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Trust chief happy with progress at East Lancashire hospitals
HOSPITAL boss Jim Birrell said the NHS has recognised that improvements are being made at the Royal Blackburn and Burnley General hosptials. The interim chief exectuive of East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust [ELHT] said the NHS Trust Development
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Egg throwing yobs target Clitheroe mosque
CLITHEROE mosque, town centre buildings and cars have been attacked over the last two weeks by a gang of youths. The six to seven-strong group are wanted by police in the town after four night-time attacks including one which caused damage to a
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Top talent set for Lancashire Telegraph backed Reidys contest
THE search to find the brightest musical stars in East Lancashire has begun. The first heat of the Lancashire Telegraph-backed Reidy’s Talent Contest saw Seventies’ inspired Clitheroe rock band Good Foxy and 11-year-old prodigy Henry Gallagher
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£50million spent on Accrington in past eight years, figures reveal
ALMOST £50 million has been spent on transforming Accrington over the last eight years, new figures have revealed. And despite heavy cuts handed down by central government, the council has announced plans to invest another £2 million to support
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Cash boost for Blackburn gran's eye cancer battle
AN event for a beloved grandmother who is fundraising for pioneering cancer treatment raised £3,105 towards her £56,000 target. Patricia Morris, 55, was diagnosed with a rare form of eye cancer in her right eye in 2010. Ocular melanoma only
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FULL-TIME: Burnley 3, Forest 1
BURNLEY made a statement of intent in the race for promotion with a 3-1 over ambitious Nottingham Forest, stretching their unbeaten home run to 20 games. All the Clarets goals came in a one-sided first half, with Forest needing a second half penalty
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Full-time: Reading 0 Blackburn Rovers 1
A FIRST goal for the club from full debutant Craig Conway earned Rovers a vital victory which moved them up to ninth in the Championship and within four points of the play-offs and their sixth-placed opponents. Conway, an arrival on the final day
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Drivers urged to take care on Colne 'rat run' road
MOTORISTS are being urged to take care on a narrow country lane in Colne after a car ended up in a ditch. Drivers had to be diverted around Red Lane for more than an hour after a Nissan Micra and a Vauxhall Agila were involved in a collision.
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Winners and losers in Pendle council tax freeze
POLITICIANS in Pendle have voted to freeze their portion of the council tax for the sixth year running. But there will still be winners and losers across the borough as a Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition backed a savings package of £788,000
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Stacksteads allotment plan set for green light
EIGHTEEN new allotments are set to get the green light after a four year bureaucratic battle. Villagers have been attempting to secure a site for the plots off Blackwood Road, adjacent to Stacksteads Riverside Park, since 2010. Coun Jackie
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Matchday live: Burnley v Nottingham Forest
3:06pm Early chance got Ings after Arfield makes inroads. Keeper got a touch to slow the ball down and Lascelles ultimately cleared off the line 3:04pm Game underway after minute's
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Matchday live: Reading v Blackburn Rovers
3:28pm Good powerful play by Rudy Gestede, who holds off his marker before cutting inside and firing wide from 20 yards. 26 mins. 0-0. 3:23pm Great play Jordan Rhodes, making
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Team news: Reading v Blackburn Rovers
BLACKBURN Rovers have made three changes for today’s crunch Championship clash at Reading. Winger Craig Conway comes in for his full debut while Adam Henley and Lee Williamson earn recalls. Todd Kane, Chris Taylor and David Dunn drop to the
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Warning as Asian jewellery thieves target three Burnley homes
THREE houses in Burnley were ransacked by thieves police believe were looking to steal Asian jewellery. The homes in Casterton Avenue, Colne Road and Reedley Drive, were broken into from the rear of the addresses between noon and 6pm on Wednesday
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Burnley lifeguard is snap happy
A LIFEGUARD from Burnley is giving the public a snapshot of her life. Jade Robinson, 21, has taken a picture every day for the past year and posted the images on daily photo journal blipfoto. Pictures include images of the Burnley skyline,
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Colne man raided mum's account to pay for college course
A DRUG addict son stole more than £4,860 from his mother’s credit card account - and enrolled on an electrician’s course. Burnley magistrates were told that Andrew Storr, 31, had been his mother Maureen’s carer when he rifled her Barclaycard Visa
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Darwen church's pews to be recycled for crosses
A CHURCH’S old pews are set to be transformed into crosses as part of a school’s innovative project. St Barnabas Church in Darwen has replaced the pews with more comfortable chairs and offered to donate the wood to the neighbouring primary school
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Rovers boss wants his men to turn into a mean machine
IT is no more Mr Nice Guy for Blackburn Rovers. Boss Gary Bowyer believes the signing of Luke Varney on loan from Leeds will help his side develop a more ruthless streak as they bid to make the Championship play-offs. The Rovers chief believes
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Hundreds of East Lancs ambulance call outs attended by junior staff
HUNDREDS of ‘life threatening’ ambulance calls are not being attended by paramedics, with more junior staff being sent to the incidents instead. This happened nearly 1,400 times in East Lancashire in the eight months to December, which represented
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Gestede: We have the belief to make the play-offs
STRIKER Rudy Gestede is determined to ensure Blackburn Rovers keep their belief as they hunt down a place in the Championship play-offs. Gary Bowyer’s men are seven points behind this afternoon’s opponents Reading but have a games in hand on the
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Dyche appeals to Clarets fans and wants the Turf to roar
SEAN Dyche has called for fans to get behind Burnley’s promotion push and bring the noise – and numbers – to Turf Moor The Clarets celebrated a new post-war record of 19 league games unbeaten at home, a run which stretches back to March last year.
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Briercliffe pre-school rated as ‘inadequate’ by education watchdog
A BRIERCLIFFE nursery has been rated as ‘inadequate’ by Ofsted after it failed to meet legal requirements during a recent inspection. Teaching and management at Jack and Jill Pre-School, based at Briercliffe Community Centre in Jubilee Street,
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David Eyres: The ball is in Burnley's court
SAM Vokes and Danny Ings go into this afternoon’s game at home to Nottingham Forest looking to increase their 40-goal partnership. It is already an incredible achievement for the strike duo. But credit must go to the others who have made it
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Nelson men concealed drug dealer's £170,000 heroin haul
TWO men who arranged to get rid of a dealer's car containing heroin with a potential street value of £170,000, have been spared jail. Supplier Rockab Afzal had been arrested and had enlisted associate Farhaan Zaroof, 22, to remove the Renault Megane
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Cannabis plants found in Blackburn raid
CANNABIS plants with a potential street value of £276,000 have been seized following a raid in Blackburn. Officers executed a warrant at the unit in Forrest Road, where they discovered a mixture of 276 fully grown and younger plants. One employee
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Bowyer: Promotion race is far from run yet
ROVERS boss Gary Bowyer believes it is too early to think about promotion places, despite the season entering its final stretch. Rovers visit sixth placed Reading this afternoon knowing a win will cut the gap between themselves and the play off
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The Bet Victor racing column
Kempton stage a terrific card this afternoon beginning with an excellent Handicap Chase over 2m 4f. It has been a difficult season for Victor Dartnall but when his string do, eventually, find their feet he will have some very well handicapped horses
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Points make prizes for Burnley FC keeper Heaton
NINETEEN games without a league defeat at Turf Moor, only three defeats in the last 31 home and away, and unbeaten against the Championship’s top seven so far this season. The statistics make impressive reading for second placed Burnley. But
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Winter Olympics: Dave set to Ryd into the unknown
EAST Lancashire skiier Dave Ryding gets his Olympic bid underway today hoping consistency can help him to a top 20 finish. Pendle’s Ryding is the only British male alpine skiier in Russia and faces two runs in his specialist slalom run. The
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Missing Padiham teen Danielle Catton found 'safe and well'
MISSING Padiham teenager Danielle Catton has been found 'safe and well' in Burnley. Police said the 19-year-old, who had been missing since 1pm on Friday, February 14, was tracked down and found at 6am today. Police had become worried for the
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Lancashire Telegraph sports quiz
Test your sporting knowledge with our daily fun quiz... 1 Swansea City signed now manager Garry Monk from which English club in 2004? 2 Who was Europe’s captain at the controversial ‘Battle of Brookline’ Ryder Cup golf tournament in 1999?
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Lancashire Telegraph racing column
Bally Legend can earn small-time trainer Caroline Keevil a landmark success in the BetBright Chase at Kempton. The nine-year-old gelding has been overlooked in the betting for the Grade Three over three miles, but he has enough ability to cause
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Naismith boost ahead of mini-break
KAL Naismith is hoping to hand Accrington Stanley a squad boost for today’s crunch clash with Torquay. The former Rangers winger has missed the last two games after suffering a hip injury in the goalless draw at Wycombe Wanderers earlier this month
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DAILY SPORT DEBATE: Is there too much money in football?
Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney has agreed a new five-and-a-half year contract worth up to £300,000 a week...and that is quite simply staggering. There can be no-one who deserves that kind of money and such contracts are a slap in the face
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Mum slams sentence of teen who killed former Nelson binman with single punch
THE mother of a man who died after an unprovoked one-punch attack has slammed his killer’s three-year sentence. A witness told Preston Crown Court how 16-year-old Lukas Karpavicius drunkenly bragged to his friends after hitting popular former Pendle
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Saturday sermon: Foodbanks - Charity is not enough
Last year at least 25,000 food parcels were distributed by around 25 food banks which operate in different communities across Lancashire. The numbers have risen rapidly over recent years as economic hardship has hit the region. Unemployment together