Cyclist Lucy (13) leads way for North West
Local cyclist Lucy Horrocks led the way as North West B won the Inter Area Team Championships youth section at Prissick Base in Middlesbrough at the weekend.Lucy was top-scoring Nort West girl as they...
View ArticleEarby driver in world rally champs
Earby rally driver Tom Preston is hoping to register the greatest feat of his career after being seeded third in the final round of the FIA World Rally Championship in Wales.Tom, whose Mitsubishi Evo 6...
View ArticleJunior football results fron around Pendle
Briercliffe Rovers...............0Trawden Celtic U16s...........6Trawden progressed in the Under 16 Cup with an emphatic win at Briercliffe.Goals came from Max Smith, Ethan Brookes, Joel Lingard and...
View ArticleEnd-to-end football for Trawden Celtic
Cononley Sports...................3Trawden Celtic......................3This was a great game for the neutral to watch, with end to end football throughout.The home team started well, dominating...
View ArticlePool league double for Thatch and Thistle
Thatch and Thistle completed the Colne Summer Pool Leagur Premier Division and Team Knockout Final double recently.At Colne Legion, Thatch took on First Division Alex C. The first doubles saw Thatch’s...
View ArticleTwo jailed after Burnley town centre disturbance
A group of thugs shouted abuse at Asian employees who were on their way home from work – before running towards them with sticks and bricks, a court heard.Wayne Lord (20), of Sedburgh Street, Burnley,...
View ArticleFree drinks at opening of Colne’s Shepherd’s Arms
It was 50 years ago that the new Shepherd’s Arms Hotel opened its doors in Church Street, Colne, at 7pm, Friday, November 8th, 1963. Two years earlier, the original Shepherd’s Arms at 16 Clayton Street...
View ArticleBrierfield prepares for Christmas lights switch-on
Brierfielders are invited to go along and see your Christmas lights switched on Friday – November 22nd – at a special event outside the Brierfield Town Hall.From 6-30pm there’ll be entertainment for...
View ArticleThe days of the self-employed handloom weavers in Briercliffe
Over the past two weeks we have been following the former Burnley Lane, now Colne Road, to Duke Bar, and Briercliffe Road, from there to the old Burnley-Briercliffe boundary at the Commercial Hotel....
View ArticleFormer Padiham Town Council clerk appears on fraud charges
A former Padiham Town Council clerk charged with fraud has had her case sent to Burnley Crown Court.Elizabeth Bolton (58), of Palace Gardens, was appearing before Blackburn magistrates. She will appear...
View ArticleBurnley striker Ings ready to face San Marino
Clarets striker Danny Ings is aiming to earn his second England Under 21 cap tomorrow night against San Marino at Shrewsbury Town’s Greenhous Meadow Stadium (kick-off 6 p.m.).Ings was an unused...
View Article‘Prison recall’ led to six-hour Nelson roof stand-off
Emergency services spent hours dealing with two men who went up on the roof of a house after the police went to make an arrest.There were fears they could fall off after someone broke a hole to get on...
View ArticleToy Review: Stocking Fillers
It’s hard to keep the children happy at Christmas as there are so many exciting products on the market.Filling up stockings with fun, but cheaper items is a great way of solving the problem. Jumbo...
View ArticleTerrified steward tells how Pendle men threatened to blow up airliner
An airline flight steward told a hushed court today of mid air threats to blow up an airliner at 30,000ft and of personal death threats to him.Senior flight steward Ghulam Shabir Mahar was giving...
View ArticleBook review: The Truth About You by Susan Lewis
Wife, mother, daughter and lynchpin of a family with more than its fair share of problems… life isn’t easy for Lainey Hollingsworth.But like many women, she has learned to cope by juggling her time and...
View Article‘Death Cafe’ to open in Colne
A Pendle embalmer is among those who will be opening Lancashire’s first “death cafe” this month. Geoff Cheesman, from Accrington, will be working with other industry professionals to launch the unique...
View ArticleJail for sex fiend who befriended Burnley parents to babysit children
A convicted pervert on a sex offences prevention order has been jailed for two years after deliberately befriending parents in a bid to babysit their children.James Blackie (29) was placed on the sex...
View ArticleNelson wheelie bins blaze drama
Crews from Nelson Fire Station were called out in urgency after a whole series of wheelie bins were spotted blazing.The incident happened on Thursday evening last week. They were called out at 6-36pm...
View ArticleLack of protocol to blame in head injury row, not AVB
Scandalous and patronising are the words that spring to mind when examining the outcry to the latest controversy to hit the world of sport.Though I sincerely sympathise with any sportsman, or the...
View ArticleToy Review: Waveboards
When you are seven-years-old there is no such thing as fear.An hour after hopping onto a mini Waveboard and Ruaridh was a natural!Housed in a camouflage bag, this light weight board is fast, trendy and...
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