Burnley release Zavon Hines
ZAVON Hines has been released by the Clarets after 12 months at Turf Moor.Burnley did not take up the second year option on Hines’ original contract and have allowed the former West Ham winger to leave...
View ArticleGame Review: The Amazing Spiderman
IF like me you’re a big SPIDERMAN fan, then you would have been straining at the leash awaiting the arrival of THE AMAZING SPIDERMAN, developed and published by BEENOX and ACTIVISIION.To be honest it...
View ArticleBook review: How The Trouble Started by Robert Williams
When your fiction debut was a prize-winner there must inevitably be a weight of expectation on the publication of your second novel... so it’s pleasing to report that talented Clitheroe-born Robert...
View ArticleDecision day on ‘Jimmy’s’ housing plan
A FINAL decision on a controversial housing development on a disused Nelson sports ground is expected to be taken on Monday night.Plans by Gleeson Homes to build 104 houses on the old James Nelson’s...
View ArticleBook review: The Barbed-Wire University by Midge Gillies
The sheer reckless bravado of Steve McQueen revving up his motorbike in a bid to power his way to freedom from his German captors has become an iconic film image of the Second World War. But the...
View ArticleColne and Nelson Rugby Club scoops £50,000 Olympic cash
SPORTS players in Pendle are to benefit from a National Lottery award to help carry out much-needed refurbishments to the changing rooms at Colne and Nelson Rugby Union Football Club. The club is...
View ArticleKids Review: Gulliver’s World
WHAT do you get if you team up two excited five-year-old boys with a theme park boasting more than 90 rides and attractions?Answer: A fun day out to remember!Fun was definitely on the cards at...
View ArticleAlex MacDonald signs new Burnley contract
ALEX MacDonald has signed a new contract to confirm his place in Eddie Howe’s plans for the new season.The 22-year-old striker has agreed a 12-month deal with the Clarets after reaching the end of his...
View ArticleBurnley UCFB launches bid for London Olympic Stadium
BURNLEY’S UCFB College of Football Business is preparing a sensational bid to take over the Olympic Stadium in London.The UCFB, based at Burnley FC’s Turf Moor, has submitted the bid for the flagship...
View ArticleVIDEO: Burnley “lucky 13” charity tattoo challenge success
AN INK-CREDIBLE charity challenge at a Burnley tattoo shop showed “13” was lucky for some.Jason Kershaw did a 13-hour long tattoo-athon at Skin Fantasy on Friday 13th - a day considered cursed by the...
View ArticleGreen Flag awards for Pendle parks
SEVEN of Pendle’s parks can fly the Green Flag - which honours their attraction - for another year following this week’s announcement of the national award winners.Pendle Council is celebrating all the...
View ArticleJoseph Mills is latest Burnley signing
BOSS Eddie Howe has further strengthened his defensive options with a successful swoop for Reading defender Joseph Mills.The 22-year-old left-back becomes Burnley's fourth new recruit of the summer...
View ArticleWin tickets to see Olly Murs in Lytham
HERE’S your chance to see “The X-Factor” sensation live in Lytham.Join in our easy-to-enter competition to see the singing sensation, who wowed the crowds with his duet with Take That star Robbie...
View ArticleGame Review: Game Controllers
OK so your sitting comfortably in your new gaming chair, your expensive 5.1 surround sound headset sitting neatly on your head.Your awesome gaming glasses wrapped around your eyeballs ,you really think...
View ArticleBook review: No Child of Mine by Susan Lewis
What an audacious author Susan Lewis is ... unafraid to tackle head-on the most harrowing subjects, she has become one of Britain’s best-selling novelists.She has 28 books to her credit now, and each...
View ArticleBurnley change pricing structure for visit of Blackpool
BURNLEY’S Lancashire derby against Blackpool at Turf Moor in October has been changed to a silver category game under the Clarets’ new pricing structure for the 2012/13 season.With the game on...
View ArticleTram Sunday’s on a roll
FLEETWOOD’S Tram Sunday event is set to enter a new era in which it can benefit the town’s good causes.Organisers say the annual event, one of the biggest transport festivals in the North of England...
View ArticleVIDEO: Colne Grand Prix 2012
THOUSANDS of people packed Colne town centre to watch the Colne Grand Prix bike race on Wednesday - and it was surprisingly warm and sunny.There is now proof that if you take part in the local race you...
View ArticleBurnley man stripped of £42,000 for cannabis farm gains
A SECURITY engineer who admitted producing cannabis at his Burnley home has been ordered to pay back more than £42,000 from the proceeds of his crime.Christopher Thompson (37) was found to have more...
View ArticleBurnley boss delighted to snap up defender
CLARETS boss Eddie Howe made Reading left-back Joseph Mills his fourth summer signing on Tuesday.And he isn’t finished yet with his transfer dealings.Howe intends to add more new faces to his squad...
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