Call on businesses to recycle more
Pendle businesses – did you know that from January, 2015 you will need to separate your recycling from your waste?The new waste regulations place a responsibility on local councils to collect rubbish...
View ArticleTrawden race night held as villagers take over community centre
Villagers who fought to save a community hub from closure have galloped into action to begin their fund-raising efforts. Last week, Pendle Council officially handed over Trawden Forest Community Centre...
View ArticleCouncillors condemn hostage murder
Pendle’s Labour county councillors, Azhar Ali and Mohammed Iqbal, have publicly condemned the murder of aid worker Alan Henning from Salford by ISIS.The pair, who signed an open letter two weeks ago in...
View ArticleMP welcomes action on speeding traffic
Pendle MP Andrew Stephenson has welcomed police action against speeding motorists in Brierfield and Reedley. Over the past year County Coun. Christian Wakeford, who represents the Pendle West division,...
View Article‘Child sex happening in Pendle’ claim
A leading Pendle politician has alleged that child sexual exploitation is going on in Pendle.Paul White, a Conservative member of Pendle Council for Boulsworth ward and Lancashire county councillor for...
View ArticleColne nursery to benefit from £15,000 storytelling project
A Colne nursery school is set to benefit from a storytelling project following a successful £15,000 funding bid to Arts Council England. Newtown Nursery School will be one of five local schools to be...
View Article‘Outstanding’ rating for child care centre
A privately-owned Nelson child care centre has earned top marks in its latest Ofsted inspection.The provision provided by Smartypants Exclusive Childcare and its management was rated as “outstanding”...
View ArticleFor the love of Lynda
Reading the heartbreaking testimony of actress Lynda Bellingham in this week’s papers has left me, like everyone else, feeling so very sad that this beautiful lady has to face her own mortality, after...
View ArticleEarby fire is treated as arson
Police are seeking information after a suspicious shed fire in Rostle Top Road, Earby.The shed and its contents were completely destroyed in the blaze which is being treated as arson. Firefighters were...
View ArticleMan robbed while out running in Nelson
Police have appealed for information after a man was robbed of his MP3 player while out jogging in Nelson.The 25-year-old victim was running along the canal path off Reedyford Road, Nelson, at...
View ArticleSpecial measures school makes ‘reasonable progress’
A Nelson primary school which was placed in special measures following an Ofsted inspection in November last year is making reasonable progress towards having them removed.St John’s CE Primary School...
View ArticleGenerosity really knows no bounds
WOW! That’s the only reaction you can have to news that the Pendle Pub Walk is set to raise more than £50,000 for Pendleside Hospice.Just take a step back and think about it for a moment.Around 1,000...
View ArticleThere’s strength in unity
Last week I was on holiday in Italy with my wife Kathleen. As I prepare for a busy conference period and then months ahead.I took time to reflect on things that have been happening in Westminster over...
View ArticleCouncil workers to strike on Tuesday
Services delivered by Pendle Council will be affected on Tuesday due to national strike action over public sector pay.Pendle Council staff who are members of local government unions Unison, UNITE and...
View ArticlePendle teacher banned from schools ‘indefinitely’
A Pendle teacher who sent an indecent image to a former pupil has been banned from working in schools, sixth form colleges, youth accommodations or children’s homes indefinitely following an...
View ArticleDahlicious day at Colne schools
A Dahlicious day was had by two Colne schools as students brought some of the world’s most celebrated children’s fiction to life. Pupils from Laneshaw Bridge Primary School and Park High School...
View ArticleCounty Hall clash over NHS
Leading political figures in Pendle clashed over the National Health Service at the full meeting of Lancashire County Council on Thursday.The council’s Cabinet member for health and well-being, County...
View ArticleIdentity card makes sense
Young revellers from Burnley are being urged to leave their driving licences and passports at home on nights out and use a national identity card for proof of age instead.Carrying a card bearing the...
View ArticleGolden achievement by West Craven pupils
Pupils at West Craven High School have shown themselves to be of the highest calibre once again as 52 won gold employability awards.The certificate, created by the employers and education institutes of...
View ArticleWilliam Hague officially opens renovated Pendle offices
Leader of the House of Commons Rt Hon William Hague MP has officially opened newly renovated business offices in Pendle today.Throughout the visit he praised the former Royal Mail post office’s “strong...
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