Olympic silver and bronze medals for Clitheroe athletes
RIBBLE Valley athletes did Great Britain proud yesterday as the London 2012 Olympics drew to a dramatic close.Clitheroe’s Samantha Murray (22) preserved Team GB’s proud record in the modern pentathlon...
View ArticleBurnley FC fans day: photo special
CLARETS fans got the chance to see their football heroes up close and personal ahead of the big Championship kick-off.Thousands of supporters turned out at the Burnley Football Club Fan Day to catch a...
View ArticleBurnley suffer Ings injury blow
DANNY Ings will miss the opening months of the season after scans revealed the young striker has suffered a torn knee cartilage.Ings was injured in the Clarets’ final pre-season game at Rochdale last...
View ArticleTrawden Show 2012: photo special
THE rain held off as people flocked from far and wide to Trawden’s annual agricultural show.Animals of all shapes and sizes competed for prizes in front of the judges, there were fairgound rides,...
View ArticleGame Review: Project Zero 2
in the midst of passing the baton over to the Wii-U, NINTENDO® still has tricks up its sleeve to keep the Wii’s head above the water.One in particular is a remastering of one of the creepiest yet...
View ArticleFarm blaze rips through barn
A FIERCE blaze ripped through a barn in Burnley after 1,000 litres of diesel went up in flames.The fire broke out in a farm building on land off Robin House Lane, in Lane Bottom, yesterday morning.A...
View ArticleHorse rider airlifted to hospital after fall at Trawden Show
A YOUNG horse rider was airlifted to hospital after falling off her horse during Trawden Agricultural Show.The victim - a 20-year-old believed to be from a Foulridge farm - fell from the horse but her...
View ArticleTravel Review: The Lowry Hotel, Manchester, Spa day
“WOW mum, we have never seen you looking so clean!’’ was the verdict from my two young children when I arrived home from a relaxing spa experience to be met by the usual chaos!Not only was I clean, I...
View ArticleClitheroe Olympic hero Samantha Murray talks about her silver medal: VIDEO
HERE’s an interview with Olympic modern pentathlon silver medallist Samantha Murray, from Clitheroe.The athlete talks about how it is hard enough to win an Olympic medal without feeling the pressure of...
View ArticleBook review: The Queen’s Confidante by Karen Harper
The forever fertile terrain of Tudor history gets some fascinating tweaks and twists as Karen Harper sweeps us back to the paranoid court of the dynasty’s founder Henry VII.It was a turbulent era; the...
View ArticleColne man exposed himself to police
COLNE: A 31-year-old man, said to have exposed himself to “upset the police” in drunken trouble, is awaiting sentence. Burnley Magistrates have heard how William Alderson was said, by the prosecution,...
View ArticleGORDON BIRTWISTLE MP: Political point-scoring means no Lords reforms
IN the constituency I have been back out collecting signatures for the bus station sign campaign. We now have more than 1,100 signatures. If you haven’t already added your name, and would like to, I...
View ArticleTwo-day Towneley Live music festival planned for 2013
ONE of Burnley’s biggest live music festivals is to return next summer as a huge two-day event.Towneley Live, which featured some of Britain’s hottest pop bands last summer, had to be shelved this year...
View ArticleGame Review: Summer Challenge Athletics Tournament
LET’S face it, Summer Challenge Athletics Tournament published by PQube is just another attempt to capitalise on the buzz around the London 2012 Olympics.Admittedly, I didn’t want to like this game....
View ArticleReal ale award for Barrowford club
REAL ale enthusiasts have chosen a club in Barrowford as the best in the area.The Lamb Club, in Church Street, was singled out as the East Lancashire Club of the Year by members of the Campaign for...
View ArticleBlackburn games receive new dates
BOTH of the East Lancashire derbies between Burnley and Blackburn Rovers have been given new dates.The Turf Moor clash, originally scheduled for Saturday, December 1, will now take place the following...
View ArticleAmbulance plan to move in with police in Barnoldswick
Plans have been submitted to Pendle Council for change of use to Barnoldswick Police station to incorporate the ambulance service.In March, news emerged that the North West Ambulance Service (NWAS)...
View ArticleBurnley v Bolton ticket information
OWEN Coyle brings Bolton Wanderers to Turf Moor this Saturday for the eagerly-anticipated Championship opener.If you have already purchased and not yet picked up your season ticket, or have queries,...
View ArticlePendle Wavelengths shortlisted for health club award
Pendle Wavelengths has been shortlisted in the region’s second annual Members Choice Health Club Awards.The Nelson fitness facility is up against other centres in Chorley, Knowsley, Blackburn, Preston,...
View ArticleRead close the gap as leaders Barnoldswick slip up
READ took full advantage of Barnoldswick’s first slip of the season on Saturday.Previously unbeaten leaders Barnoldswick suffered their first defeat of the season in the Houldsworth Ribblesdale League...
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