Sunday, August 30, 1998 Blackburn: Geloo Bros Ltd, 785 Whalley New Road, Wilpshire; 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
Wednesday, September 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
Tuesday, September 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.
TRADING standards officers are trying to trace the boss of a holiday company that operated through addresses in Pendle. Holiday Barn Activity Program Ltd has stopped taking bookings for holiday homes in the Yorkshire Dales after a string of complaints
POLICE have helped stage a reconstruction of a £50,000 robbery on a jewellery store as they step up their hunt for the masked raiders who escaped with a haul of diamond rings. Detectives have also released photographs which could help trace the crooks
Angels, Burnley: RETRO, foam party special with classic club sounds, £8/£10, 10pm to 4am Tony's Empress Ballroom, Blackburn: SASQUASH, OPERATION SOUND SYSTEM, THE ROOTSMAN, dub and roots reggae vibes, £4/£5, 9pm to 2am Jazzy Kex, Blackburn: BATSOCATS,
The Saturday Interview - Andy Neild talks to six-times World Stock Car Champion John Lund WACKY RACERS get your motors running and take your place on the starting grid.... ....The Gruesome Twosome in the Creepy Coupe are off to a flyer ahead of Dastardly
CRITICISM of the amount of regeneration cash flowing into the Daneshouse district of Burnley stemmed from racism, a community leader has claimed. Mozaquir Ali, speaking after the launch of a new community partnership for the Daneshouse and Calder area
THREE men who raided and ransacked a country farmhouse have been jailed. John Austin, 42, who also burgled a bank and took £25, was given two years. Drug addict Shaun Hennessey, 44, got18 months while Daniel Johnson, 21, received nine months. Sentencing
R'N'B favourites The Machine Men head for Colne's Great British Rhythm and Blues Festival with a new man at the mic. Former Commitments actor Dave Finnegan has been replaced by local lad Steve Unsworth, who led the band at Burnley's Live Music Festival
EAST Lancashire indie popsters Kain aim to show they are more than able to please a festival crowd tonight. The group, fresh from the Burnley Live Music Festival, are hoping to be a big hit at the Free Stage '98 event in Morecambe tonight, which is a
CLUBBERS hoping to celebrate the Bank Holiday with classic sounds including hip-hop, drum and bass and breakbeat will be able to get down at the area's newest dance event tomorrow. Promoter Stephen Carney says the Out On Your Ear event, at Tony's Empress
DETAILS of a major environmental scheme to cut the risk of flooding along a river in Pendle will go before councillors next week. The Environment Agency has applied for planning permission for a number of projects along Pendle Water in Barrowford, Nelson
CORONATION Street star Julie Hesmondhalgh will draw the raffle at a celebrity auction and disco in aid of a brain injured little girl. Gran Lois Thornber, 54, has been busy raising cash for 17-month-old Lauren's treatment with the help of family and friends
Monday, August 31, 1998 Blackburn: 11am-2pm: Astons Pharmacy, 95 Accrington Road. Accrington: 10am-12noon: Aston Pharmacy, 351 Blackburn Road; 12noon-1pm: E B Haworth, 50 Queen Street, Great Harwood. Darwen: 12noon-1pm: Hills Pharmacy, 11 Church Street
Thursday, September 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, September 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
A BUILDER who conned a disabled old woman out of £7,000, has been jailed for three years and nine months. Patrick Feeney, 34, overcharged the 88-year-old and then stole £900 from an 84-year-old while on bail, Burnley Crown Court heard. Sentencing him,
A HUGE blaze destroyed a carpet factory and caused an estimated £1 million worth of damage. One firefighter was injured by falling masonry and taken to Rochdale Infirmary. He was released after treatment and returned to help fight the fire. Firefighters
PETER Swan was set to make his second debut for Burnley today looking to repay a debt to manager Stan Ternent. The former Clarets' defender was not keen to leave Turf Moor first time around and only moved on last summer because of the chance to rejoin
A GAS salesman has been sacked and police have launched a investigation after an East Lancashire pensioner claimed a contract signing him up to a new supplier was a forgery. Sheikh Menzour Ahmed, 77, of Dukes Brow, Blackburn, claims that his signature
SEBASTIEN Perez warned his team-mates today to beware the Lyon roar - especially in the first leg of their UEFA Cup tie at Ewood. Blackburn Rovers' summer recruit from Bastia will be a useful inside source of information for manager Roy Hodgson who is
Brian Wood reports from the Great British Rhythm and Blues Festival LEBANESE-born Otis Grand was back at his irrepressible best as the Great British Rhythm and Blues Festival sparked into life. Otis hit the right spot, especially on the slow-burning blues
PETER Sleep has been told by Rishton that he is "no longer welcome at the club", writes PETER WHITE. The club has accused the Australian all-rounder of trying to induce Rishton players to join Darwen, where Sleep looks set to be the professional next
VANDALS wrecked a tree planted by Hapton Parish Council to brighten up the village green. Parish Councillor Pat Jones said: "The tree was about 10ft high and it must have taken at least two people to snap it. "It is so disappointing when you are trying
BURNLEY'S Alice Nutter donned her boxing gloves and bounced back into action for Chumbawamba's hard-hitting performance at the Leeds leg of the V98 Festival. Boxing clever throughout, Alice rejoined the anarchist group showing no signs of the facial injuries
THE WISEGUYS: Start The Commotion (Wall of Sound) - Touch, the brains behind the breezy summer party anthem Ooh La La, returns to cast his magical production powers over The Wiseguys. A hell-raising stonker of a tune. No doubt the nation's dancefloor
