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New health centre set to open
A NEW £2million primary care health centre in Burnley is to be officially on Monday. The Briercliffe Primary Care Centre, which houses a four-GP practice, replaces the former surgery, which was housed in a 1930s semi and a small terrace house. The purpose-built
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‘Poop scoop or face a fine’
PENDLE Council is warning dog owners to pick up their dogs' waste. Coun John David, executive member for the environment, said: "The council is very tough on people who don't clear up after their dogs. We just won't tolerate it, and no one in Pendle
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Worker scalded in accident
A WORKER has suffered scalds to his face and chest at an industrial cleaning firm in Blackburn. Police said the man, in his 30s, was operating a piece of machinery at B and M Longworth Ltd in Sett End Road North when it malfunctioned and steam escaped
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Reunion as brother fries in from down under
Chris and Gerrard Rugg's antics proved they're a chip off the old block when big brother Gerrard reunited with his kid brother on a visit from Australia. But Chris was determined not to take too much of a battering from his older sibling on their reunion
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Straw blasts Rushdie fatwa
JACK Straw has said he understands Muslim concerns about the controversial knight-hood of Salman Rusdie - but was baffled by his books. The Blackburn MP and Leader of the House of Commons condemned the idea that the author, who provoked controversy
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Alley is ‘gated’
An alleyway in Haslingden is to be closed off to prevent problems with youths congregating in it. Rossendale Council is to close off the alley in Manchester Road, with a gate, using funding from the Rossendale Crime and Disorder Partnership.
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Gas fears over blaze at village
FIREFIGHTERS were called out to tackle a suspicious barn fire in Worsthorne. Two fire crews battled the fire in The Square, Worsthorne, for more than 15 minutes yesterday afternoon but had to remain on site as potentially explosive gas canisters were
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Boss’s balancing act
A BUSINESSMAN who was named Young Entrepreneur of the Year has been promoting environmentally friendly schemes to his work force. Managing director Matthew Riley arrived at his £23 million firm Daisy Communications, Burnley, yesterday on a unicycle as
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Lawyer going up in the world
A TRAINEE solicitor from Darwen took on the UK's highest mountain. Ryan Bickham (pictured), 24, from the Sidings, who works for Watson Ramsbottom solicitors in Great Harwood, scaled Ben Nevis in Scotland to raise money for charity. Set to qualify as
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Purpose gives life a capital L
The certainty of eventually being Man United's goalkeeper kept me going for 10 years. I had purpose and life was full. I was destined to be Matt Busby's first George Best while the actual GB was still leprechaun-size in his ma's arms. Towards the end
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Tenants warned of bogus callers
TENANTS are being issued with a warning about cold callers who claim they are acting on behalf of a social landlord. The callers are knocking on the doors of people living in Rossendale offering tenants help to buy their homes in return for a large sum
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MP slams Brown Cabinet offer to Ashdown
PENDLE MP Gordon Prentice has attacked his new leader over apparent plans to allow Liberal Democrats to join the Cabinet. Mr Prentice appeared on Radio 4's Today Programme yesterday and told listeners new leader Gordon Brown would have faced further
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Historic trail opened
THE newly opened Stream and Steam trail in Barnoldswick charts the history of the town. The trail takes around an hour, starting in the car park at Letcliffe Park and ending in Victory Park, near the Rolls- Royce factories. Information boards are in
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Pensioner's handbag stolen
AN 86 year-old woman had her handbag stolen from her home by a burglar this morning. Police said the woman heard a noise coming from her kitchen in Hawkshaw Avenue, Darwen, between 10am and 10.30am and walked in to find a white middle-aged burglar
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Car destroyed in blaze
A Fiat Uno car, parked in Scarlett Street, Burnley, was destroyed in an arson attack at 3.30am on Saturday.
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Man rescues brother from house fire
A MAN had to be led to safety by his brother who returned home from a night out to find their kitchen on fire. Fire bosses have warned revellers to buy a take away and not cook following the incident which happened at a flat in Ightenhill Park Lane,
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Man charged with raping girl, 11
A MAN has been charged with kidnapping and raping an 11-year-old girl following an alleged assault in Colne. Justin Widdop, 27, will appear before magistrates in Burnley tomorrow on two counts of rape, one of false imprisonment and one of kidnap. Police
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Turbines pass through village
Rossendale Council is to ask Lancashire County Council to give residents plenty of notice about the traffic issues when wind turbines are transported through the village. Leader of Rossendale Council Duncan Ruddick said there would be the need for street
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Football stand damaged in arson attack
A STAND at a football club was damaged in a suspected arson attack today. The fire was started in a wooden stand at the Showground stadium, Wood Street, which belonged to the former Great Harwood Town. A passer by on his way home from work raised the
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Woman rescued from bathroom
A WOMAN had to freed by firefighters after she became trapped in her bedroom earlier today. The woman, in her 30s, was locked in the bedroom of the house in Mosley Street, Blackburn, when the door handle fell off. Firefighters used a ladder to climb
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MP Kitty buoyed by fall in jobless
BURNLEY MP Kitty Ussher has welcomed news that the number of jobless in Burnley is on the way down. She said the latest figures revealed a 16 per cent fall in the number of people on JobSeeker's Allowance in the town in the last 10 years. In Burnley
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Victim - rapist ruined my life
A RAPE victim who was attacked when he was just 13 has spoken of how the sex fiend ruined his life. Mark (not his real name) said he spent almost eight years wondering if Suleman Vapiwala would strike again and feared he would never be caught. And he
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Police community support officer sacked
A POLICE officer has been sacked over assault allegations after spending just weeks in the job. Police community support officer Paul McGladdery, who started working in Earby on May 1, has been charged with an assault - an allegation he denies. Mr
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Nature reserve gets a facelift
A nature reserve is to be given a cleanup by a BBC swat team' after residents voted it a top grot spot. The team will visit the Foxhill Bank nature reserve in Oswaldtwistle on Tuesday to transform a viewing area overlooking the main lodge. The recycled
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Firefighters tackle massive paper blaze
ARSONISTS started a fire in the yard of a factory which destroyed 10 tonnes of paper stacked on 100 wooden pallets. Firefighters were called to the incident at Marsden Packaging Ltd, Moss Street, Little Harwood, just before 11.30pm last night. Crews
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Keedy eyeing England tour berth
LANCASHIRE spinner Gary Keedy is hoping Ryan Sidebottom's England success could help him snatch a place in Michael Vaughan's winter touring squad. The 32-year-old can consider himself unlucky not to have been called up in the past after establishing
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Meals on wheels costs to go up
The cost of meals on wheels delivered by Lancashire County Council is to rise by around three per cent from next month. County chiefs said that the contract prices had risen by three per cent, meaning they had to pass the bill down to users. Frozen
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Biker robbed as he cycled to work
A CYCLING group has been left stunned after a rider was forced off his bike and robbed. The man was riding to work along Brierfield Road, Burnley, when he was attacked by three men. He was forced from his bike and punched before both his mountain bike
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Cotterill not surprised by summer slowdown
BURNLEY manager Steve Cotterill admits he is not surprised by the slow pace of this summer's transfer market. Even before the end of last season the Clarets chief anticipated that movements, in the Championship as a whole, would be few and far between
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Ormerod: Matt was right to stand down
ACCRINGTON'S new club captain David Ormerod believes team-mate Matt Wilson did the right thing in stepping down as skipper. Wilson, 32, resigned from the demanding role in an effort to concentrate on his own game. The top-order batsman decided it was
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Rovers bidder's £billion backers revealed
THE American consortium interested in buying Blackburn Rovers has the backing of companies worth billions of dollars. Telegraph Sport can reveal that two financial institutions, with combined assets of $7.5 billion, are the partners in the Daniel Williams
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Jennings frustrated at Minter pull out
WBU welterweight champion Michael Jennings admitted he was "gutted" after his next scheduled opponent Ross Minter was forced to pull out with a chest injury. Jennings, who won the title after a comprehensive points win over Takaloo in April at the Millennium
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Rovers secure new stand sponsorship
BLACKBURN Rovers have a new stand sponsor. From the start of next season, travel partners Fraser Eagle will become the new sponsors of the Riverside Stand at Ewood Park. The former CIS Stand will be re-branded the Fraser Eagle Stand after the club agreed
