Thursday, August 13, 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
FAMILIES are being invited to become waste recycling champions as a council bids to reduce the amount of rubbish thrown away. Rossendale Council and Groundwork are bidding for cash to launch an ambitious recycling project involving every home in the borough
LANCASHIRE police have recovered more than 60 antiques and collectables believed to be stolen and need the owners to come forward. They hope the owners of the porcelain, silver, furniture, paintings, barometers and other items will be able to help them
A MAN and his son, whose car broke down on a busy dual carriageway, suffered serious leg injuries when a van collided with the breakdown vehicle which had been called to help them. The accident happened when a white Mercedes van driven by Ronald Jones
Friday, August 14, 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
TWO young soldiers love life in the Army so much that they have come back home to find more new recruits. Lee Calvy, of Darwen, and Darren Chamley, of Clitheroe, both joined up at Blackburn Army Careers Office earlier this year. Now they have both passed
AN ATTACKER who turned up at a man's home in the early hours and smashed a bottle in his face, has been sent to prison for five years. Ciaren Moran, 24, was told by Judge Raymond Bennett the maximum penalty for what he did was life in jail. Moran's victim
THE sell-off of more than 30 Lancashire pubs has been slammed by a drinkers' pressure group. Whitbread Pub Partnerships has sold 253 pubs to Buckinghamshire-based Avebury Taverns in a £42.5 million deal. Whitbread and Avebury have not revealed exactly
A DRUG addict who supplied heroin to feed his £40-a-day habit has started a three-and-a-half year jail term. Police officers found heroin with a street value of over £2,000 after Jonathan Eatough was stopped while driving a car. He later admitted he had
AN East Lancashire man today told of the horror in Nairobi when a bomb tore apart a busy street outside the US Embassy. Gavin Aiken, a former computer expert on the Lancashire Evening Telegraph, was working half a mile away in the office of a Kenyan newspaper
A GRANDMOTHER who waited more than a year for major heart surgery was recovering at home today after the operation. Mary Duxbury, of Arthur Way, Blackburn, underwent the eight-hour triple heart bypass surgery at Blackpool Victoria Hospital. And doctors
GOALKEEPER Paul Crichton received a dramatic late call-up for Burnley's season opener today after Clarets boss Stan Ternent pulled off a beat-the-deadline swoop. Ternent perfectly exploited a change in Football League rules which allows players to be
Utopia Discotheque, Blackburn: KAREN RAMIREZ, KULAY Club Savanna, Darwen: RHYTHMLAND, garage and house tunes till 4am, £3.50/£4 Rhythm Station, Rawtenstall: KICK START, pop rock Mighty Muldoons, Accrington: SHADY, rock Jazzy Kex, Blackburn: jazz/funk
Andy Neild meets Lancashire's Second XI captain and coach, PETER SLEEP A NEW broom sweeps clean - or so the saying goes. Now 41, and starting to thin on top, South Australian Peter Sleep no longer fits the description 'new'. But the man with the Midas
A WALL at the former Simpson Bros factory at Hapton where the first electric street light in England was created is to be decorated with a mural. Hapton Parish Council have chosen the derelict wall in Simpson Street for the latest environmental improvement
A CHRONIC heroin addict who helped a dealer in a bid to supply an undercover police officer has been jailed for two years. Deborah Tomlin, 32, arrested after the police operation codenamed Canberra, was enlisted for the "princely sum of about £20" and
TOWN HALL bosses in Burnley have dropped plans to set up a standards committee to act as judge and jury over the conduct of councillors. Their move follows the experiences of the special standards panel which investigated the activities of three Labour
ROY Hodgson admitted last night that the wheels were in motion towards strengthening the one area of Blackburn Rovers' squad which is causing concern - the centre of defence. The Ewood boss was delighted with the performance of Darren Peacock and Stephane
THE most famous little football club in the world is to start managing its own merchandise in a bid to stop others cashing in on its name. Bosses at Accrington Stanley Football Club have taken the unusual step of distributing merchandise for the new season
A TAXI driver jailed after a road smash which led to the death of a pensioner, has had his sentence cut by half. Falak Sher, 41, of Burnley Road, Accrington, had been sentenced to four months by Hyndburn magistrates, who slammed Sher's actions after the
NEIGHBOURS....everybody needs good neighbours! Ten years ago it was a catchy theme tune and universally popular. Now it sounds dated and has lost some of its appeal. Some have been saying the same thing about that basic bastion of crime prevention - Neighbourhood
TIGER: Friends (Trade 2/Island) - Whatever zoo Tiger have been stuck in for the past 18 months, it hasn't been much fun. The tracks on this new single are darker and weirder than their earlier stuff. Gone are the annoyingly perky, perverse and gawky traits
A HEARTBROKEN mother who cradled her two-year-old daughter as she died wept today as she remembered the tragic tot's fight for life. Deborah Walton, 30, has been devastated by the death of her youngest child Bethany Lauren, who had a rare combination
TWO drivers were injured after an ambulance on an emergency call was involved in a three-vehicle smash on Bocholt Way, Rawtenstall. The ambulance collided with a Vauxhall Carlton driven by Paul Lumb, 32, of New Line, Bacup. Police said the Vauxhall then
Wednesday, August 12, 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
A WOMAN who is battling cancer has been left "broken hearted" after vandals poured paint stripper over her car. Shirley Park was horrified when she discovered that her green R-registered Peugeot 106 had been damaged. The 52-year-old is having treatment
Monday, August 10, 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
Tuesday, August 11, 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
A TEENAGER who is due to fly to the bomb-ravaged Kenyan capital of Nairobi today vowed to go ahead with her trip. Georgina Pickering, 19, of Leamington Road, Blackburn, will leave for the month-long visit in two weeks. Today she said she was worried by
ROY Hodgson admitted last night that the wheels were in motion towards strengthening the one area of Blackburn Rovers' squad which is causing concern - the centre of defence. The Ewood boss was delighted with the performance of Darren Peacock and Stephane
A HEARTBROKEN mother who cradled her two-year-old daughter as she died wept today as she remembered the tragic tot's fight for life. Deborah Walton, 30, has been devastated by the death of her youngest child Bethany Lauren, who had a rare combination
Blackburn Rovers 1 PSV Eindhoven 0 - Peter White's big match verdict WHEN Roy Hodgson handed Darren Peacock the number five shirt before last night's final pre-season friendly against PSV Eindhoven, the Blackburn Rovers boss would have been well aware
IT'S top versus bottom when Lancashire Lynx visit strugglers Doncaster Dragons tomorrow. Lynx currently stand top of the league with a three point cushion and games in hand on their promotion rivals. Last weekend's opponents Barrow proved to be a physical
LANCASHIRE stormed back into contention for the championship title and Dav Whatmore insisted: "We can handle the pressure." Chris Schofield and Gary Yates spun the Red Rose county to a superb innings and 35-run victory over rivals Gloucestershire at Old
EAST Lancs skipper Mark Lomas is hoping stand-in professional Robbie Baker can sign-off in style with a matchwinning performance in the Jennings Worsley Cup final against Colne tomorrow. The Alexandra Meadows side, currently second in the Lancashire league
A MOTORCYCLIST was injured when her bike collided with a parked car on a damp road. Catherine Gasse, 17, of Clock House Grove, Burnley, was driving her Yamaha 125cc motorbike on Robin House Lane, Burnley, towards Nelson when the accident happened at 2.50pm
BURNLEY fans breathed a sigh of relief today as the the new replica kit arrived in the shops just hours before the big kick off. But the club was still angry that only half the shirts and shorts ordered had been delivered leaving many fans still disappointed
A BURGLAR who raided 19 homes and stole property worth more than £30,000, has begun a three-and-a-half year jail term. Drug addict Mark Devlin, 23, sold his hauls to undercover police during the operation codenamed Canberra. Only about a third of the
A DRUG addicted burglar who sold stolen goods to undercover police officers, has paid the price with 18 months in jail. Mark Jackson, 29, also responsible for a "dreadful attack" upon his pregnant girlfriend, sneaked into one home in the evening while
TWO East Lancashire lads who play guitar for a promising pop rock band will go up in the world this weekend as they bid to play two festivals in different counties in just two hours. Pablo guitarists Matt Bolton and Lee Turner, from the Blackburn area
FORMER school head Elizabeth Stew is used to taking charge after seeing generations of youngsters pass through her classrooms. So being asked to preside over one of the biggest annual events in East Lancashire has not daunted her after getting over some
SUPER-FIT Peter O'Callaghan is lacing up his running shoes to tackle the Big Apple. Peter, 32, has never run a full 26 miles in his life but is ready and waiting to take on the world-famous New York Marathon - all in the name of charity. He said: "I've
AN elderly couple who live next to a recently vandalised bench have made a heartfelt plea for it be moved out of the area. Maurice and Jean Hebson claim they are plagued by a group of juveniles who regularly congregate on the bench next to Mayfield Flats
AN East Lancashire man today told of the horror in Nairobi when a bomb tore apart a busy street outside the US Embassy. Gavin Aiken, a former computer expert on the Lancashire Evening Telegraph, was working half a mile away in the office of a Kenyan newspaper
Sunday, August 9, 1998 Blackburn: E Collins, 53 Fishmoor Drive; 10am-4pm: Superdrugs Pharmacy, 3-7 Stonybutts; 11am-2pm: Aston Dispensing Chemists, 95 Accrington Road; 11am-1pm: Johnston Pharmacy, 50-52 Johnston Street. Darwen: 12noon-1pm: Hills Pharmacy
