Credit to Burnley FC manager Sean Dyche
Football is a fast-moving game both on and off the field. Just a couple of weeks ago Clarets fans were approching the coming season with a sense of impending doom with the departure of top scorer...
View ArticleBurnley youngster Conlan called up to Northern Ireland U21 squad
Clarets defender Luke Conlan has received a call-up to the Northern Ireland U21 squad for next week’s Euro qualifier against Belgium.Left back Conlan, 19, joins the Irish squad immediately for the U21...
View ArticleClarets boss welcomes loan man Kightly to Turf Moor
Clarets boss Sean Dyche hailed Michael Kightly’s versatility after the wide man arrived on a season-long loan from Stoke City.The 27-year-old former Wolves winger will join up with his new Turf Moor...
View ArticleTeacher’s pride at Strictly Come Dancing star Natalie
A proud dance teacher has shared her joy after learning that former pupil Natalie Gumede will be gracing screens up and down the country in this year’s Strictly Come Dancing. Soap star Natalie (29),...
View ArticleVIDEO: Opera singer stages debut music video in Pendle
A talented opera singer and musical theatre performer has shared her experiences of filming a debut music video in Pendle. Burnley College student Megan Ingham (18) staged her first original single...
View ArticleBurnley must build on ‘most enterprising area’ accolade
Last Tuesday was a proud day for Burnley as the town was named the “Most Enterprising Area in Britain 2013”. The announcement was celebrated in style and even Burnley’s most-famous supporter The Prince...
View ArticleAsian jewel thieves strike in Burnley and Pendle
POLICE are advising members of the Asian community in Burnley and Pendle to be vigilant following a spate of jewellery burglaries.Properties in Burnley, Barrowford and Nelson have been broken into in...
View ArticlePendle residents invited to take trip down memory lane
Historian and author Geoff Crambie is set to take residents on a trip down memory lane as he prepares to host a lecture at Colne Library for the first time in 25 years.The Leader Times columnist will...
View ArticleBook review: By Loyalty Bound by Elizabeth Ashworth
When Blackburn author Elizabeth Ashworth unearthed the tumultuous medieval history of Hornby Castle, a Grade I gem tucked away in the Lune Valley near Lancaster, she found the thrilling plotline for a...
View ArticleLabour Party hopefuls battle for General Election place
Pendle Constituency Labour Party has drawn up a shortlist of five from which its candidate will be chosen to fight the seat at the 2015 General Election.The five were chosen from six would-be...
View ArticleAppeal after teenager is sexually assaulted in Colne
A teenager who was sexually assaulted in the early hours of Sunday morning “demonstrated incredible bravery in fighting her attacker off”, police have said. The 16-year-old was followed by a man...
View ArticlePensioner’s purse stolen
Police were studying CCTV footage from the Pendle Rise Shopping Centre in Nelson as we went to press in a bid to identify two people responsible for the theft of a purse from a pensioner.The purse was...
View ArticleTicket News: Leeds United v Burnley
Burnley travel to Elland Road on Saturday, September 21 for the Championship game (KO 3pm).The club has been allocated an initial allocation of 1,086 tickets for this game, priced as follows:Adults:...
View ArticleFamily stalked for 17 years
A Burnley man who harassed a mother and her two daughters for 17 years must undergo a psychiatric report before he is sentenced at court.Graeme Hannigan (43) of Brownhill Avenue, Burnley, pleaded...
View ArticleTwenty is plenty if you’re driving close to a school
Children returning to hundreds of Lancashire schools this week will have safer journeys thanks to new 20mph speed limits and flashing signs warning drivers to slow down. Lancashire County Council has...
View ArticleBook review: How to Eat Loads and Stay Slim by Peter Jones and Della Galton
It’s a universal truth that going on a diet is often a miserable, soul-destroying way to try to lose weight because the minute the diet stops, all the pounds you lost start to pile on again.Yes, there...
View ArticleColne’s GreenRock Concert hailed “a mini Glastonbury”
This year’s GreenRock Concert has been hailed “a mini Glastonbury” by a chief organiser.Coun. Dorothy Lord is delighted with the success of the Colne Town Council event, after it attracted...
View Article‘Mercy’ plea for Nelson shoplifter mum
A young mum on a suspended sentence for child cruelty put her family’s future in jeopardy by going on a shoplifting spree.Leanne Case put perfume and clothes she wanted for her holidays in a pushchair...
View ArticleBrothers in paramedic assault
Two brothers hit a paramedic called to help a woman at a drunken party, a court was told.Samuel Richmond (20), of Tavistock Street, Nelson, and Reece Richmond (19), of Wilfred Street, Accrington,...
View ArticleJail for Nelson fly tipper caught on CCTV
A fly tipper from Nelson has been sent to jail for dumping rubbish in Chorley.Ryan Clough received a three-month sentence when he appeared at Chorley Magistrates’ Court.Clough (26), from Highfield...
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