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  • Chemists On Duty

    Thursday, January 27, 2000 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

  • Chemists On Duty

    Wednesday, January 26, 2000 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:

  • Chemists On Duty

    Friday, January 28, 2000 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,

  • Chemists On Duty

    Monday, January 24, 2000 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, January 25, 2000 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

  • 'Cider Ronnie' had sex with girl, aged 13

    A SEX offender who had intercourse with a 13-year-old girl has gone to a bail hostel for assessment before a judge decides what to do with him. Ronald Ashworth, 57, known throughout Colne as "Cider Ronnie," has to keep away from youngsters while on his

  • Smart way to healthier lifestyle

    HEALTHY minds and bodies are on the timetable once again at Blackburn College. Blackburn College principal Sheena Ewing reopened the newly-named Feilden's Fitness Centre. The facilities are open to students and members of the public from noon to 2pm and

  • Turf Moor Notebook

    STAN TERNENT'S faith in striker Andy Cooke was echoed in the odds for today's game against Oldham Athletic. Corals made Cooke 9/2 second favourite to score the first goal behind 7/2 chance Andy Payton. Oldham's leading scorer Mark Allott was the Latics

  • Designer Maud's at centre stage

    THE woman responsible for designing hundreds of costumes for a college's theatre productions takes centre stage herself next week. Maud Heggarty has designed about 300 costumes for Blackburn College shows and became an honorary member of the college last

  • Lee aims for speedy return

    CLARETS striker Alan Lee is still hoping to play before the end of the season as he races ahead in his fight for fitness. Lee is currently reccovering from a knee cartilage injury which required surgery six weeks ago yesterday. The initial prognosis was

  • Ewood Park Notebook

    ROVERS are just two games from Wembley as the build up starts for next week's FA Cup fifth round ties. The FA have announced that both of this year's semi finals will take place under the twin towers. So if Rovers can see of Newcastle a week on Monday

  • Cancer op halted at last minute

    AN ELDERLY man had his cancer operation at Blackburn Royal Infirmary cancelled at the eleventh hour after an emergency case took the last available bed. Raymond Wandless, 72, of Fairfield Drive, Clitheroe, was about to undergo surgery last Friday when

  • MOTOR SPORT: It's no Flook

    TWO awards on the Oak Leaf Stages gave Dave Hodgson and Nigel Madigan a flying start to their rally season. The pair took advantage of the slippery conditions at Flookburgh to haul their 1300cc Vauxhall Nova from 33rd to 13th overall. And the result was

  • Computer firm boss to net a million

    A FORMER carpet fitter looks set to become a millionaire after it was revealed his booming internet firm is preparing to float on the stock market. A year after setting up in East Lancashire with just two people, one desk and a telephone, Commercial Net

  • Harkness suspension blow for Rovers

    STEVE Harkness is set to be handed a one-match ban after picking up his fifth caution of the season in the reserves on Tuesday night. The former Benfica defender becomes the first Rovers player this term to fall foul of the totting up system. And that

  • Lee aims for speedy return to Clarets team

    CLARETS striker Alan Lee is still hoping to play before the end of the season as he races ahead in his fight for fitness. Lee is currently reccovering from a knee cartilage injury which required surgery six weeks ago yesterday. The initial prognosis was

  • Anger taken out on wife

    A HUSBAND with "anger management problems" beat up his wife following an argument over keys, Hyndburn magistrates heard. Robert Finlay, 40, of Dunnyshop Avenue, Accrington, admitted assault causing actual bodily harm. He was placed on probation for 18

  • Element's art of noises

    Round-up from the local music scene EAST Lancashire noise wizards Element are not far from releasing their first mini-album - and they show no signs of halting their tendency to dabble with strange sounds. The Pendle three-piece have used oddball items

  • Crash woman dies in hospital

    A WOMAN from Barnoldswick who was critically injured in a serious road accident at Paythorne has died in hospital. Mary Livesey, of Ingleborough Drive, died in Airedale Hospital yesterday three days after the accident on the Gisburn to Long Preston Road

  • Trust plan for sports centres

    MOVES to set up a leisure trust to run Pendle's main sports centres cleared another hurdle when councillors agreed to form a working group to look at the proposals. It will look at the financial, legal and staffing implications and how a trust would affect

  • Chemists On Duty

    Sunday, January 23, 2000 Blackburn: noon-1pm: H N Espley Ltd, 450 Whalley New Road, Roe Lee; 11am-2pm: Aston Pharmacy, 95 Accrington Road; 11am-1pm: Johnston Pharmacy, 50-52 Johnston Street. Darwen: 12noon-1pm: Lloyds Pharmacy, 103 Blackburn Road. Accrington

  • Show captures Asian memories

    A HISTORY project and exhibition to mark 50 years of the Asian community in Pendle has opened at Nelson and Colne College's Barrowford Road, Colne, site. It marks the culmination of years of work with Pakistani elders in the community to draw on their

  • Probe order into collapse of firm

    A TOP-level inquiry has been ordered into the collapse of engineering firm TransTec, which employs more than 200 in East Lancashire. Trade and industry secretary Stephen Byers said today he wanted a speedy but full-scale independent inquiry into the collapse

  • Bike rider killed in rush-hour crash

    A MOTORCYCLIST died after a crash involving two cars during the tea-time rush hour yesterday. David Liggat, 47, was riding his Triumph 750 bike along Preston New Road towards Blackburn when he was in collision with a Volkswagen Polo which was pulling

  • Harkness suspension blow

    STEVE Harkness is set to be handed a one-match ban after picking up his fifth caution of the season in the reserves on Tuesday night. The former Benfica defender becomes the first Rovers player this term to fall foul of the totting up system. And that

  • Flu kills girl, aged 11

    A GIRL who brought sunshine into the lives of everybody she met has lost her fight for life after falling victim to the flu bug. Naomi Kelly, 11, of Bradda Road, Blackburn, was born with a genetic disorder that left her physically and mentally disabled

  • Council wish list 'pie in the sky'

    A COMMUNITY plan setting out Ribble Valley Council's aims for housing, transport and the environment has been attacked by a councillor. The plan looks at issues that will face communities in the Ribble Valley over the next two decades and sets out a range

  • Who's playing where in the North West

    SATURDAY (January 22nd) King George's Hall, Blackburn: ELKIE BROOKS, £14.50/£16, 8pm Utopia Discotheque, Blackburn: SEDUCTION, chart and party tunes, 10pm to 3am Manchester University: LES RHYTHMES DIGITALES, CAMPAG VELOCET, SHACK, COLDPLAY, £8.50 Manchester

  • RUGBY LEAGUE: Another tough test looms for the Lynx

    LANCASHIRE Lynx face another tough afternoon tomorrow when Kevin Tamati's Whitehaven Warriors visit Victory Park. Lynx are currently rock bottom of the league with four straight defeats and already they have conceded 189 points. Coach Steve Hampson is

  • Missing girl, 11, found safe

    A MUM today said a big thank you to the Lancashire Evening Telegraph after her missing daughter was found safe just hours after she appealed for her to come home in the paper. Stacey Wareing, 11, walked out of the family home in Barkerhouse Road, Nelson

  • Chef Billy's recipe for a Michelin star

    CHEF Billy Reid has cooked his way to the top and gained one of the food industry's most prestigious awards. Billy, 33, is executive chef at the exclusive Vineyard restaurant in Newbury, Berkshire, which has just received a coveted Michelin star. And

  • By-passes shut after pile-ups

    POLICE closed two East Lancashire motorway links as bad weather and thick fog led to a series of pile-ups. The A56 Accrington Easterly and Haslingden southbound by-passes were both closed for an hour and a half causing major tailbacks and traffic chaos

  • Paul Barry reviews the latest releases

    SINGLES DAVID BOWIE: Survive (Virgin) - Is this Bowie's sideways tribute to Gloria Gaynor? During this live performance he certainly uses the phrase "I will survive". That's commendable considering the excesses of his three decades in rock, which started

  • Uprate minimum wage annually, says MP

    MP Gordon Prentice has written to Tony Blair demanding that he uprate the minimum wage annually. The Pendle Labour backbencher says the introduction of the £3.60 an hour salary floor has had a huge impact across East Lancashire. So far, Prime Minister

  • Computer firm boss to net a million

    A FORMER carpet fitter looks set to become a millionaire after it was revealed his booming internet firm is preparing to float on the stock market. A year after setting up in East Lancashire with just two people, one desk and a telephone, Commercial Net