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Diana Vickers to launch London lights display instead of Accrington's
X FACTOR sensation Diana Vickers is to help switch on the Christmas lights in London’s Oxford Street. But bosses of the hit ITV1 talent show have said that Diana, from Accrington, will not be able to grant Hyndburn Council’s request for her
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60 firefighters tackle major blaze in Darwen for 8 hours
SIXTY firefighters tackled a blaze at a Darwen mill. They spent eight hours controlling toxic fumes at Balle Street Mill, where fibre glass front doors, awnings and plastic mouldings are manufactured. The third floor of the mill caught fire when a machine
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£1.9m East Lancs play area windfall
MORE than 30 East Lancashire nurseries, pre-schools and child care centres are to benefit from a £1.95million boost. The cash will be spent across Burnley, Hyndburn, Pendle, Rossendale and the Ribble Valley on improving outdoor play areas. Lancashire
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Carlos Villanueva is a real talent, says Blackburn Rovers team-mate
BRETT Emerton has paid Rovers team-mate Carlos Villanueva the highest compliment by dubbing him a natural match-winner. Chilean Villanueva has shown just glimpses of his undoubted quality in the Rovers engine-room since joining on a year-long
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Pendle Council backing for Colne playground
PROPOSALS for a brand new adventure play area for children in a Pendle town are being backed by councillors. Pendle Council plans to build the play area, consisting of various climbing frames, on land bounded by Shaw Street and Exchange Street, in Colne
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Coffee Morning
Lacey Court residents on Bury Rd. Haslingden are holding a coffee morning from 11am on Friday 7th November. Raffle, bric-a-brac, hand-crafted cards and refeshmnents
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Woman, 62, robbed of purse in Burnley street
A PENSIONER was robbed in broad daylight after being tricked by a “callous” fraudster. The 62-year-old was walking down Manchester Road, Burnley, close to Piccadilly Road, when she was approached by a man. He asked her if she could change a bank note
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Burnley youths hurl bricks from bridge
POLICE have slammed yobs who hurled bricks at people near Burnley College from a railway bridge. Terrified employees and bystanders watched as a pair of teenagers threw objects from the viaduct overlooking the new multi-million pound college site in
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Celebrity Burnley fan's happy memories of childhood game
IT was the game that inspired a generation of young football supporters. And now one of Burnley FC’s most famous fans has revealed his love for flicking about mini Clarets players in the days before he became the Prime Minister’s spin doctor. Former
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‘Burnley man sprayed pepper at PC’
A MAN attacked and sprayed an officer with police ‘pepper’ spray as she tried to arrest him for kicking in a door, a jury heard. Wayne Birtwell, 24, had grabbed the spray from another officer and aimed it at PC Joanna Robson. He had already twisted
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Blackburn Sea Cadets facing £30,000 black hole
A SEA cadets group left homeless by council ‘red tape’ is facing a £30,000 black hole in its revised plans for a new base. In June the Lancashire Telegraph revealed the Black-burn group’s battle to win planning permission for their £100,000 new headquarters
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East Lancashire Bonfire Night celebrations
THOUSANDS of people in East Lancashire celebrated Bonfire Night over the weekend - but there are still plenty of events to come. Crowds flocked to Blackburn’s annual Witton Park Bonfire on Saturday to watch a spectacular firework display.
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Tourism centre staff tributes to Ribble Valley pioneer
FORMER colleagues of a Ribble Valley tourism pioneer said she would be sadly missed after she died at the age of 72. Mary Parker, of Slaidburn, became manager of Clitheroe Tourist Information Centre in the late 1980s and remained there for the next 13
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Car collides with bus in Blackburn
A car collided with a bus in Blackburn at around 3.30pm this afternoon. The incident in Lytham Road, Higher Croft, caused part of the road to be blocked for a short time while police carried out their inquiries. It is understood no one
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Chipping car park charges reminder
CHIPPING residents and visitors to the village are being reminded that charges for using its car parks have been introduced. Anyone using the car park on a regular basis can now purchase a 12-month permit for £55. The permits entitle
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Appeal for Blackburn cancer mum’s seven children
FUNDRAISERS are trying to send seven children whose mum died from breast cancer to EuroDisney for Christmas. Relatives of Blackburn woman Charmaine Gent, who died aged 34, are appealing urgently for help as they try to help her children, aged between
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Don’t let yobs spoil big night
BONFIRE night is a time of fun, with many families across East Lancashire set to enjoy the celebrations tonight. But there is a much darker side that has seen one family in Blackburn fearing for their safety after fireworks were launched through their
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Hapton man arrested after fatal Laneshawbridge road accident
A MAN has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving after a motorist was killed in a collision on a notorious road. Jonathan Salter, 46, died in hospital this morning after the accident in Keighley Road, Laneshawbridge
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MEP Chris Davies 'gassed by Israel troops'
A NORTH West Euro MP says he was tear gassed and knocked to the ground by Israel troops during a demonstration. Lib Dem Chris Davies said he had been taking part in a peaceful protest against the theft of Palestinian land. The protest took place on
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Darwen Cricket Club historian’s master stroke
HISTORIAN and ex-cricket scorer Graham Groom has put together the first-team records for Darwen Cricket Club going back over 100 years. He began 10 years ago with no records and started his painstaking research in now obsolete local newspapers – the
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Icelandic bank crisis prompts Lancashire County Council re-think
COUNTY council bosses are set to make changes to their investment policy following the Icelandic bank cash crisis. Last month it was revealed Lancashire County Council had £10million tied up in the Landsbanki bank, which had been taken over
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Great Harwood dad's Bonfire Night hell due to rare condition
A DAD who suffers extreme reactions to loud noises is dreading Bonfire Night. Andrew Latham, 34, from Great Harwood, has the rare brain condition hyperekplexia and is unable to stop his body from from jerking in surprise whenever he hears a loud noise
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Police and fire crews probe blast Blackburn fireworks attack
A MUM instinctively pulled her four-year-old daughter to safety after a firework was thrown through her letterbox. Karen McBride, 32, had just handed her daughter a drink from the kitchen when she saw the firework, believed to be an Air Bomb, drop into
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150 jobs saved in Accrington call centre takeover
ONE hundred and fifty jobs have been saved at an East Lancashire call centre after a takeover was completed. Staff were left fearing for their future after Thomas Cook announced it was set to close the office at Accrington’s Globe Centre. Sitel, a leading
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Chorley boxer Jennings lands fight of a lifetime in New York
MICHAEL Jennings is set to fight Miguel Angel Cotto in a WBO welterweight elimin-ation contest in New York next February. The WBU champion will take on the 28-year-old Puerto Rican on St Valentine’s Day 2009 for the right to fight for the title
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Iraq tour beckons for Rossendale theatre company
AN East Lancashire theatre company is in Iraq meeting with the local government about touring in the war-torn country. Helen Jackson, chief executive of the Horse and Bamboo Theatre, Waterfoot, is currently in the Kurdish region in the north of Iraq
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Chorley cash machine hands out 'free' money
BANK customers were queueing around the block after a cash machine started giving out twice as much money as requested. Dozens of astonished users of the Royal Bank of Scotland machine received the unexpected bonus over a two-hour period Word about
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Roque Santa Cruz set for shock return against Chelsea
ROQUE Santa Cruz could make a shock return from injury in time for Sunday’s visit of Chelsea to hand Paul Ince’s depleted Rovers a timely boost. The Paraguayan was not expected to feature before the Premier League clash with Sunderland a week
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Burnley boy, 14, burned with firework
A TERRIFIED mum says she fears her son will be “murdered” on the streets of Burnley after he survived a firework attack by drunken yobs. Police said Matthew Wignall, 14, was chased by around 20 teenage thugs before being thrown to the ground and kicked
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The Spinners Arms, Adlington
Address: 23 Church St, Adlington Phone number: 01257 483331 Lancashire Telegraph review by Jane Willis from November 5, 2008. Strolling into The Spinners Arms, my daughter and I felt a bit like aliens from another world! Situated
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Blackburn Rovers youth shocked after 8-0 defeat
BLACKBURN Rovers academy coach Gary Bowyer admitted his young side were left shell shocked on Saturday after an 8-0 home drubbing to Manchester City. After an unbeaten October, which saw Rovers win two and draw one, their Academy League campaign
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Arrest after schoolboy knocked down in Oswaldtwistle
A MAN has been arrested on suspicious of dangerous driving after a boy was knocked down on a footpath in Oswaldtwistle today. At 8.30am, 14-year-old Ben Forrest was walking to Rhyddings High School when police said a silver Citroen Saxo travelling
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Accrington Stanley chairman hoping for FA Cup windfall
ACCRINGTON Stanley chairman Eric Whalley is desperate for a bit of FA Cup success this year to boost the club’s finances. Stanley have always faced a hand-to-mouth existence in their bid to rise through the leagues and their failure to reach the FA Cup
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Wenger needs to wise up
DIFFERENT day, same old Arsene Wenger. As the world beckoned a new dawn as Barack Obama became the first black president of the United States of America, it's comforting to know that Wenger still seems bitter and twisted. Never one to
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Clarets young gun happy with loan options
TALENTED young striker Alex MacDonald is hoping to follow in the footsteps of Jay Rodriguez and make his mark on the first team squad. The 18-year-old earned a call-up to the senior side and was offered a one-year professional contract at the
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Dunn on course for early Blackburn Rovers return
Blackburn midfielder David Dunn remains on course for his earlier than expected return, as he steps up his rehabilitation from an Achilles operation. Rovers’ vice-skipper has been sidelined ever since injuring his Achilles at home to Hull in
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VIDEO: Blackburn family's plea: Catch scum who left our Gino in coma
THE family of a teenager left fighting for life after a brutal street attack have urged the local community to shop the ‘scum’ who attacked him. Fifteen-year-old Gino Hargreaves has been in a coma for six days. His devastated family
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Darwen Town Hall revamp delay
THE revamp of Darwen Town Hall has been delayed until after Christmas. The first part of the work - to move the toilets from the front of the hall to the annexe and to fit them with baby changing facilites - was to be the first step in a £250,000
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Brave Accrington teacher dies at home in Foulridge
AN “inspirational” teacher braved the “excruciating” pain of a battle with cancer to continue teaching right up until his death. The heartbroken family of David Stobbs, 40, have paid tribute after he died following a 20 month fight with colon
