Lancashire Telegraph | Nelson

Victory close for Nelson school campaigners

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:30:00 +0000

A CAMPAIGN to keep a Nelson church primary school in the same parish has moved closer to victory.

Nelson-based haulage firm gets nod to expand

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:26:11 +0000

A HAULAGE firm has been given the green light to expand, despite a row over weekend working.

Nelson and Colne College offers 'golden hellos' to new teachers

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:10:00 +0000

AN East Lancashire college is offering 'golden hellos' of up to £2,500 in a bid to attract 'exceptional' new teachers.

Nelson house fire sparked by microwavable heat pack

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 08:53:00 +0000

A HOUSE fire was sparked this morning after a pensioner tried to microwave a heat pack.

Jail warning for Nelson child attack duo

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 09:48:53 +0000

TWO women who took part in an unprovoked attack on a child have both been warned they are facing jail.

Burnley bus station receives quality award for being ‘one of the safest in Britain’

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:55:19 +0000

A BUS station has been deemed ‘one of the safest in Britain’ after becoming only the third in Lancashire to pick a quality award.

Burnley brothers jailed for fight in Nelson street

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:21:50 +0000

TWO brothers who got involved in a fight with a knifeman on the street, have both been locked up for six months.

Nelson car park plunge victim was Barnoldswick sportsman

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 11:11:31 +0000

THE MAN who fell to his death from the top of a Nelson car park at the weekend has been named.

Man dies after falling from multi-storey car park in Nelson

Sat, 14 Jan 2012 22:03:21 +0000

A MAN has died after falling from a multi-storey car park in Nelson today.

Meet Pendle's oldest panto lover!

Sat, 14 Jan 2012 18:00:00 +0000

IT MAY have been a panto performance of Snow White but the star of the show was certainly Pendle’s oldest resident, who turns 105 this weekend.

Nelson volunteer charged with Children in Need fraud

Sat, 14 Jan 2012 11:00:00 +0000

A VOLUNTEER from East Lancashire has appeared in court accused of trying to defraud the BBC’s Children In Need appeal.

Nelson schoolboy’s third attack on teacher

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:08:22 +0000

A SCHOOLBOY who attacked his teacher for a third time has been given a rehabilitation order after being told he was “at high risk” of more violence.

Nelson man's cannabis farm discovered

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 15:50:08 +0000

A 62-year-old man with a drugs record has admitted having a sophisticated cannabis farm.

Half of East Lancashire's road accidents involve under 25s

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 12:07:56 +0000

CHILDREN and young people are involved in around half the fatal or serious road accidents in Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale, it has been revealed.

East Lancashire councils spend £40k cleaning up travellers sites

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 10:11:00 +0000

COUNCILS have spent almost £40,000 removing and cleaning up after travellers in the past four years.

Nelson sex offender and thug sent to jail

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 09:43:45 +0000

A SEX offender and thug who took on a fake identity to start a new life in England, has been locked up for a total of 16 months.

Games cancelled after metal thieves strike in Nelson

Sun, 08 Jan 2012 14:26:14 +0000

SCRAP metal thieves left footballers in Pendle high and dry after a break-in at a sports pavilion in Nelson.

Balloon tribute for tragic Nelson girl's funeral

Fri, 06 Jan 2012 10:20:00 +0000

BALLOONS were released yesterday as a community said goodbye to a five-year-old girl, who left behind ‘a legacy of love’.

East Lancashire barrister charged for drink-driving

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 13:28:38 +0000

A TOP barrister who lives in East Lancs has been left with a £1,300 legal bill after being caught drink-driving.

Balloon tribute planned for tragic Nelson girl's funeral

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 09:30:00 +0000

THE mother of a five-year-old Pendle girl who died from a brain tumour is preparing to say a poignant goodbye to her daughter by releasing a 100 balloons at her funeral.