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We didn't defend well enough, admits Blackburn Rovers boss
BLACKBURN Rovers boss Henning Berg admitted his side's defending was not good enough as they crashed 4-1 at home to Championship leaders Cardiff City tonight. Josh King had cancelled out Mark Hudson's opener but former Rovers striker Craig Bellamy put
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Burnley MP welcome new rules protecting supermarket suppliers
LARGE supermarkets who deal with suppliers unfairly could now be fined by the new Grocery Code Adjudicator. Burnley MP Gordon Birtwistle has welcomed the new measures which gives the adjudicator more teeth to protect farmers and other small suppliers
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FULL TIME: Blackburn Rovers 1 Cardiff City 4
HENNING Berg’s Ewood Park misery continued tonight as Blackburn Rovers produced a woeful performance to lose 4-1 to league leaders Cardiff City. Berg has yet to win at Ewood since taking over as Rovers boss and his side have now suffered three consecutive
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FULL TIME: Manchester United Youth 3 Burnley Youth 4
JASON Gilchrist fired Burnley into the FA Youth Cup fourth round with a hat-trick at Old Trafford. It was the striker's fourth treble of the season, but undoubtedly the best, against a Manchester United side tipped to go all the way in the competition
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Innovative trauma therapy on offer to East Lancashire children
TRAUMATIC experiences could be erased from the minds of East Lancashire children using an innovative therapy. Clinical psychologists at the Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust have been trained to offer EMDR - which stands for Eye Movement Desensitization
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HALF TIME: Blackburn Rovers 0 Cardiff City 1
BLACKBURN Rovers trail to a Mark Hudson goal at half time in tonight’s home game against Championship leaders Cardiff City. Centre back Hudson headed the Welsh side in the front on the half hour, outjumping Scott Dann to meet Craig Noone’s cross. Former
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Charities join East Lancashire health trust for talks
EAST Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust teamed up with charities Pumping Marvellous, Servier and Medtronic for a heart failure conference. The clinically led conference was chaired by consultant cardiologist Dr Ravi Singh and enabled health professionals
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TEAM NEWS: Murphy misses out for Blackburn Rovers
DANNY Murphy has been ruled out of tonight’s home game against Cardiff City because of injury. Dickson Etuhu replaces Murphy in central midfield after recovering from illness, with Rovers also making two more changes for the game. Josh King starts up
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Pendle 'alms house' row councillor is cleared
A COUNCILLOR who was accused of abusing her position to secure tenancy on a cottage in Nelson has been cleared following a Pendle Council investigation. Labour councillor Kathleen Shore was accused of wrongdoing by her Conservative and BNP colleagues
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Police car crashes into Burnley taxi office
A police car crashed into a taxi office in Burnley tonight. The incident happened at Millennium Taxis in Manchester Road at about 5pm. The driver was uninjured in the smash, which police said happened as the officer attempted to take evasive
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Top award for Burnley nursery founder
THE founder of a family nursery business has been awarded a prestigious lifetime achievement award for her services to the industry. Gail Clifford, 57, from Burnley, who founded the First Class Childcare Group, came away with the top award at the
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Barrow villagers lose fight against homes
CAMPAIGNERS fighting a bid to stop more than 100 homes being built in a Ribble Valley village say they are disappointed the development has been given the go-ahead. A planning inspector has ruled that the plan to build 104 homes at Barrow should
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Bacup gas meter thefts 'could cause blast'
A SPATE of gas meter thefts in Bacup have been slammed as ‘dangerous and stupid’ by police in Rossendale. They dealt with three separate incidents in the town in the space of a week. In one case the thieves risked triggering an explosion by
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£435,000 drug haul at Accrington house
A 29-YEAR-OLD man has appeared before Blackburn magistrates after police recovered 150kg of cannabis from a house in Avenue Parade, Accrington. The court was told that 600 9oz bars of the drug with an estimated street value of £435,000 were seized
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Review: Khyber, Whalley Range, Blackburn
SOMETIMES you just know that you are not taking a risk when you play that old favourite game of menu lottery. You pick up a leaflet from a takeaway and you just know that it’s a winner — so I knew that calling Blackburn’s Khyber would mean a decent
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Folk star Maddy Prior plays Christmas concert in Preston
CHRISTMAS music from around the globe and through the centuries is a speciality of Maddy Prior and the Carnival Band. What began as a one-off session in a village hall in Cumbria has endured for quarter of a century and their line-up of classical
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Blackburn concert now free
A SPECIAL festive concert by the Blackburn and Darwen Brass Band will now be free. The event, at Darwen Aldrige Academy, inlcudes popular carols and seasonal tunes. Organised by Herbert Parkinson, donations are now being asked for instead of
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The Entertainer on stage at Clitheroe
Ribchester-based theatre company Ribcaged will present The Entertainer at Clitheroe’s Grand Theatre next week. The play will feature local newcomers Eliza Thompson and Cassie John Baptsite with Owen Phillips directing the action. “It promises
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Covers band to perform in Clitheroe
A COVERS band with a Wizard of Oz theme are play a Clitheroe venue tonight. Dorothy and the Tin Men will at the Inn at the Station on King Street. Amanda Wrigley’s vibrant and unique lead vocals set the character of the band’s sound, filled out
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New talent for Pendle Christmas show
PENDLE Voices, a group of singers from the old Pendle Opera Society, stage a Christmas concert at Brierfield Methodist Church on Sunday. The concert, entitled Christmas is Coming, will feature a jazz trio from Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar School,
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Comedian Gervase Phinn to appear in Darwen
GERVASE is a funny name for a lad from a tough-as-teak Yorkshire steel town. Born in Rotherham shortly after the end of the Second World War and brought up in a country still very much in a ‘make do and mend’ mood, Phinn says that his mother may
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Review: Checking out how the other half checks in
HOW the other half lives! There was a certain irony that in the week the Chancellor made his autumn statement, which saw the term ‘austerity’ flying around like confetti at a wedding, BBC2 should begin its compelling new fly-on-the wall documentary
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Review: Jack and the beanstalk, Charter Theatre, Preston
FE, Fi, Fo, Fum — come and see this panto packed with fun. Written, directed and starring radio presenter Ted Robbins as Dame Trott, the performance was a hit with young and old. Jack, played by Tom Milner, and Jill, played by Jodie Hamblet
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Review: Arabian Nights, The Lowry, Salford
MAGICAL” is what my eldest daughter said. “Flabbergasting” was my youngest’s verdict. I agree — Arabian Nights by Manchester Library Theatre Company is an outstanding production with a fantastic cast which makes for an amazing family night out.
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Henley signs new deal at Blackburn Rovers
ADAM Henley has today signed a new contract with Blackburn Rovers keeping him at the club until 2017. The 18-year-old had only 18 months remaining on his previous deal and has impressed in recent weeks after forcing his way into the first team at right
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Blondie branch out with gig in forest
EAST Lancashire music fans will get the chance to see pop icons Blondie in the unusual surroundings of Cheshire’s Delamere Forest next summer as part of a series of concerts around the UK organised by the Forestry Commission. Blondie, fronted by
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Baywatch star David Hasselhoff stars in Peter Pan
THIS year’s panto season brings a touch of Californian sunshine to the region as former Baywatch actor turned cult celebrity David Hasselhoff appears on stage. Topping the bill in Manchester Opera House’s traditional pantomime Peter Pan, The Hoff
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Comment: Right action over noisy neighbours
FOR most people, it is the little things in life that matter. And it can be the persistent anti-social behaviour that causes the most anguish in communities. Today we report on just such a problem. In Nelson, a house has been raided by Pendle
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Letter: No Beatles, no pop art rush
IN echoing the sentiments of your correspondent (‘Lou Reed, nowhere man’, Letters, November 30), it is worth pointing out that if it hadn’t been for the Beatles, it is very doubtful whether pop art would have exploded in the way it did in the 1960s
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Letter: A waste pf police time
REGARDING the police having to provide escorts for Christmas cash couriers in East Lancashire – it’s absolute madness! Just give the police the contract then and pay them. The police have enough to do (or not in some cases). Fewer coppers on the
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Letter: Just doing my job as councillor
I take it you failed the maths test then, Brian? (‘Empty Homes – Do the Maths,’ Letters, December 3). No, the people in the Sudell Ward of Darwen did not get an offer of Housing Market Renewal. That all went to – guess who? The Sunnyhurst ward!
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Letter: Firework culprits must be known
RE ‘Horror as lit firework is posted through letter box’, somebody must know who is responsible. Maybe children for a joke but just as likely somebody with a grudge. If they were in Iran or somewhere they would have their hand chopped off; here
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Letter: How long before they're punished?
YOUR story (LT, November 30) about 50 pigeons being burned alive in an arson attack in Padiham is another chapter in cruelty to animals. I have said before that these people, or so-called people, will stop at nothing to inflict this type of treatment
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Letter: It's better to ban cigs
IF it has got so bad that you have to hide cigs behind locked shuttered cabinets in plain packaging, maybe this government should ban their sale completely and not collect the taxes they desperately need from the sale of those cigs they’re so desperate
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Letter: Challenge to young drivers
For your burning question you asked, do older motorists drive as well as younger ones? The nerve of it! The three who responded were Messrs David Shutt, 19, Burnley; Nathan Hibbert, 20, Blackburn; and Lee Thornton, 19, Blackburn. Three young
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Burnley shoppers urged to watch out for purse thieves
SHOPPERS in Burnley are being urged to become Scrooges when it comes to giving Christmas cheer to thieves. Town centre police have launched a series of initiatives, over the festive period, which are designed to leave pick-pockets and sneak thieves
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Two injured in collision at Fence
TWO patients were taken to Burnley General Hospital after their cars collided near Padiham Bypass. Police and paramedics were called to Wheatley Lane Road, in Fence, at 1.45pm today (Friday) after the incident. One patient was complaining of
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Welcome to new mums
A MESSAGE to new mums has seen women urged to remember that breastfeeding is welcome in Hyndburn. Pam Barton, Hyndburn Council’s cabinet member for health, said Hyndburn welcomed breastfeeding mothers just as much as large towns and cities.
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School plan
Sacred Heart RC Primary School, Bradshaw Row, Church, has applied to Hyndburn planners to have outdoor shelters put up at the school.
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Tree felling bid
FURTHER works to a conservation area could see trees felled in a town centre. An application to fell trees at St James Church on Cannon Street as part of work to enhance the area has been submitted to Hyndburn Council.
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Council revises planning rules
A COUNCIL is revising the list of information they need for planning applications. Hyndburn Council is to re-assess the ‘validation checklist’ which tells each applicant what information they must submit.
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School plan
PLAN to enhance the grounds at St Christopher’s High School, Accrington, has been put to Hyndburn Council. The plans would see six-a-side football pitches, an extended car park and outdoor lighting put in place.
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Man damaged cab
SCOTT Walker, 25, of Haworth Street, Oswaldtwistle, was remanded on bail for the preparation of a pre-sentence report by Blackburn magistrates after pleading guilty to causing £500 damage to a taxi belonging to Artaf Hussain and making off without
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Join mayor at festive lights
CHRISTMAS lights are to be switched on in Huncoat with a special event next week. The lights switch-on takes place at the bottom of Lowergate Road, with Hyndburn Mayor John Broadley. Carols will also be sang at the event on Wednesday which begins
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Hyndburn MP aims to help small firms
HYNDBURN’S MP is hoping to offer a helping hand to local businesses in the New Year. Graham Jones is going to contact local businesses across his constituency to get their views on how the government can help small businesses in this tough economic
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Hyndburn Council accused of wasting cash on taxi survey
A COUNCIL has been accused of wasting cash after spending more than £12,000 on a survey of how many Hackney cabs they needed. The report by independent consultants found that residents in Hyndburn were only waiting an average of several seconds
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Blackburn man accused of biting ear
JORDAN Andrew Dickinson, 18, of Higher Witton Road, Blackburn, was sent on bail to Preston Crown Court when he appeared before Blackburn magistrates charged with wounding Daniel Thomas with intent to cause him grievous bodily harm. Dickinson is
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Kevin Keegan talks to Ribble Valley pupils about faith and football
FORMER footballer and England manager Kevin Keegan visited Ribble Valley’s Stonyhurst College to talk to them about his faith and successful sporting career. He talked to a large audience in the College Chapel about his time at Liverpool, Hamburg
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Blackburn car crook goes on the run
INFORMATION is being sought about a Blackburn man wanted on prison recall. Bernard Rawstron, 38, was originally jailed for vehicle crime and drugs offences at Preston Crown Court in October 2011. However, he was released early from HMP Liverpool
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Blackburn man asks to be sent to jail
A 21-YEAR-OLD man who unsuccessfully asked magistrates to send him to prison got his wish the following day. Blackburn magistrates heard the first bench instead of jailing him made him subject to community supervision. But within hours of his
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Darwen teenager offered bursary to explore South East Asia
A DARWEN teenager has been offered a geography bursary worth £4,000 to explore South East Asia. Andrew Robinson, 18, who is studying for his A-Levels at St Wilfrid’s CofE Academy in Blackburn, was awarded the scholarship by the Royal Geographical
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Lantern parade
THIS year’s Blackburn festive lantern parade is on Thursday, December 13. The parade will set off from King William Street at 6pm, walking around the town to the cathedral grounds, for the annual fireworks spectacular. The fireworks will be followed
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Man fined
MATTHEW Sculpher, 22, of Brindle Street, Blackburn, was fined £110 with £45 costs and £24 compensation by Blackburn magistrates after pleading guilty to stealing two cases of lager from Drinks 2 Go on Old Bank Road. The court heard the offence
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Panto time
Blackburn’s pantomime Mother Goose takes to the stage at King George’s Hall from Wednesday, December 12, until December 31. For details visit kinggeorgeshall.com
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Tour is off
THE monthly tour of Blackburn Cathedral by George Kirby will not take place this month. The next free tour will now place on January 29 at 2pm.
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'Shattered dream' cyclist gets accident pay-out
A CYCLIST has been awarded nearly £5,000 compensation after his dream of riding a stage of the Tour de France was shattered in a road accident. Steven Rhodes 46, was out training with a friend for the ‘Etape du Tour’ (the public leg of the Tour
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Blackburn woman is second-old citizen in the country
IT was the best of British for a 105-year-old who emigrated to Blackburn after she created her very own little piece of history. Sardar Begum is believed be the second oldest person ever to become a British Citizen in the United Kingdom. The
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Victoria sings
SINGER Victoria Frances will perform tonight at the Crown Paints Sports and Social Club in Anchor Lane, Darwen.
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Party celebration
A CHILDREN’S Christmas party will be held at The Park pub in Cemetery Road, Darwen, on Saturday, December 15. The fun starts at 1pm with Santa dishing out presents, and there’s a buffet and disco.
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Spiritualist evening
GUEST medium tonight at Darwen Spiritualist Church is Andy Musgrave. The meeting is at Hawkshaw Avenue from 7.30pm and there will be a raffle in aid of Nightsafe and an open circle.
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Choir's big concert
DARWEN Ladies’ Choir will perform its Christmas concert with Helmshore and Haslingden Brass Band tomorrow at St Edward’s RC Church, Blackburn Road. Tickets for the event, which starts at 7.30pm, are £6.50 available on the door.
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Talks at council
Darwen Town Council meets on January 8 from 7pm at the town hall in Croft Street. The public are welcome to attend and a public forum will be held at the end of the meeting for people to ask questions.
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Carols for charity
A CAROLS by Candlelight event will be held at Hoddlesden Millennium Green on Sunday from 6.30pm. There will be a brass band followed by mulled wine and mince tarts. People are encouraged to take their own lanterns.
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Darwen woman fined for dumping rubbish in alleyway
A DARWEN woman has to pay nearly £600 after she dumped rubbish in the alley behind her house. Kelly Fisher, of Olive Lane, was charged with failing to comply with a Section 46 notice of the Environmental Protection Act 1990, by not disposing of
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Builder working in Darwen retains top spot in rankings
THE housing developer responsible for Woodland Park estate, off Anyon Street, Darwen, has been recognised as one of the industry’s most sustainable housebuilders. Miller Homes has retained its top ranking place after the 2012 NextGeneration assessment
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Tockholes pitch to be made perfect for kids
A VILLAGE children’s football pitch will be refurbished after £3,500 was raised through a trio of grants. The pitch, in Tockholes Road, Tockholes, next to The Rock Inn, had turned into a ‘dangerous’ muddy patch. But after eight months of hard
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Theft charge
PAUL Hargreaves, 28, of Hollin Bridge Street, Blackburn, was remanded on bail by Blackburn magistrates charged with stealing eight cans of Lynx from Rishton Mini Mart.
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Home school host
PARENTS who home school their children can now get together weekly. The Civic Arts Centre in Oswaldtwistle is hosting a Wednesday afternoon Home Educating Families Weekly Meet. The informal gathering is from 12.30pm to 2.30pm and is £2.50 per family
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Blackburn brewery Thwaites aims to get award-winning ale in top 10
BREWERY Thwaites is aiming to make the popular Wainwright beer one of the top 10 ales in the UK after the firm announced a £2million investment in the brand. The 4.1 per cent ABV golden ale, which Thwaites named after Alfred Wainwright, author
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Hughes still sad at Accrington Stanley exit
BRYAN Hughes remains without a club as Accrington Stanley prepare to face another of his former sides this weekend, and the midfielder has admitted his disappointment that his Crown Ground stay came to an end in the summer. The former Birmingham, Charlton
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Sites for 100ft wind turbines identified near Darwen
TWO potential sites for 100-foot wind turbines have been identified near Darwen. A cross-party group made up of members of Blackburn with Darwen Council’s planning committee toured sites in a bid to establish where turbines would be acceptable
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Signs set to go up
RISHTON has been included in Phase Four of the Lancashire County Council scheme to reduce speed limits in urban areas to 20mph zones. Local councillors say no objections have been received and work is due to start soon erecting signs on streets
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Harm charges
Andrew James McMonagle, 25, of Smalley Way, Michael Patrick Queen, 29, of Abraham Street, and Roby Mavis Jackson, 18, of Clyde Street, all Blackburn, were sent on bail to Preston Crown Court when they appeared before Blackburn magistrates charged with
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Threatening behaviour charges
ARFAN Azad, 35, of Snowdon Avenue, and Nasser Azad, 30, of St James Road, both Blackburn, were remanded on bail by Blackburn magistrates after pleading not guilty to using threatening behaviour.
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Have your say on healthcare
HAVE your say on health and social care in Blackburn with Darwen at a Patients’ Voice session. Joe Slater, chair of Blackburn with Darwen Clinical Commissioning Group will be in the Quiet Room, Audley Health Centre, on Wednesday, December 12, from
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Low pay commissioners on fact-finding mission in Blackburn
TWO Low Pay Commissioners will visit Blackburn on Tuesday, December 18, on a fact-finding visit about the National Minimum Wage. This is one of a number of visits the Low Pay Commission is making around the UK during 2012 to gather information
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VIDEO: Guests enjoy Lancashire Telegraph Christmas Tea Dance
ONE of the great East Lancashire Christmas traditions was held at King George’s Hall, Blackburn – the annual Lancashire Telegraph tea dance. Under the direction of Irene Davies and Alan Turner, over 100 dancers enjoyed an afternoon of sequence
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Cannabis farm found in Nelson by tobacco raid team
TRADING Standards officers discovered a cannabis factory above a shop in Nelson after raiding it for illegal tobacco. Officers seized the fake Golden Virginia tobacco from the shop, and then followed a trail of fertiliser bottles and a suspicious
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Rossendale school closes due to icy conditions
A SCHOOL in Rossendale has closed for the day due to poor weather conditions. Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School in Waterfoot, was forced to shut its doors to more than 1,200 pupils due to icy conditions around the Glen Road area. It is expected
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Brierfield masked raiders jailed for total of nine years
TWO hooded and masked raiders have been locked up for a total of nine years after a man was attacked with a pitchfork and hammer in his home and his car stolen. Burnley Crown Court heard how Edward Nuttall thought he was going to die after Wraith
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Cash for more free schools and academies in East Lancashire
FUNDING has been ringfenced to improve education and provide more free schools and academies, according to the Chancellor’s autumn statement. Simon Corns, head of Queen Elizabeth Grammar School in Blackburn, which is applying to become a free school
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Hundreds visit Burnley's festive market
HUNDREDS of people braved the cold to visit a Burnley street which was transformed into festive market. Stalls selling mulled wine, mince pies, cakes, bric-a-brac, burgers and hot dogs lined the pavements of St Matthew Street. Around 300 people
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Visitors enjoy Whalley's Pickwick Festival
HUNDREDS of visitors turned out despite the bad weather to celebrate the 24th Whalley Pickwick Festival. The annual event, which marked the 200 year anniversary of the birth of author Charles Dickens, saw several visitors handed prizes for the
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Three preyed on vulnerable elderly people in Blackburn
THREE people who terrorised elderly pensioners in a bid to steal cash have been banned from every nursing home and sheltered housing complex in Blackburn with Darwen. Julie Taylor, 43, Michael McCann, 41, and Cheryl Leech, 35, were each handed
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Rossendale students 'have raised the bar'
PUPILS were praised for helping their Rossendale sports college make the most progress in Lancashire for the benchmark five or more GCSE grades A* to C including English and maths. At the presentation evening for Fearns Community Sports College
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Haslingden 20mph zone under review
A CONTROVERSIAL 20mph zone in Haslingden is to be reviewed by Lancashire County Council. Road signs on the stretch of road in Broadway have been targeted by vandals in the past who disagree with the limits put in place. Highways chiefs at county
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Rawtenstall pupils get football masterclass
PUPILS at a Rawtenstall school kicked off a lesson in style with a masterclass from a Football League coach. Simon Cooper, head of youth recruitment at Accrington Stanley FC, treated two groups of children from years 7 to 11 at Alder Grange Community
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Fairtrade day in Pendle
CHRISTMAS shoppers are being encouraged to top up on fairtrade items during the festive season by the Pendle Fairtrade Group. Coun Joe Cooney, leader of Pendle Council, said: “Pendle is proud to have been the first borough in the UK to be awarded
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Nelson noisy neighbour has electrical equipment seized
MUSIC-playing equipment was seized from a ‘noisy neighbour’ after residents suffered six months of hell. In the first seizure of its kind in Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale, environmental health staff, backed by police, secured a warrant for a raid
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Burnley and Padiham residents urged to talk to police
NEIGHBOURHOOD police officers are urging residents living in Burnley and Padiham to attend monthly meetings in their ward. Police and Communities Together (PACT) meetings are taking place for all wards during December, and officers are urging people
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There's no point in worrying about the weather
With snow on the horizon we can expect the usual panic. This panic normally begins with news reports that some sort of snow is on the way and then bulletins telling us that snow has arrived. We spend several days trying to figure out when the
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Pendle MP welcomes new help for disabled workers
PENDLE MP Andrew Stephenson has welcomed a Government announcement offering extra support to disabled people looking to start their own business or get back into work. Businesses with more than 49 employees will no longer pay towards the extra
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Arson charge over Nelson house fire
A NELSON man faced magistrates in connection with a suspected arson attack on a neighbouring house in Southfield. Jeffrey Kumar Stansfield, 25, of Smith Street, is charged with arson being reckless as to whether life was endangered, on November
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Enterprising students will sell gifts at Nelson market
ENTERPRISING teenagers from across Lancashire will sell handmade gifts in Nelson Indoor Market Hall tomorrow. They are all involved in the Young Enterprise Company Programme and their individual school groups will compete for business from 10am
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First snow of winter falls on East Lancashire
PARTS of East Lancashire began to resemble a winter wonderland yesterday as the first signs of a white Christmas descended. As temperatures remained sub-zero across much of the region, snow fell across Rossendale, Hyndburn, Burnley and Darwen.
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Gym equipment upgrades for Burnley leisure centre
WORK on upgrades to the gym equipment at St Peter’s Leisure Centre in Burnley has begun. The refurbishment will see the gym equipment replaced with over 75 fitness stations that can’t be found anywhere else in the area. Members will also have
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Fifty jobs face axe at East Lancashire's Remploy factories
FIFTY jobs at East Lancashire’s two remaining Remploy factories are under threat after a major review of the factories was announced. The announcement — just three weeks before Christmas — has been described as ‘despicable’. Remploy’s disabled
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Armed robbery at Burnley bookmakers
A MAN armed with a gun raided a bookmakers in Burnley, before fleeing with cash. Two members of staff at the William Hill shop, in Padiham Road, were threatened with the concealed weapon just before closing time. The robber escaped with a few
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Blaze discovered in Rishton gas main
HOMES were evacuated after a gas main blaze was discovered in a behind houses in Rishton. Approximately a dozen homes were evacuated after the gas pipe was found ablaze to the rear of Knowles Street, Rishton. Police officers also alerted staff
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Wallace ready to end his drought for Burnley
ROSS Wallace is a man on a mission – to fire Burnley up the Championship by finding his shooting boots, and play his way to a new Turf Moor deal. The winger is one of seven senior players whose contract is up at the end of the season. Wallace
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Berg looking for first win at Ewood Park
HENNING Berg is still waiting for his first home win as Blackburn Rovers boss, but he has seen enough in his side’s performances to be hopeful he can break his Ewood Park duck against Cardiff City tonight. Rovers host the Championship leaders in
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Pedersen eager to cement place in Rovers line-up
MORTEN Gamst Pedersen has expressed his determination to show compatriot Henning Berg that he is worth a regular place in the Blackburn Rovers side. Pedersen’s start at Burnley on Sunday was only his second in the seven games since Berg took over
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Dyche urges Clarets not to ease off after derby clash
SEAN Dyche has called for Burnley to match the derby day mentality in every performance, starting tomorrow against his old club Nottingham Forest. The Clarets go to the City Ground hoping to build on a three-game unbeaten run and push themselves
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Staff at Nelson communications firm Daisy raise £17,000 for Movember campaign
STAFF from Nelson communications firm Daisy, including CEO and Apprentice star Matthew Riley, had a fan-tashe-tic Movember as they raised more than £17,000. The hairy heroes were among East Lancashire’s top fundraisers for the annual campaign,
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Medieval badge to go on display
A UNIQUE and beautifully cast medieval silver badge has been donated to the Museum of Lancashire. The badge is believed to be connected with the cult of St Ursula and the 11,000 Virgins. It was uncovered in a field near Preston by Paul King, a
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Darwen garage owner found guilty of dangerous driving
A 32-YEAR-OLD garage owner who raced onto a roundabout in his high performance vehicle went into a sideways drift as he undertook a learner driver. Blackburn magistrates heard Christopher James Eastham sped off in his Nissan Skyline and a police
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Jobs boost for Pendle graduates
A NEW scheme aimed to getting graduates from Pendle into work has been launched. Pendle Council hopes to link graduates and local firms to help recent university leavers get jobs in the local area. The project, part of a £340,000 investment
