Pupils and schools honoured in first East Lancashire Education Awards: PHOTO...
A GLITTERING awards evening celebrated the brightest and best stars of the education world in East Lancashire.Inspirational pupils and teachers were honoured at the inaugural East Lancashire Newspapers...
View ArticleFuneral of brave cancer victim Kathy (32)
A BRAVE, unique and colourful Hapton woman, who “would light up a room”, was remembered by hundreds of friends and family at a celebration of her life.Kathy Morris (32), of Bridgefield Street, died...
View ArticleEnergy-savings upgrade work starts at Barley Village Hall
WORK has begun on a programme of energy saving upgrades at Barley Village Hall, mainly financed by Lancashire Environmental Fund together with some support from Barley Parish Council.The works will...
View ArticleColne cyclist Steven Burke in Olympics team that breaks world record
COLNE cyclist Steven Burke was in Britain’s men’s team pursuit quartet which stormed through qualifying with a world-record display at the Olympics last night. With Ed Clancy, Pete Kennaugh and Geraint...
View ArticleVOTE NOW: Is there too much Olympics coverage on TV?
HAVE your say now...Wherever you look, there’s Olympic fever. From fencing to judo, diving to shooting, our television screens seem to be covering every moment of the London 2012 Olympic Games.From the...
View ArticleNew £9m. Burnley urgent care centre plans unveiled
THis image shows how Burnley General Hospital’s new £9m. state-of-the-art urgent care centre will look.The building, due to open in autumn 2013, will replace the existing urgent care centre. It will...
View ArticleBurnley tattooist dies after taking ‘designer drug’
A “PASSIONATE” tattooist from Burnley thought he was taking amphetamine, not a new “designer drug”, when he died, an inquest heard.David Pepper (48), of Godley Street, was pronounced dead at Royal...
View ArticleVandals cause £3,000 damage to Earby wall
Councillors in West Craven have condemned “reckless” vandals after a wall was damaged again just weeks after an expensive repair.West Craven County Coun. Keith Bailey and Coun. Rosemary Carroll were...
View ArticleColne Olympic hero cyclist Steven Burke has Gold Medal stamp
COLNE Olympic cyclist Steven Burke has had his amazing achievement marked with a gold medal stamp, issued by the Royal Mail.The stamp celebrates Steven Burke, Ed Clancy, Geraint Thomas and Peter...
View ArticleColne’s gold post box for London 2012 Olympics hero Steven Burke
COLNE’S Olympic Gold Medallist - Steven Burke - has been honoured in his home town by the Post Office. They have made one of their key postboxes in Albert Road a highly visible gold version to mark his...
View ArticleFree parking dates in Burnley announced
Burnley Borough Council has launched a new campaign to attract more shoppers and visitors to the town centre.The Rediscover Shopping in Burnley campaign includes selected free parking on Saturdays....
View ArticleLondon 2012 Olympics gold medal hero Steven Burke granted Freedom of Pendle
THE newly-crowned Olympic gold medallist - Steven Burke - will return to his hometown of Colne to be offered the highest honour Pendle Council can provide for a resident.He will be made Honorary...
View ArticleAttack victim was ‘left for dead’ in horror attack in Brierfield street:...
Two takeaway brothers and a worker allegedly “brutally attacked” and “left for dead” a man they thought had been disrespecting them, to save face in the community and punish him, a jury was told....
View ArticleBurnley hammer thrower Sophie breaks British record in London 2012 Olympics
BURNLEY’S Sophie Hitchon broke her own British hammer record on the way to qualifying for the Olympic hammer final this morning.The 21-year-old former Ivy Bank pupil threw 71.98m in the third and final...
View ArticleAS I SEE IT: Introducing the ‘new boy’ at your Clitheroe Advertiser & Times
what comes around goes around, so they say, and this journalist is coming around again. I’m the “new” reporter at The Clitheroe Advertiser and Times, bravely attempting to fill the space temporarily...
View ArticleAS I SEE IT: Introducing the ‘new boy’ at the Clitheroe Advertiser & Times
what comes around goes around, so they say, and this journalist is coming around again. I’m the “new” reporter at The Clitheroe Advertiser and Times, bravely attempting to fill the space temporarily...
View ArticleBBC to film at this weekend’s Trawden Agricultural Show
SUNDAY sees the annual Trawden Agricultural Show - and a TV crew will be filming there for a BBC series to be screened in autumn featuring country shows.Trawden Show 2012 is on target to be a fantastic...
View ArticleNelson taxi men fined for smoking at work
Two Pendle men have been fined by Pendle Council for smoking in their workplaces.Abdul Majeed and Mohammed Khan, who both work for local taxi firms, were each given fixed penalties of £50, reduced to...
View ArticleShould Bradley Wiggins receive a knighthood?
VOTE NOWHe’s been hailed the hero of the London 2012 Olympics for his amazing cycling gold medal, so soon after his victory in the Tour de France.Chorley’s Bradley Wiggins has been taken to the...
View ArticleTwo-day Towneley Live music festival planned for 2013
ONE of Burnley’s biggest live music festivals is to return next summer as a huge two-day event.Towneley Live, which featured some of Britain’s hottest pop bands last summer, had to be shelved this year...
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