BLOG: Fitness coach Jamie Kennedy on getting your mental focus for the...
Well all the hard work training for the Pennine Lancashire 10k can now slow down and it’s time to get your mental focus right for the race on Sunday.It’s time to lighten the load on your body and give...
View ArticleBurnley ‘Come Dine With Me’ star Mark cooks for charity
Come dine with us and help raise money is the plea from young apprentices who have recruited a Burnley TV reality star to make their own dreams reality.Team Inspira, a group of apprentices from Burnley...
View ArticleVIDEO: Burnley firm’s Pennine 10k inspiration from late charity champion
A leading Burnley business inspired by the story of brave charity champion Jane Tomlinson is set to take on the Pennine 10k.Neville Gee Recruitment has entered a team in this Sunday’s Pennine...
View ArticleJail for Brierfield man after sex abuse of girl (3)
A former painter and decorator who touched a three-year-old girl under her clothing has been jailed for 12 months.Burnley Crown Court heard how Robert Penman (28), of Arthur Street, Brierfield, “left...
View ArticleVIDEO: Colne riders’ success in Craven College show
Young Colne riders were in the prizes at the first horse show organised at Buckstone Equestrian Centre by students from Craven College.Max Berry (13) and Chloe Sedgwick (15), who are both students at...
View ArticleGuides’ Got Talent success
Jam-packed with variety and talent — it was an event that even music mogul Simon Cowell would have been proud of.For the fourth year running Guides’ Got Talent featured gripping performances from...
View ArticleNew Colne venue set for showstoppin’ soul
A popular Manchester act is encouraging music lovers to get their feet to the beat in June when a DJ duo bring their Chorlton sound to a newly-opened Colne venue. Family Affair are a Manchester-based...
View ArticleTurf Moor buyback set to be completed
Burnley are set to announce they have bought back Turf Moor and Gawthorpe, after the success of bond issue plans unveiled in January.The board have received the necessary support from shareholders and...
View ArticleFamily of Brierfield plane terror suspect say ‘he is no terrorist’
The family of a Brierfield man arrested and charged with threatening to blow up an aeroplane has said “he is no terrorist.”Tayyab Subhani (31), of Townley Street, and his friend Mohammed Safdar (41)...
View ArticleMy Lancashire childhood growing up in the post-war years
As World War Two rages on, here in Bonnie Colne at 12-20pm on Tuesday, June 1st, 1943 on a sunny afternoon in the Christiana Hartley Maternity Home a new-born baby enters a world gone mad, yet still...
View ArticleA Rich List lifestyle? You can keep it ...
A national newspaper recently published a four page pull out listing what it described as the 30 richest under 30s in the country.Now given that a fair percentage of those named were from rich families...
View ArticleMy campaign to raise the profile of apprenticeships
Last week was a varied and exciting week that involved my usual travel down to London but also a trip to the wonderful country of Norway on parliamentary business.Monday was filled with some important...
View ArticleBook review: Last Man Standing by Jack Straw
‘I love politics, Parliament, my Blackburn constituency,’ declares Jack Straw, one of the last Labour government’s most commanding figures and safest pair of hands, in his engaging and clear-sighted...
View ArticleMemories of Whit Monday in Colne
Today we take a look back at a historic church event as part of an ongoing “5 into 1 All Our Stories” memories project.This year, the Colne Times has teamed up with the Colne and Villages Team Ministry...
View ArticleMan (63) dies after falling from Colne viaduct
Residents have spoken of their shock after their neighbour plunged to his death from a Colne railway viaduct on Sunday. Ronald Driver, a former Colne Park High School student, was found in Knotts Lane...
View ArticleTrawden skatepark debate heats up
A “full and frank exchange of views” has taken place between the Friends of Ball Grove and campaigners who are aiming to get a multi-wheel facility into Trawden. Earlier this year, the Colne Times...
View ArticleVIDEO: Simon Entwistle tells the history of Nelson’s old library
Nelson’s old library has been given its official relaunch after a major restoration to bring it back to life. And the aim is to find people who will make use of it from now on.Scores of people attended...
View ArticleJune’s going to be a generous month
What an amazing month June will be for Burnley and a chance to show how big-hearted we can be, despite the recession.On Sunday, the streets will resound to the sound of 1,500-plus pairs of feet...
View ArticleJane Tomlinson’s a true inspiration for Pennine 10k
I don’t need much jollying along to find my running shoes and start putting my 52-year-old body through its paces.But if I did need inspiration, Jane Tomlinson would be just the person I would turn...
View ArticleNelson can’t quite deny champions Lowerhouse
Nelson couldn’t deny champions Lowerhouse maximum points from their mini-derby at the Neville Gee (Recruitment) Cricket Ground on Sunday.After a rare day off on Saturday, Nelson made the short trip to...
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