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Pendle film-maker wins international award

WINNER Climber and film-maker Alastair Lee from Blacko receives his award at the prestigious ceremony

3:00pm Friday 10th May 2013

A FILM-MAKER who tackled one of Antarctica’s most impressive peaks has been given a major international honour at an adventure films ‘Oscars’.

Memories of the Dynamoes flood back - 25 years on

8:13am Tuesday 23rd April 2013

TO the people of Colne this is a special day in history and the events of April 23, 1988, will always live long in the memory.

Two gritters get stuck in snow drifts in Blacko

Lancashire County Council gritter being pulled out of snow drift in Blacko

12:35pm Saturday 23rd March 2013

TWO Lancashire County Council gritters were stuck in the hills near Blacko this morning.

Blacko driver faces trial on road death charge

7:00pm Thursday 20th December 2012

A DRIVER has denied causing the death of a Burnley and District Motorcycle Club rider.

Pendle MP demands new dog attack laws

7:42am Saturday 21st July 2012

EAST Lancashire MP Andrew Stephenson has demanded new laws to prosecute people whose dogs roam wild on private property.

East Lancashire walker's body found on Scottish mountain

11:00am Monday 11th June 2012

THE body of an East Lancashire walker has been found six months after he went missing on a Scottish mountain.

Blacko hiker's body found in Scottish Highlands

Grant Cunliffe went missing the Cairngorms in January.

10:46am Monday 11th June 2012

THE body of an East Lancashire walker has been found six months after he went missing on a Scottish mountain.

Nelson motorcyclist killed at Blacko is named

Popular motorcyclist Jez White.

10:43am Wednesday 25th April 2012

TRIBUTES have been paid to a ‘loving’ dad-of-two killed in a horror smash on a notorious East Lancashire road.

Appeal following fatal road traffic collision at Blacko

8:46am Tuesday 24th April 2012

A motorcyclist died in a road collision at Blacko yesterday.

Motorcyclist injured in crash at Blacko

5:05pm Monday 23rd April 2012

A MOTORCYCLIST has been knocked off his bike in a serious collision in Blacko.

Statue plan for Pendle witch Alice Nutter

THE GALLOWS Alice was hanged in the shadow of Lancaster Castle

9:44am Wednesday 16th November 2011

A PERMANENT memorial to ‘Pendle Witch’ Alice Nutter is set to be unveiled to mark the 400th anniversary of the famous Witch Trials.

Woman ‘serious’ after car blaze in Pendle

1:42pm Monday 3rd October 2011

A WOMAN was taken to hospital with serious burns after a car caught fire on the motorway.

15,000 trees set to be planted in Pendle

TREE-MENDOUS From left, Alan Butterfield and his father James begin planting at Wheatland Heights with Caroline Thorpe and Simon Smith, of Thorpe Trees.

11:30am Thursday 22nd September 2011

A NEW woodland featuring more than 15,000 trees will slowly begin to take shape near Blacko.

Trials for 20mph speed limits outside East Lancashire schools

TRIALS Plans for 20mph speed limits outside East Lancashire schools get go-ahead

10:22am Tuesday 20th September 2011

TRIALS to cut drivers’ speed outside five East Lancashire schools have been given the go-ahead.

Pendle and Ribble Valley joy in best-kept village awards

LITTLE GEMS Blacko was named champion village

2:00pm Thursday 15th September 2011

CAMPAIGNERS in two quiet corners of East Lancashire have cleaned up in the county’s best-kept villages awards.

Talks to find home for Pendle charity

Talks to find home for Pendle charity

8:00pm Monday 29th August 2011

FRESH talks are set to take place to find a new home for a charity which provides off-road adventure sports for youngsters.

Police check Land Rovers following Ribble Valley thefts

11:57am Friday 29th July 2011

POLICE will be stop checking Land Rovers in the Ribble Valley after a spate of high-value car thefts.

Extra patrols to target Pendle yuletide poachers

10:28am Thursday 9th December 2010

EXTRA patrols are being planned to crack down on poachers across a series of East Lancashire villages in the run-up to Christmas.

Pendle pals to tough it out for Heroes

READY TO ROLL: All set for their endurance tests in aid of the Help for Heroes charity are, front from left, Joe Miller, Terry Hartley and Archie Vance, with helpers Mick Thompson and Neil Butterworth

10:18am Thursday 18th November 2010

A TRIO of super-fit ex-servicemen from Pendle are to take on feats of physical endurance to raise money for charity.

Pendle councillor vows to explain 'slurs'

‘MISUNDERSTOOD’ Coun Ann Kerrigan

10:30pm Thursday 9th September 2010

A COUNCILLOR accused of labelling a group of villagers ‘elitist and racist’ at a public meeting has vowed to explain her comments.


What's on in Pendle

Classic Greek tragedy on the Pendle stage (link)

lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/leisure 4:27pm Tue 21 May 13

CLASSIC Greek tragedy is being brought to Pendle by an amateur theatre company for the first time.

What's on: Loot, The Garrick, Nelson (link)

lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/leisure 4:21pm Tue 14 May 13

AWARD-winning comedy Loot closes The Garrick’s 2012-13 season at The ACE Centre, Nelson, this week.

Plays for preview in Nelson (link)

lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/leisure 5:37pm Tue 30 Apr 13

THE Garrick is presenting its new season of plays at the end of next month.

Colne actors bring 'Bouncers' to the stage (link)

lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/leisure 5:34pm Tue 30 Apr 13

‘A WARNING and a celebration’ of modern life will be Colne Dramatic Society’s next production.

Rat Pack set ‘Vegas’ date (link)

lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/leisure 3:22pm Fri 19 Apr 13

JOIN the Rat Pack Live next weekend – a brand-new spectacular featuring the Kings of Swing – Frank Sinatra,…

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