MR PENDLE: I’m glad the Olympics and Paralympics are over
THEY think it’s all over ... and thankfully, it is. The marathon of sports otherwise known as the Olympic and Paralympic Games, that is.For the best part of the last two months, the BBC in particular...
View ArticleBurnley boss Howe pleased to win before fans
CLARETS boss Eddie Howe was relieved to end a run of three successive league defeats against pointless Peterborough.It had been a long two weeks after the 3-1 loss at home to Brighton dropped Burnley...
View ArticleThe easy way to find your ideal employee: TheSmartList.co.uk
Johnston Press plans to extend its recruitment offering with its new fixed price recruitment service – TheSmartList.co.uk – designed to help employers fill vacancies quickly and cost-effectively.A...
View ArticleBurnley striker Austin gunning for the Foxes
CLARETS striker Charlie Austin was happy to lift the gloom surrounding Turf Moor with his hat-trick against Peterborough.And he hopes his second professional treble haul will help inspire the side as...
View ArticlePendle Council shops to close under plans to switch Council Tax payments?
Pendle residents could be paying their council tax at their local post office or at shops with paypoints next year.Proposals are to be put to Thursday’s meeting of the council’s Executive which would...
View ArticleBook review: A Nurse’s Courage by Maggie Holt
The gritty realities of inner city nursing featured in Maggie Holt’s absorbing wartime drama are not just the products of her imagination but are based on her own experiences on the wards of a...
View ArticleMartin Paterson to be risked again Leicester?
EDDIE Howe will make a late check on striker Martin Paterson ahead of tomorrow night’s trip to Leicester.Paterson is fit again after a hamstring problem ruled him out for three games, but he is being...
View ArticleLies over road smash led to street attack and threat to torch Nelson...
A NELSON butcher was threatened his shop would be petrol bombed and his son and a customer were attacked after a woman involved in a road smash outside the premises lied to her brothers about what...
View ArticleGAME REVIEW: Dog Fight 1942
WHY aren’t there more flight simulation games around?And the ones that are always feel and look the same, other genres are improving at a rapid rate yet the old flying simulator just plods along doing...
View ArticleVOTE NOW: Should our police be armed?
TODAY we’re asking “should our police be armed?” following the shocking incident in Greater Manchester when two female officers were killed while attending a “routine incident”.One of the country’s...
View ArticleBook review: Educating Jack by Jack Sheffield
Shoulder pads, pixie boots, Curly Wurly bars, ET, Dallas, Cagney and Lacey, Boy George and the Falklands War ... who could forget the 1980s?Many of us can still remember the heady days of Fame and...
View ArticleWin a copy of former Burnley manager Brian Laws’ book!
FORMER Burnley manager Brian Laws has released his autobiography ‘Laws of the Jungle’ and we have one copy to give away.All you have to do to get your hands on it is answer this simple question:Which...
View ArticleGAME REVIEW: Tritton Warhead 7.1 headset
IS there no end to the amount of speakers we can fit in our living rooms?First came stereo, then 2.1, then 5.1 and now 7.1, nearly every home has a home cinema system these days after all CORONATION...
View ArticleJudicial review ordered into £1m. grant used to demolish Pendle homes
a HIGH Court judge has ordered a full and urgent judicial review into a challenge by a heritage group that more than £1 million paid to Pendle Council in Government grants was unlawfully signed off.But...
View ArticleFree diabetes testing in nelson
The Diabetes UK’s Healthy Lifestyle Roadshow will be visiting Market Square, Nelson, tomorrow (Thursday), from 9am to 5pm. and Friday. from 9am to 4-30pm, to offer people a free Type 2 diabetes risk...
View ArticlePHOTOS: Leicester City 2, Burnley 1
IT had to be David Nugent.On the back of an 11-game run without a goal, stuck on 99 career strikes, the former Clarets loan striker must have rubbed his hands together when he saw his old club were...
View Article4,000 attend funeral of GP who died after road accident
THOUSANDS of people attended the funeral of a popular GP who died after being hit by a car on his way to prayers.Dr Mohammed Ikram Malik MBE suffered head injuries in the accident in Pendle Street,...
View ArticleBook review: The Kingmaker’s Daughter by Philippa Gregory
When you are the most ambitious and influential nobleman in 15th century England but do not possess a son and heir, your daughters must become pawns in the battle for political power.Richard Neville,...
View ArticleBurnley boss looks to tighten defence
EDDIE Howe admits his side need to iron out their defensive issues if they are to climb the Championship table.Burnley have shipped 12 goals in six games so far this term due to a mix of unstoppable...
View ArticleBurnley’s Rachel Brown sits it out as England seal Euro 2013 place
BURNLEY-born Rachel Brown was on the bench as England’s women sealed their place at Euro 2013 on Wednesday evening.Hope Powell’s side need to beat Croatia at Walsall’s Banks Stadium to edge out Holland...
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