Stories for 10 November 2003
Accrington News
ACCRINGTON Stanley fans were still celebrating today after victory in the first round of the FA Cup.
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EAST Lancashire will get a further job boost when a conservatory manufacturer opens its new plant.
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MORE than 200 people gathered around Great Harwood war memorial in Memorial Park for a breakaway service conducted by the Royal British Legion.
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CHAUFFEUR John Stephens enjoyed a reversal of fortunes when he was driven to the airport by his boss.
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RESIDENTS in Altham had two reasons to fall silent in remembrance this year as they marked the 120th anniversary of East Lancashire's worst-ever mining disaster.
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Asian Image Business
Many teenagers would consider starting their own business after university, according to new findings.
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Asian Image Leisure
New guidelines are being drawn up to ensure pilgrims going to the annual Hajj receive a fairer deal from tour operators.
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It has been described by many as one of the 'western worlds' biggest embarassments.
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The Film Festival will run between November 19-21 and one of the highlights is a film called Talking With Angels directed by Yousaf Ali Khan and based on his childhood experiences in Salford.
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Britain's Imran Ali Khan heads to Bollywood after the three-day Zee Mela 2003.
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Gangster flic Triads, Yardies and Onion Bhajees finally hits the big screen this month after impressive reviews at the Cannes Film Festival.
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Actress Mahima Chaudhury has been lending her support to charity PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals).
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Asian Image News
Last March, Amina Mulla's son Yaaseen came down with a very rare illness.
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A proposal to twin the Lancashire city of Preston with the besieged Palestinian town of Nablus was thrown out after councillors voted against it.
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Smokers will find there is no better time to quit the deadly habit than during Ramadan.
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Members of the community are being warned to steer clear of pyramid money-making schemes after reports that a new venture has been launched in the region.
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More than fifty people turned out to protest against the visit of an Indian diplomat.
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A disabled woman was robbed of her mobile phone by a callous street robber
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A religious teacher has been cleared of allegations that he repeatedly beat a boy pupil at a Bradford mosque.
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It is sad that it took a TV documentary to expose elements of truth about life in a North West police force.
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Hundreds of balloons were released in Manchester by representatives of the city's Muslim communities to celebrate Islam Awareness week.
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A tragic accident claimed the life of a pregnant woman, despite a bid by paramedics to save her life at the scene.
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A father-of-three says his children are living in fear after racist graffiti was daubed on his shop.
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Trapped in a teeny Box, suspended over the great sights of London for forty days and forty nights.
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First of all, I would like to commend the writer of the letter on Domestic Abuse for its idealistic viewpoints. (Letter entitled: Muslim Community should do more to tackle Domestic abuse issue - September issue).
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Having been a white revert for a few years now, I want to ask the community for a bit of understanding during such an important time in our calendar. Ramadan is here and it is a time to ask for forgiveness and try to become better Muslims and better people.
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Months have passed and we can see no end to the conflict in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Having read the story concerning Saira. (Asian Image October)
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A student Jobshop with a difference has been helping students get that elusive job.
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Young people from a Youth Forum wanted answers to issues in their community so they decided to go right to the top.
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Shabanna Latif's A -Level grades were so good that she was invited to a special ceremony at the Science Museum in London, to be presented with a special prize by Jacqui Smith, UK Minister for Equality and Women.
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I am a single Muslim woman in my late twenties and want to get married.
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I remember reading a letter in Dear Massi about fasting.
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The idea that wives can stop men from meeting their relatives was very true.
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So instead of just suffering I thought I might go and see this geezer who knows a thing a two.
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Asian Image Sport
One of Kenya's fastest exports has been helping to promote the British round of the FIA World Rally Championship, Wales Rally GB.
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The Kick Racism out of football campaign rolled into towns across the North West this month.
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It was a Watan trophy fest at this years presentation as the Pendle outfit took home four winners cups.
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A football club set up to tackle juvenile nuisance has been officially named the town's BBC Community Club of the Year.
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Blackburn News
A MAJOR hunt was today under way for a conman, known as the Watchman, who is believed to have preyed on scores of pensioners across the county.
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THE Post Office today confirmed it is to close another Blackburn counter as part of a national plan to shut down 9,000 of its bases.
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CHILDCARE workers in Blackburn with Darwen are to get free support workshops to help parents to stay in the workplace.
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A BLACKBURN woman is to dance her way across the globe after clinching her biggest role yet.
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A BREWERY is urging its landlords to help cut drink-drive accidents by pushing the sale of soft drinks.
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ONE of Blackburn's hardest-working police constables has been appointed as town-centre beat bobby.
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EAST Lancashire is at the centre of a £100,000 initiative to earmark potential brownfield sites for development.
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Bolton Business
ONE youngster in Bolton is earning £77 for a 40-hour week, which works out at just £1.92 an hour.
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Bolton Bygone
From the Evening News, November 10, 1903: SAM Frost, George Livingstone and John M'Mahon, three members of the Manchester City football team, were each fined five shillings and costs at the Manchester City Police Court this morning for behaving in a disorderly manner in Oxford Road last night.
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1483 Martin Luther, German religious reformer, was born in Eisleben.
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LANDLORD Anthony Coyne has a new talking point in the Hen & Chickens, Deansgate, a brick.
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HOW about this for the glory of the open road? This Bolton Evening news picture was taken, for reasons which are not apparent, in august 1936.
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ONE of the joys of the job is coming across old photographs like this. At one time our photographers were simply sent out to take pictures of things they saw.
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Bolton Education
TEACHERS in Bolton are expected to vote in favour of boycotting the controversial primary school SATs tests.
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Bolton Leisure
ROCK juggernauts Status Quo rolled into town last night to be greeted by thousands of adoring fans.
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THE next meeting of the Bolton South East Community Forum will be at St Stephen's Primary School, Bent Spur Road, Kearsley on Monday, November 17, at 6.30pm with a drop-in session before that at 6pm.
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COUNCILLORS Prentice Howarth and Don Eastwood are holding their surgery at St Michael's School, Green Lane, Bolton, on Wednesday from 7pm to 8pm. more...
POPULAR children's author Melvin Burgess is to appear in Little Hulton next month.
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Bolton News
A YOUNG girl was indecently assaulted as she walked through a park in broad daylight.
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A MAN who sold fake autographs of film stars including Roger Moore and Kate Winslett to fans has been given a suspended prison sentence.
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PEOPLE across the area marked their respect for the country's war dead. The weather was kind to those who turned out, each standing still and silent for an emotional two minutes.
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AN ambitious extension project costing £725,000 could soon be underway to link two Horwich schools.
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BOLTON fell silent yesterday as the town paid tribute to the men and women who gave their lives for freedom in two world wars and other conflicts.
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CHILDREN'S favourite pop band The Fast Food Rockers has joined a long list of stars who will be in Bolton for the switching on of the town's Christmas lights.
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PEOPLE living in Bolton have among the lowest life expectancies in the country, according to latest statistics.
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A MEMORIAL forest will be created in Heaton as part of a new Bolton Hospice fundraising scheme.
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KIND-HEARTED parishioners at a Bolton church have been collecting much-needed toys and clothes for children in Eastern Europe.
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Lady Elizabeth Haslam was giving a talk at staff and pupils at his old school in Chorley New Road as she launched his autobiography An Industrial Cocktail.
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ANTIQUES expert David Dickinson launched a campaign last week at Manchester University.
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MPs will today decide once and for all whether to allow fluoride to be added to our tap water.
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POPULAR children's author Melvin Burgess is to appear in Little Hulton next month.
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A 58-year-old maintenance worker was killed on the M60 after he was involved in an accident with a car.
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A CRICKET club is in mourning after the sudden death of one of its star players.
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A MOTORIST escaped unhurt after the car he was driving careered off a busy motorway and landed on its roof in a field.
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A MAN was led to safety after a fire at an adjoining outhouse building spread to his house and a neighbour's house in Farnworth.
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A FIRE spread from a car to the window of a house in The Haulgh, Bolton, early today.
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FIREFIGHTERS attended dozens of bonfires over the weekend as the dry weather and the weekend tempted people to continue to celebrate Guy Fawkes Night.
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A CAR that had been abandoned for weeks was set alight last night.
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CHILDREN set fire to rubbish in a skip in Adlington last night.
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A Ford Escort car was set alight on Elgin Street, Bolton, at 4.13am today. more...
TWO masked raiders attacked an 86-year-old shopkeeper before making off with just £10.
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RESIDENTS across the borough would cut off their water in protest if fluoride is added to Bolton's drinking supplies, it was claimed today.
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Bolton Sport
Bury 1 Rochdale 2: BURY boss Andy Preece's impressive record against Lancashire opponents went west as Rochdale dumped the Shakers out of the FA Cup at the first hurdle.
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Manchester City 0 Leicester City 3: KEVIN Keegan admitted he should take the blame for City's lowest point of the season.
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Blyth Spartans 1 Radcliffe Borough 0: RADCLIFFE went down to a first-half injury-time goal in their Unibond Premier Division clash at Blyth.
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Bolton Wanderers
WANDERERS will run the risk of Premiership peril if they fail to make decisive moves to strengthen their squad when the transfer window opens in January.
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WANDERERS 0, SOUTHAMPTON 0: SOUTHAMPTON finished a man down but Wanderers had to settle for a point after Finland keeper Antti Niemi made stunning saves - one in each half - to deny Jay-Jay Okocha.
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Wanderers 0 Southampton 0. THE caller to the local radio station asked why Sam Allardyce refuses to give Mario Jardel a run for his money, the point being that Wanderers are struggling for goals and the Brazilian is, by reputation, a most prolific goalscorer.
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SAM Allardyce paid tribute to Simon Charlton and Bruno N'Gotty when he admitted he is no longer sure which is his strongest centre-back pairing.
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GORDON Strachan called Mario Jardel a "big Jessie" after he fell to the ground in the flashpoint incident that led to Michael Svensson's Reebok red card.
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JUSSI Jaaskelainen watched in admiration as fellow Finn Antti Niemi foiled and frustrated Wanderers and admitted: "That's why I can't get in the national side."
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Burnley News
A MAN who groped a police sergeant and pinched her bottom has been spared jail by Burnley magistrates.
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OFFICIALS at a Lancashire League cricket club today denied rumours that it faces ruin after losing an appeal to prevent a man badly burnt in a bonfire night accident claiming substantial damages against the club.
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THOUSANDS of people in Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale stood in silent tribute to pay their respects to those who have died in wars and conflicts.
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A BURNLEY man has been honoured for his voluntary service to the Multiple Sclerosis Society.
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THE Three Musketeers may have been one short when they were in Burnley town centre to protest against council tax - but it didn't stop them winning some public support.
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AN avid Ken Dodd fan was tickled to receive a letter from his idol after a decade of sending him letters, cards and tapes.
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PARKS in Burnley and Padiham have left others green with envy after picking up a prestigious Green Flag Award.
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A FLAT has been destroyed after being set on fire.
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Clarets Sport
THREE things in life are certain. Birth, death and losing away to Sheffield United!
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STAN TERNENT believes Lady Luck is due to pay Turf Moor a long overdue visit in the coming weeks.
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A LOOK at the key moments from the game against Sheff Utd
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Clitheroe News
EAST Lancashire businesses were today being warned about a new ploy which could land them with a fraudulent £95 bill after MP Nigel Evans found his local pub had been targeted.
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ELEVEN intrepid walkers from an East Lancashire cement company are looking to raise thousands for charity.
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A DAZZLING fashion show raised more than £1,000 to benefit women who have survived war in some of the world's most turbulent places.
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Darwen News
A HODDLESDEN champion arm wrestler will appear on Sky TV next year after completing filming in London of a new TV series called Britain's Hardest.
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A GROUP of 15 breastfeeding mums is campaigning for better facilities for newborn babies after struggling to find a venue for its Christmas do.
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SCOUT leaders in Turton are hoping more people will come along and volunteer to help them as they are suffering a shortage of helpers.
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A DARWEN company has landed a prestigious contract working on fuel tanks for giant Hercules C-130 transport aircraft.
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Lancashire Education
CHILDREN across East Lancashire could share the same school holidays within the next two years after education leaders gave the green light to the six-term year at national level.
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Lancashire Leisure
A LOOK at events, from amateur theatre to rambles through our beautiful countryside.
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Lancashire News
MY friend will kill me for this but I feel a pressing need to divulge to the world this fact: she wears a G-string.
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A MULTI-MILLION pound refurbishment of Blackburn shopping centre was announced by new owners Standard Life.
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THE chairman of the Household Textiles Association told a meeting that a shortage of mill workers in the county should only be solved by using Lancashire people.
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A MASKED raider brandished a hand gun at a sub-postmaster in a terrifying incident.
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A MAJOR hunt was today under way for a conman, known as the Watchman, who is believed to have preyed on scores of pensioners across the county.
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THOUSANDS of people in Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale stood in silent tribute to pay their respects to those who have died in wars and conflicts.
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EARLIER this year, a reader appraised the bus station at Blackburn, prompting a similar look at Darwen bus station.
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ON Remembrance Day, I wonder how many poppies are worn with pride and gratitude to the honour of the men or women of this and other lands who gave their lives through two world wars and other conflicts.
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I HAVE just arrived back home from a recent trip into Darwen town centre, to buy Christmas Presents. What a wasted trip it was!
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COUNCILLOR Sir Bill Taylor and your comment column (LET November 3), give a timely reminder of why we should remember all those who gave their lives for us in conflicts so that we can live in freedom.
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PLEASE Sir, Me Sir, could I now praise Blackburn Council for the 'wondrous job' that they have done on Church Street? Also, the fantastic success of the 'Orbital Route' which (everyone?) loves to pieces, both the business rate payers and motorists driving in Blackburn?
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I JUST wanted to commend the Lancashire Evening Telegraph for including the Ramadan times in the newspaper.
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MODERN communication systems have opened up a whole new world to crooks eager to con people into parting with their money.
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Lancashire Sport
CHORLEY were in trouble even before kick-off when the team coach could not be restarted after the meal-break en route to Lincoln and the replacement coach reached the ground with less than half an hour to spare.
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ROSSENDALE'S inability to defend set pieces once again cost them dear as they went down to a last-gasp goal at Guiseley.
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COLNE coasted through to the third round of the Division Two Trophy with a 2-0 win over Blackpool Mechanics in a game they dominated from the first whistle.
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THE North West Counties League's biggest attendance of the season, 527, saw Mossley return to the top of the Division One table with a polished performance.
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The leagues biggest attendance of the season, 527, saw Mossley return to the top of the table with a polished performance. Neat and quick passing for the visitors was the key, often caching the Blues on the break. Clitheroe will feel unlucky with the final scoreline and with a little more quality in the final third of the field could have taken something out of an entertaining game.
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DARWEN slumped to another disappointing defeat with a 2-1 reverse at Ashton Town.
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AFTER two recent victories the Rams were confident they could at least come home with a point, but Congleton took the game by the scruff of the neck early on and ran out comfortable winners in the end.
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BACUP produced their best attacking display of the season, scoring four well-taken goals.
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GREAT Harwood Town's remarkable unbeaten run came to an end with a 2-0 defeat at NWCL Division Two strugglers Cheadle Town.
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PADIHAM came from behind to beat Chadderton 2-1 at the Arbories to move within touching distance of the leading teams after five wins from their last six league games.
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WHO let the Gouck out? John Coleman - and what a tactical masterstroke it proved to be.
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STAN TERNENT believes Lady Luck is due to pay Turf Moor a long overdue visit in the coming weeks.
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NELSON's best performance for several weeks saw them take all three points from Winsford and lifted them to within one point of top place in the NWCL Division Two.
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Nelson News
SAFETY concerns have been raised over the £4million redevelopment at the Pendle Rise shopping centre after a workman's ladder smashed through an escalator.
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Rawtenstall News
GREEN champion and broadcaster David Bellamy paid a visit to the proposed £50million wind farm site near Edenfield yesterday.
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PLANS to develop playing fields at a special needs school are set for approval -- despite fears that the facilities would be unsafe for pupils.
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SOMETHING fishy hit Ramsbottom's streets this weekend when visitors to the regular farmers' market tried a variety of mouth watering delights.
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A RAWTENSTALL fire chief has urged residents to check their smoke alarms regularly.
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Rovers Sport
GRAEME Souness today told Blackburn fans 'you can make the difference' as Rovers attempt to stop the rot against Everton tonight.
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GRAEME Souness today said Rovers' recent slump in fortunes has only served to bring his players closer together as they attempt to kick-start a revival against Everton tonight.
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Stanley Sport
WHO let the Gouck out? John Coleman - and what a tactical masterstroke it proved to be.
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ACCRINGTON Stanley manager John Coleman was this morning toasting his first slice of FA Cup glory.
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THE key moments and player ratings from the game against Huddersfield.
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