Pendle jobless figure falls
New unemployment figures for August show that the number of unemployed claimants in Pendle in August 2013 was 1,791. This represents a rate of 4.3% of the economically active population aged 16 to 64....
View ArticleNelson boot camp helps charity
A Pendle Leisure Trust employee has turned pounds into pounds by organising a boot camp with a difference. Nutrition and fitness expert Ashley Alderson ran a week-long boot camp at Seedhill Athletics...
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Shoppers in Burnley town centre cannot have failed to notice that demolition work has begun to transform the shopping parade around the Market Square.Our town centre really is the beating heart of the...
View ArticleNine fans arrested at East Lancashire derby clash
Nine football fans were arrested following the Clarets’ crunch clash with rivals Blackburn Rovers.Police made the arrests at the hotly-contested Championship match at Turf Moor which ended in a 1-1...
View ArticleBoss calls for action on rural crime gangs
A company boss is calling for tough action on rural crime gangs targeting East Lancashire.Damien Pinder, of Farm Serve Northwest, is calling for rural communities to rise up to stop spiralling...
View ArticleBrierfield man had 5,000 child porn images
A paedophile who had a hoard of 5,000 child porn images, has been jailed.Andrew Spencer (50) was found in possession of scores of indecent images of children on his laptop and mobile phone, a court...
View ArticleHousing consultation? No, a box-ticking exercise
Yet another period of consultation! Or is it just a box ticking exercise? Of course it is – just examine previous attempts at consultation conducted by RVBC. I am referring to the second Core Strategy...
View ArticleElvis Presley is dead ... really
Why do so many people refuse to believe things that have happened in the past even when the truth is staring them in the face?There are those who refuse to believe the horrors of the Holocaust in the...
View ArticleColne company front £3 million project
A Colne-based construction company has begun an exciting £3 million project on a burnt-down Blackpool“eyesore”. RECO Build has set to work on transforming the former Yates’s Wine Lodge, on the edge of...
View ArticleColne pavements set to be improved for residents
Improvements are set to be made to pavements near to sheltered housing in Colne.Lancashire County Council has agreed to relay the uneven flagstones close to Turney Crook Mews, on Ivegate, while Pendle...
View ArticleBid to clampdown on shisha bars
Shisha bars that flout smokefree laws in Lancashire should be dealt with more severely according to Lancashire County Council.Smoking shisha tobacco is growing in popularity across the country and...
View ArticleTown twinning is a limited minority interest
There has been much correspondence in our columns in recent weeks about the twinning arrangements between Pendle and the Palestian West Bank settlement of Beit Leed.Views have been exchanged between...
View ArticleNelson Cricket Club legendary pro of 1951
Dateline: Summer 1951; Venue: Nelson fairground. Who is that swinging the hammer to ring the bell? Why none other than Nelson Cricket Club’s legendary professional Dattu Phadkar.Dattu, back in 1951,...
View ArticleThe days before the Blues Festival in Colne
The 24th Rhythm and Blues Festival was held here, in our ancient market town of bonnie Colne, just a few weeks ago. Founded by “Mr Cool” Gary Hood in 1990 and organised now by “Miss Smooth” Alison...
View ArticleMetal detector finds wedding ring lost 40 years ago in Fence
A newly wed farmer who lost his wedding ring while haymaking has been reunited with it ... 41 years later!Jim Gardner had only been married to his wife, Janet, for a year when he lost the gold band at...
View ArticleClarets deserved penalty in Rovers match
We will now have to wait until next March before we get another chance to end our long wait to beat the old enemy down the M65.Now I know I am bound to be biased, but surely it is time to look at the...
View ArticleClarets fans’ fury over Blackburn Rovers ‘35 years taunt’ tweet
Clarets supporters have reacted angrily to an official Blackburn Rovers tweet they claim has mocked the club in the wake of the East Lancashire derby.Fans were furious when the apparent taunt “35...
View ArticleNelson chip shop in line for North West award
The North-West’s top six fish and chip shops – including one from Pendle – are in the race to be crowned regional Independent Takeaway Fish and Chip Shop of the Year at the 2014 National Fish and Chip...
View ArticleBoston marathon witness prepares for Berlin Marathon
She witnessed the devastating aftermath of the Boston Marathon explosions in April, and underwent an operation the following month to remove a prolapsed disc. But runner Nicola Nuttall, of Park Street,...
View ArticleAre these the worst drivers you have encountered?
Mr Pendle’s colleague, Edward Lee, told in his “Straight Talking” column in this newspaper of the “idiot” drivers who he sees exceed the speed limit in Barden Lane on the Fence-Burnley boundary.Now...
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