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Events in East Lancashire on Sunday, June 25th
St Silas Procession of Witness meet St Silas Church Yard, Preston New Road, Blackburn, 2.15pm for 2.30pm. Festival Service at 3pm. Summer Fair, Our Lady and St John's RC High School, North Road, Blackburn, 1pm. Service, Pickup Bank Chapel, 3.15pm. Coach
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More outpatients kept waiting over 13 weeks
THE number of people waiting more than 13 weeks for hospital outpatient treatment in Burnley rose by 250 last month -- to 3,443. The Health Trust, which has been ordered to slash the list to just over 2,000 by the March 31 financial year, says that while
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Latest sound
SINGLES DE LA SOUL: Oooh (Tommy Boy Records) -- This top party track is bound to be a dancefloor filler this summer and has all the makings of a slick and funky tune, proving that the infectious rap trio are back. With a smattering of Run DMC's 808-boom
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Who's playing where in North West
Oxygen, Blackburn: '70s DISCO SOUNDS, 9pm to 1am, free. Cubes, Blackburn: DJ GILLY, ANDY B, house and garage, 9pm to 1am, free. Utopia Discotheque, Blackburn: SEDUCTION, chart and party tunes, 10pm to 3am. Cellar Bar, Blackburn: MEDUSA, punk, pop, 9pm
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Chemists On Duty
Sunday, June 25, 2000 Blackburn: noon-1pm: HN Espley and Sons, 343 Preston Old Road, Feniscliffe;11am-2pm: Aston Pharmacy, 95 Accrington Road; 11am-1pm: Johnston Pharmacy, 50-52 Johnston Street. Darwen: 12noon-1pm: Lloyds Pharmacy, 11 Church Street. Accrington
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Chemists On Duty
Thursday, June 29, 2000 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, Audley
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Chemists On Duty
Friday, June 30, 2000 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, Oakenhurst
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Clubbers' favourite heads outdoors
CLUBBERS across East Lancashire are in for a treat next month when club night Feel stages its first outdoor event at PY2K on Preston's Flag Market. Created more than six years ago by ex-University of Central Lancashire students Tim Pearson and George
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Dentist quits NHS and warns of crisis
A DENTIST from East Lancashire today told how he had quit the NHS and gone private after revealing he was being forced to make clinical judgements on financial grounds. Dr Damian Allen said he was concerned that standards were in danger of falling under
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Little hero saves friend
A BLACKBURN youngster is being hailed a hero after he leapt into action when his best pal was in an accident. Faisal Khan watched in horror as his friend Ashby Young came crashing off his bike after being in collision with a car on Tuesday evening. As
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LOCAL CRICKET: We want respect says Church skipper
DOUBLE-CHASING Church aim to keep proving the doubters wrong by beating Todmorden tomorrow and reaching the final of the Worsley Cup. The Blackburn Road club are top of the Transco Lancashire League and into the last four of the cup competition they last
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LOCAL CRICKET: Saturday interview with Aussie star Adam Dale
GETTING married can be stressful -- and expensive. So too can starting up your own business, not to mention moving house -- or emigrating. Adam Dale can vouch for it. He did all four -- in the same month! Now that's busy. Little wonder it took the cricket
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Souness calls on Rovers stars to react to kicks in the teeth
GRAEME Souness is calling for his players to come through the school of hard knocks to earn their promotion graduation. Rovers came in for plenty of flak last season as they failed to answer the questions posed by First Division football. And Souness
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All-out strike may halt buses
BUS drivers could soon be on all-out strike in a dispute over a 27p an hour pay rise. Drivers at Stagecoach Ribble, which includes Burnley and Pendle Transport, have already held a series of one-day strikes which have hit passengers, and union leaders
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Intrepid mum's return journey
ADVENTUROUS mum Linda Greenwood enjoyed her first charity trek to Peru so much she plans to fund another one next year. Linda, 45, of Oakeneaves Avenue, Burnley, took part in the 100km trek in South America last month, after months of fund-raising and
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Chemists On Duty
Wednesday, June 28, 2000 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: Arthur
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Chemists On Duty
Monday, June 26, 2000 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, June 27, 2000 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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Davis is up for the fight
STEVE Davis is relishing the prospect of taking on the Nationwide League's heavyweights -- but insists that Burnley can't just go along for the ride. The Clarets skipper is back in Division One for the first time since Burnley's brief flirtation with
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Davis is up for the fight
STEVE Davis is relishing the prospect of taking on the Nationwide League's heavyweights -- but insists that Burnley can't just go along for the ride. The Clarets skipper is back in Division One for the first time since Burnley's brief flirtation with
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Three options for hospital's future
SPECIALIST consultants are set to be appointed by Burnley health bosses to investigate the best way forward for the future of Rossendale Hospital. But an urgent meeting of health watchdogs, local MPs and the health trust to discuss the situation could
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Straw's ready to deport refugees
A GROUP of Kosovo refugees living in Blackburn could be forcibly deported back to their homeland by the town's MP and Home Secretary Jack Straw. Refugees who have been refused permission to extend their stay in Blackburn and Darwen have been told that
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Stripes put paid to chequered career
DAVID Ben Johns was wearing the "wrong trousers" when he kicked a front door in the early hours of the morning, a court heard. The black and white striped pants proved to be crucial to his conviction for an offence of criminal damage after police failed
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RUGBY LEAGUE: Lynx tester
LANCASHIRE Lynx play their last home game of the season tomorrow against fellow strugglers Hunslet Hawks. Lynx are hoping for a long-overdue second victory of the season. Coach Maurice Bamford is pleased with the progress made during his month in charge
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COUNTY CRICKET: Lancashire's steel's back!
LANCASHIRE defied the weather, the Duckworth-Lewis system, and the Northants Steelbacks, to claim their first win of the season in the National League last night. A surprisingly good crowd of 5,100 ignored the gusty wind and squally showers, and saw Lightning
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LOCAL CRICKET: Richards wants forgiveness for Hansie
CRICKETING legend Sir Viv Richards believes disgraced South African captain Hansie Cronje should be forgiven. Cronje is at the centre of cricket's match-fixing crisis after he admitted to the on-going King Commission in Cape Town that he had accepted
