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Burnley dad caught stealing lead to pay for nappies
A YOUNG dad caught stripping a church roof of lead in the early hours was desperate for cash for nappies and baby milk, a court heard. Jamie Michael Shackleton, 21, left part of St Matthew’s Church, in Burnley, ‘open to the elements’ and facing a bill
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Blake: I hope Burnley get back to Premier League
ROBBIE Blake brought his Turf Moor love affair to an end by becoming the first player in the post-Coyle era to make the controversial switch to Bolton Wanderers. But he hopes the Burnley faithful won’t hold it against him. The 34-year-old described
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Burnley council leader to raise cancer cash
A COUNCIL leader is launching a triple charity challenge to support several of his town hall colleagues who are battling cancer. Coun Charlie Briggs will be taking part in the Jane Tomlinson 10k run in Blackburn, a race backed by the Lancashire
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Trainee Darwen firefighter to quit after arrest
A TRAINEE firefighter is to resign after violently struggling with police who were trying to arrest him for drunken behaviour at Darwen Music Live. Blackburn magistrates were told that Daniel Craig Wilson was intent on fighting with a group of men
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Blackburn with Darwen to cut £2m from management
A CULL of public sector managers at Blackburn with Darwen council has been revealed in an attempt to make £2million budget cuts. The council is to become the first borough in the country to merge senior managers of its cash-strapped council
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Two Blackburn men jailed for £778k VAT fraud
THE ringleader of a gang responsible for a £778,000 VAT fraud was reported dead in a bid to put off investigators. But Tasejad Hussain Jeffrey is now starting a jail term after being convicted, along with his partner and two sisters, of conning
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Row as Celebrate Blackburn festival begins
A TWO-month festival of art, sport and culture in Blackburn got underway today. Celebrate Blackburn is now in its third year after replacing the Arts in the Park and Mela events. For the last two years, the event has been a month-long, but this
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Blackburn Rovers to open town centre licensed venue
BLACKBURN Rovers are set to open a new club shop opposite the town’s new market. Club bosses have revealed they are moving into the Church Street building which currently houses the town's visitor centre and the Rhubarb Cafe. The new store will
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Square Street Singers,Ramsbottom.
Ramsbottom,s Square Street singers are to feature in Gilbert and Sullivan's "Trial by Jury". It's at the Theatre Royal on Smithy Street in the town.Friday 2nd July.Tickets £6.Conc £3. Ring 01706 826760 for details.
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World Cup blog: Chiles gives ITV edge in telly war
THE BBC will win the ratings battle once more on World Cup final day, but ITV’s recruitment of Adrian Chiles has arguably won them the war when it comes to their tournament coverage. ITV’s campaign has been beset by catastrophes – the advert
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Review: Shrek Forever After (U)
93 mins. Family. Featuring the voices of Mike Myers, Cameron Diaz, Eddie Murphy, Walt Dohrn, Antonio Banderas, John Cleese, Julie Andrews, Jane Lynch, Kathy Griffin. Director: Mike Mitchell. The fourth and final instalment of the computer-animated
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Autotest thrown open to public
EVER wanted to have a go at motorsport, but didn’t know how or where to get started? Then Accrington Motorsports Club could just have the answer. For the group, in conjunction with other north west motor clubs, have launched a new initiative to encourage
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Stone rock solid in rally title race
BLACKBURN’S John Stone maintained his 100 per cent finishing record to retake first position in the tussle for the MSA Asphalt Rally Championship. The businessman was in scintillating form on the Hinckley-based Rally of the Midlands, finishing runner-up
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Blackburn Rovers assistant looks to strike balance
NEIL McDonald is looking to strike the right summer balance as Blackburn Rovers bid to make sure they start the new Premier League campaign in style. Rovers’ assistant boss has taken the reins for the start of pre-season training at Brockhall
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Hot-shot Shaw tears field apart
GARY Shaw set a blistering pace on the hottest day of the year to win the Trawden 7. The race, hosted by Trawden AC, was the ninth of the Burnley and Pendle Grand Prix series, and attracted more than 100 runners. Clayton Harrier Shaw finished more than
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Whalley war veteran finally gets medals
WAR hero Sam Brearley was officially presented with his set of Second World War medals yesterday at an event in Ribble Valley Council Chamber in Clitheroe. In May the 97-year-old great-grandfather, who lives in Whalley, revealed in the Lancashire Telegraph
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Coyle: Blake will be great for Bolton
ROBBIE Blake’s presence will not only be felt on pitch at Bolton Wanderers next season, claims Owen Coyle. The Wanderers boss knows only too well that by recruiting one of his former Burnley charges, he risks stirring a hornets’ nest that has barely
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Calderstones workers march to protest against cuts
STAFF at Calderstones NHS Trust held a protest march yesterday against cost-cutting measures. The trust, based near Whalley, employs 1,587 people and provides specialist services to in- and out-patients with learning disabilities. Workers
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Haslingden woman celebrates her 100th birthday
FORMER keen walker Hetty Bretherton has certainly gone the distance! For the mother-of-two, of Haslingden, has celebrated her 100th birthday. At the age of 90, she belied her age by climbing to Peel Tower. Hetty, who now lives in warden-controlled
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CCTV appeal in Simonstone stolen bike hunt
A SCHOOLBOY had his bike stolen from outside a garage. The 11-year-old boy had left his green BMX outside Select Convenience Garage, Whalley Road, Simonstone. He came out of the shop minutes later to discover his bike had been stolen. Police
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14 Halifax counters to close in Lancashire in jobs cuts
FOURTEEN Halifax-branded counters in Lancashire firms will close after Lloyds Banking Group yesterday announced 650 job cuts. The bulk of the cuts will come in back office-based staff at offices in Nottingham and Chester. Unions said 1,850 jobs
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Burnley still looking to strengthen
BURNLEY return to pre-season training today and begin their quest to return to the Premier League. We take a look at areas where the club still need to strengthen ahead of their first Championship match in August.... THE disappointment of relegation
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Blackburn Rovers buzzing at Brockhall
THE sting was taken out of Blackburn Rovers’ pre-season training on Tuesday after an afternoon session was disrupted by a giant wasps’ nest. Sam Allardyce’s squad were made to hastily leave the training field by a swarm of angry wasps and had to resume
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Missing Accrington paedophile arrested in Ireland
A PAEDOPHILE who went on the run has been arrested in the Irish Republic. Child sex offender William Paden, who police warned posed a significant risk, was detained by detectives in the border county of Cavan. The 56-year-old, who lived
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Double delight for Keira
KEIRA Walsh was a double winner at Blackburn Rovers Girls Centre of Excellence prize night. The 12-year-old won the coveted Overall Achievement Trophy and was also a winner of the new International Recognition Award. Keira picked up
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Semi final spot for QEGS cricketers
Queen Elizabeth's Gram-mar School’s junior cricket team have been busy on the field this week. The team competed in the Lancashire finals of the ESCA Under 11s Primary Hardball competition, where they overcame St Christopher’s Primary School from
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Treble top for Mill Hill
ALL-conquering Mill Hill Under 12s rounded off a memorable season by winning the treble without dropping a single point. The talented team finished with an overall record of played 28, won 28 scoring 178 goals and conceding just 17.
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Time for a rush of Adrenaline
TWO of the UK’s leading mountain bike stars will be in action at Rossendale’s Adrenaline Gateway this weekend - and local riders are being handed the chance to take them on! Rowan Sorrell and Ali Clarkson — both world class mountain bikers
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Online appeal after murder of Nelson family
AN ONLINE appeal has been set up to put pressure on Pakistani authorities to investigate the murder of a Nelson family of three. Mohammad Yousaf, 51, his wife Parviaz, 49, and daughter Tania, 23, were shot dead at a cemetery near Gujrat on May 20.
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Ibby's the Shah thing!
IBRAHIM Shah only has to glance across the gym to realise what can be achieved in boxing. The Blackburn teenager, who has just won the Three Nations title, is a member of Gloves ABC - the club set up by world champion Amir Khan. And
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Pioneer make a splash at age group championships
PIONEER 79 swimmers have been busy in recent weeks in a schedule that has taken in key events across the North West. The Blackburn club sent a strong squad to the Regional Youth Championships in both Liverpool and Manchester. Amelia
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Reflecting on the Albert Dock
Quickly glossing over the 'football'...I was in Liverpool last week. Had a chance for a quick wander around Albert Dock. Hadn’t been since taking the kids as little ones to the museum there, when Fred the Weatherman used to leap onto that floating
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Stricken bird brought out our basic instincts
I GOT so depressed by England’s World Cup ‘performance’ on Sunday that I resorted to distraction therapy. First, I polished two pairs of shoes so hard you could see your face in them (I am a lifetime believer in shiny shoes); then I ironed a shirt. (
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School photo jogs memory
ONE reader has this week recalled her schooldays from more than 70 years ago, after she spotted former pupils on our page. Mrs Finnigan of Blackburn remembered her time at St Silas’s school, after our class photograph from 1937 (Lancashire Telegraph,
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Murder of Ann by fiancé recounted in ‘Grim Almanac’
IN 1817 blue-eyed Ann White was considered the loveliest girl in the Rossendale Valley. But that summer the 23-year-old was murdered at Sunny Field Farm by her husband-to-be, who later hung for his crime at Lancaster Castle. The grisly tale is just
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‘Green Shield’ had stamp of approval
WHO remembers the shopping scheme that brought you free gifts – when you had collected the relevant number of Green Shield Stamps? Maybe you saved them, or stuck them in the book for your mum, and then enjoyed the benefits of a new toaster, or set of
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Bitter pill we’ll have to swallow
YESTERDAY it was 1,000 Lancashire police jobs under threat. Today it is £4million worth of services at Blackburn with Darwen, including a leisure centre, 16 community centres and district libraries. Tomorrow? The only thing certain is that worse is
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Nobody should get a free ride
Re the story about free school bus travel being axed (LT, June 28). Everyone should pay. Those who say they can’t should get out of bed and go to work. If they are unable to work then let them pay out of their benefits (which are their wages after all
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Washing refuse is more hygienic
REGARDING recycling (via) the grey bin. While I was out for a walk last Thursday, the environment men were working in Little Harwood. Some of the bins were full to overflowing. I noticed that plastic, metal and glass were not being washed, rinsed and
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Singer Grace is a future superstar
I want to express my delight at the concert for the air ambulance in Padiham Unitarian church (June, 26). The church was packed to bursting. People were turned away and they had come to see a very special little girl. Grace O’Malley, just gone 12,
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Avalanche of cuts is on its way
George Osborne says his top priority is cutting the deficit, but in order to get the deficit down, you need to keep economic growth up and unemployment down. You don’t get borrowing down by pulling the plug on support for business, throwing people out
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Don’t forget that Fergie’s a Scot!
The suggestion from certain parts of the media that Alec Ferguson should be considered as a possible successor to Fabio Cappello when his tenure ends as England manager is ridiculous. A number of issues contributed to our elimination from the World Cup
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Tory disability cuts are ‘disgusting’
David Cameron, the leader of the Tory party, promised that when making cuts the vulnerable would not be affected. Yet George Osborne, his chancellor, in his first budget, announced cuts to Disability Living Allowance (DLA) which could take £400,000 off
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Take CSA money from the source
Re the story about East Lancs dads’ owing £40million in child support (LT, June 28). The CSA should recover the money at source – directly from people’s employers in the way that tax and national insurance is deducted. A simple 15 per cent deducted
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Lower the St George and raise Union Flag!
The questions now should not be about what has gone wrong with English hopes in the World Cup but more on the lines of how to restructure the framework of football from these shores. Do we need to ask but why on earth are foreign coaches managing an
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World Cup podcast #2
In our second World Cup podcast, we discuss what went wrong with England. Who was to blame - the players or Fabio Capello? And where do we go from now? Sports editor Paul Plunkett is joined by Andy Cryer, Gary York and Chris Flanagan
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East Lancs and the smoking ban, three years on
THREE years ago today the smoking ban was introduced in public places in England and Wales. We gauge its effects so far. IT feels like a lifetime ago, but as recently as June 2007 smokers could still light up in a busy pub while they enjoyed
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Coleman faces up to Accrington Stanley pay struggle
ACCRINGTON Stanley boss John Coleman says his own reputation as a manager is his best hope of attracting players as the club struggle to compete with non-league clubs for summer signings. Stanley are resigned to the fact that financially they cannot
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Rangers striker on Blackburn Rovers wanted list
Scottish ace Kris Boyd is high up on Blackburn Rovers striker short list with Sam Allardyce expected to make his move in the transfer market by the weekend. Allardyce is understood to have made contact with Boyd’s representatives over the last few days
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Hero Pendle security guard given bravery award
A HERO security guard who rescued a young boy from a knife-wielding kidnapper on the ledge of a multi-storey car park, has been given a public bravery award. Fifty-seven year-old Tanveer Chaudry was first on the scene to face down cabbie Zafran Hussain
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Gun-wielding Blackburn robber jailed for four years
THIS is the terrifying moment a gun-wielding teenage robber threatened a woman working at a Chinese takeaway. Mark Houlgrave, 19, of Princes Street, Blackburn, was brandishing an imitation handgun when he held up the takeaway in Hereford Road
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Crackdown on incapacity benefit claimants in Burnley
A NATIONAL crackdown to weed out people who claim incapacity benefit when fit for work is to be piloted in Burnley. More than 6,300 people in the borough claim the benefit, 12 per cent of the working population. They will now have to undergo a new
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Adulterous couple give evidence in Blackburn murder case
THE adulterous couple at the centre of a “botched honour-based arson attack” took to the witness stand yesterday. Hafija Gorji, 22, of New Bank Road, Blackburn, insisted prosecutor Brian Cummings call her 'Hafija' because she was going through
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Darwen planetarium plans 'not a gimmick'
A PLANETARIUM could still be built in Darwen according to a senior councillor, despite claims it was an electioneering ‘gimmick’. Official publicity produced by the For Darwen Party for leader Tony Melia’s bid at the Darwen and Rossendale Parliamentary
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Charges for bulky waste collection in Blackburn with Darwen
THE introduction of charges for bulky waste collection in Blackburn with Darwen had been strongly rumoured in recent weeks. And on Thursday councillors are set to agree a fee of £10 per item. This covers all large items, typically including household
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Fears over Blackburn with Darwen library review
AS PART of the cost-saving measures, a review has been ordered into all of Blackburn with Darwen’s libraries. Council bosses have remained tight-lipped on what might come from the move. Council leader Mike Lee said it was a legal requirement to
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Richardson back in Accrington Stanley contract talks
ACCRINGTON Stanley have resumed talks with Leam Richardson over a new deal. Richardson’s injury problems meant he was offered only non-contract terms, but the 30-year-old is still training with the club. Assistant boss Jimmy Bell said: “We are in discussions
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Blackburn with Darwen pay counters to close
PAY points at Blackburn and Darwen town halls are to be closed, with the services handed to local newsagents and post offices. If agreed on Thursday night, it will no longer be possible to pay council tax at the front desk of either town hall from
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Outcry at Shadsworth Leisure Centre closure plan
Shadsworth Leisure Centre users are ‘gutted’ it is set to be axed to save £300,000 a year. The announcement has prompted an outcry, with accusations that the town hall is neglecting one of Blackburn’s poorest areas. Funding will also
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Volunteers look to save Blackburn with Darwen's community centres
VOLUNTEERS say they were determined to fight to keep community centres open after being told of funding cuts. Blackburn with Darwen Council will initially stop paying for Little Harwood, Sudellside, Ivy Street and Shadsworth centres, in a move it says
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Blackburn Rovers boss says 'no' to Dubai
SAM Allardyce will not be leaving Blackburn Rovers for Dubai club Al Ahli. A source close to the Rovers boss has scotched recent rumours linking him with a move to manage in the Middle East, saying: “There is no truth in Sam going to Dubai, other than
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Burnley step up interest in wingers
BURNLEY manager Brian Laws is hoping to soften the blow of losing Robbie Blake by replacing him with Cardiff City winger Peter Whittingham. Burnley have concentrated on two main targets in the wide left position – Whittingham, and Hearts youngster
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£4million Blackburn with Darwen cuts revealed
BLACKBURN with Darwen has unveiled a drastic programme of £4million cuts — and bosses are warning it is just the start. A popular leisure centre faces the axe, and community centres and libraries are also under threat throughout the borough