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Police find heroin, crack cocaine and cannabis in Blackburn raid
OFFICERS recovered suspected heroin, crack cocaine and cannabis when they executed a drugs warrant in Blackburn. The raid was carried out in Shaw Street yesterday afternoon. A 34-year-old man, from Blackburn, has been arrested on suspicion
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Gary Bowyer: Blackburn Rovers 'nowhere near good enough' in Brighton & Hove Albion defeat
BLACKBURN Rovers boss Gary Bowyer called his side’s first-half performance in yesterday’s dismal 1-0 defeat to Brighton & Hove Albion as the ‘worst’ of his Ewood Park reign. Brighton had failed to win any of their previous six away games but
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First Clitheroe micro pub set for grand opening after £15,000 refurbishment
THE doors of Clitheroe’s first micro pub are set to be opened next month. The company behind the annual Middle Earth Beer Festival in Hurst Green is in the process of converting the former Athertons Estate Agents building in Market Place into the
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MP Nigel Evans backs call not to name crime suspects until charged
RIBBLE Valley MP Nigel Evans has backed a call by a House of Commons committee that people accused of crimes should not be identified in the media until they are charged. Mr Evans was himself thrust into the media spotlight after being quizzed
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Proposals to build 10 detached homes at prominent East Lancashire mill given go ahead
PROPOSALS to build 10 detached homes at a prominent East Lancashire mill have been given the go ahead after a promise to relocate 40 jobs. The scheme will go ahead once the two firms using the premises find a new home. The project to develop
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Accrington Stanley hoping for new six-figure sponsorship deal in drive for cash
ACCRINGTON Stanley are seeking a new sponsorship deal worth ‘six figures’, and hope to raise thousands more through a new drive for donations. The club’s three-year contract with self-storage company Store First is due to expire in January 2016
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Woman admits arson after 44-year-old left with severe facial burns
A 42-YEAR-OLD woman has admitted arson after a fire at a Read home. The blaze, which happened in Whalley Road on February 15, left a 44-year-old woman with severe facial burns. Angela Gott, of Whalley Road, pleaded guilty to a charge of arson
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Man shaken after phone robbery near library
A MAN was pushed to the floor and had his mobile phone stolen during a robbery near the library in Coal Clough Lane, Burnley, police said. The thief was described as a white man, aged about 18, 5ft 10ins tall wearing dark clothing. The man
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Blackburn's main sexual health clinic set to return to town
BLACKBURN’s main sexual health clinic is to return to the town after being based in Burnley for the last year. Bosses have confirmed the Genito-Urinary Medicine (GUM) clinic will move into the Barbara Castle Way Health Centre from April, meaning
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Litter left around East Lancashire landmarks branded 'disgusting' and hazardous to wildlife
LITTER left lying around one of East Lancashire’s landmarks has been branded “disgusting” and hazardous to wildlife. Pictures of rubbish dumped close to Peel Monument, built as a memorial tower to Sir Robert Peel above Ramsbottom, were snapped
