Clarets staff in talks over merger plans
BOSSES at Burnley Football Club are in talks with staff over plans to merge its retail departments and ticket office.A statement from the club said it is consulting with workers over the proposals and...
View ArticleTrust to help talented athletes
PENDLE Leisure Trust is looking for young, talented athletes who could qualify for support with training and competition costs. If you know someone aged between 12 and 18 who lives in Pendle and has...
View ArticleCash cuts clobber council, Pendle peer tells Lords
COUNCILS such as Pendle and Burnley are part of the “Sorry Seven” – seven ordinary small district councils that are being “clobbered even harder than everybody else” by cuts in government funding,...
View ArticleGordon Birtwistle’s Westminster Week - January 18th 2013
LAST week in Parliament was a busy, varied and interesting week. On Monday I took part in two important debates.The first was a debate about the amount of women sitting on the boards of companies. The...
View ArticleBook review: Turn over a new leaf with Macmillan Children’s Books
A new year has brought some fresh and exciting adventures for young readers from the ever inventive book boffins at Macmillan.Teenagers can catch up with the second part of a scintillating sci-fi...
View ArticleMr Pendle: West Bank twinning is a waste of time
THE controversial decision by Pendle Council to twin the borough with the Palestinian settlement of Beit Leed just before Christmas has certainly upset some people, if the contents of our letters pages...
View ArticleAn evening with Burnley keeper Brian Jensen
As part of Brian’s testimonial year, the Clarets keeper has re-united the 2009 Wembley play-off final winning squad for a special one-off night.Skipper Steven Caldwell, matchwinner Wade Elliott and the...
View ArticleTeenager admits abuse of children
A “DAMAGED” teenager, said to have been sexually, physically and emotionally abused as a child, involved two brothers in indecent acts in a Nelson back street. Daniel Ash (17) was given a three-year...
View ArticleBook review: The Book of Why by Nicholas Montemarano
‘There’s no need ever to feel like a victim; there are no circumstances beyond your control.’Self-help guru Eric Newborn has an answer for all humanity’s conundrums. Think positively and all will be...
View ArticleReports of bid for Bournemouth striker wide of mark
REPORTS claiming Burnley have made a bid for Bournemouth striker Wes Thomas are wide of the mark.The 26-year-old, who enjoyed a spell on loan at Blackpool earlier this season, was left out of the...
View ArticleText row leads to assault
A MAN attacked his then partner after she was said to have questioned him over a text from another woman, a court heard.Ricky-Lee Benson had dived at Kelly Shone, thrown her across the bed, grabbed her...
View ArticleText row leads to assault
A MAN attacked his then partner after she was said to have questioned him over a text from another woman, a court heard.Ricky-Lee Benson had dived at Kelly Shone, thrown her across the bed, grabbed her...
View ArticleDrugs raids: 5 in court
FIVE Nelson men have appeared in court charged with heroin supply offences.This follows a series of early morning drugs raids in Nelson on Wednesday last week.Shujaht Khan (21), of St Paul’s Road,...
View ArticleBook review: How To Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk by...
Becoming a parent, as we all know, is easy – becoming a good parent is much more difficult.Parenthood is a challenge many of us face with little experience or education in childcare and from toddler...
View ArticleFormer Burnley striker Payton predicts bright future for Colne hotshot
FORMER Colne assistant Andy Payton is predicting a prosperous career for prolific Reds striker Jason Hart.The one-time Turf Moor favourite, who picked up the Goldon Boot award after scoring 27 goals in...
View ArticleAs I See It: Localism and Lies
I write having read the article “New tactic in bid for 137 Whalley homes” in last week’s Clitheroe Advertiser in which the latest ruse enabling developers to bypass local planning controls is...
View ArticleTravel Review: Glasgow, Scotland
SCOTLAND is usually your best bet if you are after snow. But the tables were changed on the Hay family as we left the white stuff behind and headed for the dear green place that is Glasgow.This term of...
View ArticleTrippier fighting fit under Burnley boss Dyche
KIERAN Trippier admits he has never worked harder in his career than in the last three months.But the graft is paying off, both personally, and collectively as part of a Burnley team who are four...
View ArticleNelson honours its great and good
NELSON has again honoured those who make a major contribution to the town.And despite poor weather, lots of people turned up at the ACE Centre for the third awards ceremony on Saturday. The Pride of...
View ArticleBook review: Kinsey and Me: Stories by Sue Grafton
For 30 years, millions of adoring fans have been enthralled by Sue Grafton’s iconic, alphabetical Kinsey Millhone mysteries, some completely unaware that the smart-talking private investigator is the...
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