Anne edges out lady secretary
LADIES at Colne competed for Mr Captain’s Prize at the weekend, and Anne Bradbury’s excellent 85-14-71 was four shots ahead of Lady Secretary Val Turpin (98-23-75).Third prize went to Sue Catlow on a...
View ArticleRugby Sevens tournament well attended
BURNLEY RUFC held their traditional pre-season Inter club sevens competition at Holden Road last Saturday.Over 40 players turned out in a very well-organised tournament.Winners were a team captained by...
View ArticleVIDEO: Olympic Gold Medallist Bradley Wiggins rides through Barnoldswick and...
BRADLEY Wiggins rang the bell to get the inaugural ride underway for his new foundation at Barnoldswick’s Victory Park on Sunday morning.The Tour de France winner and Olympic Time Trial Gold Medallist...
View ArticleBook review: Parade’s End by Ford Madox Ford
Hailed as ‘possibly the greatest 20th-century novel in English,’ Ford Madox Ford’s brilliantly original series of four books, Parade’s End, has been republished in time for BBC2’s much-anticipated...
View ArticleNew world record at Pendle Witch Walk: PHOTO SPECIAL
A NEW world record for the most people dressed as witches in one place has been set at this weekend’s Pendle Witch Walk, in aid of Pendleside Hospice.Some 482 people set the new record, which has never...
View ArticlePHOTOS: Burnley 2, Bolton Wanderers 0
KARMA often finds a way of working its way back to haunt you.That's exactly what happened to Bolton Wanderers boss Owen Coyle 32 months after walking out on the Clarets' maiden Premier League...
View ArticleBurnley boss is better than Coyle - Paterson
GOAL hero Martin Paterson sunk old boss Owen Coyle – and believes current Clarets chief Eddie Howe is carving out a bigger reputation.Paterson netted the opener in Saturday’s 2-0 win at home to...
View ArticleVietnamese man (20) held over Brierfield cannabis farm
A 20-YEAR-OLD Vietnamese national has been arrested and remanded in custody to appear for sentencing at Burnley Crown Court on Friday, September 14th.Hau Van Nguyen appeared at Pennine Magistrates...
View ArticleParasailor airlifted to hospital after Pendle Hill crash
A PARASAILOR from Darwen was airlifted to Royal Preston Hospital from Barley after injuring himself on Pendle Hill on Monday.The 28-year-old suffered a double compound leg fracture and a dislocated...
View ArticleEddie Howe expecting tough test at Middlesbrough
EDDIE Howe is determined it won’t be a case of ‘After the Lord Mayor’s Show’ at Middlesbrough tonight.Burnley is bouncing after the opening day 2-0 win at home to Bolton, and all that entails.But the...
View ArticleDriver hurt in Nelson road crash
A MAN was hurt when two cars crashed in a Nelson street last night.The accident happened at the junction with Chapel Street at around 8pm.The driver suffered minor neck and face injuries when the...
View Article1612 appears on Pendle Hill to mark 400th anniversary of Lancashire Witch trials
PEOPLE across Pendle had a big surprise at the weekend when they looked across at Pendle Hill and saw an attractive huge “1612” appear on it.Plans to paint the year’s date on Pendle had been turned...
View ArticleBook review: The Cadaver Game by Kate Ellis
The amazing Kate Ellis and her cerebral black detective Wesley Peterson are becoming a ‘force’ to be reckoned with...THE Cadaver Game is the 16th novel in the Liverpool-born author’s cleverly...
View ArticleBlaze hits £3m. Nelson leisure centre
A BLAZE broke out at a £3m. Nelson leisure centre in the early hours of this morning.The fire started in the cafe area at Pendle Wavelengths at around 2am.Fire crews were called in to the Leeds Road...
View ArticleCurse of Pendle Witches strikes on 400th anniversary of trials?
JUST days after a dramatic 1612 appeared on the side of Pendle Hill ... the curse of the Pendle Witches has struck.The number one has mysteriously disappeared from the huge numbers, which marked the...
View ArticleTime is running out on Read’s title tilt
READ did their best to maintain the pressure on Houldsworth Solicitors Ribblesdale League leaders Barnoldswickagainst Oswaldtwistle Immanuel on Saturday.But they remain 26 points adrift, with...
View ArticlePEEK INTO THE PAST: Mystery surrounds Burnley public gardens
Only a few weeks ago I was contacted by a lady who wrote to the Express asking me to settle a question that had long concerned her.The question was about Burnley’s public gardens of which the town has...
View ArticleJudge gives Barrowford burglar (20) a chance
A DRUNKEN intruder, who went into two homes and was involved in a confrontation with one victim, walked free from court.“Immature” Max Bancroft (20), who took a jacket, cash and keys, left the victim...
View ArticleSupport grows for 1,2km cycle track on Swinden Playing Fields
THE battle to create a cycle track around Swinden Playing Fields has got the back-up of Pendle Council’s Colne and District Committee.The playing fields are very much on the boundary of Nelson, Colne...
View ArticleBook review: Herring on the Nile by L.C.Tyler
What’s your ‘tipple’ this holiday reading season ... crime, mystery, comedy?If it’s all three, picking up the latest in L.C.Tyler’s joyously entertaining ‘Herring’ series could prove the perfect...
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