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Ribble Valley student to cycle 1,000 miles
A RIBBLE Valley student will be swapping sums for the saddle when he cycles almost 1,000 miles to raise money for charity. Andrew Heesom, from Grindleton near Clitheroe, and a team of nine other students are trying to raise £40,000 for Cancer Research
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Festival to feature Burnley Blues heritage walk this year
THIS year’s expanded Burnley Blues Festival will feature a ‘blues walk’ for the first time this year. Trail of Blues - The Jewel Walk, will be led by blues star Paul Waterworth, who has a 40-year career in the music industry, and will feature
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FULL TIME: Crewe Alexandra 2 Accrington Stanley 0
PAUL Cook has started his reign as Accrington Stanley boss with back-to-back defeats after two late goals gave Crewe victory tonight. Substitute Max Clayton was in the right place to turn home a corner from six yards nine minutes from time to put the
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Goodwillie features in Blackburn Rovers reserve draw
DAVID Goodwillie was handed a run-out as Blackburn Rovers’ reserve team played out a goalless draw against Bolton Wanderers in Leyland tonight. Goodwillie has been out of the first team starting line-up for the last three games and played 60 minutes
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FULL TIME: Burnley Reserves 2 Oldham Athletic Reserves 3
DANNY Ings scored with a superb overhead kick as Burnley’s reserve team were beaten 3-2 at home by Oldham last night. Ings completed the full 90 minutes as he continues to build up match fitness after injury, while Martin Paterson played for
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Blackburn-based college expands university department
AN East Lancashire college is expanding its university department after it secured funding for more places. Bosses at St Mary’s College, Blackburn, have announced that they will be increasing the number of higher education courses as they have
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North West Air Ambulance charity collections hit by thieves
THE North West Air Ambulance is considering halting charity clothes collections for a month due to thieves stealing the goods. The charity estimates that £1,000 a week is being lost because of organised gangs who are collecting the clothes using fake
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King Street: No cars... no custom!
SURPRISE, surprise. It seems, by chance, they have found oil in the Falklands. Now we know why, suddenly, there has been all this renewed interest in the islands. We must just hope that there is not going to be another battle; but if there is to
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Call to restrict pay day loan shops in East Lancashire
COUNCILS should be given the power to restrict the number of town centre shops offering high-interest short-term loans, according to MPs. The past 18 months has seen a steep rise in the number of stores, which supply cash advances and ‘payday
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Alastair Campbell puts focus on ‘middle class alcoholics’
A DOCUMENTARY featuring former government spokesman Alastair Campbell has confirmed the fears of NHS chiefs about the risks being posed to wine drinkers in East Lancashire. Mr Campbell, who is on the board of Burnley’s University College of
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Rovers cup hero set for Ewood return
Matt Jansen will return to Ewood Park this week to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of Rovers’ Worthington Cup triumph. The former fans’ favourite scored the opening goal against Tottenham Hotspur in the 2002 final, which Rovers won 2-1. On Friday
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Flitcroft: Player power forced Roy out of the Rovers
Garry Flitcroft never imagined that he would be playing outside of the Premier League when he signed for Blackburn Rovers – and as the former midfielder says he still believes relegation would have been avoided had Roy Hodgson stayed in charge.
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Police hunt Burnley sex attacker
A 30-YEAR-old woman has been sexually assaulted as she walked home. Police said the woman was assaulted after she was pushed against the wall of an alleyway in Wilton Street, Burnley, when a man stepped out of a back yard and grabbed her arm. The
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Accrington Stanley search for cat owner who is living at the club’s Crown Ground
ACCRINGTON Stanley are looking for the owner of a cat who has made his home at the club’s Crown Ground. The playful kitten was found at the football stadium in Livingstone Road at the weekend. Nicknamed Oliver by the League Two side’
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Revamp of Lancashire CID planned
A REVAMP of CID will see more detectives, changes to the way police deal with rape and centralised hubs to deal with sex offenders. But recommendations to civilianise departments which monitor the county’s most dangerous convicted criminals living back
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Blackburn businessman fined for dumping rubbish
A BUSINESSMAN has been fined £865 for fly-tipping. Haroun Patel, of Navigation Way, Blackburn, was prosecuted at Blackburn Magistrates Court after bin bags of rubbish from his business were found dumped in bushes in Challenge Way, Blackburn. Mr Patel
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Non-league weather latest: Pendle derby gets the all-clear
TONIGHT'S big North West Counties League Premier Division game between Colne and Barnoldswick Town in on. The XLCR Stadium pitch passed an inspection this lunchtime meaning the Pendle derby goes ahead at 7.45pm.
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Charity 'chuggers' banned from Burnley town centre for five days-a-week
CHARITY collectors have been banned from operating in Burnley town centre for five days each week. Under a new agreement the collectors, known as chuggers, will only be allowed to work on Tuesday and Thursday, and in much reduced numbers.
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'Future of Retail' event to support North West firms
AN event aimed at helping firms through tough times is taking place on Thursday. Guest speakers from HMV, The Co-operative and Retail Week will be discussing the challenges facing retailers. Steve West, from HMV, said: “There are not many businesses
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Blackburn headteacher warns of financial timebomb
A HEADTEACHER has warned that Blackburn and Darwen’s new schools are facing a financial timebomb. In an unprecedented move, Robin Campbell, head of the borough’s first BSF school, said he had struggled to balance the school’s budget because of repayments
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Burnley boxer in to national finals
SANDYGATE Boxing Club’s James Kimberley has reached the Royal Navy ABA National Schoolboy finals. The Burnley club’s hottest prospect beat Nathan Clarkson at the Boxing School of Excellence in Gorton, Manchester on Sunday in a one-sided semi final contest
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Bethany is going downhill...fast!
BETHANY Widdup proved to be an ice gem on the slopes of Bormio in Italy after gaining her first international podium place. The 16-year-old from Colne finished in third place in the slalom event at the Italian resort to underline her reputation as one
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Blackburn 53 Didsbury Toc 3
BLACKBURN climbed up to third place in the North Lancs/Cumbria division after running in eight tries against Didsbury Toc. Blackburn used the wind better than their visitors and, coupled with good handling in tough conditions, proved to be too good for
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Colts clinch title without flinging a pass!
ROSSENDALE Senior Colts have been crowned league champions – without throwing a single pass! Dale clinched the Raging Bull NW Colts ‘C’ Division title after Sunday’s opponents Liverpool St Helen’s were unable to raise a team. While it was something
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Dozens arrested in Lancashire police burglary crackdown
POLICE in East Lancashire have arrested 43 people and visited hundreds of suspected criminals as part of a countywide crackdown on burglary. Officers carried out the activity as part of Operation Julius II – a force-wide initiative aimed at preventing
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Farm Watch launched in Darwen
POLICE in Darwen say a scheme launched to prevent crime in rural areas has started well. Farm Watch was launched last in a bid to crack down in crime in the countryside around Darwen, and to improve links between police and the communities. It covers
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Non-league weather latest: Inspection ahead of Pendle derby
Tonight's big North West Counties League Premier Division clash between Colne and Barnoldswick Town is in doubt following heavy rain. A pitch inspection will take place at Colne's XLCR Stadium at lunchtime to see if the Pendle derby can go
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Police in Lancashire turning to second jobs
POLICE are increasingly turning to second jobs in order to fend off the impact of the recession. Figures reveal that 123 officers and staff declared business interests and additional work in the past 12 months. That is up from 83 the previous year
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Keedy's men look for first win
Gary Keedy’s Sylhet Royals aim for their first win of the Bangladesh Premier League tomorrow when they face Dhaka in Chittagong. The Royals are bottom of the table having lost all six games so far. Keedy has only featured in the opening game.
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Clarets Blog: Mee will have won royal approval
So now we know; the next king of the realm won’t just have blue blood coursing through his veins, there’ll be a liberal dash of claret in there too. Last week’s revelation that Prince Charles is a Burnley supporter won’t have pleased everybody – certainly
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Non-league football: Tuesday preview
THE battle for promotion from the North West Counties League Premier Division heats up tonight with local leading lights Ramsbottom United and Barnoldswick both involved in key games. Ramsbottom are top of the table and they welcome Runcorn Town to the
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Rinaldi rockets through in the Cue
Top Padiham potter Paul Rinaldi marched into the third round of snooker's Moorhouse’s Golden Cue with a 3-1 win over Colne Legion cueist Simon Lawless. Mark Salmon has also booked his place in the last 16 of the competition.
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Paterson still confident of top six spot – but insists the next five Burnley matches are ‘crucial’
MARTIN Paterson believes Burnley still have their top six destiny in their own hands, despite missing the chance to make up ground last week. Two defeats from a run of three games in six days kept the Clarets out of the play-off positions.
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Blackburn Rovers Blog: March really is a monster month
MARCH could be the month that makes or breaks Rovers’ season. The City game on Saturday is barely worth a mention. With the way the blues are going, it is best to just write that match off and hope for the best. That way, if we get anything but a tonking
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Stanley Blog: Things can only get better after bad start
During the build up to Saturday’s game I convinced myself that we could not lose. I was so sure that the combination of our new manager Paul Cook and Plymouth’s bottom of the table position would guarantee three points for the Reds. So sure was I that
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Devitt: We owe gaffer a result at Gresty
NEW boy Jamie Devitt says the Accrington Stanley squad are determined to secure a result for Paul Cook tonight after the manager endured a nightmare start to his reign on Saturday. Cook saw his new team lose 4-0 at home to Plymouth in his first game
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Icon Lloyd is on board at Accrington Stanley
ACCRINGTON sporting icon David Lloyd admits he is honoured to join Stanley’s board as a non-executive director. Ahead of this evening’s League Two trip to Crewe Alexandra, Accrington Stanley announced that ‘Bumble’ would join current directors Ilyas
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Henley desperate to keep Rovers in Premier
WELSH starlet Adam Henley insists Blackburn Rovers will fight for their Premier League future “to the end” as he looks to help the Ewood Park outfit complete an historic Manchester double. Rovers face a daunting trip to league leaders Manchester City
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Woman 'serious' in hospital after being hit by car in Blackburn
A 31-YEAR-old woman has been left with serious head injuries after she was knocked down this morning. Police said it appeared that the woman was hit by a car after she stepped out of a taxi in Sett End Road, Shadsworth, Blackburn, at 6am. Accident
