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Fed-up Darwen residents buy own CCTV camera
RESIDENTS fed-up with anti-social behaviour are set to buy their own CCTV camera to cut crime. Following on from a successful scheme in the area around Entwistle Street, Darwen, the St Peter’s Residents Association have raised £1,000 to pay for the
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Former Lancashire police chief Sir Paul Stephenson resigns from the Met
Britain's most senior police officer became the most significant casualty of the phone-hacking scandal on a day of high drama. Scotland Yard commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson, a former Chief Constable of Lancashire, resigned tonight.
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Eight-year-old struck by car in Blackburn
AN EIGHT-year-old boy was left lying in the road with a broken nose after being hit by a car in Blackburn yesterday. Zuhair Din had been out playing with schoolfriends on when he was hit by a Toyota minibus in Holly Street. Police are investigating
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Tributes paid to Lancashire referee
TRIBUTES have been paid to a football stalwart who continued to referee matches well beyond the official retirement age. Soccer supporters across the borough have united in praise of veteran official Alan Ludlam, who died at the age of 91. Mr Ludlam
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Work ladders saved Burnley window cleaners from ‘being killed’
TWO window cleaners have told of their lucky escape after a lamp post almost crushed their work’s van in Burnley. Lee Pickering and his boss Neil Holt were travelling to work along Centenary Way, just before 7.45am on Friday, when the drama
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Blackburn woman to row the Atlantic
A BLACKBURN woman is set to launch a double world record attempt in the globe's toughest rowing race. Helen Leigh, 26, a former St Wilfred’s High School pupil, is part of a six-strong all-female crew aiming to raise £100,000 by sailing 3,000
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What's on: The Stranglers, Preston, August 27
WITH almost 40 years behind them you’d think that the Stranglers would now like to start taking things easy, but the band are having none of it as they continue to tour and present us with a few surprises. Their hectic schedule isn’t confined
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Hyndburn cut ear attack victim’s surgery wait
A TEENAGER who had the tops of his ears cut off in a vicious town centre attack says he has no idea why he was targeted. The 18-year-old barber from Church was grabbed from behind and pulled into a side street off Eastgate, Accrington, at 1.30am on
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Bacup double rapist jailed for six years
A BACUP man has been jailed for a total of six years for the double rape of a woman and an assault. Clarence Simcock, 45, of Hammerton Green, appeared for sentence at Preston Crown Court having pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing to two counts
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Author launches dog-friendly guide book for Dales walkers
A dog-friendly guide book to walking across the Yorkshire Dales has gone on sale. And author Rob Godfrey says he believes his book will take the frustration out of walking with man’s best friend with a collection of 20 routes around some of
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Nelson entrepreneur to interview Apprentice finalists tonight
LORD Sugar has enlisted the help of East Lancashire entrepreneur Matthew Riley to assist him in crowning this year’s Apprentice. The 37-year-old is one of four interviewers to be drafted in by TV’s most notorious boss, tasked with interviewing
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Driver smashes into Oswaldtwistle shop front
A MOTORIST had a lucky escape when she lost control and smashed into a shop. The woman, in her early 20s, was driving a blue Peugeot 106 along Union Road, Oswaldtwistle, towards Accrington, when she mounted the pavement and careered around
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Rain blights Jamie Heywood T20 Finals Day
FURTHER rain spoiled attempts to get the Jamie Heywood Twenty20 Finals Day at Morecambe CC off to a smooth start After heavy overnight showers, the ground was deemed fit at 7am but Kendal were 6-1 when the rain came again and it looks as if
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Ribble Valley Conservative patron dies
TRIBUTES have been paid to a long-serving Conservative party member who has died. Retired former mill and hotel owner Brian Cunliffe OBE, of Whiteacre Lane, Barrow, Clitheroe, died on Friday morning following a short illness. He was officially the