Brierfield bird is DIY expert
	6:11pm Thu 15 May 08
	LILY the speckled thrush proved a real DIY expert when she set up her nest at Brierfield's B&Q store.

Brierfield man in £20,000 fake goods haul

11:44pm Sunday 11th May 2008

A MAN caught with a haul of fake designer goods - estimated to be worth more than £20,000 - has escaped a jail sentence.

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Plucky 94-year-old Brierfield woman foils burglar

10:49pm Friday 9th May 2008

A 94-YEAR-OLD great-grandmother scared off a burglar who was trying to break into her home - and said she'd do it again.

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Cash plea to fund Brierfield footpaths

3:45pm Wednesday 7th May 2008

A request has been made for funding for new cycleways and foothpaths in Brierfield.

88 Pendle homes issued tidy-up orders

3:25pm Wednesday 7th May 2008

COUNCIL bosses in Pendle have revealed they ordered 88 Brierfield and Reedley households to tidy up their properties last year.

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Burnley canal to get £27,000 upgrade

1:10pm Monday 5th May 2008

ANOTHER stretch of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal is to be given a new lease of life.

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‘Help us ship equipment to Pakistan’

2:44pm Wednesday 30th April 2008

AN appeal has been made to help ship education equipment to deprived schools in Pakistan.

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Pendle children given chance to become radio stars

10:06pm Wednesday 23rd April 2008

DEPRIVED children are being given the chance to host their own radio shows.

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Martial arts academy to host competition

8:53pm Wednesday 23rd April 2008

PENDLE Martial Arts Academy, in Brierfield, will host an open ground fighting competition at its dojo from 10am on Sunday, May 18.

Stone thefts hunt: Three arrests

12:28pm Tuesday 22nd April 2008

THREE suspects have been arrested in the hunt for thieves who have escaped with historic stone artefacts across Pendle.

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18 months for milk bottle attack on Brierfield shopkeeper

2:12pm Friday 18th April 2008

A MAN who attacked a shopkeeper and was later involved in a revenge attack on a member of the victim's family, has been jailed for 18 months.

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	Nelson thug 'held up train and assaulted driver'
	10:34pm Thu 17 Apr 08
	A THUG who held up a train and attacked the driver has been warned that he could be jailed.
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	New TV system beamed into East Lancashire schools
	2:46pm Mon 14 Apr 08
	ADVICE on bullying, drugs, health and wellbeing are being beamed into East Lancashire schools through a television network.
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	Brierfield student’s Pakistan beauty crown tilt
	10:32pm Mon 14 Apr 08
	A STUDENT is hoping to belly dance her way to success in an international beauty contest.
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	Metal thieves chop down 11,000-volt cable poles in Pendle
	10:06pm Tue 8 Apr 08
	A GANG of thieves diced with death by cutting down poles carrying 11,000 volt electricity cables in the hunt for scrap metal.
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	Gang launch two car jack bids on pensioners
	10:32pm Thu 3 Apr 08
	RAIDERS armed with iron bars launched two car-jackings bids on pensioners in the space of 20 minutes.
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Banned driver's lies lead to prison

10:34pm Wednesday 2nd April 2008

A BANNED driver whose lies to police meant an innocent man landed in court has been jailed for eight months.

Burglar locked up after third raid

1:33pm Wednesday 2nd April 2008

A BURGLAR who struck for the third time - and whilst the subject of a suspended jail term - is behind bars for a total of 33 months.

	Marsden Heights 'satisfactory and improving'
	10:37pm Mon 31 Mar 08
	ONE of Pendle's Building Schools for the Future (BSF) schools is "satisfactory and improving", according to Government watchdog Ofsted.
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	Cheerleaders are belles of ball
	4:37pm Fri 28 Mar 08
	A GROUP of cheer-leaders have danced their way to victory at a prestigious national competition.
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	Health worker's national accolade
	7:06pm Thu 27 Mar 08
	A HEALTH worker from East Lancashire has scooped a top international award in recognition of his work at home and abroad.

Inquiry into CPO on homes

12:41pm Thursday 27th March 2008

RESIDENTS wanting to know the result of a public inquiry into compulsory purchase orders (CPOs) for Brierfield properties will have to wait three months for the result.

	Police hunt knifemen after pair stabbed
	10:32pm Mon 24 Mar 08
	AN INVESTIGATION has been launched after two men were stabbed by a knife-wielding gang at a house in Brierfield last night.
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£24,000 boost for gym

5:44pm Monday 24th March 2008

A GYM backed by a former Mr Asia has been given a lift to enable it to keep ticking over in Pendle. Bodies In Motion, Colne Road, Brierfield, has been awarded a £24,000 grant by the Co-operative Foundation.

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Women exchange trips and stories

4:42pm Monday 24th March 2008

CLOSER links have been forged between the women of Pendle and Palestine following a groundbreaking exchange trip.

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	Cheapest street in the North West
	10:54pm Mon 17 Mar 08
	FIVE of the top 20 streets in the country with the lowest house prices can be found in Burnley and Pendle.
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	Woman loses third of her body weight
	9:43pm Mon 17 Mar 08
	A SCHOOL secretary isn't cowering from the cameras anymore after shedding five stone in weight.
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Dealer sold cocaine to covert cops

4:53pm Saturday 15th March 2008

A DRUG dealer who repeatedly supplied crack cocaine to undercover police officers has been jailed for two years.

Investigations continue into street fire

8:42am Monday 3rd March 2008

INVESTIGATIONS are continuing today into the cause of large house fire which injured two people and resulted in the evacuation of a street.

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	Rescue man relives 'terrifying' street blaze
	10:43pm Mon 3 Mar 08
	A RESIDENT has described the moment he had to evacuate his home after a devastating fire started to spread through a terraced street.

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