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Cliviger residents' anger over temporary 'stone crushing plant'

6:50pm Monday 6th July 2009

ANGRY residents have forced County Hall bosses into a U-turn over a noisy stone-crushing plant.

Council blasted for failing to clean up Barnoldswick grot-spot

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.

£6.3m housing renewal plan in Burnley

£6.3m housing renewal plan in Burnley

2:42pm Monday 6th July 2009

LONG-awaited proposals to overhaul housing in the Daneshouse area of Burnley are at the centre of a new £6.3 million project.

Sunshine boozing leads to East Lancashire A&E surge

SUMMER ADVICE:Dr Charles Thomson

9:00am Monday 6th July 2009

DRUNKEN people enjoying the summer sunshine in East Lancashire have led to a huge increase in hospital admissions, accident and emergency bosses have revealed.

Putting the pride back into Nelson school

MADE THE GRADE: St Philip’s Primary School head Kathryn Ellidge celebrates the good Ofsted report with pupils. From left, back: Hamza Arif, Zulgarmain Ali and Jacob Muzaffar; front: Emma Butterworth and Mur’emaz Maz

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

OVER THE RAINBOW: Residents of Beckside Close with their Wizard of Oz display which won the Scarecrows category in the Trawden Scarecrow Trail

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.

‘Tobacco-free’ crusade wins national award

4:10pm Monday 6th July 2009

AN East Lancashire campaign which saw more than 1,000 people urge the Government to create a tobacco-free future has won a national award.

Burnley fair will go on - rain or shine

9:00pm Sunday 5th July 2009

ORGANISERS of a huge summer fair have promised it will go ahead rain or shine - a year after it was axed because of the wet weather.

Parking anger of residents near Burnley General

CHAOS: Hospital users parking in Fleetwood Road, Burnley

9:00pm Sunday 5th July 2009

RESIDENTS have appealed to councillors to help resolve a parking nightmare prompted by charges imposed by Burnley General Hospital bosses.

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.








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