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Firm wins Emirates contract
A ROSSENDALE company which settles disputes within the construction industry has won a deal to work on an £8billion property development in the United Arab Emirates. Driver Group Plc, which employs 40 people at its head office in St Crispin Way, Haslingden
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Car damage was £300
A MAN who broke into two vehicles on his way home from a drinking session caused £300 worth of damage. Blackburn magistrates heard that Christopher Jones, 21, was seen attacking the cars by a man looking out of his bedroom window who phoned for the
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Smells firm jobs at risk
AN Altham firm which flouted regulations by operating without permission is facing closure after being refused planning consent over a "nauseous smell" coming from the site. Production Glassfibre fears more than 40 jobs will be lost if it has to stop
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My faith in human nature is restored
Margo column: My faith in human nature is restored I AM feeling very good and more than a little optimistic. On New Year's Eve I dropped my son Andrew off in Preston and on the way back I lost my way in a labyrinth of one-way streets. As I stopped at
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Judges working against RSPCA
ONCE again the so-called fair judges of this country have let cruel men go free and awarded them compensation for cruelty to our innocent wild animals. Men who tried trapping badgers, watched by police and the RSPCA, were convicted and banned from keeping
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Shoppers get a good parking deal
RE the new parking charges set to be put in place in Blackburn from the 5th of this month. I am concerned with the comment made about the increases and contract permits. I hold a contract permit. I was paying £3.50 a day to park as I work in the town
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Parking meter robbed me like a bandit!
I WAS not surprised to read of the ridiculous parking price hike by Blackburn with Darwen Council. In the early part of 2004 I was sitting an exam at the local college, whilst in the exam my parking ticket, for the Waves car park, expired. On returning
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CCTV probe after bus shelter wrecked
POLICE in Darwen are to step up patrols in the town centre after a bus stop was wrecked by vandals. Officers say a gang of youths, dressed in black, smashed a number of panels on the Cemetery Road bus shelter, at Darwen Circus, in the early hours of
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‘We’ve quit dangerous stunts lark’
The 17-year-old, from Darwen, who cannot be named for legal reasons, said new footage which appeared recently on the Live Now Die Later site was filmed around a year ago. The Evening Telegraph reported last week how the website, based on MTV's controversial
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Health centre to get revamp
PATIENT power has seen health bosses replace plans for a new £7million health centre on the edge of Clitheroe with a £1million facelift for the existing town centre facility. Hyndburn and Ribble Valley Primary Care Trust (PCT) this week announced plans
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Sticky issue is tackled
PEOPLE caught spitting chewing gum out in the street face £50 fines, civic chiefs warned today. The move is part of a major new campaign being pioneered by Blackburn with Darwen Council. The problem of used chewing gum being spat on to the streets of
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CCTV cameras call
TRADERS and residents in Oswaldtwistle have called for more CCTV cameras in the town after a spate of vandalism and anti-social behaviour. Their plea has been backed by Hyndburn Council leader Councillor Peter Britcliffe, who has written to the police
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Sudden death of ski trip GP
A FAMILY doctor has died suddenly during a skiing holiday in Canada. Geoff Yates, 38, who had worked at the Great Harwood Health Centre for two years, is understood to have been discovered by friends in his bed at a Canadian ski resort on Friday. Friends
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Woman dies after Tesco accident
A PENSIONER died following an accident while shopping in her local supermarket. Vera Longfield, 86, was shopping at Tesco's Clitheroe branch when she was knocked to the floor by a metal stock cage after a customer bumped into it with a shopping trolley
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What's on listings
What's on in Lancashire on January 18. BLACKBURN Karaoke Competition Heats, Hordens, Livesey Branch Road, Feniscowles. Lunchtime Recital with Ed Pendrous (cello) and Kate Halsall (piano), Blackburn Cathedral, 1pm. Karaoke Competition Heats, Florence Inn
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Stopping the gum slingers
IF firms despoil countryside or pollute rivers they are taken to court and quite rightly not just fined but often forced to pay towards cleaning up the mess they have made. It's not difficult to see the logic of the idea that 'the polluter should pay'
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Parking meter robbed me like a bandit!
I WAS not surprised to read of the ridiculous parking price hike by Blackburn with Darwen Council. In the early part of 2004 I was sitting an exam at the local college, whilst in the exam my parking ticket, for the Waves car park, expired. On returning
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Shoppers get a good parking deal
RE the new parking charges set to be put in place in Blackburn from the 5th of this month. I am concerned with the comment made about the increases and contract permits. I hold a contract permit. I was paying £3.50 a day to park as I work in the town
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Korean striker on trial at Ewood
BLACKBURN boss Mark Hughes could make a swoop for a new striker after handing a trial to the South Korean international Ahn Jung-hwan The 30-year-old will spend the next few days at Brockhall with the aim being to secure a lucrative move to the Premiership
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Axe: I won't play under coach Ted
AARON Mokoena has lifted the lid on his sensational bust-up with South African coach Ted Dumitru, insisting he will never play for his country again as long as the Romanian remains in charge. The Blackburn Rovers defender has quit international football
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Arrest marks start of bid to clean up
A MAN was arrested on suspicion of possessing drugs at the start of a bid to clean up a deprived area of Burnley. Police executed a drugs warrant in Westmorland Street yesterday morning and arrested a 35-year-old believed to have Class C drugs. The arrest
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Firms bring jobs boost
BURNLEY is set for a jobs boost after it was today announced a host of companies are to relocate to an industrial estate in the town. The borough council said it was in discussions with four firms, three of which are from outside Burnley, about setting
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Magpies fit for success
Chorley Football Club will be fitter than ever in 2006 thanks to a new partnership with Chorley Fitness. Richard Ellis, managing director of Chorley Fitness has welcomed the first team and reserve squad to use the new state of the art fitness suite. Chorley
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Jason Whalley column: Matt will always be a hero
I suppose it could be called the end of an era. When Matt Jansen applauded all four sides of Ewood Park in the colours of his new club, Bolton Wanderers, after Saturday's game it brought the curtain down on the Blackburn End's relationship with one of
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Health centre to get revamp
PATIENT power has seen health bosses replace plans for a new £7million health centre on the edge of Clitheroe with a £1million facelift for the existing town centre facility. Hyndburn and Ribble Valley Primary Care Trust (PCT) this week announced plans
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Margo column: My faith in human nature is restored
I AM feeling very good and more than a little optimistic. On New Year's Eve I dropped my son Andrew off in Preston and on the way back I lost my way in a labyrinth of one-way streets. As I stopped at some traffic lights, I was a little startled when a
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Claret denies police assault
BURNLEY star defender Wayne Thomas gesticulated from the dugout at opposing fans and shoved a police officer, a court heard. The Clarets player, 26, became involved in the incidents while with his former club Stoke City during their match at Millwall
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Single review: Coldcut - Man In A Garage (Ninja Tune)
The second single from their album Sound Mirrors, Man In A Garage features John Matthias in a beautiful and catchy folk and blues medley. Matthias is best known for his album Small Town Shining, released on Accidental records. Yet with Coldcut he adds
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Korean striker on trial at Ewood
BLACKBURN boss Mark Hughes could make a swoop for a new striker after handing a trial to the South Korean international Ahn Jung-hwan The 30-year-old will spend the next few days at Brockhall with the aim being to secure a lucrative move to the Premiership
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Heart and soul
Soul icon of the 1980s, Alexander O'Neal, is heading for Blackpool on February 3. The star between top 10 smash hit, Saturday Love and R&B classics such as 'A Broken Heart Could Mend' and 'If You Were Here Tonight' takes to the stage at the Opera
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Firms bring jobs boost
BURNLEY is set for a jobs boost after it was today announced a host of companies are to relocate to an industrial estate in the town. The borough council said it was in discussions with four firms, three of which are from outside Burnley, about setting
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Firm wins Emirates contract
A ROSSENDALE company which settles disputes within the construction industry has won a deal to work on an £8billion property development in the United Arab Emirates. Driver Group Plc, which employs 40 people at its head office in St Crispin Way, Haslingden
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Smells firm jobs at risk
AN Altham firm which flouted regulations by operating without permission is facing closure after being refused planning consent over a "nauseous smell" coming from the site. Production Glassfibre fears more than 40 jobs will be lost if it has to stop
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'We've quit dangerous stunts lark'
ONE of the teenagers behind a contoversial website today insisted that he and his friends were no longer filming dangerous stunts. The 17-year-old, from Darwen, who cannot be named for legal reasons, said new footage which appeared recently on the Live
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Initiative to offer some home help
A NEW strategy for public and private housing in Rossendale is available to residents in the borough. The housing initiative focuses on four key priority areas of work including providing affordable housing for people struggling to rent or get on the
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Have your say on ward closure
PEOPLE affected by the closure of a mental health ward are getting their chance to have their say -- more than a month after it closed. Residents in the Rossendale Valley are being asked to give their views on the closure of Ward 11, an acute adult mental
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Firm wins Emirates contract
A ROSSENDALE company which settles disputes within the construction industry has won a deal to work on an £8billion property development in the United Arab Emirates. Driver Group Plc, which employs 40 people at its head office in St Crispin Way, Haslingden
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Car damage was £300
A MAN who broke into two vehicles on his way home from a drinking session caused £300 worth of damage. Blackburn magistrates heard that Christopher Jones, 21, was seen attacking the cars by a man looking out of his bedroom window who phoned for the police
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Judges working against RSPCA
ONCE again the so-called fair judges of this country have let cruel men go free and awarded them compensation for cruelty to our innocent wild animals. Men who tried trapping badgers, watched by police and the RSPCA, were convicted and banned from keeping
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Claret denies police assault
BURNLEY star defender Wayne Thomas gesticulated from the dugout at opposing fans and shoved a police officer, a court heard. The Clarets player, 26, became involved in the incidents while with his former club Stoke City during their match at Millwall
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Woman dies after Tesco accident
A PENSIONER died following an accident while shopping in her local supermarket. Vera Longfield, 86, was shopping at Tesco's Clitheroe branch when she was knocked to the floor by a metal stock cage after a customer bumped into it with a shopping trolley
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'Fake cash con' pair to face a retrial
THE jury in a "double your money" fake cash con trial at Burnley Crown Court has been discharged. The move, by Judge Beverley Lunt, came on the third week of the trial in which Bruno Pankui, 35 and Eric Feyou, 32, both from London, denied conspiring to
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Claret denies police assault
BURNLEY star defender Wayne Thomas gesticulated from the dugout at opposing fans and shoved a police officer, a court heard. The Clarets player, 26, became involved in the incidents while with his former club Stoke City during their match at Millwall
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Ghost writer's spooky appeal
A PENDLE author is looking for tales of ghostly experiences and things that go bump in the night for her latest project. Jacqueline Davitt, 56, from Barrowford, is working on a book about witches, ghosts and boggarts in Burnley, Pendle and the Ribble
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Album Coldcut - Sound Mirrors (Ninja Tune)
Coldcut have managed to do it again. In an increasingly conservative music scene, they have pulled off an LP that has broken new ground. In spite of opening track Everything is Under Control sounding like the theme tune to Gordon Ramsey's 'Hell's kitchen
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Ghost writer's spooky appeal
A PENDLE author is looking for tales of ghostly experiences and things that go bump in the night for her latest project. Jacqueline Davitt, 56, from Barrowford, is working on a book about witches, ghosts and boggarts in Burnley, Pendle and the Ribble
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Stephen Cummings column: Ade exit could spell end for Cotterill
Rarely, if ever, has Steve Cotterill sounded as frustrated as he did in the post-match press conference at Ninian Park; frustrated by the attitude of some of his players, frustrated at not being able to bring in new faces and frustrated at the prospect
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Police seek driver who hit old lady
POLICE are hunting a driver who knocked down an elderly woman outside her home in Oswaldtwistle. The accident happened as the 78-year-old, a resident of Roe Greave Road, was putting out her recycling box at 7.30am last Tuesday. The woman stepped into
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Sudden death of ski trip GP
A FAMILY doctor has died suddenly during a skiing holiday in Canada. Geoff Yates, 38, who had worked at the Great Harwood Health Centre for two years, is understood to have been discovered by friends in his bed at a Canadian ski resort on Friday. Friends
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CCTV cameras call
TRADERS and residents in Oswaldtwistle have called for more CCTV cameras in the town after a spate of vandalism and anti-social behaviour. Their plea has been backed by Hyndburn Council leader Councillor Peter Britcliffe, who has written to the police
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Smells firm jobs at risk
AN Altham firm which flouted regulations by operating without permission is facing closure after being refused planning consent over a "nauseous smell" coming from the site. Production Glassfibre fears more than 40 jobs will be lost if it has to stop
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Woman dies after Tesco accident
A PENSIONER died following an accident while shopping in her local supermarket. Vera Longfield, 86, was shopping at Tesco's Clitheroe branch when she was knocked to the floor by a metal stock cage after a customer bumped into it with a shopping trolley
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Clarets braced for second Ade bid
BURNLEY were today bracing themselves for another bid by Sheffield United to snatch Ade Akinbiyi from Turf Moor. The Clarets today revealed they have turned down a seven-figure sum after the promotion-chasing Blades turned their attention to Akinbiyi
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Alistair's dream to spin up some cash
CELEBRITY Clarets fan Alistair Campbell hopes his latest star-studded fundraiser will boost Burnley's coffers by £40,000. Turf Moor hosts the third annual celebrity dinner next month, when sporting stars Phil Tufnell, John Parrott, Bill Beaumont and Geoff
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Captain Catt
STUART Catterall has been appointed the new captain of Haslingden after Paul Blackledge decided to step down. Jack Simpson, the club's cricket manager, said: "Stuart joined us three years ago from Leyland and he captained the now defunct Lancashire Cricket
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Clarets braced for second Ade bid
BURNLEY were today bracing themselves for another bid by Sheffield United to snatch Ade Akinbiyi from Turf Moor. The Clarets today revealed they have turned down a seven-figure sum after the promotion-chasing Blades turned their attention to Akinbiyi
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Lancashire gig guide
Your diary of the big gigs coming to Lancashire soon, including the likes of G4, Joss Stone, The Strokes, Australian Pink Floyd, The Magic Numbers, The Levellers and Fun Lovin' Criminals. JANUARY 18 The Fall, Club Nirvana, Wigan, £15 JANUARY 19 I Fagiolini
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CCTV probe after bus shelter wrecked
POLICE in Darwen are to step up patrols in the town centre after a bus stop was wrecked by vandals. Officers say a gang of youths, dressed in black, smashed a number of panels on the Cemetery Road bus shelter, at Darwen Circus, in the early hours of Monday
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Sticky issue is tackled
PEOPLE caught spitting chewing gum out in the street face £50 fines, civic chiefs warned today. The move is part of a major new campaign being pioneered by Blackburn with Darwen Council. The problem of used chewing gum being spat on to the streets of
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Abandoned cars will be removed
RESIDENTS worried about abandoned cars in their neighbourhood are able to access a new council service. Rossendale Council now has a fast-track removal service for abandoned or burnt-out vehicles in danger of attracting trouble makers. The new system
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Moped rider was over alcohol limit
A police patrol which went after a moped rider who had overtaken a car at speed on a main road found the young man smelling of intoxicants, a court heard. Daniel Scott, 18, was marginally over the limit and was invited to give a blood sample which showed
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Old lady confronts raiders
A 76-YEAR-OLD woman who confronted two men in her garden was held back as one of them went into the house and stole her purse. Despite the level of force police said the incident, in Old Bank Lane, near Queen's Park Hospital, Blackburn, was being treated
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Dad's £700 'thank you' to hospital
A FATHER embarked on a generous fundraising 'feet' as a thank-you to the nurses who treated his daughter's toe injury. In August, eight-year-old Paasha Ahmed dislocated her toe after catching it on a stairwell at the family home in Beardwood. And Nizam
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Newsagent sold illegal tobacco
A Blackburn man who evaded around £20,000 tax on tobacco has been given a suspended jail term. Preston Crown Court heard Faizul Patel had been selling tobacco products at his newsagents, upon which duty had not been paid on the goods. The 54-year-old
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Tributes to woman of great faith
FRIENDS and colleagues of a former chaplain to the Mayor of Blackburn today paid tribute to "a woman of great faith" and "a proud Scot". Sister St Andrew Tuite, 83, from the Franciscan convent in East Park Road was chaplain to former mayor Peter Greenwood
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Sticky issue is tackled
PEOPLE caught spitting chewing gum out in the street face £50 fines, civic chiefs warned today. The move is part of a major new campaign being pioneered by Blackburn with Darwen Council. The problem of used chewing gum being spat on to the streets of
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TV role for Hot Ice star
A Blackpool ice ace is set to take centre stage in a major new TV show. Dan Whiston, locally born and a star of the Pleasure Beach's Hot Ice Show, will appear in Dancing on Ice, which makes its debut on ITV this Saturday. He will partner former Coronation
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Mark’s brave fightback
A teenage Preston boxer took a national title less than a year after he broke both his arms. Mark Killeen, 16, of Birkett Drive, Moor Nook, Preston, fought off tough competition on December 17, to be crowned winner at the National Golden Belt Final held
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Lisa shed pounds as she braved TV grilling
A bride-to-be will give people across the country food for thought when she appears on a popular dieting television programme. Lisa Aspden, 29, of Shalgrove Field, braved eight weeks under the watchful eye of tough-talking celebrity nutritionist, Gillian
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Cartoon characters show town history
A NEW exhibition of drawings which records a child's experiences of growing up in Accrington has opened at the Haworth Art Gallery. The artist behind the show is Richard Foster, 35, a former resident of the town who now lives in Leiden, Holland. Mr
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Rize (PG)
A young black man, mad eyed and drenched in sweat, hooks his arm around the neck of another and the pair thrust out their chests in angry intent. The men are not fighting but krunking a limber and confrontational form of dance which has become incredibly
