Top playwright backs local rail campaign
TOP British writer Alan Bennett has backed plans to reopen the rail link between Colne and Skipton - but there could be royal support, too.The Leeds-born author and playwright has backed Selrap - the...
View ArticleKieran Trippier signs permanent Burnley deal
Burnley Football Club is delighted to announce that Kieran Trippier has this morning signed a permanent three-and-a-half-year deal with the Clarets.The Manchester City defender has been one of the...
View ArticleBusiness Awards open on Monday
Application forms for the prestigious Pendle Business Awards 2012 open on Monday.From then until Friday, February 10th, you can enter for an award online at www.pendle.gov.uk/businessawardsThe awards...
View ArticleMajor housing plan submitted for Jimmy Nelson’s sports field
PLANS for a major housing development on a former Nelson sports field have been submitted to Pendle Council.Gleeson Homes and Regeneration and Linkhaven Ltd have applied to build 106 houses on the old...
View ArticleNew date for reserve game
BURNLEY’S Reserve team game against Tranmere Rovers scheduled for Turf Moor on Tuesday, January 10 has been moved for a second time.The Central League fixture will now take place on Wednesday, March 21...
View ArticleComplaints against police drop by 15%
Complaints against Lancashire Constabulary have fallen, according to statistics released by the Independent Police Complaints Commission.The IPCC’s Police Complaints Statistics for 2010/11 showed...
View ArticleBurnley’s youth team fixture rearranged
Burnley Football Club has rearranged the outstanding Youth Team fixture at home to Morecambe for Saturday, March 24.The Youth Alliance game, originally postponed on December 17, is provisionally set to...
View ArticleTributes to popular Earby man after sudden death
A UNION Jack flag flies at half mast over Earby Conservative Club this week following the sudden death of its long-serving and popular steward.Tributes have been paid to 62-year-old Douglas “Dougie”...
View ArticleBurnley fans warned of road closures ahead of trip to Norwich
A part of the removal of an existing structure the Highways Agency will be closing an area around the Catthorpe Interchange over the weekend of the 7/8 January, 2012.The diagram above indicates the...
View ArticleBarrowford man admitted threatening neighbour
BARROWFORD man Thomas Wadsworth (20), of Cottesloe Place, was remanded on bail by Blackburn magistrates after pleading guilty to making threats to his neighbour, Kelly Lees, that her windows would be...
View ArticlePendle Community Hospital is ‘important’
THE future of Pendle Community Hospital in Nelson is considered an important part of future health services in this area.East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust and NHS East Lancashire Commissioners are...
View ArticleLong-serving foster carers are honoured
CHILD Action North West’s Foster Care service has celebrated its 10th birthday and marked the occasion by congratulating its longest-serving carers.Diane Duxbury and her partner Trevor, from Blackburn,...
View ArticlePolice officer finds burglar in his back yard
A POLICE officer leaving home for work in the early hours found a burglar in his back yard, a court heard.The Greater Manchester Officer had been setting off at 5-50 a.m. when he spotted a pair of legs...
View ArticleBurnley boss hopes to seal permanent deal for on loan Man City defender Mee
CLARETS boss Eddie Howe is hoping to tie up a permanent deal for defender Ben Mee following his capture of fellow Manchester City starlet Kieran Trippier.Howe moved quick in the January transfer window...
View ArticleWoman accused after bypass death of dog walker
A WOMAN driver has been charged with killing a pedestrian on the Padiham Barrowford by-pass.Grandfather Stuart Mather was taking a tea-time walk on Monday, June 6th, last year when he died with his...
View ArticleFormer Burnley FC director receives highest Mongolian honour
Burnley’s UCFB College of Football Business could be set for an influx of Mongolian students, following a major award scooped by a former Clarets’ director.Mr John Sullivan vowed to explore the...
View ArticleNelson man in court on firearms charge
A 31-YEAR-OLD Nelson man has appeared in court charged with burglary while in possession of an imitation firearm.Mark William Healey, of Belgrave Street, was sent in custody to Burnley Crown Court when...
View ArticleJail warning for wife beater
A POLISH man who assaulted his wife thought the British made too much fuss about wife beating, a court heard.Drunken Artur Jarek Sroka had threatened to kill Katarzyna Sroka while she had a small child...
View ArticleTrippier sets his sights on the Premier League
DEFENDER Kieran Trippier has set his sights on the Premier League after making his move to Turf Moor permanent.The 21-year-old, who arrived on an initial season-long loan from Manchester City last...
View ArticleDad killed in Australian scuba dive tragedy
A LOVING family man from Burnley who was living his dream of a new life in Tasmania has died following a freak scuba diving accident on New Year’s Eve.Mr Steve McNulty (56) was scuba diving with his...
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