Barnoldswick disabled parking row
A Barnoldswick woman who suffers with partial paralysis in one side of her body has had her plea for a disabled car parking bay outside her home rejected by Lancashire County Council.Margaret Lambert...
View ArticleExperiment highlighted hearing loss problems
Currently there are around 10 million people in the UK with a form of hearing loss and experts predict that number will rise over the next few years. I volunteered to go along to the new hearcare hub...
View ArticlePhotos: Government Minister visits Burnley businesses
Business Secretary Vince Cable spent a day in Burnley and Brierfield yesterday (Thursday) touring local businesses.Our photographer Georgina Brewster was on hand to capture the action as the Secretary...
View ArticleSolicitors face disciplinary hearing
Two Burnley solicitors will face a disciplinary tribunal in London in April.The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal has listed a hearing for John McNab and Kimberley Bridge, formerly of SFN Solicitors,...
View ArticleNelson school makes huge strides after Ofsted report
A Pendle primary school found to “require improvement” by Ofsted inspectors in April has made dramatic strides forward in just 10 months, a new team of inspectors has found.Holy Saviour RC Primary...
View ArticleBrierfield house blaze under investigation
A blaze which ripped through the living room of a Brierfield house is being treated as “suspicious”.The fire broke out in the Cambridge Street property around 4-10am this morning.Flames took hold of a...
View ArticleColne’s Louie proves he is a ‘little fighter’
The proud mum of a Colne meningitis survivor has shared how far her “little fighter” has come - exactly two years after he had his legs and fingers amputated. In February 2012, the relatives of Louie...
View ArticleMosque bid for Nelson Masonic Hall
Nelson’s former Masonic Hall could be converted to a place of worship and religious tuition - but planning officers are recommending a planning application for a change of use be refusedThe Bradshaw...
View ArticleColne school ‘requires improvement’
A Colne primary school has gone from “satisfactory” to “requiring improvement” in its latest Ofsted report.Inspectors ruled that Park Primary School, in Rutland Street, needs to raise standards in its...
View ArticleDawn is headteacher at new Burnley faith school
A controversial new Burnley secondary school which has yet to be given the go-ahead has appointed a headteacher.Mrs Dawn Forshaw has been announced as the head of school of the new Burnley High...
View Article‘No’ to new Colne resturant plan?
Plans to bring a disused “gateway” building on the edge of Colne town centre back into use are recommended for refusal by Pendle Council planning officers at a meeting on Thursday night.Members of the...
View ArticleAir ambulance attends Earby tragedy
An Earby man who was airlifted to Blackpool Hospital on Sunday afternoon died later in hospital.The man, who has been named locally as Peter Bullock, died of a suspected heart attack.News of the Mr...
View ArticleColne’s Green Chimney turns one
Staff at an award-winning venue are inviting customers to join in with their one year celebrations. The Green Chimney, in Albert Road, was opened 12 months ago, and already boasts the title of Pendle’s...
View ArticleDoge ... think I’ll give this Internet trend a miss
Why is it that as soon as I hear about a new trend, it’s already old hat?I speak about the language of Doge, about which most over-60s like myself will have heard nothing until Radio 4’s “Today”...
View ArticlePolice appeal after mobile phone theft
Police are appealing for information after a woman had her mobile phone and purse stolen from her as she walked her dogs in Whitworth at the weekend.The 20-year-old woman was walking the dogs on a...
View Article‘Micropub’ set to open in Burnley centre
Real ale fans will be taken back to the future when Burnley’s first “micropub” opens for business.Bosses of the Beer Shack want to bring back the old fashioned 1960s community pub experience to 21st...
View ArticleDrunken Nelson man threatened police
A drunken man who walked into Nelson Police Station wielding a stick and threatened a PCSO has been given a community order.Kieron Rayson (43), of Poplar Street, Nelson, appeared at Burnley Crown...
View ArticleWide of the mark on the subject of dyslexia
One national newspaper last week described dyslexia as the product of the lazy middle classes.This was startling for a number of reasons, not least the fact that the newspaper in question has the...
View ArticleWell-known faces from Colne’s Royal Mail Sorting Office
Last week was exactly 30 years since my late dear friend and colleague Harold (Dai) Evans collapsed with an oesophageal oedema at our workplace, the Colne Royal Mail Sorting Office in Albert...
View ArticleTop spa flies the flag for Burnley
When Burnley entrepreneur Andrew Brown announced plans to spend £4.5m. on a new spa complex in Burnley more than a few eyebrows were raised. Doubters pointed to the demographics of our area and...
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