Former Burnley boss Coyle sacked from Bolton job
FORMER Clarets boss Owen Coyle has been sacked by Championship rivals Bolton Wanderers.Coyle left Turf Moor for the Reebok Stadium midway through the Premier League season in January 2010, after...
View ArticleBurnley striker Paterson to ponder international future after trip to Poland
STRIKER Martin Paterson is to think long and hard about his international career after joining up with Northern Ireland for their World Cup qualifier in Portugal next Tuesday.The 25-year-old, who...
View ArticleKids Review: Go Glow light range
THE clocks going back at the end of the month mean an extra hour in bed. But do the little people in the house know that?If you want to make sure they do, then you need special lighting to enable them...
View ArticleCommittees back land transfer call
MEMBERS of two Pendle Council committees have backed calls for an area of council-owned land to be transferred to a residents group.Both the Nelson Committee and the Colne and District Committee have...
View Article‘We need to grow up fast’ - Burnley skipper Shackell
SKIPPER Jason Shackell feels Burnley need to “grow up fast” after their latest defensive calamity.The Clarets lost 4-3 at Crystal Palace on Saturday, after leading 2-0, and the side have now conceded...
View ArticleStay alert as scams rise, warning
LANCASHIRE County Council’s Trading Standards service is urging residents to stay on their guard after an increase in numbers falling victim to criminal cons.In the last 12 months, 356 victims of cold...
View ArticleHospice to open Earby shop
EARBY has been chosen as the site for the latest Pendleside Hospice charity shop.The Reedley based charity already has four shops in Pendle in Barnoldswick, Brierfield, Colne and Nelson and the latest...
View ArticleSchool is improving, say Ofsted
OFSTED inspectors who visited Barrowford Primary School last month have given it an improved “good” rating.The Rushton Street primary school was ranked as “satisfactory” at its last inspecton in...
View ArticleBook review: The Wrong Man by Jason Dean
Revenge is a dish best served cold... and in the case of former US Marine James Bishop, that means icy cold.He’s been sent down for murders he didn’t commit and when – not if – he breaks out of jail,...
View ArticleColne cafe plan gets the go ahead
councillors have given the green light to a controversial planning application for the change of use of a shop to a cafe and wine bar on the main street into Colne.The property at the junction of Lord...
View ArticleTeenager admits being ‘stupid’
A TEENAGER who raided a family home in the night kept her freedom after a judge stated: “There is more to this than meets the eye.”Burnley Crown Court was told how Chelsea Driver had never been in...
View ArticleBarrowford house roof blaze
FIRE crews were called to an attractive historic-looking house in Barrowford after fears people could be trapped inside when the building was well alight.They did establish there was no one there after...
View ArticleEntries needed for Pendle Open Art Exhibition
ENTRIES for this year’s Pendle Open Art Exhibition need to be taken to The ACE Centre this Friday or Saturday.The exhibition, which is 29 years old this year, is one of the biggest art exhibitions held...
View ArticleBook review: Ravenscliffe by Jane Sanderson
As a new series of ITV’s Downton Abbey grips the nation, Jane Sanderson unearths another rich seam of upstairs/downstairs drama in her second novel set in a Yorkshire mining community.Ravenscliffe...
View ArticleEddie Howe set for Bournemouth post
BURNLEY are bracing themselves for the departure of manager Eddie Howe. The Clarets boss is on the brink of returning to his former club AFC Bournemouth, where he was last week installed as the...
View ArticlePaterson pulls out of World Cup qualifier in Portugal
STRIKER Martin Paterson has withdrawn from the Northern Ireland for their World Cup qualifier in Portugal on Tuesday at the Estadio Do Dragao in Porto.But left back Danny Lafferty has been drafted into...
View ArticleFormer Burnley striker Rodriguez nominated for award
FORMER Burnley striker Jay Rodriguez has been shortlisted as a finalist for the npower Championship Player of the Year honour at this year’s Northwest Football Awards, as he looks to retain his...
View ArticleBinge drinker spared jail after breaking man’s jaw
A BINGE drinker who smashed a man’s jaw in two places in an “unprovoked” attack has walked free from court.Peter Uttley, who had had a “cocktail” of whatever alcohol was going, punched victim Michael...
View ArticleEmpty houses problem on the agenda
PENDLE Council’s Executive will be looking at how to hit the problem of empty homes in Nelson on Thursday.How the issue is tackled is up for discussion and officers will present the Empty Homes Plan...
View ArticleCherries make official approach for Howe
THE waiting game continued this morning, with Burnley set to lose manager Eddie Howe to Bournemouth.Last night, the Clarets refusing Bournemouth permission to speak to the 34-year-old, after the...
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