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Ken Clocks Up 50
IN 1954, Winston Churchill was Prime Minister, Roger Bannister ran the first four minute mile and Ken Dean said 'I do' -- that was to his new bride Doris and his new football team St Joseph's! It was during his wife-to-be's marriage lessons leading up
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Democracy has died in Britain
THURSDAY, May 5 2005 will go down in history as The Day Democracy Died in England. As everyone is now aware, there was a travesty of a General Election held in the UK. The results in England were as follows: ruling party, 8,044,96 votes; main opposition
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Warning to Pennington Flash swimmers
SWIMMERS have been warned about bathing in a popular stretch of water after toxic blue green algae was discovered. Warning notices have been erected around Pennington Flash in Leigh to stop people entering the water. The toxic algae can lead to illnesses
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Open days for garden visits
A COUNTRY garden near Entwistle reservoir will be open to the public on two Sundays under the National Gardens Scheme, which raises money for charity. Heaselands in Overshores Road will be open on June 19 and July 17, from 11am to 5pm. The half-acre plot
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Numbers add up to charity cash
HOLLINS-based chartered accountants DTE certainly came up with all the right answers during a special quiz event. Now, staff have donated their £1,260 prize money to Cancer Research UK. They were among 20 squads taking part in the charity quiz night,
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Teachers join police patrols
TEACHERS are set to join police officers on the streets as part of a bid to crack down on teenage nuisance in Burnley and Pendle. Officers want teachers to join them on night-time patrol so they can identify juvenile troublemakers and help bring them
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Dale keeper ace in Gigg talks
ROCHDALE'S evergreen goalkeeper Neil Edwards could be the Shakers' second new capture of the summer. The experienced Welshman has admitted on Dale's official website that he has been in talks with Bury boss Graham Barrow about a move down the A58. Barrow
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DRAMA GROUP PLAY IT FOR LAUGHS
BOLTON-BY-BOWLAND Drama Group will be performing for three nights only, Fringe Benefits. This comedy by Peter Yeldham and Donald Churchill was originally produced by Brian Rix, who produced some of the leading comedies of the 1960s in London's Whitehall
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VAN-TASTIC
A £6 MILLION white-van deal has made East Lancashire business-man David Fishwick the UK's number one supplier of LDV Maxus vans. David, 34, of the Colne-based LDV Van and Minibus Sales centre has signed a deal to supply 300 LDV Maxus vans to a nationwide
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Three is the magic number for Steve
BURNLEY boss Steve Cotterill is still looking for three pieces to complete his jigsaw puzzle. The Clarets boss is targeting a left back, a central midfielder and a striker to add to the three players he has already signed this summer. And Sheffield United's
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Teenage thugs attack man
A 19-YEAR-OLD man suffered facial injuries when he was robbed by two teenagers who stole his wallet. The incident happened at around 2.30am on Sunday on the footbridge on Outwood Road, Radcliffe, near to the ASDA supermarket. The victim was grabbed him
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Young gangs make our lives a misery
I LIVE on the Holme Avenue estate in Brandlesholme and am at my wits end. Summer is here and our peace and quiet is over already. We are subjected to gangs of youths on the estate congregating outside Tescos on Brandlesholme Road every evening then making
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'M proud to be a supporter of the Everyman Campaign. Indeed last year I climbed into a pair of giant underpants to promote greater awareness of prostate and testicular cancer. June is Everyman Male Cancer Awareness Month and I'm writing to urge readers
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Area board meeting on Thursday
HIGHWAY improvements and the local youth service are on the agenda of Bury East area board which meets on Thursday. Residents can have their say during a 45-minute open forum. The meeting starts at 7pm at Holy Trinity Primary School in Cecil Street, Bury
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Teacher join police patrols
TEACHERS are set to join police officers on the streets as part of a bid to crack down on teenage nuisance in Burnley and Pendle. Officers want teachers to join them on night-time patrol so they can identify juvenile troublemakers and help bring them
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It's your cash that I want
BURY dentist Mark Cohen got his teeth into some serious fundraising when he took on the mantle of Grease star John Travolta. Mark was one of a 20-strong group from the Fairfield Hospital Support Group for Children with Diabetes who helped raise £234 at
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Area board meeting on Thursday
HIGHWAY improvements and the local youth service are on the agenda of Bury East area board which meets on Thursday. Residents can have their say during a 45-minute open forum. The meeting starts at 7pm at Holy Trinity Primary School in Cecil Street, Bury
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Police photo appeal after shop raid
DETECTIVES investigating a terrifying armed robbery at a shop in Radcliffe have released an e-fit picture of a man they wish to speak to. The man was sitting in a van parked near to the Spar shop on Moss Shaw Way, minutes before a raid by a knife-wielding
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Three is the magic number for Steve
BURNLEY boss Steve Cotterill is still looking for three pieces to complete his jigsaw puzzle. The Clarets boss is targeting a left back, a central midfielder and a striker to add to the three players he has already signed this summer. And Sheffield United's
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Darts, domino prize night
THE presentation evening for Bury & District Darts and Dominoes League will be held on Monday, June 13 at the Salisbury Club, commencing 8pm. Ten tickets per team will be distributed shortly. If any team requires additional tickets at £3 each, they
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Why the 'no to Europe' camp were correct
THIS week sees the 30th anniversary of the Common Market referendum. Although the 'no' side came second, they have been proved right by events. Since then, the public has been denied a say on how they are governed. It was swept under the carpet during
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Advice to yobs who 'egged' me on
I DON'T tend to see a lot of this around and about, but I was the victim of it recently. I was out cycling with a mate when we stopped to fix his bike. Suddenly, I was hit on the leg by something and at first I thought it was a passing car that had flicked
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Turley set for X-rays
LEIGH Centurions' full-back Neil Turley is to undergo X-rays to determine the full extent of the serious facial injuries he sustained in Sunday's defeat by Widnes. Turley left the field with a broken nose, suspected broken jaw and suspected broken cheekbone
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BLACKBURN
Accrington and Blackburn CHA Walking Club, Clubrooms, The Capita Centre, Aqueduct Road. Committee Meeting. "Absolutely Animal" Exhibition, Samlesbury Hall. Until June 30. Blackburn and District Camera Club's Annual Members Exhibition, Foyer, Radio Lancashire
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Ladies county cricket at Radcliffe
RADCLIFFE Cricket Club's Racecourse ground will host a county game on Sunday. Lancashire Ladies will face Kent Ladies at the Unsworth Road complex in what will be the first series of county matches played outside Cambridge. There are four teams in the
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Airport ride car hijacked
A CHAUFFEUR'S car was stolen after he stopped to pick up passengers that he was taking to the airport. The 56-year-old man had pulled over in a silver Volvo S80 to collect a group of customers at Manchester Road, Ramsbottom. As he left the vehicle, leaving
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A MAN wrongly convicted of a double murder is outraged after police said they did not have the resou
Peter Fell, of Great Harwood, spent more than 18 years behind bars after two women were killed on Aldershot Common, close to where he was based in the Army, in 1983. He has been asking Hampshire Police and Chief Constable Paul Kernaghan to find the murderer
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Shop fishes for your support
A RAMSBOTTOM chippie is to 'batter it out' with fish and chip shops across the country in a national competition. And local residents can help Our Plaice in Bolton Street wrap up the National Fish and Chip Shop of the Year title by voting for them. Members
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Sarah, the fundraising star for Christie's
ONE of Christie's youngest fundraisers is now officially part of the team - after celebrating her 16th birthday. Sarah Ross, a pupil from Bury Grammar School, decided she wanted to do all she could to help Europe's largest cancer treatment and research
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Taking to the hills for memorial ride
AMATEUR cyclists saddled up on Sunday for the fourth annual Charlie Westlake Memorial Invitation bike ride staged by Bury Clarion and Bury Cyclists' Touring Club. The event attracted 22 male and female riders, ten of whom chose to ride the shorter 54km
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TRIBUTES TO TRAGIC STUDENT
MORE than a hundred mourners celebrated the life of tragic Burnley student Jackie Ryding in an emotional farewell. Jackie was killed when she and boyfriend Danny McNamara were struck by a van on April 25 as they walked on the pavement along the A59 in
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Firms forge Slovakia link
A PENDLE firm is helping others across East Lancashire forge links with companies in Slovakia. Barrowford-based J D Winborne Clipper Company staged a meeting for businesses in the area with top dignitaries from one of the EU's newest member states. Destination
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HOTEL BOSS'S FURY
A COLNE hotel owner claims Pendle Council is trying to run him out of town. Bernard Collins bought the Hendly Hotel, Queens Street, 16 years ago and the building has been on Colne councillors' 'problem sites' list since September 2003. Now, council officers
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Festival of flowers at church
A FESTIVAL of Flowers is being held at Lowton Parish Church of St Luke. The festival starts with a service at 9.30am on Friday June 17 and runs until 8pm. The event also runs from 10am to 5pm on Saturday and noon to 5.30pm on Sunday.
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Missing man: Police quiz four
THREE men and a woman were arrested by police investigating the disappearance of an Accrington businessman who is missing, feared dead. But today officers said they had ruled out a link between the four and the disappearance of David Guilfoyle, although
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Vietnam veteran's secret history to be relived
WHEN Phil Kaiserman arrived in Vietnam in 1945, so began a life-long love affair with the country that he will revisit later this year for the first time in 60 years. On August 29, Phil, from Radcliffe, will fly to Paris and then on to Hanoi under the
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BEST YET TO COME
ROBBIE Savage wants to show Blackburn Rovers fans that he's one of the best midfielders in the Premiership. The confident Welshman has had a frustrating time since joining from Birmingham City in January but insists Blackburn will finally see the best
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Melt help for cancer victims
A RIBBLE Valley company is holding a candle for people struck down by breast cancer. Candle firm Melt has entered into a partnership with national charity Breast Cancer Campaign to supply special pink candles to raise awareness of the disease. The charity
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Robbery bid
A GUARD was hit with a metal bar as a bungling robber snatched an empty cash box. The raider pounced outside Sainsbury's supermarket, Hardman Way, Darwen, at 1pm yesterday before two Securitas staff had gone inside to collect cash. He hit one of the guards
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Forgotten village's welcome sign plea
FORGOTTEN villagers have started a campaign to get them on the map after council chiefs refused to put up a welcome sign. And today officials from another small community supported the bid -- claiming its entrance sign had benefited residents. Locals
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A MAN wrongly convicted of a double murder is outraged after police said they did not have the resou
Peter Fell, of Great Harwood, spent more than 18 years behind bars after two women were killed on Aldershot Common, close to where he was based in the Army, in 1983. He has been asking Hampshire Police and Chief Constable Paul Kernaghan to find the murderer
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Open days for garden visits
A COUNTRY garden near Entwistle reservoir will be open to the public on two Sundays under the National Gardens Scheme, which raises money for charity. Heaselands in Overshores Road will be open on June 19 and July 17, from 11am to 5pm. The half-acre plot
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Please support your local group
THIS year Volunteers Week celebrates its 21st anniversary. Once again there will be events throughout the country to acknowledge and thank volunteers for the huge contribution they make to their community. The week also provides an opportunity to encourage
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School each-in for new parents
PARENTS with children starting at Greenmount Primary School in September are invited to attend a new "intake parents" evening this Thursday. The 7pm meeting, which will last approximately one hour, will give parents the chance to find out all they need
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Disgusted to see SS uniforms at 1940s event
I AM writing to register my disgust at the 1940s event at Bolton Street Station, Bury. It was presented to remember those who fought and died for their King and country in World War Two. The organisers went to a lot of trouble with stalls and entertainment
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Hunt master Alex loses cancer fight
HOLCOMBE huntsman and joint master Alex Sneddon (68) lost his fight against cancer last weekend, though earlier this year he was able to turn out to parade with hounds immediately after the ban on hunting became legal. He was with the Holcombe for 40
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Lillian's fight for asbestos cash justice
A WOMAN whose husband died after being exposed to asbestos at work is taking a stand against the lack of compensation for victims of industrial injury. Lillian McSherry (50), from Bradley Fold, Bury, received no money following the death of her husband
