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Spitfire model could be placed in Darwen's market square
A FIGHTER plane bought by Darwen people could be commemorated in the town with a scale model. Campaigners launched a bid last November to get the Spitfire purchased by townspeople during the Second World War marked by a piece of public art or a plaque
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Burnley and Pendle benefit cheats warned there's no hiding place
BENEFIT bosses have proven there is no hiding place for cheats in Burnley and Pendle who want to rip off the public purse. Fraud investigations in Burnley and Padiham alone have seen the amount of overpaid benefits uncovered more than double in just
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Digital Dilemma?
The UK Digital Roadshow is coming to Bacup on Tuesday, July 7th at the Co-op Convenience Store in Irwell Street. People can find out about the digital switchover taking place in this region in November 2009. Advice and information will be given free of
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Befriend Buddy
Young people in Rossendale are being urged to use their creative talent to design a friend for "Buddy", the NSPCC character for the Childline Service. The winner will receive 30 webcams for their school and the character will go online.. More information
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Extra fencing to be installed at M65 after death of boy
A NEW security fence is set to be erected beside the M65 close to where a 15-year-old was knocked down and killed. The Highways Agency wants to place meshing on top of a boundary wall for a 160-metre stretch near Rosegrove Lane as a result of the death
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AlcoCops
Motorists in Rossendale are warned that the police have started their summer crackdown on drink drivers. Check points will be set up and motorists will be breathalysed. As they so rightly say "Drinking and driving wrecks lives."
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Chorley's Dougherty claims European Tour victory
CHORLEY golfer Nick Dougherty has claimed his first European Tour victory in two years at the BMW International Open in Munich today. The Shaw Hill professional had not won a tournament since the Alfred Dunhill Links in 2007 but finished first
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Blackburn with Darwen residents: 'Litter is problem but we're not all dirty sods'
PEOPLE in Blackburn criticised litter droppers, claiming they had let the town go to “rack and ruin”. Following Coun Paul Browne’s scathing attack, describing Blackburn and Darwen people as “dirty sods”, members of the public agreed most litter problems
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Torches to show up cocaine use to be used in Rossendale pubs
TORCHES that can detect if a person has been snorting cocaine will be used in pubs and clubs across Rossendale. Police in the Valley have welcomed the new anti-drug initiative, which was piloted in Blackburn last month. The torch illuminates fragments
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Action planned to solve sewage problems at Colne caravan park
COUNCIL bosses may be forced to write to several caravan and holiday home owners in a bid to resolve a sewage nightmare in Colne. Raw effluent has been seeping from a septic tank off Lenches Road, near the Prospect Farm caravan park, and running
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Mears 'happy' with Burnley move
TYRONE Mears’ agent is confident the right back will become a Burnley player on Monday. Willie McKay accompanied the 26-year-old for talks with Owen Coyle at Turf Moor on Thursday, after Mears interrupted a family holiday in Marbella to meet
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Staff 'were in building' when social services laptops stolen in Blackburn
FIFTEEN council-owned laptops were stolen while staff were working in the building, it has been revealed. And somehow a security patrol the same evening failed to spot the break-in, a council meeting was told. Council bosses have now sent more than
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2,000 women complete midnight walk for Pendleside Hospice
THOUSANDS of flashing bunny ears shone through the gloom as Burnley and Pendle’s first-ever midnight walk for Pendleside Hospice ventured forth. Pink cowboy hats and the bunny ears, along with tutus and dayglo wigs, were the fashion statements
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Teenage girl 'Tasered'' after Colne stand-off
A TEENAGE girl had to be ‘Tasered’ as police brought an end to a tense 90-minute stand-off in the centre of Colne. Police were alerted to the Albert Road area just after 7.30pm on Friday after a woman complained that the youngster had tried to throw
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MRSA falling in East Lancs hospitals
NEW cases of the superbug MRSA in East Lancashire hospitals have fallen. Latest figures released by the Health Protection Agency show that for the East Lancashire NHS Trust - which covers the Royal Blackburn, Burnley General, Pendle Community and Rossendale
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Darwen dad enjoying doing a different job every day
A FATHER-OF-THREE is a month into a world record attempt for the most number of jobs in a year. Jamie Dodd, 30, is trying to work in 365 different jobs over 365 days, without taking any sick leave or holidays. The former St Bede’s pupil of Earnsdale
