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Foster's Lancashire League Accrington v Lowerhouse Lowerhouse 160-8 Accrington 141 Lowerhouse won by 19 runs Bacup v East Lancashire East Lancashire 207-6 Bacup 198 East Lancashire won by nine runs

A FIVE-year plan is being drawn up by the town’s business leaders to help a battling Burnley community thrive. Work has been ongoing by the Business 4 Burnley group, part of the Prince's Trust, to transform the fortunes of the Fraser Street community

A TAXI firm boss kicked a motorist in the head and punched him repeatedly during a 'road-rage' attack, a court heard. Burnley magistrates court heard how Ammer Naveed, 35, who owns Street Cars in Nelson, left victim Scott Wilkinson with four loose teeth

SALESBURY take a break from Houldsworth Ribblesdale League action tomorrow as they take a step along the road to Lord’s in the Yorkshire Tea National Village Knockout. Every cricketer dreams of walking out through the Long Room and onto the hallowed

STEVE Kean's Blackburn Rovers future remains shrouded in uncertainty after talks with owners Venky's this week. Sources close to the poultry giants believe under fire boss Steve Kean has been offered a new role within the club, but are in the

THE final hurdle for a £3.5million school in Nelson has been cleared. Conservation Area Consent for the building of Whitefield Primary School was given by the Government this week. It is the final step in a three-year battle to see the new school

A TASK force has been set up to look at allegations of election fraud in Pendle. Five councillors will sit on a working group that will look at concerns about postal and proxy voting, which have been raised after recent elections. Two Labour councillors

FREE town centre parking in all council-run car parks and extra dog wardens have been pledged by Labour as a new administration takes the reins in Burnley. Plans to waive parking fees on 12 Saturdays per year, which have not yet been finalised, were

VILLAGE heroes Foulridge begin their defence of the Craven League’s Wynn Cup tomorrow as they travel into North Yorkshire for their first round tie. Chris Brookey-Carey’s men, who have won three of their first four games of the Division Two season with

A WINDOW cleaner who sparked two police chases within two weeks and almost ran down an officer has been jailed for a year. Police believe Darren Stewart, 28, had been drunk both times when he was chased in his works Transit van around Burnley town centre

BURNLEY are bracing themselves for Premier League predators to turn up the heat in the quest for Jay Rodriguez’s signature. Out of the clutch of top flight clubs chasing the 22-year-old’s signature, Fulham made the first move. They are now set to up

A COALITION has been formed between the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats to run Pendle Council. Discussions have taken place between all three major parties, after borough elections left Labour and the Tories with 18 seats each, and the Lib Dems