Interview: Chaka Khan

10:57am Wednesday 16th July 2008

Ten questions put to Chaka Khan about her new album ‘Funk This’.

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Hoghton: Boars Head

4:34pm Monday 14th July 2008

THE Boars Head is yet another establishment to have undergone a transformation.

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Review: The Taming of the Shrew @ Worden Park, Leyland

4:33pm Friday 11th July 2008

Sun shining, birds singing, home-cooked food and Shakespeare- these were definitely the right ingredients for a perfect evening.

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Interview: Mik Kaminski of The Orchestra

3:17pm Friday 11th July 2008

THE Orchestra are heading out on a UK tour this autumn.

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Interview: Jimmy Cricket

2:52pm Friday 11th July 2008

DIG OUT your L and R wellies and rose-tinted spectacles ready for a trip down memory lane — because comedy legend Jimmy Cricket is coming to Blackpool, as part of the Best Of British Variety Tour 2008.

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Review: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat @ Grand Theatre, Blackpool

11:52am Wednesday 9th July 2008

A modern take on one of the country’s most popular musicals had the Grand Theatre on its feet on Tuesday.

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Interview: Avalon Way

11:58am Tuesday 8th July 2008

YOU could be forgiven for thinking that old-fashioned rock star behaviour had been totally eradicated, what with plasma TVs unable to penetrate double glazed hotel windows and recreational drug use being no less hazardous than today’s fast food.

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Metal Gear Solid 4 Review PS3

3:27pm Monday 7th July 2008

What's that sneaking up behind you?

Interview: Tony Benn

11:09am Monday 30th June 2008

Britain’s foremost socialist, Tony Benn, shared his forthright views with Citizen reporter, Nazia Parveen, following a conference in Preston.

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Single: The Dodos – Red & Purple

10:54am Monday 14th July 2008

A chirpy debut UK release from a San Franciscan psych-folk duo – featuring what might be child's toy instrument as the musical hook.

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Album: Five O'Clock Heroes – Speak Your Language

6:18pm Thursday 17th July 2008

SOMETIMES music critics seem to engage in the musical equivalent of a playground pile-on.

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Interview: Paul Daniels

1:02pm Friday 27th June 2008

PAUL Daniels is in a mischievous mood when I call.

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Interview: Craig Chalmers

12:46pm Friday 27th June 2008

Craig Chalmers thought his chances of a leading stage role had disappeared when he was voted off TV’s search for Joseph. But now he’s touring the country in his dream role.

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Chorley: Camerons, Birkacre Garden Centre

10:08pm Monday 23rd June 2008

Trying to find somewhere different to have lunch, apart from the usual cafes and sandwich shops in Chorley, I remembered that Camerons restaurant in Birkacre Garden centre was just a short drive down the road.

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Interview: Frazer Hines

12:30pm Friday 20th June 2008

THE cast for the classic farce See How They Run which comes to Blackpool's Grand Theatre next week reads like a who's who of comedy actors.

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Interview: Calvin Party

12:17pm Friday 20th June 2008

When Calvin Party return for a show in Darwen next week, it will mean something special to lead singer John Donaldson.

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Interview: The Brute Chorus

8:46pm Thursday 26th June 2008

THE Brute Chorus' first single, a double a-side titled Chateau/The Cuckoo And The Stolen Heart, contained grim tales of spurned lovers, murderous revenge and wolves in wolves's clothing.

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Interview: The Rising

11:03am Friday 13th June 2008

THE Rising are a local band who are on the up. Every time I catch the lads playing, whether it be down the pub or on festival stages, the unabashed energy they put into their performances is never anything less than 100 per cent.

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Interview: Chris Helme

10:41am Friday 13th June 2008

As lead singer with The Seahorses, Chris Helme shared stages with The Rolling Stones, U2 and Oasis. Now he's heading out on his own and is coming to Accrington and, as he tells us, he couldn't be happier.

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Review: Belief and Betrayal

1:22pm Thursday 12th June 2008

Games: Belief and Betrayal

Album: Coldplay – Viva La Vida or Death And All His Friends

10:20pm Thursday 17th July 2008

THE nonsense that pop stars waffle about their music can be almost as absurd and pretentious as the title of this latest album from Coldplay.

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Mawdesley: The Black Bull

9:28am Wednesday 11th June 2008

I could have lounged around The Black Bull in Mawdesley for the best part of Sunday afternoon, such is the atmosphere of this oldie worldie pub.

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Interview: Michael Portillo

4:13pm Friday 6th June 2008

Michael Portillo, who appears in an 'Audience With' show in Preston on June 14, has had a truly fascinating life.

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Regulator considering Sats options

Updated 7:25pm Saturday 19th July 2008

England's exams regulator is in discussions with the company behind this year's Sats fiasco to ensure that there is no repeat of the problems which delayed the delivery of millions of schoolchildren's test results.

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