Cash boost to build your own home in Pendle
Pendle has been selected as one of 11 areas nationwide to benefit from a new Government initiative to help aspiring self-builders get their projects off the ground.Pendle Council will receive £46,000...
View ArticleCommunities rally to help Burnley blaze family
Generous folk from Burnley and beyond have helped a young family come to terms with a devastating house fire which destroyed nearly all their possessions.Mum-of-two and mature student Mary Disley was...
View ArticleBurnley taxi driver fined for illegal pick-up
A Burnley private hire driver has been fined £600 for picking up a passenger off the street without them pre-booking the ride.Zahid Nadeem was driving a Skoda Octavia private hire car when he picked up...
View ArticleFight to stop Pendle industrial estate spreading fails
A bid to have a piece of land between the Fence bypass and the Lomeshaye Industrial Estate taken out of a list of sites available for future development failed to get the backing of the full Pendle...
View ArticleLong distance help from Colne big sister
She may be miles away in distance, but one caring Colne sister is going the extra mile to show how much she loves her brave little brother. Charlene Healy, of North Street, is raising money for Ward 84...
View ArticleTime to crack down on drivers who ‘run’ red lights
It doesn’t seem to matter how you get to work at the moment, you are bound to run into roadworks somewhere along the line.The M65 has been a car park for weeks and anyone trying to get in and out of...
View ArticleWe can’t escape cuts to police budget
Whether we like it or not, there is no getting away from the fact millions of pounds have been slashed from our police force’s budget in recent years.Many argue services such as policing should be...
View ArticleBoys admit car vandalism
Two boys aged 11 and 13 have admitted causing damage to 18 vehicles in Causey Foot and Dunderdale Avenue in Nelson on the afternoon of Thursday, September 18th.The youths have admitted their guilt to...
View ArticleMP’s supermarket surgeries
Following the success of Andrew Stephenson MP’s supermarket advice surgeries in September, two more sessions are planned for next week.These will be at Morrisons in Nelson on Sunday between 10-30am and...
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I was up in Burnley again recently as it is conference recess, although I am not complaining.I love our town and really feel very proud of all the positive things going on at the moment.Monday morning...
View ArticleNews in Photos: Pendle Hippodrome Theatre open day
Pendle Hippodrome Theatre, Colne, threw open its doors to the public as part of celebrations to mark its 100th anniversary.Around 100 people went to have a look round the Hippodrome in New Market...
View ArticleTipper vehicle stolen from Earby driveway
A yellow Iveco Daily tipper worth £5,000 was stolen from a driveway in Stoney Bank Road, Earby, between 8pm and 11pm on Thursday, September 25th.The vehicle also contained approximately £1,500 of tools...
View ArticleNews in Photos: Launch of the Bene Bomb
A new cocktail - the Bene Bomb - has been launched in Burnley!The golden tipple from France has been a favourite at Burnley Miners’ Club, Plumbe Street, for more than a century after local soldiers...
View ArticleThe history of talented musician Luther Greenwood
This week’s column features a rare artefact from the archive of the late Henry Nelson.Henry was a huge supporter of all local performing arts and here we see his personal patron’s ticket for the Luther...
View ArticleTools stolen from Colne construction site
A diesel generator, a wacker plate, a JCB pecker attachment and a Makita drill with a combined value of almost £3,000 were stolen from Barnfield Construction at Grenfell Gardens, Colne, overnight...
View ArticleMore girls take up engineering
One of the largest group training associations in the country, Training 2000, which has a branch in Nelson, has welcomed its greatest intake of female engineering students to date. Thirteen girls aged...
View ArticleDog owners told to watch out for killer disease
A charity has warned pet owners to be on their guard after a case of a serious illness affecting dogs was found in Nelson at the weekend.Cody, the Pomerian cross-breed pictured here, was taken to...
View ArticleThousands pay respect to Imran
Thousands of people went to the funeral of a 25-year-old Nelson man after he died earlier this week. It was another tragedy for the family as four and a half years ago his father, mother and sister...
View ArticleCCTV appeal following Colne robbery
CCTV images have been released by police after a 43-year-old man was punched, kicked to the floor, and robbed in Colne. Officers would like to speak to the man pictured, following the incident at...
View ArticleWorker airlifted to hospital after garage accident
A garage worker was airlifted to hospital by a helicopter after an accident in the workshop in Nelson.Victim Imran Mohammed (34), who lives in Brierfield, was injured by a car he was working on....
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