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View ArticlePendle’s Titanic weekend in photos
PENDLE’S big weekend, marking the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic and celebrating the area’s connection with bandmaster Wallace Hartley, is seen here in our great photo slideshow.There...
View ArticlePendle Council issues advice to avoid postal vote fraud
PENDLE Council’s elections team has advice on how to keep your postal vote safe. If you’ve asked to vote by post in this year’s elections, you will receive your postal vote in the next few days....
View ArticleBarnoldswick soldier prepares for 1,200 mile charity walk
THIS weekend, Pendle ex-soldier Martin Fletcher is making his way down to Cornwall to start his charity fund-raising walk from there to the most northern point of Scotland.Martin and his twin Rhodesian...
View ArticleSabden woman’s photo lauded by Cloud Appreciation Society
WHEN she rushed out to photograph an unusual cloud above her home in Sabden, Elizabeth Hart never thought it would end up in a book! A member of The Cloud Appreciation Society, she responded to their...
View Article‘Nelson has lowest house prices in UK for public sector workers’
NELSON has the lowest house prices in the United Kingdom for key public sector workers, according to new figures from the Halifax.A survey, based on the ratio of average house prices to average...
View ArticleFamily of Padiham victim (17) warn other families of signs of anorexia
THE family of a talented and caring Padiham teenager who died battling anorexia have called for more to be done to raise awareness and help youngsters with the disease.Charlotte Rose Seddon (17), a...
View ArticlePlans for Pendle schools to ‘opt out’ and become ‘academies’
PENDLE councillor Tony Greaves has revealed plans for schools to become “academies” in Pendle and has called for an end to “secrecy over the bombshell proposals”.He is calling on everyone concerned to...
View ArticleWill a 20% VAT increase stop you buying pasties?
VOTE NOW!Protests have been held locally and nationally over the Government’s plans to charge 20% VAT on our takeaway hot pasties.Do you agree with the revenue-generating move and will carry on buying...
View ArticleThe week in pictures - 16th - 20th April 2012
WE take a look back at last weeks news locally in pictures.From news stories that have hit the headlines to the latest sports news; events that have caught the imagination to the downright bizarre -...
View ArticleBidding begins in American auction for Colne Titanic hero Wallace Hartley letter
BIDDING has started in America for Titanic bandmaster Wallace Hartley’s last letter home.The first bids went in at 9 a.m. US time yesterday to coincide with the time the Titanic would have docked at...
View ArticleNelson knifewoman is jailed for attack on dog walker
A KNIFEWOMAN who lunged at her ex-partner in a midnight confrontation has been locked up for seven months.Donna Sherwin, who has never been in trouble before, broke down as she was sentenced at Burnley...
View ArticleMan in court on murder charge
A MAN will appear before Preston Crown Court on Monday charged with the murder of a Colne pensioner.George Portsmouth (24), also faces a charge of burglary at the North Street home of 80-year-old...
View ArticleAS I SEE IT: Are you a ‘technoist’?
IN this age when we must all, quite rightly, strive not to be sexist, ageist, racist, classist and every other kind of “ist”, how about another one to add to the “ist list”.What about “technoist” – the...
View ArticleEast Lancashire prostate cancer support group launched
A PROSTATE cancer support groug, offering support to local patients and their families, is up and running.The inaugural meeting of the East Lancs Prostate Cancer Support Group was held on November 3rd...
View ArticleFall in Pendle jobless figures
THE number of unemployed claimants in Pendle in March was 2,237, a rate of 5.5% of the economically active population aged 16 to 64. The number of claimants is 47 lower than in February.Local MP Andrew...
View ArticleMR PENDLE: Local elections are a ‘non event’
WHY, as one national newspaper put it the other day, will the main focus of attention be on London when local government elections are held soon?For apart from people who actually live and work in the...
View ArticlePlanning applications from the Colne area
pendle Council planning officers will use delegated powers to determine the following planning applications from the villages.If there are threde or more objections, however, the matter involved will...
View ArticlePEEK INTO PAST: Exploring Altham’s history
SPRING is in the air – or it was when I planned this article. At the time I thought I should encourage you to take advantage of the good weather and go for a walk but the glorious few days of a...
View ArticleNelson axe attacker jailed
AN axe attacker “gang leader” has finally been locked up for six years for a vicious assault in a Nelson shop in 2006.Ittazaz Ilahi fled the country after he and two others targeted Amjad Hussain in a...
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