Charities fighting cancer are doing a great job
The other week, I was invited to visit the Rosemere Cancer Foundation, based at Royal Preston Hospital’s specialist Cancer Centre, to meet the team and learn about the work they do.Rosemere raise funds...
View ArticleTragic death of talented showjumper (26): inquest
A young woman who developed an eating disorder following the sudden death of her mother on Christmas Day was found dead in bed by her devastated father.Talented showjumper Laura Ferguson (26) had won...
View Article‘Oldest person in Pendle’ dies after stairs fall aged 106
A remarkable woman – possibly the oldest person in Pendle – died after suffering a fall at home.Mrs Aisha Bibi was 106-years-old when she fell down the stairs on September 8th last year at her home in...
View ArticleBREAKING: More wind turbine applications for Pendle villages
Two more wind turbine applications have been submitted to Pendle Council.The first could see a 50kw wind turbine, with an overall height of 34.5m, erected at Hazelgrove Lodge, in Warley Wise Lane,...
View ArticleProud to see the opening of £50m. Burnley Bridge
Monday last week began with me welcoming a group of constituents to Parliament. It was great to talk to the Bangladeshi group with some other MPs and show them the wonderful place that is the House of...
View ArticleChief whip ‘ruled out Evans resignation call’
A young man who demanded MP Nigel Evans resign after allegedly sexually molesting him was told “it can’t be done” before the general election by the Tory chief whip, a court has heard.Evans, 56, on...
View Article200 oppose Morrisons bid to open in Barrowford
Plans to create a new store selling alcohol in Barrowford will come up on Tuesday at Nelson Town Hall.It is a licence review meeting from 10am, due to the volume of complaints about the proposal put...
View ArticleColne Health Centre delay criticised
Councillors have criticised delays in the opening of Colne’s new multi-million pound primary care health centre.Last month we reported that difficulties in finalising legal contracts had caused...
View ArticleHanging inquest to open tomorrow
An inquest will be opened tomorrow morning in Burnley into the death of a man found hanging in woodland on the Nelson-Brierfield boundary on Tuesday afternoon.The body of the man, said to be Eastern...
View ArticleDuke of York to open Burnley’s UTC
The Duke of York will officially open Burnley’s new University Technical College.Prince Andrew will open the UTC in the Weavers’ Triangle on Thursday, March 20th.Run by the Visions Learning Trust, the...
View ArticleThe first signs of spring are here
Over the winter I have developed a habit of taking little Monty out for more than just the necessary normal exercise but instead clocking up the miles several days a week. Now we are in March, the...
View ArticleCourt hears MP Evans was ‘in love’ with alleged victim
MP Nigel Evans was “in love” with a Westminster worker he allegedly sexually assaulted, a court heard.Evans, 56, on trial for a series of sex offences, fell for the bi-sexual younger man according to...
View ArticleBurnley school: ‘special measures’ to ‘over-subscribed’
A Burnley secondary school, placed in special measures just three years ago, now has a waiting list of pupils keen to secure a place.Blessed Trinity RC Community College, making commendable progress,...
View ArticleColne heads vow to move academy forward
Heads at a Pendle academy have responded to criticisms over redundancies and restructuring.Fears were raised this week after it was revealed that Colne Primet Academy faces a budget loss of £128,000 in...
View ArticleHard Platts hanging inquest opens
An inquest has been opened and adjourned into the death of a Nelson man who was found hanging from a tree on the Brierfield-Nelson boundary.The body of Sarunas Grigas (24), of Rupert Street, was...
View ArticleFan accused of throwing bottle at Joey Barton faces no further action
A Clarets fan accused of lobbing a drinks bottle at QPR star Joey Barton will face no further court action.John Pounder (26) was charged with hurling a Coca-Cola bottle at the midfielder during Burnley...
View ArticleDaughter organises pub crawl in Colne dad’s memory
A devoted Colne daughter will be joining her late dad’s family and friends over the weekend to raise a glass in his name. Laura Valentine (31), of Birtwistle Avenue, is organising a pub crawl on...
View ArticleHow Croft Street has changed over the years
A number of readers enjoyed the article I based around four old photos of Accrington Road, mostly near the cross roads between Accrington Road itself, Sandygate (now Burnham Gate) and Barracks Road.One...
View ArticleWoman stole stroke victim’s phone as he collapsed in store
A woman stole a man’s mobile phone after he collapsed in a supermarket with a stroke, a court heard.Emma Jane Woods (27), of Crabtree Street, Colne, and formerly of Fulham Street, Nelson, had...
View ArticleLet’s have a debate over housing issues
How strange Coun, Hill sought to justify planning inadequacies on the same week hundreds of extra houses were dumped in Barrow. That application received the green light because RVBC has no adopted...
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