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Chemists On Duty
Thursday, October 21, 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: Donald Wood Ltd, 53 Fishmoor Drive; Healthbook Ltd, Audley Shopping Centre
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Chemists On Duty
Friday, October 22, 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. To 7pm: Arthur Haworth, 314 Bolton Road; The Pharmacy,
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Lucky's escape!
A FIREFIGHTER with a heart of gold has given a new home to a kitten which was thrown down a chimney by teenage yobs. Firefighters were called to Fishmoor Family Centre, Blackburn, last night to be told that the kitten had been tossed into the chimney
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Police chiefs focus on drive for CCTV cash
POLICE chiefs are confident of winning Government cash to help fund a network of 25 crime-busting CCTV cameras in Rossendale town centres. A bid for £700,000 of Home Office cash for spy camera schemes in Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale has cleared the
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That's magic as John meets his hero
TALENTED teenager John Lee came face-to-face with his magician hero Paul Daniels last night and declared: "It was a great honour." John met Paul, his wife Debbie McGhee and son Martin Daniels before the magician's appearance at Burnley Mechanics. John
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Twenty workers to go at curtain company
TWENTY jobs have been lost at a showpiece factory in Blackburn. The production jobs have been axed at the Rectella factory on the Roman Road Industrial Estate just 18 months after the firm moved to Blackburn after closing its two other sites in the North
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Ewood Park Notebook
LEE Carsley emerged as top Rovers player in the ratings given out by Match Magazine for September. He averaged seven out of 10 for his four matches during the month. But his new midfield partner Per Frandsen did even better with his combined rating from
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Just leave the goals to me - Payton
CLARETS goal machine Andy Payton headed for Millwall today thriving under the burden of keeping Burnley in the promotion frame. Payton has scored eight times in the League already this season to make him joint top-marksman in the Second Division. And
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Events in Lancashire on Sunday, October 17th
Harvest Festival, Bentham Road Methodist Church, Mill Hill, Blackburn, 10.30am. Autumn Fair, Only Foals and Horses Sanctuary, Redshell Lane, Haslingden Old Road, Oswaldtwistle, 1pm-4pm. The Longridge Band, Burnley Mechanics, Manchester Road. Viennese
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Call for French boycott until ban is lifted
SHOPPERS in East Lancashire are being encouraged to boycott French foods until Paris lifts its import ban on British beef. As Prime Minister Tony Blair urged French leaders to lift the embargo at a European Union summit in Finland, Ribble Valley Tory
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LOCAL SOCCER: Cup pairings
DRAW for the Whitbread Lancashire Amateur Cup (third round) to be played on Saturday, October 23, kick off 2pm: Prairie Utd or Merseyside Police v Old Blacks or Crawford UB FC; Rossendale Amateurs or East Villa v Speke. Jennings Bitter Sunday Trophy,
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LOCAL SOCCER: United dominant
BORROWDALE United had eight fixtures last weekend. The senior side beat Craven 2-1 in the Burnley and District Saturday League. Man of the match was Gavin Lynch and Jamie Gradwell scored the goals in game the Burnley side dominated from start to finish
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TABLE TENNIS: Hyndburn League
STANDEN Hall, relegated from Division One last season, look like they are in a hurry to return to the top flight. They registered a resounding opening 10-0 away win over Shahsmen with Don Eastwood, David Borland and Robert Birch the winning trio. Rovers
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ANGLING: With Kingfisher
ALL the indications are that most local waters could fish very well this weekend, and although there can of course, be no guarantee of success, you should give it a go. Prospects for coarse angling, of the traditional type, are notoriously difficult to
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US gets taste of Burnley!
BURNLEY's Asda boss is visiting his store's twin Walmart shop in Denton, Texas, and is taking with him a stash of goodies from the town and local area. Burnley Football Club boss Stan Ternent was invited to present Andy Davies, general store manager,
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Eating disorder clinic fails to win reprieve
HEALTH minister Tessa Jowell has given the thumbs down to a reprieve for East Lancashire's eating disorders centre - stating that the health trust that runs it had "no realistic alternative" to closure. Her view came in a letter to Burnley MP Peter Pike
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Shopkeeper pays a high price for evading duty on tobacco
A STRUGGLING shopkeeper who sold bootleg tobacco to try and make his business pay, has started a four-month jail term, as a judge hit out at duty dodgers. Burnley Crown Court had heard how Tom Marshall sold pouches of hand rolling tobacco at cut price
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The crown Jules
Judge Jules: Feel Tour, at University Of Central Lancashire HERO-worship used to be reserved for musicians but not any more. This lecture hall cum amphitheatre was packed with chanting fans of the man who has a weekly dance slot on Radio One. The Students
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Teenager's promise
Demo Den CAIT: Untitled -This semi-anonymous Blackburn teenager's tape showcases her strong voice. Cait's management at Blackburn-based Talking Primates have assembled a band simply for the purpose of giving her a platform for this two-track demo, which
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Reviews of the latest sounds
SINGLES THE LIGHTNING SEEDS: Life's Too Short (Epic) - No doubt the spectacular sci-fi effects on the video to this will ensure another hit. But this is nothing more than formulaic, synthetic pop which holds few surprises. Ian Broudie is right with the
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Lessons must be learned from twin's death, says MP
AN MP today blamed the system for failing to protect a 16-month-old twin boy who was killed by his heroin addict father. Glenn Shackleton, 26, of Bar Street, Burnley, but formerly of Blackburn, has been jailed for a total of seven years after admitting
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Chemists On Duty
Wednesday, October 20, 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. To 7pm:
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Chemists On Duty
Monday, October 18, 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. To 7pm: Arthur Haworth, 314 Bolton Road; The Pharmacy
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Chemists On Duty
Tuesday, October 19, 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. To 7pm: The Pharmacy, Oakenhurst Road; Geloo Bros, Cleaver
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Brave Daniel's memory lives on
THE grandmother of an eight-year-old boy who died of leukaemia is organising a raffle to raise cash for the hospice which cared for him. Joyce Taylor, of Hancock Street, Blackburn, is organising the raffle in memory of Daniel Taylor. He died in his father's
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We can't afford to police the streets, admits top cop
TEMPERS flared as fed-up residents challenged police about the lack of bobbies on the beat in Rossendale. The angry exchanges came at a meeting of the police and community forum where retiring Chief Superintendent Mike Griffin came under fire from locals
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Firm dials up £1.2m order
A HIGH-TECH firm has dialled up a £1.2million order that will pave the way for a major expansion and up to 20 new jobs. Ryder Systems has struck the three year deal with Vodaphone to supply billing information to its major customers The major order has
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Rare books go for cool £2 million
A COLLECTION of rare and antique books formed by a Blackburn-born university lecturer astounded experts when it fetched almost £2million at auction at Sotheby's yesterday. The 912-lot auction had been expected to go for about £500,000, but collectors
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Gold digging for church '49-ers
A CHURCH is hunting for "lost" members of four congregations to help celebrate a golden anniversary. Immanuel CE Church in Feniscowles, Blackburn, is hoping to find people who took part in the first confirmation service on Thursday, December 8, 1949,
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Now's the time to earn things, says Kidd
BRIAN Kidd laid it on the line to his mid-table squad today - the time has come to do the business. The Blackburn Rovers boss prepared his players for this afternoon's return to League action against Grimsby Town at Ewood by spelling out the challenge
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Who's playing where in the North West
TONIGHT Pendle Leisure Centre, Colne: PIGEON SMITH, GECHO, VOODOO, £3/£4, 7pm Queen's Hotel, Eastgate, Accrington: DEPOT 9, 7.30pm Burnley Mechanics: THE DYLAN PROJECT, tribute, £10, 8pm Madison Park Wine Bar, Rawtenstall: THE PLEASERS, 60s band, 8pm
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MOTORSPORT: Dave stages a slick finish
SIX of the best was enough for sidecar racer Dave Holden to capture the EMRA Championship. Commitments to the British ACU series meant that he was only able to contest six races - but he won all of them to take the title for a fourth time. And Holden
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MOTORSPORT: Casey chases crown
THE two-horse race for the Fiesta XR2 Challenge is approaching the final furlong. With just two rounds left, championship leader Richard Casey, from Whalley, has a 20-point advantage over his only rival for the title, Wayne Stockton. Traditionally one
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MOTORSPORT: Three cheers for racer Ross
ROSS Worswick looks set to carry his family motorsport heritage into the next millennium. For the 10-year-old Blackburn schoolboy, son of 1999 BOSS champion Tony Worswick and nephew of rallyman Nigel Wosrwick, has just captured his first major trophy.
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SWIMMING: Trio travel well
THREE Darwen swimmers kept the flag flying in recent Masters competitions. At the Arfon Masters held at Bangor, North Wales, Barbara Morton finished top of the 65 to 69 years age group by coming first in the maximum five events. Not satisfied with dominating
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BOWLS: Floodlit action
DRAW for the Bar-Be-Quick Floodlit Doubles to be held at Ribblesdale Wanderers Cricket and Bowling Club - Round one - October 18: M Fletcher and B Trevett (Bolton) v A Mitchell and A Walsh (Ilkley); T Hargreaves and C Jeffries (Keighley) v M Prescott
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The Saturday Interview: Andrew Connolly
ANDREW Connolly leads an extraordinary double life, writes ANDY NEILD One day, you'll find him knocking down Manchester United. The next, he's rebuilding Rossendale United. But, when you're a strapping rugby player and a self-made millionaire, you can
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Lessons must be learned from twin's death, says MP
AN MP today blamed the system for failing to protect a 16-month-old twin boy who was killed by his heroin addict father. Glenn Shackleton, 26, of Bar Street, Burnley, but formerly of Blackburn, has been jailed for a total of seven years after admitting
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Bliss-tering performance
Bliss, at Manor Barn, Padiham PACKED venues could easily become commonplace for Padiham girl group Bliss. Since they blasted onto the local scene earlier this year at Burnley's Bands In The Park event the talented trio have gone from strength to strength
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Chemists On Duty
Sunday, October 17, 1999 Blackburn: 11am-2pm: Aston Pharmacy, 95 Accrington Road; 11am-1pm: Johnston Pharmacy, 50-52 Johnston Street. Darwen: 12noon-1pm: Lloyds Pharmacy, 11 Church Street. Accrington: 12noon-1pm: Aston Pharmacy, 351 Blackburn Road; 12noon
