Thursday, January 13, 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
ACCOUNTANTS handling the troubled engineering group TransTec have received interest from potential buyers for its East Lancashire factories. Receivers Arthur Anderson said they had received interest in all the group's subsidiaries including Earby Light
YEAR 2000 celebrations in Blackburn are all set to go continental with a Spanish Week starting on Monday. Culture, music and art from Iberia will come to the town in the guise of a special exhibition and a classical music concert. On Wednesday the Spain
A UNION leader from East Lancashire has warned that another series of government education initiatives could mean "overload" for teachers. David Blunkett has been announcing a series of reforms at this week's North of England Education Conference in Wigan
CLARETS striker Alan Lee has taken his first tentative steps along the comeback trail - but definitely won't play again this season. Lee was sidelined before Christmas when he picked up a knee injury a couple of days after opening his goalscoring account
A DISTRAUGHT woman has been the victim of SIX burglaries in FIVE months. Sonja Ashcroft, left, of Pilmuir Road, has blasted Blackburn with Darwen Council for refusing to allow her to move house despite a catalogue of attacks on her home - ending in a
NEXT Wednesday's reserve game against Bolton Wanderers at the Reebok has been put back 24 hours to Thursday January 13 (kick off 7pm) because of Bolton's involvement in the Worthington Cup semi-finals. And Rovers have also announced new dates for the
ELDERLY people were today given a stark warning as the flu crisis threatened to deepen across East Lancashire: "Get yourselves a jab as soon as possible." Public health officials have urged everybody over 75 and those considered most at risk of contracting
Lancashire Day, Ivy Street Community Centre, Blackburn, noon-4pm. Photo displays, games and toys, bric a brac, traditional food on sale. Millennium Family Day, Accrington Town Hall and in the town centre, 12noon-5.30pm. Ice skating, fairground rides,
POLICE are warning elderly people in East Lancashire to beware of burglar alarm salesmen. Pushy door-to-door salesmen have been targeting pensioners in Clitheroe and Blackburn, says Lancashire Constabulary's alarm administrator Rebecca Eckersley. She
THE form of just about all local stretches of the Leeds and Liverpool canal over the holiday period has been little short of brilliant. Though the weather has not been perfect, every day sport has remained consistent. Matchmen and pleasure anglers alike
THE millennium celebrations were a blur for diabetic Jason Dewhurst after he went drinking and woke up next century in police cells, a court was told. Dewhurst, 24, who had stopped drinking because of his medical condition, could not say how much he had
CLARETS striker Alan Lee has taken his first tentative steps along the comeback trail - but definitely won't play again this season. Lee was sidelined before Christmas when he picked up a knee injury a couple of days after opening his goalscoring account
BRIAN Carty got his fingers burned after buying some "hot and dodgy" money in an Accrington pub. Blackburn magistrates heard that Carty had spent only a little of the counterfeit money when he was rumbled by a bar man and arrested by the police. Carty
POP duo NRG are hoping to cash in on becoming the new Dollar. The boy/girl act, who have teamed up with dance sensations N Trance, release their debut single later this month - and they believe that chart success beckons, writes STEVE TINNISWOOD. Blackburn-born
Soapbox: Today, Heidi Coleran, of Blackburn, tackles people who hold a jaded view of the European Union. EVERY time we switch on the TV or look into a newspaper we are bombarded with expressions such as 'European Market' or the 'need to work closely with
A CABBIE has been cleared of dangerous driving with three passengers in the back. But Mohammed Abbasi, 52, was found guilty of the lesser offence of driving without due care and attention by a Burnley Crown Court jury after a two-day trial. Abbasi, of
A WASTE mountain of 40 tonnes of paper and 12 tonnes of cans was collected in three months by a pilot recycling project in Pendle. Two thousand homes in Earby and Reedley are taking part in the REAP (Recycling and Environmental Action in Pendle) scheme
Sunday, January 9, 2000 Blackburn: noon-1pm: L Mossop Ltd, 195 Accrington 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: 11am-1pm
SINGLES JJ72: October Swimmer (Lakota Recordings). This Irish three piece make a pretty good fist of Suede-kissing indie rock, despite their basic line-up of guitar, bass and drums. The soaring vocals of singer-guitarist Mark Greaney are a little more
Monday, January 10, 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
Wednesday, January 12, 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:
Friday, January 14, 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,
TRAINS were slowed to a crawl for safety after a lorry trailer got jammed under a railway bridge. But engineers from Railtrack found the bridge in Bolton Road, Blackburn, was not structurally damaged. The vehicle from TC Logistics of Barnsley, South Yorkshire
Tuesday, January 11, 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
A LANDOWNER from Blackburn has issued a plea to planning chiefs to allow him to develop a plot of his own land, which he admits is an eyesore. Chris Leksinski, of East Lancs Road, wants permission for a small number of homes to be built on the derelict
FIREFIGHTERS had to borrow a crane to free a horse trapped on a footbridge in Stacksteads. Jeeves, a black, cob-type horse, was being ridden across the footbridge, which leads to Stacksteads Cemetery, by his owner Vicky Smith, of Cutter Lane, when his
A POSTMAN used his bosses' pre-paid envelopes and took a "mildly pornographic" video from a parcel to watch at home, a court heard. Ian Laithwaite, 26, a night worker at Colne sorting office, was caught when investigators were called in because of the
THE Clarets reserves will be looking to ensure their progress to to the next stage of the Pontins League Cup when they visit Lincoln City reserves on Wednesday. A win against the Imps will take Burnley through, while any other result would still give
FA Cup 4th round: Liverpool v Blackburn Rovers - Pete Oliver's big match preview NINE years ago the fates conspired against Rovers when a last-minute own-goal from Mark Atkins prompted a third-round FA Cup exit to League Champions Liverpool. Tony Parkes
RESIDENTS may pay a heavy price for a decision by councillors to allow a housing development on land in Billington, a protester has warned. Ribble Valley borough councillors could find no legitimate reasons to refuse the application by Redrow Homes, which
A SHOPKEEPER has blasted the abolition of imperial measurement, saying that paying for new scales could cripple small retailers. All retailers are now legally obliged to sell loose goods which are weighed at the counter in grams and kilograms - legislation
THE leading lady of an East Lancashire play has postponed life or death treatment because she is determined that the show must go on. Brave Lesley Knight will take to the stage at the end of the month as Miss Nadia in Clitheroe's Gladys Sutcliffe Theatre
Utopia Discotheque, Blackburn: SEDUCTION, chart and party tunes, 10pm to 3am The Witchwood, Ashton-under-Lyne: THE WHISTLEBLOWERS, £3 Oliver's Bar, Burnley Mechanics: SIMON PURVIS QUARTET, jazz, 12.30pm Blakey's Cafe Bar, Blackburn: THE FORREST JAZZMEN
BLACKBURN Hawks should welcome back netminder Colin Downie for this weekend's ice hockey double header after his New Year fitness battle. The Hawks star has been treated by Blackburn Rovers' medical staff and is confident of a playing return in tonight's
APPRENTICE bricklayer Duncan Towler is laying the foundations for a career in Motocross. And the Burnley-based rider, who has just finished his best-ever season, has concluded a sponsorship deal for this year. Accrington company T.Blank Tyres are backing
THE British Touring Car Championship has been forced to revise its calendar for this year, following the shift of dates for the British Grand Prix. The 2000 BTCC will now start at Donington Park on March 25-26, the re-scheduling leaves the Easter weekend
LANCASHIRE Lynx will be looking to kick-start the new campaign with a victory over Rochdale Hornets after two defeats. Coach Steve Hampson has already got selection problems with Dave Murray having left the club at the end of his contract and new signing
REIGNING BOSS champion Tony Worswick is in pole position for next weekend's Autosport International Show. For the Blackburn-based racing driver, together with his ex-F1 Jordan 194, will take centre stage in the BOSS Championship display - right in the
THE man they call The Rocket has been grounded of late. But Ronnie Baxter is confident he will be firing on all cylinders at the Embassy World Darts Championship which starts this weekend. Twelve months after Baxter was pipped to glory by Ray Barneveld
FLOWER sellers accused of making cash from sick babies in Burnley are being investigated by the Charity Commission. The news comes as it was revealed today that a new rose seller operating in Burnley over the Christmas period has had her £50 donation
MOUNTED police have taken to the streets of a Hyndburn town in a clampdown on nuisance teenagers who are running amok in gangs of up to 15. Mounted officers are patrolling Great Harwood town centre after a series of complaints about nuisance behaviour
A SPECTACULAR outdoor Passion 2000 play, which organisers believe is the first of its kind in East Lancashire, is set to take place in Great Harwood. The Churches Together in Great Harwood are staging 'Passion 2000 - The Cross and Beyond' on Good Friday
A TEENAGER who was badly brain damaged in a car accident more than two years ago has died without ever regaining consciousness. Nicola Jane Kenyon, 19, of Fernlea Avenue, Oswaldtwistle, who had been in a persistent vegatative state since the accident,
A SCHEME aimed at helping new and existing businesses in Pendle and other areas has reached the milestone of gaining its 100th client. The Growing Business Project, which has an office in Nelson, offers a year's free support to firms in a bid to develop
