking God behind the Iron Curtain
IN 1967 Albania was declared an atheist state and people were executed for expressing religious beliefs. In the early 1990s a former East Lancashire priest and his wife went there to re-establish a church. A children's home followed. Dale Barton, inter-faith
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Soccer: Heys bounce back with a vengeance
ELTON VALE ... 2 PRESTWICH HEYS ... 2 RECENT games between Elton vale and Heys have had a habit of providing entertainment for the watching spectators. This game was no exception as Elton took a two goal lead in the first-half, courtesy of new signing
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Prestwich thriller
PRESTWICH were left with a mountain to climb when visitors Cheetham Hill posted a towering total of 243. But they ended up just two runs short of the victory summit with a valiant fightback. A second wicket partnership of 153 between Kaushal and Rana
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Rats becoming a big problem
HELP! Send for the Pied Piper -- Blackburn is awash with rats and mice. In my area alone, I have seen some very big dead rats and people where I live are telling me they have mice in their homes. These vermin carry a very high health risk and it is time
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Cameras are being used in wrong places
AS the debate continues about 'safety cameras,' we continue to hear from people about their "just over the speed limit" misdemeanours. I was caught myself last year -- and still maintain that I was only doing 33mph, not 37mph. But since then I have endeavoured
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Voters hotline success
VOTERS have jumped at the chance to win a prize by making sure their name is on the electoral register. Some 16,000 residents called the registration hotline in less than two weeks, under a new scheme which has saved Bury Council staff hours of time-consuming
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Crossroads new president
FORMER Bury Woman of the Year Lily Reid is the new president of care group Crossroads. She takes up the job after retiring from the board of trustees of which she had been a member since Crossroads was established in 1992. The new president was installed
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Hallows says his goodbyes
MARCUS Hallows has been released by Leigh RMI. The striker has been unable to command a place in the starting line-up and the club have cancelled his contract by mutual agreement. The move follows the signing of Chris Downey, the former Bolton Wanderer's
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Man, 67, lost temper at ladies loo
A MALE pensioner caused uproar when he barged into the ladies toilet at a seaside holiday camp. Jack Smith, 67, lost his temper when one woman tried to bar his way and he grabbed her round the throat. The pensioner had gone in search of his 50-year-old
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Tesco store set for November opening
BOSSES at supermarket chain Tesco have announced the new Burnley store will open in November. The supermarket was granted planning permission to build on land off Centenary Way over a year ago and work is nearing completion. Work on the 6,000 sq ft development
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Four accused of plotting gang violence
FOUR men and a teenager have appeared before Burnley Magistrates accused of a plot to commit violence in the town in an alleged gang dispute. Mohammed Bashir, 23, Khalil Ahmed, 23, Fazheer Hussain, 19, Mahmood Akbar, 25 and the 16-year-old, who cannot
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Primary education set for shake-up
PLANS to reorganise primary schools in Burnley are to be discussed by Lancashire County Council today. A review of primary and nursery education was launched in the borough in August 2000 after figures revealed that by 2004 there could be more than 1,700
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Fan's death helped fight against yobs
POLICE say the death of Nottingham Forest fan Nathan Shaw spurred them on in the fight against football hooliganism in Burnley. Today sees the Midlands club visit Turf Moor for the first time since the tragic death of the 17-year-old Forest fan. Nathan
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Crackdown on 'Bengali Boys' gang
A POLICE chief today said "a cancer" had been removed from society after four members of a notorious gang were ordered to behave or face prison. The four youngsters, all part of a gang calling themselves the Bengali Boys, have been served with interim
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Barrass sickener for Shakers
THE sickening injury hoodoo that haunts Bury FC's Matt Barrass has struck again. The versatile defender has been ruled out for six weeks after picking up another knee problem in training. It's the latest in a long line of setbacks for the Bury-born player
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Area earmarked for new waste centre plan
PENDLE has been chosen as the site of a major waste treatment plant designed to deal with all the borough's rubbish. The new waste centre will take all household waste, recycling and green waste composting from the whole of Burnley and Pendle. The exact
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Memorial will be tribute to disbanding association
A CHURCH service and dinner this weekend will officially mark the disbanding of the 80-year-old Tottington Ex-Servicemen's Association. A special service of Evensong will take place at St Anne's Church in Tottington this Sunday (Sept 21) at 4pm. And the
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Town's two high schools will become one
RADCLIFFE'S two high schools will become one by September next year, while council leaders try again to find £15 million for a new building to house them. Plans to amalgamate Coney Green and Radcliffe High schools have been approved, after no parents
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Carrow Road should be renamed 'harrow'
I DIDN'T go to Norwich on Saturday. With less than 300 tickets available to Burnley supporters, not many Clarets did. And to be honest, those who didn't undertake the epic trek to Norfolk should be grateful. Not just because they avoided the soul-destroying
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Probe into girl's fall from tree
A COUNCIL is investigating whether a horse chestnut tree from which a 13-year-old girl fell while collecting conkers has a disease which weakens branches. Hyndburn Council leader Coun Peter Britcliffe said the council's tree officer would look at the
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Two arrested as car lands on its roof
TWO men were arrested minutes after emerging from the wreckage of an overturned car. The Renault Clio, which is believed to have failed to obey a give-way sign, collided with a car and flipped on to its roof before hitting two parked vehicles in Gardner
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MP Evans renews Euro vote call
RIBBLE Valley MP Nigel Evans, has congratulated the people of Sweden on their victory in rejecting the Euro by such a decisive margin. The Shadow Secretary for Wales, said: "This is a warning to other Eurocrats that they have left the people behind whilst
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Branch is planning a warm welcome for Taylor
CLARETS skipper Graham Branch is looking forward to giving Gareth Taylor the debut from hell! Branch has already been on the phone to his former team-mate in the build up to tonight's Turf Moor reunion. Taylor seems certain of a warm welcome from the
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Striker has mixed feelings about first start for Forest
GARETH Taylor admits he would rather be warming the bench than facing Burnley tonight. The Welsh striker, a substitute last Saturday after overcoming his eye injury, gets to make his full Forest debut following the horrific broken leg David Johnson suffered
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Fan's death helped fight against yobs
POLICE say the death of Nottingham Forest fan Nathan Shaw spurred them on in the fight against football hooliganism in Burnley. Today sees the Midlands club visit Turf Moor for the first time since the tragic death of the 17-year-old Forest fan. Nathan
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Title hopes still in the melting pot
LANCASHIRE'S Championship and National League hopes are still on the line after a weird weekend at Old Trafford. First they completed a superb innings victory over Sussex to maintain their outside Championship hopes going into tomorrow's final match of
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Classy Thornley can help turn tide
HE may not remember his early days in Bury but Ben Thornley is keen to secure some happy memories on his return to his town of birth. The former Manchester United youth starlet signed for the Shakers on non-contract basis last week and made an immediate
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Teenager goes missing on night out
FEARS are growing for the safety of a 15-year-old Blackpool girl missing for more than a week, police have said. Hannah Windsor, of Larbreck Avenue, Layton, was last seen on Church Street in Blackpool town centre at around 10pm on September 6. "It is
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Welcome for away fans
AN ACCRINGTON club owner has been using his initiative to offer football supporters from across the country a good bit of Lancashire hospitality. Phil Miller, owner of Stanley Street WMC in Accrington, has written to the supporters' clubs of all 21 Conference
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Clinical Chris fires Boro to win
RADCLIFFE BORO...4, DROYLSDEN...0: RADCLIFFE Boro manager Kevin Glendon has unearthed a real gem in 21-year-old striker Chris Denham. The former Stalybridge attacker grabbed a brace as a shell-shocked Droylsden side went home empty-handed. The win lifts
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Cricket: Radcliffe foiled
RADCLIFFE'S faint title hopes evaporated on Sunday as Rochdale wrapped up a win at Unsworth to take an unassailable lead at the top of the table. Rochdale's title win came despite the Racecourse side earning maximum points from their weekend fixtures.
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Soccer: Unlucky Boro pay price
FRICKLEY ATHLETIC ... 3, RADCLIFFE BOROUGH ... 0 THE 3-0 scoreline suggests Boro were on the wrong end of a drubbing at Frickley but the scoreline flattered the home side. In fact, the story could have been so different with a little luck and more clinical
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Defender Todd seeking home comfort
ANDY Todd is doubly determined to prove his worth on his Burnley bow. The on-loan Blackburn defender is aware his mistake at Norwich on Saturday cost the Clarets a share of the spoils. And Todd, who makes his home debut against Nottingham Forest tonight
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Cyanide alert after body found
A CYANIDE alert was sparked today when a man's body was found in a river by police. The body, which is believed to have contained the chemical, was discovered in the River Darwen close to Swan Farm Close off Branch Road, Lower Darwen at 8.12am. Officers
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Pub family land roles in film
A ROSSENDALE family are to appear in a feature film after the cast and crew landed in Bacup and asked to use their pub as the base for the production. Parts of 'My Summer of Love', which is set to be shown in cinemas next year, were filmed at the Swan
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Golden invite to former pupils
FORMER pupils and staff are being urged to return to their old school to help celebrate its 50th birthday. Lammack Primary School in Blackburn is celebrating its half-century anniversary with two special days. The first is a big family barbecue on Saturday
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Armed man grabs cash in terror raid
A GUNMAN stole £400 after threatening a terrified woman cashier at a garage. The middle-aged man, wearing a distinctive red hard hat and a luminous yellow safety jacket, entered Park Garage in Whalley New Road, Blackburn, just after 7.30pm last night.
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I'm ashamed of my home town
HOLIDAYMAKER Sam Spence is ashamed of his home town after returning from two weeks in Crete to find rubbish piled up in his street. And Mr Spence, 63, said he would not invite new friends he met on the Greek island to Blackburn because of litter problems
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Cryer's late strike salvages point for Blues
LEE Cryer rescued a point for Clitheroe and kept them at the top of the North West Counties Division One table thanks to his 90th-minute goal. With the match about to enter injury time, the Blues' front man got onto the end of a Paul Stansfield header
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Ex-Dark Lane chief felt writing was on the wall
AXED Rossendale United manager Jim McBride admitted he was shocked and gutted at the way in which his departure was announced. McBride was relieved of his duties after Saturday's home game against Harrogate Railway, despite seeing his side earn a 2-1
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Band of brothers on the run
YOUNGEST brother Michael Johnson will join a Ramsbottom family line-up when he runs in this year's BUPA Great North Run. For on the starting line right alongside the 17-year-old college student will be his three older brothers William, Tim and Andy, and
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Market traders have my support
I WAS shocked and outraged to hear of the proposal to move Bury Market and I am in no way surprised at the fury it has engendered among the traders and the public of Bury. Around £5 million was spent on refurbishing and upgrading the market to its current
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Remains will not be repatriated
I WAS surprised to read Terry Morgan's article (August 29) regarding the intention of Neil Jones to have the remains of his great uncle Corporal William Fernley repatriated to the United Kingdom. We are aware of, and understand, Mr Jones's feelings, but
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Was "Patient" hallucinating?
THE writer of the letter (August 29) headlined "Frightened I might wake the nurses" may like to hear from one of the night shift nurses he/she has a problem with, in support of them all. I am a staff nurse and have worked permanent nights for six years
