Clitheroe school wins Young Enterprise crown
	10:38pm Wed 14 May 08
	STUDENTS proved they had what it takes to be the business brains of the future in a young entrepreneurs competition which showcased their talent.
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Blackburn's Mr Football dies

1:47pm Tuesday 13th May 2008

A WELL-loved character from local league football in Blackburn has died after a short illness.

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Thieves hid haul of lead in wheelie bin

1:13pm Friday 2nd May 2008

TWO men who stole lead from the roof of Witton Park High School stashed their haul in a nearby wheelie bin.

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Running for cancer

2:32pm Monday 14th April 2008

An annual charity fun run and walk organised by Blackburn Borough Rotary Club takes place in Witton Park on Sunday at 11am.

	Don't gamble with your health warning to East Lancashire people
	2:07pm Thu 10 Apr 08
	THE man in charge of Blackburn's Race for Life has told East Lancashire people: "Don't gamble with your health!"
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Bid to end 'no ball games' culture

1:49pm Friday 4th April 2008

CHILDREN are to benefit from an end to the "no ball games culture" on recreation grounds after being given millions of pounds to develop play areas.

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	Porn vicar was investigated six years earlier
	10:39pm Thu 3 Apr 08
	A VICAR who was sacked after being caught downloading child porn was investigated for inappropriate behaviour with teenagers six years earlier, it has been revealed.
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	Legal threat over felling of 'hundreds' of trees
	7:41pm Thu 3 Apr 08
	A LANDOVER faces legal action after "hundreds" of trees were chopped down without permission during a renovation project.
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	Police: Vicar never showed any remorse at all
	1:44pm Thu 20 Mar 08
	THROUGHOUT police questioning the perverted vicar never showed an "ounce of remorse", officers investigating the case said.
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	‘What he has done is absolutely disgusting’
	1:15pm Thu 20 Mar 08
	PARISHIONERS were left shocked after the Rev Paul Battersby asked them to write letters of support in an attempt to reduce his sentence.
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	Child porn vicar's suspended sentence
	1:48pm Wed 19 Mar 08
	A FORMER Blackburn vicar has today been given a suspended prison sentence for downloading child porn at his vicarage.
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	Beware the blunder banner
	9:42am Fri 14 Mar 08
	EASTER is coming early this year - but you wouldn't know it from looking at this banner.
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Allotment targeted by arsonists

9:23am Thursday 13th March 2008

AN allotment that has been targeted by vandals was torched by arsonists.

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	Budding politicians' election campaign
	3:10pm Thu 6 Mar 08
	Witton Park High School year nine students Jamie Henderson, Chris Bleasdale and Chloe Greenhough are all standing for the UK Youth Parliament.

Jog is for care home

12:38pm Wednesday 5th March 2008

A YOUNG runner from Blackburn has organised a jog through Witton Park on Saturday to raise money for a care home.

	Young Citizen Awards: That's the spirit from girls group
	3:53pm Fri 29 Feb 08
	SIX teenage girls from Blackburn, were commended for the way they have overcome personal challenges to form a community spirited Girls Group at their school.
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Sex offender was living in tent in Witton Park

3:37pm Sunday 24th February 2008

A 60-year-old child sex offender who failed to register with police when he left his address was living in a tent in Witton Park.

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	Tickled pink at race launch
	9:31am Tue 5 Feb 08
	A WOMAN who has lost her father and sister to cancer helped to launch Blackburn Race For Life.

	Vicar still getting salary despite admitting child porn offences
	2:43pm Wed 30 Jan 08
	A FORMER Blackburn and Darwen vicar suspended from duty for admitting downloading child porn is still receiving his monthly church salary.
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	Euro champ tells pupils the Sky is the limit
	8:31pm Tue 15 Jan 08
	A GROUP of talented youngsters have been told that the Sky is the limit after a visit from their sporting mentor.

Priest calls for drug treatment overhaul

4:35pm Sunday 13th January 2008

DRUG treatment needs to be overhauled for East Lancashire to beat the problems of addiction, a leader campaigner has warned.

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Pub regulars net on-line quiz title

1:01pm Friday 21st December 2007

PUB regulars have seen their local crowned as one of the nation's cleverest boozers - thanks to a new interent competition.

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	Tree-mendous effort for national tree week
	3:43pm Mon 26 Nov 07
	HUNDREDS of trees have been planted in Witton Country Park, Blackburn, by people on community service orders as part of National Tree Week.

Festivals merger - special meeting called

1:11pm Thursday 22nd November 2007

CONTROVERSIAL plans to merge Blackburn's annual Mela and Arts in the Park events are to be discussed at an extraordinary council meeting.

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