Season Review: March - Dunn denies famous victory
March started positively for the Clarets as leading scorer Charlie Austin’s rocket against Charlton Athletic at the Valley secured a first maximum in seven Championship outings.Latching on to full-back...
View ArticleBook review: The Fast Diet Recipe Book by Mimi Spencer and Sarah Schenker
It has been described as the biggest diet revolution since the Atkins, and the Fast Diet is fast becoming THE way to lose weight and keep healthy.Based on the principle that two days out of every seven...
View ArticleBook review: Harmattan by Gavin Weston
There’s an ill-wind blowing through the troubled Republic of Niger... and it’s not just the dry, dusty, damaging Harmattan breeze that sweeps in from the Sahara across West Africa.Gavin Weston’s...
View ArticleColne student battles elements in fund-raising challenge
A determined Colne student has battled all the elements to raise as much money as possible for Pendleside Hospice.James Wilkinson (15), a student at Park High School, took on the 134-mile Coast to...
View ArticleFight continues to save Pendle sauna
A lobby group who are trying to save Pendle Leisure Centre’s sauna from shutting down have continued their debate with councillors.Fronted by campaigner Manzar Iqbal, a meeting has been held at...
View ArticleTom Heaton eyeing a place in the Premier League
New signing Tom Heaton is delighted to be back “home” after completing a switch to Turf Moor on Friday.The 27-year-old agreed a two-year contract, with a one-year option, after a season with Bristol...
View ArticleEngland’s international set-up in need of shake-up
Is it just me, or was anybody else considerably underwhelmed and uninspired by Stuart Pearce’s latest selection for the England Under 21 squad?In fact, the disfunctional mechanism of the country’s...
View ArticleVIDEO: Lieutenant Colonel Nick Wood speaks of soldiers pride
Lieutenant Colonel Nick Wood, commanding officer, 1st Battalion, Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment, spoke on behalf of his soldiers following their homecoming parade.The high-ranking officer said the...
View ArticleVIDEO: Colonel Steven Davies addresses the crowds outside Burnley Town Hall
Colonel Steven Davies, the Deputy Colonel of the Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment, addressed the crowds gathered outside Burnley Town Hall.The retired high-ranking officer thanked the people for coming to...
View ArticlePHOTOS: Burnley soldiers’ homecoming parade
Our second photo gallery from the homecoming parade of the Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment.The soldiers attendended a service at Burnley’s parish church of St Peter’s before a parade through the town.
View ArticleAssistant manager of Colne pub admits assault and damage
The assistant manager of the Morris Dancer’s pub in Colne admitted assault and damage when she appeared before Burnley Crown Court.Elysia Day said she acted in self defence in answer to the allegation...
View ArticleRetained list - McCann set to leave Turf Moor
Burnley midfielder Chris McCann is set to leave Turf Moor this summer after the club handed the Irish midfielder a free transfer.However, the Clarets have offered new terms to striker Martin Paterson,...
View ArticleSeason Review: April - Clarets sign off on a high
The Clarets ended the campaign in emphatic fashion, crafting victories over relegated Wolves and Mick McCarthy’s Ipswich Town to sign off from 2012/13 on a high.Junior Stanislas found the back of the...
View ArticleBook review: Wainwright’s Lost Tour by Ed Geldard
In May 1931, 24-year-old Alfred Wainwright set out with three friends on a walk which would prove to be a gruelling test of man’s endurance against nature.It was almost exactly a year after his first,...
View ArticleFunding granted for long-awaited residents-only parking scheme in Colne
An idea to launch a residents-only parking scheme in Colne is finally coming to fruition after councillors agreed to provide £4,000 of funding. Plans for Fothergill Street and part of Cragg Street were...
View ArticlePendle pupils stop speeding motorists
Pendle pupils have joined forces with the police to put a stop to speeding. The children, from Christ Church Primary School, in Laneshaw Bridge, spoke to offending drivers outside their school.PCSO...
View ArticleAppeal for Nelson man wanted for drugs offences
Police have released images of a man they are looking to trace in connection with drug trafficking offences.25 year old Ishfaq Hussain whose last known address was in Nelson, is wanted in connection...
View ArticleBook review: Coronation Wives by Lizzie Lane
The war may be over but peacetime brings new challenges for three women from Bristol... not least their buried secrets.Lizzie Lane takes up the story of three friends, which she began in her warm and...
View ArticleCoronation Street star Natalie Gumede left ‘truly humbled’ following triple...
Over the past 18 months she has successfully created one of the most memorable and terrifying characters in soap history. And on Saturday, Pendle sensation and Coronation Street star Natalie Gumede...
View ArticleEllie Goulding backing singer to perform in Foulridge as part of “Queen and...
As a backing singer to Ellie Goulding, she has had the pleasure of performing at the unforgettable wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton. And now Pendle residents will get to hear her in action,...
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