THE Bishop of Blackburn the Rt Rev Alan Chesters called for peace in Northern Ireland following the murder of Daniel Blinco by the IRA. The soldier's family lived in Oswaldtwistle.
Just 40 seconds into 1994 Brandon Lee Morgan made sure his parents had something to toast. The tiny bundle, whose mother Lorraine was from Hapton, weighed in at 7lb 3oz, to make him one of the first babies born in the New Year anywhere in the country.
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