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Nelson drugs minder ordered to repay £30,000
7:20pm Thursday 9th July 2009
A DRUGS minder caught with five-and-a-half kilos of cannabis when his car was torched outside his home has been ordered to repay police £30,000.
Traders want increased police patrols in Nelson
3:24pm Thursday 9th July 2009
FEARS have been raised over town centre policing in Nelson just before the re-launch of a cafe once described as a magnet for troublemakers.
Have your say »Barlick police call for public backing to shut down 'party houses'
2:59pm Thursday 9th July 2009
PARTY animals in a Pendle town are being warned that they could face losing their homes unless they curb their all-night bashes.
Nelson shopping bosses snub suicide hotspot safety plan
8:30am Thursday 9th July 2009
SHOPPING centre chiefs have been blasted for refusing to support plans to install extra safety measures at a notorious suicide hotspot.
£100k drug farm in empty Colne house
12:10pm Thursday 9th July 2009
A HUGE cannabis farm has been found in an empty Colne house.
Cheeky Monkey star in training to play 'Billy Elliot' in West End
8:00pm Wednesday 8th July 2009
CHEEKY Monkeys star Charlie Dixon has been selected to train to be a West End star.
Lorry overturns in on A56 in Pendle
5:21pm Wednesday 8th July 2009
MOTORISTS faced traffic chaos on the Lancashire and Yorkshire border this afternoon after a lorry overturned near a popular pub.
Plea to fill void left in Barnoldswick after firm set to relocate
4:20pm Wednesday 8th July 2009
A FRESH plan has been hatched to try and create up to 60 jobs which are set to be lost in a Pendle town.
Nelson interchange 'needs more benches and bins'
3:30pm Wednesday 8th July 2009
ELDERLY people have nowhere to sit and litter is a problem due to a lack of benches and bins next to Nelson’s new £4.5 million bus and rail interchange, a meeting heard.
Burnley and Pendle drug dealers jailed for total of eight years
2:47pm Wednesday 8th July 2009
TWO men have been jailed for a total of more than eight years for drugs and firearms offences.
Pennine police given SmartWater torches to deter burglars
2:20pm Wednesday 8th July 2009
STATE-of-the-art technology is being used to throw the spotlight on burglars as part of an ongoing crackdown.
Silent tribute to former Nelson councillor
1:49pm Wednesday 8th July 2009
COUNCILLORS held a minute’s silence in memory of a man who represented Nelson across six decades.
Nelson councillor raises cash for poorly babies after daughter's death
2:00pm Tuesday 7th July 2009
A TOWN councillor whose daughter died after being born four months early is raising money for a premature babies charity.
Burnley and Pendle streets ahead for cheap homes
1:16pm Tuesday 7th July 2009
ALMOST half of Britain’s 20 cheapest streets are in Burnley or Pendle, a new survey claims.
East Lancashire BNP activists won't be charged over leaflets
10:00am Tuesday 7th July 2009
THREE British National Party activists arrested last year in connection with campaign leaflets have been released from police bail.
4 Lancashire County Council staff sacked over offensive e-mails
9:24am Tuesday 7th July 2009
FOUR council staff have been sacked following a three-month investigation into offensive emails.
Call for Pendle Council to tidy up overgrown path in Barnoldswick
5:40pm Monday 6th July 2009
TOWN hall chiefs have been slammed after an area visible from a council-run country walk was left overgrown and untidy.
Putting the pride back into Nelson school
5:00pm Monday 6th July 2009
AN ‘IMPROVING’ Pendle primary school has been commended by education watchdogs for encouraging community cohesion.
Stone the crows, they've taken over Trawden
2:44pm Monday 6th July 2009
A HUGE robitic ‘Cyclops’ scarecrow was among the attractions at an annual scarecrow trail and garden festival in Trawden.
Probe into Barnoldswick's GCSE results divide
8:00pm Sunday 5th July 2009
AN inquiry is underway after it emerged that GCSE results in one half of a Pendle town were significantly better than the other.
Nelson firm trucking on to beat gloom
2:40pm Sunday 5th July 2009
A HAULAGE company is looking to build on recent investments in a bid to defy the economic downturn.
Pendle car firm boss failed to stop after crashing Aston Martin
1:00pm Sunday 5th July 2009
A YOUNG car firm boss crashed an Aston Martin into a vehicle and then drove off on only three wheels, with sparks flying as he went, a court was told.
Nelson man made partner's life 'a living hell'
12:31pm Saturday 4th July 2009
A MAN who attacked his partner in front of her children made the victim's life a living hell, a court was told.
Farewell to Colne marrow transplant mum, Julie
8:10am Saturday 4th July 2009
UPDATE Hundreds of mourners bid an emotional farewell to a mum-of-two whose fight against leukaemia inspired 3,000 potential bone marrow donors to come forward.
Crew flees dramatic Nelson bin wagon blaze
7:00am Saturday 4th July 2009
A BLAZE engulfed a council bin wagon as it completed its rounds forcing three crew members to flee.
Pendle Council pays for teenage criminal to stay in Burnley hotel
8:40am Friday 3rd July 2009
A ROW has broken out after a council paid for a teenage criminal to stay in a town centre hotel when he claimed to be homeless.
Baby boom may result in new Nelson school
1:50pm Thursday 2nd July 2009
ANOTHER new school is under consideration in Nelson due to the town’s burgeoning birth rate.
Nelson firm set to be floated on the stock market
7:10pm Wednesday 1st July 2009
A PENDLE company started in a garage has completed a remarkable success story.
Women's education hub plan for Brierfield Mills
4:40pm Wednesday 1st July 2009
A LANDMARK group of buildings could be used to house an education centre for around 1,500 women, according to town hall chiefs.
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