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Tourist guide to Darwen

Darwen Library and Library Theatre

12:00pm Tuesday 24th July 2007

DARWEN should not be regarded as an offshoot of Blackburn but a proud town in its own right.

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Tourist guide to Tockholes

WORSHIP: The outdoor pulpit at St Stephen's Church

12:00pm Tuesday 24th July 2007

TOCKHOLES should actually be pronounced to rhyme with cockles.

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Overseas drivers face law clampdown

Roads Safety Minister Jim Fitzpatrick has proposed clampdown on foreign drives

Updated 2:00pm Thursday 24th July 2008

A clampdown on overseas drivers and truckers who flout UK road regulations has been announced by the Government.


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