A CATHOLIC primary school in West Craven has submitted plans to build extra classrooms. The application to expand St Joseph's RC Primary School, on West Close Road, Barnoldswick, includes two classrooms, an IT suite, cloakroom and toilets.
AN EDGESIDE school is celebrating after receiving £30,000 to develop new outdoor sports facilities. The cash has been awarded to St Anne’s Edgeside CE Primary School as part of Sport England’s £18million National Lottery funded Primary School Facilities
COUNCIL chiefs in Pendle want town and parish councils to take over a host of services and facilities to save money. Bus shelters, play areas and multi-use games areas and town centre CCTV are among those that the council hopes will be off-loaded
A £21,000 ‘multiple’ benefits cheat claimed he could only walk 10 metres without severe discomfort - while working for a security firm in a near four-year scam, a court heard. Burnley magistrates were told how dishonest William Holt got £21,327
A HARDWORKING pupil is celebrating after he was awarded the highest possible grade in his SATS maths test. Maths whiz, Eisah Suleman, was entered for a higher level SATS examination by his primary school, St Paul’s in Nelson, after they noticed
SALMON have been found in a stretch of the River Calder near Burnley for the first time in almost 55 years. The construction of the weir in Padiham in the 1950s meant that salmon were unable to travel upstream beyond the town. But now, excited
A CCTV operator raised the alarm when they spotted a man on the top floor of a town centre car park. An inquest into the death of David John Howard was opened in Burnley on Friday. He died on Tuesday after falling more than 50ft from the Curzon
BLACKBURN Rovers Gary Bowyer praised the quality and character shown by his side after coming from behind to beat big-spending Wigan Athletic 3-1 yesterday in front of the largest Ewood Park crowd of the season. The Latics missed a 40th-minute penalty
