Thursday, March 4, 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: E Collins, 53 Fishmoor Drive; Healthbook Ltd, Audley Shopping Centre, Audley
SCHOOLS in East Lancashire are likely to have their names slightly altered as part of changing legal requirements which come into force in September. Roman Catholic schools will have the word Roman omitted from the official title name of their schools
A CAMPAIGN to attract nurses back to the NHS is paying dividends in East Lancashire. Nineteen former nurses are training to return to work with the Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale Health Trust. Richard Gildert, nursing director for Blackburn, Hyndburn
EAST Lancashire MP Gordon Prentice is backing moves to permit cannabis to be used for medical purposes. He is one of the sponsors of a new Commons bill to allow doctors to prescribe the drug and its derivatives for the first time since 1971. After that
FRIENDS of Home Secretary Jack Straw hit back today at claims that he had deserted his post by not making yesterday's statement to MPs on the latest blunders to dog the Stephen Lawrence inquiry. Several newspapers attacked the Blackburn MP for leaving
IT'S two down, one to go for Paul Weller who can look forward to a summer of hard graft to get his Clarets career back on track. Weller is on the mend from the second of three operations required to cure a serious bowel complaint. And Burnley boss Stan
TWO retired school teachers are hoping Lancashire Evening Telegraph readers can help fill in the gaps of a famous mystery and scandal surrounding the family of a former Blackburn MP. Audrey Jones and Abby Ashby are currently investigating the abduction
JASON Wilcox wore the captain's armband against Newcastle United in the FA Cup replay on Wednesday and, by my reckoning, that makes him the fifth different player to lead the team this season. Tim Sherwood, Chris Sutton, Billy McKinlay and Stephane Henchoz
EAST Lancashire drivers reaped the rewards of a successful 1998 at the SD34 Motorsport Group's annual prizegiving ceremony. Hosted by last year's inter-club league winners Bury Automobile Club, over 150 enthusiasts filled the Elizabethan Suite at Bury
BURNLEY council's budget outlook is brighter thanks to the government's decision to relax the freeze on town hall spending, councillors were told. The council feared it would have to save a further £4 million over the next four years if capping continued
A BUSINESSMAN from East Lancashire has died in hospital after he was involved in a horrific road accident. Tommy Blank, of The Lodge, Childers Green, Burnley, was trapped in his vehicle for almost an hour after he lost control of his four-wheel drive
UNION leaders today urged the new owners of Karrimor to keep manufacturing in East Lancashire. Talks are under way at the outdoor clothing firm with workers fearing up to 80 job losses if plans to stop manufacturing go ahead. The news came just days after
AN OLD demo tape posted to a record company on the off-chance has clinched a management and record deal for East Lancashire band Missed Her Bliss. The four-piece, who come from the Ribble Valley and Hyndburn, recently travelled down to Gloucestershire
A THIRD man has appeared in court charged in connection with an assault that has left a Brierfield man fighting for his life. Wasim Raza, 22, of Chapelhouse Road, Nelson, appeared before Burnley magistrates on Thursday charged with two counts of wounding
A CARER who plundered two old ladies' savings and helped herself to almost £12,000 in a year has begun a six-month jail term. Mother-of-three Gillian Thornton, 32, took her family to Disneyland and bought electrical goods, food and drink at the expense
Sunday, February 28, 1999 Blackburn: 12noon-1pm: L Mossop Ltd, 195 Accrington Road; 12noon-1pm: Superdrugs Pharmacy, 3-7 Stonybutts; 11am-2pm: Aston Dispensing Chemists, 95 Accrington Road; 11am-1pm: Johnston Pharmacy, 50-52 Johnston Street. Darwen: 12noon
Wednesday, March 3, 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; T G Pendlebury
Friday, March 5, 1999 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 7pm
Monday, March 1, 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; G Pendlebury, 3 New Park House, Preston New Road;
Tuesday, March 2, 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; T G Pendlebury, 3 New Park House, Preston New Road. To 7pm
SICK patients are putting their health at further risk because they cannot afford to pay for their prescriptions, it was revealed today. Health watchdogs believe many East Lancashire people who seek medical advice from their GPs are failing to have their
FORMER Burnley loan keeper Gavin Ward has joined the Clarets Second Division rivals Stoke City. The 28-year-old, who previously played for Bradford and Leicester, would have been able to leave the Reebok Stadium on a free transfer at the end of the season
A CONVICTED child sex offender who admits he is still a threat to society is being released from prison this weekend - but it is still unclear what is being done to help him. Agencies dealing with the case of child molester Bernard Snape, 64, formerly
CALLUM Davidson today shrugged off the so-called pressures of battling to beat the drop and vowed: "I'm sure we can stay up." The Scottish international defender has now lost his Ewood full back partner Jeff Kenna - probably for the rest of the season
YOU HAVE to earn the respect of Lenny Johnrose. Burnley boss Stan Ternent has done, Ray Harford and Johnrose's father have not. The 29-year-old was just two when his dad turned his back on a wife and seven kids and walked out of the family home never
SUNDAY William Fairey Engineering Band - Championship Brass in Concert, Burnley Mechanics, Manchester Road, Burnley, 2pm. Table Top Sale, Shadsworth Centre, Blackburn, 12 noon-4pm. Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley Health Care NHS Trust Memorial Service
THE stock market value of an East Lancashire firm has rocketed by tens of millions of pounds in the past fortnight, it was revealed today. Workers at Ribble Valley conservatory roofing company Ultraframe who own shares in the firm have seen their investment
TONIGHT (Saturday, Feb 27) Utopia Discotheque, Blackburn: PASSION, 9pm to 3am Wharf at Eanam, Blackburn: THE OUTSIDERS, 8.30pm Oliver's Bar, Burnley Mechanics: YARROW RIVER BAND, 12.30pm Madison Park Wine Bar, Rawtenstall: DICKO'S BOOGIE BAND, 8pm The
A LANCASHIRE League XI is to take on the Kenyan World Cup side as part of their preparations for this summer's World Cup. The game is planned for Wednesday, April 28, starting at 11am at Alexandra Meadows. World Cup rules will apply and the league team
THREE of East Lancashire's leading rally teams set out on the long road to Mintex National Championship glory this weekend. And first stop on the trail for Daniel Harper, David Bateson and Ian Grindrod is the Bournemouth-based Rallye Sunseeker - with
THE Ribble, with just three weekends left before the close season, has hit top form. Catches in general, but big fish in particular are attracting the attention of anglers far and wide. We have not, fortunately, suffered the ravages of raging floods as
LABOUR party chiefs in Burnley aim to get streetwise - by asking local people their views on issues ranging from education to crime. Party workers will cover the town in the wide-ranging survey aimed at getting to know just what "the men and women in
A DRIVER who smashed into a car after a night out, had not had a drink for about six hours before the accident, a court heard. Father-of-two John Clarkson, 43, was driving his works van when he crossed on to the wrong side of the road and hit the Volkswagen
A VICAR who was suspended from his post two months ago because of marital problems is still away from the pulpit on full pay, and church leaders do not know when he will return. The Rev Christopher Peter, vicar of St James' and St Andrew's churches, Accrington
SINGLES: MOLOKO: Sing It Back (Echo/Chrysalis) - A relaxed housey garage tune with a great vocal. At times the music drops away to let the female voice dominate, but it remains a highly danceable track. (7/10) PB MONSTER MAGNET: Space Lord (A and M Records
GOVERNORS at a crisis-hit East Lancashire school were dealt another blow today after if was revealed that county education bosses are set to keep control of the purse strings for another year. Councillors are being asked to back a move to allow Lancashire
ROSSENDALE and Darwen MP Janet Anderson hopes the Government's new tourism strategy, unveiled by her boss Chris Smith yesterday, will help boost the number of visitors to East Lancashire's hidden jewels. She said that the new regional tourist boards should
A BUSINESSMAN from East Lancashire has died in hospital after he was involved in a horrific road accident. Tommy Blank, of The Lodge, Childers Green, Burnley, was trapped in his vehicle for almost an hour after he lost control of his four-wheel drive
