New book about police horse called Pendle
A Lancashire police officer has launched the second instalment of his book about a police horse – called Pendle!PC Dave Palmer-Davies, an officer in Lancashire Constabulary’s Mounted Branch, wrote the...
View ArticleTalent fund from Dave’s charity profits
Burnley’s Bank on Dave invested in the town’s talent by handing over £400 from its profits.The cash will be used to finance the popular “Burnley’s Got Talent Competition” that gives budding...
View ArticleCreating a clear path to work
Last week I was busy with a mixture of constituent appointments and parliamentary business. There are still a lot of ongoing issues with constituents and getting the appropriate education for children...
View ArticleAutumn is a magical time of the year
There is something magical about this time of the year – and although I have nothing against Hallowe’en that’s not what I am talking about!Autumn in all its glorious and colourful splendour really is...
View ArticleCreative children ready to map Salterforth
Salterforth Primary School pupils are preparing to map the village as a £43,000 heritage project enters its centrepiece phase.Ceramic artist Vivien Booth has been working with children and members of...
View ArticleTurbine company to appeal refusal decision
A company whose planning application to erect a wind turbine on agricultural land above Nelson was rejected by councillors has confirmed it is to appeal against the decision to the...
View ArticleDeep fat fryer fire in Barnoldswick
Firefighters were called out to a deep fat fryer fire in Barnoldswick this morning.One pump attended the blaze at approximately 4-40am at an address in The Butts and extinguished the fire using a hose...
View ArticleAnother rubbish fire at Colne farm
Firefighters have again had to deal with a big blaze on farmland off Knotts Lane in Colne, with three fire engines attending.It involved black smoke and is understood to include tyres. The smoke had an...
View Article‘Pride’ at new Kelbrook hall kitchen
Kelbrook folk are all smiles after the completion of improvement work at a vital village facility.The latest phase of work is finished at Kelbrook and Sough Village Hall and this includes the fitting...
View ArticleRe-appeal for teenager missing from Bacup
Police are becoming increasingly concerned about a teenager who is still missing from home in Bacup.Kaine Bradley, 13, was last seen at Rawtenstall Bus Station at around 8.30pm on Wednesday 22 October....
View ArticleShutters plans approved by councillors
Revised plans for shutters over windows in shop units currently under renovation in the centre of the town have been approved by Pendle Council’s Nelson Committee.The original plans for roller...
View ArticleSuccessful Help for Heroes event
On Saturday, I was pleased to attend the Help for Heroes fund-raiser at the Colne Muni.The evening was both enjoyable and very successful in raising money for our wounded service personnel....
View ArticleBarnoldswick a magical town for shoppers
A trip to a 1950s West Craven this week with an excellent evocative scene of bygone Barnoldswick.Here, circa 1953, is the olde-worlde Westgate area of the town.Centre stage is “Dawson’s” general stores...
View ArticleHand in unwanted firearms call by police
A week-long opportunity for people to surrender unwanted firearms and ammunition will begin in Lancashire at 8am on Monday.The surrender, in response to a law change in July, is codenamed Operation...
View ArticleMissing Bacup teenager found safe and well
A missing teen from Bacup was last night found safe and well yesterday evening at an address in Colne.The teenager had been missing from their Bacup home for 15 days, but has now returned home.
View ArticleRemembering the fallen
Pendle will remember its dead from global conflicts with a service in Barley on Tuesday and 12 others across the borough on Sunday.The services in towns and villages will see wreaths laid by the...
View ArticleTractor crash causes rush hour chaos
The main road through Blacko is closed to traffic following a collision between a car and a tractor.The incident, on Gisburn Road outside Blacko Primary School, has caused rush hour chaos for...
View ArticleElectrical fire caused concerns
Firefighters were called to a house in Halifax Road, Nelson, after there was safety concern following an electrical fire.Three fire engines were called there at around 10am on Thursday morning last...
View ArticleRail group’s new site
Rail action group SELRAP has launched a new website with the latest information about the campaign to re-open the “missing link” between Skipton and Colne.The Skipton – East Lancashire Rail Action...
View ArticleAppeal for missing Burnley teen
Police are appealing for information about a teenager who is missing from home in Burnley.Cane Gorton, 15, was last seen at 6pm on Tuesday 28 October 2014 at an address on Girvan Grove in Burnley.He is...
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