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  • Chemists on Duty

    Thursday, April 13 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: Donald Wood Ltd, 53 Fishmoor Drive; Healthbook Ltd, Audley Shopping Centre, Audley

  • Chemists on Duty

    Friday, April 14 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. To 7pm: Arthur Haworth, 314 Bolton Road; The Pharmacy, Oakenhurst

  • Jobless man had cannabis plant at his home

    A 31-YEAR-OLD man whose home was searched made no secret of the fact he had cannabis, Burnley magistrates heard. Jobless Stanley Stewart admitted precisely what the substance was and that it was for his own use. He had no previous convictions for drugs

  • Foggy's prize bike stolen

    A PRIZE motorbike which was to be used in an advert featuring Superbike champ Carl Fogarty was stolen the night before filming was due to start. The Ducati machine and valuable racing gear was stolen from a van parked outside the County Hotel in Blackburn

  • Turf Moor Notebook

    CLARETS fans are the most fashionable fans in the region -- and that's official. The Burton Menswear League of Football Style placed Burnley 29th in the table of 102 clubs from the Premiership, Nationwide League and Scottish Premiership. In a nationwide

  • More reasons to work for Morrisons!

    HUNDREDS of supermarket staff are celebrating a bumper pay packet. Employees at Morrisons in Blackburn will receive the equivalent of two extra weeks pay thanks to the chain's record-breaking sales and profits. In total 22,000 employees will share a £9.9million

  • Who's playing where in the North West

    TONIGHT (Saturday, April 8th) CentreSpot, Burnley FC: NORTHERN SOUL NIGHT, DJs Ginger Taylor, Roman and Andre, £2.50, 8pm to 1am Town Mouse, Burnley: VINCENT, rock'n'roll Cellar Bar, Blackburn: ISLAND EARTH, free, 9pm Utopia Discotheque, Blackburn: SEDUCTION

  • A 'polite' suggestion

    THE original reason for setting up local committees was so they could arrange what the Victorians politely referred to as 'scavenging,' which we have a less polite term for. I suggest the proposed private cabinet for Blackburn with Darwen be fully supported

  • Don't miss the post

    READERS who oppose the Government's proposals likely to close about 8,000 sub-post offices from the end of next year should write a brief note stating their objections to: The Prime Minister, 10 Downing Street, London SW1A 1AA -- to arrive by Red Letter

  • Marching for charity

    ONCE again, the Sports and Hygiene UK Combat Fitness Team are going one of the Special Force's training and selection marches in the Black Mountains and Brecon Beacons, in Wales. This time, we are doing a 64-kilometre forced march which includes the climbing

  • RUGBY LEAGUE: Meade's KO for Hull KR visit

    LANCASHIRE Lynx coach Steve Hampson has lost the services of Adrian Meade for the testing visit of form side Hull Kingston Rovers. Meade has been recalled to Oldham because of their injury crisis, but Paul Roberts and Damian Potter could be fit to return

  • COUNTY CRICKET: Crawley shows early season form

    JOHN Crawley backed up new Lancashire coach Bob Simpson's prediction that he is heading for an England recall, on the first day of the new cricket season. The Red Rose skippper, who struggled for most of last summer after his golden 1998, stroked a typically

  • SOCCER: Moyes sounds promotion run-in warning

    THE end may be in sight for Preston North End -- but they are not taking their foot off the pedal. The Division Two leaders have opened up a seven point gap from second club Wigan, and, although it has been a long, hard season, manager David Moyes says

  • Student quiz adds up to healthy sum

    HEALTH studies students at Burnley College are busy raising money for two charities. They have held a car wash at the college and a quiz night at the Manor Barn pub, Burnley. Now they are planning a raffle to boost the funds already collected for the

  • Homes blaze

    FIREFIGHTERS arrived at a house fire in Whalley Street, Burnley, to find another house also alight. As they started to fight the first blaze a neighbour told them that the kitchen of a house on the other side of the street was also in flames. Sub Officer

  • It's so far Sou good

    BLACKBURN Rovers boss Graeme Souness today revealed there will not be a major clear out in the summer -- whether or not Rovers go up. After a season of underachievement so far, Souness was expected to wield the axe in the summer with some big-money signings

  • Straw goes shopping for Saturday voters

    Telegraph reader Arthur Holmes,of Langho, today uses our Soapbox feature to express concern about a new scheme aimed at encouraging more people to vote. THE most disastrous Home Secretary in living memory is now tinkering with our democracy to the disadvantage

  • Wind put back in catamaran team's sails

    ACCRINGTON-born yachtsman Andy Hindley could soon be back "sailing" the troubled catamaran Team Philips -- while it is out of the water. Preparations are under way to enable Andy and his fellow crew members to continue their sail development programme

  • Shop girl's knife terror

    A YOUNG mum has told of the terrifying moment she came face to face with two knife-wielding robbers. Louise Arnfield was working at a Blackburn off-licence when she was attacked by the two men armed with kitchen knives. The 21-year-old mother-of-one said

  • Stay calm plea over petrol bomb attack

    A SENIOR police officer is meeting with community leaders and councillors in Brierfield this weekend in a bid to calm tensions in the town following petrol bomb attacks on a church. Inspector Stuart Harman, who is in charge of policing in the town, is

  • Community asked for views on new project

    RESIDENTS in the Stacksteads area will have the chance to learn more about a new wood being created at a public meeting next week. A one hectare (three acre) site near Stacksteads has just been given to woodland conservation charity the Woodland Trust

  • Take the plunge in charity swim

    SWIMMING enthusiasts are being encouraged to take the plunge for charity. Darwen Lions and Darwen Masters Swimming Club are staging a sponsored swimathon at Darwen Leisure Centre on Monday, May 1. It is being supported by the Lancashire Evening Telegraph

  • Fire officer denies he was ginger-haired 'reservoir flasher'

    FIRE chief George David Heyes claimed he had been running in his wellingtons after police arrested him for indecently exposing himself. Blackburn magistrates heard that a woman was walking her dog round remote Entwistle reservoir when a man emerged from

  • Chemists on Duty

    Sunday, April 9 Blackburn: 12noon-1pm: Livesey Pharmacy, 238 Livesey Branch Road; 11am-2pm: Aston Pharmacy, 95 Accrington Road; 11am-1pm: Johnston Pharmacy, 50-52 Johnston Street. Darwen: 12noon-1pm: Boots Chemists, 8 Market Street. Accrington: 11am-1pm

  • Chemists on Duty

    Wednesday, April 12 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. To 7pm: Arthur Haworth

  • Chemists on Duty

    Monday, April 10 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. To 7pm: Arthur Haworth, 314 Bolton Road; The Pharmacy,

  • Chemists on Duty

    Tuesday, April 11 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. To 7pm: The Pharmacy, Oakenhurst Road; Geloo Bros, Cleaver Street

  • Asda's hospice tonic

    STAFF and customers at Asda, Rawtenstall, have raised £7,122 for their adopted charity, Rossendale Hospice. Over the year, quiz nights, selling food at Rossendale Valley Motorbike Show and in-store raffles have boosted funds. £2,600 being used to buy

  • Town counts cost of 'big' bank closure

    A CREDIT union could set up offices in a former Pendle bank branch to offer local people a financial lifeline. The move was revealed as campaigners won a last-minute assurance from bank bosses that Barclays will not put any restrictions on who buys or

  • Ewood Park Notebook

    IN a shock move, Blackburn Rovers' star player Damien Duff has been transfered to the Premiership this week. But Rovers fans can relax -- Duff has 'signed' for ZOOFootball FC, a new internet team comprising the best players in the Nationwide League. Managed

  • Robbo hungry for Wolves win

    MARK ROBERTSON is hoping to end a "horrible year" on a bright note by helping his temporary club to the Australian Championship. Robertson didn't start a league game for Burnley before joining Wollongong Wolves on loan last month. And even back Down Under

  • SOCCER: To Hell and back. . .

    The Saturday Interview - Blackburn Rovers coach Phil Boersma on the murder of two English fans in Turkey PHIL Boersma has seen the bloodletting first hand in the city they call Hell. When Blackburn Rovers new coach went to work in Istanbul as right hand

  • Events in East/Central Lancashire on Sunday, April 9th

    Introduction to Complementary therapies, The Women's Centre, 25 Wellington Street (St Johns), Blackburn, 10am-4pm. The Syd Lawrence Orchestra, Charter Theatre, Preston, 7.30pm. Blackburn Ramblers. Meet Blakey Moor baths, 9am. Grades A and B walks. Sunday

  • Lunacy on the buses

    A LUNATIC has taken over the Shadsworth, Blackburn, bus service's timing and numbers. The buses go down Carluke Street. If they can't stop just before the Community Centre, in Accrington Road, will one have to get off the bus at St Jude's Church or walk

  • The brush-off

    I MUST congratulate Blackburn with Darwen's environmental services chairman Councillor Tony Humphrys (Letters, March 31), for at least finding out that, in my previous remarks it was the Environmental Protection Act I was referring to. I am a little bit

  • Refuse worker dies at wheel

    REFUSE worker Brian Napier collapsed at the wheel of his van and died. Mr Napier, 60, of Chiltern Avenue, Burnley, was driving his firm's Citroen van in the loading area of Biffa Holdings, Balderstone Lane, Burnley, at 11.55am yesterday when police say

  • Concert helps make dreams come true

    PADIHAM marathon man Chris O'Brien is just £100 away from his target of £1,500, which he hopes to raise for charity. Chris, 32, of Church Street, will run his fourth London Marathon on Sunday, April 16. He will hand over all his sponsorship to Dreams

  • Town market traders potty at Potter's jibes

    TRADERS on Burnley Market are outraged at the comments by Daily Mail columnist Lynda Lee-Potter that their goods are frumpy and old fashioned. The 'insults' began when Ms Lee-Potter said that the Queen had been told to "get rid of those granny prints"

  • Just do it, says Brassy's girl who couldn't play

    KAREN Frost got more than she bargained for when she went to watch alternative rock heroine Courtney Love -- she ended up joining a top band without ever having played a note. The former Blackburn College student was picked from the crowd at a Hole gig

  • Paul Barry and Clive Lawrence review the new releases

    SINGLES CLINIC: The Return Of Evil Bill (Domino Recording Co) -- Whoever Evil Bill might be, he's inspired a gritty bit of lo-fi alternative rock which falls somewhere between the twisted angst of The Violent Femmes and the country-tinged alternative

  • Jobs hit by Rover crisis

    MORE than 150 job losses at East Lancashire factories were today blamed on the fallout from the Rover crisis. And there are fears more could be on the way with hundreds of local employees dependent on the struggling car component industry. Around 100