Road accident shuts Blacko-Gisburn road
The main road between Blacko and Gisburn has been closed following an accident.Police closed the A682 road in both directions between the Wheathead Lane junction at the top of Blacko village and the...
View ArticleCars wrecked in Nelson garage blaze
A domestic double garage in Nelson went up in flames early in the morning, resulting in two cars wrecked and a third damaged.The fire happened this morning (Monday) at 2-44am and two fire engines from...
View ArticleRoad reopens after accident closure
The main road between Blacko and Gisburn has now reopened although traffic is said to be moving slowly in both directions.The road was closed between the Wheathead Lane junction at the top of Blacko...
View ArticleBurnley FC legend Ian Britton marries
A Clarets legend who is battling cancer married his fiancee in an emotional ceremony surrounded by family and friends.Ian Britton (58) wed Eileen Bayliss (63) at Burnley Register Office in Todmorden...
View ArticlePendle Council Tax bills under spotlight
Pendle Council’s Executive will meet tomorrow night to discuss council tax figures for 2014/15.Members are recommended to agree to a rise of just under 1.5% in the council’s share of the tax -...
View ArticleBurnley’s very own ‘Duck-tor’ Doolittle
A Burnley resident has welcomed a family of 20 to 30 ducks inhabiting the Leeds and Liverpool Canal into the community of Pheasantford Green.Les Grimshaw (67) began feeding them when he moved into his...
View ArticlePennine 10k typifies the spirit of our area
Anyone who took part in, or turned out to support the first Pennine 10k charity run last year will have fond memories of a great showcase for this area.Runners from near and far, and of all abilities,...
View ArticleMiners football violence: Police seek 22 more men
Police are making a further appeal for information following violent disorder after the Burnley-Sheffield Wednesday football match last month, and are asking the public to help identify those captured...
View ArticlePolice appeal after taxi driver robbed
Police are appealing for information after a taxi driver was robbed by three passengers in the early hours of last Tuesday (February 4th).The robbery took place around 4am when three men flagged down...
View ArticleBurnley train station facelift is on the right track
Burnley’s brand new eco friendly Manchester Road train station will open to the public in April.This station has been built to accommodate the extra passengers expected once the new rail link to...
View ArticleBaby mauled to death by pet dog
Police have launched an investigation after an 11-month-old baby was mauled to death by a dog in Blackburn. At 11pm last night officers were called by the ambulance service to an address in Emily...
View ArticleFormer Clarets hero Gordon Harris dies
Clarets legend Gordon Harris has died following a short battle with cancer.“Bomber” Harris played twice in the club’s 1959/60 First Division championship campaign, before establishing himself in the...
View ArticleTrees felled at Burnley beauty spot
Residents living near a new leisure development in Burnley have hit out after trees were cut down.Work has started to fell trees near the Prairie playing fields, off Windermere Avenue, to make way for...
View ArticlePregnant woman in Nelson car smash
Emergency services were called out after two cars were in a crash and a lamp post was also struck. It happened at the junction of Railway Street and Netherfield Road, Nelson, early this morning...
View ArticleA special place in my football heart
A word of warning chaps it is Valentine’s Day on Friday. Not much to do with sport, you may think.But how many of you have ignored your beloved to watch Burnley lose at Colchester on a Tuesday night...
View Article‘Bomb threat’ delivered to Whalley bank
A Ribble Valley man who allegedly threatened to set off a bomb unless a large sum of cash was handed over was arrested and bailed until next month.Police said an anonymous hand-delivered letter was...
View ArticleValentine’s Day has a special place in my football heart!
A word of warning chaps – or ladies if any of you have discovered the sports section of this paper – it is Valentine’s Day on Friday.Not much to do with sport, you may think.But how many of you have...
View ArticleJose Salvador Alvarenga all adrift or all lies?
This week’s miraculous tale of a Mexican fisherman who claimed he had survived for more than a year at sea, alone and drifting 8,000 miles in the Pacific ocean, getting by on drinking rainwater,...
View ArticleNew recycling facilities on way to Pendle?
Lancashire County Council chiefs are considering proposals to provide extra facilities for recycling household waste in Pendle.But the recycling centre in Regent Street, Colne, closed by the previous...
View ArticlePolice drugs raids latest: Barrowford man in court
A Barrowford man charged with conspiracy to supply Class A drugs has made a brief appearance at Preston Crown Court via prison videolink.Darren Bowling, of Colne Road, appeared alongside co-accused...
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