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The disabled should not be pushed aside
RE the story (LET, August 10) about Mr Keith Prestage and his need for a disabled parking space. I only wish Keith and Irene lived next door to me. I wouldn't even hesitate to say "Yes, go ahead. What is a couple of inches." It is better than blocking
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Thank you for walking the bay
ON behalf of the Meningitis Trust I would like to thank all those people in the North West who took part in, or supported the Meningitis Trust's cross Morecambe Bay walk. More than 250 people took part in the walk on Sunday, July 31 and the funds raised
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Battered on her doorstep
THIS is the 73-year-old pensioner who was left battered on her own doorstep by a thug who stole her handbag. And Sylvia Lee bravely agreed to have her picture taken to encourage people to provide information about the thug who attacked her. She was returning
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Crash kills soccer pals
A NEWLY wed amateur footballer and his friend have died after their high-powered Mercedes span out of control and hit a tree. Devastated team-mates have now cancelled all football matches in the Blackburn league where Ifan Ahmed Musa and Suhel Congress
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Hammer blow for Rovers
MARK Hughes bore the look of a man who had just been caught up in a hurricane as he emerged from a disconsolate dressing room at Upton Park on Saturday evening. The bitterly disappointed Blackburn boss had hoped to see his players 'hit the ground running
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Battered on her doorstep
THIS is the 73-year-old pensioner who was left battered on her own doorstep by a thug who stole her handbag. And Sylvia Lee bravely agreed to have her picture taken to encourage people to provide information about the thug who attacked her. She was returning
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'Yobs will not undo our good work!'
THE head of an environmental charity in Hyndburn has vowed his volunteers will not be beaten by vandals. Mike Stapleford, from the Prospects Foundation, spoke out after it was revealed youths had caused more than £2,000 in damage to Foxhill Bank Nature
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Crash kills soccer pals
A NEWLY wed amateur footballer and his friend have died after their high-powered Mercedes span out of control and hit a tree. Devastated team-mates have now cancelled all football matches in the Blackburn league where Ifan Ahmed Musa and Suhel Congress
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Our season starts here
STEVE Cotterill has urged Burnley to build on the crushing 4-0 win over Coventry that kick-started their season,. The Clarets ran riot at Turf Moor on Saturday to earn their first league points of the season courtesy of goals from Garreth O'Connor, Wayne
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It's a bitter sweet sympathy for Mick
STEVE Cotterill admitted his joy outweighed any sympathy for pal Micky Adams after Burnley ran riot to earn their first win of the season. A stunning performance saw the Clarets score four times for the first time since Cotterill took charge at Turf Moor
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Leaders locked together at top
RAMSBOTTOM and Lowerhouse are still locked together at the top of the table after both had wins yesterday. Mark Dentith was Ramsbottom's hero as his six of Qasim Ali in the last over saw them beat Colne by a wicket. Earlier, the deaprting Murali Kartik
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Armed siege ends as man falls asleep
ARMED police sur-rounded a house for four hours after a man claimed he had a crossbow and had just taken a drugs overdose. Andrew Nixon was arrested after an armed siege at his home in Scarborough Road, Whinny Heights, Blackburn. The siege, captured on
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'Gateway to Asia' tourism scheme
A CUT-OFF part of Blackburn town centre is set to become one of the area's biggest tourist attractions. The Victoria Street and Whalley Range area of Blackburn will be renamed the 'Gateway to Asia' and millions spent improving the area to help it rival
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Opening a new shops gateway
TO anyone who does not already live nearby and know the area a walk from Blackburn's Victoria Street through Whalley Range is quite a revelation. A wide range of businesses selling food, clothing, jewellery and other items from Asia and the Far East already
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Pool decision 'a backward step'
When I read that the new swimming pool at Darwen leisure centre was not to be an Olympic size ( LET, August 10) I thought it was a backward step especially considering the government want people to adopt healthy lifestyles. If they have a 50 metre pool
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You can't lock everybody up
B CORBETT asks (LET, August 10) why we can't lock up "would-be terrorists" to prevent atrocities. Why stop there? Why not lock up people "just in case" they commit acts of paedophilia, murder, drug dealing, rape, even anti-social thugs maybe? Truth is
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What are children supposed to do?
AS A MOTHER of five daughters, four of whom are between the ages of 13 to 18 years, I and other parents have been told by our children that they have all had their names and addresses taken. All they were doing was sitting on a wall in their own street
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Hughes stands defiant
BLACKBURN boss Mark Hughes insists the 'only way is up' for his players after they made a faltering start to the new season at West Ham on Saturday. Rovers slumped to a 3-1 defeat at the hands of the newly promoted Hammers and, to compound Hughes' misery
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Simply shell-shocked
BLACKBURN boss Mark Hughes was at a loss to explain his side's dismal second half showing at West Ham on Saturday. Rovers appeared to be on course for an opening day victory after Andy Todd had fired them into a first half lead. But then a resurgent West
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There's a first time for everything
IF EVER a club needed to hear that starter pistol it was Burnley. Short on numbers and down on luck after two false starts, getting out of the blocks was all that mattered against unbeaten Coventry. So to transform that mounting pressure into the biggest
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Hughes stands defiant
BLACKBURN boss Mark Hughes insists the 'only way is up' for his players after they made a faltering start to the new season at West Ham on Saturday. Rovers slumped to a 3-1 defeat at the hands of the newly promoted Hammers and, to compound Hughes' misery
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Our season starts here
STEVE Cotterill has urged Burnley to build on the crushing 4-0 win over Coventry that kick-started their season,. The Clarets ran riot at Turf Moor on Saturday to earn their first league points of the season courtesy of goals from Garreth O'Connor, Wayne
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Vision higher! Youth project gets £32,000
YOUNG people in Darwen will be encouraged to learn new skills and have fun as part of a £32,000 investment in resources and activities. It was announced today that Blackburn with Darwen Council's youth service had been chosen to receive the cash from
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Parking nightmare 'killing town'
TRADERS in Bacup have started a campaign to solve a "car parking nightmare", which they say is driving shoppers out of town. Jane Bowler, owner of J&D Discounts in St James Street, says the lack of parking provision is damaging trade and as a protest
