Cold weather warning: Avoid winter woes
WATER company United Utilities is urging householders to get ready for freezing temperatures this week.Forecasters predict night-time lows of down to minus three this week, and that could mean bad news...
View ArticleBurnley winger Stanislas eyeing a play-off push
GOAL hero Junior Stanislas feels if Burnley can add a killer instinct, they can threaten the top six.Stanislas, making only his second start under Sean Dyche, curled in a late winner against...
View ArticleGordon Birtwistle’s Westminster Week - January 11th 2013
HAPPY New Year to everyone in Burnley. I hope you all had a lovely Christmas. I spent the holidays catching up with family, particularly my grandchildren who have taken a shine to my two new kittens!By...
View ArticleMr Pendle: Queuing on Boxing Day.. not me!
Mr Pendle might not have everything in life, but a big store Boxing Day sales queue is the last place he would want to be, mingling with the masses in a desperate bid to get his hands on something...
View ArticleSchool improvememnts under way
OFSTED inspectors have paid a monitoring visit to a Nelson primary school found to require improvement during an inspection in October.During the visit to St John’s CE Primary School, meetings were...
View ArticleClub stalwart loses cancer battle
A MAN who served Nelson Cricket Club as player, chairman and mere spectator over five decades sadly lost a long battle against cancer on Sunday.Milton Lord (62) had played cricket for the club from...
View ArticleBook review: The Pillow Book of the Flower Samurai by Barbara Lazar
The dazzling but brutal world of 12th century Japan springs into glorious life through the bizarre destiny of one young peasant girl in Barbara Lazar’s sumptuous new novel.Kozaishō is Fifth Daughter of...
View ArticleGame Review: Air Conflicts: Pacific Carriers
HERE we go again folks yet another World War 2 flight simulator, Air conflicts Pacific Carriers developed by Games Farm and published by bitComposer Games is a little different than the rest.We have...
View ArticleCarter continues Colne’s climb
COLNE extended their superb run to just one defeat in their last 13 games and continued their rise up the table to fourth position, establishing themselves as serious title contenders.After the...
View ArticleGame Review: Nano SEGA Mega Drive
MOST of us remember the SEGA mega drive way back in the early nineties when Sonic ruled, well those days are here again with the release of this handy little gadget called the Arcade nano SEGA mega...
View ArticleMillwall favourites for clash with Clarets
THIS weekend, Sean Dyche’s men travel to Millwall looking to leap frog their mid table rivals into seventh place in a push to finish in the top six come the end of the season.The Lions are best priced...
View ArticleMan gives up smoking to help hospice
ANDI Trickett is determined to give up smoking so that he can raise charity funding for Pendleside Hospice in memory of his mother, who sadly died from cancer.And you are invited to support his...
View ArticleDisabled woman’s Pendle Hill trip
LOTS of Pendle Hill fans have decided to help Lynn Drinkwater get up Pendle Hill – despite the fact that she is now disabled and can’t walk any more.And as a result, the event is going to raise lots of...
View ArticleBook review: School’s Out! by Jack Sheffield
As a new term begins at a tiny North Yorkshire primary school in September 1983, headmaster Jack Sheffield feels that familiar mix of excitement and trepidation.There’s a fresh intake to settle in, a...
View ArticleTicket News: Bolton Wanderers v Burnley
THIS game takes place at the Reebok Stadium on Saturday, February 9 (3pm).Burnley Football Club has been allocated 3,531 tickets for the game.Tickets go on sale to season ticket holders, members and...
View ArticleAs I See It: Action, not words
LAST week it was reported Councillors Ranson and Hill held a meeting with David Cameron regarding the over development of the Ribble Valley. CRAG welcome any efforts to reduce opportunistic money...
View ArticleDisaster Aid worker from Colne helps in aftermath of Cyclone Pablo
A FORMER journalist student from Colne has shared his story of helping to rebuild communities following a devastating cyclone in the Philippines. Ed Cox (36), deployments manager at Disaster Aid UK,...
View ArticleTrawden turbine proposals rejected by councillors
PENDLE Council’s Colne and District Committee have rejected proposals for a 5kw wind turbine in Trawden.The application site was an agricultural field located within open countryside and Trawden Forest...
View ArticleKing Henry VIII visits Colne pupils
IT was a flash from the past at one Colne primary school when King Henry VIII and all his six wives appeared without any warning.The unexpected visitors greeted pupils and staff at West Street...
View ArticlePolice advice on travel as heavy snow is forecast
LANCASHIRE Constabulary is urging motorists to take care in adverse driving conditions as snow is forecast across the county.The Met Office has issued an amber warning for the North West tomorrow,...
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