Blaze hits Brierfield takeaway on New Year’s Day
A BLAZE broke out at a Brierfield takeaway on New Year’s Day.Flames spread through a chip range at the shop in Railway Street yesterday.Fire crews were called out to the food outlet at around 6-30pm to...
View ArticleMother and son taken to hospital following M65 Colne crash
LANE One of the M65 has now been reopened following a two car crash in Colne.Emergency services were called at around 12-20pm today (Wednesday) after a Citroën C3 and a Citroën C4 were involved in a...
View ArticleCouncillor calls for review on taxi checks
A PENDLE councillor has called for a review of procedure into the checking of taxis on local roads and streets.Coun. Tommy Cooney said there had been an increasing number of taxis failing spot checks...
View ArticleNHSBT makes urgent appeal to O- blood donors
BLOOD donors who are O Rh negative (O-) are being asked to come forward to give blood now following the festive period.Blood stocks can often dip around holiday time as people get distracted and can’t...
View ArticleHousing provider holds open days
OVER 55s are invited to attend one of four open days in Pendle to see what one of the country’s largest providers of housing and care has to offer. Not-for-profit organisation Anchor is hosting events...
View ArticleJakub in national spotlight
A DISABLED Pendle youngster who plays boccia has qualified to play in a national event later this year. Jakub Drozdzowski (14), from Nelson, has duchene muscular dystrophy. He will take part in the...
View ArticleMEP’s key role in homecoming
PENDLE politician Mr Sajjad Karim is delighted he has been successful in arranging for a young girl to return home from Pakistan after she was taken there by her father more than three years ago.Mr...
View ArticleBrothers in cycling marathon
TWO Blacko brothers are hot on the “wheels” of Lancashire cycling stars Bradley Wiggins and Steven Burke after clocking up 1,000 miles and raising £5,000 riding from London to Barcelona.James (26) and...
View ArticleMEP welcomes fishing vote
PENDLE MEP Sajjad Karim has welcomed the outcome of the European Parliament’s Fisheries Committee vote on fishing policy. The vote, in favour of banning fish discarding by European fishermen, is part...
View ArticleEx-partner ‘escorted from premises’ after breach of order
A DAD who turned up at the home of his ex-partner when banned was escorted from the premises by her “much larger”new man, a court was told.Pennine magistrates heard how Kieron Patrick Wright ended up...
View Article£2.5m investment in local nurseries
TWO nurseries in Colne and Barnoldswick have been bought by the Safehands Green Start Nurseries group. The group has recently purchased six nurseries from Little Craft, five of which are in Lancashire....
View ArticleTaxi driver cleared of groping teen
A TAXI driver accused by a teenage girl of groping her in his cab has won a fight to clear his name.Jamil Iqbal was alleged by the girl to have put his hand down her top and inside her bra during the...
View ArticleKids Review: Eureka!
YOU can learn a lot from children. And it was lovely watching Ruaridh (5) and Flora (3) use their imagination and enjoy acting out roles we adults take for normal every day.The care and pride taken as...
View ArticleNelson drug dealer jailed for six years
A NELSON man who was involved in a drugs supply chain between the town and Bradford has been jailed for six years.Siahosh Khan (33), of Bishop Street, was sentenced at Bradford Crown Court after...
View ArticleMore talks called for on car parking proposals
CONTROVERSIAL proposals to give businesses in the ACE Centre exclusive of a car park in Nelson town centre have been put on hold.Members of Pendle Council’s Nelson Committee had been recommended to...
View ArticleNelson woman charged with £17,500 theft from Whalley company
A WOMAN has appeared before Blackburn magistrates charged with stealing £17,500 from a Whalley company and its clients.Keeley Ainsworth (36), of Audley Close, Nelson, faces 53 charges of theft as an...
View ArticleAS I SEE IT: Militant? Not me!
AS a member of my local WI and a progressive dairy farming family, I have attended many FFA protests.Always finding them amicable and well attended, and almost wholly by similar minded dairy farming...
View ArticleCND AGM on Friday
ANTI-NUCLEAR protestors are holding their AGM at Colne’s Open Door Centre on Friday.East Lancashire Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, a non-violent group focused on the banning of nuclear weapons,...
View ArticlePetrol thief awaiting sentence
A TEENAGER who went on a “spree” stealing petrol and diesel to the tune of about £6,000 from East Lancashire garages is awaiting sentence.Pennine magistrates heard how Patrick Heaney struck in Burnley,...
View ArticleInformation appeal following Colne theft
POLICE are appealing for information after an elderly woman had a large amount of money stolen from her in Colne just before Christmas.A woman is said to have approached the victim in a Market Street...
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