Who is Burnley FC’s biggest fan?
FOR a small town hidden away in the North-West, Burnley Football Club has its fair share of celebrity supporters.From the world of cricket to the world of television, the claret and blue flag has been...
View ArticleRenovations mean end to 50 years of Barnoldswick sports club
BADMINTON players in Barnoldswick said they are disappointed their 50-year club history has ended because renovations to the hall in which they play have forced them to move.Tom Procter (32) said he...
View ArticleTALKING TACTICS: Clarets must go for the jugular
SCOUT Phil Smith feels there is little room for error if Burnley are to make the play-offs.As Sir Alex Ferguson once famously said, it is most definitely squeaky-bum time.We could even include the...
View ArticleNelson primary school ‘improving’, says Ofsted
OFSTED inspectors say there is an “improving” picture at a Nelson primary school following their inspection last month.The team which visited Bradley Primary School said there had been “significant...
View ArticleBook review: The Darker Side of Love by Jessica Ruston
They say that love makes the world go round – and maybe it does.But it can also bring pain, disappointment, heartbreak ... and danger.Jessica Ruston departs from standard chick-lit here in a gripping...
View ArticleGEOFF CRAMBIE: Foulridge Res - or Lake Burwain - in the 1940s
This week our column picture is an excellent evocative 1940s view of the picturesque Lake Burwain. Known locally to all as “Foulridge Res”, this vast expanse of water can, when full, hold around...
View ArticleTrawden Crossroader hangs on to seal stage victory
TRAWDEN’S Ross Crosby just held off Crossroads expert Phil Disney in the Bradford Motor Club’s second closed to club championship trial at a bright and breezy Cowling Cragg on Sunday.Crosby lost a...
View ArticleHoliday company pledges support for Pendleside Hospice
STAFF at Hoseasons in Earby have chosen Pendleside Hospice to be the firm’s main charity for the next two years.Since 2010, West Craven cancer support group Barnoldswick and Earby Bosom Friends has...
View ArticleColne health centre fight gets all-round support
ALL parties on Pendle Council have backed the fight to get a new health centre created in Colne.The issue was raised by Liberal Democrat Coun. Tony Greaves at the council’s annual budget meeting.The...
View ArticleCampaigners win first round of Nelson sports field houmes battle
RESIDENTS fighting to prevent a major housing development on a disused Nelson sports field have won the first round of their battle.Pendle Council’s Nelson Committee heard the protests of people living...
View ArticleFuneral of tragic Padiham baby Layla-Mai
HUNDREDS of mourners flocked to a Padiham church yesterday to say goodbye to a baby girl who died in her sleep, aged four-and-half-months.The parents of Layla-Mai O’Malley-Shearer, Georgina O’Malley...
View ArticleBurnley FC offer their support to brave Joshua
Burnley FC manager Eddie Howe, captain Chris McCann and striker Charlie Austin have offered their support to little battler Joshua Hill and his family’s fund-raising drive.Joshua, who is approaching...
View ArticleMR PENDLE: Was the Chisora-Haye boxing confrontation a fix?
the thorny subject of elected mayors is making the news once again, with elections in as many as 11 of Britain’s biggest cities being fast-tracked by the Government to November.Voters in the cities are...
View ArticleVIDEO: Police raids in Burnley net 59 suspected burglars
A MASSIVE crackdown on criminals in Burnley has seen police arrest 59 suspected burglars.Officers have recovered almost £7,500 worth of suspected stolen property and executed 12 search warrants under...
View ArticleFormer World boxing champion Barerra coming to the Ribble Valley
FORMER two-time WBO Super Bantamweight, WBC, Lineal and The Ring Featherweight and WBC and IBF Super Featherweight champion Marco Antonio Barrera is coming to the Ribble Valley.The Mexican boxer,...
View Article£1m. Lottery boost for Bradley
THE Bradley area of Nelson is to receive more than £1m. in Lottery funding over the next 10 years - and residents will be asked to play a part in the revival of the area.The Big Lottery Fund said...
View ArticleBook review: Agent of Rome: The Siege by Nick Brown
Fresh-faced teenager Cassius Corbulo never wanted to be a soldier – and certainly not a hero – but the Roman army has quite literally left him holding the fort.It’s 270 AD and Syria is one of the most...
View ArticleHeritage group drops opposition to new Nelson school
PLANS for a new infant school and nursery in the Whitefield Ward of Nelson look set to go ahead after opposition to the idea by heritage campaigners have been withdrawn.Pendle MP Andrew Stephenson...
View Article£9m. new urgent care centre for Burnley General Hospital
BURNLEY is to get a new £9m. state-of-the-art urgent care centre.This week Health Secretary Andrew Lansley announced a bid for government cash from East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust had been...
View ArticleBurnley youths reach semi-final
BURNLEY reached the FA Youth Cup semi-finals for the first time since 1978 as they knocked Fulham out at Craven Cottage tonight.And their reward is a mouth-watering two-legged tie against old enemy...
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