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'Yes' to takeaway
Plans to convert an Accrington jewellers shop in Blackburn Road into a hot food takeaway have been approved by Hyndburn Council. Local businesses had complained that there are already eight catering establishments on that stretch of the street, including
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Woman aged 92 pushed by house raider
A 96-YEAR-OLD woman was pushed out of the way as a robber searched through her home and stole £1,000. The thief called at the woman's home in Francis Street, Mill Hill, Blackburn, around 5pm on Wednesday and pretended to be from a gas company. But shortly
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Traders slam out of action spy cameras
SHOPKEEPERS in Accrington have hit out after it was revealed that the town's network of CCTV cameras has not been working for the past two months. The problems have occurred after Hyndburn Council began an upgrade of the borough's ageing security cameras
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Homes needed knocking down
I DISAGREE with Jim Drew who said the Redearth area in Darwen had a good community spirit' and brought and cared for homes' (LT, Aug 24). Many houses were not cared for' as many were empty, semi-derelict and with obvious signs of damp and poor structure
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Areas will miss out on revamp cash
I NEED to share a serious worry with the residents in Burnley Trinity ward and indeed Padiham. Up to April this year the Elevate target areas were three, initially Burnley Wood, Daneshouse, South West Burnley with Trinity and Padiham as a second phase
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Out of Africa to a life in Burnley
The things Burnley author Tony Bell has experienced in his remarkable life are almost beyond belief. Now he's written a book telling the tale of his extraordinary childhood. WHEN it comes to bedtime story-telling Tony Bell must surely be the best granddad
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Three incredible defences keep big C at bay
Yon pasty phizog above is not truly me. These days, following weeks in Costa Spain and equatorial Africa, I'm a cross between a bronzed Adonis and an overcooked crinkled potato crisp. I'm but a photon away from skin cancer, rather like the rest of us
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Nature walk is not such a batty event
A FREE guided walk is being held this evening to give people in Pendle the chance to find out about bats. Pendle Council is arranging a tour around Valley Gardens, Barnoldswick, to let people see the protected species in their habitat. The event is
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Council axe falls on business park plan
a business park proposal which would have created up to 1,600 jobs has been rejected. Councillors went against the advice of council officers who had recommended the proposals for the 24-acre development on greenfield land between Barrowford Road and
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Enterprise award presented
An Altham firm has been officially presented with its Queen's Award for Enterprise. Langtec Limited was awarded the coveted prize in the International Trade category on the Queen's birthday, April 21. Now a ceremony has taken place which saw Lord Shuttleworth
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Extra hols - thanks to the rain
A SCHOOL's pupils have been two extra days of holiday - thanks to the bad weather. St Augustine's RC High School, Elker Lane, Billington, will reopen on Thursday instead of Tuesday. The recent wet weather has prevented builders from completing an extension
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Tenants invited to have say
CALICO housing tenants in Abingdon Road, Burnley, are invited to have their say on multi-million pounds improvements works. The event is being staged at St John's Church in the community centre hall between 3 to 7.30pm on September 12. So far this
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Pickaxe raiders terrorise woman
THREE robbers burst into a woman's Burnley home and threatened her with a pickaxe. The 22-year-old was in her flat, in Colne Road, about 11pm on Thursday when the men smashed a back window and broke in. They demanded cigarettes before a passing police
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My mum started all this trouble by having an affair
THE brother of a Blackburn girl at the centre of an inter-national abduction row has claimed the family spilt up after his mother had an affair. And Omar Rana insisted that his sister, Molly Campbell, 12, had not been kidnapped by their father but is
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Vital hit-and-run witness sought
A vital witness to a Blackburn hit-and-run which left a seven-year-old girl dead has still not come forward. Earlier this week police investigating the death of Olivia Whiteside, of Gold Hey Street, Blackburn, appealed for the Asian woman driving a Toyota
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First kiss for victim paralysed in holiday fall
A 15-MONTH-OLD boy hugged his father for the first time since he was left paralysed in a holiday accident and said: "Get well soon daddy." Young Brandon Wood has been without his father Adam for weeks after he fell into a fountain and was seriously injured
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Dutch and go for Foggy's boys
Foggy Petronas Racing riders Craig Jones and Steve Martin face an uphill battle to qualify for Superpole after a challenging opening day to the ninth round of the Superbike World Championship at Assen, Holland. Jones made huge strides forward during
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Lincoln City 3 Accrington Stanley 1
ACCRINGTON Stanley chairman Eric Whalley was a fan of Friday night football - but maybe not for much longer. Not only did the Reds slip to their third League Two defeat of the season, but they face a potential defensive nightmare for next Saturday's
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Jimmy’s Irish delight
CLARETS great Jimmy McIlroy believes the fortunes of Burnley and Northern Ireland are running in the right direction. McIlroy - regarded as the finest Clarets footballer of all-time - lays claim to starring for both Burnley and his country during the
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Hughes happy to hold on to Neill
Lucas Neill is staying at Ewood Park after Blackburn Rovers decided against the defender moving to Liverpool. "Much of the window has been consumed with basically resisting offers for our better players," said Rovers boss Mark Hughes. "A lot of
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Kuqi bid 'hard to resist'
Blackburn Rovers' capture of Roma striker Shabani Nonda meant the exit door for Shefki Kuqi, who joined Crystal Palace in a deal worth £2.5 million. Kuqi signed a three-year deal at Selhurst Park. And he's a player manager Mark Hughes is sorry to
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Sparky's real coup
MARK Hughes has hailed the deadline day signing of Shabani Nonda as a real coup'. The Blackburn Rovers boss has been tracking the Roma striker for years and is delighted to finally get his man. Nonda, a Congo international and former Monaco frontman
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Worker trapped in machine
A MILL worker had to be taken to hospital after his hand became trapped in the machine on which he was working. The 44-year-old man's hand became jammed in a paper winding machine at the Sappi Europe paper mill in Livesey Branch Road, Blackburn, yesterday
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Water way to raise money!
TWO Blackburn businessmen are jumping in at the deep end to raise money for local cancer charities. Ashley Bradburn and Karl Eastham are setting out on Monday to canoe the 120-mile Leeds and Liverpool Canal, even though they only took up the sport five
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Baseball cap business is in safe hands
A FORMER Blackburn Rovers player braved television's Dragons' Den and walked away with £150,000. Richard Lee, 23, one half of retail firm Dr Cap, appeared on the BBC 2 show in the hope of securing investment from the show's panel of five famous business
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Blues fan is Roverjoyed
A TEENAGER who was involved in a near-fatal car accident has been visited in hospital by his footballing hero. Thomas Maylor, 17, of Whitecroft View, Baxenden, has spent 12 weeks in Preston Royal Hospital recovering from critical head injuries sustained
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Top chefs lined up for festival
TV CHEFS have been cooked up for guest appearances at the Darwen food festival after star of the show Keith Floyd pulled out. Paul Rankin will replace Mr Floyd, who cancelled due to ill health, at the Gala dinner at the Whitehall Hotel on September 8
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Winner scores for charity
A GENEROUS Lancashire Telegraph competition winner has boosted a scheme to screen Darwen youngsters for heart defects. Janet Stuart, 36, of Feniscowles, Blackburn, won the Rovers into Europe competition earlier this year and donated her prize to Cardiac
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The Itinerant
By Bill Austin. I search along the back streets for an enclosure, and a bin. Luck is sometimes with me oft times, there's nothing in. I haven't got a lot of choice for hours I do my best. Covering many distances, in a peripatetic quest.
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Public servants not serving us
I HAVE always enjoyed visiting Blackburn with its fine array of shops and local amenities. But I would urge people to take care when parking in the town, otherwise their visit may well be turned sour. I relate my own experience so that others may learn
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Dress codes lead to segregation
MIKE Madigan's letter (LT, August 28) represented the thoughts and worries of an ever-growing number of the Christian citizens of Blackburn and I suspect quite a number of people of the Islamic faiths. The increasing number of Asian women who are being
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Store staff celebrate first anniversary
STAFF at Tesco in Haslingden lead the cheers as the store celebrates its first anniversary of trading in the town. The store, which was built on the former Lancashire Garden Centre site, donated £1,000 on its opening day to Rossendale Groundwork, which
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‘Stay of execution’ over popular mural
A POPULAR piece of public artwork in Burnley has been given a stay of execution amid council confusion over the cost of saving it. The news came as Burnley businessman Andrew Brown has stepped forward and said he would foot the bill for the relocation
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Keith proves he is worth his mettle
IRON man Keith McGregor is taking a well earned rest after raising more than £1,000 for charity. Keith from Barnoldswick, took part in an iron man contest at Sherbourne Castle, Dorset in aid of Reedley-based Pendleside Hospice. The event saw competitors
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Special agents at the ready
STAFF at a Burnley travel agents are encouraging community groups in the borough to set them a challenge. Employees at Travelcare, part of the Co-operative group, in Curzon Street, are volunteering to take part in a project to help people in the borough
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‘Baby rescue driver can give crash clues’
A MAN who rescued a baby which was catapulted through the sunroof of a car in an accident is to be interviewed as police try to discover what happened. Officers investigating the crash, which happened on Thursday at about 4.25pm, say the four-month-old
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Guide points way for Pennine walkers
A NEW pocket-sized guide to the Pennine Way has been launched, providing walkers with information about the geography, nature and wildlife along the 268- mile route. Produced by the Fields Studies Council, Features of the Pennine Way is a 12-page fold-out
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School’s a class above
THE headteacher of one of Burnley's new super-schools today spoke for the first time about his hopes for the future. Stuart Smith also gave the Lancashire Telegraph a sneak peek around the new Burnley Schools' Sixth Form Centre. The school, which is
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Post Office's Down Under blunder
A DARWEN financial adviser has blasted bungling post office workers after he received a letter destined for 9,000 miles away - in Darwin, Australia! The mix-up saw Jim Fitzgerald, 62, of Peregrine Drive, get an envelope addressed to Peregrine Street
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Council tells danger weeds to ‘get knotted’
A GROUP is celebrating after council bosses bowed to pressure and cleared "dangerous weeds" from an Accrington park. The move came after Tony Hindley, chairman of the Friends of Oakhill Park, claimed the park, off Manchester Road, was "horrendous" in
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‘Re-think’ plea on post office sell-off
DOZENS of protestors and Blackburn MP Jack Straw urged Post Office bosses to think again over the proposed sell-off of their town centre branch. The MP, also leader of the House of Commons, spoke at a public meeting last night to allow staff and the
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Hodgson eyes WSB return
NEIL Hodgson could be on the verge of a move back to World Superbikes following Ducati's decision to quit the American Championship. The Burnley rider has raced in the United States for the last two years, but the decision by the Italian team will leave
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Huge cost of failed force merger revealed
POLICE bosses spent £750,000 on the doomed merger with Cumbria, it was revealed today. The total is far high than first estimates made by Lancashire's Acting Chief Constable Steve Finnigan, who said the bill would run into "tens of thousands". Lancashire
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Fresh hope in 'save fire station' fight
Retained firefighters in Haslingden have been given new hope that they can avoid the axe. If Haslingden's crew is laid off, the town will be covered solely by Rawtenstall fire service. But the town's retained firefighters have conducted a survey which
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Woollen mill in heart of cotton country
THIS week I was able to enjoy a stroll around the long-disused railway line linking Helmshore with Rawtenstall. I was also able to meet Ian Gibson who gave me an update on the restoration of the Helmshore Mills. These are due to open in 2007 and will
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TV review: The Best of the Worst, BBC2
THE worst way to lose a finger or the worst behaviour at a funeral might not be topics you've given much thought to in the past. But I bet those who watched the first instalment of Channel 4's six-part panel gameshow Best Of The Worst last night will
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Blood specialists face hospitals axe
A DEDICATED team of specialists who take patients' blood in hospital is facing the axe to save cash. Front-line staff will be asked to take on the role of the phlebotomist team, which has seven full time and one part time workers, under the plans. Bosses
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Event is vehicle to cut pollution
MOTORISTS in Hyndburn are being encouraged to celebrate World Car-Free Day by leaving their vehicles at home. Local charity Prospects Foundation is backing the event, which aims to create an environment without motor vehicles. Charity spokeswoman Donna
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Hawks’ ‘wow’ factor
Blackburn Hawks' general manager Graham Lomax insists his new-look squad - including a top Slovakian import - possess the wow' factor ahead of their opening English National Ice Hockey League game tonight. Hawks stars travel to Kingston, and Lomax is
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Title race down to the wire
BACUP can wrap up the SponsorBank Lancashire League title with three more wins. And they will face sub professionals in ALL their remaining games as the title race reaches a thrilling climax. Only 10 points separate the top five teams with Lowerhouse