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Let's be sensible about holidays
PARENT power puts schools under close scrutiny these days. League tables are pored over and mums and dads will quickly complain if resources are thought to be sub-standard, standards slipping or they believe teachers could be doing a better job in educating
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The Saturday Message
with the Rev Kevin Logan, Vicar of Christ Church, Accrington. . . LIFE'S a soap opera sometimes. EastEnders moves to Coronation Street for an episode of Home and Away, on location in the sitting room of your life! Suddenly, you're starring in an OTT drama
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Yes, it's still really lovely
Drive & Stroll, with RON FREETHY. . . LINTON has a grand old pub, a set of alms houses, ancient bridges and within strolling distance is the ancient parish church which it shares with Grassington. Nearby are the remnants of old water mills and cascades
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A garden scent from heaven
Designer David Gibson's challenge for the RHS Flower Show was a tough one -- to create a garden for people who can hardly see. The result is stunning as JENNY SCOTT discovered. . . IT'S a rainy Monday morning -- two days before the Royal Horticultural
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Schools policy is divisive
I WAS interested to read about Burnley Council's response to the proposed reorganisation of secondary schools in the borough. This has confirmed the impression of many people that the creation of catchment areas will be a negative move, creating greater
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Baffled by the choice of crossing spots
COULD someone tell me who takes decisions on road safety? A few years ago myself and other Cherry Tree residents fought for a pelican or zebra crossing in Preston Old Road near Woodlands. It is a very busy main route in and out of Blackburn and at this
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Baby death mysteries
TWO East Lancashire tots could have been killed when their parents accidentally rolled on top of them in bed, inquests heard. Yesterday two inquests were told how two-months-old Josh Allison and two-weeks-old Katelynn Roe-Bell died in their parents' beds
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Friedel injury setback
BLACKBURN Rovers goalkeeper Brad Friedel could miss the rest of the club's pre-season friendlies after picking up an injury in last night's 1-0 win against Bohemians Prague. Friedel lasted just 23 minutes of the game in Ulm before hobbling off the pitch
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Slick De Pedro bounces Czechs
Bohemians Prague 0 Blackburn Rovers 1 - Andy Neild reports from Ulm, Germany. . . SPANISH star Javier De Pedro showed why Graeme Souness was so keen to snap him up earlier this summer by inspiring Blackburn to a hard-earned victory in Ulm. The former
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Drinker drove with child in car
A DRINK driver who got behind the wheel while banned had a two-year-old child in the car with him, a court was told. Burnley Magistrates heard how alcoholic father-of-two Sean Lynch, 42, was almost three times the limit when stopped by police late at
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No way up for balloon fliers
BURNLEY'S Balloon Festival was today grounded after winds played havoc with plans for a mass balloon launch at dawn. But organisers were still hoping the festival would be the biggest yet. The event at Towneley Park is now in its third year and is the
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Grandad was left for dead: 'Callous' driver jailed 4 years
A "CALLOUS" businessman who killed a pensioner in a late-night hit-and-run smash was today starting a four-year jail term. Burnley Crown Court heard how Zahid Shafi, 39, who had been concentrating on finding a takeaway rather than on the road ahead, sped
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House blaze arson probe
POLICE and fire chief have launched an investigation into a suspicious blaze in Railway Terrace, Brierfield. Fire crews were called to a derelict property at around 7.10pm yesterday and found the house well alight. The blaze gutted the first floor and
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Cabbies pass council checks
A SERIES of spot checks on taxis in Pendle has revealed a high rate of compliance with licensing regulations. All 55 Hackney carriages registered with Pendle Council were inspected by the council's Taxi Enforcement Officer to ensure drivers were complying
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Show gets special shuttle service
A SPECIAL minibus service is being provided for next month's Trawden Show. The service will be put on by the Community and Accessibility Transport Brokerage (CATB) and is available for the disabled and others who would otherwise have difficulties getting
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End of the road for 'street-scape' idol
COUNCILLORS have pulled the plug on a contest that could have brought in talent from across the UK to 'street-scape' Accrington's Broadway. Hyndburn Council was to organise a competition in conjunction with the Royal Institute of British Architects to
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Chemists on Duty
FRIDAY, JULY 30 BLACKBURN: To 9pm: Lloyds Pharmacy, 4-6 Railway Road; Cohen, 63 Whalley Range. To 8pm: Johnston Pharmacy, 50-52 Johnston Street. To 7.30pm: Aston Pharmacy, 95 Accrington Road. To 7pm: Moss Pharmacy, 314 Bolton Road; The Pharmacy, Oakenhurst
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Chemists on Duty
MONDAY, JULY 26 BLACKBURN: To 9pm: Lloyds Pharmacy, 4-6 Railway Road; Cohen, 63 Whalley Range. To 8pm: Johnston Pharmacy, 50-52 Johnston Street. To 7.30pm: Aston Pharmacy, 95 Accrington Road. To 7pm: Moss Pharmacy, 314 Bolton Road; The Pharmacy, Oakenhurst
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Chemists on Duty
TUESDAY, JULY 27 BLACKBURN: To 9pm: Lloyds Pharmacy, 4-6 Railway Road; Cohen, 63 Whalley Range. To 8pm: Johnston Pharmacy, 50-52 Johnston Street. To 7.30pm: Aston Pharmacy, 95 Accrington Road. To 7pm: The Pharmacy, Oakenhurst Road; Geloo Bros, Cleaver
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Trialists miss out on tour
BURNLEY boss Steve Cotterill has named a full strength squad for the club's training trip to Austria. But French trialists Cyril Eboki-Poh and Lionel Djebi Zadi will not be aboard tomorrow morning's flight to Salzburg after being excluded from the travelling
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Straw got rebels to back plan for power
BLACKBURN with Darwen Council's new leader has lifted the lid on a row which threatened to rip the town hall apart. Coun Kate Hollern described the "shocking" rift which led to six of her former colleagues quitting the Labour benches to form their own
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EVENTS in East Lancashire and surrounding areas on Sunday, July 25 and Monday, July 26
SUNDAY Garden Festival, Trawden Village. Open Gardens, Chipping. Balderstone Brass Band presented by Clitheroe Town Council, Clitheroe Castle Bandstand, 2.30pm. Burnley Balloon Festival, Towneley Park, Burnley. "The Rising," Madison Park Wine Bar, Rawtenstall
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'People will come back when they feel safer'
IF Blackburn town centre is considered to be a no-go zone to many people after dark, what is the rest of East Lancashire like? In the fifth part of the Evening Telegraph's probe into drinking, Chief Reporter DAVID HIGGERSON looks further afield. . . WHEN
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Confused over care payments
AS the storm of recent news reports shows, it appears that the only certainty older people and their families face when it comes to obtaining and paying for care is that it will be a confusing and daunting experience. The chaos over who pays for care
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Keep your kids out of quarries
AT the risk of appearing a summer spoilsport, can I appeal to your readers to ensure that their children do not make local quarries a place for play during the coming holidays? Worryingly, research amongst our members shows that it is a very real problem
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GRANDAD
WAS LEFT FOR DEAD 'Callous' driver fled after late night collision 'Callous driver' jailed for 4 years By WENDY BARLOW Court Reporter KILLED: Jack Fallows DEAD A "CALLOUS" businessman who killed a pensioner in a late-night hit-and-run smash was today
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TV soap stars talk on the QT
TWO pin-up stars from the country's top soaps are to come face to face with their biggest fans in East Lancashire. Nick Pickard, who plays Tony Hutchinson in Channel 4's Hollyoaks, and Nikki Sanderson, Coronation Street siren Candice Stowe, will be special
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Soon-to-be married church pair take over adjoining parishes
THE Bible says "love thy neighbour" - and two priests will be practising what they preach when they take up a new calling. For the Reverends Rachel Simper and Ian Watts are not only getting married, they are going to become the priests of neighbouring
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Grieving family slam driver's 'arrogance'
THE family of hit and run smash victim John Fallows today slammed the man who took his life - and then tried to cover up his tracks by lying to police. And Mr Fallows' daughter slammed Zahid Shafi's "lack of remorse and arrogant attitude" which she said
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Children ban for paedophile
A PAEDOPHILE said by police to be a danger to children has been banned from being alone with children under 16. Ex-convict Peter Frederick Hernon, 57, was made the subject of an interim Sexual Offences Prevention Order by a district judge at Burnley Magistrates
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Canal project to splash the cash
PLANS to rejuvenate waterside communities along the Leeds and Liverpool Canal have received a £200,000 cash boost. The Canal Small Projects Fund has received an immediate windfall of £100,000 from the Big Lottery, formerly the National Lottery's New Opportunities
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The Fred Shawcross column
THE ITV evening news has undergone a startling transformation of late. The programme makers are now dramatising topics of the day with documentary-type back-ups. Last week it was a searching probe into the scandal of dirty hospitals and superbugs. This
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Duo will replace out-going council deputy
THE former deputy leader of Hyndburn Council, who recently announced his retirement, will be replaced by two people. Coun Jim Dickinson attended his last cabinet meeting in the post this week and will continue to represent Baxenden, but is taking a break
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Chemists on Duty
SUNDAY, JULY 25 BLACKBURN: 10am-1pm: Aston Pharmacy, 95 Accrington Road; 10.30am-4.30pm: Superdrug Pharmacy, 5 Stonybutts; 10.30am-4.30pm: Boots Chemist, 2 Cobden Court; noon-1pm: HN Espley, 343 Preston Old Road, Feniscliffe. DARWEN: noon-1pm: Lloyds
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Chemists on Duty
THURSDAY, JULY 29 BLACKBURN: To 9pm: Lloyds Pharmacy, 4-6 Railway Road; Cohens Chemist, 63 Whalley Range; To 8pm: Johnston Pharmacy, 50-52 Johnston Street. To 7.30pm: Aston Pharmacy, 95 Accrington Road. To 6.30pm: Donald Wood Ltd, 53 Fishmoor Drive; Healthbook
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lChemists on Duty
WEDNESDAY, JULY 28 BLACKBURN: To 9pm: Lloyds Pharmacy, 4-6 Railway Road; The Surgery (Chiropody), 132 Lammack Road; Cohen, 63 Whalley Range. To 8pm: Johnston Pharmacy, 50-52 Johnston Street. To 7.30pm: Aston Pharmacy, 95 Accrington Road. To 7pm: The Pharmacy
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Web World
RESEARCHERS claim people across Europe act really strange when using their mobile phones. A study of phone users in London, Paris and Madrid by Surrey University (www.surrey.ac.uk/dwrc/) showed very different behaviours. Londoners took to setting themselves
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Trialists miss out on tour
BURNLEY boss Steve Cotterill has named a full strength squad for the club's training trip to Austria. But French trialists Cyril Eboki-Poh and Lionel Djebi Zadi will not be aboard tomorrow morning's flight to Salzburg after being excluded from the travelling
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Friedel injury setback
BLACKBURN Rovers goalkeeper Brad Friedel could miss the rest of the club's pre-season friendlies after picking up an injury in last night's 1-0 win against Bohemians Prague. Friedel lasted just 23 minutes of the game in Ulm before hobbling off the pitch
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Business park puts firm hand on thefts
FIRMS on an East Lancashire business park have won praise from police officers after teaming up to cut crime. Businesses on the Altham Industrial Estate, Altham Lane, have put aside their commercial differences and teamed up to pool their resources in
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No action over road after 'accident hotspot' wrangle
NO action is to be taken over what is claimed to be a 'dangerous' section of the A666 - because it doesn't rate as an accident hotspot. The section of Blackburn Road, outside Darwen Vale High School, was highlighted recently after a cement mixer overturned
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Ex-warden guilty of disorder
A FORMER award-winning community safety warden was found lying on the pavement outside a town centre pub, a court heard. Tracy Jayne Kingston, 30, of Lawrie Avenue, Ramsbottom, admitted a charge of public disorder before Rochdale magistrates. The bench
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Shame of married man who assaulted shop girl
A 14-YEAR-old girl was indecently assaulted by a married man as she was at a Blackburn town-centre store on a work experience programme. Blackburn magistrates heard that Asad Mahmood called the girl "sexy" several times and asked for her name before touching
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Riddle of girl's tragic death
A DARWEN mother has re-lived the tragic moment when her six-year-old daughter passed away. An inquest at Blackburn town hall was told how Phoebe Robinson died at her home in Milking Lane, Lower Darwen, in March. Mother Sheila Robinson said her daughter
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'Move on, or we'll take you to court'
A HOMELESS man who has been living in a caravan in a Blackburn lay-by has been told to move on, or face court. Philip Holdstock has been staying in his caravan at Greenbank Terrace since May 14, but last week he received a notice from Blackburn with Darwen
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Truancy fine worries
PARENTS today warned education bosses to "get it right" if they are planning to dish out on-the-spot truancy fines. Lancashire County Council and Blackburn with Darwen Council education authorities have revealed that parents could be charged £50 if their
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Baby death mysteries
TWO East Lancashire tots could have been killed when their parents accidentally rolled on top of them in bed, inquests heard. Yesterday two inquests were told how two-months-old Josh Allison and two-weeks-old Katelynn Roe-Bell died in their parents' beds
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Speare has his final fling
JAMIE Speare charges out of the Accrington Stanley dressing room, thrusts his arms in the air and points towards the Reds fans behind the goal. It's a trademark gesture to acknowledge the supporters and get them fired up before kick-off. But the popular
