Pendle’s housing renewal programme set to proceed
HOUSING renewal schemes across Pendle look set for completion after the Government accepted bids for transitional funding from East Lancashire councils.The future of schemes in Brierfield, Nelson and...
View ArticleMan hit by three cars on M65
A MAN has suffered serious multiple injuries after being hit by three cars while walking on the M65 motorway.Police are still investigating how the 60 year-old man from the Accrington area came to be...
View ArticlePolice pledge that armed robbers will spend Christmas behind bars
THE six North West police forces and the security industry have launched a joint operation to crackdown on armed robberies and target criminals in the run-up to Christmas. The action will be...
View ArticleLight Up A Life 2011 launched at Pendleside Hospice
AN annual campaign to raise money to treat terminally-ill patients, and give people the chance to remember loved ones who have died, has been launched by Pendleside Hospice.The Light Up A Life campaign...
View ArticleSchools closed due to strike action - UPDATED LIST
THIS week’s public sector strike will have an impact on many areas of the community.Find out which schools across East Lancashire have announced they will be closed on Wednesday.Burnley - Ightenhill...
View ArticleBracewell residents call for crack down on speeding motorists
FED up residents in Bracewell have called on the police to crack down on motorists ignoring new speed limits through the village.After years of campaigning, lower limits were finally put in place,...
View ArticlePublic protected from Nelson sex attack taxi driver
A CABBIE who sexually assaulted a girl has been spared immediate jail – but will never work as a taxi driver again.Father-of-four Muntaza Khaliq (34) has been jobless since the incident about two years...
View ArticleBurnley FC legend explains unpaid council tax ‘oversight’
CLARETS legend Andy Payton has said a genuine oversight left him owing more than £5,000 in unpaid council tax.The former striker, who was nicknamed the Padiham Preadator for his goal-scoring exploits,...
View ArticleColne New Year’s Eve party plan rejected
A CONTROVERSIAL music event which was being planned for New Year’s Eve has been thrown out by Pendle Council’s Licensing Committee.The proposed event came before the committee on Monday after Pendle...
View Article46% increase in Pendle telecoms firm turnover
PENDLE-based telecommunications giant Daisy has announced a “significant” 47% increase in turnover in just six months.The company’s interim results for the period to September 30th show revenues up to...
View ArticlePolice open new non-emergency number
LANCASHIRE Constabulary has joined the rest of the region and introduced a new telephone number for people who want to talk to the police about non-urgent issues.From now on, 101 will be the number to...
View ArticleBritish Transport Police warn children to ‘stay away’ from rail tracks
With Christmas and the school holidays almost upon us, British Transport Police is warning all youngsters to stay away from the tracks.Traditionally, during the school holidays, BTP sees an increase in...
View ArticleMo Bros and Mo Sista at Pendle firm raise £675
A TEAM of 12 from Pendle firm Barnfield Construction have raised £675 to support cures for prostate and testicular cancer. The team of 11 men and one woman were named the Barnfield Mo Bros and top...
View ArticleColne heroin supplier is jailed
A THIRD-TIME time heroin supplier caught with a stash at a house in Colne has been locked up for five years seven months.Burnley Crown Court hard how John Lyall had two previous convictions for dealing...
View ArticleBurnley man accused of double murder
A FORMER Burnley man has been charged with murdering his landlady and her mother at a house in Southport.Barry Morrow (51) is accused of killing Angela Holgate (54) and 75-year-old Alice Huyton. Their...
View ArticleMidwife’s book is on ‘best-seller’ list
HEARTWARMING, fascinating and extraordinary are just three of the words used to describe local midwife Sheena Byrom’s book, “Catching Babies” and now it seems book-lovers across the country are...
View ArticleJudge’s jail warning to Brierfield paedophile
A CONVICTED paedophile was staying at the same house in Nelson as a nine-year-old girl, a court was told.Clint Eastwood, who had a record for child porn, was banned from being in the same house as...
View ArticleJail for Nelson dad who terrorised his ex
A FATHER of two who terrorised his ex-partner in a campaign of threats has been locked up for two years.Burnley Crown Court heard how Kamran Rafiq was also aggressive and abusive to a social worker,...
View ArticleAppeal Court frees disabled dad-of-seven jailed for his part in Brierfield...
A DISABLED dad-of-seven who left a peacemaker with a head injury after battering him with a walking stick during a brawl has walked free from prison after a decision by senior judges.The victim,...
View ArticleVOTE: Would free parking save our High Street stores?
THIS week retail guru Mary Portas has handed over her masterplan to save our struggling High Streets to the Government.Offering a raft ideas that could boost business across the nation, she has claimed...
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