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Concerns about outsourcing at Burnley Council
UNION bosses are hoping that a Labour government would reverse potential outsourcing moves which are set to be announced by Burnley Council. Town hall chiefs need to save £3million before 2016-17 - with further job losses not being ruled out - and are
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Burnley historian named Lancashire volunteer of the year
LEADING historian Ken Spencer has been voted Lancashire's volunteer of the year. The 84-year-old won the award for clocking up more than four decades helping out of for nothing at the town’s central library. Author Ken was the winner in Lancashire
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War horse visits Happa to launch new facility
STAFF at the Horses and Ponies Association (HAPPA) trotted out a special guest at an unveiling. Equine star Harvey, who played Joey in Steven Spielberg’s hit movie War Horse, visited the Shores Hey Farm Equine Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre, in Briercliffe
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Frank Bruno to appear in Clayton-le-Moors
BRITISH sporting icon Frank Bruno is coming to East Lancashire and it promises to be a real knockout. The former WBC world heavyweight champion will be holding An Evening With... at the Dunkenhalgh Hotel next month. Bruno will forever be remembered
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Senior judges give Libyan permission to sue Jack Straw and government
SENIOR judges have given a Libyan permission to sue Jack Straw and the government over claims he was illegally sent to his home country and tortured. The Court of Appeal ruled on Thursday that the case against the Blackburn MP and the Foreign Office
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Christmas events for Accrington welcomed
TRADERS and business leaders have welcomed two Christmas events to be held in Accrington in December. Shoppers in the town centre will be treated to free food and drink, choral performances, fairground rides, and live entertainment. In a bid to
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East Lancashire pervert pensioner has sentence cut
A PERVERT pensioner, caged for repeatedly groping schoolgirls, has had his 14-and-a-half-year sentence cut by top judges on appeal. Sick paedophile, Albert Clarke, preyed on three youngsters, London's Appeal Court heard, in one episode using the cover
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Motorist threatened in Nelson by a samurai sword during feud
A MOTORIST had his back window busted with a wooden stave and was threatened with a samurai sword in two terrifying attacks within minutes of each other, a court heard. Irfan Afzal produced the weapon after one of his friends, in their own car,
