Urgent Care Centre: we should be thankful for small mercies
We live in a world of ever-increasing centralisation, especially in our health service.When Burnley lost its own A&E Department, many people feared it was the end for urgent care facilities in the...
View ArticleIt’s our responsibility to keep memories alive for future generations
This year, 2014, marks 100 years since the start of the First World War and the Government has many plans to commemorate this massive milestone in history. It saddens me to think that arguably the most...
View ArticleNelson has one of top 100 schools in England
A Nelson school has been identified as one of the top performing and improving educational facilities in the whole of the country.Lomeshaye Junior School has been revealed among the 100 best across...
View ArticleMillion poppy seeds planted at Towneley to mark First World War anniversary
One million poppy seeds, thousands of crosses and hundreds of schoolchildren will mark Burnley’s 100th commemoration of the start of the First World War.Fittingly titled “We Will Remember Them”, the...
View Article‘No major concerns’ for pedestrian knocked down in Colne
A 26-year-old man who was yesterday knocked down in Colne is said to be progressing well. Emergency services were called to an incident just off Junction 14 of the M65, near Pendle Leisure Centre’s...
View ArticlePublisher’s underlying profit increases
Johnston Press plc, publisher of the Burnley Express, Leader-Times Newspapers and the Clitheroe Advertiser, and one of the leading community media groups in the country, has announced that underlying...
View ArticleTeachers to retire after 40 years at primary school
Three long-standing teachers at a Nelson school are now about to retire – and will be missed by pupils and staff alike.Holy Saviour RC Primary School in Holland Place off Reedyford Road is saying...
View ArticleVillagers fight to save Trawden Community Centre
Determined villagers are pulling together to prevent a much-needed community hub from closing. At the latest Pendle Council Executive meeting it was announced that Trawden Community Centre faces the...
View ArticleWest Craven man spared jail after assault
A man who repeatedly punched another, fracturing his cheekbone, and broke a police officer’s ribs resisting arrest has been spared prison.Shane Chew (26), of Cam Lane, Thornton-in-Craven, assaulted...
View ArticleBurnley co-chairman goes back to school
Burnley co-chairman John Banaszkiewicz returned to his educational roots to give a talk to Year 11 pupils at Fisher-More RC High School.John, who was appointed Clarets joint chairman alongside Mike...
View ArticleVIDEO: Third Pendle jobs fair proves popular
People were queuing at the door waiting for the opening of Pendle MP Andrew Stephenson’s third annual Jobs and Opportunities Fair this morning.Twenty-two organisations were present at the fair held at...
View ArticlePunjab photo exhibition comes to Colne
Anyone with an interest in photography or Punjab is invited to the installation evening of a unique photographic exhibition at the Foto Galleria at La Dolce Vita in Albert Road, Colne.The free...
View ArticlePendle MP in hospital selfie after appendix op
Pendle MP Andrew Stephenson missed his own jobs and opportunities fair in Colne today after having his appendix removed in an emergency operation last night.Mr Stephenson was taken to hospital...
View ArticleMichael ends 50-year connection with school
A Pendle education specialist is about to retire from the school he has been connected with for more than 50 years!Mr Michael Carradice (63) first walked through the doors of what was then Nelson...
View ArticleColne nursery raises money for cerebral palsy tot
A grateful mum has thanked a Colne nursery for raising money for her little boy who has cerebral palsy. Natasha Whiteley (26), of Skipton Road, has been left overwhelmed by the support shown to her son...
View ArticleCorn mills ... how we came to have ‘stew and hard’
In the recently published current edition of the Burnley and District Historical Society’s annual magazine, “Retrospect”, I contributed an article on water mills of the Burnley area. It was my...
View ArticleSalterforth heritage scheme starts with stories
Salterforth’s lottery funded heritage project kicked off in earnest last week with tales of village life.The special green Chesterfield storytelling chair was occupied by several visitors throughout...
View ArticleSpring arrives with lambs at Roaming Roosters
Spring is certainly in the air at the Roaming Roosters Education Centre, which opened its doors to the public alast weekend, and welcomed two new lambs.The education centre off the bypass – Barrowford...
View ArticleColne Cricket Club is under threat
Lancashire League’s oldest club is under threat after suffering from a series of break-ins, spiralling costs and falling numbers of spectators. But to prevent Colne Cricket Club from shutting its doors...
View ArticleUniversity Technical College has changed lives
I was fortunate to attend the official opening of Burnley’s University Technical College the other week.But it was not the presence of the Duke of York that I took away as a lasting memory, but a...
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