Stories for 16 January 2004
Accrington News
A FORMER landlady has spoken of her nine months of hell after she was embroiled in a bitter wrangle with a pub management company.
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AN East Lancashire mason has stepped in to offer his services to a cash-strapped council who said they could not afford to honour a local war hero.
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A COUPLE today gave thanks for nine months of happiness after the baby "who touched everybody's hearts" lost his battle for life.
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AN East Lancashire Labour MP has united with a Tory counterpart to voice concerns over a possible council tax shake-up.
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EAST Lancashire's Labour MPs today waded into the Robert Kilroy-Silk debate and rounded on the TV presenter for his comments on Arabs.
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Asian Image Leisure
The Asian communities of Lancashire, the North West, and England are thriving, we are told.
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UZMA BASHIR has been in Iraq for the majority of the past year where she originally travelled as a Human shield. She is now helping to set up a refuge for homeless children in Baghdad. Here is her account of daily life there.
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Forget the lush green scenery, for a change its the harsh background of a prison that sets this latest Bollywood film apart.
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Four average boys, Bobby (Dino Morea), Omi (Rohit Roy), Jai (Bikram Saluja) and Lucky (Sanjay Suri) head to the big city in search of fame and fortune. They have dissimilar personalities and come up with a plan to make some quick money by kidnapping a wealthy business tycoon and demanding ransom. But as fate would have it, the foursome have kidnapped an underworld don and get more than they bargained for.
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Asian Image News
Police are renewing their appeal for witnesses after a gang kidnapped a jeweller at knifepoint and stole £80,000 worth of jewellery from his shop.
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The British Foreign and Commonwealth Office each year publishes information for prospective Hajjis and their family's about Hajj.
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Two Good Samaritans who came to the aid of an 83-year-old pensioner who lost her way home after visiting a friend have been praised for their action.
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Maira Qureshi probably never have thought she would be driving taxi's for a living.
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A community was trying to come to terms with the shocking death of two brothers who died within hours of each other.
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Police are concerned for the safety of 56-year-old Zainab Begum, of Burnley Road, Accrington who has not been seen since 9am on Tuesday, January 13, when one of her six daughters left for school.
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A North West Euro-MP listed as an enemy on an extreme right-wing website says it shouldn't be shut down.
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Two men who bagged up illegal drugs for selling have both been jailed.
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Islamic Relief Bradford are organising a charity event to help raise money for Iran Earthquake Appeal. Entitled: "IRAN EARTHQUAKE WHAT I SAW' the event will feature an eye-witness account of the disaster zone by Waseem Yaqoob UK manager of Islamic Relief, magician Shahid Malik and an auction.
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Over 500 people attended a celebration hosted by the Consul General of Pakistan Salludin Choudhry and Manchester Councillor Afzal Khan.
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Carlisle's reputation for race-hate crimes is deterring ethnic minority groups from setting up home in the county, says a Bangladeshi community representative.
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Like every single female under 25 in the country I welcomed the New Year with a string of hard-to-keep resolutions.
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Whilst I agree that we should all have an interest about what it going on in the world, I think we as a community make too much of it.
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Let us look at recent events where locally there have been threats of terrorism.
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I agreed wholeheartedly with the comments of Miss S Moore - 'Isn't our right to pray in a mosque?'
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The Meningitis Trust would like to take this opportunity to thank readers in North West England for helping FOCUS DIY stores raise a fantastic £16,486 towards the 'Support for Life' appeal.
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I agree with the notion that there is less and less middle ground within the community (G Farooq December Issue). However, I think that culture and religion are being percieved as one by some people.
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Weapons of mass destruction? Don't make me laugh.
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Wanting to be more than just another lone parent on benefits Aisha Lambat set her goal and achieved it.
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Oldham Business Management School's Legal Students of the Year was announced at a special ceremony.
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Looking at teenagers from afar, no one really notices how complicated our minds actually are. They tend to stereotype us as 'surly', 'unco-operative', 'lazy' and 'argumentative'.
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The university students of the future are confused about the cost of higher education, according to a survey.
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A learning venue is celebrated its 500th learner just four months after it opened. The Neighbourhood Learning Centre on Pringle Street has hosted a variety of courses and learning opportunities since it opened in July, ranging from English and numeracy to food hygiene.
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As soon as I got married I knew I had made a big mistake and now feel I have no-one to turn to for help.
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I have managed to get myself into a hopeless situation. I was married to a woman from abroad five years ago. However, during that time I was also going out with a girl from here.
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Concerning the letter 'He made a pass at me in her home' in last months Asian Image I want to tell the woman she has to notify her friend.
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Regarding the letter 'Some guys have all the luck" in the December issue. I want to say that is so true. I am one of four sisters and we have two brothers. My brothers can get away with anything. My parents always pay off their debts and when we just want to go to town we have to give a detailed account of what we doingand what we bought.
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I ain't the kind of person to talk but I've got my hands on more gossip over the holidays than most people would believe. I know everything now.
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Asian Image Sport
It is really possible to keep people's political perceptions out of sport? Well, judging by the recent goings on in California the answer would be no.
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Unthouchables were finally kicked into touch in the final of the annual Bangor Street football festival.
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First, some shocking news from Westview Leasure Centre in Preston. Santos didn't win the Preston Community League. They looked odds on after a year to remember but it was not to be.
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A volleyball club finally managed to win an elusive national championship after twenty years of trying.
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Blackburn News
THE secretary of a care home association today claimed the owners of the home where tragic Jessie Hall fell out of a window are being made "scapegoats".
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OLD boys from a Blackburn independent school have been asked to sign-up to a monthly donation to help swell the coffers.
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WOMEN who have taken the brave step to try and escape domestic violence will soon be looked after in a new purpose-built refuge in Blackburn.
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THE former vicar of Christ Church, Blackburn, and his wife have started a new life together helping the victims of a bloody civil war.
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A BID to build a huge amusement arcade near Blackburn's historic cathedral quarter has gone to the planning inspector after it was rejected by council officers.
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A DRUNKEN man told police who had watched him steal a clock from a charity shop he was taking it to show "Scouse Larry" and had no intention of stealing it.
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GROUPS across East Lancashire were celebrating today after scooping more than £400,000 in lottery funding.
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Blackpool Leisure
ST ANNES - BLOOD donor sessions will take place in the school room, Drive Methodist Church, Clifton Drive South, on January 19, 2pm-4pm and 5.30pm-7.30pm.
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THE NEW voice of Elvis will be heard in Blackpool next month thanks to a hotel-owning fan of the King.
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The legendary Circus of Horrors is set to trundle back for its second visit to Blackpool's Grand Theatre for a one-night extravaganza guaranteed to curdle blood in the hardiest of veins.
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Blackpool News
THE SONS of a Fylde woman who claims to be the late Hollywood screen siren -- Jeanne Crain -- are at odds after their mother's true identity was called into question.
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THE EXCITEMENT was at fever pitch for one Blackpool footie player when she jetted off to Spain for 18th at the weekend and met some famous footballers to boot!
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WANTED. One home, preferably detached with room enough for a huge collection of... well, just about anything and everything!
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CONTROVERSIAL plans to build offices on the only patch of green land in an area with massive flooding problems could still go ahead -- despite being kicked out by planners.
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PATIENT care at the Fylde Coast's hospitals is to be reviewed over the next few months by an independent body, it has been announced.
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IT'S NOT often that kids are encouraged to be loud, but in this case it could be a matter of life or death.
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A FORMER airman whose plane was shot down twice in the second world war is appealing for kind-hearted Blackpool folk to look out for the memento which is his only link to late colleagues.
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COMEDIAN Les Dawson was the first person to be listed on a new memorial website launched by his widow, Tracy, in Blackpool on Friday.
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HOPES are sinking fast for the survival of the historic Fleetwood to Knott End ferry service after council officials said its future was "very, very doubtful".
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A BLACKPOOL transexual has vowed "it's time to start fighting back" after being kicked out of a North West singles club.
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LAYTON Library will re-open its doors on Monday after a four month £350,000 revamp.
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A NATIONWIDE poster campaign has failed to produce any fresh leads in the hunt for missing Blackpool teenager, Charlene Downes.
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POOR Rev Roz Bond... Not only has the Aussie cleric had to uproot herself and travel 10,568 miles to get here.
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SPIDERS in school dinners, loo roll everywhere, children, mayhem -- it must be Classwars!
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THE Freemasons Lodge of Triumph in St Annes has donated more than £2000 to local charities after an 'excellent year of fund-raising', lodge spokesman John Topping said.
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NEW playground equipment designed for disabled youngsters has been unveiled at a South Shore park.
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Blackpool,Lytham News
I WOULD like to express by sincere thanks to everyone who sent donations to help Iran's children in the aftermath of the terrible earthquake that struck the city of Bam in the early hours of Friday December 26.
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WHILE British troops are systematically killed in Iraq and British vulnerable pensioners face another Blair vendetta onslaught with sick pensioners now being evicted from NHS hospitals with new Draconian statute, the Downing Street misfit premier and international political playboy is again off swanning the world with further freeloading 5-star holidays for himself and his scrounging entourage and blatant parasites.
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Bolton Business
START 2004 as you mean to go on, by meeting the deadline for tax returns.
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WOMEN can find out more about computer studies at Bolton Institute on Wednesday, January 21.
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WOMEN who wear make-up to an interview have a better chance of getting the job than those who do not.
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Bolton Education
BOLTON School Girls Division has topped the town's GCSE league tables once again - despite a marking fiasco in one subject.
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A HEADTEACHER has spoken of the pressures his school will face if a nearby primary school decides to admit more pupils.
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A MOTHER fears a child could be killed on a busy Farnworth road used daily by pupils from three local schools.
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Bolton Leisure
THE plush bachelor pad where England footballer David Beckham lived before he became a world famous star is up for sale for a cool £450,000.
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BRITAIN'S best beers, good music and wholesome food should prove a potent mix to tempt and satisfy the hordes due to converge on Atherton for the Bent and Bongs Beer Bash.
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THE son of Houghton Weavers lead singer Tony Berry has hit the right note by winning a place in the National Children's Orchestra.
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Bolton News
A MAN accused of murdering his wife whose body was found in a lake almost 28 years ago has been granted bail by magistrates.
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A BOLTON Fire Brigades' Union representative has branded the Government's latest reform bill for the fire service as potentially dangerous.
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A MOTHER fears a child could be killed on a busy Farnworth road used daily by pupils from three local schools.
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VIDEOS produced by bus chiefs in a bid to combat vandalism and crime will be shown to pupils in schools across Little Hulton.
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A HEADTEACHER has spoken of the pressures his school will face if a nearby primary school decides to admit more pupils.
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THE nurse in charge of organ donation at the Royal Bolton Hospital has said the Government are "wasting an opportunity" to help the hundreds of people on transplant waiting lists.
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A GROWING number of young students are enrolling on Open University courses.
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BOLTON train travellers can now route complaints or comments on rail services to the area's new Operations Director.
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MOVES to give voters their say on council tax increases have been condemned as a sham by leading Conservatives.
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A MEETING between Westhoughton Town Council and the town's traders is being held on Monday to try and solve a security camera cash crisis which could see the system axed.
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MOBILE speed cameras could be used to slow traffic and stop accidents on the M6 in the North-west.
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HEALTHCARE staff who come into contact with children in Bolton could be vetted for any criminal allegations, as a response to the Soham murders.
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THE plush bachelor pad where England footballer David Beckham lived before he became a world famous star is up for sale for a cool £450,000.
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A YOUNG people's community group has been awarded £500 to help with the cost of their electricity bill.
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POLICE are hunting the driver of a car which failed to stop after it crashed into two other vehicles.
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BOLTON School Girls Division has topped the town's GCSE league tables once again - despite a marking fiasco in one subject.
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HOME-START Bolton is looking for volunteers to help people cope with the pressures of family life.
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THE son of Houghton Weavers lead singer Tony Berry has hit the right note by winning a place in the National Children's Orchestra.
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BUPA is to sponsor the second Great Manchester Run, on May 23. More than 10,000 runners are due to make their way through the city centre.
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BOLTON residents are being urged to take part in the 25th RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch on January 24 and 25.
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A TOP military band gave a concert for Bolton school children.
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PLANS for another takeaway in Westhoughton town centre have received a frosty reception from the town council.
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THE popular farm at The Deane School will reopen by Easter after a refurbishment programme, managers promised today.
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TWO men threatened the manageress of a Bolton town centre shop and ordered her to hand over the takings.
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MUSCLE-mad regulars at a Horwich gym have raised more than £500 for charity with a fundraising calendar.
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WOMEN can find out more about computer studies at Bolton Institute on Wednesday, January 21.
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RAM raiders escaped empty-handed after a raid at Kwik Save, in Longcauseway, Farnworth.
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AN eight-year-old boy has died after contracting a rare form of meningitis.
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A PATIENT who "died" six times on the way to hospital after suffering a heart attack has said a huge thank-you to the paramedic who saved his life.
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CHILDREN traumatised by earthquake will need help in the weeks to come.
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IAM saddened and disappointed that Cllr Wilkinson had to resort to cheap political jibes on a very serious environmental and planning issue that will affect all the residents of Westhoughton, and indeed elsewhere in the borough. The residents of Westhoughton deserve better from one of their representatives.
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ON October 10, 2003, Kent County Council suggested other council tax payers should pay about 1.3 per cent extra, so that payment by its 130,000 pensioner households rose by only 2.5 per cent.
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WITH reference to G R Williams' letter in last Monday's Bolton Evening News, I couldn't agree more with his message, "Give Liberals a chance".
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IN reply to the letter, "School Bus Nightmare", I would just like to redress the balance.
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Re Mrs Halstead's question regarding what was there before The Water Place.
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Bolton Sport
BOLTON Cricket League side Eagley are looking for a first team wicketkeeper for the coming season. Contact Greg Salt 01204 302030 for details more...
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PREMIERSHIP, Nationwide and Conference games
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SHAKERS are set to take on one of their former players and two Wanderers men when they visit Scunthorpe United on Saturday.
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Richardson Cup Round Two: Charnock Richard v Kirkham/Wesham; Fleetwood Hesketh v Eagley; Wyre Villa v Blackrod Town.
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LEIGH RMI aim to turn the disappointment of the FA Trophy controversy to their advantage when they take on fellow relegation strugglers Farnborough Town on Saturday.
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BOLTON under-14s chase a place in the last four of the Greater Manchester Schools' Talbot Cup when they travel to the Armitage Centre in Fallowfield to take on Manchester on Saturday (10.30am).
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Richardson Cup Round Two: Charnock Richard v Kirkham/Wesham; Fleetwood Hesketh v Eagley; Wyre Villa v Blackrod Town.
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RADCLIFFE Borough hope to have captain Davey Luker back in the side for Saturday's Unibond Premier Division trip to Worksop.
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ATHERTON Collieries -- without a match last Saturday -- return to North West Counties League action when they host Alsager Town.
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Open Cup First Round: Britannia Farnworth v Bottom Bull.
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BRADSHAW Hall Fisheries have announced the start of two competitions. Wednesday Opens start on January 21.
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Devils 1 Phoenix 1, after overtime: Missing four players, Manchester Phoenix dug deep into their reserves of character to take a hard-fought point from a 1-1 tie in the Welsh National Ice Rink.
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INTREPID motorbikers Steven Rogers and Kurt Luby believe that they fell foul of one of the Dakar Rally's toughest ever courses after they bowed out of the race within hours of each other.
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BRADSHAW Cricket Club are holding their indoor nets at Sharples Sports Centre on Tuesdays (U11s U13s) 7.30 - 8.30 and Turton Sports Centre on Thursdays (U13 and U15s) 7.30 - 8.30 and (U18s to seniors) 8.30 - 9.30. All new and current players welcome. Further information from Mike 07710 421231. more...
BOB Fearnhead has been busy again, catching tiny fish to bag with a couple of wins on Doe Hey.
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BOB Rothwell won the open match on the Bolton Canal with roach for 11lbs-14ozs., and like all the framers he fished bread punch.
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Bolton Wanderers
FORMER France international Ibrahim Ba has agreed a new contract with Wanderers, which will keep him at the Reebok for the remainder of the season with the possibility of extending the deal for another year. more...
SAM Allardyce has made a move to sign Bordeaux centre-back Kodjo Afanou.
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SAM Allardyce has drawn on personal experience to suggest that Portsmouth's storming start to the season will stand them in good stead when the battle for Premiership survival reaches fever pitch.
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ANTHONY Barness is back at the Reebok after having his loan move to West Ham called off at the eleventh hour.
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Berkovic, who made his debut in the 4-2 victory over City last weekend, will operate in a free role behind Yakubu Ayegbeni at the Reebok tomorrow and Redknapp has told his Portsmouth players to give the Israeli international the ball at every opportunity.
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Burnley News
EAST Lancashire MPs Peter Pike and Greg Pope are urging the Government to do more to ensure pensioners receive the benefits they deserve.
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PLANS to solve parking problems in the streets around Burnley General Hospital have moved a step closer with a major consultation exercise on a proposed residents-only parking scheme.
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A SURGEON has denied confusion contributed to the "appalling" blunder in which a patient's only healthy kidney was removed, an inquiry heard yesterday.
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PEOPLE are being warned to be on the look-out for a killer disease which is sweeping through Burnley's horse chestnut trees.
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AS A Clarets legend Jimmy McIlroy used the football pitch as his canvas. But the former Northern Ireland star has now turned his skills to artistry of a different kind - painting.
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ARE you are aged between eight and 14 and live in the Rosegrove area and interested in getting involved in a youth video project for Rosegrove?
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CHILDREN are being encouraged keep fit in a new scheme launched in Burnley.
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Bury Business
A TRAVEL giant has chosen Bury as the pitch for its new company to bring a new range of holiday homes to the campsite market.
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BURY businesses are to be briefed about new ways to motivate and energise their workforces to create a successful corporate climate.
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BUSINESSES in Bury, Bolton, Oldham and Rochdale are at the heart of a new BT project which is revolutionising the way the company provides services to small and medium-sized customers.
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BURY companies who could be missing out on a wide range of support services from business agencies are invited to attend an open evening next week.
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A HUSBAND and wife have opened a new veterinary practice in Tottington.
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THE UK's leading business mobile phone service provider has relocated to Bury with a pledge to create 100 new jobs.
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Bury Education
EXAMINATION results for A and AS level students in Bury are once again below the national average.
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Bury News
A HOLIDAY ended in a double tragedy for a Bury family after they were involved in a car crash minutes after arriving in Spain.
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A MURDER inquiry has been launched after a 58-year-old woman was found dead at her home in Ramsbottom.
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NEW Labour may believe they have come up with a solution to the problem of bed-blocking by fining social services departments £100 a day if they fail to transfer from hospitals elderly and chronically-sick patients who no longer need intensive medical treatment. If so, they should think again!
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IT appears that Bury Council have written to the Boundary Committee to ask them to rethink the "Options for Change", should the north west's residents vote for an elected regional assembly later this year.
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I AM a retired senior nurse manager who, for all of his career, worked within the NHS alongside people who worked unsocial hours for very low wages.
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IN the past I haves been accused of being out of touch with my memories of how Radcliffe used to be and what it has become. Perhaps I have missed the effects that newcomers have had on our town and just how "up market" Radcliffe has become.
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HAVE the people on Bury Council completely lost their marbles? Why don't they give people proper warning about their ridiculous and haphazard parking regulations? Each car park in the town centre seems to have its own payment system.
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AN "underpants man" showed bare-faced cheek when he conned a Bury hotel out of £160.
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CORRESPONDENT Julie Higson recently posed the question: What will the police turn out for? She is right. When do you ever see a policeman on foot these days?
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THE memory of an inspirational young woman, who fought against health problems from birth, is to live on in her autobiography.
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A NEW home may have to be found for an estimated 250,000 fish if the East Lancashire Paper Mill Angling Club loses its lodges.
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THE Brand Centre in Whitefield has been sold lock, stock and barrel to the company behind the proposed Morrisons supermarket.
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EXAMINATION results for A and AS level students in Bury are once again below the national average.
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BURY'S Castle Armoury was the scene of a massive weekend mobilisation exercise for military medical personnel who could soon be staffing a field hospital in Iraq.
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A FORMER Bury Times journalist has spoken about his terrifying ordeal when an engine on a Manchester City executive jet caught fire.
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SCALING Sydney's famous Harbour Bridge is the latest "high" for globetrotting pensioner Andrew O'May.
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YOUNG ambassador Ashleigh Rolling is helping put Bury and her own achievements in the national spotlight.
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BURY College hosted its annual reunion for last year's A-level students.
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A MOTORCYCLIST died after falling from his bike while twice over the drink-drive limit.
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POLICE are anxious to trace a doctor and nurse who tended a badly injured road accident victim hours before she died.
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A DOCTOR who was trained in Bury has written a book about his time in the town.
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POLICE stopped and searched 450 youths in one month in a crackdown on street robbery in Prestwich.
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WORK has begun on a new £5.5 million business park in Bury which could act as a prime jobs magnet.
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A DESIGNER shoe shop in Holcombe Brook has been targeted by raiders for the second time in five months.
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LOCAL Euro MP Gary Titley will be among the speakers at a special weekend meeting and seminar in Manchester.
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WHEN four generations of the Blundell family are together in one room, it can get very confusing.
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A FATHER-of-two has received the backing of a Bury MP after pleading for his family to be rehoused for the sake of their health.
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A VERY famous speaker brought "order" to a Heathlands gala dinner on Saturday.
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METROLINK services face disruption tomorrow (Jan 17) when half the company's 160 drivers stage a second 24-hour strike.
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THE UK's leading business mobile phone service provider has relocated to Bury with a pledge to create 100 new jobs.
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A MEDICAL student at Fairfield Hospital in Bury has returned from an eye-opening two month placement with leprosy sufferers in Bangladesh.
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ANTI-EU campaigners have dismissed as "pathetic" accusations that they were bringing comfort to terrorists following last week's letter bomb to local MEP Gary Titley.
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A MUSIC store in Bury town centre will close it doors for the final time tomorrow (Saturday) as the company goes into administration.
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MORE community safety wardens are needed to help patrol the streets of the borough.
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A TERRIFIED schoolgirl fought off an attacker who tried to bundle her into the boot of his car.
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MORE old folk will be able to enjoy day care at Redcliffe elderly persons home in Prestwich.
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AN evening of music, magic and drama was enjoyed by guests at a fundraising dinner in Nangreaves.
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Bury Sport
RADCLIFFE Borough hope to have captain Davey Luker back in the side for Saturday's Unibond Premier Division trip to Worksop.
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SHAKERS Head of Youth Neil Hanks has welcomed the permanent appointment of manager Graham Barrow as being a great boost for the wellbeing of the club.
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SHAKERS are set to take on one of their former players and two Wanderers men when they visit Scunthorpe United on Saturday.
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Chorley News
I WAS disappointed to hear that the Government is thinking of penalising parents who take their children on holiday during the school term.
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JANUARY is a traditional time for making resolutions. May I suggest This year readers resolve to help others in their local community by volunteering a few hours once a week for Women's Royal Voluntary Service.
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ST JOHN Ambulance in Lancashire would like to express its sincere gratitude for the support received over the past year from the Chorley Citizen.
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I DELIVERED a duvet and cover to a launderette on Pall Mall, Chorley.
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A WOMAN has been awarded damages by a judge after a Chorley hotelier turned her away from his guesthouse because she was black.
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THERE are just five weeks to go until the glittering final of The Citizen's Big Gig competition and the ten hopefuls are making their final preparations.
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PARENTS have hit out at Chorley Borough Council's decision to cut funding for a nursery which could lead to its closure.
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A WAR veteran has hit out at the Government, accusing it of providing insufficient benefits for ex-servicemen.
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A MAJOR refurbishment of Chorley Police Station is under way to make life easier for visitors and staff.
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A YOUNG man who died after an early morning crash may have fallen asleep at the wheel, an inquest heard.
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IT'S a case of changes at the top for two local schools -- Eccleston Primary welcomes new headteacher Elizabeth Fletcher, while St Gregory's has a new deputy head, Darren Darbyshire.
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NOT for the first time this season Brooks looked the stronger team in the opening minutes and gave their opponents problems.
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FOLK fans can look forward to an impressive line up of performers in Chorley at an evening of music this month.
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POLICE are linking two burglaries on the same road that took place within hours of each other. In the first, thieves sneaked in through an unlocked front door of a house and took personal items including two purses.
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Chorley Sport
CHORLEY Lynx have boosted their squad ahead of the new season by signing former Warrington and Widnes winger Rob Smyth.
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AFTER an enforced break caused by Guiseley being involved in the FA Trophy, Chorley are back in the UniBond First Division fray on Saturday.
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PLAYING on the Astley Village mud flats, Chorley were desperate to put the disappointment of last week's performance behind them.
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Clarets Sport
STAN Ternent reckons he has finally uncovered a tasty M&M with no soft centre!
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YOU have to applaud the Burnley boardroom for making fans aware of the state of the club's dire financial situation.
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BRIAN JENSEN is urging supporters to lighten the load by roaring Burnley onto victory over West Brom.
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MARK Kinsella will miss out on a dramatic Baggies debut at Burnley. The Republic of Ireland ace completed his free transfer signing from Aston Villa yesterday.
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Clitheroe News
CRIME prevention bosses are to meet councillors to outline their plans for stopping motorists racing through Ribble Valley villages.
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A MAN died following a hospital operation despite being "on the mend", an inquest heard.
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Colne News
A MAN has won his battle with Pendle Council over council tax charges on his business premises after he was made bankrupt.
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A PROLIFIC offender who almost paid for his criminal career with his life has been given yet another jail term.
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Darwen News
A COMPANY which has applied to redevelop the site of the former Newhaven Residential Home in Darwen hopes to reassure residents of its plans.
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A DARWEN athlete has been selected to join a London Marathon 'superteam'.
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A DENTIST who crashed his car at a pub in Chapeltown was nearly four times the legal drink drive limit
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Lancashire Business
FREE help and advice from Customs and Excise is being offered to all businesses in East Lancashire.
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Lancashire Info
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Lancashire Leisure
EAST Lancashire regeneration corporation Elevate is set to be told by the government if its bid for £170million has been successful. The coming months will be pivotal for Elevate's chief executive Max Steinberg and the five East Lancashire towns it is targeting. DANNY BRIERLEY reports. . .
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BURNLEY MP Peter Pike has renewed his campaign to get himself a day off on Fridays.
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SUNDAY
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Chipping Local History Society, St Mary's Community Hall, Chipping, 7.45pm.
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A LOOK at events, from amateur theatre to rambles through our beautiful countryside.
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Lancashire News
UNIONS holding a one-day stoppage in support of a better pay deal looked like bringing chaos to East Lancashire.
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CHILDREN were likely to get a cautious welcome in East Lancashire pubs if the government went ahead with plans to change the licence laws.
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ACROSS East Lancashire farmers, market men and allotment holders were counting the cost of the gale which sent trees crashing in the night.
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A TEENAGER killed a man after following his victim from a pub where he had been cheated by others out of money playing cards and darts, police revealed today.
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A COUPLE today gave thanks for nine months of happiness after the baby "who touched everybody's hearts" lost his battle for life.
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IN reply to the article on speed cameras (LET, January 8). Traffic speed restrictions are set by the responsible authorities under a law designed to protect life and limbEvery year the 3,000 deaths and hundreds of thousands of maimings on our roads are equivalent to the casualty list of a moderate sized war. Speed limitations are essential if casualties are to be kept down.
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I AM writing on behalf of Oxfam to thank the people of Blackburn for their support over the past 18 years in our Lord Square shop.
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I'M writing with regard to your story "Transsexual's mum blasts bullies" (LET, January 13).
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AT the latter end of 2003, a speed camera was installed on Burnley Road in Accrington between Alice Street and Cambridge Street junctions.
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ON Thursday, January 8 one of our elderly ladies fell as she was coming in to our meeting at the Darwen Central Reformed Church. Two very kind young gentlemen came to her assistance, helped her into the hall and called for an ambulance.
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JIM Bowen has expressed his sympathy for the position Robert Kilroy-Silk finds himself in - and he has first hand experience of clashing with the forces of political correctness.
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NOT surprisingly, I'll be mostly talking about Kilroy this week. Now, how can I word this so no-one asks for my head or calls for my daytime programme to be taken off the air (which by the way is called 'Dungar number one' and airs on Punjab TV)?
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Lancashire Sport
I WAS as relieved as any Manchester City fan when they ended their run of 14 games without a win against Leicester on Wednesday.
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COLNE hitman Carl Howarth is set to come face to face with a fellow chart-topper in the FA Vase fourth round tomorrow.
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NORTH West Counties Division Two Player of the Month Paul Mashiter will miss Great Harwood Town's trip to Formby tomorrow.
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CLITHEROE manager Lee Sculpher believes his side are in a better position to challenge for the North West Counties League championship than they were this time last season.
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CHORLEY'S hopes of a top 13 finish have been boosted by Keith Hill signing a contract until the end of the season.
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RAMSBOTTOM United boss Vince Overson suddenly finds himself with a selection headache over his goalkeepers.
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BLACKBURN Hawks hope to keep their unbeaten English National Cup record intact on Sunday, but it won't be easy!
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STAN Ternent reckons he has finally uncovered a tasty M&M with no soft centre!
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BLACKBURN Rovers chief executive John Williams today said the board will make every possible effort to strengthen the squad but they cannot plunge the club into further debt with irresponsible spending.
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Lancaster News
THERE comes an historic moment in any society when enough is enough and ordinary citizens take a stand, in unison, against authority.
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IN APRIL the full force of the Disability Discrimination Act will be with us and, in principle, I welcome the implications contained in it.
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JON Sparks' photographic view of Lancaster Priory in the official 2004 Lancaster city calendar may be an unfortunate reminder by December of what has been lost if the Priory's proposed car park goes ahead.
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I SYMPATHISE with the fears of Cassandra Lemarr that our democratic system will fail to protect us from threats posed by the environment (Letters, Jan 1).
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WHEN will the fireworks end? After putting up with them during October and November we knew there would be even more over Christmas - but what we had to suffer was horrendous.
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Staff at an insurance company's Morecambe office walked out in response to news that 155 jobs are to be axed.
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SUPPORTERS of Carnforth railway station are gearing up for an all-out campaign to put the historic stop back on West Coast main line timetables.
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FIVE is the magic number in a healthy new initiative to be rolled out across the Morecambe Bay area.
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LANCASTER'S MP is to continue campaigning for the city to be the new `capital' of the North West.
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Elderly homeowners are being warned not to get sucked in by a firm of `cowboy' damp proofers currently targeting Lancashire.
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THE amount of time patients in Lancaster and Morecambe spend on hospital waiting lists has been slashed, according to figures published this week.
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AN OVERTON pub has a new regular customer for its pub grub... a male mute swan nicknamed Charlie.
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LANCASTER'S first citizen is fireproof - or at least well on the way to being safe in his home...
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THE cost of the unplanned shut down of Heysham One power station is spiralling towards a £50 million headache for British Energy.
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PRISON officers in Lancaster may stage a 24-hour strike to back their colleagues in Northern Ireland
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Lancaster Sport
A COMBINATION of ill luck and poor finishing saw Morecambe's last hopes of cup glory fade into the evening gloom at Shrews-bury on Saturday.
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MORECAMBE players flew out for one of the club's more unusual assignments on Sunday - the launch of a new joint venture between club sponsors Umbro and fashion brand Dirk Bikkembergs.
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UNIBOND League leaders Hucknall Town are next up for improving Lancaster City this weekend.
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LANCASTER City have finalised details of a Sportsman's Dinner to be held in the Dolly Blue Tavern on March 1.
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MORECAMBE face a trip into the unknown in the quarter finals of the Lancashire FA Marsden Trophy - to face North West Counties Division Two outfit Nelson.
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Leigh Education
SECONDARY School performance tables for Wigan have been published on Thursday.
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Leigh Sport
RMI boss Phil Starbuck said he was 'disappointed' with the way Stalybridge Celtic have handled the FA Trophy dispute which could see the Railwaymen booted out of the competition if found guilty of fielding an ineligible player.
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Leigh RMI 1 Stalybridge Celtic 1 by Robert Johnson: A SUPERB second half header from hitman David McNiven helped prevent Leigh RMI slipping to an embarrassing defeat against Unibond League side Stalybridge Celtic in the FA Trophy.
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HINDSFORD had an excellent away win on Saturday beating second placed Old Alt's 5-2.
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LOCAL rivals Bedford Rangers and Astley were involved in a six-goal thriller in the Unbder 16s section.
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LEIGH Sixth Form College wasted a good start, going down 4-1 to St Helens.
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ATHERTON Collieries were without a game last Saturday, but manager Alan Lord made sure that the fitness level of his squad didn't drop by organising three training sessions during the week.
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BOOTHSTOWN U12s struggled to regain their pre-Christmas form as they went down 2-1 to at home to Urmston Meadowside Sharks.
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THE Wigan Six-a-Side Football League is seeking new teams to sign up.
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LEIGH 1st XV: Pool at home, meet at 12.30pm.
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Golborne Parkside 'A' 24 Langworthy Reds 18: GOLBORNE Parkside's NWCARL Cup last 16 game at Chorley Panthers was cancelled due to a waterlogged pitch for the second time.
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West Hull 20 Leigh East 18: LEIGH East must still be wondering how on earth they ever managed to lose this Arriva Trains Conference Premier fixture against West Hull.
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MV Trafford 15 Tyldesley 24: TYLDESLEY RUmade the short trip along the M60 to take on Trafford and put in a dominant performance to register a 24-15 win.
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Siddal 22 Leigh Miners Rangers 8: SIDDAL moved back to the top of the Arriva Trains Conference Premier Division by ending Leigh Miners' nine-match winning streak.
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LEIGH Harriers RL fought bravely but were beaten 68-10 by Bank Quay Bulls who have not lost a game for two seasons.
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LEIGH Amateur Boxing Club is aiming to take its show on the road.
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DARTS: Jolly Carter 5, Leigh RU 2; Britannia 5, Leigh Cricket 2; New Inn 5, Musketeer 2; Colliers Rest 5, Spinners Arms 2; Railway tavern 3, Peake Fitness 4; Foresters 4, Bull & Butcher 3; Bridgewater 2, Nevison 5.
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A LATE try from Slater, his second of the game gave Leigh Miners U11s a 24-24 draw with Rylands Sharks.
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LEIGH East U12s marched into the next round of the NW Counties Cup with a 34-6 win over Chorley Panthers.
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LEIGH Miners Rangers U12s had to come from behind to snatch an 18-16 cup victory over West Bank Bears.
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LATEST results
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THE 13th winner at Pennington Park Winter Bowling was Jimmy Noon who beat Billy Griffiths in the final 21-16.
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THE AGM of Atherton Park's Veterans Bowling League will be held in the Jubilee Hall, Atherton at 1.30pm on Thursday, January 22. more...
Nelson News
A £2MILLION scheme to transform some of Nelson town centre's main shopping streets has taken a step towards reality with plans to buy up the former Grand Cinema site.
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DOOMED trawler the Gaul may have been capsized after being caught side-on to high winds and heavy seas, according to her former
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THE Friends of Walverden Park will be holding their first meeting of the New Year on Monday.
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Northend Sport
CAPTAIN Fantastic Chris Lucketti is set to lead Preston's casualties back into action this weekend having battled through the pain barrier himself to be fit again.
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GOING 18 games without a goal can do funny things to a striker.
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Poolfc Sport
BLACKPOOL FC will hold a press conference at 5pm today (Thursday) with rumours rife that manager, Steve McMahon, has quit.
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Preston News
A GRANDMOTHER believes she has been thrown out of a singles club because she is a transsexual.
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COMPETITION from neighbouring big cities has spurred on bosses at Preston's Fishergate Shopping Centre to submit plans to almost double the size of the city centre complex.
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A PRESTON shop owner is calling for CCTV to be installed near his shop after thieves stole goods worth £1,800 from his store.
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POLICE are urging elderly people not to let strangers into their homes without checking their identity.
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RESIDENTS in a crime-hit area of Preston say drugs, anti-social behaviour and filthy streets are the main issues they want dealt with.
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A PRESTON man hopes to preserve a prize leek for ever after spotting the Arabic spelling of Allah inscribed in it.
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A £6million handout has sealed the future of a new Preston museum which is under construction.
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Rawtenstall News
A TEENAGER killed a man after following his victim from a pub where he had been cheated by others out of money playing cards and darts, police revealed today.
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POLICE in Ramsbottom were today investigating the sudden death of a 58-year-old woman at her home.
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A COFFEE thief struck at a shop he was banned from and then ran away from the police, Burnley Magistrates heard.
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Rovers Sport
GRAEME Souness's creaking defence must find a way of blunting Nicolas Anelka as Blackburn Rovers prepare to make their first visit to the City of Manchester Stadium tomorrow.
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BLACKBURN Rovers chief executive John Williams today said the board will make every possible effort to strengthen the squad but they cannot plunge the club into further debt with irresponsible spending.
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BLACKBURN Rovers have reached the point where the excuses have got to stop.
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Stanley Sport
'DON'T write us off!' That's the rousing message from Accrington Stanley hotshot Paul Mullin.
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