A Victorian Christmas, The Weavers' Triangle Visitor Centre, 85 Manchester Road, Burnley, 2pm-4pm. Christmas Carol Concert, Guild Hall, Preston, 6pm. Christmas Service, St Stephen's Church, Little Harwood, 4.30pm. Carol Service with Blackburn and Darwen
Dunn keeps plans under his shirt ENGLAND Under 21 skipper David Dunn's plans to celebrate in style at Turf Moor tomorrow have had to be scrapped. Dunn had hoped to wear a special t-shirt under his Rovers strip in honour of former Ewood idol Simon Garner
VILLAGERS have united to protest against a proposed mobile phone mast at Hapton. The parish council has got hundreds of signatures on a petition which will be going to Burnley Council planners. Parish councillor Pat Jones said: "We have only just found
A BUILDER'S labourer went out burgling when his mother, who he had not seen for 10 years, visited the area -- but didn't get in touch. Burnley Crown Court heard how Christopher Sayce, 35, was very upset by her behaviour and promptly raided an elderly
AN independent inquiry is to be held into the case of Rabina Hashim, the mentally disturbed Burnley mother who put her baby Emma Jade into the canal and watched her die. East Lancashire Health Authority will commission the inquiry -- which will question
A TEENAGE entrepreneur is set to create 15 new jobs by the summer at his new tele-marketing company in Nelson. John Jackson, 19, is managing director of uwebsmart.com, a rapidly expanding national Internet services company, providing products for small
SINGLES TINDERSTICKS: What Is A Man (Beggars Banquet) -- The latest release from a band with the Midas touch is a cover of an old Four Tops song. While keeping the pace of the original, here the Tindersticks give it their own brand of understated smoothness
ASH, at Kings Hall, Ilkley IN a perfect world, all gigs would take place in ornate intimate venues like these and the stars on stage would be of this quality. The band have been playing tiny, out-of-the-way halls since the Belfast band gave their fans
Wednesday, December 20 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
Tuesday, December 19 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
BURNLEY'S Andy Payton will be a man on a mission in tomorrow's Turf Moor showdown with lifelong rivals Blackburn Rovers. The Clarets striker has scored over 200 goals in a prolific career but none would give him greater pleasure than a decisive strike
Davis suited! THE importance of tomorrow's derby clash at Turf Moor clearly isn't lost on Steve Davis. The Clarets skipper joined forces with his Blackburn counterpart Garry Flitcroft and the two respective managers for a joint Press conference at Turf
ELEVEN years ago this weekend, Mitchell Thomas got the better of Mark Hughes at Old Trafford. Thomas was a member of the Tottenham team that won 1-0 against Hughes' Manchester United thanks to a goal from Gary Lineker. It's hard to imagine that the two
DAVID Dunn today handed Blackburn boss Graeme Souness a pre-derby boost by revealing he is ready to put pen to paper on a new contract with Rovers. England Under 21 skipper Dunn has already held preliminary talks with the club about extending his existing
ACCRINGTON band Banacek make their live TV debut on Sky this week. The lads will showcase a brand new track, Certain Satisfaction, on the 3pm Breeze show next Wednesday afternoon. And following the TV show the five-piece will bring their year to a close
BURNLEY band Depon Eye are ending the year on a high note with two gigs. The band, who released their debut album Out And Back Again earlier in the year, play at Bar Cuba in Macclesfield on Tuesday and the day after Yates Wine Lodge in Rochdale. Anyone
OPERATION Sound System and the Hoodlum Tribe join forces tonight, aiming to rip the roof off Accrington Town Hall. The reggae crossover session will run from 9pm-2am at the Blackburn Road venue. Nik from Operation Sound will be spinning the discs, along
CHUMBAWAMBA made a triumphant return to their hometown of Burnley last week and revealed plans for their new album. Speaking before the sell-out show at Mechanics, Danbert Nobacon said the group had already begun work on their next album. But although
A CHURCHMAN today condemned the driver who failed to stop after a collision with an elderly woman in Blackburn town centre and launched a special appeal for witnesses to come forward. Doris Atherton, 83, of Higson Street, Blackburn, was in a 'poorly but
A STAND-IN Santa and his snowman pal who were accused of a charity con revealed their true identity today and said: "We were only trying to do some good!" Police issued a warning about bogus charity collectors using a sleigh decked in lights to tour the
HOME Secretary Jack Straw today revealed why he got a bee in his bonnet during a live radio interview -- he had just been stung by a wasp. The Blackburn MP was left with a searing pain in his left ear after being attacked by the buzzing pest which had
CHORLEY Lynx will be hoping for better luck with the weather this Sunday when they travel to Spotland to take on Rochdale Hornets. Last weekend's scheduled game at Oldham was the only game in the Northern Ford Premiership to be postponed due to a waterlogged
A POST Office clerk behind a £105,000 benefit fraud was today beginning a 15-month jail term -- and faces losing the house he bought with the proceeds of his crime. Farooq Patel , 21, abused his position of trust at Darwen Post Office to order social
THREE men involved in "premier league" drugs dealing were today starting prison sentences totalling 25 years -- and another was being hunted by police. So much money was made from a drugs corner shop in Nelson that profits were used to buy flash cars,
DAVID Dunn today handed Blackburn boss Graeme Souness a pre-derby boost by revealing he is ready to put pen to paper on a new contract with Rovers. England Under 21 skipper Dunn has already held preliminary talks with the club about extending his existing
GRAEME Souness has played and managed in some of the biggest derbies the world has to offer. During a football career spanning three decades, Souness could write a book about his experiences on derby day in the footballing hotbeds of Merseyside, Glasgow
HEROIN dealer Azizul Wahab regarded himself as untouchable. Although he was on benefits until 1998 he drove around in flash cars and was so arrogant that he teased local police officers. In the drugs world he was known as Anton. On one occasion he asked
A TEENAGER who supplied ecstasy to a friend who ended up in intensive care has walked free from court. Burnley Magistrates heard how Graeme Copeman, 18, had been "badgered" by Mark Holden to get him drugs in a Burnley club and then insisted an ambulance
THREE men involved in "premier league" drugs dealing were today starting prison sentences totalling 25 years -- and another was being hunted by police. So much money was made from a drugs corner shop in Nelson that profits were used to buy flash cars,
IN 1998, heroin was widely available on the streets of Nelson. Police believed most of it was being supplied by Anthony Dewhurst from an empty shop in Leeds Road. He was living in Spartan conditions in a back room where a hatch was installed at the bottom
Police investigating a sex attack on a 13-year-old girl in Nelson returned to the scene to talk to local residents and people walking in the area. The teenager was indecently assaulted on open land called Hard Platts, off Manchester Road, at 9.15pm on
Cellar Bar, Blackburn: DUSTFLY, 9pm to1am, free. Privilege Night Club, Darwen: Cream of Classic and Commercial dance anthems, 10.30pm to 3am, £4. Oxygen, Blackburn: '70s DISCO SOUNDS, 9pm to 1am, free. Cubes, Blackburn: DJ GILLY, ANDY B, house and garage
A BURGLAR is back behind bars after being caught red-handed again. Burnley Crown Court heard how Anthony Stuart, 31, was still on licence from a jail term imposed after he was caught raiding a house when he struck at a property on Frederick Street, Accrington
Sunday, December 17 BLACKBURN: Noon-1pm: Co-op Pharmacy, Oakenhurst Road; 11am-2pm: Aston Pharmacy, 95 Accrington Road; 10.30am-4.30pm: Superdrugs Pharmacy, 3-7 Stonybutts. DARWEN: Noon-1pm: Boots Chemist, 8 Market Street. ACCRINGTON: 11am-1pm: Lloyds
Thursday, December 21 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
Friday, December 22 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
Monday, December 18 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
SUPERBIKE ace Neil Hodgson faces a race against time to watch his beloved Clarets in action. The new British champion is involved in his first winter testing session at the Valencia track this weekend in Spain. And, before his Ducati has had chance to
BURNLEY'S Andy Payton will be a man on a mission in tomorrow's Turf Moor showdown with lifelong rivals Blackburn Rovers. The Clarets striker has scored over 200 goals in a prolific career but none would give him greater pleasure than a decisive strike
THE cream of Blackburn College's music talent takes to the stage on Thursday for their annual Christmas gig. Held at the Cellar Bar, Blackburn, the gig will cater for all tastes and reflect the diverse music being developed at the college. Acts performing
Demo Den TEN STONE DEAD: Clayton-le-Moors band Ten Stone Dead reinvented themselves last month with a new line-up and sound. Now the band have unveiled the first demos of their new sound. John Lennon's Imagine springs to mind as the piano intro to first
A POST Office clerk behind a £105,000 benefit fraud was today beginning a 15-month jail term -- and faces losing the house he bought with the proceeds of his crime. Farooq Patel , 21, abused his position of trust at Darwen Post Office to order social
A HALF million pound treasure trove of undiscovered antiques is set to go under the hammer. The 237 items were found tucked away at the home of Joe Matthews, an arthritic antique dealer who followed in his mother's footsteps, including works of art, furniture
THE clamour for tickets for tomorrow's Burnley v Blackburn Rovers Division One match has reached such a high that even people in the corridors of power have been unable to get a look-in. East Lancashire's Members of Parliament may wield a certain amount
