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Stories for 3 October 1998

Accrington News

The bells ring again

THE sound of bells will ring out from a Rishton church for the first time in a decade tomorrow.  more...

'Death scene comes back to haunt me'

A YOUNG woman told today how she has been haunted by the horrific injuries suffered by the victim of a brutal attack.  more...

Blackburn Info

Chemists on duty

Sunday, October 4, 1998  more...

Chemists on duty

Tuesday, October 6, 1998  more...

Chemists on duty

Friday, October 9, 1998  more...

Chemists on duty

Monday, October 5, 1998  more...

Chemists on duty

Wednesday, October 7, 1998  more...

Chemists on duty

Thursday, October 8, 1998  more...

Blackburn Leisure

ALBUMS

VARIOUS ARTISTS: Something New Something Blue (Sticky Label) -- If ever proof were needed that the UK is home to some of the best blues music in the world, then look no further than this. The East Lancashire based Sticky Label, best known for its releases by Syndicate, has apparently scoured the land to find some of the hottest blues talent around. A hatful of styles are on display from the six young bands and 11 tracks featured, all of which had prestigious slots at the recent Great British Rhythm and Blues Festival. A special mention is deserved for CBN's 'Hold On To You', Reconsider's 'Cold Heart' and The Big Blue's 'I Do'. (9/10) PG  more...

Who's playing where in the North West

TONIGHT (Sat Oct 3)  more...

Blackburn News

Harder edged!

ROCK pop act Mansun come to a sellout East Lancashire gig this week, bringing their new hard-edged rock sound with them. Guitarist Dominic Chad tells PAUL BARRY how the band have changed direction musically and tried to shake off their reputation for bad behaviour.  more...

TV giggers a hit

EAST Lancashire popsters The Rubbish stole the show when they played a televised showcase gig for up-and-coming bands in Manchester.  more...

Don't miss 'em!

ANOTHER East Lancashire band is starting to make waves on the Manchester circuit.  more...

Record deal breakthrough

BLACKBURN crossover act Big Fluff have taken a step closer to the big time after signing a record deal.  more...

Dream wedding marred by horror knife assault

A DREAM wedding on a Barbados beach was nearly called off after the bride was mugged in a horrific knife attack on the paradise island.  more...

Ex-Rovers star dies in S Africa

A FORMER Blackburn Rovers footballer has died after undergoing an operation to remove a leg.  more...

Former landlord dies after heart op

A POPULAR former publican has died suddenly in hospital following a heart operation.  more...

Blackburn Sport

£7m Rovers striker hopes for all-clear

BLACKBURN Rovers' record signing Kevin Davies will find out on Monday whether he can set out on the comeback trail.  more...

Clarets boss faces fight for Vindheim

BURNLEY may face competition if Stan Ternent steps up his bid to sign Norwegian defender Rune Vindheim.  more...

SUPERBIKES: I want to be number one again, says Foggy

CARL Fogarty faces the biggest race of his career as the World Superbike Championship is set to go to the wire in Sugo, Japan tomorrow.  more...

ICE HOCKEY: Hawks ready for the chill

THE talking stops for Blackburn Hawks tonight as the ice hockey season "proper" gets under way.  more...

CRICKET: I feel betrayed, says Slater

OUTGOING Lancashire League secretary Rod Slater says he feels "betrayed" by some of the cricket league's executive committee over his departure.  more...

Striker hopes for all clear

BLACKBURN Rovers' record signing Kevin Davies will find out on Monday whether he can set out on the comeback trail.  more...

Stan faces fight for Vindheim

BURNLEY may face competition if Stan Ternent steps up his bid to sign Norwegian defender Rune Vindheim.  more...

Bolton News

From the BEN files

From the Evening News,  more...

10-year stretch!

By Jennifer Bradbury HiNRG celebrates its 10th anniversary this month -- a decade which has seen the health and fitness building change dramatically. And the local fitness club, which was set up by business partners Belinda Beaver and Tom Henderson at Horwich Leisure Centre, can look back on a time filled with adventure, laughter, tears, innovations and overwhelming success.  more...

Pete knows all the special moves!

IT'S all about "warm ups", "all nighters" and "classic oldies".  more...

with pics

By Karen Stephen New lollipop is music to the ears - suck it and see! A new toy that filters secret messages and music into a child's head has arrived in Bolton.  more...

New leader for the Millennium

CHURCHES Together in Bolton has identified the man who will lead the organisation into the new Millennium. The Rev Jim Hollyman, the Minister at St Andrew and St George's United Reformed Church, is the organisation's president-elect.  more...

Daily poems

I climb the stairs,  more...

United neighbours

IN this day and age, home security is much more important than it used to be. I remember, during my childhood, that we did not need to lock up. Doors were left open. Children dashed in and out of each other's houses all the time. People did not go in unless they knew that they would be welcomed.  more...

One-man effort

I'VE launched a one-man campaign to fix up our local children's playground. It is a litter-strewn eyesore through years of neglect. The park is well used by local youngsters and requires new play equipment and improved park security.  more...

Was he a relative?

I am writing regarding the murder of Mr Ken Horrocks in Bolton. It has left me wondering if it is my relative, as I had someone of that name here. He originated from Ardwick, Manchester, and married my late sister in Stockport. They were separated many years, but he did have a flat here and he was here till the flats he was living in were being modernised four years ago, and we never saw him again.  more...

Those happy days

I WAS born many years ago in a tiny house down Springfield in the Haulgh of Bolton.  more...

Child rape man jailed

THE former Mayor of Westhoughton Nicholas Green has been jailed for 10 years after admitting charges of rape and indecent assault.  more...

Mother eloped

to Gretna Green My mother died eight years ago. I have recently found out she had a life I didn't know about. She eloped to Gretna Green in about 1927. Her maiden name was Bonfield. Her husband's surname was Knowles  more...

A DYING man will struggle from his hospital bed today to be granted one last wish -- to marry the wo

Farnworth's David Fielding, aged 42, who has been told he has just three months to live unless he receives a new liver, weds teenage sweetheart Maria Bowyer, 36, in a special service at Manchester Royal Infirmary.  more...

Lodge appeal

I AM an undergraduate at the University of Salford, undertaking research into reed decline at Crompton Lodges in Moses Gate Country Park. If anyone has any photographs taken within the last 10 years of the three lodges located near Rock Hall Visitors Centre, I would be grateful if I could view them or if anyone could spare a copy of any picture could you please write the month and year in pencil on the back and contact me at the following address. Thank you.  more...

We're worth twice as much

ANOTHER North west council pays its councillors less than half as much in expenses as Bolton. But the leader of Bolton Council, Cllr Bob Howarth, has defended Bolton's payments which were this year an 11 pc increase on the previous 12 months. A furious BEN reader sent in a copy of the allowances of Lancaster City Council which were published in a local newspaper while he was visiting the town.  more...

Searching for

Cousin David I'M seeking information on the whereabouts of David Byron, cousin, lived Kent Street, Farnworth in the 70s, believed to be now living in the Bolton area.  more...

Bolton Sport

SOCCER: Now Bury have time on their side

BURY'S ticket office staff this week heaved a huge sigh of relief that the dream cup tie at Manchester United will not be a repeat of the last time the two clubs met. On that occasion in January 1993 Bury sold their entire allocation of 8,000 tickets in just three hectic days.  more...

WANDERERS: Fish pleads for international re-think

MARK Fish is prepared to put club before country in an effort to help Wanderers back into the Premiership. The Bolton favourite missed this afternoon's Oakwell duel with Barnsley because of international commitments with South Africa and could be ruled out of at least three more crucial fixtures this season.  more...

Why players took a tumble on lush pitch

TOO much water, clogged-up studs . . . in one case the wrong sized boots! The explanations have been almost as plentiful as the tumbles.  more...

WANDERERS: Elliott kept in reserve

COLIN Todd had to be cruel to be kind with Robbie Elliott on Wednesday night. The Wanderers boss knew the player desperately wanted to play the full 90 minutes of the reserve game at Grimsby but he also knew this was not the time to be rushing things.  more...

WANDERERS: Head boy Blake

SO Nathan Blake can't head the ball! It didn't look that way judging by the height, the power and the accuracy that beat Swindon centre-back Adam Willis all ends up at the Reebok on Tuesday.  more...

WANDERERS: Blake scares Schmeichel

PETER Schmeichel has added his name to the growing list of Nathan Blake admirers. The legendary Manchester United keeper says Wanderers' Welsh international striker - the target of an unsuccessful bid from Wimbledon - represents the biggest threat to Denmark's hopes of victory in next week's European Championship qualifier in Copenhagen.  more...

WANDERERS: Teenage striker is back with Wanderers

OLAFUR Pall Snorrason , the 16-year-old striker from Reykjavik, returns to the Reebok on Monday to join the Premiership Academy and take Wanderers' Icelandic contingent to four. The teenage sensation from Gudni Bergsson's old club Valur impressed on a recent trial and is understood to have decided against taking up offers of trials with Manchester United and Bayern Munich.  more...

Burnley News

Drugs peddling youths lose their liberty

THREE youths involved in a plot to peddle drugs to undercover police have paid the price with their liberty -- to a tune of almost 10 years.  more...

Streets drinks ban would be 'unhelpful'

A BYE-LAW banning drinking in the streets of Burnley would be pointless and unhelpful councillors have been told.  more...

Village square path triumph

VILLAGERS in Worsthorne have a new footpath through the village square, thanks to the efforts of local green-minded volunteers.  more...

Clitheroe News

Head's daughter hit by deadly bug

THE daughter of a Ribble Valley headteacher has been struck down by the deadly bug meningitis.  more...

Colne News

Holiday jet skier died in freak collision with pal

A HOLIDAYMAKER from Colne riding a jet ski died instantly in a high speed collision with a friend, an inquest was told.  more...

Circus girls Emma and Colette are on a high

HIGH-FLYING teenagers Emma Lewis and Colette Morrow are in line to thrill visitors to the Millennium Dome after winning places with a circus training school.  more...

Rawtenstall News

Company boss dies in ravine plunge

A COMPANY boss from Rossendale died after his car plunged down a ravine as he returned home from work in Huddersfield.  more...

  
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