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SOME youngsters have always got themselves into mischief especially on the sort of warm summer eveni

But there is a difference between run-of-the-mill juvenile high spirits and causing real trouble. And the sort of professional experience the police possess in abundance shows the latter most often occurs when youngsters are fuelled by drink or drugs.

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Judge delays Sports Village ruling

THE final decision on Leigh Sports Village has gone to extra time. High Court Judge, Lord Richards, has promised to deliver his verdict by the end of July after a two day judicial review hearing in London. Legal representatives acting for Wigan Council

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Pupils' designs for park sculpture

YOUNGSTERS from Radcliffe have been asked to put forward designs that could be used as part of an exhibit in Close Park. More than 90 young children from Radcliffe Hall Primary School will contribute to the design of a sculpture for Radcliffe's Green

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'SHAMBOLIC'

PARENTS today discovered that a Blackburn primary school is to close within a matter of months. Council bosses plan to shut Highercroft Primary School, Fishmoor Drive, at the end of December after seeing its pupil numbers drop from 199 to 105 within four

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Centurions planning cup surprise

POWERGEN Challenge Cup outsiders Leigh Centurions insist they are "not just making up the numbers" in this weekend's quarter-finals. Rated as absolute no hopers by most people outside of Leigh, the Centurions don't feel that a victory at the KC Stadium

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'PORN IN TAXI'

CABBIE FURORE A TAXI driver deemed unfit to hold a licence after he was caught showing hard-core pornography to passengers has been granted permission to work in Pendle. Married father-of-two Shaukat Ali Afsar, 43, received a private hire licence to operate

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Cows are coming home

BURY will be holding its 62nd annual Agricultural Show with a welcome return for the cattle sections. The cattle will make an appearance for the first time since the foot and mouth crisis in 2001. There will be sheep and horse classes at the popular show

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Ossie's Gobbin Lamp will stay put

CONTROVERSIAL plans to move Oswaldtwistle's historic Gobbin Lamp to a more prominent site have been turned down. It had been suggested that the landmark should be uprooted from its current position outside the library to a new position in the centre of

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Home wanted for 20,000 vinyl records

A MOTHER-of-two is in a real spin - she has been bequeathed 20,000 vinyl records and does not know what to do with them. Kelly Skillin says she has just over a month to find a buyer for the records or facing putting the whole lot in a skip after she was

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BENNI BLUES BLACKBURN

Rovers' chief executive John Williams last night admitted the chances of signing Benni McCarthy look bleak, even though the player appears to have set his heart on a move to Ewood Park. Mark Hughes' number one transfer target is desperate to secure a

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On Inca Trail for charity challenge

A FATHER-of-two has just returned from a five-day trek in Peru to raise money for a cancer charity. Nigel Hawkins (43) of Belgrave Street, Radcliffe undertook the walk along the ancient Inca Trail in Peru, near the Chilean border, and raised more than

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Be careful what you claim for

AS part of Carers' Week, Anne McGuire, Minister for Disabled People, helped celebrate the role of carers, and reminded people to apply for the Carer's Allowance. Carer's Allowance is a benefit for people caring for a severely disabled person for at least

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Discussing the poor in luxurious surroundings

WITH much media attention being given to "Make Poverty History", many young people will be drawn to the demonstration in July where they will see the hypocrisy of the leaders of wealthy nations - who will be discussing the future of the poor of Africa

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Double standards just don't add up

BRITAIN'S road traffic laws are both confusing and disturbing. A man who drove the wrong way down two motorways (M62, M60) at speeds of up to 110mph, for 20 miles, with police cars and a helicopter in hot pursuit, has been given a 14-month jail term after

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Big is not always better

CONSENSUS has it that bigger is not better when it comes to health, which is certainly the case when it comes to obesity and gas-guzzling motor vehicles. Why then have we allowed supermarkets and out of town shopping malls to grow so big and powerful?

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Centurions planning cup surprise

POWERGEN Challenge Cup outsiders Leigh Centurions insist they are "not just making up the numbers" in this weekend's quarter-finals. Rated as absolute no hopers by most people outside of Leigh, the Centurions don't feel that a victory at the KC Stadium

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Litter fine first for the council

BURY Council has issued its first fine for littering - after a female motorist was seen throwing a piece of rubbish from a car. Danielle Hughes, of Meadowcroft, Radcliffe, has paid the £50 fixed penalty notice issued to her following a council investigation

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BLACKBURN

The Big Belly Comedy Club, Thwaites Empire Theatre, Ewood, 8pm. Iron Garden Furniture, Samlesbury Hall. Terry O'Toole's Painting Class for Beginners and Improvers, Portfolio, Simmons Street, 10am-3pm. Painting in Oils. "Absolutely Animal" Exhibition,

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Town looking for new boss

ATHERTON Town are on the lookout for a second team Manager after the departure of Mike Glegg. Glegg has joined Atherton Colls as assistant to Alan Lord after transforming the second XI and taking then to third place in the league. The first team also

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Lester named as LR boss

ATHERTON LR have announced their third manager in less than a month after Mike Lester took over the hotseat at Crilly Park. Following the shock departure of Andy Nelson and Stuart Humfreys to Leigh RMI, Rovers have appointed former Manchester City and

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Road pricing would be fairer

GRAHAM Carter raises a number of issues regarding the government's proposals for road pricing that deserve a response. I am surprised that he should view road-pricing with such disdain, as the system would do much to create a level playing field between

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'PORN IN TAXI'

CABBIE FURORE A TAXI driver deemed unfit to hold a licence after he was caught showing hard-core pornography to passengers has been granted permission to work in Pendle. Married father-of-two Shaukat Ali Afsar, 43, received a private hire licence to operate

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BENNI BLUES BLACKBURN

Rovers' chief executive John Williams last night admitted the chances of signing Benni McCarthy look bleak, even though the player appears to have set his heart on a move to Ewood Park. Mark Hughes' number one transfer target is desperate to secure a

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New community transport plan put to the test

RESIDENTS in the borough could be the first to try out a community transport scheme. Bury Council and the Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive (GMPTE) are looking to identify a pilot area, and they want local people to tell them what the service

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Warning over burglaries

POLICE today warned people to vigilant after a wave of burglaries in Nelson and Brierfield. In one break-in an elderly disabled woman was woken as a burglar rooted through her belongings. Now officers are asking people to be on their guard following the

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Natalie family welcome roads cash

THE family of a Radcliffe teenager who was killed on one of the town's busiest roads have welcomed an increase in spending on road safety. Bury Council is set to spend more than £500,000 on projects across the borough designed to increase road safety

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Sarah's Tai Chi master class

SARAH Pek is to travel to the Orient to be taught an ancient martial art by one of China's top Tai Chi masters. She will be practising the Tai Chi with Master Liu Yong, one of the country's most acclaimed teachers. Sarah, aged 17, said: "I am very excited

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This proves it: Blair really is a genius!

IT'S been a long, unpleasant and pretty personal 36 hours. We're tired. We haven't just got a six o'clock shadow on our beards, but midnight stubble. Television is an unforgiving medium, so we both have to be made up. As we go down the internal, concrete

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Khan fight set for sell-out

BOXING promoters are expecting a sell out crowd for Bury hero Amir Khan's professional debut. Amir, who won a silver medal at the Athens Olympics, will be in action at the Bolton Arena on July 16. And even though he does not top the fight night bill,

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New community transport plan put to the test

RESIDENTS in the borough could be the first to try out a community transport scheme. Bury Council and the Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive (GMPTE) are looking to identify a pilot area, and they want local people to tell them what the service

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Radcliffe Probus Club

LAST Wednesday, 20 members of the Radcliffe Probus Club visited the National Coal Mining Museum, Wakefield, Yorkshire. The organiser was ex-president Ken Jubb. Ken is to be congratulated on the hard work and organisation that he put into this venture,

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Shakers kick off at Cheltenham Town

SHAKERS kick off the new season in League Two with an away trip to Cheltenham Town on August 6, the fixtures revealed on Thursday morning. The first home game is the following Tuesday when Leyton Orient travel up to Gigg Lane. Due to copyright laws we

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'Help to reopen ward'

AN MP has urged health chiefs to pay for the running of a closure-threatened hospital ward in a bid to avoid a 'bed blocking' crisis in the future. Cash-strapped bosses at East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust announced the closure of Rossendale General's

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Speed camera not a panacea

REGARDING the recent publicity about a speed camera on Bolton Road, a camera will not tackle the many people who ignore our laws by way of licence, tax and MoT avoidance, or those who drive under the influence of drink or drugs. Maybe there are other

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The school of the future

SOLAR panels and wind turbines are part of the futuristic vision for Radcliffe's new £17 million high school. The future of Radcliffe Riverside High will be green - if the energy-saving ideas for the hi-tech new building get off the ground. Bury Council

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Henderson moves on

ONE player who won't be in Leigh colours again is former Newcastle Knights centre or second row Kevin Henderson who has been released by Abram. Shoulder and knee operations restricted Henderson to a handful of senior appearances at the start of the season

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Vikings track Wilshere

JOHN Wilshere, one of Leigh's successes this season, is being tracked by Widnes. The Vikings were impressed by Leigh's Papua New Guinea international when the clubs met a couple of weeks ago and are thought to be keeping tabs on the 27-year-old with a