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Todd aims to get rid of 'thug' tag
BLACKBURN Rovers defender Andy Todd has hit back at his critics by insisting he's not the thug they have painted him out to be. The 30-year-old stopper was harshly described as 'the nastiest man in football' earlier this season following his clash with
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BNP councillor to face race charge
A BURNLEY British National Party councillor has been charged with racially abusing a group of Asians in the town centre. Brian Turner was arrested by police in Hammerton Street on Sunday morning following the alleged altercation. The Cliviger with Worsthorne
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'Friend' robbed disabled pensioner
A MAN who snatched a disabled pensioner's £1,000 jewellery has been jailed -- and warned next time he will be put behind bars for life. Joseph Hartley, 26, attacked a 73-year-old who he had befriended in Burnley town centre. Hartley was jailed for three
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New probe as teacher cleared
A SUPPORT teacher has been cleared of sleeping with a teenage pupil -- but now faces an investigation into her conduct by education bosses. Zoe Susanne Morgan, 32, wept tears of joy as the unanimous not guilty verdicts to five charges were read out after
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Taxis random checks shock
NOT one taxi tested in Pendle passed a council spot check last month, it has been revealed. And today, the man behind the random quality control checks urged cab drivers to take more responsibility to ensure cars are up to scratch. Imitiaz Ahmed, Pendle
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Stephen Cummings column: Time to scrap surcharge for good
LAST week, the club announced that as a one-off it would be scrapping the £3 surcharge normally applicable to punters who purchase their tickets on the day of a game. Fair enough. The club should be congratulated for taking a step in the right direction
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Warning as drain covers are stolen
HYNDBURN residents are being warned to watch their step after a number of drain covers were stolen. Council leader Peter Britcliffe urged people to take care after a number were removed from streets in Oswaldtwistle last week. The council has reported
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Margo Let's just enjoy our special days
IT looks like Christmas is not coming early this year. In fact, in a lot of places it's just not coming at all. The sanctimonious have decided it could be construed as offensive to other religions. I think not. I wonder if these other religions have asked
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Wilkinson steps down from board
BURNLEY FC director Jon Wilkinson has resigned from the board for personal reasons. Wilkinson first joined the Turf Moor board as an associate director in August 2003 prior to being appointed a full director in April 2004. A financial expert, Mr Wilkinson's
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Surcharge scrapped again for Crewe
BURNLEY have again scrapped the controversial £3 ticket surcharge for this weekend's Championship fixture with Crewe Alexandra at Turf Moor. An improved home attendance against Leicester City last weekend has prompted club chiefs to extend the experiment
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Derry will snub Hyde handshake
LEEDS midfielder Shaun Derry has taunted Burnley ahead of tonight's Roses clash by revealing he will refuse to shake Micah Hyde's hand. The two players were reportedly at the centre of a tunnel bust-up last month at Turf Moor, which landed Hyde with a
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Share issue gets the go-ahead
FIFTY thousand new shares are to be made available in Burnley Football Club. The resolution was passed at last night's AGM after chairman Barry Kilby revealed that over-subscription was hampering the crucial search for new investors. "We have used up
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Holt call for fans to rally behind the club
DIRECTOR Clive Holt has warned that Burnley Football Club's finances remain "on a knife edge". Holt, the club's longest serving director, was speaking after being re-elected to serve a 20th term at last night's Annual General Meeting And the club stalwart
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Cotterill hails 'phenomenal' run
Burnley boss Steve Cotterill feels his side are finally getting their rewards after a stunning run of seven wins in nine games catapulted them into the play off places. The Clarets travel to fourth placed Leeds tonight buoyed by a fourth successive Championship
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Croft slams 'sneaky' Afridi
FORMER England spinner Robert Croft has launched a scathing attack on Pakistan's Shahid Afridi for deliberately scuffing the wicket in the second Test in Faisalabad yesterday. Afridi was captured on camera roughing up one of the ends with his foot during
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Saw Doctors book date
Irish folk rockers The Saw Doctors are on tour to promote their new album The Cure -and their only north west date is in Morecambe on December 5. The West Of Ireland band are centred on the long-standing duo of frontman Davy Carton and guitarist Leo Moran
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Single review: Alkaline Trio - Mercy Me (Vagrant)
Mercy Me is softer than a particularly feathery pillow that has been made from the down of marshmallow-fed ducks. This second single from the Chicago threesome's album Crimson is almost unbearably catchy, and a cause for reiterating that old lament: why
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Fundraiser mourned
A CHARITY fundraiser, who completed more than 35 years with the Darwen branch of Cancer Research UK, has died. Rita Flynn, who received a long-service award last year for her voluntary work, died in hospital aged 71 after suffering several strokes. A
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A strike of luck after a decade
A NEW bowling alley and entertainment centre has opened its doors in Blackburn -- giving the town its first ten-pin bowling facilities for over a decade. The Bowlplex entertainment centre -- part of the multi-million pound Peel Leisure and Entertainment
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Benefit cheat owned house
A MAN who left his home in Blackpool because of problems with his neighbours neglected to reveal he still owned the property when he claimed housing and council tax benefits in Blackburn, a court was told. Blackburn magistrates heard that William Paul
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Armed police move in as 'man threatens to blow up house'
ARMED police were involved in an hour-long stand-off with a man who threatened to blow up his ex-girlfriend's Blackburn home. Around a dozen officers, some with guns, blocked off parts of Ailsa Road, Shadsworth, after the man, who was said to have broken
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Skora scores again
Preston North End midfielder Eric Skora continued his fine goalscoring form with a second goal in two games of his loan spell with Walsall. However, Skora's 14th minute strike was not enough to prevent Paul Merson's side from slipping to a 2-1 defeat
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Nugent knock only dark cloud
DAVID Nugent is set to miss Preston's trip to Queens Park Rangers tonight after limping out of Saturday's game with a knee injury. His injury - the seriousness of which club doctors are still assessing - is set to leave the way open for on-loan striker
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Minimising the pain from cuts
FACED with an overspend of more than £4million last year and the need to make significant savings, East Lancashire NHS Trust has some difficult decisions to make. Money has to be saved but the impact of any cuts also has to be spread equally across different
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Rail link could solve waste worry
RE the siting of the waste processing plant at Huncoat and the objections to the bypass which would increase traffic congestion in that area. Couldn't the former Padiham Power Station branch-line and sidings be used alongside a suitable site away from
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'Fun night' is insensitive
HUNDREDS of thousands of men, women and children have died in last month's earthquake disaster in Pakistan and India, including mainly Kashmiri regions. Equally, similar numbers have been injured and displaced and now face certain death due to in-coming
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Join in fight against poverty
AS a supporter of Make Poverty History, it's been amazing for me to see the effect it's had on those in power when so many of us come together to make our voices heard. A quarter of a million people took to the streets of Edinburgh in July to demand more
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Armed police move in as 'man threatens to blow up house'
ARMED police were involved in an hour-long stand-off with a man who threatened to blow up his ex-girlfriend's Blackburn home. Around a dozen officers, some with guns, blocked off parts of Ailsa Road, Shadsworth, after the man, who was said to have broken
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New probe as teacher cleared
A SUPPORT teacher has been cleared of sleeping with a teenage pupil -- but now faces an investigation into her conduct by education bosses. Zoe Susanne Morgan, 32, wept tears of joy as the unanimous not guilty verdicts to five charges were read out after
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Jemal could stay on
Blackburn Rovers striker Jemal Johnson will find out this week whether his loan spell with Preston North End will be extended. The 20-year-old American has made three appearances and scored once during his month's stay with the Deepdale club. And with
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Rovers suffer for Nolan dismissal
Blackburn Rovers Res 1 Everton Res 2: ACADEMY defender Eddie Nolan got sent off last night as Blackburn Rovers reserves slumped to a disappointing defeat in the fog at Christie Park. Glyn Hodges' young side had made the best possible start, Joe Garner
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Pederson fired up for Gunners
MIDFIELD talisman Morten Gamst Pedersen is aiming to banish his World Cup blues by inspiring Blackburn Rovers to a famous victory at Arsenal on Saturday. Pedersen is still licking his wounds after his World Cup dream was ended in heartbreaking fashion
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Stroke unit saved in hospital U-turn
HEALTH chiefs have made an 11th hour U-turn on plans to shut the stroke unit at Burnley General Hospital after an emotional response from staff. Managers were told that shutting the 15-bed ward - for patients recovering after a stroke - would have a serious
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Jason Whalley column: Tough guys are top students
In their respective playing careers, Mark Hughes and Stuart Pearce were two of the real hard men of their generation. Both were physically intimidating to opponents and, as well as dishing it out, could take the stick as well. A clash between the two
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Stay off or get stuck
WALKERS have been warned to stay off a drained mill lodge in Accrington after a man got stuck up to his chest in mud. Damian McKenna, of Accrington, had to be rescued from Platt's Lodge after getting into trouble while walking his dog on Saturday. The
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HGVs rise fear in Grane quarry plan
RESIDENTS living by the Grane Road, Haslingden, have started a new campaign to stop more lorries using the notorious road. The move comes after Jamestone Quarry, Heap Clough, applied to Lancashire County Council to allow it to import crushed glass. Residents
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Friends and family pay tribute to fund-raiser
A HORSE-drawn carriage was followed by scores of family and friends to the funeral of a young riding instructor who died from a brain tumour. The service at Blackburn Cathedral was packed with 200 people remembering Catherine Kearney, 24, of Spinning
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Cotterill slams fixture list
Clarets boss Steve Cotterill cannot believe Burnley are set to face Leeds again just a month since United came from behind to snatch a 2-1 win at Turf Moor. Burnley's short hop over the Pennines is in stark contrast to the horrendous festive schedule
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Clarets in Cotterill contract talks
BURNLEY have opened talks with Steve Cotterill over a new contract extension. The Clarets boss still has more than 18 months left on the three-year deal he signed in June 2004 as Stan Ternent's successor. Since then, the club has undergone a total transformation
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Grant will keep playing for Pride
LEE Grant is still determined to use his month at Burnley to prove he has a future at Derby County. Grant, no stranger to competition, faces the prospect of Brian Jensen returning from suspension tonight to pip him to the goalkeeping gloves for the Roses
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Clarets losing £1million a year
BURNLEY are losing £1million a year, shareholders were told last night. The club's AGM heard Barry Kilby insist that the controversial sale of Turf Moor and Gawthorpe training ground, which will generate £3million when ownership transfers to a company
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Clarets losing £1million a year
BURNLEY are losing £1million a year, shareholders were told last night. The club's AGM heard Barry Kilby insist that the controversial sale of Turf Moor and Gawthorpe training ground, which will generate £3million when ownership transfers to a company
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Todd aims to get rid of 'thug' tag
BLACKBURN Rovers defender Andy Todd has hit back at his critics by insisting he's not the thug they have painted him out to be. The 30-year-old stopper was harshly described as 'the nastiest man in football' earlier this season following his clash with
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Single review: The Herbaliser (feat. Jean Grae) - Nah'Mean Nah'm Sayin' (Ninja Tune)
This brass-heavy cut from the mighty 'Erbs new album Take London almost sounds a little too typical of their perfected brand of instrumental hip hop to stand out. But there are two fabulous saving graces. The first reason to be cheerful is the presence
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Extra treat for folk fans
Folk lovers will get a triple treat at the Peggy Seeger show in Morecambe on December 3 as Martin Carthy, Norma Waterson and Mike Waterson will be her special guests. Born in 1935 into one of North America's foremost folk music families, Peggy was schooled
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Lancashire gig guide
Your diary of the big gigs coming to Lancashire soon, including the likes of Status Quo, Paul Weller, Doves, Blondie, The Coral, Australian Pink Floyd, The Magic Numbers and Fun Lovin' Criminals. NOVEMBER 24 Status Quo, Opera House, Blackpool, sold out
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'Lock doors' alert after house raids
AN intruder got into four houses - three of which were unlocked - in the Priory Drive area of Darwen. The crook was disturbed by the owners at houses in Highfield Mews at 3.50am, Rectory Road at 4am, and Marsh House Lane at 4.20am. He also entered a house
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New campaign over 'more lorries' fear
RESIDENTS living close to Grane Road have started a new campaign to stop any more lorries using the notorious road. The move comes after Jamestone Quarry, Heap Clough, in Grane Road, applied to Lancashire County Council to allow it to import crushed glass
