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We need reform, not gimmicks

2:28pm Tuesday 9th February 2010

Lord Greaves column: The government have suddenly got the hots about changing the voting system. I’m a Liberal Democrat. So I’m all excited, right?

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Money brings out ugly side of beautiful game

11:32am Tuesday 9th February 2010

Margo Grimshaw column: I can see it now — all those green double-decker buses lined up along Bridge Street by the Boulevard — and all the men striding off t’match along Bolton Road.

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Hope among the gloom

10:53am Tuesday 9th February 2010

Lancashire Telegraph comment: A recession is tough for businesses as many in East Lancashire have found out.

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Dancing on Ice 2010 blog: Week five

1:47pm Monday 8th February 2010

Star of the Dutch Dancing on Ice and former British Figure Skating Champion, Blackburn's Dannielle Guppy gives her view on the latest Dancing on Ice series.

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Hard cases open doors to deathly laws

4:29pm Monday 8th February 2010

Rev Kevin Logan column: We've reached another crucial moral crossroads. An opinion poll suggests that four out of five of us approve of assisted suicide.

Playing the name game’s so expensive

4:27pm Monday 8th February 2010

Caroline Taylor column: Making the decision to change your name when you get married is one thing.

Hidden depths of water snails

1:46pm Monday 8th February 2010

Ron Freethy nature column: It is not often realised that snails not only live on land but also in water and indeed scientists believe that snails evolved first on water and then moved on to the land.

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Aiming high for a great future

1:23pm Monday 8th February 2010

Lancashire Telegraph comment: Coming on the heels of a royal visit, and Burnley’s welcome weekend win, the ambitious plans for Turf Moor unveiled today certainly give townspeople something to smile about.

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Hubby won’t be going for a thong on Feb 14

11:10am Monday 8th February 2010

Helen Mead column: As I’m trying to be a bit more adventurous in 2010, I could follow up this piece of Valentine website advice.

Puzzling way to deal with waste

10:44am Monday 8th February 2010

Lancashire Telegraph comment: we all know how important it is to recycle because, as a nation, we just cannot go on burying our waste in the ground without physically running out of space.

Welcome words – and action

2:20pm Saturday 6th February 2010

Lancashire Telegraph comment: It's not every day you see Prince Charles holding up a football shirt, wearing a Clarets’ badge on his lapel and sporting a tie and pocket handkerchief in club colours.

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Expenses row laid to rest

5:05pm Friday 5th February 2010

Lancashire Telegraph comment: Following the Parliamentary expenses scandal, five East Lancashire MPs have repaid money, it has been revealed.

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We can’t handle the truth about invasion of Iraq

10:50am Friday 5th February 2010

Shuiab Khan column: As another inquiry into the Iraq war rambles on, we have yet to find out the real reasons for war.

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Show tough love to get people back in work

2:08pm Thursday 4th February 2010

Jack Straw column: If you are unlucky enough to lose your job, you will at least get some decent advice and support from the warm carpeted surroundings of Jobcentre Plus on Penny Street, Blackburn, with staff who, as I’ve witnessed, treat their “customers” with respect and skill.

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Prison should be a punishment

2:21pm Thursday 4th February 2010

Lancashire Telegraph comment: In recent years there has been a move towards rehabilitation of offenders.

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I loathe turbines with a passion

1:40pm Thursday 4th February 2010

Clive Balchin column: I'm going to have to come out of the closet and declare ‘I am a climate change denier!’

Benni to live his dreams with West Ham

1:55pm Wednesday 3rd February 2010

Chris Flanagan column: When Benni McCarthy steps out for his West Ham debut at Burnley on Saturday, Clarets fans should expect him to be suitably motivated.