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Anti-Jewish graffiti daubed on Pendle buildings

SHOCKING: Some of the anti-semitic graffiti which has been daubed in Shaw Street, Colne

7:10am Thursday 8th January 2009

VANDALS have been labelled “idiots” after anti-semitic graffiti was daubed on walls in three different residential areas of Pendle.

Colne jobs fears as clothing firm enters adminstration

Clothing firm Viyella is the latest firm facing administration

5:14pm Wednesday 7th January 2009

WOMEN'S clothing firm Viyella, which has an outlet at Boundary Mill in Colne, has become the latest well-established retail firm to call in administrators.

Five East Lancashire card shops to close

10:50am Wednesday 7th January 2009

UPDATE East Lancashire greeting card shops are set to close this week after a firm went into administration.

Meetings seek Colne public’s views over £10m NHS scheme

10:53am Wednesday 7th January 2009

PEOPLE can give their views on a new £10m health centre planned on the site of a former supermarket.

Six cars hit in Colne theft spree

10:54am Wednesday 7th January 2009

THIEVES smashed their way into six cars and stole hundreds of pounds worth of property in one night.

East Lancashire pubs hit out over Wetherspoons' price cuts

CONCERN: Price cuts by pub chain Wetherspoon’s are worrying publicans

4:40pm Sunday 4th January 2009

A LANDLORD leader has said East Lancashire’s pubs will have to “grin and bear” huge price cuts by Wetherspoon’s.

Colne viaduct wildlife plans unveiled

3:31pm Friday 2nd January 2009

PLANS for a new wildlife area near to a Colne railway viaduct have been drawn up by a borough councillor.

Council urged to buy disused Pendle railway line

8:00am Wednesday 31st December 2008

A GROUP of Pendle councillors is urging county council bosses to buy a disused railway line before it is too late.

New-look mobile library on road in Pendle and Ribble Valley

6:20pm Wednesday 31st December 2008

A REVAMPED mobile library service is set to visit more remote homes in Pendle and surrounding areas in 2009.

Path gate to come down

1:10pm Wednesday 31st December 2008

COUNCIL bosses look set to rip out gates which have been illegally erected across a public right of way in Colne.

Move to delay housing scheme

12:10pm Wednesday 31st December 2008

PLANS for the redevelopment of a landmark mill and former weaving sheds in Colne into housing should be delayed for two years, say developers.

Premature Colne baby wins fight for life

Daniel Brown with parents Paul and Joanne

7:50am Wednesday 24th December 2008

A PREMATURE baby has won his fight for life and will spend Christmas at home for the first time where he will be ‘spoilt rotten’.

Colne mum claimed £12,000 of benefits illegally

9:00pm Tuesday 23rd December 2008

A MOTHER of six who lied her way to £12,000 benefits she was not entitled to has been spared immediate jail.

Rain-damage hit Colne day centre is closed

9:46am Friday 19th December 2008

A DAY centre in Colne run by Lancashire County Council has been closed because the building has been deemed unfit.

Nelson and Colne College students get their rewards

Nelson and Colne College students get their rewards

10:06am Friday 19th December 2008

STUDENTS at Nelson and Colne College received awards last night for their outstanding achievements.

Rogue Pendle taxis danger warning

12:20pm Thursday 18th December 2008

REVELLERS over the festive seasons are being warned about the dangers of stepping into unlicensed taxis by council bosses in Pendle.

Colne school improving say inspectors

Sacred Heart RC Primary School

9:00pm Monday 15th December 2008

A PRIMARY school is bouncing back two years on from the controversial resignation of its former headteacher Ron Pedan.

400 sign up at Colne mum's donor drive

DONOR APPEAL: Mum Julie

1:41pm Monday 15th December 2008

MORE than 400 would-be donors have rallied round to help a Colne woman who desperately needs a bone marrow transplant.

Delay to Colne upgrade project

5:20pm Monday 15th December 2008

A PROJECT to carry out block improvements and upgrade gardens in Colne will be delayed, residents have been told.

Pendle politicians grilled by pupils

3:30pm Monday 15th December 2008

THE great and the good of Pendle have been put under the microscope by tomorrow’s movers and shakers at Nelson and Colne College.

New guardian angel for Colne firm

Kathryn Weatherhill and Simon Alcock pictured with Ruth Crompton

1:20pm Monday 15th December 2008

The Garden Doctors in Colne have a new Guardian Angel in the form of David Roberts to guide them through the next stage in their business growth.

£450 charity boost by Nelson & Colne College students

2:40pm Thursday 11th December 2008

STUDENTS at Nelson & Colne College have raised £450 for the Firefighters Charity by running the equivalent of Lands End to John O’Groats.

Pendle firm scoops pair of prizes

2:42pm Thursday 11th December 2008

A PENDLE company has scooped two prizes at a regional awards ceremony.

Nelson & Colne College strike threat

Nelson & Colne College strike threat

7:00am Wednesday 10th December 2008

STAFF at Nelson & Colne College could strike over bosses’ failure to award a pay deal agreed four years ago.

Missing Colne man found safe and well

MISSING: Howard Grimshaw

11:00am Wednesday 10th December 2008

Howard Grimshaw, who had been missing for almost a month, was found “safe and well” in North Wales yesterday, police said.

Colne student bares all for charity calendar

6:50pm Tuesday 9th December 2008

A STUDENT has bared all for a calendar to raise money for farmers who find themselves in times of hardship or distress.

Wife's tribute to former Pendle mayor

2:36pm Tuesday 9th December 2008

THE HEARTBROKEN widow of one of Pendle’s most popular mayors paid tribute to the former leader describing him as a ‘lovely little fellow’.

Colne residents' call for major road changes 'to save lives'

6:40pm Monday 8th December 2008

A GROUP of residents is requesting major road works near their homes in a bid to ‘save lives'.

Colne's Luther Greenwood festival adult results

12:35pm Monday 8th December 2008

ONLY one East Lancashire competitor was successful in the adult classes of the Luther Greenwood Memorial Festival at Colne.

Police renew appeal over missing Colne man

MISSING: Howard Grimshaw

11:54am Monday 8th December 2008

POLICE have renewed an appeal for information over a man who has been missing for more than three weeks.


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