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Accrington Stanley handed Tranmere draw in FA Cup
ACCRINGTON Stanley have been drawn at home to Tranmere Rovers in the first round of the FA Cup. Stanley were beaten by Tranmere in the first round in 2008 after a replay. They also faced the League One side in the Johnstone’s Paint Trophy in 2010 and
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Earby landlady plans cancer charity fundraiser after defying the odds
A WOMAN who had cervical cancer but still gave birth to two ‘miracle girls’ is planning a fundraiser for a Craven charity. Michelle Cooper, 44, was first diagnosed with cervical cancer in 1988 when she was pregnant with her first child, Stephen
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Rugby League World Cup Diary: Wise heads may have made a difference
AND you can't help wondering, with a couple of older and wiser heads, whether England wouldn't have edged their opening Rugby League World Cup encounter with our Antipodean friends. But with James Graham (leading NRL yards machine) and (Grand Final
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Natalie Gumede's Samba success
ACTRESS Natalie Gumede came joint top of the leader board in last night’s Strictly Come Dancing. Her Samba routine opened the show and won her a judge’s score of 35, the same as Abbey Clancy’s foxtrot. The ex-Coronation Street actress is still
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Blackburn family escape blanket fire
A TEN-year-old boy took his two younger siblings to safety in an upstairs bedroom after a blanket left on the kitchen hob caught fire. A mother in Whalley New Road, Blackburn, had been baking with her children yesterday afternoon. Sometime
