Interview: Paul Henry

2:01pm Friday 25th July 2008

Paul Henry, best known for his role as Benny in Crossroads, is starring in Ray Cooney’s celebrated farce Run For Your Wife at Blackpool Grand Theatre. And he’s still playing for the laughs.

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Review: Afrika! Afrika! @ Trafford Centre, Manchester

1:56pm Friday 25th July 2008

I HAVE seen many shows over the years but I can honestly say that I have never seen a show like Afrika! Afrika!

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Interview: Inder Manocha

1:53pm Friday 25th July 2008

Stand-up comedian and actor Inder Manocha is coming to Blackburn headlining We Iz British Innit, a night of Anglo Asian comedy, as part of the Celebrate Blackburn Festival.

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Interview: Kyla Brox

1:51pm Friday 25th July 2008

She’s one of the rising stars of the British blues scene and she’s heading to Colne next month. Kyla Brox tells us that the Great British Rhythm and Blues Festival has a special place in her heart.

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Review: The Dark Knight (12A)

11:38am Friday 25th July 2008

WITH a record-breaking opening weekend in America tucked under its utility bat-belt, Christopher Nolan’s dark, brooding sequel swoops on to these shores amid a storm of hype and feverish anticipation.

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Review: Baby Mama (12A)

2:23pm Friday 25th July 2008

TIMES and social conventions change, including the concept of the family unit.

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Fashion: Style spy - Jodie Foulds

4:35pm Wednesday 23rd July 2008

Jodie Foulds, 20, a student, from the Infirmary area of Blackburn.

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Fashion: Style spy - Sabia Bi

9:24am Wednesday 23rd July 2008

Sabia Bi, 21, student at the University of Bolton, from Rochdale.

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Walk: Stroll around one of county’s finest halls

3:24pm Tuesday 22nd July 2008

The first thing seen as you enter the park is the old stable block looking fine following a lottery grant enabling refurbishment to have taken place in 2008. The size of this building indicates that a great number of horses were kept in the days before cars. Pass an impressive cast-iron fountain on the right.

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Interview: Anne Savage

3:19pm Tuesday 22nd July 2008

THIS summer will see Burnley-born DJ Anne Savage spinning the decks at some of the world's hottest clubs in everywhere from Ibiza to Aya Napa.

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Review: Red Lion, Rishton

1:59pm Tuesday 22nd July 2008

THE Red Lion has everything you would want from a traditional pub serving hearty food.

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Not every fox is a farm threat

11:50am Monday 21st July 2008

ONE day last week I made an early start and by 6am I was sitting on a wall close to Pendle HIll having my picnic breakfast.

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Former quarry is a great day out

11:50am Monday 21st July 2008

FOR THOSE who try to plan their nature trips ahead, they should put Salthill on their mid-August diary. Salthill is reached just off the Clitheroe A59 bypass and was once a huge limestone quarry. This is now a local nature reserve run by the Wildlife Trust.

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Bright future for butterflies

11:50am Monday 21st July 2008

THERE was a time in the 1970s and 1980s when many of our British butterflies were very much under threat.

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Interview: Charles Ross of One-Man Star Wars Trilogy

5:24pm Tuesday 22nd July 2008

ONE man's misspent youth is another's springboard to stardom. We spoke to Canadian actor Charles Ross who spent much of his childhood in a galaxy far, far away, watching Star Wars videos.

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Interview: The Ryes

5:17pm Tuesday 22nd July 2008

IT’S funny how the musical world goes around and around in big concentric circles.

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Review: WALL-E (U)

5:28pm Tuesday 22nd July 2008

THE technical wizards at Pixar (Toy Story, Finding Nemo, The Incredibles) dispel the myth that size matters in their latest computer animated fable.

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Review: Meet Dave (PG)

5:29pm Tuesday 22nd July 2008

TWO Eddie Murphys are no better than one.

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Review: Donkey Punch (18)

5:34pm Tuesday 22nd July 2008

If you don’t already know the meaning of a “donkey punch”, you certainly will by the blood-soaked conclusion of Olly Blackburn’s lurid, sex and drug-fuelled thriller.

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Fashion: Style spy - Kirsty Duckworth

12:00pm Wednesday 16th July 2008

Kirsty Duckworth, 15, from Preston, shopping in Blackburn.

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Fashion: Tips to beat the credit crunch

11:57am Wednesday 16th July 2008

Saving money doesn't have to be boring. We asked an experts for belt-tightening tips to looking good.

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Interview: Chaka Khan

10:57am Wednesday 16th July 2008

Ten questions put to Chaka Khan about her new album ‘Funk This’.

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Walk: Enjoy a fascinating journey back in time

4:28pm Monday 14th July 2008

Foulridge: From the car park head off to the right to reach the restored lime kiln and it is possible to walk through the old workings.

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Consent key to healing divisions

Updated 5:10pm Friday 25th July 2008

The Archbishop of Canterbury said he aimed to heal divisions among the 77 million-strong Anglican Communion through "consent, not coercion" as he sought to gain unity.

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