Thursday, December 3,1998 BLACKBURN: To 9pm: Peels, 4 Railway Road. To 8pm: Johnston Pharmacy, 50-52 Johnston Street. To 7.30pm: Aston Pharmacy, 95 Accrington Road; To 6.30pm: E Collins, 53 Fishmoor Drive; Healthbook Ltd, Audley Shopping Centre, Audley
Friday, December 4, 1998 Blackburn: To 9pm: Peels, 4 & 6 Railway Road; Cohen, 63 Whalley Range. To 8pm: Johnston Pharmacy, 50-52 Johnston Street. To 7.30pm: T G Pendlebury, 3 New Park House, Preston New Road; Aston Pharmacy, 95 Accrington Road. To
Tuesday, December 1, 1998 Blackburn: To 9pm: Peels, 4 & 6 Railway Road; Cohen, 63 Whalley Range. To 8pm: Johnston Pharmacy, 50-52 Johnston Street. To 7.30pm: Aston Pharmacy. 95 Accrington Road; T G Pendlebury, 3 New Park House, Preston New Road. To
AN Indian paramilitary force chief has said he believes Blackburn hostage Paul Wells is dead. "I think the hostages have been killed a long time back," said EN Rammohan, chief of India's paramilitary Border Security Force. It is the first time that a
WORLD superbike hero Carl Fogarty launched the countdown to the new millennium in Blackburn and Darwen when he turned on the borough's new clock. The giant digital clock will count the days, hours, minutes and seconds to the year 2000 as part of the council's
Liverpool v Blackburn Rovers - Peter White's big match preview TONY Parkes could have a surprise or two up his sleeve at Anfield tomorrow but he has no intention of giving Liverpool any warning about what they might be. One change he will be forced to
A "STREETWISE" teenager missing from home for almost three weeks is believed to be staying in the Wheelton area. Staffordshire police are concerned for the welfare of 14-year-old Selina Everall who went missing from her home in Stoke-on-Trent on November
TONY Parkes is hoping that Blackburn Rovers will go for the jugular at Anfield tomorrow and hit Liverpool where they hurt most -- in a defence which has developed a costly habit of leaking goals at a most un-Liverpool-like rate. But close to the top of
A COUNCIL will have to spend £25,000 on making its computer system millennium-friendly. Ribble Valley Council's police and finance committee heard there had been a "considerable performance drop" in the council's computer server. Financial director Marshall
PASSENGERS campaigning for a better public transport system in the Ribble Valley are to be given another chance to air their views in the second public meeting to debate the subject this year. Ribble Valley Borough Council will hold the public meeting
Fly-away Canadian ace Andrew Dickson is looking for a return ticket to Blackburn Hawks. The star forward, who defected to Germany this week, was due to fly back into Britain today with his tail between his legs. And he could even figure in Hawks Christmas
FORMER Barclays boss Martin Taylor -- who shocked the city with his resignation -- has been praised by union leaders. Although banking union UNiFI had been strong critics of the former Burnley bosses' pay package and job cuts he presided over, it said
A NORTHUMBERLAND woman is trying to contact two comrades from her wartime service days. Doreen Boulter is hoping Lancashire Evening Telegraph readers can reunite her with them after fifty years. She wants to trace Mona Murphy of Burnley whose brother
A BURST ulcer in the gullet led to the death of a factory worker, an inquest was told. Stephen Lee's heart stopped for about twenty minutes as paramedics and hospital staff desperately fought to save him. Despite their efforts, Mr Lee, 32, died from multi-organ
LABOUR chiefs in Cliviger saw red after party outsiders rejected a 'dream ticket' candidate. Activists reckoned parish council chairman Kevin Robinson was the ideal man to win the Burnley council seat for them at next May's municipal elections. But when
CLARETS boss Stan Ternent has made an ambitious move to bring Vinnie Jones to Turf Moor. But the legendary hard man's personal demands have so far prevented progress on a deal. Jones has not turned up at QPR training sessions since Gerry Francis took
Letter I BUY the Lancashire Evening Telegraph only on a Saturday solely for Pulse, which should enable me to read about local bands and reviews on live events. Recently Pulse has got worse. There is less and less being written on local bands and there
PART of a controversial chemical plant has been shut down by inspectors, following a second leak from the site in seven months. Environment Agency chiefs took swift action to close the section of Nipa Laboratories which caused a chemical leak in Oswaldtwistle
SPACE: The Bad Days EP (Gut Music) -- These crafty Scousers seem to have a nice little earner planned. Knock out a racy version of an old Animals classic , let it run on a TV car advert for a few weeks, then release it, sit back and watch the readies
TWO East Lancashire MPs are calling on the government to bring in a legally enforceable "right to roam" on open countryside. Following their Government's failure to legislate for open access in the Queen's Speech, Burnley backbencher Peter Pike and his
A YOUNG tourist worker from East Lancashire was forced to flee a remote Kenyan wildlife reserve amidst fears it was to be ransacked by bandits. Graduate Karen Breakell, 27, flew to the African country with her 30-year-old partner Cormack McGovern at the
Sunday, November 29, 1998 Blackburn: 12noon-1pm: Karims Pharmacy, 140 Mosley Street; 12noon-1pm: Superdrugs Pharmacy, 3-7 Stonybutts; 11am-2pm: Aston Dispensing Chemists, 95 Accrington Road; 11am-1pm: Johnston Pharmacy, 50-52 Johnston Street. Darwen:
Wednesday, December 2, 1998 Blackburn: To 9pm: Peels, 4 & 6 Railway Road; The Surgery (Chiropody), 132 Lammack Road; Cohen, 63 Whalley Range. To 8pm: Johnston Pharmacy, 50-52 Johnston Street. To 7.30pm: Aston Pharmacy, 95 Accrington Road; T G Pendlebury
Monday, November 30, 1998 Blackburn: To 9pm: Peels Chemist, 4 & 6 Railway Road; Cohen, 63 Whalley Range. To 8pm: Johnston Pharmacy, 50-52 Johnston Street; To 7.30pm: Aston Pharmacy, 95 Accrington Road; G Pendlebury, 3 New Park House, Preston New Road
AUDIENCES think they are seeing double at Stacksteads Band concerts. Four sets of identical twins are in its ranks! Mark and Robert Ainsworth, 16, of Crawshawbooth, play the euphonium in the training band along with Faith and Max Wilkinson, 12, of Todmorden
PENDLE MP Gordon Prentice is seeking a top level meeting with bosses at one of the biggest firms in his area which is closing next year with the loss of around 300 jobs. The MP said he was shocked by Lear Corporation's decision to transfer its Colne operation
A PRIVATE ambulance service based in Rossendale is being prosecuted in a case that could have implications for every similar company in the country. The national test case involves the Lancashire and Yorkshire Private Ambulance Service Limited of the
A GAS engineer called at a neighbour's house to check a leak just two days before an elderly woman was found dead in her fume-filled home. Transco today defended the way it had dealt with the incident and said its procedures had been followed correctly
A BUSINESSMAN from Blackburn is preparing to fly to the Black Sea after engineering a £25 million project from his Pleasington home. David Taylor, of Taylor Heavy Engineering, will fly to the port of Poti, Georgia, to personally supervise the transportation
CARETAKER-boss Tony Parkes, surrounded by doom and gloom, managerial speculation and talk of makeshift teams and relegation, re-assured Blackburn Rovers fans today -- I'm not feeling sorry for myself. Parkes is pouring all his positive energy into making
CLARETS boss Stan Ternent has made an ambitious move to bring Vinnie Jones to Turf Moor. But the legendary hard man's personal demands have so far prevented progress on a deal. Jones has not turned up at QPR training sessions since Gerry Francis took
TEARFUL old folk have already started to pack their bags to leave the closure-threatened council-run properties they have called home for years. Eight residents have moved out of Shadsworth House and Laneside Home for the Elderly, Blackburn, despite the
Andy Neild meets Richard Dinnis ASK Richard Dinnis if he ever regrets entering the cut-throat world of professional football and one crystal-clear image automatically enters his head. During his time in the North America Soccer League at the end of the
SUNDAY (November 29th) Advent Carol Service, Blackburn Cathedral, 6.30pm. Christmas Fair, The Pendleton Brook Day Centre, George Street, Clitheroe, 11am to 2pm. The Conchord Singers at St Pauls Church, Plantation Street, Accrington, 3pm. Municipal Choir
A MAYOR is to break with tradition and use the Christmas period to appeal for funds for the people of hurricane-struck Central America. Ribble Valley Mayor Dave Smith, said the needs of people affected by Hurricane Mitch superseded those of local people
TONIGHT Jazzy Kex, Blackburn: Live band, till 3am Utopia Discotheque, Blackburn: PASSION, 9pm to 3am Hawthorns Nightclub, Bolton: GLENDON, 9.30pm Preston Guildhall: THE LEVELLERS, £12, 7.30pm Liverpool Royal Court: THE SAW DOCTORS Oswaldtwistle Civic
TICKETS are available for The Itch's gig at Rishton Cricket Club next Saturday. Drummer Dave Benmore says the Accrington mod rockers are waiting to see whether they will be involved in a new mod compilation album which is set to be released next year.
CARETAKER-boss Tony Parkes, surrounded by doom and gloom, managerial speculation and talk of makeshift teams and relegation, re-assured Blackburn Rovers fans today -- I'm not feeling sorry for myself. Parkes is pouring all his positive energy into making
HARD-HITTING rhythm and blues act The Machine Men are set to follow in the footsteps of George Michael when their debut album comes out next year. For the band have clinched a publishing deal with a company run by the man who backed the former Wham! singer
A COUNCIL is set to appoint a new rubbish-busting officer to clean up its filthy back streets. Hyndburn environmental chiefs are hoping to create the new post to sweep away the growing problem of refuse-clogged alleys. A report to councillors claims the
CRITICS of ambient and techno music often slam computer-enhanced music as being made by faceless people who hide behind banks of machinery. PAUL BARRY unmasks the East Lancashire sound wizard behind a new ambient album and discovers a family man who has
PEOPLE will have a far greater say in how Pendle Council's budget is drawn up next year. An experimental cabinet of senior councillors will decide the budget as part of a national move to shake up local government. But before any final decision is made
