Burnley boss Eddie Howe admits play-off defeat
LONG-SERVING defender Michael Duff was cut from the same cloth as former Claret Graham Alexander, according to boss Eddie Howe.The 33-year-old, signed from Cheltenham Town in July 2004, was rewarded...
View ArticleBurnley care workers facing 45% pay cut to stage protest
BURNLEY care workers who are facing pay cuts of up to 45% will protest outside Chaddesley House in Manchester Road next week.Staff, employed by Alternative Futures Group (AFG), which provides care for...
View ArticleEarby war veterans set to receive ‘freedom of the town’
Second World War veterans in Earby are set to be given “freedom of the town”, if councillors agree a proposal this evening.Plans to officially bestow the prestigious honour on the veterans will come...
View ArticleBurnley skipper McCann looking ahead to next season
CAPTAIN Chris McCann believes the Clarets are capable of mounting a serious challenge in the Championship next term.The 24-year-old midfielder feels the current season of transition has been a useful...
View ArticlePendleside Hospice car raffle 2012: win a Mini
BURNLEY people will get the chance to win a new car and raise money for Pendleside Hospice.The charity’s annual car raffle, to win a Mini, was launched at the Charter Walk Shopping Centre on...
View ArticleBarnoldswick features in television programme tonight
Barnoldswick will feature in the science programme, “Bang Goes The Theory” on television this evening.The BBC’s team is investigating how living with wireless signals affects us and 26 years after he...
View Article‘Olympianist’ heads for Clitheroe
WHAT does a bicycle have in common with a grand piano?Pedals is the answer, and “Olympianist” Anthony Hewitt will be pressing both kinds during a unique two-wheeled tour of Britain which includes a...
View Article‘Titanic launched in Burnley’: VIDEO
A FORMER engineer has marked the 100th anniversary of the Titanic tragedy by launching a scale model of the ship.Maurice Hessey, of Dorset Street, spent four years piecing together thousands of tiny...
View ArticleBook review: Women and Children First by Gill Paul
IT’S almost exactly 100 years since the Titanic sank, killing over 1,500 people ... but what of the survivors, how could life ever be the same again when you had heard men, women and children dying in...
View ArticlePendle marks centenary of Titanic disaster
A SERIES of events in Pendle marked the tragic sinking of the Titanic a century ago last weekend. More than 1,500 died, including the ship’s bandmaster, Wallace Hartley from Pendle.There was a...
View ArticleBurnley set sights on club record of 12 away victories
THE play-offs may be all but mathematically out of reach, but Burnley are hunting a club record at Leicester City tonight.The Clarets’ 10 away wins this term have only been bettered four times in their...
View ArticleVIDEO: “Tax Bankers not Bakers” protesters appeal
PROTESTERS against the proposed “Pasty Tax” donned masks of Chancellor George Osborne in defiance of the government’s proposed VAT hike.The members of the TUC union joined bakery bosses in Burnley to...
View ArticleBurnley’s LFA Youth Cup Final date set
BURNLEY will play Preston North End in the Final of the Lancashire FA Youth Cup at Deepdale on Wednesday, May 2, 2012.Admission prices are £4 (adult) and £2 (concessions). All payment will be at...
View ArticleBurnley College students help revamp of Burnley Central Station
Students dismayed at the state of Burnley Central Station have unveiled a new sign which welcomes visitors to the town after giving the station a new look.Countryside Management students formed the...
View ArticleTitanic concert proves a smash hit
HUNDREDS of people went to a Titanic Centenary Commemoration Concert at The Muni in Colne on Sunday and it went down very well with them.Titanic bandmaster Wallace Hartley had been a member of Colne...
View ArticlePendle councillors’ claim £171,000 in allowances
PENDLE councillors claimed more than £171,000 in allowances in the year to March 31st, figures reveal.The figures for the 56 councillors involved - some of who either stood down or were defeated at the...
View ArticleFormer Pendle Council chief dies
ONE of Pendle’s most respected ex-council chiefs who retired in 1982 has died at the age of 89.Mr Lloyd Carradice was a popular and capable borough treasurer who worked in local government for more...
View ArticlePHOTOS: Leicester City 0 Burnley 0
FOOTBALL is a game of margins, and the Clarets went within inches of equalling a club record.The Clarets have only bettered this season's number of wins on the road on four occasion's in the club's...
View ArticleROADWORKS MAP: Year of disruption looms on Burnley roads
DRIVERS in Burnley face a year of travel disruption after National Grid announced £4.1m. of gas improvement works.The project, which has already begun, will affect main routes into the town centre,...
View Article‘Jimmy’s’ 106 new homes plan in Nelson turned down
A LONG-RUNNING and controversial planning application to develop a former Pendle sports field for a major housing scheme has finally been resolved.At a meeting last night, Pendle Council’s Development...
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