Chris McCann backs Burnley youngsters to shine
CLARETS skipper Chris McCann feels the club’s youngsters need time to build a solid base for promotion.Burnley have fallen below fans’ expectations after relegation from the Premier League, finishing...
View ArticleBook review: The Murder of Halland by Pia Juul
You can always rely on Peirene Press to get the grey matter moving...Their classy, culturally rich novellas bring us the best of contemporary European writing and prove that small really is...
View ArticleStreet violence erupts after karaoke ‘insult’
A MIDDLE-AGED woman, her two sons and three others were involved in violence after a karaoke “chavs insult” at a Colne pub, a court was told.Shirley Hammerton (46), then working at the Jolly Hatters,...
View ArticleGame Review: Tom Clancy, Ghost Recon Future Soldier
I have always been a big fan of TOM CLANCY games, especially the GHOST RECON series they offer more originality than any other of its genre, and every version always has something new.When GHOST RECON:...
View ArticleBurnley keeper Rachel Brown receives Olympic call!
BURNLEY’S Rachel Brown will cap a remarkable career by taking part at the London Olympics as part of Team GB.The Everton and England goalkeeper has played at World Cups and European Championships, and...
View ArticleBurnley’s trip to Watford moved
THE Clarets’ Easter fixture away to Watford has been moved forward 24 hours to be played on Good Friday.The game at Vicarage Road will now be played on Friday, March 29, 2013 (kick-off 3pm).Moving the...
View ArticleMurder inquiry after body of man found in Burnley street
A MAN has been arrested on suspicion murder after a body was found in the Manchester Road area this morning.The body of the 27-year-old man was found in Albion Terrace, Burnley, at 9am.A 52-year-old...
View ArticleGolf Rossendale tees up free beginners golf lessons
GOLF Rossendale Driving Range & Academy is offering free golf taster sessions for beginners.The range, based at Marl Pits Sports Complex in Rawtenstall, has secured funding from England Golf to be...
View ArticleFive jailed after EDL’s Brierfield demo
FIVE people were jailed today at Preston Crown Court for their part in disorder in Brierfield last summer. They had pleaded guilty to a variety of offences on the second day of a trial earlier this...
View ArticleFirst pictures from Burnley murder probe
THESE are the first pictures from the murder inquiry that is taking place following the discovery of a man’s body in Albion Terrace, Burnley.The images show a body being taken from the scene and...
View ArticleVIDEO: Body found in Burnley - murder inquiry launched
HERE is our first video from Albion Terrace, Burnley, where a body was discovered this morning.A man has been arrested on suspicion murder after the body of a 27-year-old man was found in Albion...
View ArticleChurch thief caught red-handed
A CHURCH lead thief didn’t reckon on an angry neighbour, who confronted and detained him until police arrived, a court heard.Pennine magistrates were told how Neil Langley was caught red-handed...
View ArticleCourt hears of licensee’s ‘fall from grace’
A BARROWFORD pub boss flouted licensing laws by serving drinks and playing “loud” music after time, a court heard.Grandmother Catherine Tattersall (58), licensee at Winstons, had been warned by police...
View ArticleBurnley to open Turf Moor for public training session
The Clarets are to stage an open day for fans ahead of the big kick-off.The club will throw open the doors at Turf Moor on Saturday, August 11 - a week before Burnley’s big Championship curtain-raiser...
View ArticleGame Review: Mud Fim Motocross World Championship
THERE seems to be a number of dirt bike/motocross type games around at the moment, TRIALS EVOLUTION and MAD RIDERS to name but two, and now there is MUD FIM MOTOCROSS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP developed by...
View ArticleWoman rescued in laundrette fire drama
A 71-YEAR-OLD woman had to be rescued from her first floor flat by firefighters following a blaze at a launderette in Langroyd Road, Colne, on Tuesday night.The fire, which broke out shortly after 11...
View ArticleTravel Review: Wild Northumbrian Tipis and Yurts
WHAT more can a boy wish for? A 21ft tipi complete with a firebowl and the ultimate – a bag of marshmallows!Twenty minutes after “checking’’ into his Indian home for the weekend, five-year-old Ruaridh...
View ArticlePolice manhunt after sexual assault
A MANHUNT is under way for a shop worker believed to be from Nelson who groped a vulnerable woman as he worked in a city store.The man, who has not been identified, is still under search after the...
View ArticleBook review: The History Room by Eliza Graham
Curiouser and curiouser, Alice in Wonderland would have remarked if she had wandered through the intriguing plotlines in Eliza Graham’s haunting new novel.The History Room is a clever and compelling...
View Article‘I Love Nelson’ campaign gets under way
A WOMAN who moved to Nelson from London last year is launching a campaign to encourage people to love the town.“I Love Nelson, Lancashire,” is the brainchild of Walker, of Chapel Street, to get more...
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