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Duty chemists
Wednesday July 8 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, 3 New
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Duty chemists
Monday July 6 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; To 7pm:
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Duty chemists
Tuesday July 7 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: The
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Drug addict raided mum's home
A DRUG supplier who raided his mother's home has started a five-year jail term. Jason Pilkington, 25, who had previous convictions for supplying LSD and Ecstasy, had broken away from his addiction, but lapsed. He sold heroin to friends and acquaintances
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Our towns rank among the worst in the country
BLACKBURN and Darwen are among the 50 most deprived areas in England according to a report. But the area has improved its ranking from 31st worst in the country in 1992 to 41st worst in the latest survey. The report was commissioned by the Government
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Blow whistle on colleagues call
A GIFTS and hospitality register has been set up for councillors and officers in Blackburn and Darwen as part of new anti-fraud measures. Council staff have also been told they are expected to 'blow the whistle' on colleagues who they suspect of being
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Hostage Paul's photos on show
COMMUNITY leaders joined the family of missing hostage Paul Wells at Blackburn Cathedral for an exhibition marking the third anniversary of his disappearance. The final 18 photographs taken by Paul Wells while trekking in the troubled Indian region of
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Hoyland released in Ternent clear-out
JAMIE Hoyland has been released by Burnley - despite receiving a letter telling him to report for pre-season training next week! The 32-year-old defender is now left desperately searching for a new club, as he will be paid only until the end of this month
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Worried wife walked into path of train
A WOMAN with a history of mental illness killed herself by walking down a tunnel into the path of a train, an inquest was told. Mrs Ann Marie Swinn never talked of suicide but often complained of stomach pains, suffered mood swings and was worried she
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Wilcox in fitness race for season kick-off
JASON Wilcox expects to be fit for the start of the new Premiership season on August 15 despite a surprise hernia operation. The need for surgery came as something of a shock for both Wilcox and Blackburn Rovers For, if it had been thought it was necessary
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Villagers worry as 'time warp' pub stays closed
REGULARS at an award-winning village pub fear for its future after the doors closed with the departure of its long-serving landlord. But trustees of the historic establishment have said they hope to have new tenants in place before long. The Buck Inn,
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Pulse Gig Guide
The Wharf at Eanam: DINO, a tribute to Meatloaf and Elton John, 8pm Club Savanna: RHYTHMLAND, with DJ Jamie "Stretch" Martin, till 4am, £3.50/£4 Jazzy Kex, Blackburn: CANTALOOP, breakbeat funk six-piece Utopia Discotheque, Blackburn: PASSION, 9pm to 3am
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SHOOTING: Ian traps a Commonwealth Games slot
IAN Peel will be gunning for gold in the Commonwealth Games in September following his call up to the England shooting squad. The Blackburn based shooter was selected in the 24-strong squad for Kuala Lumpur announced by the Commonwealth Games Council
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TENNIS: Chris is singles minded
The Saturday Interview: Andy Neild meets Blackburn-based tennis coach and sports psychologist CHRIS HARWOOD IT won't be just the centre court crowd going mental this weekend during the singles finals at Wimbledon You can bet your bottom dollar Jana Novotna
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Move for banner ban on World Cup pubs
COUNCILLORS have blown the whistle on World Cup advertising banners outside pubs. Todmorden town's development committee want the banners taken down because they have not been granted planning permission. Chairman Coun John Oldham said: "I don't want
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Bill's rise from car sale kid to top under-40 executive
A FORMER junior car salesman has become a boss in a million after completing one of the most remarkable East Lancashire business successes stories of the decade. Bill Gleave, who founded pillow manufacturing firm Northern Textiles in Burnley, has been
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Housing tenants group in 'bust-up' with council
A GROUP representing more than 840 council house tenants claims it is being prevented from doing its job by town hall bosses. Trouble-hit Padiham and Hapton Area Management Committee says Burnley Council chiefs have effectively suspended its activities
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New Order denial
REPORTS that pop giants New Order were set to play Blackburn's King George's Hall have been scotched. A spokeswoman for the band, who are re-forming this year for the Reading Festival, denied a newspaper report that the band had planned a warm-up gig
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New faces
TWO fresh faces will take the stage when popular Hyndburn soulsters Soul Deep return to Accrington. The nine-piece band, acclaimed for taking their classic soul experience to music fans throughout the North, play Accrington Town Hall on Friday (see Gigs
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CD by class acts
STUDENTS are taking their first steps on the road to stardom with the release of a compilation CD. The album, entitled Unsigned Allsorts, contains various songs and performances recorded during the last year by students at Burnley College. Tutor Steve
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Wooed by songs that go so deep
MANTRALUNA Night And Day Cafe, Manchester THIS venue's famously indifferent audience got up off their backsides to go down to the front and have a look at this lot. Great bands create a universe the minute they appear on stage. The songs Mantraluna have
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Double trouble for man of many faces
SOUNDALIKE singer Dean Torkington will be using his loaf when he plays a tribute concert in East Lancashire tonight - and he'll be hoping Saturday night's all right for a tribute to two very different rock stars. Burnley-born Dean, stage name Dino, is
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Music reviews
SINGLES SPEED: Good Luck Charm (Good Cop Bad Cop Records) - Suppose for a minute your surname is Speed. Suppose you and your brother are in a band (pictured). You need a name. Obvious, innit? So Speed doesn't refer to the music. In fact the band are about
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Probe after mystery fire destroys mosque
A MYSTERY blaze which destroyed a Nelson mosque was being probed by police and firefighters today. Fire crews were called to the blaze at 11.30pm yesterday and managed to retrieve a cupboard full of religious books before the building was engulfed in
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Bus service saved, thanks to Janet
BLACKBURN Transport has caved in to pressure from Westminster and reinstated the Route 30 bus service from Darwen and Lower Darwen to the town centre. Its decision earlier this year to axe the service via Branch Road, Ewood and the Infirmary caused an
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Hate campaign of arson race yobs
RACIST thugs are being blamed for a seven-year reign of terror which has left a family living in fear in their own home. The family, who are too frightened to be named, say they have been the target of abuse, vandalism and arson attacks. Last week, firebugs
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Duty chemists
Thursday July 9 Click here to see a complete list of chemists on duty in the East Lancashire area. 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
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One lion in his shorts...name Rovers new mascot
BLACKBURN Rovers fans are being urged to think of a name for their club's cuddly new mascot. The blue and white lion, wearing his Rovers strip, was brought out by Rose Steele and Terry Pagett from the club's education department, and he will be unveiled
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Pay loss for boss of Scapa
THE boss of Blackburn-based Scapa Group saw his total pay package fall by more than £17,000 last year, according to the firm's annual accounts. Chief executive David Dunn's package of salary, bonuses and benefits dropped to £286,975 in the last financial
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Duty chemists
Friday July 10 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: Arthur
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Newborn babies get a golden ticket
MIDWIVES will make their own special delivery to babies born this weekend. Staff in the maternity unit at Queen's Park Hospital, Blackburn, are to give new arrivals' mums a birthday certificate to mark the 50th anniversary of the NHS. The certificates
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'Power to the people' plan
A POOL of 500 local residents could be called in to give opinions on policies and help council bosses make decisions about the future of Blackburn and Darwen. The idea is one of several being pursued at Blackburn town hall to try to increase the involvement
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MPs' anti-hunt pledge
FOUR East Lancashire MPs have vowed to keep up the battle to ban the "barbaric" sport of fox hunting. Burnley's Peter Pike and Hyndburn's Greg Pope spoke out as campaigning Worcester MP Mike Foster withdrew his bill to outlaw blood sports in the face
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Fast-track idea to help pub-swap licensees
LANDLORDS should be allowed to change pubs without reapplying to the courts for a new licence, says Ribble Valley MP Nigel Evans. He is backing proposals which would split the current licence in two, providing one certificate for the licensee and another
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RUGBY LEAGUE: Lynx showdown
LANCASHIRE Lynx face possibly their biggest ever game this Sunday when they entertain Barrow Border Raiders in the final game of the Red Rose Trophy, kick off 3pm. The game will be played at Preston Grasshoppers after more problems with the pitch at Deepdale
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SUPERBIKES: Fogarty struggle at new Kyalami circuit
TROY Corser bounced back from almost crashing to take provisional pole position for Sunday's seventh round of the World Superbike Championship at the Kyalami circuit in South Africa. But Carl Fogarty had early problems and could only post the 11th fastest
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CRICKET: Anthony is cracking the whip
HAMISH Anthony is cracking the whip at Bentgate but it's all in a good cause. The Leeward Islands all-rounder is demanding his Haslingden team-mates reproduce their red-hot cup form in the bread-and-butter league matches to give them a fighting chance
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Tenants' leader in threat to sue
A CONTROVERSIAL tenants' leader who claims he and his family are being victimised because of a council inquiry is threatening legal action of his own. Tony Brankin, ex-chairman of Padiham and Hapton area management committee, said his seven-year-old son
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Hoyland released in Ternent clear-out
JAMIE Hoyland has been released by Burnley - despite receiving a letter telling him to report for pre-season training next week! The 32-year-old defender is now left desperately searching for a new club, as he will be paid only until the end of this month
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Wilcox in fitness race for season kick-off
JASON Wilcox expects to be fit for the start of the new Premiership season on August 15 despite a surprise hernia operation, writes PETER WHITE. The need for surgery came as something of a shock for both Wilcox and Blackburn Rovers For, if it had been
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Changing face of NHS: Frank's life in hospitals
ACCRINGTON-BORN Frank Swain first became an NHS patient in 1952, four years after the birth of the NHS, and lived in hospitals for 40 years. His older brother, Sydney, watched the treatment of mental illness change as he visited him every Saturday at
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Pulp fiction
BOUNCING back after being dropped by record label East West - and still maintaining that they sound and look nothing like Pulp - Rialto release their latest single exclusively through the Internet on Monday. During their time at East West, the band -
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Goodbye Mr Barker
A PRIMARY school teacher in Pendle has left his office for the final time after 13 years. John Barker officially steps down as head of Marsden Primary School, Nelson, at the end of the month, but staff and pupils bade him a fond farewell yesterday as
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Jail for soccer coach in club row
BURNLEY FC's children's soccer coach has gone to jail for six months for an "angry and jealous" nightclub attack. Newly-wed John Lister, 32, who will now lose his job as the club's Football in the Community schools liaison officer, wept in the dock as
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Duty chemists
Sunday, July 5 Blackburn: 12noon-1pm: Cohens Chemists, 174 Shear Brow; 11am-2pm: Aston Dispensing Chemists, 95 Accrington Road; 11am-1pm: Johnston Pharmacy, 50-52 Johnston Street. Darwen: 12noon-1pm: Geloo Brothers, 14 Union Street. Accrington: 11am-1pm
