SUNDAY Spirit of the Dance -- One World, Guild Hall, Lancaster Road, Preston, 7.30pm. "Forever in Blue Jeans, Civic Theatre, Oswaldtwistle, 7.30pm. Suzie Ungerleider, Worden Arts Centre, Leyland, 7.30pm. Blackburn Ramblers Association meet outside Blakey
MEMORY: It's a very early memory of being wheeled along Blackburn Road in Accrington in a pram and looking up and seeing my mum in a yellow and black spotted coat. HEROINE: Probably Doris Day. I loved her. I recently found an old poetry book and at the
GROWING up in Liverpool, it was quite likely that Phil Baker would have some involvement and interest in music. The Beatles were belting out massive hits such as She Loves You when three-year-old Phil was given his first drum kit, and had moved on to
THE dangers of heroin was highlighted at an inquest in to the death of an Atherton man. After hearing evidence at Leigh Town Hall coroner Mr Aidan Cotter said 40-year-old Stephen Nowell, who was found collapsed in his ground floor Devonshire Road flat
A BIRDWATCHER accused of a sex attack on a woman at a Wigan beauty spot three years ago has been acquitted by a jury. Andrew Makin said he had visited the woods where the attack happened but only to watch for rare birds and had denied indecently assaulting
CREDIT card and chequebook fraudsters have been given the thumbs down by a new scheme pioneered in East Lancashire. The new fingerprinting scheme, which is the first of its kind in the North West, aims to stamp out fraud by asking every customer to put
FORMER Ewood favourite Colin Hendry today insisted the battle for second place is far from over as Bolton faced a win or bust clash with Norwich at the Reebok. Wobbling Wanderers went into today's matches trailing second-placed Rovers by three points
REVITALISED winger Keith Gillespie today revealed his Rovers team-mates are desperate to exorcise the ghosts of last season by staging a promotion party of their own at Ewood next Sunday. Rovers fans and players alike were forced to suffer in silence
WHEN former Rovers full-back Mick "Basil" Rathbone is asked for his abiding memory of his Ewood career he instantly recalls a moment few fans will forget - and it was hardly his finest hour. It is the measure of the man that he is not shy about an incident
CERTIFICATES were presented to Burnley and Pendle Prince's Trust volunteers at Burnley Football Club. The 12-week programme took a group of working, New Deal and unemployed 16-25 year olds through a series of development opportunities to gain qualifications
TWO accident blackspots in Burnley have been targeted for £45,000 traffic calming schemes, following an official study of the area. Senior Lancashire county council engineers were called to investigate traffic conditions in the Lowerhouse Lane, Gannow
BARNOLDSWICK dog owners have been so serious about keeping their streets clean, the borough council has run out of poop scoops. Since the scheme to get people cleaning up behind their pets began in the late 1980s, it is estimated that more than a quarter
CREDIT card and chequebook fraudsters have been given the thumbs down by a new scheme pioneered in East Lancashire. The new fingerprinting scheme, which is the first of its kind in the North West, aims to stamp out fraud by asking every customer to put
Thursday, April 26 BLACKBURN: To 9pm: Lloyds Pharmacy, 4-6 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
Friday, April 27 BLACKBURN: To 9pm: Lloyds Pharmacy, 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: Moss Pharmacy, 314 Bolton Road; The Pharmacy, Oakenhurst
WORLD famous musicians will be coming to the Ribble Valley as part of its International Piano Week in June. The performers ranging from leading British violinist, Tasmin Little, to a 15-year-old Czech prodigy will play selections of their favourite music
POLICE are concerned for a missing woman from the Ribble Valley who has not been seen since April 12. Susan Ellen Johnson, 48, of Grindleton Road, West Bradford, was last seen leaving her brother's house in Southend, Essex, saying she was on the way home
WHAT have Blackburn started ? Having been likened to a certain family in ITV soap Emmerdale, the Clarets fans can't seem to shake off the tag. You'd think they'd be safe in Norwich, only to find that the associate match sponsor for Monday's game at Carrow
CLARETS skipper Steve Davis has broke with tradition and THANKED the media -- for not rating Burnley's chances of promotion! Footballers are famous for hating their pals in the press, but not Davis -- he loves the hacks. The Clarets' Geordie captain is
REVITALISED winger Keith Gillespie today revealed his Rovers team-mates are desperate to exorcise the ghosts of last season by staging a promotion party of their own at Ewood next Sunday. Rovers fans and players alike were forced to suffer in silence
CLARETS skipper Steve Davis has broke with tradition and THANKED the media -- for not rating Burnley's chances of promotion! Footballers are famous for hating their pals in the press, but not Davis -- he loves the hacks. The Clarets' Geordie captain is
BURNLEY indie band Depon Eye played a staggering six gigs up and down the motorway in four days over the Easter Weekend. Supported by other unsigned acts like Necessary Elvis and Immaculate, they have been playing across the region as part of their whistle
PAUL Leaver sat for two hours in a Lower Darwen pub after being refused another drink and being asked to leave. Blackburn magistrates heard that when he was again asked to leave he threw a fire extinguisher over the bar, smashed a window with a chair
THOMAS Lamont was carrying a two-foot machete in a carrier bag as he walked along a Blackburn street in the middle of the afternoon. And Blackburn magistrates accepted his claim that he was going to use it to cut down nettles at the home of his former
A STATE-of-the-art theatre venue in Blackburn is nearing completion after a mammoth fundraising effort. Now the success of the Red Brick Theatre appeal -- which raised £365,000 in just over two years -- is being celebrated with a special evening of entertainment
POLICE divers painstakingly searched the Leeds-Liverpool canal yesterday in a bid to find the weapon used by armed raiders who robbed Blackburn's B & Q superstore. Lancashire police's underwater search team were called in after a member of the public
AN INDIAN diplomat cancelled a visit to Blackburn at the last minute last night after more than 200 Kashmiri people demonstrated against him coming. Shri H S Purri, India's deputy high commissioner was scheduled to join a seminar on human rights at the
TERRIFIED neighbours on a Blackburn estate are appealing for a footpath to be closed to get rid of vandals, drug dealers -- and petrol bombers. People in Lytham Road and Fairhaven Road sent a petition to Blackburn with Darwen Council's planning and highways
SUPERBIKES: Neil Hodgson today continued the up-and-down start to his weekend Down Under to park his bike on the front row of tomorrow's race grid, writes NEIL BRAMWELL. The Burnley rider mastered the predicted foul conditions for the third round of the
DRUG dealers and burglars have been warned "You could be next" by detectives after the latest police raids in the Pennine area. Yesterday officers seized heroin and crack cocaine and six people arrested in as the second phase of Operation Reassure swung
EVER fancied following in the footsteps of rising Rovers stars like David Dunn and Matt Jansen? Then there's still a chance for fans to take part in an unforgettable charity match on Ewood at the end of the season. Football Aid -- a charity set-up to
A COMMUNITY allotments scheme has been launched in the Harold Street area of Burnley. Fourteen local people including youngsters turned out for the launch at Chicken Hill allotments to help plant rose trees, bulbs and potatoes. The scheme is run by Sustainability
DRUG dealers and burglars have been warned "You could be next" by detectives after the latest police raids in the Pennine area. Yesterday officers seized heroin and crack cocaine and six people arrested in as the second phase of Operation Reassure swung
TWO accident blackspots in Burnley have been targeted for £45,000 traffic calming schemes, following an official study of the area. Senior Lancashire county council engineers were called to investigate traffic conditions in the Lowerhouse Lane, Gannow
A DRUNKEN motorist crashed his car, pushed a rescuer to one side and then went back on the motorway leaving a trail of smoke behind him. Burnley Crown Court heard how Neil Shepherd, 28, lost control after hitting the barrier when he went round the roundabout
A FAMILY night out ended in bloodshed after a pub landlord, his wife and her mother were attacked in a takeaway melee. Burnley Crown Court heard how Nicholas Kelly, licensee of the Brickmakers pub, was left unconscious on the floor covered in blood, Kerry
LICENSEE Ken Barlow reckons the road outside his pub really is the weakest link in Pendle. For the landlord of the Harpers Inn, Fence, says hardly a couple of months go by before workmen dig up his lane -- and cut him off from his customers. Ken reckons
SNOWBLIND: Cut (Heavenly) -- This debut is a mixture of New Order and the Beautiful South, with distinctive Yorkshire vocals. A respectable, quirky pop tune from a band who shortly embark on a less-respectable support tour with Deacon Blue. But there
Privilege Nightclub, Darwen: COMMERCIAL AND CLASSIC DANCE ANTHEMS, 10.30pm to 3am, £4. Oxygen, Blackburn: '70s DISCO SOUNDS, 9pm to 1am, free. Cubes, Blackburn: DJ ROBIN WOLFENDEN, house and garage, 9pm to 2am, free. Utopia Discotheque, Blackburn: SEDUCTION
Sunday, April 22 BLACKBURN: 10.30am-4.30pm: Superdrugs Pharmacy, 3-7 Stonybutts; 11am-2pm: Aston Pharmacy, 95 Accrington Road; 12noon-1pm: Boots Chemists, 2 Cobden Court. DARWEN: 12noon-1pm: Geloo Bros Ltd, 14 Union Street. ACCRINGTON: 11am-1pm: Lloyds
Wednesday, April 25 BLACKBURN: To 9pm: Lloyds Pharmacy, 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: The
Monday, April 23 BLACKBURN: To 9pm: Lloyds Pharmacy, 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: Moss Pharmacy, 314 Bolton Road; The Pharmacy, Oakenhurst
Tuesday, April 24 BLACKBURN: To 9pm: Lloyds Pharmacy, 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
A CHURCH organ is about to take pride of place in one of Australia's finest stately homes -- after completing a 12,000 journey all the way from East Lancashire. Parishioners at All Hallows Church, Mitton, were amazed when a buyer from Down Under came
AN angry villager has threatened legal action over plans to build a pet crematorium on greenbelt land. Charles Birch, of Crowthorn Road, Edgworth, plans to appeal against the council's decision after councillors gave the go-ahead to build the proposed
PADIHAM caretaker Carl Patrick Bleasdale was driving with less than total care when police pulled him over in Heywood, magistrates heard. Bleasdale, 54, of Garden Street, Padiham, had been weaving from side-to-side and travelling at an unusually slow
THE chairman of Blackburn-based Nightingale Signs, which went into receivership in 1995 with the loss of 20 jobs, has been declared bankrupt. Raschid Gibrail, a former chairman of Blackpool FC, was the subject of a bankruptcy order made in Blackpool Crown
DAVE Ashby, of Blackburn will be shedding his long locks in a cut-athon in memory of Carole Cassidy who died last year. Carole was cared for in the East Lancashire hospice where she died from a brain tumour at the aged just 39. All the money raised will
BLACKBURN with Darwen Primary Care Trust's health development team and action factor community arts have arranged a weekend of fun for young adults in the Shadsworth and Whitebirk areas of Blackburn. Various activities for 14 to 24-year-olds will include
10 ways to help you get paid on time EAST Lancashire company bosses have been offered a 10-point checklist to help ensure they are paid on time. Recent research carried out among small and medium-sized companies, showed that protecting against late payment
IAN Austin comes 'home' tomorrow when he turns out for Haslingden, the side he began his cricket career with as a teenager. 'Oscar', now 34, made his debut for the senior side as a fresh-faced 16-year-old against Colne and scored his first half-century
