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View ArticleBoy (16) arrested after horror attack on Nelson grandad
DETECTIVES investigating an assault on a man in Nelson have arrested a youth. The 16 year old local youth was arrested on Wednesday morning at an address in Nelson on suspicion of Section 18 wounding...
View Article‘I need to play up front’ - Martin Paterson
Striker Martin Paterson is determined to re-assert himself as one of the Championship’s most potent performers after signing for Huddersfield Town.The 26-year-old, who scored 37 goals in all...
View ArticlePHOTOS: Burnley return to pre-season training
The countdown to the 2013-14 football season has started with the start of pre-season training for Burnley FC.Our photographer Ben Parsons captured Sean Dyche’s Clarets on the training ground at...
View ArticleFour accused of helping Britain’s ‘most-wanted fugitive’ in court in Burnley
POLICE investigating how one of Britain’s most wanted fugitives managed to evade capture for four years have charged four people after a series of early morning raids in Manchester yesterday...
View ArticleWitness appeal after Nelson daylight street attack
Police are appealing for witnesses following an assault in Nelson.The incident took place in Leeds Road at 2pm on Saturday.It is reported that a white van pulled up next to a man, the offender got out...
View ArticleColne plans submitted to Pendle Council
The following Colne plans have been submitted to Pendle Council:• Plans to change the use of a dwelling house to a house in multiple occupation with seven bedrooms in Varley Street, Colne.• Plans to...
View ArticleBook review: A summer of reading with Usborne children’s books
As the school holidays fast approach, Usborne Publishing have plenty of sunshine reading to keep your young ones out of mischief.A leading UK independent publishing company and 2012’s Children’s...
View ArticleBook review: Anarchy by Stewart Binns
Our obsession with all things Tudor has diverted attention from another turbulent, dramatic and equally fascinating period of English history… the Anarchy.When Henry I, King of England and son of...
View ArticleMy visit to Auschwitz - Part One
Since I returned from Auschwitz I’ve been asked countless times, “What was it like?”Beautiful.Endless blue sky. A warm, summer breeze. Birds tweeting away in the greenest of birch trees.I closed my...
View ArticleMy visit to Auschwitz - Part Two
It is now widely accepted that 1.3 million people (the majority Jews) died across Auschwitz.And walking around a building at Birkenau where prisoners (the ones ‘fortunate’ enough not to be gassed) were...
View ArticleStrike action closes Pendle and West Craven schools: more schools added
Schools across Pendle and West Craven are closed today after two leading unions – the NUT and NASUWT – asked members to take industrial action against the government’s pay and pension reform plans...
View Article‘Business as usual’ for Ribble Valley MP at centre of sex assault claims
Ribble Valley MP Nigel Evans says he will conduct his week-long surgery across the Ribble Valley as usual this summer – despite ongoing sex claims against him.Speaking exclusively to the Clitheroe...
View ArticlePendle and Burnley Grand Prix is beginning to get into its stride
Sunday saw a typically English summer day of wind and heavy showers greet 125 runners who lined up for the start of Race 7 in the Pendle & Burnley Grand Prix series.Hosted and organised by Trawden...
View Article£10,000 repair bill after thieves strike at Nelson sports club
Damage and stolen copper piping from the changing rooms at Swinden Playing Fields in Nelson is expected to cost Pendle Council £10,000 to put right.The theft from the changing room facility off...
View ArticleRomanian pickpockets stole purses from elderly shoppers
A Romanian husband-and-wife team of pickpockets drove from town to town stealing purses from elderly women shoppers, Burnley Crown Court was told.The couple struck first in a charity shop in Colne and...
View ArticleNelson men face £6.4 million drug smuggling charge
Two men from Pendle, along with one from Yorkshire, will today appear in court charged with drug smuggling after heroin with an estimated street value of £6.4 million was seized in the north of...
View ArticleChris McCann joins former Burnley boss Coyle at Wigan
Midfielder Chris McCann admitted that a reunion with former Clarets boss Owen Coyle was a big factor behind his move to Wigan Athletic.The FA Cup holders confirmed the capture of the 25-year-old...
View ArticleEx All Black rugby ace to speak at Burnley dinner
Former All Black Craig Newby will be guest speaker at Burnley Rugby Club’s players’ dinner.The dinner takes place today at 7-30pm.Kiwi Craig played in the New Zealand Sevens World Cup winning side in...
View ArticleEarby CC’s run of form comes to an end
Earby fell victim to the weather and a spirited Whalley side on a weekend which saw their recent run of good form come to an end.On Saturday against Euxton at Earby, Euxton elected to bat first on a...
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