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EVENTS in East Lancashire on Thursday, September 2
TOMORROW BLACKBURN Salvation Army Over-55s Club, Blackburn Citadel, Vicar Street, 1.45pm. Speaker: Rev Fleur Estelle Green (St Mark's). Farington Art Group Exhibition, South Ribble Museum and Exhibition Centre. Until September 25. Cruse Bereavement Support
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The quarter-life crisis!
They may have most of their lives in front of them but now it's the turn of the twentysomethings to have second thoughts about their choices. JENNY SCOTT investigates. . . OVERNIGHT, they seem to have become the terrible twenties -- the age at which women
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Just here for the summer
Nature Watch, with RON FREETHY LAST week I enjoyed a Scottish Trio but this week East Lancs turned up trumps. For a few weeks now I have been keeping an eye on a disused quarry near Clitheroe. I had seen a pair of little ringed plovers displaying. These
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Identiy is of special value
TO remove the renowned Queen's Lancashire Regiment name is not a deprivation and dilution of its noble history, which has a special place in the hearts of true Lancastrians as do other regiments whose identity is of special personal value. Collectively
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Regiment part of our identity
WHAT on earth is this government thinking of wanting to amalgamate regiments into one another? We can't allow them to get away with this. All these regiments are part of the identity of our country, have stood the test of time and more than anything they
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Merger would be insult to the brave
I DO not believe there are many Lancastrians who do not have a member of their family who have not served in the Queen's Lancashire Regiment. My grandfather, Private Herbert Greenwood, of the Royal North Lancashire Regiment was killed in action in France
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Signs in the wrong place
I NOTICED the other day signs warning drivers of the presence of speed cameras in the area. Although it seems unnecessary to me that such warnings should be required I could not but wonder why they were placed at a height of about nine feet and on the
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Charity call for justice in trading
MEMBERS of the Catholic overseas aid charity CAFOD are planning a demonstration in Burnley calling for trade justice. Supporters will meet at the Charity Arch in Burnley centre to call on the Government to pass laws that will stop big business profiting
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Landlords trained in bid for better homes
BURNLEY will become the first East Lancashire authority to start training landlords to try and improve services for tenants in the borough. From next week, as part of a new 'Good Landlord' scheme, sessions will teach accredited landlords about tenancy
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Challinor set to face old mates
DAVE Challinor is gearing up to face his old club in the LDV Vans Trophy later this month. The Shakers have been handed a trip to Coca Cola League One side Stockport County in the first round. Bury captain Challinor moved to Gigg Lane from Stockport during
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Barrow worries over Scott
SHAKERS boss Graham Barrow fears that he could lose defender Paul Scott if the Shakers cannot sort out a contract for him quickly. Scott is currently at Bury on a non-contract basis, having been released by Huddersfield Town following their promotion
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Change idea is disgusting
I AM writing to voice my disgust at the losing of another Lancashire regimental name. I did my national service in the 1st Battalion Royal Regiment. We lost that name, now we are about to lose the QLRs. A GOODISON, East Lancs Road, Blackburn.
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Forces should not be run down
SHOULDN'T we, the public be seeking more money for the forces in general? This would resolve the problem of the QLR and many other things. We are running down the forces, the very people who have saved this country in the past. H COOPER, Ramsgreave, Blackburn
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Girl, 15, in sex attack as she walked home
A TEENAGE girl was sexually assaulted as she walked home. The 15-year-old was walking near the Phillip's Lane chip shop, in Burnley Road, Colne, at about 10.30pm. She was followed into a back alley and subjected to a serious sexual assault. The attacker
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Views sought for health check
RESIDENTS in Colne, Foulridge, Laneshawbridge and Trawden were today invited to give their views on issues including crime, transport and education in their area. A public consultation event was being held at Colne Market Hall until 7pm as part of the
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Balloons help lift festival promise
THE skies above East Lancashire will be invaded this weekend when one of the region's biggest festivals takes off. Balloons over Barlick, on Saturday, could see more than 40 hot air balloons making their way across the Barnoldswick. And organisers of
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Work at leisure site ends
A NEW dance studio and caf have been opened at a Hyndburn leisure centre as part of a £300,000 makeover. The caf at Mercer Hall, in Queen Street, Great Harwood, has been moved downstairs and is now open for business. Regulars at the leisure centre's aerobics
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Jack the lad has world at his feet
IT'S every young boy's dream. Signing for the football club you worship, meeting your heroes and standing on the hallowed turf being applauded by thousands of fans. That dream has come true for nine-year-old Burnley FC fan Jack Johnstone, of Oswaldtwistle
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Medieval fun as hall has its first fair
A HISTORIC hall is to host a weekend of swords, chivalry and craftwork later this month. Browsholme Hall, at Bashall Eaves, near Clitheroe, is holding its first ever craft fair and medieval weekend on Saturday and Sunday, September 18 and 19. Described
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£500,000 'mercy' copter cash plea
THE North West Air Ambulance is launching a £500,000 appeal to replace its ageing helicopter. Fundraising drive 'Operation Eagle' gets underway on Monday with the backing of Gulf War hero turned best-selling author John Nichol. The Air Ambulance's present
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Steve to get some help
BARRY Kilby has vowed to lend Burnley manager Steve Cotterill a helping hand in his quest for more players. Chairman Kilby is planning transfer talks with Cotterill later this week after two defeats in three days over the Bank Holiday weekend cruelly
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Debate on children's health services
THE FUTURE of Children's health services and new conservation areas are among the issues to be discussed at a meeting in Ramsbottom next week. The meeting of the Ramsbottom, Tottington and North Manor Area Board is to be held on Tuesday, September 7,
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Sports hall 'set for approval' despite objections
RE-SUBMITTED plans to build a new sports hall at a Rossendale school look set to be approved despite a second wave of objections from local residents. Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School, Glen Road, Waterfoot, wants to build the two or three-storey hall
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Alex 'hair to stay' after fleeing Haiti
SIX months ago, young Haitian Alex Juin was living through the traumas of a civil war. But having fled his homeland the hairdresser has started a new life, bringing a touch of Caribbean style to a Rossendale hair salon. Alex, 24, escaped from Haiti earlier
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Lessons of war learned in Ireland
PUPILS from two schools in East Lancashire have visited Northern Ireland in a bid to learn more about repercussions of conflicts. Girls from Westholme School, Blackburn, and pupils from Nelson's Edge End High School participated in the Corrymeela project
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'Pitch is not a car park,' drivers told
A BLACKBURN headteacher has warned motorists to stay off a playground which has been closed amid safety concerns. The 15-year-old pitch at St Michael with St John Primary School in Swallow Drive, Blackburn, was condemned as dangerous by health and safety
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Tributes to hero who lost cancer battle
FAMILY and friends have paid tribute to an adventurer whose exciting life led him to be called "Blackburn's answer to Indiana Jones". Tony Wells, who died of cancer aged 65, enjoyed careers as a paratrooper, fireman, ambulance driver and deep-sea diving
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Councillor calls for a limit to takeaways
A LEADING councillor has called for the number of takeaways to be limited and told a planning committee: "Enough is enough". Paul Browne, Liberal Democrat leader at Blackburn with Darwen Council, spoke out during a meeting where a businessman was granted
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What a drag! Women bowlers slam soap plot
A LADIES bowling team today launched a broadside at Coronation Street stars for making a mockery of their beautiful game. And the irate women, upset by a storyline featuring Jack Duckworth cross-dressing to help win a tournament, challenged the cast to
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Hospitals hit by superbug shock
AROUND 100 East Lancashire hospital patients - including four new-born babies - contracted the potentially fatal superbug MRSA last year. Hospital bosses have admitted the bug - which has grown resistant to antibiotics - is causing problems and cases
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Smear test age goes up
WOMEN in Bury under the age of 25 will no longer be given routine cervical smear tests. From this month, health officials will increase the age they invite women for such tests from 20 to 25. The change is in response to doctors' concerns that too many
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Hitch a ride on the bandwagon
GET yourself down to the Charter Theatre, Preston, on Friday, September 17, and enjoy an evening of with the comic entertainers of television's Pheonix Nights. The hilarious Paddy McGuiness, alias Paddy the door man, hosts and comperes and evening of
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Back to basics to beat the bugs
IT'S often been said that hospitals can make you ill as well as better. When many people who are frail and sick are put in the same building you don't have to be a doctor to realise that there is a chance of some patients contracting illnesses they didn't
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Cycling: Olympic medalist hits town
OLYMPIC gold medallist Bradley Wiggins comes to town on Wednesday with the Tour of Britain cycle race. Wiggins beat the world elite to win the 4,000 pursuit title in Athens last week but won't be resting on his laurels. The tour, which begins at Sport
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Ex-soldier would be appalled
MY father served in the Lancashire Fusiliers for around 20 years. He served in India, Germany and France. He was at Dunkirk and with the D Day landings. He was a motor bike dispatch rider in the military police and was mentioned in despatches. He would
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Now our streets are car showrooms!
NOW, why would we need various publications for the sale of automobiles when outside the Sacred Heart RC Presbytery on Preston New Road, at the junction with St Silas Road, Blackburn, we have an array of secondhand cars on display, all taking advantage
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Family's proud record of service
THANK you and your paper for backing the campaign to save the Queen's Lancashire Regiment. I am writing on behalf of my husband and family. My husband's father was in the Pals Regiment and was awarded the Military Medal and we are very proud of his service
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Warmth should not be a luxury
GAS, electric and water are all to increase massively. It is coming to something when utilities like these which are essential to our very existence are ending up as a luxury commodity. How on earth are people on low incomes and some pensioners going
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Shop around for best price deals
I AM writing in response to British Gas's extraordinary price increases. By September 21, British Gas will have increased the cost of gas by 18 per cent and electricity by 15 per cent in less than 10 months. This means that thousands of East Lancashire
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Run and help cancer charity
I WOULD like to ask any readers who have applied for a place in next year's London Marathon to consider running it for Marie Curie Cancer Care. Applications are now available and if you look on www.london-marathon.co.uk you will find the nearest place
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Civil servants to take over power?
CIVIL servants could be ordered to take control of Burnley Council if talks to form a new ruling executive fail. Party leaders had today still not been able to agree on a deal for setting up a ruling body following last week's resignation of the Labour
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What a drag! Women bowlers slam soap plot
A LADIES bowling team today launched a broadside at Coronation Street stars for making a mockery of their beautiful game. And the irate women, upset by a storyline featuring Jack Duckworth cross-dressing to help win a tournament, challenged the cast to
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Souness delight at Bothroyd signing
GRAEME Souness today expressed his delight at snapping up the Perugia striker Jay Bothroyd in a transfer-deadline busting deal. The Blackburn Rovers manager swooped to sign the 22-year-old on a season-long loan yesterday just hours before the transfer
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Railway park plan
PLANS to build a cycleway and footpath, on the site of a disused East Lancashire railway line, have been given a boost by Burnley Council. The proposals, costing £500,000 to £1m, could transform the former Padiham branch line, which closed in 1993, into
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Teenagers attacked by gang
THREE youths attacked two teenagers as they walked along a street. The 19-year-old victims were walking in Eastern Avenue, Burnley, when the teenagers tried to bump into them. The gang then started shouting abuse at the friends who tried to walk off.
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Group to get green schemes back
A WORKING group will be set up by Burnley council to try and get the borough's recycling services up and running again. The move follows a meeting of the Environment Scrutiny Committee to consider the outcome of an investigation into the borough's suspension
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Civil servants to take over power?
CIVIL servants could be ordered to take control of Burnley Council if talks to form a new ruling executive fail. Party leaders had today still not been able to agree on a deal for setting up a ruling body following last week's resignation of the Labour
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Swailes can spark Shakers, says Barrow
BURY defender Danny Swailes has put his injury-hit start to the season firmly behind him - and his manager hopes that could spark a rise up League Two. The big central defender, who missed the start of the season with a thigh injury, got off to a flyer
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Safety drive for the home and on the road
A MASSIVE drive to cut the number of accidents on the roads and in the home will take place next week. The Lancashire Partnership for Road Safety (LPfRS) will hold a safety event on Tuesday September 7 on the car park of B & Q, Churchill Way, Nelson
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Soldier brother was so proud
MY brother John served with the 2nd Battalion of the East Lancashire Regiment in Burma with the 14th Army. He was very proud of his regiment. SAM RILE, Trinity Court, Blackburn.
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Don't dilute the county's spirit
I BELIEVE that losing the county's name or incorporating it with the names of other counties would dilute the unique Lancashire spirit which makes the QLR so special. BEVERLEY and BERNARD BALFE-FARRELL, Church Street, Great Harwood.
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Name change a crazy idea
MY father fought in World War One with the East Lancs Regiment. He was very proud of his regiment. After his death they altered it to The Queen's Lancashire Regiment. It is very sad what Mr Hoon and Co wish to do. It's crazy. T BERESFORD (Mr), Wensley
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Leave our regiment alone!
HOW dare one try to take the Lancashire out of our Queens Regiment? What state would we be in if all these lads had said: "No we are not going to kill?" I am a Lancashire lass and I would like to see anyone try to take that away from me. ADA GIBSON (age
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£400k in works linked to plans
CONTROVERSIAL plans to build 50 homes in Earby have being given the green light - but any developer will have to spend £400,000 on a raft of conditions. Pendle councillors on the West Craven Committee backed the development on land in Bawhead Lane last
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Down the years
50 years ago A FARMER was prosecuted after a cow taken to Preston Auction Market for sale was found to have an ingrowing horn. The troublesome horn had penetrated to a depth of half an inch a court was told. The owner was fined £5 and ordered to pay £5
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Experts to help out in fight against yobs
EXPERTS who study anti-social behaviour could visit East Lancashire to help make authorities tougher on yobs. Authorities throughout the area have used Anti-social Behaviour Orders (ASBOs)to stop troublemakers and protect local communities since 1999.
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'We're on the case', flooding woman assured
HYNDBURN Council has reassured an Oswaldtwistle pensioner whose flat flooded for the second time in three weeks. Ivy Brogden, 72, had to call the fire brigade out last Wednesday to help stem the flow of water into her flat, in Kingfisher Court, in Heron
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Councillors in US-style debate
THE leader of Ribble Valley Council used its first US presidential-style debate to propose a new system of local government. But the new format still has a way to go to grab the attention of residents - only three turned up and none of them asked a question
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Souness delight at Bothroyd signing
GRAEME Souness today expressed his delight at snapping up the Perugia striker Jay Bothroyd in a transfer-deadline busting deal. The Blackburn Rovers manager swooped to sign the 22-year-old on a season-long loan yesterday just hours before the transfer
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Steve to get some help
BARRY Kilby has vowed to lend Burnley manager Steve Cotterill a helping hand in his quest for more players. Chairman Kilby is planning transfer talks with Cotterill later this week after two defeats in three days over the Bank Holiday weekend cruelly
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£4,000 target for trip of a lifetime
A MARTIAL arts school has been awarded a £3,000 council grant towards the cost of taking a group of youngsters on the trip of a lifetime. But Darwen School of Kung Fu and Lion Dance must still raise £4,000 in four months to make the three-day dream trip
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You helped us survive flood, boss tells workers
THE boss of a wallpaper factory hit by floods has praised his loyal workforce for helping the company to survive. The 72-strong team at Zen Wallcoverings, in Cross Street, Darwen, pulled together in a round-the-clock clean-up operation to shift mud and
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Free tours of towns' historic buildings
MORE than 2,700 properties including 83 in Lancashire will open to the public as party of Heritage Open Days. The event, from September 10 to 13, has been co-ordinated by the Civic Trust and English Heritage. Visitors will have the chance to take a free
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Assault teenager fights for life
A 15-YEAR-OLD Rossendale schoolboy was fighting for his life today following an alleged attack in the Haslingden area. Detectives investigating the incident think the youngster, who is believed to be from Haslingden, was assaulted at around 2pm on Bank
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MPs tipped to be ministers
EAST Lancashire MPs Janet Anderson and Greg Pope are being tipped at Westminster for a return to Government. Labour Party insiders think they could be brought back as Ministers in the reshuffle expected before a General Election next spring or early summer
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Asylum-seekers quota guarantee
A BOROUGH that faced asylum-seeker overload two years ago has been assured it will not have to cope with another influx of immigrants. New figures published by the Home Office revealed that at the end of June 2004 there were 350 asylum-seekers living
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Stanley striker may miss World Cup clashes
LUTEL James has been received a stunning call-up for two St Kitts and Nevis' World Cup 2006 qualifiers. But family commitments may yet force the Accrington Stanley striker to pull out of the double-header with Trinidad and Tobago on Saturday and St Vincent
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Police probe double powder scares
DETECTIVES have been investigating two suspicious powder scares in three days after mysterious substances were discovered in neighbouring districts. A package containing a unknown substance was forced through a house letter box in Sumner Avenue, Ainsworth