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AFC Darwen voted into Vodkat League
AFC Darwen are ‘back in the big time’ after being voted into the Vodkat League for the upcoming season. The decision, made at Saturday night’s annual general meeting, has been hailed as ‘tremendous news for the town’ by the club chairman Derek
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Rossendale singer representing England at Elvis World Cup
A ROSSENDALE singer is hoping to get the judges all shook up when he takes part in the Elvis World Cup Final. Paul Molloy is planning to win over any Suspicious Minds at the International Elvis tribute competition next month. The entertainer, from Crawshawbooth
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Tribute match for Bacup darts player, 38
A DARTS tournament will be held in tribute to a Bacup man who died of a heart attack aged just 38. Friends and family of Paul Baines will gather at his local the Swan Hotel pub, in Market Street, to celebrate the life of one of the pub’s favourite
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Scheme to safeguard vulnerable in Lancashire
A NEW scheme to safeguard vulnerable adults in Lancashire has been announced. The agreement between the county council and the Lancashire Care Association aims to protect people from forced marriage, bullying by their partners or relatives and ‘rogue
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Addict jailed after 17 East Lancashire burglaries
A PROLIFIC burglar who struck 17 times, mostly in the Accrington and Rossendale areas, to fund his £300-a-week heroin habit has been jailed for three and a half years. Wayne Banham, 40, went on the spree when he was fresh out of jail in February
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Former queens gather at Ribchester Field Day
RIBCHESTER Field Day Queens from the last five decades came together to celebrate the event’s 50th anniversary. A total of 28 former Field Day Queens attended the milestone event at the weekend. Some of the women, now approaching OAP
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Burnley dealer who kept drugs in freezer jailed
A DEALER who was supplying amphetamine was caught after police found a haul of the drug in his freezer, a court heard. Paul Farran, 38, had 22 grams of amphetamine, worth about £200 on the streets, as well as another gram in his bedroom.
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Cliviger birthday celebration interrupted by fire
A YOUNGSTER’S birthday party on Friday night was disrupted after a wall light caught fire in a bedroom. Clothing had been on top of the light in the loft-conversion room at the house in Green Lane, Cliviger, at 10pm. A boy had been celebrating
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Conservation area plan for Great Harwood
A PLAN to shape the future development of Great Harwood town centre has been revived, it has been announced. Campaigners wanting to see large parts of the town centre designated as a conservation area had been frustrated by more than two years of delays
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Accrington taxi driver trapped in Burnley garage toilet
A TAXI driver who got caught short ended up being locked in a toilet at a car garage for half an hour last night. The driver, a 40-year-old man working for an Accrington firm, had slipped unnoticed into the customer toilet inside the Kitchens
