Clitheroe Golf Club hosts plumbers’ annual event
Clitheroe Golf Club played host to a major competition involving one of the region’s leading firms.James Hargreaves Plumbing Depot, with a fast-expanding branch in Highfield Road, Clitheroe, attracted...
View ArticleClarets fixture at home to Birmingham moved back to original date
Burnley’s Championship game at home to Birmingham City has reverted back to its original date of Tuesday, September 17, 2013.The Turf Moor clash had recently been moved back 24 hours to Wednesday as a...
View ArticleDon’t blame the 1950s baby boomers for the mess we’re in now!
It’s all my fault. Born in 1951, I’m one of those greedy, grabbing baby boomers who have screwed up the economy, the country, the Universe and everything in it.At least, that’s the case if you believe...
View ArticleBurnley unveil new away kit
Burnley Football Club is delighted to reveal the 2013/14 SPIRIT away kit, provided by Puma.The white shirt features claret trim and a claret flash across the right shoulder. It is accompanied by claret...
View ArticleBook review: 100 Great Cycle Rides Around Britain by Compiled by Neil Baber
As old rail lines are transformed into cycleways and designated Cycling Cities and Towns offer safer routes for all, it comes as no surprise that cycling is now officially one of Britain’s favourite...
View ArticleBig task to change the culture within our NHS
As I said in the Commons recently, Pendle residents are rightly proud of our NHS. I am, too.That’s why I am delighted we will see increased investment in East Lancashire NHS this year and spending on...
View ArticleBurnley defender Edgar on end of shock Gold Cup defeat
Clarets defender David Edgar was in action for Canada on Sunday as they suffered a shock 1-0 defeat at the hands of Martinique in their Concacaf Gold Cup opener at the Pasadena Rowbowl.Edgar, who will...
View ArticleMemorial race for tragic Burnley policeman Ian Terry
Andems Runners, assisted by Rochdale Harriers and Rochdale Division Police, are hosting the Ian Terry Memorial 5K Road Race next Tuesday, July 16th, in Littleborough.Andems are staging this 5K road...
View ArticleTime to blow our own trumpets here in Burnley
Business secretary Vince Cable has been singing Burnley’s praises on the national stage – and rightly so too. We have always been a bit reluctant to blow our own trumpet here in Burnley - decades of...
View ArticleBrierfield man hurt in freak fire accident
A young man was thrown to the ground and suffered a suspected broken leg in a freak accident while burning rubbish.The incident happened at 11-20pm on Monday when the man was burning refuse at Wood...
View ArticlePolice hunt Bacup bank robber dressed in burka
DETECTIVES are appealing for information after a man dressed in a burka robbed a bank in Bacup.Around 3-10pm yesterday (Monday), a man entered Barclays bank in Market Street and demanded money from the...
View ArticleVIDEO: ‘Britain’s Youngest Grandma’ heads from Colne to Edinburgh
For Colne performer Hayley Jayne Standing, it is a life jam-packed with filming, travelling, writing and entertaining crowds. The London-based actress has just finished filming Sky Living’s Give Out...
View ArticleNelson man had vile child sex abuse images on computer
A self-employed Nelson man with almost 300 child pornography images on his laptop has been put on a three-year internet sex offenders’ treatment programme.Edward Jeffrey (42), of Waidshouse Road,...
View ArticlePICTURE SPECIAL: Thousands enjoy Trawden Garden Festival
Thousands of people enjoyed sunshine and scarecrows at what has been described as the “best yet” Trawden Garden Festival.The family event, which was this year based around the theme of “History:...
View ArticleBurnley fans speak on future of Charlie Austin
The Burnley Express spoke to Clarets fans in Burnley town centre after the news that striker Charlie Austin has failed a medical ahead of his proposed transfer to Hull City.24-year-old Austin was...
View ArticleDyche pleased despite defeat
Burnley boss Sean Dyche was pleased with the workout against Morecambe despite the Clarets losing out 1-0.In our video he speaks to chief Clarets correspondent Chris Boden on the importance of the game...
View ArticleBOOK REVIEW: The Unquiet Grave by Steven Dunne
SOMETIMES a complex thriller can spiral into an unfathomable web of tangled plotlines … unless, of course, the devilishly devious Steven Dunne is directing the action.The brilliant ‘Reaper’ series,...
View ArticleA hat-trick of British battle victories over France
The Government has announced it will start a four-year programme of events to commemorate the centenary of the First World War next year.And this immediately got Mr Pendle thinking about other...
View ArticleNo way we should give prisoners the vote
It is not often, in fact this is the first time it has happened publicly, that I find myself agreeing with UKIP.But here goes...MEP Paul Nuttall issued a statement last week slamming the fact some...
View ArticleTrio deny charges after collapse of Brierfield sex grooming trial
Three men have gone on trial accused of attempting to pervert justice by interfering with the key witness in a child-sex grooming case.Ased Afzal, Qasim Hussain and Furgan Amjad all denied the charge...
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