Prostate Scanner Appeal benefits from 20/20 cricket match
I recently spent the whole of my time in Burnley due to the death and funeral of my brother-in-law. Despite it being a sad time, I was able to spend time with family and focus my attention on Burnley...
View ArticleBurnley headteacher takes up new post in Greece
A fond farewell has been bid to a popular and well-respected figure in Burnley. Stuart Smith, headteacher at Thomas Whitham Sixth Form, is leaving town to take up a new post at St Catherine’s School in...
View Article‘Brain-freeze’ ice-cream-eating challenge beats Dan
A Ribble Valley traditional ice-cream shop celebrated its 100th birthday in style with a Brain Freeze challenge.It was a challenge too good to turn down for East Lancashire Newspapers reporter Dan...
View ArticleNelson care home is to close
The Oakfield Care Home in Edith Street, Nelson is to close, after efforts to sell the business as a going concern have proved unsuccessful.Oakfield Care Ltd, which owned the home, went into...
View ArticleColne Cricket Academy announces summer camp plans
An exciting three-week summer camp will be the first event put on by the new Colne Cricket Academy, we can announce. Colne Cricket Club has now officially launched the academy, which aims to attract...
View ArticleGetting the work-life balance right in the sun
After the rains of summer 2012, many people had developed a not-really-surprising cynicism about the weather prospects for this summer.As the cold spring months rolled by with no real let up, and once...
View ArticlePendle Conservative MP to stand at next General Election
Pendle MP Andrew Stephenson has again been re-adopted as his borough’s Conservative parliamentary candidate for when the General Election takes place in 2015.Last Friday, the executive committee of...
View ArticleMethadone overdose killed Brierfield woman (38)
A recovering heroin user died from an accidental overdose of methadone.Kelly Pounder (38) died on March 19th after collapsing at her home in Humphrey Street, Brierfield, an inquest at Burnley Coroner’s...
View ArticleRoyal baby goes home with his proud parents
The new Royal Prince made his first appearance in the limelight last night as he left hospital in London.Cradled in the arms of the Duchess of Cornwall and then Prince William he was introduced to the...
View ArticlePICTURES: Pendle shows support to little Sam Shaw
Pendle has been praised for pulling together and raising over £2,000 to help a little boy who is fighting an aggressive childhood cancer. Over the weekend, a successful seven-hour event was held at the...
View ArticleHealth and safety dictats are simply not cricket
The Ashes series is well under way now – but away from the international arena, there comes news that a village cricket team in Norfolk has been stopped from using traditional leather covered balls for...
View ArticleVox pop ... what you have to say about the Royal baby
The media has been in a frenzy since the Duchess of Cambridge went into hospital in London on Monday to give birth to an heir to the throne.Anyone and everyone has had something to say about the...
View ArticleColne man’s jaw needs to be realigned following ‘nasty attack’
A 27-year-old man was left with severe facial injuries after he was subjected to a “nasty attack” outside a Colne takeaway. Now police are appealing for more information about the incident, which...
View ArticleMPs do not need a pay increase
The row over MPs’ pay received significant media coverage last week.Following the expenses scandal, MPs pay and expenses were handed over to a newly-formed quango called the Independent Parliamentary...
View ArticleLancashire County Council probe into ‘aggressive’ ex leader
Council bosses are investigating claims of a “physical confrontation” by the former leader of Lancashire County Council.Coun. Bill Winlow, leader of the authority’s Liberal Democrats, has alleged he...
View ArticlePalace to Paris ride completed
A Kelbrook boy and three Barnoldswick friends were part of a team of 10 which has raised £20,000 in memory of a much-loved Sough man.Eight-year-old Finn Robinson, of Dotcliffe Road, Kelbrook, bid the...
View ArticleFood bank talks off to a ‘positive start’
Talks held last Monday to discuss the potential launch of a food bank in West Craven have been hailed as a “positive start”.The meeting at the New Road Community Centre in Earby was attended by 32...
View ArticlePlanning proposals for former nursery site in Colne
The site of a former Colne nursery could be used to house eight new properties — if plans submitted by Liberata UK Ltd are given the green light. Haverholt Day Nursery was demolished in 2008, and the...
View ArticleSchemes, skams and skulduggery from a Colne rogue
This week our column takes us back to the year 1951 with an excellent photo of the pupils of West Street School. Many of these post-war Colne school children will have now reached their 70th year and,...
View ArticleThe history of Burnley Fair ... or Wakes Weeks?
A number of readers have contacted me recently about references, in the local Press to “Burnley Wakes”. They have reminded me that, in Burnley, we do not have “Wakes”, we have “Burnley Fair” and tell...
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