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Blackburn 999 hoaxer huntedBlackburn 999 hoaxer hunted
6:30pm Tue 6 May 08
A HOAXER is being hunted by police following a string of malicious calls to the emergency services.
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‘Heart-start' gear at nine sites in Blackburn and Darwen
3:17pm Friday 25th April 2008
LIFE-saving heart defibrillators have been put in place at nine venues across Blackburn and Darwen.
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Blackburn frostbite man jailed for assaultBlackburn frostbite man jailed for assault
5:56pm Thu 10 Apr 08
A MAN who suffered frostbite after being kicked out of home following a row with his wife over a hot pie has been jailed for assault.
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Clean-up by residents
3:45pm Thursday 10th April 2008
RESIDENTS are cleaning up the streets around their homes this Saturday.
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Woman's dog maul terror
8:01pm Monday 7th April 2008
A DOG walker has relived the moment that she was mauled by her new pet after she took it for an evening stroll.
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367 job losses as bed company closes
4:37pm Tuesday 1st April 2008
HUNDREDS of jobs have been axed after a Blackburn bed company went out of business.
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Car-ram probe PC quits force
10:22pm Monday 31st March 2008
A POLICE officer accused of ramming his patrol car into another motorist's vehicle has quit the force shortly before he was due to face a disciplinary hearing.
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Loss-making bus service doomed
2:44pm Thursday 20th March 2008
COUNCIL bosses have refused to "roll over" and subsidise a doomed bus service.
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Youngsters have fun at tea dance Youngsters have fun at tea dance
12:15pm Tue 18 Mar 08
CHILDREN from Shadsworth Junior School, Blackburn, put on their dancing shoes for a special performance for the mayor and local pensioners.

VIDEO: Prince Harry coming back to UKVIDEO: Prince Harry coming back to UK
2:00pm Sat 1 Mar 08
PRINCE Harry is to be withdrawn from Afghanistan's Helmand Province after news leaked out on an American website that he had been fighting the Taleban for the past 10 weeks.

Bank error spending spree sisters jailedBank error spending spree sisters jailed
8:54pm Thu 28 Feb 08
TWO sisters who blamed each other for spending £135,000 mistakenly deposited in a bank account have been jailed.
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Head brands Key Stage Three tables a 'nonsense'
12:01am Thursday 28th February 2008
A SCHOOL has been labelled as one of the worst in the country for Key Stage Three results, despite having rapidly improving GCSe results.
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Family’s brick attack terrorFamily’s brick attack terror
6:47pm Wed 20 Feb 08
A MOTHER and daughter said they thought terrorists were attacking them when a brick was thrown through their window in the early hours.
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Rocky the pitbull spared death twiceRocky the pitbull spared death twice
6:20pm Sun 17 Feb 08
A CROSS-bred pit bull terrier has won a stay of execution - twice.
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Street robbers jailed after 'ferocious' attack
3:40pm Friday 15th February 2008
TWO street robbers who launched a "ferocious and sustained" attack on a man who they left lying in the road have been jailed.
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Couple wed on husband's 'death bed'Couple wed on husband's 'death bed'
8:00am Thu 14 Feb 08
A HUSBAND who married his wife in hospital after being given hours to live has won the Lancashire Telegraph diamond ring competition.
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Road safety super backs new schemeRoad safety super backs new scheme
4:06pm Fri 1 Feb 08
A RETIRED superhero returned to duty to help a modern road safety worker teach youngsters how to keep themselves safe.
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Blakewater College gets specialist status
3:30pm Thursday 31st January 2008
A BLACKBURN school is set to receive more than £100,000 Government funding after achieving specialist status.
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Men charged over substation burglary
5:54pm Wednesday 30th January 2008
TWO men have been charged in relation to a burglary at a Blackburn sub-station.

Debt collector pocketed clients' cash
1:21pm Thursday 24th January 2008
A MAN working as a debt collector for a credit union pocketed cash handed over to him by clients.
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Forensic probe at assault house
8:35pm Friday 18th January 2008
A DETAILED forensic examination has been carried out at the flat where a man sustained life-threatening head injuries during an alleged assault.
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Plea to prevent bus cuts
1:53pm Tuesday 15th January 2008
A COUNCIL is to be asked to step in and prevent cuts to bus services.
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Special school pupils go outward bound Special school pupils go outward bound
3:11pm Mon 14 Jan 08
ABSEILING and rock climbing have become part of a school's innovative approach to improving the lives and education of youngsters with learning difficulties.

Disabled under siege from yobsDisabled under siege from yobs
10:25pm Tue 8 Jan 08
DISABLED residents and their carers have said they are living under siege after a gang of yobs began terrorising their homes.
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Drug dealer jailed for two years and eight months
2:18pm Thursday 3rd January 2008
A drug user caught street dealing, in the latest phase of a police operation, has been jailed for two years and eight months.

School’s prize at the first attempt
4:31pm Thursday 20th December 2007
A BLACKBURN school has scooped a major enterprise award after entering the competition for the first time.

Teaching union warns of strike threat over trust college
1:21pm Monday 17th December 2007
PLANS to create a trust school in Blackburn have been attacked by teaching union chiefs.
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School on good form: report
2:52pm Monday 17th December 2007
A BLACKBURN primary school has been praised by Ofsted inspectors.

Murderer brothers must stay in jail until 2011Murderer brothers must stay in jail until 2011
2:36pm Fri 14 Dec 07
TWO brothers jailed for life for a brutal street murder will spend a total of 30 years behind bars before they have any hope of being freed.
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Bank error mum blames sister over spending spree
4:24pm Thursday 13th December 2007
A YOUNG single mum whose family cashed in on a bank blunder which put £135,000 in her account has blamed her sister for masterminding the theft.
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