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Review: Nibbles Sandwich Bar, Blackburn
Lancashire Telegraph review by Jemma Humphries, from June 10 2011 Nibbles Sandwich Bar, Preston Old Road, Cherry Tree, Blackburn IT’S not an easy task to produce the calibre of sandwich that can fill you up all afternoon. But
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Review: The Heist, iPhone, 59p
You could be forgiven for thinking your iPhone is actually capable of code breaking and other such subterfuge. There’s probably an app for that. In the meantime, The Heist transports you into a Mission Impossible-style situation where you must
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Review: The Witcher 2: Assassins Of Kings, PC, £34.99
It will take you between 20 and 30 hours to complete but we will tell you now, you will adore pretty much every minute of that time. While the debut game, The Witcher, was utterly superb and a real surprise when it was launched a few years ago, this
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Review: The Sims 3: Generations, PC/Mac, £29.99
The Sims 3 expansion packs have seen your Sims get to grips with the great outdoors and head out on the town for some late-night shenanigans, but this time you get the chance to enjoy a whole spectrum of rich life experiences with them. From the imagination-fuelled
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Jailed Nelson policeman fails in appeal bid
A BENT policeman who was the head of a machine-gun carrying organised crime gang has seen an appeal against his sentence thrown out. Former Nelson Sergeant Salim Razaq was jailed for 11-and-a-half-years at Liverpool Crown Court last year after he admitted
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Minimum wind farm distances urged by North Lancashire ex-MP
A Tory ex-minister who lives in the shadow of a proposed new wind farm in North Lancashire urged Parliament to set strict new limits to the location of such developments. But his plea was rebuffed, on "localism" grounds, by local government minister
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Review: Mother's Day (18)
Rebecca De Mornay, Jaime King, Patrick Flueger, Warren Kole, Deborah Ann Woll, Matt O'Leary, Frank Grillo, Shawn Ashmore, Briana Evigan, Lyriq Bent, Kandyse McClure, Tony Nappo, Lisa Marcos. Director: Darren Lynn Bousman. Actions speak louder than
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Review: Honey 2 (PG)
112 mins. Katerina Graham, Christopher 'War' Martinez, Randy Wayne, Brittany Perry-Russell, Seychelle Gabriel, Melissa Molinaro, Tyler Nelson, Casper Smart, Lonette McKee, Gerry Bednob. Director: Bille Woodruff. Arriving eight years after the original
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Darwen-based Crown Paints sold to Danish firm
CROWN Paints has been sold in a multi-million pound deal. The Darwen company has been acquired for an undisclosed amount by Danish coatings supplier Hempel. Crown has been sold by private equity owner Endless, which bought it for £70million in 2008
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Burnley eye Barnsley captain Shackell
BURNLEY are believed to have joined a group of Championship clubs in the chase for Barnsley captain Jason Shackell’s signature. Derby County have so far had two offers turned down for the central defender, who was also due for talks with Portsmouth
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Out-of-court justice ‘piecemeal’
A REPORT has criticised the ‘piecemeal’ use of out-of-court disposals, with serious and repeat offenders being given cautions. HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate have called for greater consistency and transparency
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East Lancashire businesses to get brief on new body
EAST Lancashire businesses will be briefed on what the county’s local enterprise partnership (LEP) means for them at an event this month. Firms can learn more about how the LEP, which replaces the North West Development Agency, could impact on the
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Chorley face Preston in Twenty20 tonight
Chorley are in action tonight as they welcome Preston to Windsor Park in the Jamie Heywood Twenty20 competition.
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Padiham primed for Salesbury test
PADIHAM skipper John Bushell is looking forward to a good battle with Salesbury tomorrow and would love to see a repeat of Nesir Mehmood’s sensational knock from last weekend. Mehmood hit a quite incredible 159 not out for Bushell’s side but they ultimately
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Lancashire League Twenty20 previews
MARK Bolton wants to create a party atmosphere tonight as he looks to keep East Lancashire’s season alive. Bolton’s men have flopped in the Lancashire League this season and were knocked out of the Worsley Cup by Ramsbottom – and that double hit has
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Lancashire face July 4 D-Day in court
AMERICAN Independence Day takes on a special meaning to Lancashire this year – and chief executive Jim Cumbes reckons that July 4 is the most significant date in the Red Rose’s 153-year history. On that day the Court of Appeal will hear the appeal against
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Burnley keen on former Rover Treacy
BURNLEY are understood to have followed up an initial enquiry about Preston left winger Keith Treacy, which North End chairman Maurice Lindsay described as “casual”. At the time of Burnley’s first approach for the 22-year-old Republic of Ireland international
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Drugs order for Burnley burglar
A RAIDER spotted removing bricks from a shop in the early hours by the owner has been ordered to complete a drugs rehabilitation programme. Burnley magistrates heard how Peter Meeks, 35, was in the back yard of the property on Brougham Street, in
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Appeal for Lancashire bipolar study volunteers
LANCASHIRE Care NHS Foundation Trust wants people to take part in two new bipolar studies. The studies will be carried out in partnership with the Spectrum Centre for Mental Health Research based at Lancaster University. The first study is looking
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Burnley band answers SOS for headlining gig
A BAND from Burnley is set to headline one of the stages at a two-day hard rock festival in the North West, it has been announced. Highly-rated Exit State, who have toured with former Iron Maiden singer Blaze Bayley and original AC/DC vocalist Dave
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Lancashire businesses to get brief on new body
Lancashire businesses will be briefed on what the county’s local enterprise partnership (LEP) means for them at an event this month. Firms can learn more about how the LEP, which replaces the North West Development Agency, could impact on the area’
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Rawtenstall retail park is target for revamp
WORK has begun to tidy up the partially developed New Hall Hey retail park in Rawtenstall. A meeting between the site administrators and Rossendale Council led to contractors moving on to the site to complete a list of improvements. A litter pick, removal
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What's on: Ribble Valley International Piano Week 2011
This year’s Ribble Valley International Piano Week, from July 10 to 16, is set to be held at a new venue in Blackburn. After many years at the Centenaries Theatre, Stonyhurst, the annual festival featuring pianists from around the world is moving to
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What's on: All Mankind
THE latest Australian music export All Mankind come to Accrington’s new music venue Bohemia on June 10. The Sydney-based four-piece are on their first UK tour, promoting the first single Break The Spell from their debut LP Simple Desire — due for release
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Review: Coronation Street, ITV1
WHAT a week it has been on the famous cobbles in Coronation Street, digging up the dead and seeing Becky lose the will to live. But come on Corrie, did John Stape really have to get up and walk away from one of the most dramatic scenes that Corrie has
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East Lancashire child sex offender held in hospital
A MAN convicted of molesting two young girls in East Lancashire has been made the subject of a hospital order. Mark Sandham was found guilty by a jury of sex offences dating back to 2002/03. Now aged 26, Sandham, was convicted of four offences of
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Blackburn teenager's ASBO is extended
A TEENAGER with an ASBO has been banned from a wider area of Blackburn for allegedly trying to organise fights. Police successfully applied to magistrates to vary David Stafford’s anti-social behaviour order following concerns around the community
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What's on: Shakespeare Ladies’ Club's Secrets, Scandals and Surprises
Shakespeare Ladies’ Club presents Secrets, Scandals and Surprises in Barnoldswick on June 10, Blackburn on June 11 and Whalley on June 12. Set in the mid 1700s, Alison Neil performs a one-woman show playing a myriad of characters with Shakespearean
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Accrington's public toilets to reopen after campaign
A TOWN centre’s public toilets will reopen every day following a high profile campaign. A petition together with pressure from a Facebook group as well as complaints to Hyndburn Council led to the U-turn over the closure of Accrington’s Peel Street
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What's on: Longridge Field Day 2011
Thousands of people are expected in Longridge when the annual Field Day takes place on June 11. The procession sets off at 12.30pm led by vintage and classic cars. Other attractions include a fun fair, scarecrow competition, fancy dress
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What's on: East Rural Network Scarecrow Festival 2011
A SCARECROW festival will take place in the East Rural area of Darwen on June 11 and 12 for the second year running. Last year saw scarecrows popping up all around the Hoddlesden area and proved a hugely popular family day out. This
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Breast cancer plea by Blackburn teacher
A TEACHER has used her personal experience of breast cancer to help raise awareness of the disease among work colleagues and friends. Paula Wild, who is head of physics at Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar School, Blackburn, found a lump in her breast
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What's on: Rossendale and Pendle Mountain Rescue Team sponsored walk
Join 1000 people on June 11 who will be walking up Pendle Hill to see the highest pop concert in the UK. Burnley band 'Steeros will be starting up the hill early ready for the lunchtime gig, which will raise funds for a new rescue base for
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Let’s not kill just for revenge
IN reply to E Bell (Opinion, June 6) and Centaur (June 7), the return of capital punishment would mean acceptance that we would hang an innocent at some stage no matter how certain we were that we had got it right. We were certain about Evans, based
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Foot care refusal is unacceptable
IN reply to Joan Fitzgerald’s letter (Opinion, June 4), you will be horrified to learn that even some diabetics are now being refused foot care. I myself have read a letter given to someone who is a type 2 diabetic, telling them they have been taken
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Coolness needed over cucumbers
HOW come when a German official, without any evidence, blames the Spanish cucumber for the E.coli outbreak, we all end up paying? Surely the Spanish should look to Germany for recompense. A major player in all this is media sensationalism.
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Bacon butties a bad choice!
I received a flier for the Pendleside Hospice Midnight Walk on July 2. Apart from the fact that men are excluded (we don’t all fall asleep in front of the telly before 12) it disturbs me why “a very welcome bacon butty” is offered to all finishers
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Belthorn primary school in bid to be academy
A PRIMARY school has become the first in East Lancashire to be given the initial go-ahead to become an academy. Belthorn Foundation Primary School has been told in principle that it can pursue its plans to free itself from Lancashire County Council
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What's on: Nigel Haworth's Fantastic Food Show
Food lovers will descend on Ewood Park in Blackburn for Nigel Haworth's Fantastic Food Show on June 11 and 12. The top chef will be joined by a host of culinary experts who will be cooking up a storm for thousands of visitors at the event.
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East Lancashire Labour stalwart dies, 84
A STALWART of the Labour Party and former vice president of Burnley FC has died aged 84. Raymond Hill died after a stroke at Thornton Hill Care Home, Thornton-in-Craven, on May 29. The campaigner, of Pen Y Ghent Way, Barnoldswick, devoted
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What's on: Whole Lotta Led
TRIBUTE band Whole Lotta Led will be performing the Zep IV Show with a series of acoustic classics in Blackburn on June 10. The first set will be a mixture of Zep classics and more and the second set will be the whole of Led Zeppelin IV album
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Burnley actor appeals for help with National Youth Theatre fees
AN aspiring actor from Burnley will follow in the footsteps of Daniel Craig and Orlando Bloom after winning a coveted place with the National Youth Theatre. Jack Herbert, 15, has been chosen as one of 430, out of 5,500 youngsters, set to study at the
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Do you like Mondays?
Do you like Mondays? Does work get you down? Are you off or out of work? Did you read/see the stuff recently about what makes a good place to work? Please see http://www.greatplacetowork.co.uk/home It’s all quite interesting. In my time I’
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Vile activity must be punished
AT this time of year, millions are glued to nightly images of badgers crawling around their setts on TV. There has been a huge revival in interest in natural history. Just look at Springwatch, Countryfile and other shows that are so popular. We
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Ramsbottom footballer hurt in attack climbs Ben Nevis for charity
A YOUNG footballer who was left for dead after an unprovoked attack outside a nightclub has scaled the highest peak in Britain. Matthew Edgington, who suffered a fractured skull and was knocked unconscious in the November 2007 attack, climbed
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Burnley pub set to become Italian bar and restaurant
A LANDMARK pub is to be transformed into an Italian restaurant, lounge and bar, it has been revealed. Ignazio Pillitteri, who owns Nino’s in Bacup Road, Rawtenstall, has bought the former Fighting Cocks pub in Red Lees Road, Cliviger, from
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Blackburn Rovers weekend debate: Do you want Roque back next season?
EVERY week throughout the summer, the Lancashire Telegraph will be posing a topical question to Blackburn Rovers supporters over the comings and goings at Ewood Park. A selection of online answers made to each question will be printed in
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Footfall up 20 per cent in Blackburn's new shopping centre
FOOTFALL in Blackburn’s new shopping centre has increased by 20 per cent in the past year, it has been revealed. The increase comes as the new £8million market, in the ground floor of The Mall, was opened. Traders said the rise, compared
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Residents demand action over Brierfield homes
ANGRY residents have delivered a petition in a bid to kick-start action at a dilapidated terrace earmarked for demolition five years ago. Sixty-two people from Chatburn Park Drive, Chatburn Park Avenue and Veevers Street, Brierfield, signed the demand
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Jack Straw asks police to hand over files after 'mobile hacking' claim
JACK Straw is to ask police to hand over any files they have on his mobile phone being hacked. The Blackburn MP did not rule out legal action after it was reported he had been targeted by a private detective working for a tabloid newspaper.
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Year-long celebration of Blackburn's Kathleen Ferrier
A YEAR-long series of national events to celebrate the life of Blackburn singing star Kathleen Ferrier is set to take place. 2012 is the centenary of the birth of the Blackburn girl who became one of the world’s greatest ever singers.
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Third death tragedy for Burnley's Lowerhouse Cricket Club
PLAYERS, supporters and officials at a Burnley cricket club have been left reeling after the deaths of two former players and a leading supporter in the space of a week. Former Lowerhouse players Phil Astin, 58, and Alan Waterworth, 86, died on May
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Blackburn mum's dying wish for children
HALEY Taylor’s dying wish was that her children would stay together and grow up as a family. The 27-year-old mum-of-three passed away last week after losing a courageous year-long fight against cervical cancer. Her dad Arthur said he
