THE East lancashire Hospice Appeal fund has reached £169,457 towards its target of £1.3 million for better day care facilities at the Park Lee site, Blackburn. Recent gifts, amounting to £3,150, include: St Philip's Court, Blackburn, £100; East Lancs
Friday, December 24, 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. To 7pm: Arthur Haworth, 314 Bolton Road; The Pharmacy
A NEW ante-natal day unit has been opened at Queen's Park Hospital, Blackburn. The unit is the latest in a number of changes designed to improve maternity care. The purpose built-unit and a new medical records department were opened by Clare Harding,
GENEROUS students and staff at a Rossendale high school raised money for charity during a week of fund-raising events. Tutors at Fearns High School, Stacksteads, transformed themselves into rock group Manic Street Teachers to play a concert during lunchtime
Tuesday, December 21, 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. To 7pm: The Pharmacy, Oakenhurst Road; Geloo Bros, Cleaver
BLACKBURN and Darwen people will have to wait longer than expected to find out if the borough will become a city. Blackburn with Darwen Council faces competition from more than 30 other towns all over the country in its bid to be Britain's millennium
Division One: Sheffield United v Blackburn Rovers - Andy Neild's preview FOR years they were rivals for the number one jersey at Sheffield United. And tomorrow Simon Tracey and Alan Kelly will square up again at Bramall Lane, this time in opposing goalmouths
AN East Lancashire musician will join teenagers from across the country next week for the semi-finals of the BBC Young Musicians 2000 competition. Angela Barnes, 16, of Haslingden, will take part in the brass section of the competition on Tuesday at the
THERE could be a financial headache as well as a hangover for East Lancashire revellers if their New Year's Eve party goes wrong, the Association of British Insurers has warned. Unlucky party hosts may find their dreams of the year 2000 have become a
IT WILL be a tale of two local boys made good at Bramall Lane tomorrow when Tony Parkes and Neil Warnock pit their wits against each other in front of the live television cameras. Despite being born in Sheffield, Parkes is "a true blue and white," as
TRANSPORT projects across East Lancashire will benefit from a multi-million pound Government grant. A park and ride scheme with an 800 space car park at the Capital centre, Walton-le-Dale is one of the main schemes to benefit from the £14million allocated
PAUL Cook has become the first Clarets player to land a ban this season. But boss Stan Ternent is pleased it's taken until nearly Christmas for suspensions to bite. Last season Burnley seemed to collect nearly as many yellow cards as points and their
DAMIEN Duff's wing wizardy has earned him a place in the Matchman of the month Top 10 for November. The Repubic of Ireland international has been in scintillating form since Tony Parkes took over, ripping the likes of Fulham to shreds, as Rovers have
CLARETS boss Stan Ternent will have to bide his time before moving into the transfer market. In an ideal world Ternent would have looked to build from a position of strength, following the example of Second Division leaders Wigan who last week spent £260,000
A MOTHER whose new-born daughter was found dead after being wrapped in a carrier bag and abandoned has walked free from court after a judge said she deserved pity not punishment. Marysia Margaret Greenwood, 24, wept as she was given a three-month probation
BLACKBURN Rovers stalwart Jason Wilcox confessed last night that he was disappointed Blackburn had decided to end his 14-year association with the club by selling him to Leeds United. But having left Ewood Park in a deal that could rise to £3.7 million
ANWCC class contenders Mick Farrer and Barbara Burke concluded their season with a points scoring finish at Flookburgh. But the Rossendale rally crew now have to wait to see if their result, eighth in class and 25th overall on the Oaks Stages, is enough
FIVE tasty pies for the new millennium have been created by students from Burnley Walshaw High School. The year ten girls are studying GCSE food technology and have entered the competition organised by Hollands Pies, of Baxenden. Their creations are spicy
DEMAND for beef on the bone created a mini stampede across East Lancashire as many people abandoned the pre-Christmas dash for turkey in favour of steak, rib-eye and oxtail. Meat-lovers tucked into their favourite tasty treat yesterday after a mouth-watering
FATHER Christmas gave his reindeer a rest and flew into a primary school by helicopter for an infants' party this week. He made the flying visit after a request from the headteacher of St Nicholas's Primary School in Church, Nick Walker. Mr Walker said
SINGLES TOMPAULIN: Ballad Of The Bootboys/Wedding Song (Action Records) - The flip side here is a lyrical masterpiece, with sheer ironic brilliance shining through a band whose approach is unorthodox in the extreme. The six-piece - including four lads
THREE catering students from Nelson and Colne College have hit on a recipe for success which has earned them a place in the first heats of the country's most prestigious student catering competition. Mark Brown, 18, Tony Whatley, 17, and Chris Emerson
A YOUNG girl was killed and six other people were injured when the car they were travelling in crashed on a moorland road. The dead girl, a three-year-old from Hebden Bridge, was in a Volvo when it left the road between Burnley and Todmorden at 7.40pm
Sunday, December 19 Blackburn: 12noon-1pm: Geloo Brothers Ltd, 785 Whalley New Road; 11am-2pm: Aston Pharmacy, 95 Accrington Road; 11am-1pm: Johnston Pharmacy, 50-52 Johnston Street. Darwen: 12noon-1pm: Geloo Brothers, 14 Union Street. Accrington: 12noon
Thursday, December 23, 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: Donald Wood Ltd, 53 Fishmoor Drive; Healthbook Ltd, Audley Shopping Centre
Wednesday, December 22, 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. To 7pm:
Monday, December 20, 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. To 7pm: Arthur Haworth, 314 Bolton Road; The
IN-FORM Blackburn Rovers head for a test of their mettle in the steel city tomorrow convinced promotion back to the Premiership remains within their grasp. After a disastrous start to the season, Rovers climbed up to 11th-place on the back of an unbeaten
DEMAND for beef on the bone created a mini stampede across East Lancashire as many people abandoned the pre-Christmas dash for turkey in favour of steak, rib-eye and oxtail. Meat-lovers tucked into their favourite tasty treat yesterday after a mouth-watering
Messiah Recital by Candlelight, Blackburn Cathedral, 7.30pm. "A Dickens of a Walk" - seasonal six-mile walk. Meet Post Office, Bolton Road North, Stubbins, 1.30pm. Carol Service, Pickup Bank Chapel, with Darwen and Blackburn Brass Band, 4pm. Coach leaves
A BAFFLED landlord today vowed to fight a High Court ruling that has banned music from his pub and said: "We are not going to take this lying down." Brian Laycock, who runs the Starkie Arms, Clitheroe, with his son David, has been given a "pay up or shut
TONIGHT Queen's Hotel, Accrington: GRIDLOCK, rock, 9pm Golden Cross, Oswaldtwistle: THE ITCH, 9.30pm Wharf at Eanam, Blackburn: DINO, Meatloaf tribute, 8.30pm Utopia Discotheque, Blackburn: SEDUCTION, chart and party tunes, 9pm to 3am Band On The Wall
STEVE Johnson's 1999 autotest season went out with a bang - after he suffered his biggest ever accident. The Accrington-based Mini man was contesting the final round of the ANWCC championship at Oldham College, when disaster struck just yards into the
A NEW name and a new format is set to make the Gibson's of Brock Millennium Rally a Christmas cracker. Renamed in honour of being the last rally of the century, the Bolton-le-Moors Car Club-organised event will be held over two days, December 27 and 28
RESULTS from many waters last week, particularly canals, were very encouraging and provided the weather doesn't turn too nasty there should be a few fish to catch this week as well. There were some very decent pleasure catches by anglers with some knowledge
A FORMER pub boss went on a burgling "spree" when he went back to drugs after losing the premises. Burnley Crown Court heard how Paul Ashcroft, 33, had realised his addiction was running away with him and was relieved to have been caught and arrested.
BLACKBURN Rovers stalwart Jason Wilcox confessed last night that he was disappointed Blackburn had decided to end his 14-year association with the club by selling him to Leeds United. But having left Ewood Park in a deal that could rise to £3.7 million
FORMER Milltown Brothers keyboard player Barney Williams said he was "in turmoil" after former Stone Roses man Aziz Ibrahim tried to tempt him to join his new band. Barney, from Nelson, said he was flattered when Aziz asked him to work on his new project
SCHOOLGIRLS have been given lifelike computer programmed baby dolls to take home and look after as part of a revolutionary scheme aimed at tackling the growing problem of unwanted teenage pregnancies in East Lancashire. The youngsters were told to care
A YOUNG girl was killed and six other people were injured when the car they were travelling in crashed on a moorland road. The dead girl, a three-year-old from Hebden Bridge, was in a Volvo when it left the road between Burnley and Todmorden at 7.40pm
SCHOOLGIRLS have been given lifelike computer programmed baby dolls to take home and look after as part of a revolutionary scheme aimed at tackling the growing problem of unwanted teenage pregnancies in East Lancashire. The youngsters were told to care
