Are you the football brain of Burnley?
THINK you really know about your club?Well now is your chance to prove you have what it takes to become the first Brain of Burnley.In conjunction with club historian Ray Simpson, Burnley are looking to...
View ArticleRace-hate attack on Blackpool-bound train: police appeal
British Transport Police are calling on the public for help after rail passengers were subjected to a barrage of racist abuse.The incident happened on board a train between Preston and Blackpool North,...
View ArticleJury out in Simonstone Department of Works and Pension fraud case
THE jury has been sent out in the Department of Works and Pensions fraud at Simonstone.Two deny laundering money siphoned from pensioners’ accounts in a nationwide scam.Shakeel Butt (27), of Lambeth...
View ArticleREVIEW: The Travelling Band hit the road in style
THE Travelling Band have had quite some journey.Made in Manchester, drawn to New York City and heralded at Glastonbury as the Rainy City’s next great hope – the folk-rock fivesome have been around the...
View ArticleGas blast death of Nelson man (27) was ‘freak accident’
A FREAK gas cylinder explosion led to the death of a young man from Nelson.Mr Jeffrey Chadwick (27) suffered horrific burns and internal damage to his body following the explosion in the back yard of...
View ArticleANDREW STEPHENSON MP: We’re heading in the right direction on immigration
IT was a busy week in the House of Commons with debates on the Justice and Security Bill and an update on the deteriorating position in Syria. I was pleased to welcome a group of 16 Samaritans...
View ArticleVIDEO: Shayne Singleton lifts the English title after defeating Curtis Woodhouse
HE emerged bloodied and bruised like Sylvester Stallone’s eponymous character Rocky Balboa, but Shayne Singleton was proudly clutching the English light welterweight belt.Nursing a broken nose and a...
View ArticleAnne takes over at Colne Golf Club
At the 2013 Colne Golf Club Ladies’ Annual General Meeting, 2012 Lady Captain Stella Kitson presented Pat Beal from Pendleside Hospice a cheque for £510, which was raised during her Captaincy Year.She...
View ArticleLancashire Police issue theft warning
POLICE are urging businesses to be vigilant after a series of mobile phone and cash thefts from business premises across East Lancashire.Officers are currently investigating five crimes, at least three...
View ArticleColne back on track
COLNE picked up two handsome wins over the week to put a halt to a disappointing run of results which had seen them drop from third to eighth, after taking eight points from as many games.On Saturday...
View ArticleBurnley Thalidomide mum (50) ‘fit to work’ say DWP
A BURNLEY Thalidomide victim who has undergone brain surgery, is blind in one eye and partially deaf, can barely walk and will undergo spinal surgery later this year is scared she will be forced to...
View ArticleNelson motor neurone disease sufferer ‘prisoner in his own home’
PENDLE’S leading social landlord has defended itself against criticism for failing to meet the housing needs of a 51-year-old motor neurone disease sufferer.Housing Pendle had been criticised by...
View ArticleIt’s official – Clitheroe is top place to live
CLITHEROE is one of the top 10 places to live in the North West according to a new guide published by The Sunday Times.The Sunday Times Best Places to Live, published in The Sunday Times on Sunday will...
View ArticlePendle Leisure Centre sauna closure: the heat is on
PENDLE Leisure Centre’s sauna is expected to close its doors for good at the end of the month.But outraged users have said they are going to fight to keep it open.The facility, in Crown Way, Colne, was...
View ArticleTrawden tram tracks restored
TRAWDEN’S tram tracks have finally been restored.The tracks, which run from Church Street to Lane House, along the back of White Lea Avenue, are what remain of the Colne and Trawden Light Railway,...
View ArticleBarnoldswick Town suffer heavy defeat
TOWN lost out in a thriller at home to Runcorn on Saturday.This was always a tough game on paper, and it started at breakneck speed and finished the same way as Barlick fell to their second defeat in...
View ArticleVIDEO: Silentnight staff do the Harlem Shake
FACTORY workers at Barnoldswick’s Silentnight plant have got their groove on as part of a music video movement.Staff at the Long Ing Lane factory have released their own video of the “Harlem Shake”...
View ArticleGame Review: SteelSeries Flux Headset
I don`t know about you folks but these days I find myself amassing numerous gadgets.Like a smart phone, tablet, laptop, PC, console the list is endless, the one thing they all have in common is a...
View ArticlePendle Phoenix run riot in 15-try romp
PHOENIX ran in 15 tries as they crushed Clitheroe at Hodge House on Saturday. Losing the toss, Pendle were forced to play up field, and their game plan of putting the ball through the hands at every...
View ArticleGeoff Crambie: Colne’s past caught in film in ‘Lancashire Pride’
IT IS back in time to 1951 this week with a nostalgic still from the Colne film of that very year, “Lancashire Pride”.The film was a Glen Mills production and was financed by the company’s managing...
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