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Blackburn Rovers to travel to Tottenham Hotspur in FA Youth Cup
BLACKBURN Rovers have been handed a tricky trip to White Hart Lane to take on Tottenham Hotspur in the third round of the FA Youth Cup. The tie will be played on Saturday, December 20.
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Lee Williamson is an unsung hero, says Blackburn Rovers boss Gary Bowyer
RUDY Gestede and Ben Marshall may have been busy grabbing the headlines during Blackburn Rovers’ six-match unbeaten run. But the role Lee Williamson has played in Rovers’ rise up the Championship standings should not go unnoticed. That was
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Simon Garner column: I think it's a good time for Blackburn Rovers to play Brighton & Hove Albion
I KNOW Brighton finally won in the week, while Blackburn had to settle for a disappointing draw at Millwall, but I still think it’s a good time to play the Seagulls. I’ve been really surprised by them. I know they had a change of manager in
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Alcoholics Anonymous meetings in Darwen and Great Harwood
ALCOHOLICS Anonymous is set to open its doors to the public. Two meetings will be held in Darwen and Great Harwood this month. The first meeting will be staged from 8pm on Monday, November 17, at the Central United Reformed Church in Duckworth
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St Peter's School ask parents to wait outside
PARENTS with children at St Peter’s Church of England Primary School in Accrington have been asked to wait outside at home time. In a letter, the school said some parents had been knocking on the window before school finishes, asking pupils to
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UPDATE: 53-year-old Blackburn man arrested in Rochdale
A 53-YEAR-OLD wanted man from Blackburn has been arrested in Rochdale. James Doherty, 53, of St Peter’s Street was wanted for recall from prison after he was released on licence on 2 October 2014 for a burglary offence but absconded from the address
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Community groups could win make over
COMMUNITY projects in Accrington have been invited to enter a competition to win a makeover. Football League sponsor Johnstone’s Paint launched its Community Spirit campaign in the local area of all 48 clubs in this season’s Johnstone’s Paint Trophy
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New homes application submitted
BOSSES at Twin Valley Homes want to build 14 new dwellings on the site of a former sheltered accommodation building. Plans have already been submitted to Blackburn with Darwen Council, requesting permission to demolish Ashton House in Ashton Road
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Jake Berry in move to take on town firms' traffic hell
DARWEN MP Jake Berry has arranged a 'crisis meeting' over concerns about traffic on the A666 at Hollins Grove. Mr Berry launched a petition after new traffic lights were installed as part of the £40million Pennine Reach scheme across East Lancashire
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Driver who hit pensioner didn't have full licence
A 74-YEAR-OLD pedestrian was sent flying in the air and landed on his head after being hit by a car which mounted the pavement after coliding with the rear of another vehicle. Blackburn magistrates heard the driver stopped and called the emrgency
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Skip hire boss furious as six years worth of paperwork lost in 'arson'
A SKIP hire firm has lost six years' worth of paperwork after a suspected arson attack on its office cabins.The cabins at TCS Waste Ltd, in Great Harwood, were gutted by fire on Wednesday evening.The owner of the business said that the attack could potentially
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Darwen student becomes female RAF fighter
A DARWEN student is flying high after getting a job with the Royal Air Force, becoming one of only a handful female firefighters in the RAF in the UK.Jamie Stocks, 23, of Darwen, was offered the position after graduating with a BA (Hons) in fire and rescue
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Real tonic for East Lancashire Hospitals Trust with prize winnings
East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust affirmed its reputation as a regional centre of excellence for clinical research by receiving four prizes at the Greater Manchester Clinical Research Awards 2014.The event, held at a Manchester city centre hotel, saw
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CHEERS: The Duke of Lancaster gets a green light
I THINK it’s fair to say there are many down-to-earth, cheap and cheerful watering holes in the locality. And perhaps this wet lead boozer, in Colne town centre, can be classed in that category. It had been known as the Shepherds Arms for many
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Andy Lochhead column: Visit of Hull City is Burnley's biggest game so far
SATURDAY is a massive, massive game, there is no other way to describe it.If we are to have any chance of staying up then we need to start winning games like Hull at home.I'm not expecting it to be easy, no games in the Premier League are, and Steve Bruce
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Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger full of praise for Clarets in chat with Sean Dyche
ARSENE Wenger raised a 'wry smile' when Sean Dyche told him the wage bill he was working with this season as the two shared a drink after Arsenal's 3-0 win over the Clarets at the Emirates Stadium last Saturday.Wenger was complimentary to the Clarets
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East Lancs councillor issues safety appeal after serious accident
A FATHER-of-three is campaigning for road safety measures to be introduced in his village after being seriously injured in September. Coun Ged Mirfin, who represents Billington on Ribble Valley Borough Council, was airlifted to hospital after colliding
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Burnley grandma left terrified after firework smashes through window and lands on her bed
A BURNLEY grandma was left terrified after a large firework smashed through the double-glazed window in her bedroom. Fire crews said Kathleen Cawtherley 'could have been killed' by the Bonfire Night rocket, which set fire to the curtain and duvet
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Blind veterans to hail heroes in march to London cenotaph
A FORMER Royal Marine from Blackburn who is registered blind will join other visually impaired ex-service men and women for the Remembrance Sunday march to the Cenotaph in London.Alan Holderness, 50, who served in the Falklands War, will be part of the
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Hard works gets Whitworth memorial restored to former glory
OFFENDERS and veterans worked side by side to restore Whitworth Memorial Gardens in time for Remembrance Day.Over the years, rain run-off had led to the total collapse of the wall, which runs the length of the gardens surrounding the monument, to the
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Blackburn with Darwen adoption drive hailed a success
ADOPTION 'activity days' in Blackburn with Darwen have one of the highest success rates in the country for finding homes for children, figures have revealed. The events, hosted by Blackburn with Darwen Council's adoption services throughout the
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Blaze-hit Blackburn firm acted legitimately
A TYRE recycling company whose business was destroyed in a huge inferno was 'mainly acting legitimately', it has been revealed. A major investigation was launched following the fire, which ripped through the former Manner Sutton Street boiler works
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Muslim college vice-principal 'ordered out after inspection'
THE vice-principal of a Muslim girl's college in East Lancashire, who claims she was ostracised for not wearing a veil, was ordered to leave after the establishment 'failed' an inspection, an employment tribunal heard.Ghazala Khan, who alleges she was
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Ten-year-old go-kart driver following in his mum's footsteps
IT'S all about the competition in the Swinscoe household.As 10-year-old go kart driver Archie, is following in his mum's footsteps and taking the Northern Karting Federation Championship by storm.The Brindle St James Primary School pupil won the hotly
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MURDER PROBE: Arrest after man dies following Darwen pub visit
A MURDER inquiry has been launched after a man collapsed and died at his home. Thomas Mercer, 56, was taken ill shortly after returning from his local pub. His family said he had been playing bingo with his partner, Margaret Quinn, 66, in the
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Lancashire man threatened to blow bus station security guard's head off
A DRUNK who hurled a torrent of racist abuse and threats at a Burnley bus station security guard was spared jail. Pennine magistrates heard how father-of-two Robert Aitchison, 37, told Naqash Ahmed he was going to blow his head off 'like they do
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Tributes to 'talented, outgoing and inspirational' East Lancs snowboarder
FRIENDS of a champion snowboarder who died suddenly have paid tribute to their 'talented, outgoing and inspirational' pal. Jonathan Greenwood, 33, passed away on October 27, while still mourning his truck driver dad Alan Greenwood, 59, who died
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‘No need’ for extra drug addicts support in East Lancashire, according to charity
A DRUGS charity said there is ‘no need’ to increase support for drug addicts in East Lancashire, despite official statistics showing death rates for the misuse of drugs have doubled in Burnley and Hyndburn since 2005. As previously revealed by
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Burnley boss Sean Dyche takes the lead in positive thinking at Turf Moor
THEY might be bottom of the Premier League and without a win in their first 10 games, but when you listen to players and staff at Turf Moor talk the words that continue to crop up are ones such as ‘belief’ and ‘positivity’.It’s a continuing mantra from
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Clarets midfielder Steven Reid back in contention for Hull clash
STEVEN Reid will return to the Burnley squad for tomorrow's clash with Hull after recovering from a groin injury.The Republic of Ireland international hasn't featured for the Clarets since playing 45 minutes against former club West Brom on September
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Advice to businesses over ‘social media trademarks’
Businesses may have an extra avenue open to them to protect their products following a landmark legal ruling which saw a company claim the first ‘social media trademark.’ The warning comes after a UK-based cheese manufacturer, Wyke Farms, won trademark
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Bring in your Parents to Work Day? go on… you will be humbled!
Whilst many parents are proud of their children no matter what they do, they would be even prouder if they better understood our careers. The world of work is changing rapidly and many jobs of today didn’t exist even 10 years ago. Yesterday was
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The VEKA UK Group is proud to support The Poppy Appeal
As the moat around the Tower of London fills with ceramic poppies to mark 100 years since Britain entered the First World War, lots of people have been doing their bit 'to remember' a lot closer to home. The VEKA UK Group's chosen charity for the second
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East Lancs UFC fighter Michael Bisping vows to defy the odds in Sydney
CLITHEROE UFC ace Michael Bisping has vowed to prove the bookmakers wrong after being made an outsider for tomorrow’s middleweight tussle with American Luke Rockhold in Australia.Bisping faces Rockhold in Sydney in the early hours of tomorrow morning
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Ramsbottom United keen to continue winning run
FREE-SCORING Ramsbottom United could field the same XI for the seventh game running when they host Halesowen Town in the Evo-Stik League Premier Division tomorrow.The Rams are the leading scores in the league so far this season with 39 in 18 games and
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Accrington Stanley boss John Coleman targets another cup run
JOHN Coleman says Accrington Stanley might not have re-established themselves in the Football League had it not been for the FA Cup.The first round of the competition always evokes fond memories of the Reds' run during the 2003/04 season, when they beat
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Boxing legend Thomas Hearns to visit East Lancashire
BOXING legend Thomas 'Hitman' Hearns will make a special visit to Stirk House in Gisburn later this month. Hearns is regarded as one of the greats of the sport after becoming the first fighter to win world titles in five different weight divisions
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Burnley ace George Boyd ready to face old club Hull City
GEORGE Boyd admits tomorrow’s clash with his old club Hull City is ‘massive’ for Burnley. Boyd left Hull for Burnley on September 1 in search of regular football, after previously helping the Tigers to promotion and an FA Cup final. MORE TOP
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Burnley trio named in England Under 21 squad
THREE Burnley players and a former Accrington Stanley loanee have been named in Gareth Southgate's England Under 21 squad for the friendly with Portugal at Turf Moor next Thursday.Danny Ings, Michael Keane and Nathaniel Chalobah are regulars for Southgate's
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Life harder than ever for promoted teams, says Clarets boss Sean Dyche
THE struggles of last season’s promoted teams shows the gap between the Championship and the Premier League is wider than ever, according to Clarets boss Sean Dyche. Leicester City, QPR and Burnley occupy the bottom three places in top flight with
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Skipper Grant Hanley says spirit in Blackburn Rovers camp is best he has ever experienced
SKIPPER Grant Hanley says the spirit in the Blackburn Rovers camp is the best he has ever experienced. And for that the academy graduate believes Rovers boss Gary Bowyer deserves to take a huge amount of credit. Bowyer has assembled a mainly
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Dentists hit by fee increase
DENTISTS have claimed a hike in their fees will make it more difficult for patients to get appointments on the NHS. An alliance of dentists, including a group that covers Chorley , is set to rebel against their own regulator, the General Dental
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Award to remember tragic Accrington schoolgirl's life
TRAGIC schoolgirl Olivia Diamond will be honoured by her old school after they named a new award in her memory. The 12-year-old, who died after falling ill with the flu last month, went to Peel Park Primary School before leaving for Accrington
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Granite memorial set to honour the fallen in Blackburn
TWO large granite plaques containing the names of all First and Second World War graves in Blackburn Old Cemetery have been installed. The plaques, donated by Cherry Tree stonemason Brent Stevenson, are positioned either side of the cenotaph in
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SCUM OF THE EARTH: Reward offer for return of stolen camera containing pictures of company's late owner
THIEVES who stole a camera with precious photos of the boss of a baby mattress firm who died earlier this year have been branded the 'scum of the earth'. The masked intruders took two laptops from Babywise, in Darwen, and a camera given as a present
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VIDEO: Have you got a gun or firearm in your attic?
ILLEGAL gun owners in East Lancashire are being offered the chance to hand in their weapons without fear of prosecution. Lancashire Police will launch a week-long gun amnesty on Monday in a bid to get the deadly firearms off our streets. MORE
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Blackburn fire crews busiest in county on Bonfire Night
FIRE crews have issued a safety warning after they were called to dozens of dangerous bonfires across East Lancashire. Firefighters had to extinguish 49 fires in the area on Bonfire Night, including 18 in Blackburn, whose crew was the busiest in
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Lancashire County Council chiefs explore 'combined authority' to save cash
LANCASHIRE'S council leaders are examining the creation of a single 'combined authority' for the county to save cash. It would be similar to the existing body for Greater Manchester which the government says could have a powerful elected London-style
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FIND A RESTAURANT: Top 10 eateries in and around Blackburn
DON'T want to cook? Don’t have to! We know how much of a chore it can be, trawling through review sites to find a suitable restaurant nearby - so we’ve saved you the effort. Blackburn has a variation of cuisines to set your taste buds tingling
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Blackburn Rovers boss Gary Bowyer misses out on manager of month award to Eddie Howe
BLACKBURN Rovers boss Gary Bowyer has missed out on the Championship manager of the month award to Bournemouth’s Eddie Howe. And Bowyer has joked there was no point him even being nominated for the prize given Howe’s record in October. MORE
