Commons speaker to be witness in Nigel Evans sex trial
The Speaker of the House of Commons, John Bercow MP, is to be a prosecution witness during the trial of one Ribble Valley MP Nigel Evans.Mr Bercow is on a list of at least 10 MPs who will be called to...
View ArticleLies, damn lies and statistics!
Apparently two-thirds of the people who live in our bit of East Lancashire can be classed as obese.And if that is not just a way of getting statistics to back up one side of an argument, I don’t know...
View Article350 new jobs as fashion firm grows?
A top online fashion retailer could be set to bring 350 new jobs to Burnley under multi-million pound expansion plansBoohoo.com bosses want to double the size of their Burnley headquarters with a £5m....
View ArticlePendle ‘parkrun’ plans gather pace
Pendle’s plans to bring a “parkrun” to Colne are gathering pace now more local people have come together to help make it happen.Pendle Council is working with Lancashire County Council and local...
View Article‘Protect our graves’ plea in Nelson
A group of angry Nelson residents are demanding Pendle Council takes action to stop the damage being done to graves in the town’s cemetery in Walton Lane.Two weeks ago, we reported how ornaments left...
View ArticleIndoor car boot sale at Brierfield Methodist Church
There will be bargains to be had an indoor car boot sale staged at Brierfield Methodist Church tomorrow (Saturday).Staged from 9am to 1pm, there will be lots of stalls selling all manner of goods at...
View ArticleBacking for Nelson to Padiham cycle way
An MP has backed calls for a new cycle way between Padiham and Nelson.Andrew Stephenson, MP for Pendle, has given his support for the path to be built alongside the A6068.The most affordable option...
View ArticleAnger over Lomeshaye expansion plans
Residents in Pendleside are angered over plans for a massive expansion of Lomeshaye Industrial Estate.Several hundred people from Fence and Higham attended a meeting convened by Old Laund Booth Parish...
View ArticleAppeal for information on missing cats
A Barnoldswick man has appealed for information on his two pet cats which went missing in the town two weeks ago.Andy Richards has not seen the cats – a black and white cat with a missing right eye...
View ArticleTrawden backyard development plan angers residents
Residents have expressed their anger after plans to build a detached Trawden property on a domestic garden were given the thumbs up.The proposals for White Lee Avenue were approved at the latest Colne...
View ArticlePetition demands action over ‘mouldy homes’
A Lincolnshire mother-of-two was so disgusted over photos of “mouldy” Calico homes in Burnley she has launched a petition urging the Government to take action.Martina Baker was left horrified by images...
View ArticleSomeone needs hauling over coals over weather chaos
We Brits are ridiculed the world over for our obsession with the weather. We talk about it, predict it, castigate it and mostly we moan about it. But, for once, we have every right to keep it to the...
View ArticleBusinessman Bob dies in California
Former Whalley resident Frederick Robert Blakey, known as Bob to his many friends, has died aged 84 at Pacific Palisades, California.Bob had recently moved there, in declining health, with his wife,...
View ArticleRoads closed after Nelson car smash
Four people were hurt in a two-car smash outside Nelson’s Job Centre in Netherfield Road. Roads were blocked during the smash and rescue operation around 1pm yesterday (Monday) on the roundabout at the...
View ArticleSand sculpture in Burnley town centre
Did you see the sand sculptor in Burnley centre this lunchtime?A taste of the seaside came to town outside Marks & Spencer as a sand artist created a dog, to the fascination of half-term shoppers!
View ArticleCo-ordinated approach needed for education
News that a new ‘Free’ high school is to open in Burnley has certainly sparked debate among local politicians, parents and teachers.Concerned parties point to the falling numbers at some of our...
View Article4-4-2 formation: it’s the way forward
Every now and again in sport, antiquation leads to innovation.Clarets boss Sean Dyche is an advocate of revolutionising old-fashioned values in football; modernising tried and tested traits, training...
View ArticleNelson driver accused over horror smash
A 41-year-old man has appeared before Blackburn magistrates charged with causing serious injury by dangerous driving on the Grane Road between Blackburn and Haslingden in April last year.The court...
View ArticleFast-flowing Northern rivers help stop flooding
I was up on the moors near Crown Point the other day taking Monty for his essential daily constitutional. As I walked, I bumped into a chap doing likewise with his dog, and bracing ourselves in the...
View Article‘Graffiti’ mural for Leeds and Liverpool Canal
A huge graffiti-style mural is being planned to brighten up a vandal-plagued Burnley canal bridge.The colourful artwork has been designed as part of a £40,000 project to enhance a stretch of the Leeds...
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