‘Prompt action’ needed on Colne gateway roundabout
Colne’s gateway roundabout is in need of some urgent attention, councillors have said. An investigation led by three Liberal councillors revealed that the “scruffy” roundabout on the North Valley route...
View ArticleModern shoes are simply not made to last
My best pair of shoes will probably outlive me, or at least they will if I look after them like my father showed me how.Sadly they are the exception, because the rest of my shoes – and those I buy for...
View ArticleMay: nicest month of the year in the garden
I always get a lift when I turn the page on the calendar marking the start of the nicest month of the year: May! At last we are entering the true growing months. Everything seems determined to prosper...
View ArticleChaos reigns as my daughter is home from uni
It was with some sense of trepidation I entered the house. The hallway was littered with bags and shoes, and the dining room table was buried under reference books and computer stuff. There was no...
View ArticleColne Blues Festival nominated for top national award
Colne’s Great British Rhythm and Blues Festival has again been nominated in the British Blues Awards.Pendle Leisure Trust won the accolade as Best British Blues Festival in 2011 and was runner-up in...
View ArticleKitchen fire at Colne flat
A grill pan fire at a flat in Turney Crook Mews, Colne, on Sunday night caused slight smoke damage to three rooms as well as moderate damage by fire and heat to the grill pan and a tea towel.The fire...
View Article‘Plans in place’ to move Colne school forward
An associate headteacher has said that strong plans are now in place to drive a Colne primary school forward. The words of Julie Martin come after Park Primary School’s senior leaders and governors...
View ArticleCanal charity barge pull reaches Barrowford
When a team was pulling a big barge all the way along the Leeds and Liverpool Canal to boost a charity, they were welcomed to Pendle by the borough’s Mayor.Coun. Smith Benson went along to Barrowford...
View ArticleFootball match to be held for Declan
Padiham Football Club is to host a football match between Unity College and Shuttleworth College students at The Arbories Memorial Sports Ground this Thursday.The game is to raise money towards the...
View ArticleChance to have a free market stall
Pendle Council is again offering local people a free opportunity to become a market trader for a day.The offer begins tomorrow (Wednesday) and runs until Wednesday, May 28th, at both Nelson and Colne...
View ArticleFriend of tragic Declan pays tribute to ‘top lad’
One of Declan’s close friends and a fellow Unity College pupil has paid tribute to a “top lad”.Steven Trickett (16) said the whole school was still in a state of shock following news of Declan’s...
View ArticleMP wants pothole repair cash for Pendle
Pendle MP Andrew Stephenson has welcomed new Government funding for pothole repairs – and has urged Lancashire County Council to bid for support.The £168 million Pothole Fund, announced in the 2014...
View ArticleAcademy sport gets £716,000 grant booster
An ace amount of funding has been served up at a Colne academy to help transform its sports facilities. Colne Primet Academy has netted up £716,000 of government capital funding, following a highly...
View ArticleConvicted fraudster loses court appeal
A Nelson man caged for a catalogue of bogus insurance claims can have no complant about his convictions, top judges have ruled. Nadeem Dad plotted with his father Munsif and his brother Amer to siphon...
View ArticleFamily tribute to ‘light of our lives’ Declan
The family of Burnley teenager Declan Edwards have paid tribute to the “light of their lives”.Sixteen-year-old Declan was found hanged in woodland by police near Rowley Lake on Thursday.A police...
View ArticlePendle artists’ work on show in Australia’s Islamic Museum
The first Islamic Museum of Australia opened in February – and it featured the works of two Pendle artists, Sabah Arbilli and Shahida Ahmed.Shahida, who attended Marsden Primary School, Edge End High...
View ArticleDeclan tragedy shows Burnley’s a special place
The tragic events surrounding the death of “top lad” Declan Edwards have stunned the Burnley community. Tributes have poured in by their thousands as the Burnley public mourns one of their own. And...
View ArticlePhotos: Wycoller is a real gem to visit
After the introduction to “Cotton Town”, the first in a year-long series of articles about Burnley’s association with the textile industries, I thought a little light relief might be necessary.Though I...
View ArticleWho has the mental edge ahead of Froch v Groves II?
Intrigue. It can be frustratingly ponderous or insightfully rewarding. It can lead you down avenues of enlightenment, or down dangerously darkened cul-de-sacs.I’ve sat on either side of the proverbial...
View ArticleBurnley nurse had child and animal porn on computer
A Burnley nurse charged with child porn offences has escaped a prison sentence.David Hartley Haigh (52), of Brunshaw Road, appeared before Burnley Crown Court on Friday and pleaded guilty to three...
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