Plans move ahead to transform Brierfield Mills
PROPERTY sales firm Petty Commercial has been asked to join a panel along with Pendle Council and Barnfield Construction to choose the architects who are going to transform and re-image a key structure...
View ArticleEducation Awards 2013
WE would like to invite you to nominate your school, students, teachers and support staff in the East Lancashire Newspapers Education Awards.These awards will once again celebrate primary and secondary...
View ArticleMarsden Heights students honoured in Young Citizen awards
AT the High Sheriff of Lancashire’s Young Citizen of the Year Awards, one of the groups honoured was from Pendle’s Marsden Heights Community College.The event, sponsored by BAE Systems, takes place...
View ArticleBook review: The Perfect Retreat by Kate Forster
Need an escape from the unseasonably cold spring weather? Take a leaf out of Kate Forster’s warm and lively new book and head for the most sought-after postcode in London.There you will find Willow...
View ArticleJail for Colne man who smashed pub windows
YOUNG thug Shane Driver was jailed for 10 months for smashing pub windows with a baseball bat.Burnley Crown Court was told Driver (21), of Keighley Avenue, Colne, smashed six windows at the Duke of...
View ArticleClarets Trust vote for their player of year
ONCE again the end of the season is rapidly approaching, and on April 30th the fans and supporters’ clubs’ Player of the Year awards will be presented.Last year the Clarets Supporters’ Trust Trophy...
View ArticleNew voyage for Titanic in Lancashire Museum’s curator
TODAY we can exclusively reveal that Colne’s Titanic in Lancashire Museum is ready to set sail. Maritime enthusiast Nigel Hampson (44) has announced that his Church Street attraction will be dropping...
View ArticleCOLUMN: Leila Neve talks about “reflective and emotional time” after daughter...
Welcome to Charlotte’s Amazing Brain!I’m Leila and in April 2012 my youngest daughter Charlotte, suffered a rare brain haemorrhage followed by a huge stroke which left her partially sighted, with brain...
View ArticleBook review: The Memory of Lost Senses by Judith Kinghorn
‘If any one faculty of our nature may be called more wonderful than the rest, I do think it is memory.’Jane Austen’s observation from Mansfield Park lies at the heart of Judith Kinghorn’s exquisite new...
View ArticleBurnley midfielder Bartley’s reward
MIDFIELDER Marvin Bartley is delighted his patience has been rewarded with a run of games, but he isn’t resting on his laurels.The 26-year-old has started only eight games all season - five of those...
View ArticleKelbrook man’s ‘13’ challenge for Pendleside Hospice
A KELBROOK man is hoping 13 will prove a lucky number as he completes that number of challenges for a Pendle charity.Graham Denney, of Quernmore Drive, is running 13 events of 13 miles or more...
View ArticleNelson man appears on BBC over benefit change fears
NELSON man Wayne Blackburn has appeared on BBC news website expressing his concerns about rising costs, especially in relation to housing.He and his wife live in a small, social housing bungalow in...
View ArticleLate Khan goal earns Nelson a point
NELSON took one point from six over the week, courtesy of a late equaliser at Eccleshall on Wednesday night. NELSON took one point from six over the week, courtesy of a late equaliser at Eccleshall on...
View ArticleLancashire Festival 2013
THE Lancashire Evening Post is proud to announce the return of The Lancashire Festival at Guys Thatched Hamlet on Sunday June 23, 11-4pm.In its fifth year the festival is set to be another fantastic...
View ArticleVIDEO: Vandals strike at community garden
A DEVASTATED gardener has spoken out against vandals who smashed up an urban farm which helps hundreds of disabled and unemployed people in Burnley.Chris Knowles, who has low-level autism, was gutted...
View ArticleBrian Jensen testimonial dinner is cancelled
BRIAN Jensen is currently enjoying his testimonial year at Turf Moor.But the gala dinner/dance in his honour, due to be held at Turf Moor tomorrow, has been cancelled due to unforeseen...
View ArticleBurnley winger Stanislas is looking up
JUNIOR Stanislas is hoping a home win against Bristol City today will help ease any lingering worries of being dragged into relegation trouble.Burnley have won only once in their last 12 games and have...
View ArticleGame Review: Bioshock Infinite
IT’S a rare thing these days that I find myself fully immersed in a particular game and thought to myself “I wish this was real!”I mean yeah many games have captured me by their superb hi-octane set...
View ArticleBurnley and Pendle Grand Prix starts on Hameldon Hill
THE annual Pendle and Burnley Grand Prix kicks off this year with the Hameldon Hill Fell race on Sunday, May 5th.The six-mile race starts at noon on Turkey Street in Accrington at the Peel Park Pub.The...
View ArticleBarnoldswick ‘swipe’ bus row
A PENDLE councillor has said a second charge on Barnoldswick’s town centre buses is still continuing, despite Lancashire County Council insisting it shouldn’t.Coun. Marjorie Adams, who represents...
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