Second singles title for Colne Legion’s Steve
COLNE Legion’s Steve Martin secured a second Pendle Pool League Individual Knockout Final success, beating another former champion, Craig Franks of Golden Ball.Frame one saw the players showing a...
View ArticlePendle Phoenix canter to victory
PENDLE avenged an early season defeat at Newton as they celebrated their 160th game with a bang.With Sonny Waddington returning from a six-week tour of New Zealand, Phoenix were feeling...
View ArticleNew coach for Colne’s Junior Badminton Club
COLNE Junior Badminton Club has a new coach on the team.Jack Coyne, who plays for the county team, has joined the team of coaches in the junior club.He has been a member of Colne Badminton Club for 18...
View ArticleGame Review: Giana Sisters Twisted Dreams
the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 both cater more for the “hardcore” gamer however there is no shortage of games that are aimed at a younger audience.Enchanted worlds, simple child friendly gameplay and...
View ArticleSnow fails to stop drive-in at Marsden Park Golf Club
THE 2013 Season at Marden Park Golf Club got off to a different start - the snow-covered course was unplayable, but this did not stop the club from going ahead with the Captains’ Drive-In.Lindon Shaw,...
View ArticleSaints clinch Nelson and District Semi-Snooker First Division title
ST Andrew’s secured the Nelson and District Semi-Snooker First Division title after a resounding 5-0 away win over Paradise A, ending up with a nine-point lead.Chris Mount had a run of 33 for Poultry...
View ArticleBook review: Spring sparklers from Macmillan Children’s Books
There’s a spring in the step of authors and illustrators at Macmillan Children’s Books as they celebrate a new season of exciting reading.Amongst the brilliant books sitting at the top of the class is...
View ArticleNurse accused of leaving seriously ill babies in dirty nappies
A nurse accused of leaving seriously ill babies in dirty nappies and covered in vomit at an East Lancashire hospital, will face a fitness to practice hearing. Philippa Clare Ralph was said to have...
View ArticleParents speak out after tragic death of Burnley man (23)
A talented, loving and caring young man from Burnley who touched the lives of all who knew him has died after battling mental health problems for a number of years.Gifted Andrew Peter Allen (23) is...
View ArticleDriver arrested after ‘traffic warden hurt in Barrowford’
A van driver from Manchester has been arrested and bailed pending further inquiries.The arrest comes after a traffic warden was allegedly injured while attempting to issue a ticket at the Spar shop in...
View ArticleVIDEO: Charis hopes to be next ‘Blue Peter’ presenter
A budding television star has taken to YouTube to give her reasons on why she should be the next Blue Peter presenter.Former Park High School student Charis Deighton (25) is hopeful her self-produced...
View ArticleBook review: Outdoor Adventure Manual by The Scout Association
‘One touch of nature makes the whole world kin,’ wrote William Shakespeare.From the great bard to the more contemporary and much loved travel author Bill Bryson, writers and poets have found that the...
View ArticleRussian talks have support of Turf board backingfootball club
Turf Moor talks with Russian investors continue The Turf Moor board has revealed that talks are continuing with Moscow-based businessmen, as exclusively reported by the Express in December. But there...
View ArticleNo time to relax for Burnley FC
CLARETS boss Sean Dyche insists his side cannot afford to relax despite moving seven points clear of the drop zone with five games remaining.In a crazy Championship table, Burnley are 11th, eight...
View ArticlePolice hunt Burnley knifepoint shop raider
A robber who threatened a shop assistant with a knife is being hunted by police.The incident took place at the Desai off-licence, in Ridge Row, at 11-15am on Saturday. The man went into the shop and...
View ArticleNelson van driver not guilty of sex attack
Van driver Jhangir Akbar has been found not guilty of sexual assault and assault by penetration on a Nelson mother who had accepted a lift from him. Judge Beverly Lunt handed down the majority verdict...
View ArticleTributes after death of former Pendle councillor
A WOMAN with a tremendous zest for life has sadly died after a long spell of hospital treatment.Throughout her life, Mrs Kathleen Hodgson – known to everyone as “Kath” – fought time and time again...
View ArticleDANIEL BLACK: Blackburn Rovers has become a scalding, disruptive caldron of...
IT was an opportunity to salvage a fragment of respect, endear themselves slightly to a timorous army of doubters or even portray an atom of personality – but the powers that be at Ewood Park dealt...
View ArticleBook review: Guilt by Jonathan Kellerman
Murderous mind games are what Alex Delaware does best.As a brilliant psychologist and ‘Crime Reader’ for Los Angeles Police Department, he is used to peering into the darkest corners of the human soul....
View ArticleBook review: Philida by André Brink
In a very public acknowledgement of a shadowy chapter of his white South African heritage, André Brink has re-invented a real-life slave woman closely connected to his own family and given her a...
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