Interview: Dickie Ticker of Lancashire Hotpots

4:53pm Friday 21st November 2008

THEY are like the Houghton Weavers for the iPod generation and they are taking the country by storm, singing about great Lancashire institutions as the Chippy Tea, weekly line-dancing and pints of mild.

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Interview: Johnny Vegas

4:57pm Friday 21st November 2008

Comedian Johnny Vegas first became a household name starring in the ITV Digital adverts alongside Ben Miller’s Monkey, and now has a successful sitcom and film career.

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Interview: Boy George

4:49pm Friday 21st November 2008

HAVING had two previous interviews with Boy George cancelled at the last minute without explanation, I was stunned when this time he called bang on time with a low-key: “Hello, it's George.”

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Interview: Mikel Jollett of The Toxic Airborne Event

3:31pm Friday 21st November 2008

Being in a band and touring the country may seem like a glamorous job, but try telling that to singer Mikel Jollett of hotly-tipped US band The Toxic Airborne Event.

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Review: Francesca Martinez @ King George’s Hall, Blackburn

12:30pm Friday 21st November 2008

THE meaning of life might not sound like the funniest topic to base a comedy set around.

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Review: Body Of Lies (15)

5:10pm Friday 21st November 2008

IN the war on terror, there are no winners, only victims.

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Review: Choke (18)

5:12pm Friday 21st November 2008

THE first step to conquering any addiction is admitting the problem.

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Review: Quarantine (18)

5:13pm Friday 21st November 2008

TV reporter Angela Vidal (Jennifer Carpenter) is despatched to a fire station with a cameraman Scott (Steve Harris) to make a behind the scenes segment on daily life for these brave men and women.

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Pussycat Dolls inspire Blackburn pupils’ safety song

3:07pm Thursday 20th November 2008

A PRIMARY school has found the purr-fect way to boost internet safety — by recording a cover of a Pussycat Dolls song.

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Track of the week: 3 Black Dwarfs - Time

4:43pm Thursday 20th November 2008

Listen to Chorley garage punk band 3 Black Dwarfs' track Time.

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Review: A Taste of Honey @ Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester

2:06pm Thursday 20th November 2008

"I can't stand people who laugh at other people. They'd get a bigger laugh if they laughed at themselves," Shelagh Delaney’s passionate and witty play about the working classes has been revived once again and with a script full of rich lines like this it would be hard to get it wrong.

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Review: Mutton @ King George’s Hall, Blackburn

11:15am Thursday 20th November 2008

IT was billed as “a show where you won’t feel embarrassed to wet yourself”.

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Blackburn musician signs to Amy Winehouse record label

12:07pm Wednesday 19th November 2008

UNIVERSAL Records is home to Eminem, Amy Winehouse, Take That and now... The Salvation Army. And the International Staff Band’s only female member is from Blackburn.

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Blackburn girl's panto cat is a winner

8:10pm Wednesday 19th November 2008

Gabrielle Faulkner, of St Peter’s RC Primary School, Blackburn, designed a cat costume for this year’s Thwaites Empire pantomime, Dick Whittington.

Review: Back To Englistan @ King George's Hall, Blackburn

12:21pm Wednesday 19th November 2008

THE pioneering stand-up show which showcases Anglo-Asian comedy returned to Blackburn last night.

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VIDEO: Jim Bowen resurrects 1,500 year old joke book

7:10pm Tuesday 18th November 2008

A LEGENDARY East Lancashire comedian has brought a 1,500-year-old joke book back to life and proved that the old ones are still the best.

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Rare flyer for 'Jimmy' Hendrix gig in Nelson up for auction

4:50pm Tuesday 18th November 2008

A FLYER advertising a Jimi Hendrix gig in Nelson is set to sell at auction for £700.

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East Lancashire's Panopticons to feature on Russian television

12:20pm Tuesday 18th November 2008

A LANDMARK arts project is set to make waves from Moscow to St Petersburg after Russian TV cameras visited East Lancashire.

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Review: Jason Manford @ King George's Hall, Blackburn

10:09am Tuesday 18th November 2008

When ‘Eight Out Of Ten Cats’ newest comedian says he loves doing stand-up, he truly means it from the bottom of his heart. I honestly thought he was never going to leave!

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Son preparing exhibition in memory of his Darwen artist mum

8:50pm Monday 17th November 2008

THE son of a late Darwen artist is planning to stage an exhibition of her work eight years after she died.

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Review: Russell Howard @ King George's Hall, Blackburn

12:08pm Monday 17th November 2008

HE’S one of the rising stars of British comedy and last night Russell Howard proved just why he’s become one of the most in-demand performers on the circuit.

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Strictly Come Dancing blog: Week nine

6:47pm Monday 17th November 2008

DANCE teacher Graham Vernon, from Samlesbury, gives his verdict on the eighth episode on Strictly Come Dancing.

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