Nelson woman must pay up £195 for leaving her bin out in the street
A WOMAN who left her dustbin out on the street has been prosecuted by Pendle Council as an example to other miscreants.Nicola Wilkinson (26) did not take the bin back into her yard in Chapel Street,...
View ArticleBurnley car smash driver flees scene
THE driver of a car which crashed into a tree off Barden Lane on Monday evening fled the scene.The accident happened around 7-30pm when a black Honda lost control and careered off the road. When police...
View ArticleBrierfield horror smash: driver behind bars
Burnley Crown Court heard how Haji Ahmed (29) had pulled out in front of an officer in a marked police vehicle in Colne Road - the main street - in Brierfield. He then overtook several cars and went on...
View ArticleMan (80) arrested in Colne in Haworth murder investigation
Police launched a murder investigation after a man of 80 was found unconscious in his car.The elderly man was arrested on suspicion of murder after he was discovered at the wheel of his vehicle in...
View ArticleWoman escapes M65 crash unhurt
A WOMAN escaped a crash unhurt when a wheel fell off her car on the M65 earlier today.The driver was travelling west along the motorway at Junction 8 near Shuttleworth Mead when the accident...
View ArticlePEEK INTO PAST: Banking collapse hits Burnley
There is an ancient piece of popular wisdom – an adage – to the effect that “history repeats itself.”It has been brought to mind by the present financial and economic crisis and a local man’s attempt...
View ArticleNine-month study planned into Colne traffic congestion
THE future of traffic congestion in Colne will be decided in an investigation beginning in the next few weeks.The £100,000 study will look at extending the M65 into Yorkshire, probably over the old...
View ArticleHALF TIME: Rochdale 2, Burnley FC 0
THE Clarets face their biggest test of pre-season yet after going down 2-0 to Rochdale at the break.It will be a big test of character for Eddie Howe's men in the second 45 minutes as their...
View ArticleFULL TIME: Rochdale 3, Burnley 1
THE Clarets rounded off their pre-season preparations in unsatisfactory fashion as they went down 3-1 to Rochdale.The writing was on the wall in the early stages at Spotland when Dale new boy Dele...
View ArticleRochdale 3, Burnley FC 1: PHOTO GALLERY
Here’s our slideshow of photos from last night’s friendly match at Rochdale.The Clarets went down to a dominant Rochdale side, with all the action captured by our photographer Andrew Smith at pitch...
View ArticleAttack victim was ‘left for dead’ in horror attack in Brierfield street:...
Two takeaway brothers and a worker allegedly “brutally attacked” and “left for dead” a man they thought had been disrespecting them, to save face in the community and punish him, a jury was told....
View ArticleBurnley hammer thrower Sophie breaks British record in London 2012 Olympics
BURNLEY’S Sophie Hitchon broke her own British hammer record on the way to qualifying for the Olympic hammer final this morning.The 21-year-old former Ivy Bank pupil threw 71.98m in the third and final...
View ArticleAS I SEE IT: Introducing the ‘new boy’ at your Clitheroe Advertiser & Times
what comes around goes around, so they say, and this journalist is coming around again. I’m the “new” reporter at The Clitheroe Advertiser and Times, bravely attempting to fill the space temporarily...
View ArticleAS I SEE IT: Introducing the ‘new boy’ at the Clitheroe Advertiser & Times
what comes around goes around, so they say, and this journalist is coming around again. I’m the “new” reporter at The Clitheroe Advertiser and Times, bravely attempting to fill the space temporarily...
View ArticleBBC to film at this weekend’s Trawden Agricultural Show
SUNDAY sees the annual Trawden Agricultural Show - and a TV crew will be filming there for a BBC series to be screened in autumn featuring country shows.Trawden Show 2012 is on target to be a fantastic...
View ArticleBook review: Kingdom by Jack Hight
The complex politics and warfare of the long-running medieval Crusades comes to life again in the second part of American historian Jack Hight’s thrilling Saladin trilogy. Kingdom sees a new and...
View ArticleNelson taxi men fined for smoking at work
Two Pendle men have been fined by Pendle Council for smoking in their workplaces.Abdul Majeed and Mohammed Khan, who both work for local taxi firms, were each given fixed penalties of £50, reduced to...
View ArticleShould Bradley Wiggins receive a knighthood?
VOTE NOWHe’s been hailed the hero of the London 2012 Olympics for his amazing cycling gold medal, so soon after his victory in the Tour de France.Chorley’s Bradley Wiggins has been taken to the...
View Article20% cut in Council Tax benefit on cards for Pendle claimants
A 20% cut in Council Tax benefit is on the cards for every working age claimant in Pendle.But, before any decisions are made, staff and councillors in Pendle want to hear the public’s opinion on what...
View ArticleBurnley FC striker shortage after Ings injury?
BURNLEY manager Eddie Howe could face a severe striker shortage for Tuesday night’s Capital One Cup first round tie at Port Vale.Already without Martin Paterson, who has been called up to the Northern...
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