Nelson and Colne ready for new cricket season
NELSON and Colne are both looking to progress ahead of the start of the Fosters Lancashire Cricket League season.The Seedhill side finished fifth last year, improving on successive sixth-places, but...
View ArticleWembley dream comes true for Colne footballer
A LOCAL football fan played in the biggest football game of his life this week at Wembley in front of England caretaker manager Stuart Pearce.Luke Conway, from Colne, won a place to play at Wembley as...
View ArticleNelson knifewoman is jailed for attack on dog walker
A KNIFEWOMAN who lunged at her ex-partner in a midnight confrontation has been locked up for seven months.Donna Sherwin, who has never been in trouble before, broke down as she was sentenced at Burnley...
View ArticleMan in court on murder charge
A MAN will appear before Preston Crown Court on Monday charged with the murder of a Colne pensioner.George Portsmouth (24), also faces a charge of burglary at the North Street home of 80-year-old...
View ArticleAS I SEE IT: Are you a ‘technoist’?
IN this age when we must all, quite rightly, strive not to be sexist, ageist, racist, classist and every other kind of “ist”, how about another one to add to the “ist list”.What about “technoist” – the...
View ArticleBurnley swimmer Katie shows potential
KATIE Rilett-Young, 13, recently competed in the National Junior and Youth disability swimming championships at Ponds Forge, Sheffield.Katie competed in the age 14-16 years, in her disability category...
View ArticleEast Lancashire prostate cancer support group launched
A PROSTATE cancer support groug, offering support to local patients and their families, is up and running.The inaugural meeting of the East Lancs Prostate Cancer Support Group was held on November 3rd...
View ArticleLatest plans from around Pendle
The following planning applications have been received by Pendle Council:Mr and Mrs G. Storey have applied for planning permission to build a first floor extension at 13 Pendle Fields, Fence.Mr N....
View ArticlePHIL CALVERT: Getting busier with vegetable planting
EVERY year, at the end of my annual cycle tour with the lads, I promise myself to maintain my fitness by trying to keep going out on my bike for an hour. Sadly, other commitments, idleness, bitterly...
View ArticleMark returns to land record-equalling seventh title
AFTER an enforced two-year absence from the pool scene due to eyesight problems, Mark Wells is Pendle Pool League Individual Champion for a record-equalling seventh time.In a somewhat nervy affair,...
View ArticleFall in Pendle jobless figures
THE number of unemployed claimants in Pendle in March was 2,237, a rate of 5.5% of the economically active population aged 16 to 64. The number of claimants is 47 lower than in February.Local MP Andrew...
View ArticleMR PENDLE: Local elections are a ‘non event’
WHY, as one national newspaper put it the other day, will the main focus of attention be on London when local government elections are held soon?For apart from people who actually live and work in the...
View ArticleClosely-contested fourball at Nelson Golf Club
THE Malcolm Higgins Fourball at Nelson was won by Craig Waddington and Ryan Curwen with 45 points, after a card play-off with Terry Birtwistle and Mick Harrison.Third were J. Morville and Ian Barnett,...
View ArticleBarnoldswick cyclist rides to second place
WHILE Pendle Olympian Steven Burke was winning Gold in Melborne, pulling on the famous Rainbow jersey as a World champion, another Pendle rider was making big strides in her quest to be the next...
View ArticlePlanning applications from the Colne area
pendle Council planning officers will use delegated powers to determine the following planning applications from the villages.If there are threde or more objections, however, the matter involved will...
View ArticlePEEK INTO PAST: Exploring Altham’s history
SPRING is in the air – or it was when I planned this article. At the time I thought I should encourage you to take advantage of the good weather and go for a walk but the glorious few days of a...
View ArticleBook review: Chorley Borough Through Time by Jack Smith
PROGRESS has not always been kind to Chorley, a Lancashire market town since medieval times and once part of a royal forest that stretched from Bowland in the north to Bolton in the south.If evidence...
View ArticleNelson axe attacker jailed
AN axe attacker “gang leader” has finally been locked up for six years for a vicious assault in a Nelson shop in 2006.Ittazaz Ilahi fled the country after he and two others targeted Amjad Hussain in a...
View ArticlePHOTOS: Blackpool 4 Burnley FC 0
IT was an afternoon to forget for the Clarets on the penultimate day of the season at Bloomfield Road.Despite an assertive and well-drilled performance in the opening 45 minutes, Eddie Howe's side were...
View ArticleBurnley striker Jay Rodriguez in PFA Team of the season
TOP-SCORER Jay Rodriguez has been honoured by his fellow professionals by being named in the PFA Championship team of the season.The 22-year-old, who hit 21 goals this season before a groin injury...
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