Foulridge two turbine plan
A PLANNING application has been submitted to Pendle Council for the erection of two endurance wind turbines in Foulridge.If accepted, the turbines, which would be located at Harwes Farm, in Black Lane...
View ArticleKids Review: Lego Duplo fit for a Disney princess
FLORA is like any three-year-old girl. She loves pink and pretends to be a princess. But she also likes nothing more than building with her big brother Ruaridh.So what better than the Disney Princess...
View ArticleFees and charges on Executive agenda
PENDLE Council’s Executive will make decisions about its fees and charges at tonight’s meeting.Coun. Linda Crossley, who leads the council on finance, explained: “This is our annual review of fees and...
View ArticlePendle boundary to remain unchanged
CONTROVERSIAL plans to split up the Pendle parliamentary constituency have been scrapped.The Boundary Commission published the proposals in September last year as part of a shake-up of existing...
View ArticleCouncillor back home after heart op
A LEADING Pendle politician - Coun. David Whipp - has had a successful heart operation and has thanked both everyone who has treated him and those who sent him their best wishes.The Barnoldswick...
View ArticleForge celebrates 25 years of success
A LEADING company based in Pendle is celebrating 25 years of success.Wrought iron gates and “gate automation” is the name of the game for Nelson-based North Valley Forge, which over the last 25 years...
View ArticleWaste partnership under fire
WHEN is a partnership not a partnership?That was the question posed by Pendle Council’s Executive member for environmental services, Coun. John David, at Thursday’s meeting of the council’s...
View ArticleHonour for long distance walker
A PENDLE ex-soldier who has raised loads of money for the Veterans’ Association UK by walking from Land’s End to John o’Groats with his two dogs has been honoured by the military charity.Barnoldswick...
View ArticleCouncil manages its money well
PENDLE Council is managing its money well, despite a difficult climate.That was the message from the council’s leader on finance, Coun. Linda Crossley, this week.Executive members heard about the...
View ArticleRoads closed in Briercliffe for £300,000 electricty work
SECTIONS of road will be closed in Briercliffe while a major electrictiy cable project is undertaken in the coming weeks.More than 200 residents and businesses in Briercliffe will benefit from the...
View ArticleUrgent appeal after fatal motorway crash
POLICE are appealing to the motorist who was driving in front of a car involved in a fatal collision on the M66 to come forward. At about 4-35pm yesterday, an 80-year-old man driving a Daewoo Musso...
View Article100 new aerospace jobs for Burnley
MORE than 100 jobs will be created on Burnley’s former Michelin site as part of a £1 billion Government investment.Burnley aerospace company Aircelle will benefit from the redevelopment of the site,...
View ArticleColne man (50) accused of rape in 1980s
a COLNE man has appeared before Burnley Crown Court charged with two offences of rape.John Duffy (50), of Skipton Road, is alleged to have committed the offences against a girl aged under the age of 16...
View ArticlePolice make arrests in badger baiting raids
TWO men have been arrested following a series of police raids in Lancashire and Manchester linked to badger baiting.Properties in Broadway, Haslingden; Upper Ash Mount, Rawtenstall, and Lynton Road,...
View ArticleFESTIVAL: Colne R&B Festival up for national award
The Great British Rhythm and Blues Festival has been nominated in this year’s UK Festival Awards.Colne’s annual event has been nominated in the Best Small Festival category and now organisers, Pendle...
View ArticlePopular Fence woman and school worker dies aged 52
tributes have been paid to a Fence woman whose funeral on Wednesday last week saw Burnley Crematorium filled to capacity.Anne Standring, of Pancakes Farm, died in Pendleside Hospice on October 5th...
View ArticleMP opens new jujitsu club
A NEW martial arts club open has opened in Pendle.The KBR Jujitsu Club, based at The Zone in Leeds Road, Nelson, was officially opened on by Pendle MP Andrew Stephenson.The opening day saw children...
View ArticleFour to face trial over Burnley teenager rape claims
FOUR men have appeared in court charged with raping a girl in Burnley.A 16-year-old girl was found by a man walking his dog on the canal towpath close to Barden Lane in Burnley at 6am on Saturday,...
View ArticleColne woman jailed for sex with teen boy after Jeremy Kyle lie detector
A WOMAN from Colne who had been having sex with a teenage boy was caught out by a lie detector test from the Jeremy Kyle Show.The father of the boy ordered Michelle Kay (40) to take the test, which she...
View ArticleWork starts on new urgent care centre at Burnley General Hospital
A SOD-CUTTING ceremony has signalled a new chapter in the history of health care in Burnley.It marked the beginning of a £9m. urgent care centre, which, if work keeps to schedule, will open next...
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