Nelson health centre evacuated after fire
DOZENS of people including doctors, health staff and patients had to evacuate Nelson’s health centre when a fire started and triggered the alarm system.It happened at the Yarnspinners Primary Health...
View ArticleEarby drug dealer is spared jail
An Earby dealer who was selling cannabis to other users was spared jail and got help with his own addiction.Burnley Crown Court heard how Jonathan Jones was doing it for a long time, but would not have...
View ArticleAS I SEE IT: Ribble Valley can accommodate more railway stations
the Transport Secretary, Mr Patrick McLoughlin, recently announced the Government was prepared to provide 75% funding for returning old railway stations to use or providing new ones. This is an...
View ArticleNew owners for Burnley cinema
BURNLEY’s cinema has gone back to being small and friendly after its international owner was ordered to sell after being accused by the Office of Fair Trading of having a monopoly.The cinema at...
View ArticleColne sex fiend who raped schoolgirl is jailed
A “DANGEROUS” sex fiend from Colne who repeatedly raped a schoolgirl after grooming her has been locked up for 14 years four months.Perverted John Lowden, 31, also committed sex acts on the child, got...
View ArticleSex attack on paramedic as she helped teen in Burnley
A TEENAGER who sexually attacked a paramedic when he was on a drunken night out in Burnley, has been spared immediate jail.The town’s crown court was told how Matthew Owen (18) had twice puckered up...
View ArticleBURNLEY MP GORDON BIRTWISTLE: Keeping an eye on inquiry into East Lancs NHS...
I BEGAN last week being interviewed for a book being written about MPs and Parliament. The author is a young lecturer at a top university in London and has previously published a very informative book...
View ArticleCrimewatch appeal: have you seen missing man?
Police searching for a former Shrewsbury publican who disappeared after a suspected staged burglary at his pub believe he may be in Lancashire.John Cattermole was featured on the BBC’s Crimewatch...
View ArticlePolice helicopter search after Colne ‘shotgun’ incident
AFTER reports of people shooting shotguns on land next to the old railway near Alkincoats Road in Colne, a police team including firearms officers and a helicopter made a search of the area.Around...
View ArticleVOTE: Do you agree with the proposed ‘bedroom tax’?
BENEFIT claimants living in council or housing association properties who are deemed to have a spare bedroom will be subjected to bedroom tax under new welfare reforms from April.The proposal will see...
View ArticleChildren’s charity launches Mother’s Day ‘gifts of love’ appeal
CHILD Action Northwest has launched a Mother’s Day appeal for recycled “gifts of love” to support their Young Carers’ Project. Chocolates, toiletry gift sets, socks, gloves or scarves which may be...
View ArticleParamedics treat woman after Nelson chip pan blaze
A WOMAN in her 60s who was affected by a severe kitchen fire at her home in Nelson was checked out by paramedics as firefighters dealt with the blaze.The victim was in the house with a granddaughter...
View ArticlePolice raid former Nelson pub after car ‘clocking’ complaints
POLICE and Trading Standards officers took part in a raid at the former General Gordon Inn in Halifax Road, Nelson, early on Wednesday morning.It follows suspicion about cars being sold having their...
View ArticleSainsbury’s petrol station opens in Colne today
A COLNE petrol station acquired by supermarket giant Sainsbury’s is due to open today (Friday).Work on the refurbishment and rebranding of the former Total service station in North Valley Road started...
View ArticleVIDEO: Pendle prepares for Pennine 10K
FAMILIAR Pendle faces have shared their reasons for taking part in this year’s Asda Foundation Pennine Lancashire 10K Run.Pendle MP Andrew Stephenson, Coun. Paul White, and Ryan Taylor, general manager...
View ArticleHigh risk sex offender back in court
A HIGH risk sex offender failed to tell police where he was over Christmas and New Year.Adam Collier (25), who had been living with his mother in the Burnley area, moved out, but did not notify the...
View ArticlePendle’s child poverty shame
SHOCKING new figures have revealed that almost one in four children in Pendle are still living in poverty.And there are fears that the numbers, which were released by the Campaign to End Child Poverty,...
View ArticleSoldier was unlawfully killed
Two British servicemen, including one from Burnley, were shot dead by a rogue Afghan soldier with a personal grievance, their inquest has heard.Sgt Luke Taylor (33), of the Royal Marines, and L/Cpl...
View ArticleMedical school to be based in Burnley?
A MEDICAL school to train future doctors could be set up at Burnley’s university campus.Plans could see a medical training facility housed at the University of Central Lancashire site in Princess...
View Article‘Bogus workman’ stole Nelson family’s life savings
A “BOGUS workman” who stole the £4,000 life savings off a Nelson pensioner and her son has been jailed for nine months.Terry Lawrence, then a drug addict, had demanded cash from Martin Loughlin, who...
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