Nelson man arrested following Colne RTC
A 38-YEAR-OLD driver from Nelson has been arrested following a road traffic collision in Colne. Three vehicles, a Vauxhall Vectra, a Vauxhall Astra and a Fiat Scudo, were damaged following the incident...
View ArticleHave your say on council matters
PENDLE Council is inviting local people to suggest the local issues and services which they think its scrutiny team should look at with a view to making improvements.Is there something you think could...
View ArticleRemember to recycle Christmas waste
WHEN the Christmas decorations come down, please remember to recycle as much as you can. That’s the message from Pendle Council’s Waste Management team. Recycling crews will be collecting real...
View ArticleWinifred celebrates 100th birthday
Barnoldswick lass Winifred Tomlinson has celebrated her 100th birthday with family and friends.Around 80 special guests attended Mrs Tomlinson’s big birthday bash held at the Rolls-Royce Leisure Club...
View ArticleMP calls for action on canal litter
FOLLOWING ongoing complaints that the stretch of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal through Pendle remains a dumping ground for litter, Pendle MP Andrew Stephenson has called on the Canal and River Trust to...
View ArticleBlaze hits Brierfield takeaway on New Year’s Day
A BLAZE broke out at a Brierfield takeaway on New Year’s Day.Flames spread through a chip range at the shop in Railway Street yesterday.Fire crews were called out to the food outlet at around 6-30pm to...
View ArticleTravel Review: Glasgow, Scotland
IF you are looking for culture at Christmas – try Glasgow as it has it all! Ruaridh (5) and I spent a wonderful Saturday afternoon at The Theatre Royal enchanted by The Scottish Ballet’s performance of...
View ArticleMother and son taken to hospital following M65 Colne crash
LANE One of the M65 has now been reopened following a two car crash in Colne.Emergency services were called at around 12-20pm today (Wednesday) after a Citroën C3 and a Citroën C4 were involved in a...
View ArticleGovernment cuts council cash grant
PENDLE Council is facing a big reduction in Government grants in 2013/14.And political leaders locally have warned that the council faces a difficult year ahead – and a tougher time still in...
View ArticleJakub in national spotlight
A DISABLED Pendle youngster who plays boccia has qualified to play in a national event later this year. Jakub Drozdzowski (14), from Nelson, has duchene muscular dystrophy. He will take part in the...
View ArticleBook review: You Had Me at Hello by Mhairi McFarlane
Think of David Nicholls’ One Day, add a week’s worth of northern humour and you have what could be one of the year’s funniest and most romantic books.Breezing in on the wave of 2013 is Mhairi McFarlane...
View ArticleBarnoldswick Town swoop to land three new faces
BARNOLDSWICK Town joint-manager Ben Hall insists his side can’t endure any distractions as they look to bounce back in 2013.Hall, alongside his managerial team of Stewart Airdrie and Kevin Richardson,...
View ArticleGame Review: Gaming Keyboards
OK so you have decided to step up from console gaming to the world of PC gaming, you`ve splashed out on a fancy new graphics card even bought a gadgety gaming mouse, yet your still using the old ten...
View ArticleNelson boss Fell feels squad on a par with rest of division
BLUES boss Mark Fell believes the club now possesses one of the most talented squads in the NWC First Division.Since taking charge at Victoria Park in early November, Fell has governed just three...
View ArticleMEP’s key role in homecoming
PENDLE politician Mr Sajjad Karim is delighted he has been successful in arranging for a young girl to return home from Pakistan after she was taken there by her father more than three years ago.Mr...
View ArticleInvites for Turf Moor memorial
BURNLEY Football Club would like to invite supporters to join the club in remembering members of the Clarets’ family who have sadly passed away in the past year.Following a proposal by the Supporters’...
View ArticleBrothers in cycling marathon
TWO Blacko brothers are hot on the “wheels” of Lancashire cycling stars Bradley Wiggins and Steven Burke after clocking up 1,000 miles and raising £5,000 riding from London to Barcelona.James (26) and...
View ArticleMEP welcomes fishing vote
PENDLE MEP Sajjad Karim has welcomed the outcome of the European Parliament’s Fisheries Committee vote on fishing policy. The vote, in favour of banning fish discarding by European fishermen, is part...
View ArticleEx-partner ‘escorted from premises’ after breach of order
A DAD who turned up at the home of his ex-partner when banned was escorted from the premises by her “much larger”new man, a court was told.Pennine magistrates heard how Kieron Patrick Wright ended up...
View Article£2.5m investment in local nurseries
TWO nurseries in Colne and Barnoldswick have been bought by the Safehands Green Start Nurseries group. The group has recently purchased six nurseries from Little Craft, five of which are in Lancashire....
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