VIDEO: Burnley teacher takes to YouTube to sing about the Pennine Lancashire 10K
A PENNINE 10K participant is hopeful a unique online plea will help to raise funds for charity.Lizzie Dixon (28) is taking part in the Burnley running event on June 2nd and has taken to YouTube to get...
View ArticleColne drive-off fuel theft: police appeal
police are hunting thieves who stole fuel worth £68.50 from the Colne Service Station on Burnley Road.The theft occurred between 3pm and 3-20pm on Wednesday of last week when the offenders filled their...
View ArticleHorsemeat discovered in six Lancashire schools
HORSEMEAT has been discovered in the menus of six Lancashire schools, but Lancashire County Council refused to confirm or deny whether Burnley schools had been affected by the scandal.The council has...
View ArticleNoisy neighbours who made residents’ lives a misery are fined
Two noisy Pendle residents have been taken to court for continuing to cause a noise nuisance despite being told to stop.Joanne Hanson (24), of Carleton Street, Nelson, appeared before Reedley...
View ArticleBurnley’s UCFB College of Football Business to open Wembley campus
UCFB College of Football Business, based at Burnley FC’s Turf Moor stadium, has announced it is to open a second campus at Wembley, with the first intake of students in September 2014. A press...
View ArticleBurnley man accused of sex attacks on four women
A 28-YEAR-OLD man has appeared before Burnley magistrates, accused of sexually assaulting four women.James Larkin, of Lyndhurst Road, Burnley, is said to have struck in about 15 minutes on the morning...
View ArticleKelbrook firm’s lapses over HGV safety records
A KELBROOK concrete firm has been prevented from expanding further after a public inquiry heard of “serious failures” in the maintenance of its HGVs.Deputy North West Traffic Commissioner Simon Evans...
View ArticleAS I SEE IT: The confessions of an amateur thespian
“Kiss Me, Kate” has been running in Clitheroe and this week’s column is about amateur theatre in general.First, dear readers, a confession: I myself am an amateur thespian. I can’t help it, but there...
View ArticleSmoke-control warning for Pendle residents
Pendle Council’s environmental health team is reminding people who live in smoke control areas to check they’re using the correct fuel on their open fire or solid fuel appliance.Coun. John David,...
View ArticleInvestigation launched after Burnley man “tasered” in police cell
A BURNLEY man who claims he was shot with a Taser in a police cell has lodged a complaint against Lancashire Constabulary.The 20-year-old complained a stun gun was used on him by a Lancashire police...
View ArticleNelson career criminal has 113 offences on his record
A CAREER criminal who was growing 80 cannabis plants was spared jail – and a judge said it probably didn’t hold much terror for him anyway as he had been that often.Steven Rawcliffe, who has 133...
View ArticleNelson street race-hate abuse of taxi driver
A MAN who racially abused a driver in a Nelson street struck in front of an off-duty police officer, a court heard.The officer had told James Matthews he was a policeman, but Matthews didn’t believe...
View ArticleColne murder trial begins
A COURT has heard claims that an elderly woman in Colne was murdered by an attack in her home, carried out by her granddaughter’s partner.Eighty years old Constance French - who was known as Connie -...
View ArticleAndrew Stephenson MP: Pendle companies are leading the way
The House of Commons broke for half-term recess, so MPs have had a week for a half-term break with their families or to catch up with work in their constituencies.I have taken the opportunity to catch...
View ArticleBusinessman back on TV with “Bank of Dave”
BURNLEY’S banking revolutionary David Fishwick is back on TV in his battle against Britain’s financial fat cats.The self-made millionaire behind the “Bank of Dave” phenomenon will hit screens again...
View ArticleDrugs death of Nelson man (29)
A MAN recently released from prison resumed taking drugs at the same level he had done prior to being jailed – with tragic consequences, a Burnley inquest heard.Brian Murray (29), of Fletcher Street,...
View ArticleMR PENDLE: Breathalyser tests are no human rights breach
MR Pendle was irritated the other day when he heard a spokesman for something called the Libertarian Alliance arguing on the radio that stopping people driving vehicles and breathalysing them was a...
View ArticleMan found dead at Colne home
THE death of an 82-year-old Colne man, who was found at his home last night, is not being treated as suspicious. Police were called to Basil Street at 6-40pm on Tuesday, February 27th. More to follow.
View ArticleBarnoldswick man found burglar raiding his fridge
A HOUSEHOLDER was shocked to find a barefooted stranger rummaging through his fridge in the early hours, a court was told.Burnley Crown Court heard how teenager Anthony Dewhurst had broken into...
View ArticleBLOG: “I’ve made the Pennine Lancashire 10K my goal”
EVERYONE needs a goal.“A man without a goal is like a ship without a rudder,” philosopher Thomas Carlyle famously mused.For some, achieving these goals comes effortlessly, for others their ambitions...
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