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Burnley beat us with a beautiful goal, admits Manchester City boss Manuel Pellegrini

MANUEL Pellegrini admitted that Manchester City were beaten by a ‘beautiful goal’ at Burnley – as he dismissed suggestions that his expensively assembled side should have won at Turf Moor. George Boyd decided the outcome just after the hour mark as he

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We deserved Manchester City victory, says Burnley boss Dyche

SEAN Dyche praised his Burnley players after feeling they were full value for their shock 1-0 win over Manchester City. George Boyd’s superb 61st-minute goal gave the Clarets a vital victory in their battle against the drop. Dyche said: “Overall I thought

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FULL TIME: Burnley 1 Manchester City 0

GEORGE Boyd’s stunning half volley gave Burnley a shock victory over Premier League champions Manchester City to end the Clarets’ eight-match winless run. Boyd drilled a 20-yard effort into the bottom corner in the 61st minute to severely damage City

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FULL-TIME: Charlton Athletic 1 Blackburn Rovers 3

TOP-SCORER Jordan Rhodes scored twice as Rovers made it three Championship wins on the spin in stirring fashion at the sun-kissed Valley to close the gap on the play-off places to eight points. Rhodes’ 150th league goal of his career set Gary Bowyer

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MATCHDAY LIVE: Burnley v Manchester City

7:24pm Burnley defended so well, particularly late on, puts them back within one point of Sunderland. 7:22pm Full time, Burnley 1 Man City 0, magnificent result!

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TEAM NEWS: Charlton Athletic v Blackburn Rovers

BLACKBURN Rovers will be without stand-in skipper Matt Kilgallon for today’s Championship clash at in-form Charlton Athletic. Kilgallon misses out with a minor hip injury and is replaced in Gary Bowyer’s starting line-up by Alex Baptiste. Baptiste

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MATCHDAY LIVE: Charlton Athletic v Blackburn Rovers

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Scott Arfield isn't overawed at visit of champions after remarkable rise

TWO years ago Scott Arfield had just been released by a Huddersfield Town team who had finished 19th in the Championship, having started just nine league games. Today the 26-year-old will go head-to-head against Yaya Toure and David Silva as a

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Frank Lampard full of praise for Burnley and Sean Dyche

FRANK Lampard believes Sean Dyche deserves ‘huge credit’ for the job he has done at Turf Moor. The Manchester City midfielder had kind words for the Burnley boss, who used to work with Lampard’s dad at Watford. Lampard also backed Clarets’

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Beautiful game? Not when women face terrace abuse

IF only Claire Judd had a pound for every chanted request to get parts of her anatomy out “for the lads”. In the end she came to accept the inevitability of hearing it at grounds up and down the country when she was a first team physio for Burnley

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Number of empty homes in Pendle reduced by 40% since 2009

THE number of empty homes in Pendle has reduced by 40 per cent since 2009, new figures have revealed. Pendle Council say their housing standards team has helped to reduced the number of homes standing empty in the borough from 2,000 in 2008/09

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Darwen students' ingenious idea gets thumbs-up from Dragon’s Den star Peter Jones

A TEAM of young Darwen entrepreneurs came runners-up in a national enterprise competition run by Dragon’s Den star Peter Jones. The students from Darwen Aldridge Community Academy were told during a ceremony for the Tycoon in Schools competition

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RED NOSE DAY 2015: East Lancashire backs Comic Relief’s charity cash campaign

FUNDRAISERS young and old got in touch with their funny side yesterday to mark Red Nose Day in East Lancashire. Schools and businesses from Longridge to Ramsbottom, Barnoldswick to Accrington and everywhere in between got involved in the charity

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Doneil Henry: I feel at home at Blackburn Rovers already

DONEIL Henry’s feet have hardly touched the ground since he was parachuted into the Blackburn Rovers starting line-up. But the highly rated young centre-back, signed on a month’s loan home from West Ham United last Wednesday, reckons Rovers feels

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NEIGHBOUR FROM HELL: 81-year-old man jailed for repeated breaches of anti-social behaviour order

AN 81-YEAR-OLD neighbour from hell has been jailed for repeated breaches of an anti-social behaviour order. Blackburn magistrates heard how William Seed known as ‘Bill’ had “tormented” his neighbours for more than five years. In a victim impact

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Suspected arson attack on Accrington house

A HOUSE in Accrington was damaged after a suspected arson attack last night. The fire service was called to the house in Elizabeth Street at 10pm and out out the blaze. The house was empty but was heavily smoke-logged. Police were called

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Man found dead after house blaze

A MAN has died after a fire in a house in Nelson. Police were called to Princess Street at 1.55am today after a neighbour had called the fire service having seen smoke coming from the house. A man believed to be 41 years old was found dead,

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Man found dead near Darwen identified as former primary school headteacher

A MAN found dead in Hoddlesden on Thursday has been identified as former primary school headteacher Keith McDonald. Police confirmed Mr McDonald, 60, of Earls Drive, died while jogging at the Millennium Green off Johnson New Road. A file has been

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The Only Way Is Essex star Joey Essex to take part in Soccer Six tournament at Turf Moor

THE only way is Burnley for television star Joey Essex who will take part in this year’s Soccer Six tournament at Turf Moor. The reality star, who made his name on The Only Way Is Essex, will go head-to-head with other celebrities in the 20th Soccer

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PARTY ALL NIGHT: Accrington bar set learn whether its doors can stay open until 6am

A BAR in Accrington will learn next week whether it has been successful in its bid to keep its doors open until dawn. Baileys in Church Street has applied to vary its licence in order to play music until 6am, and to open until 6.30am from Thursday

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BRUTAL ATTACK: Woman jailed for 13 years after stabbing man at Blackburn ‘house party gone wrong’

A 20-YEAR-OLD woman was given a 13-year extended sentence after she stabbed a man in the abdomen at a ‘house party gone wrong’. Samantha Houlgrave was found guilty of plunging a nine-inch kitchen knife into Samuel Madden, causing damage to his

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Three cars targeted in suspected early morning arson attack in Blackburn

THREE cars were targeted in a suspected early morning arson attack in Blackburn. Police said a man forced fuel caps on the vehicles before putting in rags and trying to set them alight. One of the cars, a Vauxhall Astra, was severely damaged

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'Sudden death' of 36-year-old Darwen woman not being treated as suspicious

POLICE have said the ‘sudden’ death of a 36-year-woman in Darwen is not being treated as suspicious. They were called to a property in Northumberland Close at around 4pm on Wednesday. A Lancashire police spokesman said: “The death is not being

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Goalkeeper Jason Steele is in the 'best form' of his Blackburn Rovers career

GARY Bowyer believes goalkeeper Jason Steele is in the best form of his fledgling Blackburn Rovers career. And Rovers boss Bowyer credits factors both on and away from the field for Steele’s impressive showings. The 24-year-old was named man-of-the-match

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RECORD PRICE: Global investment giant buys Blackburn Cathedral Quarter office block for £9.1m

THE flagship office block at the heart of Blackburn’s Cathedral Quarter has been bought for £9.1million by global investment giant Legal and General. The firm paid the highest price ever for commercial property in the town in a major boost to the

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We won’t die wondering in our battle against Premier League drop, insists Burnley boss

SEAN Dyche has promised Burnley fans that the Clarets won’t die wondering as they approach the final 10 Premier League games of the season. Dyche’s side have dropped to 19th after a run of just two points from the last seven games, and they are