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Get Your Trainers on for Charity
IF, like me, you've always wanted to take part in a charity run but found the thought too daunting, then why not take the opportunity to really make a difference and run the London Breakfast 5k Run for women in aid of the British Red Cross? Starting at
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Suez Heroes Recognised
I'VE written a book -- Suez: The Hidden Truths, which details those turbulent years of the early 50s in the Suez Canal Zone of Egypt, where thousands of mostly national servicemen were posted to defend a 'strip of water' against a hostile and barbaric
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DRUGS DEN CLOSED
A DRUGS house where three people have almost died from overdoses this year has been closed down after its "heroin dealing" tenant was evicted. Magistrates granted the closure order after hearing that David Walsh's home was a magnet for drug users, leaving
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Akinbiyi peaking
BURNLEY striker Ade Akinbiyi is ready to push himself through the toughest pre-season of his career to hit the ground running come August. Akinbiyi believes that supporters are yet to see him in full flow after arriving at Turf Moor in February carrying
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SKY'S THE LIMIT TO MEND ROOF
A FATHER-OF-TWO plans to throw himself out of a plane at 3,500 feet to raise cash for a £250,000 church roof appeal. Robert Alcock, 37, of Coniston Drive, Darwen, was hoping to take part in a parachute jump in Whitchurch, Shropshire, on Saturday, but
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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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COUNCILLORS IN COURT
THREE Burnley men - two of them councillors - appeared at Preston magistrates court today on an election fraud charge. Daneshouse with Stoneyholme Liberal Democrat councillors Mozaquir Ali, 43, of Brougham Street, Burnley, and Mansoor Hussain, 57, of
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RYAN SEALS NEW DEAL
BLACKBURN boss Mark Hughes has made his most significant signing of the summer so far by agreeing a new deal with Kiwi defender Ryan Nelsen. Hughes has shaken hands on a three year contract with the New Zealand international, which clears the way for
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Artist's portrait
TV VIEWERS will tonight get a fascinating insight into the work of Burnley-born artist Liam Spencer. The man dubbed 'one of the rising stars of British painting' is the subject of A Picture of Manchester, a half-hour documentary on BBC1. The one-off programme
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VICTORY MAKER WANTED
NELSON needs a model maker to create its very own HMS Victory. Martyn Leigh, of Moor Street, Nelson, has collected a 100-piece model of Admiral Nelson's flagship, but has not got the time to put it together before the Trafalgar Day celebrations. Now he
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SOAP STAR CAUGHT SPEEDING
SOAP star Amy Nuttall lost her driving licence after being caught speeding - even though she hates public transport because she is famous. Nuttall (left), who used to play Chloe in Emmerdale, was banned for six months under the totting-up procedure by
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007 craft lives another day
JAMES Bond's hovercraft has been seen zooming across a field in East Lancashire -- but this time 007 was not trying to escape any bad guys. The vehicle, used in the 2002 movie Die Another Day, starring Pierce Brosnan, was being used to promote the arrival
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Akinbiyi peaking
BURNLEY striker Ade Akinbiyi is ready to push himself through the toughest pre-season of his career to hit the ground running come August. Akinbiyi believes that supporters are yet to see him in full flow after arriving at Turf Moor in February carrying
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RYAN SEALS NEW DEAL
BLACKBURN boss Mark Hughes has made his most significant signing of the summer so far by agreeing a new deal with Kiwi defender Ryan Nelsen. Hughes has shaken hands on a three year contract with the New Zealand international, which clears the way for
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GAMES FOR JOBS
CHILDREN devoted to computer games are learning the skills which could earn them a top job when they leave school, it was claimed today. But youngsters need to be encouraged to get out of their bedrooms and play the right kind of games if their talents
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Theft threat to exams
A PART-TIME student is appealing for the safe return of precious revision notes stolen when her car was broken into. Sarah Kozlowski, 23, had the notes taken as part of a £900 haul which included clothes, CDs and the car stereo during the theft in the
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BLACKBURN
Blackburn Flower Club, Brownhill United Reformed Church Hall, 7.30pm. Practice Night. Blackburn and District Group National Osteoporosis Society, Lammack Methodist Church, Lammack Road, 7.30pm. Sue Holt, Clinical nurse specialist in pain management. Livesey
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Playing games can help you
COMPUTER games have been thrust into a very poor spotlight in recent years. They have been blamed by politicians for making youngsters violent, and by doctors for making children fat. But now it appears that they have a much more useful purpose than simply
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Kitty's Baby
BURNLEY MP Kitty Ussher has given birth to a baby daughter. Elizabeth Susan Colley was born yesterday afternoon, weighing a healthy 8lb 8oz. She is named after 34-year-old Mrs Ussher's husband, Peter Colley, who has given up work to look after the child
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COUNCILLORS IN COURT
THREE Burnley men - two of them councillors - appeared at Preston magistrates court today on an election fraud charge. Daneshouse with Stoneyholme Liberal Democrat councillors Mozaquir Ali, 43, of Brougham Street, Burnley, and Mansoor Hussain, 57, of
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PHONE MAST ROW
NELSON councillors want to stop mobile phone companies putting masts near homes and schools. Coun Sonia Robinson threatened to lead a revolt and get her colleagues to refuse to vote on whether a mast should be put on top of the El Tropicano club in Hibson
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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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DRUGS DEN CLOSED
A DRUGS house where three people have almost died from overdoses this year has been closed down after its "heroin dealing" tenant was evicted. Magistrates granted the closure order after hearing that David Walsh's home was a magnet for drug users, leaving
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WINDFARM FIGHTERS HOPE
PROTESTERS fighting against a £50million Rossendale wind farm have been given new hope. MP Janet Anderson believes the fact the land is designated as common land, which normally cannot be built on, may be enough to persuade ministers to reject the 26-
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CUSTOMERS can have microchips with their fish at one of Blackburn's best-known cafes.
The Hake Boat chippy, in Railway Road, has been serving the people of the town since Fish and 'chips' on cafe's menu CUSTOMERS can have microchips with their fish at one of Blackburn's best-known cafes. The Hake Boat chippy, in Railway Road, has been
