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Getting to grips with technology
I AM writing this column on my own computer. A machine which I have paid for and which sits on a table in a small bedroom that I now call my 'office'. I am typing these words into the computer, and when I have finished I am going to mail them electronically
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Bellamy supports windfarm protest
TOP environmentalist David Bellamy has been signed up in the campaign to stop two wind turbines being built in Edgworth. Protesters have also put up "Say No to Turbines" signs on roads through the village and in gardens to rally support. The application
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Sir Alan takes Iain to the next stage
A YOUNG actor has been taken under the wing of one of Britain's best known playwrights to complete an acting scholarship and take part in a major production. Iain Winstanley, a former performing arts student at Accrington and Rossendale College, was chosen
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Teenager held over wounding
A 19-YEAR-OLD man has been remanded in custody. He has been charged with a string of offences in relation to two alleged assaults. Gavin Peter Radford, of Blackburn Road, Haslingden, appeared before magistrates in Burnley on Saturday. He is charged with
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Town's gala breaks with tradition
ORGANISERS of Helmshore's annual gala made a break from tradition to turn the event into a non-religious occasion. And participants didn't let the rain dampen their spirits as they enjoyed the weekend's event. The parish of St Thomas, Flaxmoss, Helmshore
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Flirting with success
ROSSENDALE entrepreneurs are to be taught a new skill to win over new clients. Bosses will now get lessons in flirting from a renowned expert. The unusual approach to winning new customers will be at the launch of Rossendale Valley's first Business Club
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Woman 'glassed' in western type brawl
A WOMAN was cut with a glass after being caught up in a brawl which police said was like a scene from a Western. The woman, in her 20s, received minor cuts and bruises when after a glass was smashed into her forehead in Bar Ibiza, Mincing Lane, Blackburn
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Rovers earn their Spurs
BLACKBURN Rovers have done a deal with Tottenham Hotspur to promote replica kits and other memorabilia for their Premiership rivals. The Ewood club's own design agency, Touch Communications, has been commissioned to produce a catalogue for all the Spurs
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Executive re-shuffle follows elections fall-out
TWO new councillors have been appointed to Blackburn with Darwen Council's executive board as Labour tries to put the fall-out of last month's elections and defections behind it. Two vacancies were opened on the panel when Sir Bill Taylor was ousted by
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School wreckers on the rampage
A DEPUTY head teacher has told of her school's devastation after yobs trashed a cherished garden which pupils had spent months cultivating. The garden next to the playground at St. Paul's RC Primary, off Preston Old Road, Feniscowles, was destroyed before
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Grieving dad wins fight to cut speeds
A GRIEVING father has won his battle to cut the speed limit on the road where his 12-year-old daughter was knocked down and killed. Paul Houston said Blackburn with Darwen Council's decision to impose a 20mph limit would help save lives and prevent another
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Newcomer McEvilly is getting shirty
LEE McEvilly has a message for Accrington Stanley strike duo Paul Mullin and Lutel James: 'I want the shirt off your backs!' The Northern Ireland international was snapped up by Stanley boss John Coleman following his release from Rochdale at the end
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An alternative way of teaching is coming
A WORLD-WIDE teaching movement is coming to East Lancashire offering parents an alternative way of educating primary age children. The area's first Steiner Waldorf Kindergarten is planned for Clitheroe in September for children aged three to seven. Parent
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Factory rubbish fire
FIREFIGHTERS were called to a fire at a factory in Bury after rubbish was set on fire in the doorway of Bury Boot and Shoe Company on Brandlesholme Road at around 3.50am on Saturday. The building was not damaged.
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Windfarms would be bad for our environment
A View from the Lords, with LORD GREAVES. . . AFTER May's splendid weather we are back to our more typical summer fare of gusty winds and showers. It's the penalty we pay for living amongst our wonderful Pennine skylines and open moorland ridges. But
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Bridge well worth the cost
R BLAND (Letters, June 25) speaks for him or herself in the letter about the Ribble and Calder bridge. I am satisfied with the substantial design of the bridge and its proposed location and eagerly await its construction to open up some excellent circular
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We're left to pick up the bill
I AM writing in response to those who think the only people to complain about children playing football are those without children. Well yes, we do have children. The only difference is we bring them up to respect other people's property. On a number
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Health centre to open early
A NEW super health centre in Atherton is hoped to be open earlier than planned. The centre - the first of its kind in Greater Manchester - will house GPs, physiotherapy, podiatry, health visitors and treatment areas. It was originally planned for February
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Street football is against the law
RE footballs in the street, I have had two windows broken in the past and had to pay for them myself as I could not prove any culprit. I am a widow aged 73 and have been out to the children to ask for them to play elsewhere, but like many others, got
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Three are seriously injured in car crash
THREE people are fighting for their lives on Monday after a head-on car crash in Aspull. The three casualties were in a Vauxhall Nova which crashed into a Ford Mondeo in Hall Lane just before midnight. The driver and two passengers suffered serious injuries
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Inquiry launched into father's death
A MAN has died 10 days after suffering serious head injuries when he fell down the steps at Burnley Library. An investigation has been launched by Lancashire County Council into the accident which killed David Eccleston. Today, his girlfriend revealed
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Wave of emotion as pool is closed
AN END of an era was marked when Burnley's Gannow Pool opened its doors to swimmers for the last time on Saturday. The day was tinged with sadness as employees and customers joined in a closing party at the Sycamore Avenue pool. Dozens of people gathered
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Fire drama family 'lucky to be alive'
THE father of a family forced to flee their home after a blaze broke out in the kitchen during the early hours today told how his wife and children were lucky to be alive. Mohammed Khan spoke after returning home from a night's shift working as a taxi
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Priority for the 'real' mail
I HAVE every sympathy with Paul Foster, of Chamber Business Connections, who expressed concern about late mail deliveries (Guide, June 25). What about putting junk mail to the back of the queue -- after all, no-one is waiting for it -- and giving priority
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Rich pickings at post office
SINCE the Post Office -- or whatever they are called now -- decided to close three sub post offices in Prestwich, the main Prestwich Post Office in Kingswood Road has customers queuing outside the door. We are a small business in Prestwich and drop franked
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Recycling is good -- but difficult
I SUPPORT wholeheartedly the recycling effort in the borough. From the number of brown bins put out fortnightly in my area, I think my neighbours also appreciate this service, especially in the garden "growing season". The newspaper bag is too small for
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Building firm to invest in new headquarters
A RAMSBOTTOM based company which is one of the UK's fastest growing suppliers of building and property solutions has invested £650,000 in new headquarters. And although the base is located at Glasshoughton, near Leeds, the good news is that Strategic
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Clarets call Leeds bluff over deal for Chaplow
BURNLEY have called Leeds' bluff by turning down over £1m for midfield star Richard Chaplow. I can reveal that, contrary to earlier reports, United's second attempt at luring the England U21 ace to Elland Road included several add-ons to the £500,000
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Cotterill is aiming to make a big impression
FIRST impressions last. And when players reported back for pre-season training, their early assessment of Steve Cotterill would have been that Burnley's new boss is desperate to make a long lasting impression. Like a man on a mission, Cotterill is hellbent
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Taylor's tops
GOLF: Stuart Taylor won his first event in the Mitsushiba Northern Order of Merit when he beat Lancashire team-mate Michael Hunt by a shot in the Wilpshire Trophy. Taylor, from Eccleston Park, lagged three shots behind Hunt after opening with a 72 but
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Candidate's BNP racist abuse claim
AN INVESTIGATION has been launched into claims that a council candidate was subjected to racist abuse in front of his eight-year-old daughter. Tony Melia, 43, of Woodside Bank, Darwen, has given a statement to police, who are now trying to trace the man
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Passengers flee coach flames
THIRTY passengers were evacuated from a coach after it caught fire in Bocholt Way, Rawtenstall. The Volvo 52-seater coach was returning to Bacup after a group had been on a trip to Manchester. The driver smelled smoke while travelling along Bacup Road
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Group takes on specialist care school
A ROSSENDALE specialist residential school has been taken over by a Kent-based education service. Rossendale School, in Bamford Road, Ramsbottom, specialises in young people with social, emotional and behavioural difficulties and offers residential care
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Charity champion bows out
CHARITY champion Jimmy Eaton has taken part in his last ever triathlon, proud in the knowledge that he's helped raised more than £25,000 for charity by completing the challenge. The 55-year-old decided that his 11th triathlon, which he undertook yesterday
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E Lancs top for aerospace industry, MPs told
THE North West Aerospace Alliance has stressed to the region's MPs how important the industry is. Burnley MP Peter Pike and his Pendle Labour colleague Gordon Prentice were at the Westminster meeting addressed by its leader, Dennis Mendoros. They were
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'Revenge' attacker kicked victim on ground
A MAN making his way home from a nightclub was attacked outside his own home, a court was told. Blackburn magistrates heard that Daniel Wright was knocked to the ground and repeatedly punched and kicked. The court was told the incident was a "revenge"
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Cell of the century
THE old Northgate police station is likely to become Blackburn's first town-centre hotel after the Grade II-listed building was put up for sale today. But any renovation will have to be put on hold for five years - until a new magistrates and county court
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DNA testing operation may fall victim to cutbacks
POLICE chiefs fear for the future of their crucial 'silent witness' with Government funding for taking and analysing DNA samples set to run out. They are asking the Lancashire Police Authority to find an extra £2.25million from an already over-stretched
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New resource point will help inventors
INVENTORS are being given the chance to turn their ideas into reality - and boost the region's economy. Blackburn Central Library is home to a new inventors' resource point, which will help people to find out how to take their ideas forward. And business
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Row over homes on mill site
CONCERNED residents are taking a stand against plans to build 140 homes on the site of a paper mill in Bury. Householders claim that proposals for a housing estate at Olive's Paper Mill in Woolfold will take away valuable recreation land and create traffic
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EVENTS taking place in East Lancashire on Tuesday, July 6, 2004
Blackburn & District Probus Club meet Lammack Methodist Church, Blackburn, 10am. 'Balloons and Dirigibles' by Ron Lavender. Hyndburn Age Concern Writers meet Banbury Close Community Centre (off Lancaster Avenue), Accrington, 2pm. Blackburn Breast
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Find the cash for vital DNA service
IN the past few years DNA sampling has had a dramatic effect on the fight against crime. All around the world police have been able to link people with crimes of all kinds thanks to science. Minute traces discovered at the scenes of crimes have been able
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Have councillors forgotten us?
WITH regard to Coun Roy Davies' post office closure petition,' I would like to congratulate him on his initiative in starting such a campaign. But what about the people who used Hollins Grove Post Office? Have they just been forgotten about by our elected
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Why waste our money on this?
I AM writing with regard to the recent appearance of a most exotic creature within the boundaries of Blackburn with Darwen. I am sure many of your readers will have spotted it as they descend Montague Street in Blackburn town centre. It is quite obviously
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Man attacked victim with leg of chair
A 23-YEAR-OLD man who attacked another man with a chair leg narrowly avoided a jail sentence. Aaron Lilley hit his victim after an argument broke out between the men while at Lilley's flat in Westleigh Lane, Leigh. Youths would come to his home to drink
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Grieving dad wins fight to cut speeds
A GRIEVING father has won his battle to cut the speed limit on the road where his 12-year-old daughter was knocked down and killed. Paul Houston said Blackburn with Darwen Council's decision to impose a 20mph limit would help save lives and prevent another
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Abram salutes brave Leigh
Leigh 27 Batley 22 by Mike Hulme: LEIGH'S walking wounded just about had enough class to hang on for a victory that keeps them top of National League One. Coach Darren Abram paid tribute to his patched-up side who started without the influential Paul
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Spanish son will shine says Souey
BLACKBURN boss Graeme Souness believes the club's new Spanish winger Javier De Pedro will be a striker's dream next season. The former Real Sociedad wide-man, who joined Rovers on a free earlier this summer, is set to meet up with his new team-mates for
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Medal marks end of an era for star Stead
BLACKBURN Rovers striker Jonathan Stead has received a glittering boost ahead of the new season. The 21-year-old revelation collected a Third Division play-off winners' medal at the weekend and feels that it now represents "happy closure" on his days
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Chance to question county councillors
BURNLEY residents will have the chance to quiz local county councillors at a special roadshow event later this week. The event is being held as part of the Wakes Fun Fair, at Fulledge Recreation Ground, on Thursday, July 8, and Friday, July 9. Lancashire
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Arsonist jailed for bin blaze revenge attack
AN arsonist who started a blaze in a revenge attack on a former neighbour has been jailed for two-and-a-half years. Burnley Crown Court heard father-of-two John Crabtree, 35, was thrown out of his Kent Street home in Burnley a year earlier - and had blamed
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Inquiry launched into father's death
A MAN has died 10 days after suffering serious head injuries when he fell down the steps at Burnley Library. An investigation has been launched by Lancashire County Council into the accident which killed David Eccleston. Today, his girlfriend revealed
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All-postal ballot 'taking away freedom to choose'
ASIAN women are being forced to vote the way their husbands tell them under the postal voting system, claims an East Lancashire Peer. But the area's Asian leaders today hit back at the claims of Lord Tony Greaves, a Pendle LibDem who has become the staunchest
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Council backs sell-off
PENDLE councillors have backed plans to sell off all the borough's council houses. But no decisions can be made without the support of the majority of tenants who will have the final say in a secret ballot. The council, like all local authorities, was
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10 years ago
THE first day of a controversial new system of car parking charges at Blackburn hospitals ended in chaos. Surprised visitors found themselves facing a 50p charge at Queen's Park Hospital and the Royal Infirmary. If people didn't pay the charge they were
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50 years ago
BUTCHERS in East Lancashire were warning customers that the price of meat would rise by 20 per cent. The butchers were waiting deliveries from the wholesalers of their first off-ration supplies for almost 15 years and had received notification of the
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25 years ago
FISHING at the Jumbles Reservoir, Edgworth, was threatened with a ban after angry anglers threw a warden into the water. Anglers intent on taking up to 60 trout a time in raids on the reservoir flung the warden into the water after he had tried to stop
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Miles made the youngest mayor
BUSY Miles Parkinson became Hyndburn's youngest ever mayor - and colleagues said it was a miracle he had time! Coun Parkinson has taken on the mayoral duties but already combines full-time work in a warehouse with being a retained firefighter, husband
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Is Ivan 'spinning', or losing touch?
I WAS surprised to read the self-congratulatory letter (June 18) from Bury South MP Ivan Lewis, which not only sought to claim a Labour victory in the local elections, but was cheeky enough to see the result as "a significant vindication" of the Labour
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Aid for lifeline helpers
THE troubled Creative Living Centre in Prestwich has been thrown a cash lifeline which will enable it to stay open until September. However, the centre in Bury New Road has had to reduce its opening hours for the second time since March. The holistic
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School building award
A RIBBLE Valley school is flying the flag for Lancashire after its new day nursery building won a top honour at the national Local Authority Building Control annual awards. Hodder House, the infant building at St Mary's Hall, Stonyhurst College, was runner-up
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No traffic chaos this year, say show organisers
PLANS to control traffic flow at the Royal Lancashire Show have been rubber-stamped after local residents had their say. Police say feedback from locals in the Ribchester area following a recent open evening has been used to amend plans drawn up by police
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BACUP V LOWERHOUSE
BACUP had their lead at the top cut down to five points after a 56-run home defeat to Lowerhouse. After bowling the visitors out for 117, they collapsed to 61 all out as spinner Chris Benbow took 6-31 bowling through the innings. Bacup player Terry Lord
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Lewis wrecks Lancs
GLOUCESTERSHIRE seamer Jon Lewis ensured Lancashire came up short in the totesport League Division One clash at Old Trafford. Lewis took four for 30 - including three wickets in six balls - to help bowl the hosts out for 219, 18 runs short of Gloucestershire's
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Sunday the best day for Church
PERHAPS only Church could have enjoyed such a perfect Sunday. All their prayers were answered yesterday as Phil Sykes's men beat Ramsbottom and saw all their title rivals thwarted to step up their unlikely championship challenge. With the sloping Blackburn
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What is the likelihood of Fairfax Road remaining 'one-way'?
I AM cannot be alone in being amazed at the reported proposals to make Fairfax Road "one-way" (Guide, June 25) and appalled at our borough engineer's reported comment that: "It will be inconvenient, but it is the developers who have requested this. There
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Clarets call Leeds bluff over deal for Chaplow
BURNLEY have called Leeds' bluff by turning down over £1m for midfield star Richard Chaplow. I can reveal that, contrary to earlier reports, United's second attempt at luring the England U21 ace to Elland Road included several add-ons to the £500,000
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Spanish son will shine says Souey
BLACKBURN boss Graeme Souness believes the club's new Spanish winger Javier De Pedro will be a striker's dream next season. The former Real Sociedad wide-man, who joined Rovers on a free earlier this summer, is set to meet up with his new team-mates for