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  • Chemists on duty

    Wednesday, November 4, 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

  • Chemists on duty

    Friday, november 6, 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

  • Married in his own church!

    METHODIST minister Phil Gough was stepping down from the pulpit today to get married -- in his own church. The Rev Gough was due to wed Maria Woodhouse at Wesley Hall Methodist Church in Blackburn. And the reception was being held at St Paul's Methodist

  • Chemists on duty

    Tuesday, November 3, 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

  • Union warns of 350 paper jobs threat

    THE National Union of Journalists (NUJ) today claimed that 350 jobs were to be axed at the company which owns a string of newspapers in East Lancashire. The NUJ said the information on the proposed job losses was contained in a memorandum from Regional

  • Boost for burglary victim Nellie, 98

    A DISABLED 98-year-old leukaemia sufferer, who returned from holiday to find her home ransacked, has had her faith restored in human nature this week. Dermot Dowling, who owns Blackburn Television Services and the Holly Tree Video Shop in Blackburn, contacted

  • Kids in rotten teeth shock

    TODDLERS as young as three are having up to 10 rotten teeth removed under general anaesthetic because of the sugary food and drink they are being given by parents, a top doctor revealed today. Dr Gary Whittle issued an urgent appeal to mums and dads to

  • Blake faces battle for striker's jersey

    NATHAN Blake is ready for the fight of his life - and that's just to establish a regular place in Blackburn Rovers' first team. The Welsh international striker, signed on a five-year deal for £4.25 million from Bolton Wanderers yesterday, believes he

  • ICE HOCKEY: Skipper's kipper

    ICE HOCKEY: BLACKBURN Hawks' player-coach Bobby Haig knows how important it is to bounce back after a defeat -- and Wednesday's reverse in the Christmas Cup was a real kipper. A 12-0 defeat at Kingston is not the best way to prepare for a weekend which

  • Council moves to evict crooks and bad neighbours

    BURNLEY Council is cracking down on anti-social tenants who make life a misery for their neighbours. The council says 'a significant number' of problem tenants have already been removed from their council homes as part of a get-tough policy introduced

  • Clarets winger Smith in safe hands

    PAUL Smith could not be in better hands as he bids to bounce back from his latest injury setback. The Clarets winger feared the worst when he went for a scan this week on the knee injury picked up against Oldham Athletic. He first suspected it may be

  • Hallowe'en nerves for Flux

    A NEW indie rock band with a former Pulse writer on guitar will support Pendle lo-fi rockers Element at a Hallowe'en special tonight in Burnley. Flux, who hail from Hyndburn and Preston, will play their first-ever gig at Chaplin's Music Bar, opposite

  • SINGLES

    -EOPLE: Testify (BMG) -- Smooth, silky, soulful and a little too squeaky-clean for my liking. But -eople (right) continue to delight their many fans with their polished mainstream dance tunes. This single is the prelude to a greatest hits album and a

  • Council 'fraud squad' wins acclaim

    PENDLE Council has been praised by a Government watchdog for its efforts to combat benefit fraud. The Audit Commission has given a seal of approval to the authority's benefits and fraud sections after looking into their work. Many of the procedures used

  • MP's plea for US aero industry change

    THE Government is putting pressure on the United States to do more to ensure that Lancashire Aerospace products can be sold in America. Trade Minister Brian Wilson revealed the tough line after representations from the Consortium of Lancashire Aerospace

  • Chemists on duty

    Thursday, November 5, 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

  • Chemists on duty

    Monday, November 2, 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

  • Hairdresser in Big Mac rubbish rumpus

    A TOWN centre trader has accused burger giant McDonald's of using the road outside his shop as a tip. Paul Clark, of the Cutting Crew salon on Northgate, Blackburn, says he has been fighting a running battle with the Blackburn branch of the fast food

  • Smith in safe hands

    PAUL Smith could not be in better hands as he bids to bounce back from his latest injury setback. The Clarets winger feared the worst when he went for a scan this week on the knee injury picked up against Oldham Athletic. He first suspected it may be

  • Spare those trees, say angry villagers

    RESIDENTS have threatened "absolute uproar" if developers chop down trees in their village to make way for houses. Salesbury villagers lost their battle against plans by Gleeson Homes to build 22 executive houses on land off Ribchester Road last month

  • The Saturday Interview

    Paul Lake PROFESSIONAL sportsmen walk a thin tightrope between success and failure -- just ask Paul Lake. At the beginning of the decade the ex-Manchester City star was one of the hottest properties in the modern game. Made captain of the team he supported

  • Who's playing where in the North West

    TONIGHT The Crossroads, Preston: BOREDOM, punks Chaplin's Music Bar, Burnley: ELEMENT, FLUX Tony's Empress Ballroom, Blackburn: EASYRIDER George Hotel, Accrington: NO TIME FOR JIVE Manchester Apollo: BRIAN MAY Liverpool Royal Court: DEL AMITRI, THE DEVLINS

  • Blake faces battle for striker's jersey

    NATHAN Blake is ready for the fight of his life - and that's just to establish a regular place in Blackburn Rovers' first team. The Welsh international striker, signed on a five-year deal for £4.25 million from Bolton Wanderers yesterday, believes he

  • Too much Boredom

    EAST Lancashire punks Boredom have been forced to change their name because there are already three bands with the same monicker. The band, made up of guitarist Ian Tipping, bassist Steve Clarke, drummer Paul Erswell and singer Dani Gilmore, are now called

  • Head slams 'dog-eat-dog' competition attitude

    CO-OPERATION rather than competition is the way forward among Pendle high schools, says a head teacher who criticised the "dog eat dog" attitudes of Government education policies at his annual prize presentation night. Martin Burgess, head of Edge End

  • Chemists on duty

    Sunday, November 1, 1998 Blackburn: 12noon-1pm: Associated Chemists Ltd, 98 Audley Range; Superdrugs Pharmacy, 3-7 Stonybutts; 11am-2pm: Aston Dispensing Chemists, 95 Accrington Road; 11am-1pm: Johnston Pharmacy, 50-52 Johnston Street. Darwen: 12noon-