Pub evacuated after firework attack
Police have appealed for information after a Nelson pub had to be evacuated after a firework attack on Wednesday night.The Lord Nelson Hotel had to be cleared of customers after a group of Asian...
View ArticleTom’s Himalayan charity adventure
An Earby man has scaled the heights of the Western Himalayas on his bike to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support.Tom Procter (35) was part of a group of 48 who cycled more than 500km and endured at...
View ArticleMoves to improve mobile phone coverage
New steps taken by the Government to improve mobile coverage and end “partial not-spots” – areas where there is coverage from one or more but not all of the four mobile networks – in Lancashire have...
View ArticleShops of yesteryear
Several weeks ago I indicated that I would raid the Briercliffe Society’s Photograph Collection to show you some images of shopping streets in Burnley, writes local historian Roger Frost.I had already...
View ArticleNew hope in never-ending road saga
Now I am not going to get too excited, but ... there appears to be some movement on the never-ending roadworks at the top of Westgate.On my drive into work on Monday morning I actually saw two new...
View ArticleBarnoldswick tops in national competition
Barnoldswick is top of the shops ... and that’s official!The West Craven town was today named as one of seven winners of a national competition launched by the Future High Street Forum, celebrating the...
View ArticleGym strives to buy defibrillator
Members of the Crossfit gym in Nelson have held a competition as part of a fund-raising drive to buy a defibrillator.The competition, labelled The Halloween Throwdown, was an all day event in which 26...
View ArticleBarnoldswick remembers in ‘moving’ Rohilla memorial
Barnoldswick representatives attending a Rohilla centenary memorial in Whitby on Saturday have described it as “moving and sombre”.Fifteen Barlickers travelled to the North Yorkshire coastline to mark...
View ArticleLabour pledges equal pay for women
New analysis of official figures by Labour shows women in Pendle and East Lancashire are being paid £2 less for every pound a man earns.The revelation comes as Equal Pay Day – the day that women across...
View ArticleMoving Poppy memorial to our war dead
Our half-term visit to London was approached with a small amount of apprehension to say the least. A five-year-old desperate to see Buckingham Palace and go on a red London bus and a two-year-old......
View ArticleTime to wrestle control for us Northerners?
Talk of developing a “nothern powerhouse” with more control being devolved to cities such as Manchester and Liverpool is all well and good. But where would that leave towns like Burnley and Nelson? As...
View ArticleConstabulary’s programme on child sexual exploitation
Today sees the launch of a week of activity aimed at raising awareness within Lancashire on how to tackle child sexual exploitation.Lancashire Constabulary will undertake a range of educational and...
View ArticleWe should never forget debt we owe Servicemen and women
One commitment the Coalition made back in 2010 was to introduce the right to recall MPs. As some MPs having been found guilty of fiddling their expenses, committing perjury and, in one case, sexually...
View ArticleCharity weekend’s hospice cash boost
A fund-raising weekend held by local songwriter Jay Stansfield has raised more than £800 for Pendleside Hospice.The fund-raising began with an Evening Of Imagination musical evening on Friday at the...
View ArticleLancashire service for traffic accident victims
Victims of road traffic accidents will be remembered with a Lancashire service at County Hall, Preston this weekend. The World Day of Remembrance Service takes place on Sunday 16 November and is one of...
View ArticleDorothy’s big day out at the Abbey
An Earby woman enjoyed a day out at Westminster Abbey as a special guest at a Guides and Scouts service attended by hundreds.Dorothy Bullock (72), of Green Walk, Earby, received an invite to the annual...
View ArticleHave your say on the county’s budget
Lancashire County Council’s cabinet has been presented with a series of options that could help deliver £176 million in savings by April, 2018. And Cabinet members are inviting people’s views on the...
View ArticleRemembrance Day: A simple matter of respect
I am, by nature, a pacifist and, like everyone else of my generation,have never had to answer a call to arms.But that does not stop me from having the utmost respect for those who have ever served in...
View ArticleCleared of poisoning daughter
A former Nelson woman accused of poisoning her daughter with unnecessary medication has been cleared after a three-week trial at Worcester Crown Court. Mary Kidson, who now runs an online educational...
View ArticleClaim cash to stay warm this winter
Many constituents are concerned about the cost of heating their home this winter. The Department of Energy and Climate Change is encouraging, as I am too, to try to take advantage of some of the help...
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