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MARGO: United in new hatred
IF you kick one and they all limp! That was an old saying of my Mum's but it's still true you know. As a nation, when attacked all petty differences are forgotten; the Scots, Welsh, Irish and English, who during peacetime have a healthy disdain for one
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HEALTH: Fine balance of cancer screening
SCREENING, in other words early detection before symptoms appear, can be an important way to reduce the risks associated with some cancers. For the national breast and cervical screening programmes, one of the roles of public health is to get as many
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Popstars didn't help us get a record deal
AFTER singing on East Lancashire's working men's club circuit, future chart topper Kevin Simm got his big break on ITV's first series of Popstars, the reality TV show which searched the nation for singing talent. But after being picked in the final ten
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Solar shelters a good idea
I was very happy to read about the solar power shelters planned for stations in Hyndburn. I left Accrington in 1974, and I find each time I visit they have changed something else. We need more people visiting the town. It's good for the local people and
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So where are the trippers?
ONE and a half million tourists visit Blackburn with Darwen every year, according to Councillor Andy Kay (LET, March 17). That means that, if every tourist stays for only one day (very unlikely), on every day of the year there are more than 4,100 tourists
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Easter walk attracts hundreds
HUNDREDS of people, and their canine companions, had a 'Good' Friday as they made the annual pilgrimage to Holcombe Hill. Early morning visitors enjoyed clear blue skies and bright sunshine while late arrivals were shrouded in mist and light drizzle.
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Kids' play blamed in mill chemical scare
PART of Haslingden town centre was sealed off after a highly dangerous mix of chemicals leaked out of an old mill and into the street. Fire chiefs said it was "only by luck" no-one was injured by the yellow substance, found to be a mix of caustic soda
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White-collar workers plan 2-day strike
A STRIKE by civil servants is due to take place on Tuesday, hitting employment and benefit agencies. Staff from the Department for Work and Pensions and the Prison Service are due to stage a two-day walkout because of "unsatisfactory" pay offers. The
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"It's the beer", fatties are warned in new survey
A HANGOVER should be the least of men's worries after a night on the booze, according to new research. Latest findings have revealed that men tend to put on most weight in their 20s: and in many cases the blame rests firmly with beer. At last week's meeting
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Rovers' fab four
BARGAIN buy Jonathan Stead scored the most important goal of his career last night to breathe new life into Blackburn Rovers' flagging survival hopes. Graeme Souness's inspirational signing from Huddersfield Town grabbed the dramatic late winner that
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Prizes for top posters
YOUNGSTERS in Burnley have been putting their artistic talents to good use. Burnley Council community environment officers Jan Hardy, Helen Williams and Asif Iqbal recently launched a poster competition, the aim being to stop people dropping litter and
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TV show raises sister's hopes of death probe
THE East Lancashire sister of a former paratrooper who choked to death on the floor of a police station said she hopes a TV documentary about his death will help raise the profile of the case. Janet Alder, from Burnley, has led repeated calls for a public
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Former care home plans set for OK
PLANS to convert one of Burnley's former care homes for the elderly into housing are set to get the go-ahead this week. Fir Grove went under the hammer last year and was bought by Blackburn-based developer Northwest Estates for £290,000. The home, along
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Red card ready for grot spreaders
A BLITZ on some of Burnley's worst grot spots was to get under way today with a brook clean-up. Burnley Council has vowed to name and shame people who break the law by littering, fly-tipping or allowing dogs to foul public places as part of the clampdown
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Trained leaders there to help walkers get fit
FREE guided walks every Sunday and Monday are being held to help people in Pendle get fit. Organised by Healthy Communities in Pendle, the walks are taken by trained leaders. Mondays will see two walks setting off from Nelson - a starter walk lasting
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What's On - and Where - new easy links
WE have assembled a number of easy to find links, many from our popular leisure pages, to What's On - and Where! Click on these links to find What's On around Bolton, Bury and Leigh or Ideas for walks Fancy visiting Museums and Galleries or reading our
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Locality picture project to be extended
RESIDENTS in a deprived area of Colne could be given cameras to show how they view their surroundings as part of a regeneration project. Waterside residents could be asked to take photographs of their communities as part of a project run by environmental
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Go-ahead likely for nature reserve
PENDLE'S first Local Nature Reserve could be established in Colne on Thursday. Upper Ball Grove Lodge has already attracted more than £20,000 towards its bid to become a LNR and applications have been made for almost £50,000 more to improve the site.
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25 years ago
POLICE and publicans mounted an afternoon alert as crowds flocked to Ewood for the Easter fair and the derby battle between Blackburn Rovers and Burnley. Extra police were on duty to cope with the rush of chanting football fans, who started arriving in
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10 years ago
POLICE and trading watchdogs warned East Lancashire's peddlers of porn and video nasties: "We are coming to get you." The tough message followed the crackdown on screen violence and renting unsuitable vidoes to Under 18s, announced by Home Secretary Michael
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Joggers solve a wee problem
Accrington Stanley fans jogged up and down their ground's terraces 603 times -- the equivalent of reaching the summit of 4,500ft Ben Nevis -- and raised money for a new toilet block. The eight fit football fans from the Accrington Stanley Supporters'
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Police send out car crime warning
SCOOTER and car-owners in Oswaldtwistle and Accrington have been warned to keep their vehicles secure, after a series of thefts and attempted break-ins over the Easter weekend. A yellow scooter, a P-registration Gilera Runner 125, was stolen at Holly
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Shoe boss is lord of dance
HAND CRAFTED Scottish dancing shoes produced in Lancashire have got a former haulage driver leaping for joy. Michael Pickup has long been a devotee, but only set up The Scottish Dance Shoe Company three years ago. "Until then I was a road haulage driver
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We're Darwen's secret weapon
THE wartime threat of the Lutwaffe was the spur that led to the creation of one of Darwen's most successful companies. In conditions of total secrecy, ICI opened a factory at Orchard Mill in 1940 to manufacture canopies for the Spitfire fighter plane
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Washing machine firm's turn-around
IF you can't beat them, join them - that is the approach being taken by one of Blackburn's oldest companies in the face of low-cost imports from the Far East. Cherry Tree Industrial Laundry Solutions has signed up with China's largest manufacturer of
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Sky is the limit for aero alliance
OVER the past century the aerospace industry in the North West has grown to become a core sector and wealth generator for the region, grossing an estimated £7 billion a year in sales. While traditional industries such as textiles, mining and the automotive
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'Join the fight'
PARISH councils are being urged to join the battle to save two Clitheroe post offices. Henthorn Road Post Office and Salford Post Office, Whalley Road, are both set to shut by July after a six-week consultation on their futures. Rural parish councils
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Marathon action on menu
CELEBRITY chef Paul Heathcote is appealing for people to back his marathon fund-raising efforts in London this weekend. Paul, who owns a string of restaurants, including his first in Higher Road, Longridge, will run his first marathon in 21 years. He
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Minister praises 'Passion'
A CONTROVERSIAL religious film has received a glowing review from a churchman. The Rev Chris Cheeseman, minister at Whalley Methodist Church, said The Passion of the Christ, directed by Mel Gibson, is "a magnificent achievement". Speaking in his circuit
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Car dealership to shut after 30 years
A CAR dealership which has been at the heart of a Ribble Valley's town centre for 30 years is to close -- less than four years after shutting its Blackburn showroom. Syd Brown and Sons Ltd, based in Berry Lane, Longridge, since 1984, will close before
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Burnley on the brink!
MAN the lifeboats and sound the warning klaxon. Things just got serious! Seemingly floating towards calmer waters after sinking Walsall at the weekend, the Good Ship Burnley suddenly sprung another untimely leak in front of their own, long suffering fans
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Starving pets ate dead cat
POLICE raiding a flat for stolen goods were shocked to discover the devoured remains of a tabby cat lying on the floor, a court heard. Locked in the kitchen with the pet were a starving adult cat and kitten, which appeared to have eaten the animal. Officers
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Stead-y now!
BLACKBURN boss Graeme Souness breathed a sigh of relief as Rovers eased the pressure at the bottom of the Premiership with a vital win at Fulham last night. Jonathan Stead's second half winner tipped the balance in Rovers' favour at the end of a remarkable
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Donor Dominic's rare gift of life
A MAN who saved the life of a dying American woman by donating bone marrow is appealing for others to follow in his footsteps. Dominic McIver, 29, of Chapter Road, Darwen, had been on the donor register of the Anthony Nolan Trust since 1992. When he finally
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Cobbing' challenge is a great Valley tradition
HUNDREDS of people flocked to a Rossendale pub for the annual World Clog Cobbing Champ- ionships. Every Easter, competitors gather to see who can throw a clog furthest down a path next to the Roebuck Inn, Burnley Road East, Scout Bottom, Waterfoot. Competitors
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Kids' play blamed in mill chemical scare
PART of Haslingden town centre was sealed off after a highly dangerous mix of chemicals leaked out of an old mill and into the street. Fire chiefs said it was "only by luck" no-one was injured by the yellow substance, found to be a mix of caustic soda
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What's On - and Where - new easy links
WE have assembled a number of easy to find links, many from our popular leisure pages, to What's On - and Where! Click on these links to find What's On around Bolton, Bury and Leigh or Ideas for walks Fancy visiting Museums and Galleries or reading our
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Including the ethnic minorities
EAST Lancashire schools must concentrate on creating an inclusive community if ethnic minority pupils are to get on, a report has revealed. The Office for Standards in Education has produced two reports on Managing the Ethnic Minority Achievement Grant
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Failing schools: Chief quizzed
EDUCATION bosses are preparing to reveal their strategy on tackling schools which fail to meet the grade. Director of education at Blackburn with Darwen Council, Peter Morgan, will expose to the council's overview and scrutiny committee exactly where
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Cheer for Tanzanian youngsters
A GROUP of African children will be putting on a colourful show for the public this month in East Lancashire. More than 30 youngsters from the Bethany Project, a children's home in Tanzania, have been staying in Oswaldtwistle for more than a month to
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Fan Peggy keeps faith with candle
IT was the ritual which almost killed her, but devoted Rovers fan Peggy Tyson was determined to light another candle and pray for her team to win last night. And this time her prayers were answered -- as Rovers pulled off something of an Easter miracle
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Coleman promises clearout
FURIOUS Accrington Stanley manager John Coleman has threatened a summer clear-out after yesterday's disappointing defeat at Scarborough. The Reds chief has vowed to ring the changes after seeing his side squander a host of chances then crash to a late
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Bank holiday draw for PNE
PRESTON pulled back level with a resurgent Nottingham Forest twice to earn a point in a hard-fought bank holiday game at Deepdale. But two draws in the space of three days has left Craig Brown with no choice but to admit the play-off dream is all but
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Street yobs in drunken rampage
ALCOHOL fuelled violence marred Good Friday celebrations in Bury. Five people were injured when a number of drunken yobs were involved in running street battles in the town centre during the late evening. One victim suffered an injury to his ear, another
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EVENTS taking place in East Lancashire on Wednesday, April 14, 2004.
A LOOK at events, from amateur theatre to rambles through our beautiful countryside. Easter Fair, Witton Country Park, Preston Old Road, Blackburn, 11am-10pm. Spot On Touring Network present "Oddbodies," Hurst Green Memorial Hall. Mobile Pension Service
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EVENTS in East Lancashire and surrounding areas on Tuesday, April 13, 2004.
A LOOK at events, from amateur theatre to rambles through our beautiful countryside. Easter Fair, Witton Country Park, Preston Old Road, Blackburn, 11am-10pm. Easter Egg Hunt, Helmshore Textile Museums, Holcombe Road, Helmshore. Pension Service Surgery
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Charge me or drop the case
A MURDER suspect today challenged police to decide if he had committed the crime after UK officers met French colleagues to discuss his wife's disappearance. Robert Lund, 52, from Darwen, who still lives in France, is so convinced there is no evidence
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Blaze destroys derelict mill
A DISUSED mill was destroyed in a fierce blaze which brought road chaos to Radcliffe on Tuesday. Nearly 70 firefighters were called to Lancaster Mill in Bolton Road, after flames were seen sweeping through the empty building just before 9pmon Monday night
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50 years ago
AN AMATEUR magician and escapologist hung from a balcony 40ft high on Blackburn's Palace cinema. Frank Cooper, an engine-driver from Huddersfield, was lowered upside down from the balcony in a straitjacket. It took him slightly more than 30 seconds to
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Sarah gets ahead with hat business
LIKE most farmers' wives, Sarah Rhodes was finding life on the farm was not the rural idyll she had hoped for. Working seven days a week with husband Peter at Martholme Farm in Great Harwood, the returns from their 150-strong dairy herd just didn't make
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Council promises bin bag delivery review
COUNCIL bosses in the Ribble Valley have promised a review of how they deliver bin bags after complaints from residents. Parish councils contacted Ribble Valley Council to complain that the recent delivery of green waste bags, for garden waste accumulated
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School buses ban in village centre
SCHOOL buses are to be banned from the centre of a Ribble Valley village in a bid to ease rush-hour traffic congestion. Lancashire County Council has revealed new clauses are to be introduced into the contracts issued to local companies when tenders for
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Clarets sign up new shirt sponsors
BURNLEY Football Club will carry new shirt sponsors next season following the announcement of a record-breaking sponsorship deal. Hunters Estate Agents will become the sponsors for the next two seasons in a bank-busting, six-figure coup. The lucrative
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Form guide...
Facts and figures from Burnley's game against Watford BURNLEY RATINGS BRIAN JENSEN: Beaten three times and could have been on the end of a real hammering if Watford had worn their shooting boots...5 LEE ROCHE: Looked to provide support down the right,
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Ternent defiant despite setback
STAN Ternent remains defiant that Burnley will win their relegation battle despite yesterday's damaging home defeat to Watford. The Clarets slipped to within one point of the drop zone after failing to capitalise on Saturday's excellent win at Walsall
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Cork ready for action
DOMINIC Cork has boosted Lancashire's hopes for a flying start to the 2004 season by declaring himself 100 per cent fit and raring to get into action for his new club. The former Derbyshire captain, who has signed a three-year deal at Old Trafford, proved
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CAMRA praise for town beer
TRADITIONAL Blackburn pubs come in for high praise in the latest East Lancs CAMRA branch 'Witch Ale' guide. The Adelphi, in the Boulevard, is praised for its beers from Three Bs Brewery. And the Malt and Hops, in Barton Street, and the Fleece, in Penny
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Catering prize puts pub grub in the 'fore' ground
AN EAST Lancashire landlord has got the art of catering off to a 'tee'. Golfer Nick Whittaker, licensee at the Griffin's Head, in Huncoat, is determined to 'putt' his pub on the map. The former recruitment worker has been a regular at the popular pub
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Ternent defiant despite setback
STAN Ternent remains defiant that Burnley will win their relegation battle despite yesterday's damaging home defeat to Watford. The Clarets slipped to within one point of the drop zone after failing to capitalise on Saturday's excellent win at Walsall
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Tigers hit the big time
STILL on a high after watching his beloved Sedgley Park gain promotion to National One after Saturday's 27-17 win over Doncaster, Tigers' president Geoff Roberts said: "I've just about come down off the ceiling!" writes Peter Collins "We played some scintillating
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Marsh makes a difference
RAMSBOTTOM UTD...4 CURZON ASHTON...1 North West Counties Football League First Division REVENGE was sweet for the Riverside outfit who returned to winning ways with a crushing home victory over Curzon Ashton, following a 4-0 reversal at Curzon only a
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Charge me or drop the case
A MURDER suspect today challenged police to decide if he had committed the crime after UK officers met French colleagues to discuss his wife's disappearance. Robert Lund, 52, from Darwen, who still lives in France, is so convinced there is no evidence
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Dancers say that non-slip is just a slip-up
DANCERS in Todmorden have called on the council to reconsider their decision to lay a new non-slip surface in the town's ballroom. The dancers say the new floor makes it impossible to perform the gliding moves associated with ballroom dancing. Calderdale
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Boro still target play-offs
ALFRETON TOWN 0, RADCLIFFE BORO 0: BORO came away from Derbyshire, and third-placed Alfreton, with a deserved, if unexpected, point. Failure to gain all three, however, despite always being highly unlikely, means they will have to win the play-offs if
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Benefits pledge as strike begins
SERVICES provided by East Lancashire Job Centres and benefit offices were set for disruption today as civil servants went on strike. But a spokeswoman for the Department of work and Pensions today moved to quash people's fears that they may not get their
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Double delight at status prize
HEADTEACHERS today gave backing to their borough council after it was awarded Beacon status for education for the second time. Blackburn with Darwen Council was given the Government award for transforming the school workforce - how the role between school
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Tigers hit the big time
STILL on a high after watching his beloved Sedgley Park gain promotion to National One after Saturday's 27-17 win over Doncaster, Tigers' president Geoff Roberts said: "I've just about come down off the ceiling!" writes Peter Collins "We played some scintillating
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Park try for a record!
From the Guide files of Thursday, April 12, 1979: SEDGLEY Park Rugby Club were planning to "try" and get in the Guinness Book of Records by scoring the longest try in the world. Players hoped to beat the current world record of 631 miles with a new distance
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Decision time on missing woman
IT'S almost two and a half years since Evelyn Lund was found dead on the back seat of her Toyota Landcruiser at the bottom of a French lake. And it was 22 months before that, in December 1999, that the former Darwen woman was reported missing by her husband
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HEALTH: £300,000 bid the key for ME centre
EAST Lancashire ME sufferers have bid for up to £300,000 to establish a centre providing comprehensive help in the fight against the condition. Members of East Lancs ME/CFS Support Group say they have been campaigning for local provision for eight years
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Phantom menace!
TICKETS are now on sale for Oswaldtwistle Players' ghostly production, Blithe Spirit, which runs from April 21 - 24. The show tells the story of Charles Condomine, his deceased wife, Elvira, and his current wife, Ruth. Elvira is a mischievous spirit brought
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Thanks for kindness
ON Sunday, April 4 I was walking my dog George along the canal when she collapsed and couldn't walk. Two men walking towards Barden Lane, Burnley came to my assistance. I didn't have a mobile phone to telephone my husband and so they said they would go
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We want fair share of cash
IN the recent Budget old Ironsides namely Gordon Brown the Chancellor, gave in to pensioners' pleas for relief from the dreaded unfair community charge's ever spiralling costs. He gave some pensioners the princely sum of £100, but only for those over
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Travellers deserve better
FIRST North Western's so-called explanation for Westbound trains continuing to use the "temporary" windswept Platform 4, is management piffle at its most unconvincing. Trains emerging from the tunnel and being able to run direct to their stopping-point
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Borough has plenty to tempt tourists
SO David Smalley thinks Blackburn is not a tourist attraction and that Coun Andy Kay is mistaken to think such a thing (LET, April 5). I am glad we do not all have such negative views as Mr Smalley. It is the duty of the council to promote all the positive
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Naomi's figure gets a TV test
A 21-YEAR-old Tottington model will have her physique and personality put to the test this week, on Channel 4's Fit Farm. Naomi Whiteley is due to join the reality programme on Tuesday night, where she will come under the persistent probing eye of the
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Abram apology as Centurions crash
Whitehaven 31 Leigh 24 by Mike Hulme: DARREN Abram apologised to the Centurions fans after this opening day National League One defeat. "They out-played us in every department," Abram admitted. "While I'm disappointed in our performance, the people I
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Stead-y now!
BLACKBURN boss Graeme Souness breathed a sigh of relief as Rovers eased the pressure at the bottom of the Premiership with a vital win at Fulham last night. Jonathan Stead's second half winner tipped the balance in Rovers' favour at the end of a remarkable
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Soccer help for hospice
PUPILS from Burnley College are planning a five-a-side football tournament to help raise funds for an East Lancashire hospice. Business administration students are organising the event to help raise the £1.5 million Pendleside Hospice, needs each year
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Cliviger column
MOUNT Zion Church held special Easter celebrations over the weekend including a service on Good Friday which was followed by a picnic lunch for young children or a walk around the Cliviger Gorge for the older ones. A youth event was also held in the evening
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Shakers aim to bury York
BURY travel to York City on Tuesday night looking to pile further misery on the Third Division's crisis club. Chris Brass's men have not won for 14 games and that sequence has resulted in a sickening slide into the relegation places. Goalscoring has been
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What's On - and Where - new easy links
WE have assembled a number of easy to find links, many from our popular leisure pages, to What's On - and Where! Click on these links to find What's On around Bolton, Bury and Leigh or Ideas for walks Fancy visiting Museums and Galleries or reading our
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Trawl for tenders nets £800k deal
A WASTE container firm is celebrating a clutch of new orders worth more than £1.2m after showing the competition a clean pair of heels. The deals will see Contenur UK, based in Nelson, supply wheelie bins for collecting garden waste and other recyclable
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History project enters next phase
YOUNGSTERS at St Joseph's Primary School, Darwen, are looking forward to returning to school after the Easter holidays to continue a 12-month lottery funded project. Working with Groundwork Blackburn, and Darwen-based Akzo Nobel, children at the Limes
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Get snapping those best features
AMATEUR photographers are reminded that the time has come to start compiling their best shots of Darwen for this year's Darwen Civic Society photographic exhibition. 'Darwen's Best Features' is the subject of the 17th annual competition organised by the
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Cars reward pair's loyalty to building company
A LEADING Lancashire property and development company's two longest serving employees have been given a loyalty bonus to remember. Machine drivers and construction foremen Alan Balshaw and David Jordan have both been presented with Ford Mondeo estate
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Lest we forget the war heroes
WORK looks set to start on a memorial for Stacksteads soldiers who lost their lives in World War One. It has taken almost two years to raise the £10,000 needed to build the monument and create a new entrance for the town's Peace Gardens, formerly known
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Stepping out - at the double!
A WALKING group has proved so popular that it's doubling the number of sessions. The Walking Group, set up last year for older men in the Bangor Street area in a bid to reduce the risk of developing coronary heart disease and diabetes. Caroline Holtom
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Rail chiefs reject £6m station plea
RAIL bosses today said they had no plans to improve facilities at Blackburn's £6million station, despite claims that some passengers were now worse off than before. Network Rail, the company which owns Blackburn Railway Station, has rejected calls to
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Reds ruing missed chances
THE Bank Holiday Monday journey home from the east coast wasn't a happy one for many drivers. But for Accrington Stanley supporters stuck in traffic on the A64 after watching their side throw yet more points away on their travels, it was particularly
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Play-off hopes over
NORTH End's play-off hopes were all but extinguished by the only team doomed to relegation from the First Division so far - and a controversial handball. Wayne Gray's last-minute right-footed shot, which he appeared to handle in the process, meant North
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Now Park target cup glory
SEDGLEY Park will not be resting on their laurels despite clinching promotion to the National League Division One with a 27-17 win over Doncaster. In addition to the National Two championship, the club aims to add another Lancashire Cup title to it's
