Simonstone war heroes finally honoured
Simonstone Parish Council unveiled a memorial to three local soldiers who died during the First World War and are not listed on the village war memorial.Historians Brian and Susan Jeffery, Stephen and...
View ArticleColne school’s nurture room success
A nurture room offering social, emotional and behavioural support to pupils has proved so popular at a Colne primary school that it has now had to be moved to more spacious surroundings. The Key Stage...
View ArticleSpecialist team rescue trapped Burnley horse
Specialist rope rescue fire-fighters from St Anne’s and Darwen were called in to help lift a horse which had become trapped in its stable in the early hours of this morning.Large animal rescue teams...
View ArticleM65 ‘standing water’ death smash fears
Burnley businessman Nick Emmott says people will die on the M65 if they hit standing water caused by poor maintenance.And he says the Highways Agency’s chosen contractor, Balfour Beatty Mott McDonald,...
View ArticleChristmas Fair in Barnoldswick
Border Harmony Choir will be singing Christmas Carols and songs at a festive fair in Barnoldswick on Friday evening.Between 5-30pm and 8-30pm, the Rainhall Centre’s Christmas Fair brings the...
View ArticleJust turn off the TV if you’ve had a humour bypass
There was much talk the other week about the amount of sexual innuendo seen by some in the comments made by a presenter during one of the countless baking programmes that clog up our television...
View ArticleIn hot water over Turf Moor ashes joke
For more than two decades I have enjoyed watching, and more recently listening to, the ever-burgeoning career of my old friend and former colleague Tony Livesey.We got used to his voice on the local...
View ArticlePolice hunt wanted man from Burnley
Police are trying to trace a Burnley man wanted on prison recall.Rumel Miah (24), thought to be in the Daneshouse area of Burnley, is wanted on prison recall. He was convicted for drug supply but is...
View ArticleMystery of man’s Burnley car park plunge death
The family of a man who fell to his death from a Burnley multi-storey car park remain mystified as to why he was in the town.Michael Howard, the brother of David John Howard, who died in a fall from...
View ArticleHomes plan at Nelson’s Marsden Park
Plans for a major housing development on the former site of Pendle Council’s parks department depot go before councillors on Monday night.The application is to demolish a barn and greenhouses in...
View ArticleMick Ennis: a very special man
It certainly speaks volumes when so many people give up their Sunday afternoon to pay tribute to a local sporting legend. Young and old, famous and not so famous, turned up at Belevedere on Sunday to...
View ArticleState-of-the-art gym opens in Colne
An exclusive state-of-the-art private training facility has been officially opened in Colne. Aspire Personal Training, based within Calder House, in Spring Lane, is run by personal trainer and local...
View ArticleBrierfield Xmas lights switch-on draws biggest ever crowd
People had a great time when Brierfield Town Council hosted a Christmas Lights Switch-on in the heart of the town.And despite the poor weather on Friday evening, lots of people went along and enjoyed...
View ArticlePHOTOS: Big-hearted Danny Ings launches disability project
Clarets striker Danny Ings shot to the top of the league in the popularity stakes this week when the big-hearted frontman launched his new football disability projectThe caring Claret was at Ridgewood...
View ArticleBarnoldswick author relaunches ‘Hooty and Pig’
A Barnoldswick author has relaunched his children’s book in time for the festive season.Mark Williams (49), of Melville Avenue, has re-released his novel “Hooty and Pig and The Missing Christmas...
View ArticleEarby man in High Court damages claim
A retired maintenance man from Earby, who blames his devastating lung cancer on exposure to asbestos at a local factory, has launched a High Court damages claim.Andrew Smith (64), worked for Johnson...
View ArticleSnapshot into everyday life of Burnley businessmen in the 1500s
Some weeks ago I was writing about the early textile industry in Burnley. I indicated the articles already published were the first in a series, which we have called “Burnley: Cotton Town”, but I would...
View ArticleNuclear bomb testing: fund for ex-Servicemen
I was in the Chamber last for Prime Minister’s Questions. Amid the usual partisan shouting and insults, an important question was asked by a colleague of mine about setting aside money to help nuclear...
View ArticleFormer Man Utd star Phil Neville’s shirt auctioned for Mick Ennis
A shirt signed by Manchester United’s famous ‘Class of 92’ is being auctioned for sports-mad school teacher Mick Ennis.Former St Theodore’s and current Blessed Trinity teacher Mick (61) is battling...
View ArticleHero award for Barley Mow restaurant boss
The managing director of the Seafood Pub Company, the new owners of the Barley Mow Restaurant in Barley, has been named the Lancashire Life Food and Drink Hero of the Year.Joycelyn Neve, who lives in...
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