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TOMORROW
BURNLEY North East Morris Minor Owners Club, Bentley Wood Farm, Hapton, 8pm. Second Tuesday of the month. War Games, 7pm; Senior Citizens Dancing, 8pm (transport provided), Burnley Boys Club. Tai Chi, United Reformed Church, Bethesda Street, 11.15am.
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Beware start of silly season
SPRINGTIME announced its arrival loud and clear at the weekend, with unseasonably warm temperatures and bright sunshine. But it also signalled the start of the silly season, when members of the emergency services see their work rates shoot up. Every year
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Wheel trim causes injuries
MAY I urge - no, beg - all drivers to dispose responsibly of any discarded wire circles forming parts of car wheel trim. These things are lethal and, if trodden on, flip up and propel the walker forwards onto the ground. In sustaining facial injuries,
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Centre car park is a disgrace
WHILST I realise that Thrash the Trash is basically to counteract fly tipping, littering and vandalism, it does not excuse the council from tidying its own backyard. The car park of Mill Hill Community Centre, Blackburn, is a disgrace. It is covered in
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True meaning of 'trauma'
ON Thursday, March 3 you published a letter written by Mr D Pratt, of Accrington, about people all too eagerly claiming for life "traumas" which some in the legal profession have made into big business. Thank you Mr Pratt, for pointing out the real definition
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We must not lose facility for learning
THERE was a time when Darwen had its own education department, and for a good number of years T B Willis, the Director of Education, had his office in Holker House in Railway Road. The building also housed a school clinic and school dentist. Later Blackburn
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Fans held in dawn swoops
FOUR Burnley fans were arrested by police as part of a series of dawn swoops across the country. The men were all arrested on suspicion of violent disorder following the World Cup qualifying football game between England and Wales last October 9 at Old
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Domestic violence shocker
ONE person is arrested for domestic violence every 90 minutes in Lancashire, shock figures have revealed. The county has the sixth highest number of arrests in the UK - more than Greater Manchester, Glasgow and Tyneside - with 5,716 people taken into
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Don't write us off yet
STEVEN Reid believes Blackburn Rovers can still cause an FA Cup upset when they meet Arsenal in the semi-finals next month - even though they were beaten by The Gunners on Saturday. Arsene Wenger's soon-to-be-deposed champions struck an early psychological
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We missed our chance
FRUSTRATED Blackburn manager Mark Hughes felt his players passed up a golden opportunity at the weekend to strike an early psychological blow in the build-up to next month's FA Cup semi-final with Arsenal at Cardiff. The Gunners arrived at Ewood on Saturday
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Rovers fall short in dress rehearsal
MARK Hughes will have to weave some magic if Blackburn Rovers are to upset the form book when they face Arsenal in the semi-finals of the FA Cup next month. This game was billed as a dress rehearsal for that meeting at The Millennium Stadium but Rovers
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Boost for train line campaign
A CAMPAIGN group aiming to restore a rail link between Colne and Yorkshire has moved a step closer to its dream after getting a train boss on track. A delegation from SELRAP, the Skipton-East Lancashire Rail Action Partnership, achieved a coup in meeting
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Fans held in dawn swoops
FOUR Burnley fans were arrested by police as part of a series of dawn swoops across the country. The men were all arrested on suspicion of violent disorder following the World Cup qualifying football game between England and Wales last October 9 at Old
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Boost for train line campaign
A CAMPAIGN group aiming to restore a rail link between Colne and Yorkshire has moved a step closer to its dream after getting a train boss on track. A delegation from SELRAP, the Skipton-East Lancashire Rail Action Partnership, achieved a coup in meeting
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Sarah's set to help
A PENDLE teenager is jetting off to the other side of the world to help those less fortunate than herself. Sarah Harrison is spending part of her gap year in Ecuador helping to set up a community college. Her work will also help to protect valuable rainforest
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Boost for train line campaign
A CAMPAIGN group aiming to restore a rail link between Colne and Yorkshire has moved a step closer to its dream after getting a train boss on track. A delegation from SELRAP, the Skipton-East Lancashire Rail Action Partnership, achieved a coup in meeting
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Break will do us good
STEVE Cotterill is refusing to pinpoint Burnley's heavy schedule for their slump in form. Saturday's 2-1 defeat at Sheffield United means the Clarets enter their break to Cyprus with just one win from 10 games. They now have another 12 days to recover
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Cotterill counts cost of missed opportunities
STEVE Cotterill was disappointed that his Burnley side couldn't give Sheffield United's fans more ammunition to fire at their players. Blade boss Neil Warnock's programme notes called on the Bramall Lane faithful to stop having a go at their team in the
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Well worth our 230-mile journey
WE recently had the privilege of watching our grandson in the musical "Oz" performed, by 80 children at Elms Bank Specialist Art College in Whitefield. All the children were pupils at Elms Bank and all had disabilities or learning difficulties, but there
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Break will do us good
STEVE Cotterill is refusing to pinpoint Burnley's heavy schedule for their slump in form. Saturday's 2-1 defeat at Sheffield United means the Clarets enter their break to Cyprus with just one win from 10 games. They now have another 12 days to recover
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Don't write us off yet
STEVEN Reid believes Blackburn Rovers can still cause an FA Cup upset when they meet Arsenal in the semi-finals next month - even though they were beaten by The Gunners on Saturday. Arsene Wenger's soon-to-be-deposed champions struck an early psychological
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Shock as drug user found dead
POLICE suspect a 30-year-old man whose body was found at a house in Darwen died from a drug overdose. The man, who has not yet been named, was found by friends in Sandon Street on Saturday morning. Two people have been quizzed over the death and released
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Residents are given new hope
RESIDENTS fighting plans to demolish their homes to make way for a flagship school in Darwen have been given fresh hope after MPs called for a halt to new academies. Some 150 homes in the Redearth area are due to be ripped down as part of the Elevate
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Cook, listen, learn
AN MP who admits to being useless in the kitchen is demanding all pupils get compulsory cooking lessons in school to tackle the rise in child obesity. Nigel Evans, Tory MP for the Ribble Valley, believes youngsters will be less likely to live off a diet
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Power to use force withdrawn
POLICE bosses have withdrawn community support officers' power to use reasonable force when they detain suspects after one was stabbed and others experienced abuse. Senior officers at Lancashire Constabulary felt the capability was causing "conflict".
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Base bill brings Navy blues
BLACKBURN Sea Cadets could face closure if it does not find a new base after costly repairs forced the group to move out. The Mohawk training ship received a health and safety report that revealed nearly £200,000 would need to be spent to bring the base
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Big Brother to drive the crooks out
TOWN centre CCTV systems could be combined with vehicle number plate reading technology in a bid to drive criminals off East Lancashire's roads. The move, which would mean crooks having a Big Brother-style eye tracking their every move, has been put forward
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Pupils show they are real sports!
INNOVATIVE pupils have ensured they look their best when representing their school by designing their own uniform. The novel approach to fashion has been adopted at St Silas Junior School, Blackburn with every single pupil involved in the successful project
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Centurions drawn away in Challenge Cup
LEIGH Centurions face a trip over the Pennines in the fourth round of the Powergen Challenge Cup. Centurions have drawn Batley Bulldogs as their Super League status allows them entry to the competition at this later stage. Division One strugglers Batley
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Warmth
As I gaze from the warmth of my home, Upon men who are destined to roam, To far away places and people with Strange faces, Unwanted, unloved, unknown. Oh, I wish they could stay there, with not A worry nor a care, And the joys of tomorrow, no tears but
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Can you help with research?
I HAVE been researching my family history and I would be most interested to hear from anyone who served (or who had relatives who served) on the No 924 Balloon Squadron defences at Eastleigh in Hampshire during 1940? One man mentioned in August, 1940
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Struggling rivals face Good Friday showdown
WIDNES coach Frank Endacott looked forward to the Good Friday clash with fellow basement strugglers Leigh Centurions and said: "We can't even think about losing to Leigh on Friday. It's as important as a Test match for us. Endacott admitted his side are
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Window cleaner found by police in his car
A WINDOW cleaner who went to sleep in his car after finding the locks to his house superglued by a business rival - then drove to a supermarket - has been banned from driving for two years. Burnley magistrates heard how William Francis Cunnie, 47, didn't
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Cancer shock revealed
MEN in Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale have been given a health scare with new figures revealing they are more likely to develop prostate cancer. From 1996 to 2001, there were 648 cases of prostate cancer across the three boroughs -- 15 per cent higher
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Super school flooding fear
ONE of Burnley's new "super schools" will be built on a flood plain -- putting neighbouring homes at risk, residents have claimed. People fighting plans to build the replacement for Towneley School on Lower Towneley Playing Fields believe the new buildings
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Cook, listen, learn
AN MP who admits to being useless in the kitchen is demanding all pupils get compulsory cooking lessons in school to tackle the rise in child obesity. Nigel Evans, Tory MP for the Ribble Valley, believes youngsters will be less likely to live off a diet
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Power to use force withdrawn
POLICE bosses have withdrawn community support officers' power to use reasonable force when they detain suspects after one was stabbed and others experienced abuse. Senior officers at Lancashire Constabulary felt the capability was causing "conflict".
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Big Brother to drive the crooks out
TOWN centre CCTV systems could be combined with vehicle number plate reading technology in a bid to drive criminals off East Lancashire's roads. The move, which would mean crooks having a Big Brother-style eye tracking their every move, has been put forward
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Shock domestic violence figures
ONE person is arrested for domestic violence every 90 minutes in Lancashire, shock figures have revealed. It has the sixth highest number of arrests in the UK -- more than Greater Manchester, Glasgow and Tyneside -- with 5,716 people taken into custody
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Whaley on target again as leaders are humbled
YEOVIL 0, SHAKERS 1: For the second time this season Graham Barrow watched his Bury side deservedly take three points against the table-topping Glovers. And for the second time in two weeks, Simon Whaley was on the scoresheet, firing home in the first
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Sarah's set to help
A PENDLE teenager is jetting off to the other side of the world to help those less fortunate than herself. Sarah Harrison is spending part of her gap year in Ecuador helping to set up a community college. Her work will also help to protect valuable rainforest
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Night kayak rescue fury
A TEAM of kayakers has been criticised after a night-time river ride in the Ribble Valley sparked a full-scale rescue operation. The two women and three men were stranded when they became disorientated in the dark after setting off on the River Hodder
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Ade makes impression
TWO weeks without a game - bliss. But just try telling that to Ade Akinbiyi because that's probably the last thing he needs right now. While the Burnley striker spent the past fortnight stewing over his all-too-brief debut against Sunderland, he now has
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'Saviour' of council is leaving
THE deputy chief executive of a council who helped to turn around its fortunes today spoke of her sadness at leaving. Gillian Bishop was appointed in 2003 as part of a new management team at Rossendale Council after watchdogs recommended a radical overhaul
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Boro play-off hopes dashed
RADCLIFFE BOROUGH 0, WORKINGTON TOWN 2: Boro's play-off hopes were all but ended as UniBond Premier leaders Workington cruised to a 2-0 victory at Stainton Park. Goals from Cohen and Henney inside 20 minutes sealed the points for the runaway leaders,
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Giving life to son broke football ban
A 45-year-old Whalley man fell foul of a football banning order when he ran his 14-year-old son into Blackburn on the morning of the Blackburn Rovers FA Cup clash with Leicester. Blackburn magistrates heard that Simon Anthony Fielding's flying visit put
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E-mail cries for help on the rise
PEOPLE on the verge of suicide who contact the Samaritans by e-mail are having to wait for help because of the falling number of volunteers. The Samaritan branch covering Blackburn, Darwen, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley, has fewer staff than in 1975 and
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Boost for train line campaign
A CAMPAIGN group aiming to restore a rail link between Colne and Yorkshire has moved a step closer to its dream after getting a train boss on track. A delegation from SELRAP, the Skipton-East Lancashire Rail Action Partnership, achieved a coup in meeting
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Kerb crawler curbs
TOUGH action on kerb crawlers and sending prostitutes through rehabilitation has brought about a massive drop in prostitution in Blackburn, police said today. Officers believe the number of women working on the streets of Bank Top, traditionally the town's
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Bid to cut £4m sick leave bill
COUNCILLORS want to cut the amount paid to staff on the first day of every sick break in a bid to cut absenteeism. Tory councillors hope to push the new pay policy, which would need government approval, through the council's overview and scrutiny system
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Domestic violence shocker
ONE person is arrested for domestic violence every 90 minutes in Lancashire, shock figures have revealed. The county has the sixth highest number of arrests in the UK - more than Greater Manchester, Glasgow and Tyneside - with 5,716 people taken into
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Mullin keeps Stanley on play-off trail
TEN-MAN Stanley secured a vital three points in their race for the play-offs with a thrilling victory over rivals Morecambe. John Coleman's side produced a performance full of passion to come back from a goal behind and overcome the disappointment of
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Vikinettes on the spot for Widnes
VISITORS to Widnes Vikings' website might find they are straying away from the Rugby League to look at pictures of the team's cheer leaders. Pictures and profiles of the Widnes Vikinettes are a big hit in cyberspace, apparently!
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Simon Knox calls it a day
FORMER Leigh Centurions, Bradford, Halifax and Whitehaven forward Simon Knox, has announced his retirement for family reasons with immediate effect at the age of 32. The front row forward joined National League One club Barrow after helping Leigh secure
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Thieves steal car - and sleeping baby boy!
THIEVES stole a car from a busy town centre street with a baby boy asleep inside. The owner parked the VW Golf on Bridge Street, Ramsbottom, on Monday morning, but left the keys in the ignition. Police say they do not believe the two men who got into
