If any film-makers out there have never curled up with a Jill Mansell book, then perhaps now is a good time to start.

BURNLEY’S Got Talent just got even bigger.

SOME people are born to write. Some are born to play sports. Some are even born to travel into space.

Jezebel – most recognise her as the notorious Biblical figure synonymous with power but forever tainted by her reputation as a treacherous ‘painted lady.’ Is her Old Testament story the truth, partly the truth or just a pack of lies?

Whether your children are tots or teens, there’s plenty of exciting titles available from Random House Children’s Books this month.

A DEMENTIA singing group has been left homeless after bosses at a Burnley brewery branded them “too enthusiastic”.

BURNLEY were playing down the road at Turf Moor but it was panto that kicked off at Sion Baptist Church Hall on Tuesday night.

AN annual charity night is being held tomorrow in memory of Nelson man Christopher Cheetham, who died aged 32 in June 2006, with a rare condition called malignant meningitis.

SAXOPHONIST and piccolo player Munch Manship will entertain, together with his quartet, at the next live music event presented by the Ribble Valley Jazz and Blues Club.

Restoration London is a dangerous place for a former Parliamentarian spy, but who better to brazen it out than the wily Thomas Chaloner?

GET sold on soul when The Soul Train pulls up at the Burnley Mechanics next month.

Powerful women are always irresistible ... think Elizabeth I, Cleopatra, Boudicca, Eleanor of Aquitaine and the ‘queen’ of them all, Catherine the Great of Russia.

BURNLEY’s cinema could be transformed with modern new entrance and restaurant.

In the Machiavellian world of the Tudor court, there is always room to take liberties.

It’s September 9th 2007 and student Jackson Meyer knows for sure that October 30th 2009 is going to be the worst day of his life.

BARNOLDSWICK’S Centre Screen Cinema is rolling out the red carpet as it celebrates its birthday on Monday.

Nelson town centre could become one of 12 towns transformed under recommendations from retail expert Mary Portas.

Will Silver is the archetypal inspirational teacher, a classic combination of Mr Chips, Muriel Sparks’ Jean Brodie and John Keating of the Dead Poets’ Society.

The tenderness of a teenage girl’s sexual awakening played out against a city stalked by savage mutants ... it’s a love affair to die for!

For some of England’s most historic estates, the current imperative to preserve our past has come far too late.