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View ArticleBoy (16) arrested after horror attack on Nelson grandad
DETECTIVES investigating an assault on a man in Nelson have arrested a youth. The 16 year old local youth was arrested on Wednesday morning at an address in Nelson on suspicion of Section 18 wounding...
View ArticleFour accused of helping Britain’s ‘most-wanted fugitive’ in court in Burnley
POLICE investigating how one of Britain’s most wanted fugitives managed to evade capture for four years have charged four people after a series of early morning raids in Manchester yesterday...
View ArticleWitness appeal after Nelson daylight street attack
Police are appealing for witnesses following an assault in Nelson.The incident took place in Leeds Road at 2pm on Saturday.It is reported that a white van pulled up next to a man, the offender got out...
View ArticleColne plans submitted to Pendle Council
The following Colne plans have been submitted to Pendle Council:• Plans to change the use of a dwelling house to a house in multiple occupation with seven bedrooms in Varley Street, Colne.• Plans to...
View ArticleHow to tell if you’re over the hill
On Wednesday, there was an article in a national newspaper headed “The 50 unmistakable signs you’re over the hill.”His curiosity aroused by this, Mr Pendle read on to find out what the signs were and...
View ArticleMy visit to Auschwitz - Part One
Since I returned from Auschwitz I’ve been asked countless times, “What was it like?”Beautiful.Endless blue sky. A warm, summer breeze. Birds tweeting away in the greenest of birch trees.I closed my...
View ArticleStrike action closes Pendle and West Craven schools: more schools added
Schools across Pendle and West Craven are closed today after two leading unions – the NUT and NASUWT – asked members to take industrial action against the government’s pay and pension reform plans...
View Article‘Business as usual’ for Ribble Valley MP at centre of sex assault claims
Ribble Valley MP Nigel Evans says he will conduct his week-long surgery across the Ribble Valley as usual this summer – despite ongoing sex claims against him.Speaking exclusively to the Clitheroe...
View Article£10,000 repair bill after thieves strike at Nelson sports club
Damage and stolen copper piping from the changing rooms at Swinden Playing Fields in Nelson is expected to cost Pendle Council £10,000 to put right.The theft from the changing room facility off...
View ArticleRomanian pickpockets stole purses from elderly shoppers
A Romanian husband-and-wife team of pickpockets drove from town to town stealing purses from elderly women shoppers, Burnley Crown Court was told.The couple struck first in a charity shop in Colne and...
View ArticleNelson men face £6.4 million drug smuggling charge
Two men from Pendle, along with one from Yorkshire, will today appear in court charged with drug smuggling after heroin with an estimated street value of £6.4 million was seized in the north of...
View ArticleVIDEO: Who will appear on ‘Antiques Roadshow’ filmed in Burnley?
Crowds queued for hours in the pouring rain this afternoon for valuations as the “Antiques Roadshow” came to Burnley.Our reporter Steph Beardsworth and cameraman Kelvin Stuttard caught the action as...
View ArticleMy visit to Auschwitz - Part Two
It is now widely accepted that 1.3 million people (the majority Jews) died across Auschwitz.It is not until you set foot within the confines of Auschwitz II Birkenau that you begin to fully realise the...
View ArticleWest Craven school is one of the country’s best
West Craven High Technology College has been named as one of the best continually improving schools in the country by a leading independent body.SSAT (The Schools Network) Ltd, formerly the Specialist...
View ArticleColne recluse (64) died in house blaze
A fire which killed an alcoholic recluse was probably not the first at the terraced house where he lived, an inquest was told.Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service’s Watch Manager Aidan Fortune told the...
View ArticleColne headteacher’s run raises £1,800 for Dementia UK
A HEADTEACHER who successfully completed a gruelling 69-mile cross-country run has smashed his fund-raising target.Mr John Robertshaw (34), of Sacred Heart RC Primary School, Colne, aimed to raise...
View ArticleOliver set for an August operation
Barnoldswick toddler Oliver Rushton, who is currently unable to walk, will undergo his life-changing operation in August.Oliver, who lives in Carr Road with mum Helen and dad Adam, will undergo the...
View ArticleNelson burglar with 100 offences to his name is jailed
A Nelson man with over 100 offences to his name has been jailed for three years for burglary at Burnley Crown Court.Rafiq Shaban (38), of Belgrave Street, Nelson, was sent to prison after he broke into...
View ArticleNelson historic child sex offences: man (48) in court
A 48-year-old man appeared in court charged with a number of historic child sex offences in Nelson.Mark St John Duckworth, from Peterborough, faces three charges of indecent assault of a girl under the...
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