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'Apartheid at school' claim
White pupils are grouped together in reception class. A MIXED race primary school has been accused of being divisive after all its new white pupils were grouped together in the same reception class. Seventy one new starters at Lammack Primary School,
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Sex fiend caged for 15 years
A SERIAL teenage sex offender who carried out a string of violent attacks on young girls and women has been jailed for 15 years. And it was revealed Peter Cunliffe was on bail for another sex attack when he assaulted four victims in two weeks. Cunliffe
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A clean sweep
A CHANCE meeting between two strangers on a train 125 years ago spawned one of the most famous household cleaning devices in the UK. Now the Ewbank carpet sweeper is being heralded as a national treasure as the company that makes it develops a new range
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You're in for a shock - Bentley warns Wenger
ON-LOAN midfielder David Bentley is backing Blackburn Rovers to pull off a shock victory when they make their last ever league visit to Highbury tomorrow. Bentley, an England Under 21 international, reckons his adopted club are more than capable of springing
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Villagers help save the day
VILLAGERS have rallied round to save Tockholes gala, axed this year due to lack of support. After an appeal for volunteers in the Lancashire Evening Telegraph and village newsletter Tocus Talk, an event will be held in 2006. Plans are under way to hold
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Shops flooded as pipe bursts
SHOPS in one of Blackburn town centre's main roads were left ankle-deep in water last night after a water main burst. Fire crews were called to Darwen Street by the police, at about 8.30pm, and the road was quickly cordoned off. At least three shops were
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We've come a long way
DAVID Thompson today insisted Blackburn Rovers are now a completely different proposition compared to the side that lost to Arsenal in the semi-finals of the FA Cup last season. The spikey midfielder, who made his Premiership comeback last week following
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Reindeers looking to be adopted
AN EAST Lancashire charity is offering people the chance to adopt a reindeer for Christmas. Lords House Farm, in Rishton, has two reindeers, called Thunder and Lightning, who are being offered for adoption for a year. Mary Walker, who runs the animal
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On wind and a prayer . . .
WORSHIPPERS at an isolated church are feeling the power of nature as well as the Lord after a wind turbine was installed to bring electricity to the faithful. Parishioners opted for the environmentally friendly power source after raising £115,000 for
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Why size doesn't matter for Dyer
SIZE isn't everything. Look at Peter Crouch, who despite his towering height is struggling to get his Liverpool career off the ground. Meanwhile, 5ft 4in Nathan Dyer is proof that good things often come in small packages. A goal on his Burnley debut last
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Army's delight over new regiment name
THE Queen has confirmed the name of a new North West Army regiment will be the Duke of Lancaster's Regiment, as exclusively revealed by the Lancashire Evening Telegraph. The news has delighted the Queen's Lancashire Regiment and East Lancashire MPs, who
