Burnley offer multi-game ticket packages for 2013/14
In celebration of 125 years of the Football League and Burnley Football Club’s continued commitment to make football more affordable, we are delighted to launch the Flexi-Ticket.After much research and...
View ArticleBurnley part company with Dane Richards
Burnley winger Dane Richards has had his contract terminated at Turf Moor.The 29-year-old Jamaican, who joined the Clarets on an 18-month contract from Canadian outfit Vancouver Whitecaps in January,...
View ArticleNelson care home is to close
The Oakfield Care Home in Edith Street, Nelson is to close, after efforts to sell the business as a going concern have proved unsuccessful.Oakfield Care Ltd, which owned the home, went into...
View ArticleBurnley boss Dyche pleased
Burnley boss Sean Dyche admitted that recent performances and results from pre-season fixtures had given the squad a boost ahead of the new campaign. The Clarets beat League One outfit Tranmere Rovers...
View ArticleColne Cricket Academy announces summer camp plans
An exciting three-week summer camp will be the first event put on by the new Colne Cricket Academy, we can announce. Colne Cricket Club has now officially launched the academy, which aims to attract...
View ArticleBook review: Black Irish by Stephan Talty
There are two shining stars of Stephan Talty’s outstanding debut crime thriller… a captivating and original woman police detective, and the feuding, clannish ‘27th County of Ireland,’ a shadowy enclave...
View ArticlePrivileged to live in era of town’s greatest sportsman
We are privileged to be living in the era of Burnley’s greatest-ever sportsman.I am sure there will be someone out there who will try and disagree.But in the week before his 31st birthday, James...
View ArticleGetting the work-life balance right in the sun
After the rains of summer 2012, many people had developed a not-really-surprising cynicism about the weather prospects for this summer.As the cold spring months rolled by with no real let up, and once...
View ArticlePendle Conservative MP to stand at next General Election
Pendle MP Andrew Stephenson has again been re-adopted as his borough’s Conservative parliamentary candidate for when the General Election takes place in 2015.Last Friday, the executive committee of...
View ArticleMethadone overdose killed Brierfield woman (38)
A recovering heroin user died from an accidental overdose of methadone.Kelly Pounder (38) died on March 19th after collapsing at her home in Humphrey Street, Brierfield, an inquest at Burnley Coroner’s...
View ArticleVictory will be better late than never for debut Nelson boxer Atif
A cacophony of jeers and discontent reverberated around De Vere Whites as Atif Mushtaq was denied a deserved victory on his professional debut.The 25-year-old turned to his corner in disbelief once...
View ArticleRoyal baby goes home with his proud parents
The new Royal Prince made his first appearance in the limelight last night as he left hospital in London.Cradled in the arms of the Duchess of Cornwall and then Prince William he was introduced to the...
View ArticlePICTURES: Pendle shows support to little Sam Shaw
Pendle has been praised for pulling together and raising over £2,000 to help a little boy who is fighting an aggressive childhood cancer. Over the weekend, a successful seven-hour event was held at the...
View ArticleHealth and safety dictats are simply not cricket
The Ashes series is well under way now – but away from the international arena, there comes news that a village cricket team in Norfolk has been stopped from using traditional leather covered balls for...
View ArticleVox pop ... what you have to say about the Royal baby
The media has been in a frenzy since the Duchess of Cambridge went into hospital in London on Monday to give birth to an heir to the throne.Anyone and everyone has had something to say about the...
View ArticleColne man’s jaw needs to be realigned following ‘nasty attack’
A 27-year-old man was left with severe facial injuries after he was subjected to a “nasty attack” outside a Colne takeaway. Now police are appealing for more information about the incident, which...
View ArticleMPs do not need a pay increase
The row over MPs’ pay received significant media coverage last week.Following the expenses scandal, MPs pay and expenses were handed over to a newly-formed quango called the Independent Parliamentary...
View ArticleLancashire County Council probe into ‘aggressive’ ex leader
Council bosses are investigating claims of a “physical confrontation” by the former leader of Lancashire County Council.Coun. Bill Winlow, leader of the authority’s Liberal Democrats, has alleged he...
View ArticlePalace to Paris ride completed
A Kelbrook boy and three Barnoldswick friends were part of a team of 10 which has raised £20,000 in memory of a much-loved Sough man.Eight-year-old Finn Robinson, of Dotcliffe Road, Kelbrook, bid the...
View ArticleFood bank talks off to a ‘positive start’
Talks held last Monday to discuss the potential launch of a food bank in West Craven have been hailed as a “positive start”.The meeting at the New Road Community Centre in Earby was attended by 32...
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