Countdown to the Pennine Lancashire 10k has begun
The countdown has started to the 2014 Asda Foundation Pennine 10k race in Burnley!Local charities are in line for a share of £10,000 raised by local celebrity Jeff Brown, who lost five stone in weight...
View ArticlePendle women to recieve Maundy money from Queen
Two Pendle people will be among nearly 180 from across the Diocese of Blackburn who will be presented to the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh when they visit Blackburn Cathedral on Maundy Thursday.Every...
View ArticleCould CrossFit be the answer to enhancing performance?
Most devotees already knew it, but scientific research has now strengthened the theorum that CrossFit works.Now the debate stretches to whether the multi-pronged, high octane, strength and conditioning...
View ArticleChild porn man found hanged at Burnley home
A Burnley man due to be sentenced in the town’s crown court on Friday was found hanged at home.Christopher Lyons (66) was found on Friday morning by police at his home in Ardwick Street, after he...
View ArticleControversial Spenbrook homes plan returns
Controversial plans for a major housing development in a small Pendleside settlement are due to go before Pendle councillors again on Thursday.Members of the Barrowford and Western Parishes Committee...
View ArticleBurnley ex-Marine jailed for nightclub attack
A Burnley man who knocked out a fellow nightclub-goer with a “ferocious” single punch has been jailed for 20 months.Callum Krzysik (24), of Rosehill Road, Burnley, punched victim Nathan Hugill in the...
View ArticleNelson man (27) killed in Australian quad bike accident
Former soldier Scott Thompson from Nelson has been killed in a quad-biking accident in Australia.The 27-year-old was out there with his girlfriend Sami Allott, working and travelling round.The...
View ArticleEarby doubles precept to pay for public toilets
Earby Town Council has voted to double the precept paid by householders in the next financial year to pay for public toilets in the town.In April, the town’s public toilets will close due to a decision...
View ArticleBlaze at Fence restaurant
A Fence restaurant has been hit by a blaze in its basement because of electrical problems.Fire crews were called to the Babar Elephant Restaurant in Cockstool Lane - in the past the Forest Inn - around...
View ArticleBurnley’s Lava & Ignite nightclub closes
A leading Burnley nightclub, Lava & Ignite, has today announced it is to close.Northern regional director of the Luminar Group, which owns the Hammerton Street club, Tony Gorbert said: “Following a...
View ArticleHuge Burnley pub fracas: police arrest Clarets fans
Eight suspected football hooligans were arrested after “mindless” violence involving 40 men erupted at a Burnley pub.Police swooped on Clarets fans believed to be behind large-scale violence at Burnley...
View ArticleNelson man’s quad bike tragedy: family ‘overwhelmed’
A Nelson family say they have been overwhelmed with the number of messages of condolence they have received after the tragic death of their son in a quad biking accident in Australia on Tuesday...
View ArticleBusy first day at Burnley’s new Urgent Care Centre
Burnley’s new urgent care centre saw 71 patients through its doors during the first few hours of operation.The £9m. state-of-the-art building, on the Burnley General Hospital site, opened at the end of...
View Article400 mourners at funeral of Northern Soul fan
A well-known and highly thought of Clitheroe man who was a prominent figure on the Northern Soul scene has died suddenly aged 58.Fred Waterhouse (known as Freddie), of Henthorn Road, attended St...
View ArticleWife of sex-change husband admits benefit fraud
A woman who “re-married” her husband after he told her he wanted a sex change has escaped jail after admitting a £33,000 benefit fraud.Helen Ratcliffe’s “unusual circumstances” were taken into account...
View ArticleCanal drained after bank collapses
Part of the canal and towpath running through Burnley have been closed, and the canal drained, after a wall collapsed into it following heavy rainfall.The small stretch of the Leeds Liverpool Canal has...
View ArticleNo room for complacency as Burnley weathers storm
So Burnley has weathered the recent economic storm better than most places in the UK. Data collated between 2008 and 2012 reveals Burnley featured in the top 10 “cities” for private sector jobs...
View Article£15m. plans for Burnley General Hospital
Burnley General Hospital could be transformed with a £10m. specialist ophthalmology centre and a £5m. surgical unit.Bosses at East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust are in the process of putting together...
View ArticleHanging death of Roughlee man (51)
A Roughlee man left a suicide note which mimicked the inscription on the headstone of comedian Spike Milligan, an inquest was told.Stephen Jeffrey Haigh (51), of Thorneybank Farm, was found hanging by...
View ArticleThe changing face of Daneshouse
If someone returning to Burnley after an absence of, perhaps, 30 years travelled along both the Colne and Briercliffe roads he might not see all that much of a difference.Looking in the Barden Lane...
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