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  • Champ Lynn is a world beater

    LYNN Hindle has every reason to feel on top of the world! The 36-year-old has just returned from her first World Transplant Games with two gold medals and a silver. Lynn, a secretary at Blackburn Town Hall, won gold in the 400m and 1500m events and picked

  • Volunteers deserve praise

    CONGRATULATIONS to Rossendale & Pendle Mountain Rescue Team. Where would walkers be without the back-up of this voluntary organisation? At any time of day or night they go at a moment's notice to help those in need. Early on August 16 they rescued

  • Pool size has yet to be decided

    PLEASE let me reassure Ruth Marriner (LET, August 13) and Charlotte Atkinson (LET, August 15) that absolutely no decisions have been taken about the size of the future replacement pool in Darwen. The confusion may have arisen as some people replying to

  • System suits us

    IF LAST week's performance left me with many questions, I can only say that they were comprehensively answered by the players on Saturday. When you consider that we went so long last season before our first win it's almost a relief that we've chalked

  • England are back - but for how long?

    AUSTRALIAN Doug Ackerly has been an announcer, newspaper journalist, national TV sports reporter and sports show host on Melbourne radio for the past 25 years. In 1985-86, he covered the 'rebel' Australian cricket tour of South Africa for Cricketer magazine

  • The goals will flow

    SHEFKI Kuqi has revealed his frustration at not getting off the mark, despite being just two games into his Blackburn Rovers career. But the Finnish striker, who played up front on his own in the 2-1 win over Fulham on Saturday, is confident the goals

  • We need money!

    STEVE Cotterill has called for a cash injection to try to end Burnley's player crisis. And the Clarets boss is urging players, fans and directors to pull together ahead of tonight's Carling Cup tie with Carlisle United, with a squad decimated by injuries

  • Child protection still needs work

    TODAY'S report into the death of 19-month-old Joshua Massey-Hodgkinson makes a series of recommendations designed to make sure a similar tragedy never occurs. The independent review, carried out by the Lancashire Area Child Protection Committee, has found

  • Winning start for Albion adventure

    WITTON Albion look right at home in their new surroundings. Playing at a new ground in a new league, Witton showed they have no reason to fear any side after stepping up to a higher level. And after beating a side that narrowly missed out on promotion

  • Jack's in safe hands

    AS seasons go, they don't get much better than this for young wicket keeper Jack McGregor. The 15-year-old stumper started the season at Lowerhouse purely to improve his chances of playing first team cricket but ended up in the England side! The Fearns

  • Transport firm won't have to be sold off

    I READ with some interest the comment section of the Lancashire Evening Telegraph on August 18, referring to "Keeping buses on the roads." While the larger part is factually correct, one item is not -- and it is a very fundamental item too. You state:

  • The goals will flow

    SHEFKI Kuqi has revealed his frustration at not getting off the mark, despite being just two games into his Blackburn Rovers career. But the Finnish striker, who played up front on his own in the 2-1 win over Fulham on Saturday, is confident the goals

  • How has Burnley Football Club come to this?

    EMBARRASSING. Unprofessional. Unacceptable. Call it what you will, but Burnley Football Club is close to being in crisis. Unless Steve Cotterill can work the oracle over the next seven days and bring in five or six new faces, a long hard winter lies ahead

  • We need money!

    STEVE Cotterill has called for a cash injection to try to end Burnley's player crisis. And the Clarets boss is urging players, fans and directors to pull together ahead of tonight's Carling Cup tie with Carlisle United, with a squad decimated by injuries

  • Carns jungle hooked

    BLACKBURN Rovers legend Simon Garner has resumed his 'training' for a nine-day jungle adventure. And the club's all-time leading goalscorer is looking for brave volunteers to join him for the trip to Borneo in the Far East, which will include trekking