Book review: Winter warmers from Macmillan Children’s Books
As the nights draw in and the days grow shorter, Macmillan Children’s Books are spreading some welcome rays of forgotten sunshine onto a new season of reading.Forget the TV and the Xbox, find a comfy...
View ArticleNew beauty cream marks 400th anniversary of Pendle Witch trials
BEWITCHNG beauty products, that aim to have a magical effect on the sense of smell, are set to be launched on the spookiest night of the year!Tibby Olivier, which prides itself on hand blended, organic...
View ArticleNelson cabbie in £11,000 benefits fraud gang
A CABBIE who used another person’s identity to carry out a £11,000 benefits scam, was spared immediate jail.Muhammad Khan’s claim was fraudulent from the start, premeditated and he refused to give the...
View ArticleGame Review: WRC3
THERE are a number of driving simulation games around at the moment and they are on the whole pretty good, so with the release of WRC3 by Black bean and Pqube the world of hard-core rallying has been...
View ArticlePhone review: Nokia Lunia 710 great as entry level Smart phone
Now we are all aware of how Smart phones are taking over our lives, with everything at our finger tips life couldn’t be much better.There are a few out there at the moment, the two most popular being...
View ArticleTreatment for Colne man who threatened to blow up home
A COLNE man who was given six months to prove he would comply with mental health treatment after threatening to blow up his home, kept his freedom.Jack Comerford had had sentence deferred in April, and...
View ArticleDate for Burnley FC legend John Connelly’s funeral
THE funeral of former Clarets star John Connelly will take place on Monday, November 5th.John, who won the league title with Burnley in 1959-60 and was part of England’s World Cup winning squad in...
View ArticleModel railway exhibition in Padiham
Model railway enthusiasts will converge on a local church this weekend as it stages a popular annual exhibition.Padiham’s Nazareth Unitarian Church hall and schoolrooms (in Knight Hill next to Memorial...
View ArticlePolice appeal to trace Colne-bound train yobs
british Transport Police are appealing for information following an incident on board a Pendle-bound train on Saturday night.,Shortly before 10pm, officers attended at Church and Oswaldtwistle station...
View ArticleWould be Burnley FC manager Sean Dyche ‘not the finished article’
BY his own admission, Sean Dyche is not “the finished article with all the answers.”But you get the sense he is relentlessly searching for those answers.The 41-year-old has not sat idly since...
View ArticleNelson factory worker trapped by forklift truck
A 22-year-old factory worker was trapped when the forklift truck he was driving fell over.He ended up with his ankle stuck under the heavy vehicle and had to be rescued.It happened at teatime on Monday...
View ArticleBook review: The 100 Most Pointless Things in the World by Alexander...
It’s probably pointless to point out... but the whole point of this pointedly pointless new book is that it’s pointless!Christmas is coming and it’s time to start having fun, courtesy of mine hosts...
View Article£3,000 reward to find man on run from prison in Lancashire
CRIMESTOPPERS have offered a reward for information about wanted man Ivan Leach.The charity is offering up to £3,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of Leach, who is on the run...
View ArticleBurnley FC in the headlines
Burnley set to name Sean Dyche as new manager - BBC SportDyche set for Burnley job -ESPNBurnley X-Files: Laws in for the Knill! - Vital FootballBurnley set to appoint Sean Dyche as new manager - The...
View ArticleGame review: XCOM: Enemy Unknown
Back in the 1990s, turn-based strategy games were everywhere on consoles but most predominantly on the PC. They were 2D cartoony style due to the hardware limitations and lack of technological...
View ArticleBurnley post backlog as Royal Mail modernisation gets underway
DISGRUNTLED customers have slammed the Royal Mail over claims a “mountain of mail” was piling up in Burnley.Hundreds of parcels are believed to be part of a big backlog at the sorting office in Bank...
View ArticleBurnley FC v Blackburn Rovers tickets on sale
TICKETS for Burnley’s home game with Blackburn Rovers are on sale.Initial sales are for season ticket holders and Clarets Members.Current season ticket holders are eligible to purchase one extra...
View ArticlePENDLE MP ANDREW STEPHENSON: How to save money on your gas and electricity bills
The last week in Parliament has been very busy with an incredible number of different issues to deal with. Figures published recently showed an encouraging fall in unemployment both in Pendle and...
View ArticleBurnley FC chairmen welcome new Clarets manager Sean Dyche
Co-chairmen John Banaszkiewicz and Mike Garlick have welcomed Sean Dyche as the “outstanding candidate” in a strong field to replace Eddie Howe as the new manager of Burnley Football Club.Former...
View ArticleTrawden factory blaze
FIREFIGHTERS were called out to a commercial property in Trawden on Tuesday morning.The fire, which involved a compressed air machine belt, happened in Cotton Tree Lane at 12-22am.Two breathing...
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