Youth Parliament in beat the bully campaign
Two Colne councillors have been on hand to help Pendle’s Member for Youth Parliament (MYP) launch a beat-bullying campaign.Laurence Ingram MYP and his friend Luke Dawson, both Park High School pupils,...
View ArticleWhat careers advice did you get at school?
DIVERSIFIED technology company 3M – which has a manufacturing site at Clitheroe – has launched a national online survey to explore the careers guidance British adults received at school.It follows an...
View ArticlePHIL CALVERT: New year, new start to lose weight
It had first become apparent to me during the autumn. Despite getting rather trim during the spring months, as summer drifted seamlessly from one wet miserable week into another, I took shelter,...
View ArticleVOTE: Will you give up alcohol two days a week?
VOTE NOW ....This week Government health experts have advised the British public to have two booze-free days each week, in a bid to improve the nation’s health.This week we’re asking is this something...
View ArticleBurnley HMV store closes
BURNLEY’S HMV store is closing its doors for good tomorrow.The troubled music giant announced last January that a number of stores would be closed during an ongoing process and the Charter Walk store...
View ArticleCouncil’s plans for moving Barnoldswick primary school
LANCASHIRE County Council is pushing ahead with plans to relocate Barnoldswick CE School to the West Craven High Technology College site.It has now published a statutory notice outlining its intentions...
View ArticleBrierfield Library to close for £500,000 facelift
BRIERFIELD Library is to close tomorrow to allow for a make-over worth more than half a million pounds.The Colne Road building will receive a total of £519,000-worth of work and is to be closed for...
View ArticleAnger at electronic timetable switch-off at Nelson bus/rail station
PEOPLE using Nelson’s bus and rail interchange are finding the process more confusing after the electronic timetable boards were switched off.From December 1st last year, boards at the three-year-old...
View ArticleNelson (82) dad admitted to Blackburn Royal Hospital - but family not told!
A NELSON man is outraged after he wasn’t told his father was in an East Lancashire hospital until five days later.Alfred Robinson (82) was admitted to the Royal Blackburn Hospital on a Thursday...
View Article‘Fluctuating’ standards at Colne high school
OFSTED inspectors say standards at a Pendle high school have “fluctuated” in the three years since the last inspection.A team who visited Primet High School, Colne, just before Christmas found that...
View ArticleBarnoldswick man falls to his death from a Nelson multi-storey car park
A Barnoldswick man died after he fell from the top of the multi-storey car park in Nelson on Saturday.The 65-year-old, who has not yet been named by police, reportedly clipped a car as he fell.Police...
View ArticleNelson dad and daughter jailed
A FATHER and daughter were both given jail terms when they appeared in court within hours of each other in separate cases.Alcoholic William Richmond, who turned to cannabis when his wife of 25 years...
View ArticleFlat fire investigation under way
an investigation began this morning into the cause of a fire which severely damaged a flat above a restaurant in Albert Road, Colne, last night.Firefighters were called to Da Giorgos at 11-22 p.m. to...
View ArticleLancashire fire deaths: smoke alarm warning
HIGH-PROFILE house fires have spurred a swift and safety conscious response from Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service.In Lancashire, the numbers of house fires and injuries from fires are at their lowest...
View ArticleNelson car stack death plunge: victim named
A BARNOLDSWICK man who died after he fell from the multi-storey car park in Nelson has been named as 65-year-old Ian Nutter.His family released a statement in tribute to Mr Nutter saying, “Ian was a...
View ArticleBrierfield homes to be demolished
Councillors have given the go-ahead for a block of five premises in Brierfield to be demolished and the area landscaped.Numbers nine to 17 on Railway Street have been derelict for years and are owned...
View ArticleNelson burglar ‘set up’ over blood smears
A NIGHT-TIME house breaker who left blood at the scene claimed he had been set up, a court heard.Martin Dwyer knew his victim and claimed she owed him cash. When he went to her home in Nelson in the...
View ArticlePhotos of Pendle Hill needed for store’s competition
THE team at the new DFS store on Boundary Retail Park, Colne, are looking to add a little local flavour to their store ... and need local people to help them do it.To bring a little bit of the area...
View ArticlePensions adviser faces fraud charge
A DEPARTMENT for Work and Pensions adviser got a £4,000 motobility car after claiming he could barely walk, but was repeatedly secretly filmed out shopping, a court heard.Richard Marsden used the Ford...
View ArticleChristmas trade ‘better than expected’ in Burnley shops
BURNLEY traders are weathering the economic storm, according to new figures.Town centre shops reported a slight increase in visitor numbers for 2011 compared to 2010. Christmas trading was particularly...
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