Book review: Wellington’s Worst Scrape: The Burgos Campaign 1812 by Carole...
Just over 200 years ago, as the long-running Napoleonic Wars raged across Europe, the British Army under the great Duke of Wellington suffered one of the most disastrous periods in its history.The...
View Article‘Referees have a tough job, but he clearly got it wrong’ - Burnley boss Dyche
SEAN Dyche felt Burnley should have been playing against 10 men, rather than being a man down, after the FA Cup exit at Barnsley.Midway through the first half, midfielder Brian Stock was booked in a...
View ArticleBurnley youngsters get chance to shine at the Etihad Stadium
THE Clarets will play their FA Youth Cup fourth-round tie at Manchester City’s Etihad Stadium.Burnley go to the home of the Premier League champions this coming Thursday night (kick-off 7pm).The...
View ArticleTaxi driver cleared of groping teen
A TAXI driver accused by a teenage girl of groping her in his cab has won a fight to clear his name.Jamil Iqbal was alleged by the girl to have put his hand down her top and inside her bra during the...
View ArticleBook review: Iris by Jean Marsh
Iris Winston is a ‘good time girl’ and in 1950s London, there’s plenty of fun to be found in the clubs and bars of the city’s seedy but exciting East End.Raised in a dismal flat in shabby Kilburn, Iris...
View ArticleGame Review: Nike+ Kinect Training
GONE are the days that a heavy board inaccurately estimates your size and weight just by standing on it, but first you have to worry about the gazillion batteries to get the thing to work.Thanks to the...
View ArticleBurnley midfielder Stock puzzled by sending off
CLARETS midfielder Brian Stock was left scratching his head over the booking which left him on a knife-edge at Barnsley.Stock was sent off just before half-time in Burnley’s FA Cup exit at Oakwell on...
View ArticleKids Review: Eureka!
YOU can learn a lot from children. And it was lovely watching Ruaridh (5) and Flora (3) use their imagination and enjoy acting out roles we adults take for normal every day.The care and pride taken as...
View ArticleNelson drug dealer jailed for six years
A NELSON man who was involved in a drugs supply chain between the town and Bradford has been jailed for six years.Siahosh Khan (33), of Bishop Street, was sentenced at Bradford Crown Court after...
View ArticleMore talks called for on car parking proposals
CONTROVERSIAL proposals to give businesses in the ACE Centre exclusive of a car park in Nelson town centre have been put on hold.Members of Pendle Council’s Nelson Committee had been recommended to...
View ArticleNelson woman charged with £17,500 theft from Whalley company
A WOMAN has appeared before Blackburn magistrates charged with stealing £17,500 from a Whalley company and its clients.Keeley Ainsworth (36), of Audley Close, Nelson, faces 53 charges of theft as an...
View ArticleBook review: The Queen’s Vow by C.W.Gortner
Isabella of Castile, wife of Ferdinand of Aragon, warrior queen, architect of a united Spain, educational reformer, the visionary who sent Columbus to discover a New World... and a religious fanatic...
View ArticleGame Review: Wii U Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Fight Stick
During my childhood, I spent my week’s pocket money down my local arcade every week because of the games high quality and superb controls, and with their beautifully decorated cabinets.however it...
View ArticleAS I SEE IT: Militant? Not me!
AS a member of my local WI and a progressive dairy farming family, I have attended many FFA protests.Always finding them amicable and well attended, and almost wholly by similar minded dairy farming...
View ArticleCND AGM on Friday
ANTI-NUCLEAR protestors are holding their AGM at Colne’s Open Door Centre on Friday.East Lancashire Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, a non-violent group focused on the banning of nuclear weapons,...
View ArticlePetrol thief awaiting sentence
A TEENAGER who went on a “spree” stealing petrol and diesel to the tune of about £6,000 from East Lancashire garages is awaiting sentence.Pennine magistrates heard how Patrick Heaney struck in Burnley,...
View ArticleBook review: Rawtenstall Through Time by Kathy Fishwick
Rawtenstall, a small town nestling in Lancashire’s Rossendale Valley, was first mentioned in the archives way back in 1326 when it was rather quaintly described as the ‘row tunstall,’ or long, narrow...
View ArticleHameldon pair make charity effort
TWO of Hameldon Community College’s Prince’s Trust students Cheyenne Poulton and Corey Webster took part in a seasonal sponsored run in aid of a charity close to their hearts.The charity they chose was...
View ArticleInformation appeal following Colne theft
POLICE are appealing for information after an elderly woman had a large amount of money stolen from her in Colne just before Christmas.A woman is said to have approached the victim in a Market Street...
View ArticleTeam Alma take on Dryathlon challenge
IT is no mean feat giving up alcohol for a whole month — especially when your second home is a pub.But for 13 dedicated staff members and hardened regulars of The Alma Inn, in Emmott Lane, Laneshaw...
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