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BLACKBURN

Hawaiian Garden Party, St Mark's Church, Buncer Lane, 2pm. Tom Jones, Shirley Bassey, Neil Diamond Tributes, Thwaites Empire Theatre, Ewood. Hoghton Ladies Coffee Morning, Hoghton Village Hall, 10am-noon. Open Day, Showley Court Residential Home for the

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COMMENT

WE have some lovely countryside in Lancashire - but the terrain and weather also mean that wild, unspoilt beauty spots can quickly become extremely hazardous. That sometimes puts lives at risk and people in need of urgent help in wild places. Mountain

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UP UP AND AWAY

BURNLEY Balloon Festival has been saved thanks to the generosity of a travelling showman. The event has attracted thousands of people every year since its launch in 2002 but was axed earlier this year because of a lack of money. But now the businessman

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BRETT NOT FOR SALE

BLACKBURN Rovers today dismissed reports linking Brett Emerton with a summer move to Newcastle United. Several stories in the national Press this morning claimed United boss Graeme Souness is poised to swoop on his former club for the Australian international

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brett not for sale

BLACKBURN Rovers today dismissed reports linking Brett Emerton with a summer move to Newcastle United. Several stories in the national Press this morning claimed United boss Graeme Souness is poised to swoop on his former club for the Australian international

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Get your firm's name famous

SHAKERS are already planning their perimeter advertising board campaign for the new season. Local companies have the opportunity to show their support for the club and get their commercial message across to thousands of potential customers every game.

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Shakers' anger at pitch downgrade

SHAKERS' director Ian Mills has hit out at criticism of the Gigg Lane pitch in the wake of the grading score issued by the Football League. The pitch is given a rating every game by the match referee and the manager of the visiting team, and at the end

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Sunday bus disruption

A SUNDAY bus service has been disrupted for road surfacing work. Passengers using the 593 service are warned that Wigan Road, Leigh, will be closed to traffic between Twist Lane and Hulme Road on June 12, 19 and 26 and will divert via Nel Pan Lane, Westleigh

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CHILDREN should be part of the government's new task force on pupil behaviour and discipline - that'

The former Education Welfare Officer in East Lancashire has tabled a question to the Cabinet Minister urging her to include children as a stakeholder group by allowing a pupil representative on the task force to be chaired by Sir Alan Steer. The Department

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Salvation Army Corps closes after 114 years

AFTER well over a century in town the Salvation Army is closing its Leigh Corps. The final valedictory service will be held on Saturday starting at 7pm in the Cook Street hall, to mark a community link which goes back 114 years. The Salvation Army's Central

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MOTORISTS using the busy A59 at Clitheroe were given a 'full frontal' by a drunken male, a court was

Blackburn magistrates heard Paul Thomas Sweeney was walking with his pants around his ankles and turning to face passing traffic. And an officer who went to investigate a number of complaints found Sweeney at the side of the road in the same revealing

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brett not for sale

BLACKBURN Rovers today dismissed reports linking Brett Emerton with a summer move to Newcastle United. Several stories in the national Press this morning claimed United boss Graeme Souness is poised to swoop on his former club for the Australian international

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JET-SETTING Burnley boss Steve Cotterill will make Spain the next port of call as his search for pla

Cotterill was today hoping to finalise a deal in England before flying out to look at several targets before the curtain comes down on the Spanish league season next weekend. Since the Championship season finished a month ago, Cotterill (right) has spent

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Two more agree new terms

SIMON Whaley are John Fitzgerald are the latest players to agree new deals with the Shakers. The news comes in the wake of the club announcing its first new signing, goalkeeper Craig Dootson. Midfielder Whaley has verbally agreed to a new two year contract

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THE headteacher of a Colne primary school, under fire for sending lorries down a residential road, h

Peter Cunningham, headteacher at Sacred Heart RC Primary school, where work on a new extension began this week, moved to alleviate people's fears about construction traffic on The Meadows today. He also explained lorries could not go across school fields

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Cricket club gala day

ATHERTON Cricket Club have organised a gala day at the club on Saturday, June 11, to boost club funds. The event, which will include a cafe and barbecue, stalls and tombola will be open between 1pm and 5pm behind Howe Bridge Sports Centre. Admission is

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There's something seriously wrong here

WHY is it that a mum and family of three young teenage girls, all with babes in arms, who have never worked a day in their lives, can collect £31,000 a year in benefits and live rent and council tax free while a 80-years-old, who receives a war pension

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Cat deaths make my hackles rise

A FAMILY who have lost four cats in 22 months under the wheels of cars are appealing to drivers in Findlay Street to slow down. In April last year the children wrote to me to tell me their pet had been run over, well it has happened yet again. This time

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Super League fixtures

WHO plays - and when FRIDAY Super League: Salford v St Helens (8pm); Wakefield v Leeds (8pm); Wigan v Hull (8pm). National League Two: Sheffield v Workington (8pm) TOMORROW Super League: Huddersfield v Bradford (6.05pm) SUNDAY Super League: Leigh v Warrington

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Post office closure sparks fury

THE decision to close the only post office in Bury town centre from next Tuesday has provoked a furious reaction. The branch, based in Forbuoys in The Haymarket, will close to coincide with the newsagent's lease expiring. With no alternative premises,

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Macca the Red Rose man

CURRENTLY on a tour of South America with the England Counties side, Sedgley Park's Dave McCormack has been awarded another honour. The plucky scrum-half has been named Senior Player of the Year by the Lancashire RFU, in addition to picking up his cap

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Refs to star for Lanky ace Gary

A STAR-studded cricket match is to be held at Prestwich Cricket Club on Sunday, June 19, but referees will outnumber the umpires! The testimonial game for Lancashire player Gary Yates will pitch a professional referees XI against a football and cricket

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WRONT TO REMOVE BIBLES FROM BEDSIDES

I WAS disgusted to read that a crucifix was removed from a hospital prayer room and then to read that three hospitals in Leicester were considering removing Bibles. The reasons given were that they may offend people from minority religions and that Bibles

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Bo, 9, escapes abduction bid

A NINE-YEAR-OLD boy escaped after a man tried to lure him into his car with a computer game. The boy had been walking to school at Ludlow Avenue, Hindley Green, at 8.55am on Wednesday when a black Ford Mondeo pulled up beside him. The driver showed him

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CAN ANYONE HELP WITH FAMILY TREE

FOR some time, I had been meaning to start on my Family Tree. I finally got the inspiration I needed when the BBC showed their series, "Who Do You Think You Are?" After contacting my auntie she informed me of all the family history she was aware of and

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Residents to fight phone masts plan

FURIOUS families are protesting at plans by T-Mobile to erect a mobile phone mast on their estate. The company has posted its intentions to raise a 15m pole close to homes in Carisbrooke Road and Queensway, Higher Folds, in a bid to test residents' reactions

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Serial sex attacker hunt

A SERIAL sex attacker is being hunted after a teenager was raped at knifepoint and another girl indecently assaulted. Detectives today described the man, who wore a distinctive Hawaiian shirt during both incidents, as a danger to lone women. And they

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UP UP AND AWAY

BURNLEY Balloon Festival has been saved thanks to the generosity of a travelling showman. The event has attracted thousands of people every year since its launch in 2002 but was axed earlier this year because of a lack of money. But now the businessman

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mum narrowly avoided jail

A MUM who hit a parked car while three times the drink drive limit was told she had narrowly avoided jail. Burnley magistrates heard Claire Elizabeth Moroney, 32, had drunk a bottle of wine after being told her ex-partner was seeing another woman while

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disruption will be minimal

THE headteacher of a Colne primary school, under fire for sending lorries down a residential road, has promised residents the disruption will be minimal. Peter Cunningham, headteacher at Sacred Heart RC Primary school, where work on a new extension began

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Cricket club gala day

ATHERTON Cricket Club have organised a gala day at the club on Saturday, June 11, to boost club funds. The event, which will include a cafe and barbecue, stalls and tombola will be open between 1pm and 5pm behind Howe Bridge Sports Centre. Admission is

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Sunday bus disruption

A SUNDAY bus service has been disrupted for road surfacing work. Passengers using the 593 service are warned that Wigan Road, Leigh, will be closed to traffic between Twist Lane and Hulme Road on June 12, 19 and 26 and will divert via Nel Pan Lane, Westleigh

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Hospice wins £300,000 lottery bonus

WIGAN and Leigh Hospice has won a £300,000 lottery jackpot towards the cost of building a new annexe housing a creative arts therapy suite. The new building next to the current Hindley-based hospice will have enhanced education and library facilities

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Gravestones wrecked in attack on Jewish cemetery

A SCENE of devastation greeted the warden of a Jewish graveyard in Prestwich when he arrived for work on Thursday morning. Almost 100 gravestones at Rainsough Jewish Cemetery had been destroyed by vandals, with damage estimated at £150,000. Many of the

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NO SPAIN NO GAIN

JET-SETTING Burnley boss Steve Cotterill will make Spain the next port of call as his search for players intensifies this weekend. Cotterill was today hoping to finalise a deal in England before flying out to look at several targets before the curtain

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A DARWEN volunteer who spent four months working in an African orphanage is appealing for local peop

Rebecca Passant, 21, of Hawkshaw Avenue, took time out after completing a degree at Liverpool University to travel to Ghana in January. The former law student, currently working part-time as a TV licensing assistant service adviser, was so touched by

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SERIAL SEX ATTACKER HUNT SERIAL

A sex attacker is being hunted after a teenager was raped at knifepoint and another girl indecently assaulted. Detectives today described the man, who wore a distinctive Hawaiian shirt during both incidents, as a danger to lone women. And they have pledged

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Heys boys have a blast

PRESTWICH stormed to a thundering 148-run triumph over struggling Thornham a day after an amazing see-saw game against Woodbank, when the rain emerged the winner. The five-point victory over the Slattocks side on Sunday meant the Heys boys hung onto second

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Time to get rid of this eyesore

SINCE the former Bentwood factory in Leigh Road, Leigh, closed over two years ago residents who live close by have had to endure, tipping, druggies, and power cuts as a result of vandalism on the site - which can only be described as a blot on the landscape

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Well, that's me told . . .

I TOUCHED a nerve with reader Bill Cannie who tells me he is sorry to read that I am repulsed by the sight of the 'exposed bump' of an expectant mother. He smacked my hands in no uncertain terms, saying: "I am not, but what does repulse me are your thoughts