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  • Chemists on duty

    Thursday, January 21, 1999 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

  • Chemists on duty

    Wednesday, January 20, 1999 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

  • Chemists on duty

    Friday, January 22, 1999 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

  • Chemists on duty

    Tuesday, January 19, 1999 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

  • Suicide threat dad saved by mobile phone

    A DISTRESSED dad who threatened to hang himself from a 40ft high bridge in Haslingden was led to safety after a policeman spent more than an hour talking to him by telephone. David Guest, 32, was found perched on a narrow girder above the River Irwell

  • Kilby plans for Premier Two

    CLARETS' supremo Barry Kilby is anticipating the creation of Premiership Two - and he wants Burnley to be in it. The Turf Moor chairman believes a second tier to the existing top-flight isn't too far away with the leading Nationwide League clubs joining

  • Ewood Park Notebook

    ASHLEY Ward's debut against Leeds United last Saturday meant that a staggering total of 32 players had been involved in first-team games already at Ewood this season. True, some of them have not managed to get further than the substitutes' bench but it

  • Ashley reaps the rewards for dogged determination

    The Saturday Interview - Andy Neild meets Rovers' new signing Ashley Ward PURE adrenaline coaxed me out of my car before I finally plucked up the courage to knock at the door. The barking noise of which I had been living in fear piped up from within.

  • Events in East Lancashire tomorrow (Sunday, January 17th)

    "Forgotten Forest" - a look at Rossendale's forest heritage. Meet Groundwork Countryside Centre, New Hall Hey, Rawtenstall, 1pm-4.30pm. Folk Music with Roy Bailey, Accrington Town Hall, 7.30pm. Blackburn Rambling Association meet outside Blakey Moor Baths

  • Who's playing where in the North West

    TONIGHT Jazzy Kex, Blackburn: TAXI, eight-piece band, plus DJs till 3am Mighty Muldoon's, Accrington: RUBIAN, classic rock, 9pm Alexandra Hotel, Duke's Brow, Blackburn: THE CHEATING HEARTS, rhythm and blues, 9pm Utopia Discotheque, Blackburn: PASSION,

  • SOCCER: Bacup star to train with Wigan

    BACUP Borough's exciting teenage star Nicky Taylor is set to start training with Wigan Athletic. Borough boss Brent Peters is close to granting the Nationwide League outfit permission to take a look at the talented 17-year-old, although he will continue

  • CRICKET: Bruyns pulls out of Barnoldswick deal

    NATAL batsman Mark Bruyns, 25, has had to pull out of a deal to sign as Barnoldswick professional for this summer. The South Africa A team star has been offered a new job for the off-season in South Africa and been forced to give backword to the Ribblesdale

  • ICE HOCKEY: I want to win title for our fans, says Polet

    CANADIAN ice hockey hot shot Lamonte Polet today vowed: "We still want the title - for our fans." Blackburn Hawks' top goalscorer sounded a defiant battle cry for the Lancashire outfit in the aftermath of a troubled week. Despite the shock release of

  • Clarets supremo plans for Premier Two

    CLARETS' supremo Barry Kilby is anticipating the creation of Premiership Two - and he wants Burnley to be in it. The Turf Moor chairman believes a second tier to the existing top-flight isn't too far away with the leading Nationwide League clubs joining

  • Hottest act

    CLASSIC rockers Rubian have notched up several hundred gigs since they started five years ago. But the band, based around the Ribble Valley and Preston, have never played in Accrington and are making their first appearance in the town tonight when they

  • Drink drive blitz gets full support

    LANCASHIRE Police's crackdown on drink-drivers during the festive period was praised at a public meeting to discuss crime in Hyndburn. The force came under fire from drink-driving campaigners after they initially failed to release full figures of motorists

  • Killer jailed for five years

    THE family of a father-of-seven who was kicked to death outside a pub in Accrington today blasted the sentence handed down to his killer as "pathetic". And the detective who led the investigation into the death of Ray Hampson hit out at people who witnessed

  • When school's out, they're learning how to rock!

    BRIGHT young popsters Whatever are at pains to make it crystal clear they are not a cover band. Though the Burnley group have a name plucked straight from the Oasis back catalogue, vocalist Jonny Buck says the name owes more to chance than to the Gallagher

  • Sea stories realise dream of lifetime

    A COLLECTION of seafaring stories which date back more than 100 years have helped retired technical teacher Graham Hindle realise a long-standing dream. A former nurse tutor at Calderstones Hospital, Graham has published a book of eight-years' of letters

  • Chemists on duty

    Monday, January 18, 1999 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

  • Blueprint for health

    A MAJOR blueprint setting out how the health of East Lancashire people could improve in the new millennium has been published. A draft version of East Lancashire's Health Improvement programme has been produced for 1999/2000. The document highlights the

  • Sherwood attacks Hodgson methods

    TIM Sherwood today revealed that Roy Hodgson's methods were one of the main reasons for the rift between the two men, not a desire to quit Blackburn Rovers for Tottenham, as the the ex-Ewood boss has claimed. The Rovers skipper, breaking his silence following

  • Boot camp stay was a 'living hell'

    A TEENAGER has slammed the rosy picture painted of Britain's first "boot camp" claiming it is rife with drugs, black market dealing and bullying. Andrew Blackwell, 19, was an inmate at the Thorn Cross young offenders institution in Cheshire for seven

  • Turf Moor Notebook

    BRISTOL Rovers' player-manager Ian Holloway claimed after his side had lost to Burnley that he didn't envy Stan Ternent's recent splash into the transfer market. Record £750,000 buy Steve Davis scored one of the Clarets' goals and £350,000 signing Micky

  • Pupils reckon Mr Blair is top class

    IT was the first time a British Prime Minister had visited Blackburn since Harold Wilson travelled to the town in 1975. The foyer of Our Lady and St John's RC High School was buzzing with the news that Tony Blair was a mere five minutes away on the M65

  • Classic sounds

    NORTHERN Soul fans should get themselves down to "The Ooze" in Barnoldswick on Friday when DJ Dave Fennell is set to give his classic record collection a spin. Dave, who runs a bar in Greece for much of the year, is joined by Johnny Pearson from Preston

  • Councillor in no-way row with neighbour

    POLICE were called to a dispute between a councillor and her next door neighbour over access to a ginnel between their houses. Coun Mrs Maralyn Parkins and Ray Parker, of Bolton Avenue, Huncoat, began arguing when workmen from Halifax-based company Dyson

  • Rovers skipper attacks Hodgson methods

    TIM Sherwood today revealed that Roy Hodgson's methods were one of the main reasons for the rift between the two men, not a desire to quit Blackburn Rovers for Tottenham, as the the ex-Ewood boss has claimed. The Rovers skipper, breaking his silence following

  • Fewer Nightmares

    HEAVY metallers Nightmare Visions are battling on without a keyboard player - and heading into 1999 with a new, harder sound. The Darwen-based band had a crisis last summer when Greek-born keyboard player George Kiosses had to return to his home country

  • Clouds gather over Olive's animal haven

    A REFUGE which has provided a safe haven for hundreds of ill-treated and unwanted animals over the past five years will close its doors next month if £90,000 cannot be found. Every animal which has been helped by the Only Foals and Horses Sanctuary in

  • SINGLES

    JULIET ROBERTS: Bad Girls/I Like (Delirious) - Despite having recently acquired a marriage certificate, there's little sign of Juliet Roberts relinquishing her disco diva crown. Here she launches a two-pronged attack by turning up the tempo on the old

  • School's lessons for life

    LESSONS have gone green at Witton Park High School, Blackburn. Since September, year seven students have been developing environmental awareness through a number of green initiatives. All pupils were asked to complete a "green home" questionnaire to identify

  • Green and bright look for year 2000

    A SCHOOL in Clitheroe is looking towards the new millennium with a project to brighten up its grounds. St James' CE Primary in Greenacre Street started work on the improvement project in 1994. The first phase of the scheme - The Greening of Greenacre

  • Chemists on duty

    Sunday, January 17, 1999 Blackburn: 12noon-1pm: HN Espley Ltd, 148 Whalley Old Road, Little Harwood; 12noon-1pm: Superdrugs Pharmacy, 3-7 Stonybutts; 11am-2pm: Aston Dispensing Chemists, 95 Accrington Road; 11am-1pm: Johnston Pharmacy, 50-52 Johnston

  • Killer jailed for five years

    THE family of a father-of-seven who was kicked to death outside a pub in Accrington today blasted the sentence handed down to his killer as "pathetic". And the detective who led the investigation into the death of Ray Hampson hit out at people who witnessed