Interview: Vicki Michelle

2:14pm Friday 29th August 2008

TWENTY-FIVE years after ’Allo ‘Allo! first hit our screens the hilarious comedy is back — and it is coming to a stage near you soon. We spoke to the original sexy French waitress, actress Vicki Michelle.

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Interview: Marc Almond

2:05pm Friday 29th August 2008

MARC Almond has every reason to look forward to getting out and performing hits from a career spanning 28 years as both a member of Soft Cell and a solo artist.

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Interview: Arlene Phillips

2:09pm Friday 29th August 2008

THE original dance musical, Flashdance, is coming to Manchester next week, and who better to choreograph it than dance’s queen of mean Arlene Phillips.

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Review: Step Brothers (15)

2:34pm Friday 29th August 2008

THE biggest laugh in Adam McKay's comedy of escalating sibling rivalry comes before the opening credits roll.

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Review: Babylon A.D. (12A)

2:35pm Friday 29th August 2008

FROM its downbeat opening monologue — “Save the planet? What for?” — Babylon A.D. imagines an environmentally ravaged world teetering on the brink of catastrophe.

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Review: The Strangers (15)

2:38pm Friday 29th August 2008

ATTACK is often the best form of defence but what happens when you are faced with protecting the people you love from a faceless adversary without scruples or motive?

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Fashion: Style spy - Cara Walmsley

9:37am Wednesday 27th August 2008

Cara Walmsley, 16, student at St Mary's College, Blackburn, of Antigua Drive, Lower Darwen.

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Interview: Scott Wright

2:21pm Tuesday 26th August 2008

HE SHOT to fame as Coronation Street stripper Sam Kingston. Now actor Scott Wright is running acting classes — and he’s convinced he's going to find a star. We spoke to him.

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Review: R'n'B Festival, Colne

11:10am Tuesday 26th August 2008

THIS year’s Great British Rhythm and Blues Festival, in Colne, has been hailed ‘the best yet’ by organisers.

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Walk: Man-made ‘watering hole’ so much to offer

2:43pm Tuesday 26th August 2008

Jumbles reservoir looks as if it was built in Victorian times but was in fact constructed in the 1960s and opened by the Queen in 1971.

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Fashion: My style - Jaimie Maculewicz

2:29pm Tuesday 26th August 2008

Jaimie Maculewicz, 21, shop assistant at Originals designer clothing store on King WIlliam Street, Blackburn.

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Interview: Steve Cropper

4:51pm Tuesday 26th August 2008

ASK fans attending this year’s Great British R&B Festival which artist they are most looking forward to seeing and the majority will give you one name — Steve Cropper.

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Review: Get Smart (12A)

4:54pm Tuesday 26th August 2008

Starring: Steve Carell, Anne Hathaway, Terence Stamp, Dwayne Johnson, Alan Arkin, Masi Oka, Nate Torrence, Terry Crews, David Koechner, James Caan. Director: Peter Segal.

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Review: College Road Trip (U)

4:58pm Tuesday 26th August 2008

If it weren’t drizzled in so much emotional syrup that you can almost feel your molars rotting in your gums, Roger Kumble’s comedy might be a little creepy.

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Review: Hellboy II: The Golden Army (12A)

5:00pm Tuesday 26th August 2008

THE sequel to Guillermo del Toro's 2004 fantasy, based on Mike Mignola's comics series, is every bit as fast and furious as its predecessor.

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Fashion: Style spy - Amy Banks

11:54am Wednesday 20th August 2008

Amy Banks, Clitheroe Grammar School pupil of Brownhill, Blackburn.

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Fashion: Glasses with added specs appeal

11:51am Wednesday 20th August 2008

It’s official: Wearing glasses is no longer considered geeky, with opticians reporting a surge in the number of customers requesting frames with plain-glass.

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Review: High School Musical Mania @ Thwaites Empire Theatre, Blackburn

12:37pm Tuesday 19th August 2008

PUPILS of Little Voices wowed the crowds with their performance of High School Musical Mania.

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Walk: Harbour walk offers a treasure trail for kids

3:53pm Monday 18th August 2008

A circular walk around Maryport harbour, taking in a busy harbour that once had huge strategic importance, this is a walk by the sea with a difference which will appeal to all ages.

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Review: Knowles Arms, Blackburn

3:09pm Monday 18th August 2008

THE humble pub fulfils so many different roles these days it’s a wonder that many don’t suffer from an identity crisis.

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Todd inquest to ignore private life

Updated 11:02am Saturday 30th August 2008

The inquest into the death of Greater Manchester Chief Constable Michael Todd will not delve into his private life and reported affairs, the coroner for the hearing has confirmed.

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