VIDEO: TV star Jeff Brown smashes ‘pane’ barrier for Pennine 10k
LARGER-THAN-LIFE star Jeff Brown has taken on a £10,000 challenge to run the Pennine Lancashire 10k.The Burnley TV personality, who is the face of windows firm Safestyle UK, is set to go through the...
View ArticleBook review: Aprons and Silver Spoons by Mollie Moran
Mollie Moran doesn’t need to switch on Downton Abbey to discover what it’s like to live below stairs as a domestic servant. She’s been there, done it... and lived to 96 years old to tell her...
View ArticleFans forum for Fleetwood Town
FLEETWOOD Town are staging a fans’ forum at the Parkside Suite, Highbury tomorrow night when fans get the chance to quiz manager Graham Alexander, chairman Andy Pilley and members of the first team...
View ArticleGame Review: SC-1 Sports controller
IN the world of third party manufactured controllers, Gioteck stand out from the crowd.They are always trying their best to make gaming easier and better for players with their wide assortment of...
View ArticleBrierfield child sex claims: five acquitted
A BRIERFIELD man has admitted three offences of child abduction and one of sexual activity with a child.Mohammed Imran Amjad (26), of Halifax Road, pleaded guilty to the offences on a girl, who was...
View ArticleANDREW STEPHENSON MP: Aerospace plays a huge role in our economy
To mark National Apprenticeship Week, in addition to my activities in Westminster, I was out and about visiting businesses across Pendle.I spent a couple of hours at Training2000 in Nelson meeting...
View ArticleBeast to host testimonial dinner
BRIAN Jensen is currently enjoying his testimonial year at Turf Moor.And Brian’s testimonial committee are delighted to announce a gala dinner/dance in his honour, to be held at Turf Moor on Saturday,...
View Article‘Easter cancelled’ at Wycoller due to snow
Nick Osborne, from Lancashire County Council’s Countryside Service, said: “Due to severe road conditions on the lanes leading to Wycoller Country Park, the county council has reluctantly cancelled...
View ArticlePendle Wallace Hartley Titanic film wins national award
A FILM made here in Pendle about Wallace Hartley and the Titanic has been given a national amateur film award.The film called “Nearer My God to Thee: Wallace Hartley Remembered” was a joint venture...
View ArticleClarets fan ‘withdraws interest’ in Rovers job and helps family of tragic...
A CHEEKY Clarets fan whose spoof job application for the vacant Blackburn Rovers’ manager’s role made headlines around Europe has withdrawn his “interest” in the post.Burnley season ticket holder James...
View ArticleBook review: The Heretics by Rory Clements
As the curtain rises on the fifth – and hopefully not final – act of Rory Clements’ prize-winning John Shakespeare Elizabethan mystery series, there are whispers of a new stage set for the Tudor spy’s...
View ArticleGame Review: Capcom Arcade Cabinet: Pack 1
QUITE often as I play games of today I think back of the times I used to ask for my pocket money early from my mum so that I could go to our local arcade with my friends.It doesn’t take a rocket...
View ArticleMR PENDLE: Fed up with the Tinseltown awards hogwash
WHEN it comes to awards ceremonies, you either love them or loathe them.And Mr Pendle definitely falls into the latter category.He would argue there are far too many of them, with the same people,...
View ArticleColne striker Hart targets promotion
POTENT Reds’ striker Jason Hart is hopeful of climbing the football ladder with Colne.The 22-year-old has engineered a spectacular baptism in the top tier of the North West Counties League, hitting the...
View ArticleBurnley players dig deep for needy children
CLARETS players dug deep to help two local businesses provide an Easter treat to needy children in the Burnley area.The squad held a dressing room whip-round to buy 500 chocolate eggs that will be...
View ArticleColne swimmers beat the weather
ON Sunday, Colne ASC travelled away from the snow and ice and headed to Blackpool for their second fixture in the Micro League of the North West.Colne were joined at the the Palatine Leisure Centre by...
View ArticleGame Review: Sniper Ghost Warrior 2
WELL here we are folks in the shady sneaky world of sniping, with the release of Sniper Ghost Warrior 2 the latest game developed and published by City Interactive.As you have probably guessed it’s the...
View ArticleGEOFF CRAMBIE: Adie Randall, a Clarets hero
THIS week our column’s spotlight falls on a consummate claret of the ‘90s, who in his five seasons at Turf Moor, would under magical manager Jimmy Mullen win promotion for a notable Burnley side twice...
View ArticleLearn self-defence skills in Colne
COLNE-BASED self-defence academy Fight or Flight is teaching the personal protection system used by stars in Hollywood blockbuster films.Fight or Flight teaches techniques used by stars such as Tom...
View ArticleThe Vintage Clarets are off to Germany
THE Vintage Clarets will be taking on veterans from a multitude of European nations at the forthcoming 36th Annual Football Tournament to be held over the weekend of May 17-20th at Hammer...
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