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Punishment should fit the crime
I WAS shocked to see the front page (October 26) regarding the taxi driver who attacked a young male. My first question has to be why the authorities decided this vicious attack only warranted a two-week suspension from driving his taxi? I'm sorry, have
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Andy Payton column: Team bond will take Clarets far
THE real highlight of the superb win at Luton Town wasn't Ade Akinbiyi's brilliant hat-trick. It was the sight of his Burnley team mates joining in the celebrations and the team huddle at the final whistle. That, more than anything, is the evidence that
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Hall change for council?
LANCASTER Town Hall could be turned into a museum and Morecambe Town Hall into prestige flats - with a new purpose built civic building going up in the resort. That is the bones of a report going before Lancaster City Council's cabinet on Tuesday next
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Rovers in Pole position
BLACKBURN boss Mark Hughes is set to hand a trial to Polish defender Antoni Lukasiewicz. The Poland Under 21 international captain has been recommended to Rovers by a third party and Hughes has decided to bring him over to England to take a closer look
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Lee: I want to stay here
BLACKBURN Rovers' on-loan keeper Richard Lee today said he's loving life in the fast lane at Ewood Park. The 23-year-old stopper, who joined Rovers on a season-long loan from Watford in August, is relishing working alongside goalkeeping great Brad Friedel
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Club is best at curbing trouble
GOVERNMENT figures, which reveal Burnley is among the UK's best at tackling hooliganism, is 'a victory for teamwork'. That is the view of Burnley FC's chief executive Dave Edmundson reacting to Home Office statistics that show only seven other clubs in
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Pensioner cut free after 90-minute crash ordeal
A PENSIONER was trapped in his car for an hour-and-a-half after his car struck a lamp-post in Burnley. Police today appealed for witnesses to the accident, just after 6.30pm yesterday, on the M65 slip road which links the motorway to Princess Way. Raymond
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Man tried to con pub lease
A 62-year-old turned criminal conman to try and get the lease and stock of a well-known Rossendale pub, a court was told. David Rigby wrote a cheque on an account which had been closed and also altered a Woolwich Building Society statement to read he
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Resort is having a bad spell...
New smart, state of the art bus shelters sited along Lancaster Road in Morecambe have caused a storm by spelling the names of not one but two local areas wrongly. They all call Morecambe MORCOMBE' while nearby Heysham the winner of the recent Britain
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The beat goes on
A MUSIC studio which hosts more than 75 bands each week is demanding a promise that it will have a harmonious future. Lancaster Music Co-operative, residents and city councillors alike want Lancaster City Council to set the co-op's future in stone to
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Ex-Tory MP set for the Lords
FORMER Pendle MP John Lee is set to be elevated to the House of Lords. The former Tory MP for Nelson and Colne and then Pendle between 1979 and 1992 has been nominated as a Liberal Democrat Working Peer. The 63-year-old quit as a Tory minister over the
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Victory for car parking outside homes
RESIDENTS in a Nelson street have won their fight to get parking restrictions lifted outside their homes. Nelson Committee has voted to spend £20,000 on narrowing the pavements on Lomeshaye Road by 40cm on each side so residents can park their cars without
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'Estate' land worth £20m
A DISPUTED piece of land between Nelson and Colne is worth £20m, Pendle Council bosses have revealed. Executive director for services John Kirk announced Gib Hill's value in a bid to stop Nelson councillors from planting trees on the land, which has been
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Single review: Brakes - Ring A Ding Ding (Rough Trade)
Brakes are a super-group constructed from the finest components of the best bands in Brighton - British Sea Power, Electric Soft Parade and Tenderfoot. Very much a good-humoured side-project, it's clear from Ring A Ding Ding that Sussex's finest haven't
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Album review: Cayto - !Blunderbuss! (Rictus)
There must be something in the water north of the border, as here come another mould-breaking, musically diverse, aurally satisfying Scots ensemble to show us dull Sassenachs up. Imagine Tori Amos playing piano for a Radiohead cover band that have recently
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Singers reach for the stars
TINA Turner, Madonna and two Whitney Houstons wowed a talent show audience in East Lancashire's answer to TV show Stars in Their Eyes. Thirteen talented impersonators took to the stage to battle it out for Blackburn Lions' Search for a Star fundraising
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'Lemons' show a new zest
A TEAM that played so badly that they were once called a bunch of lemons aren't bitter because they've ripened in to the future of Blackburn Rugby Club. The Lemons, as they are now affectionately known, are Blackburn's first Junior Colts team in five
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Head set to step down
THE headmaster of a Ribble Valley independent school has announced his intention to step down at the end of the academic year. Adrian Aylward has been headmaster at Stonyhurst College for nearly 10 years but says the time is now right for him to 'seek
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Row over evening closure of service
A DECISION to close Clitheroe's award-winning travel interchange in the evenings has been slammed. Lancashire County Council has cut the opening hours of the town's interchange to save cash. But Ribble Valley Council, a financial partner in the scheme
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Morecambe down and out...
MISFIRING Morecambe were dumped unceremoniously out of the FA Cup by a team from a lower league - and no-one could have any complaints. Northwich Victoria travelled to Christie Park with a point to prove after being expelled from the Nationwide Conference
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Hall change for council?
LANCASTER Town Hall could be turned into a museum and Morecambe Town Hall into prestige flats - with a new purpose built civic building going up in the resort. That is the bones of a report going before Lancaster City Council's cabinet on Tuesday next
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Club is best at curbing trouble
GOVERNMENT figures, which reveal Burnley is among the UK's best at tackling hooliganism, is 'a victory for teamwork'. That is the view of Burnley FC's chief executive Dave Edmundson reacting to Home Office statistics that show only seven other clubs in
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Duff call-up in the balance
Burnley boss Steve Cotterill has also revealed that Michael Duff will not be allowed to link up with Northern Ireland unless he recovers from the calf injury which ruled him out of last weekend's clash with Luton. Duff, 27, has been included in Lawrie
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Clarets play waiting game over keeper
BURNLEY plan to bide their time before signing a goalkeeper on loan as cover for Brian Jensen. The Clarets have decided not to appeal against Jensen's red card, received for deliberate handball in the 3-2 win at away to Luton Town last weekend. Burnley's
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Surcharge axed for City clash
BURNLEY have thrown down the gauntlet to fans by scrapping their controversial £3 surcharge for next week's Championship clash with Leicester City. The move follows objections from some supporters to the charge, which led to those buying tickets in the
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Luke aims to be a force for Lancs
NEW Lancashire wicketkeeper Luke Sutton says he is targeting an England cap as he gets used to life at Old Trafford. The former Derbyshire skipper, who ended his five-year stay at the County Ground at the end of last season, is relishing the chance to
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Vaughan's waiting game
England were sure to finally find out some time today what part, if any, injured captain Michael Vaughan has to play in their tour of Pakistan. Vaughan, present yesterday to watch his team slide to a six-wicket defeat against Pakistan A at Bagh-e-Jinnah
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It's Ged the red
THE darkest day of Morecambe's season was followed by one of the brightest when Christie Park chief Jim Harvey signed Ged Brannan. Harvey has chased the 33-year-old midfielder for some time and stepped up his hunt after Brannan was released by Accrington
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Centre gets a Brucie bonus
BBC newsreader Fiona Bruce has given her support to Lancaster's innovative domestic abuse support centre. Ms Bruce reckons that the 'Sal's Place' centre on St Leonardgate is a wonderful idea that should be replicated up and down the country.' "I was delighted
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Morecambe down and out...
MISFIRING Morecambe were dumped unceremoniously out of the FA Cup by a team from a lower league - and no-one could have any complaints. Northwich Victoria travelled to Christie Park with a point to prove after being expelled from the Nationwide Conference
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Christmas charity is ready to go
OPERATION Christmas Child is ready to swing into action in the Lancaster district. The seasonal charity's new warehouse is at Evans Marquees in Wyresdale Road, Lancaster, close to Hornsea Pottery. It will be open from 9.15am to 4.45pm daily from next
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Joseph's back again
Martyn Joseph, one of acoustic music's finest singer songwriters, is coming to Lancaster University on December 10 following the release of his new CD Deep Blue. Martyn, who won the Best Male Solo Artist gong at the 2004 Welsh Music Awards, played a sell-out
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Lee: I want to stay here
BLACKBURN Rovers' on-loan keeper Richard Lee today said he's loving life in the fast lane at Ewood Park. The 23-year-old stopper, who joined Rovers on a season-long loan from Watford in August, is relishing working alongside goalkeeping great Brad Friedel
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Album review: Blondie - Live By Request (Cooking Vinyl)
What Blondie had over the other New York spawned purveyors of punk isn't easy to define. Was it Harry's irreverent and beautiful voice, or the music Stein created for it? Probably both. Here, Live By Request, they treat us to a mesmerising performance
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Lancashire gig guide
Your diary of the big gigs coming to Lancashire soon, including the likes of Status Quo, White Stripes, Paul Weller, Doves, Blondie, The Coral, Australian Pink Floyd, The Magic Numbers and Jerry Lee Lewis. NOVEMBER 9 Manchester Camarata, Guild Hall, Preston
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ID probe after man is found dying
POLICE have launched an appeal in a bid to discover the identity of a man who died after collapsing in Darwen last night. Detectives said the man, believed to be in his 50s, was walking along Bank Street just after 11.30pm and are keeping "an open mind
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David 'humbled' by top Rotary award
A RETIRED solicitor has been honoured as the first member of Darwen Rotary Club to receive a Paul Harris Fellowship. David Watson, was the club's 50th president in 1982/83. Paul Harris Fellow recognition was created in memory of Paul Harris, the founder
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Tenants' 'yes' to £40m homes scheme
ROSSENDALE Council has unlocked a £40million investment in housing after 85 per cent of tenants agreed with proposals to transfer the authority's housing stock to association control. The poll, held yesterday, saw 62.4 per cent of tenants vote -- with
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Singers reach for the stars
TINA Turner, Madonna and two Whitney Houstons wowed a talent show audience in East Lancashire's answer to TV show Stars in Their Eyes. Thirteen talented impersonators took to the stage to battle it out for Blackburn Lions' Search for a Star fundraising
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Free car parking 'lures shoppers from centres'
AROUND 18,000 fewer people are expected to shop in Blackburn town centre this year, resulting in a £37million drop in spending, according to the CACI's annual survey. And Accrington will welcome 14,000 fewer shoppers this year, missing out on more than
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Dearer parking is wrong move
AT a time when many traders fear the impact of retail parks on business, councils should be doing all they can to help attract shoppers into our town centres. So the decision to increase car-parking charges in Blackburn must be like a dagger to the heart
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Poppy Appeal needs your help
I WOULD like to encourage readers to, once again, give as generously as possible to the Poppy Appeal. The Royal British Legion will always be there, not only to help Servicemen affected by the World Wars but also those injured or traumatised in more recent
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Shopping numbers down, parking charges up
COUNCIL bosses have been labelled 'Scrooges' for increasing Blackburn town centre parking charges by up to 28 per cent in the run-up to Christmas. Details of the "inflationary" rises were released as an annual independent survey of town centres revealed
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Family and friends' grief for 'a happy young mum'
THE family of a woman who plunged 25ft to her death after falling from an upstairs window have paid tribute to a "happy young mother". Today police named the dead woman as Amanda Alexander, 26, of Waterfoot, who suffered severe head injuries after the
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Mayor leads as city takes time to reflect
LANCASTER district is expected to fall silent on Friday at 11am - as local people take time out to remember the fallen. City Mayor Cllr Joyce Taylor will lead a reflection in the Garden of Remembrance at Lancaster Town Hall. She will be joined by council
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12 arrests as police swoop on Burnley homes
POLICE arrested 12 people in a series of dawn swoops across Burnley today. The raids were part of a major offensive against suspected drug dealers in Burnley. This morning dozens of officers raided nine homes in the Burnley Wood, Duke Bar and Ightenhill
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Yo ho ho - campaign saves Maritime Festival
SEA shanties will ring out throughout Lancaster again after the popular Maritime Festival was saved by spon-sorship. And now the Easter weekend devoted to the sea should once again see thousands of people flocking into the city. A campaign was started
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Ex-Tory MP set for the Lords
FORMER Pendle MP John Lee is set to be elevated to the House of Lords. The former Tory MP for Nelson and Colne and then Pendle between 1979 and 1992 has been nominated as a Liberal Democrat Working Peer. The 63-year-old quit as a Tory minister over the
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'Estate' land worth £20m
A DISPUTED piece of land between Nelson and Colne is worth £20m, Pendle Council bosses have revealed. Executive director for services John Kirk announced Gib Hill's value in a bid to stop Nelson councillors from planting trees on the land, which has been
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Irishman racially abused by 'Christian' neighbour
A 51-year-old Rishton woman who claimed to be a devout Christian subjected her next-door neighbour to racist abuse because he was Irish, a court was told. Blackburn magistrates heard that Kathleen Marianne Degg made a throat-cutting gesture towards her
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Runners in peak form
A TEAM of kind-hearted athletes have arrived in Nepal to tackle the gruelling Everest Marathon -- and raise £50,000 for charity. Seven runners from Clayton-le-Moors Harriers are attempting to change the lives of local disabled athletes by running 26 miles
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Corrie writer dies aged 79
AN ex-reporter with the Lancashire Evening Telegraph, who went on to become one of Coronation Street's top scriptwriters, has died in a Clayton-le-Moors nursing home. Leslie Duxbury, 79, was born in Clayton-le-Moors, and grew up in Milton Street. He later
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'Carnage must end'
AN MP has called for a stop to the carnage on one of East Lancashire's most deadly roads. Ribble Valley MP Nigel Evans has demanded urgent action to improve safety on the A59 after new figures showed that 40 people had been killed and almost 1,800 injured
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Melling moves in at City
Lancaster City manager Phil Wilson has bolstered his squad with the signing of George Melling from Clitheroe. The versatile 20-year-old played five Conference matches for Altrincham this season before moving to Shawbridge. "I have been watching George
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It's Ged the red
THE darkest day of Morecambe's season was followed by one of the brightest when Christie Park chief Jim Harvey signed Ged Brannan. Harvey has chased the 33-year-old midfielder for some time and stepped up his hunt after Brannan was released by Accrington
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Wilson faces old friends
PHIL Wilson is looking forward to a meeting with his old mates at Giant Axe on Saturday but he knows those old friends could make his life difficult. Wilson's Lancaster City side tackle Northwich Victoria - a club he played for and managed - in the Conference
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Glenn Keeley column: Zura deal must be Sparky's priority
MARK Hughes' main priority in the transfer window must be to strike a permanent deal for Zurab Khizanishvili because the Georgian has been a revelation since he joined the club in August. Quite how the 23-year-old was deemed surplus to requirements at
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Melling moves in at City
Lancaster City manager Phil Wilson has bolstered his squad with the signing of George Melling from Clitheroe. The versatile 20-year-old played five Conference matches for Altrincham this season before moving to Shawbridge. "I have been watching George
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Egan is ready for challenge
NEW Rossendale United boss Derek Egan insisted he couldn't pass up the opportunity to return to management when the Dark Lane club came calling. The former Ramsbottom manager stepped down at the end of last season due to work commitments after building
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'Bungee jump' for budding music teachers
A singing psychotherapist will launch a national music initiative in Lancashire on November 18. Steve Lewis, a certified therapist, will be in Morecambe to lead an improvisation workshop, which he calls a 'creative bungee jump'. The session will launch
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Orchestra promises musical fireworks
What better way to get in the festive spirit than a spot of classical music. One of the UK's most distinguished orchestras, Manchester Camerata, is playing at Preston Guild Hall on December 9. The concert will feature Bach's Orchestral Suite No 3 and
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Clarets play waiting game over keeper
BURNLEY plan to bide their time before signing a goalkeeper on loan as cover for Brian Jensen. The Clarets have decided not to appeal against Jensen's red card, received for deliberate handball in the 3-2 win at away to Luton Town last weekend. Burnley's
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Residents' death road safety call
RESIDENTS on a Darwen street where a man was hit by a car and killed are to campaign for safety measures. Tom Bury, 62, of Council Terrace, suffered multiple injuries in Redearth Road, just yards from a pub he had been drinking in earlier in the evening
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Green light for traffic scheme
A £1.4 MILLION traffic scheme to transform Darwen town centre has been given the go-ahead. The scheme, part of the wider Darwen Town Centre Masterplan, aims to improve traffic flow from the junction of Bury Street and Duckworth Street through to the Circus
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Housing plans spark worries
GOVERNMENT watchdogs are to look into controversial plans to build a new housing estate of 162 detached homes in Bacup. Councillors at Rossendale Borough Council have been told to refer the scheme to the Government Office North West as it goes against
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Injured foiling theft of car
A MECHANIC who tried to stop a stranger driving off in his car ended up being dragged about 70 metres, a court heard. Daniel Keeney eventually lost his grip and fell into the road but, during a struggle, he smeared the offender's face in oil from his
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Needled about poppy pin ban
POPPY appeal organisers will ignore health and safety advice which bans collectors from pinning poppies on people. And Brian Barnes, poppy organiser for Blackburn, has branded the orders from the charity's headquarters "crazy". Mr Barnes, who has sold
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Phantoms smash Hawks
Peterborough Phantoms 20 Blackburn Hawks 1: Antti Raikkonen helped his side extinguish Blackburn's English Premier Cup chances with six goals as Hawks suffered their biggest defeat of the season. Raikkonen, who has 19 goals in the Premier League so far
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Callum vows to prove Walter wrong
Callum Davidson has vowed to win back his place in Scotland's national squad after being dropped by Walter Smith. Davidson's impressive early-season performances for North End caught the attention of the Scots manager, and he was recalled to the squad
