Thursday, September 10, 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
RADICAL changes will be made to Blackburn railway station in a £5 million plan submitted to Blackburn with Darwen Council. The existing station roof and platform buildings could be demolished if councillors give their approval to the modernisation work
HOME secretary Jack Straw has praised the Lancashire Evening Telegraph for helping to raise the £1 million needed for the MRI scanner at Blackburn Royal Infirmary. The Blackburn MP officially opened the ground-breaking equipment which was bought after
ROY Hodgson today claimed the timing of Tony Adams' book could help Sweden spring a surprise on England today. And he believes coach Glenn Hoddle would be happy with a draw in Stockholm. He said: "The timing of the latest book by Tony Adams' publicists
FURIOUS North West MPs have condemned the allocation of tickets for today's Nat West cricket final at Lords. Lancashire fans have been given just four-and-a-half thousand tickets for the game while MCC members and sponsors received more than 14,000. More
RIBBLE Valley MP Nigel Evans has called for an emergency meeting with caravan site owners who are threatening to evict their residents. Mr Evans made the call after discovering that residents at Beacon Fell View caravan park in Longridge have been told
TONIGHT Jazzy Kex, Blackburn: Live band Morecambe Reggae Weekender: acts including Blackburn dubsters SASQUASH, weekend ticket £15, all day Utopia Discotheque, Blackburn: PASSION, 9pm to 3am Met Arts Centre, Bury: KING PLEASURE AND THE BISCUIT BOYS, £6.50
AARON Slight set the fastest time in Friday's opening qualifying session for the crucial 11th round of the World Superbike championship at the Assen circuit in Holland. But Blackburn's Carl Fogarty was hot on his heels with the third fastest time as he
BOBBY Haig insists that the only way is up for Blackburn Hawks who open up their 1998-99 ice hockey season tomorrow night. The gritty, plain-talking Scot, who has assumed a player-coaching role in a new-look set up at the Arena, admits that last season
LOWERHOUSE, looking to end East Lancashire's lingering Lancashire League title aspirations tomorrow, hope to have Matthew Mott back as their professional again next year, writes PETE OLIVER. The Australian left-hander has had a useful first season at
MORE than a decade after they topped the album and singles charts, pop act T'Pau head for East Lancashire later this month. The band, led by singer Carol Decker, come to King George's Hall, Blackburn, on Saturday, September 19. In 1987 the group spent
I MAY be from a different generation but my knowledge of '50s rock and roll is good enough to smell a rat when a press release tells me Eddie Cochran is "back in Britain celebrating his 60th birthday." As Eddie died in a car smash at the height of his
Book review BOYZONE, OUR WORLD, by Eddie Rowley (Ebury Press) THIS official piece of literary merchandise, written with the full co-operation of the band, is as squeaky-clean and sanitised as the group itself. Band members Ronan, Shane, Stephen, Mikey
N'n'G feat. KALLAGHAN: Right Before My Eyes (Heat) - Already voted Beat Tune Of The Year at the recent Underground Garage Awards, all signs firmly point to the word "hit" for this song, originally made famous in the States by Patti Day. The theme is that
A MEMORIAL garden at an East Lancashire factory is the latest project to be entered for the Lancashire Evening Telegraph's Grimewatch awards. The garden was created during a comprehensive building and development scheme at Scapa Forming, Stubbins Vale
Sunday, September 6, 1998 Blackburn: 12noon-1pm: Peel Street Pharmacy, 62 New Chapel Street, Mill Hill; Superdrugs Pharmacy, 3-7 Stonybutts; 11am-2pm: Aston Dispensing Chemists, 95 Accrington Road; 11am-1pm: Johnston Pharmacy, 50-52 Johnston Street. Darwen
Wednesday, September 9, 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
Monday, September 7, 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
Friday, September 11, 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.
Tuesday, September 8, 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.
RESIDENTS from one of Blackburn's biggest housing estates will be asked to play an important role in the future of their area. A series of consultation exercises will be held over the redevelopment of the the Roman Road estate. New houses will be built
STEVE Morgan and Mark Ford are on the road back to fitness following their early-season injuries. Morgan damaged a knee in the Worthington Cup against Bury and has undergone a cartilage operation, while Ford broke his ankle in the season's opener against
SCOTTISH powerhouse Brian Reid went straight into the Burnley squad at Luton Town today after signing a contract to keep him at Turf Moor until the end of the season. Stan Ternent agreed a deal yesterday with the former Rangers central defender who will
DEMORALISED busmen are going sick after bosses introduced a zero-alcohol policy for employees, according to a driver. Staff at Stagecoach Ribble's Blackburn depot are refusing to sign and return a company memo which sets out the policy, says the depot's
BLACKBURN Rovers managed to avoid Skonto Riga in the UEFA Cup draw which proved a bit of a disappointment to one Latvian - Skonto's groundsman Vilis Kudins. For Kudins has been spending a few days with Ewood's head groundsman Steve Patrick and his staff
The Saturday Interview - Andy Neild talks to Commonwealth Games athlete Jason Lobo CAST your minds back to the time when Ronald Reagan became the 40th President of the United States. Swedish band Abba topped the charts with 'The Winner Takes It All'.
A-LEVEL students got the chance to learn about business in a two and a half day conference at Burnley Sixth Form Centre at Habergham High School. In a joint venture between St Theodore's and Habergham High Schools, 210 students got the chance to take
RAIDERS armed with a claw hammer escaped with thousands of pounds after attacking a security guard collecting cash paid into Reedley magistrates' court. Two youths, one armed with the hammer, snatched a bag containing cash, cheques and postal orders from
A BURNLEY man stabbed an acquaintance following a drunken argument over a taxi fare, a court heard. Jason Curtis, 30, of Coal Clough Lane, pleaded guilty to assault occasioning actual bodily harm on Peter Whittaker and common assault on Mrs Donna Whittaker
ROY Hodgson today claimed the timing of Tony Adams' book could help Sweden spring a surprise on England today. And he believes coach Glenn Hoddle would be happy with a draw in Stockholm. He said: "The timing of the latest book by Tony Adams' publicists
DUB fans should remember Blackburn-based outfit Sasquash and the Operation Sound System are dropping their funky beats at the Morecambe Reggae Weekender today. For details call OSS Promotions on 0777 5557789. Converted for the new archive on 14 July 2000
OPERA star John Tomlinson returned home to put Oswaldtwistle on the map - through the The South Bank Show. He performed at the town's Civic Theatre with Accrington Male Voice Choir and Nelson Civic Junior Choir, in a concert staged especially for the
RAIDERS armed with a claw hammer escaped with thousands of pounds after attacking a security guard collecting cash paid into Reedley magistrates' court. Two youths, one armed with the hammer, snatched a bag containing cash, cheques and postal ordersfrom
