- UK urged to support tar sands ban
- Travellers 'hit by rip-off charges'
- Action urged on hip fracture costs
- Clegg reveals £1bn jobs fund boost
- 'Sharp drop' in degree courses
- GPs 'overpaid for ghost patients'
- Probe into sex-selection abortions
- RBS set to unveil £400m bonus pot
- Tributes to 'jolly jester' Carson
- 'MP' held after Commons disturbance
- Fast-track asylum delays criticised
- Korean firm wins MoD tankers deal
- Mother and daughter given Asbos
- 'Exceptionally' mild weather on way
- Teenager 'repeatedly raped by gang'
- Man quizzed over women's murders
- Cherie Blair makes phone hack claim
- Man accused of murdering vicar
- Peacocks saved, but 3,000 jobs go
- Sex attacker was under surveillance
Entertainment News
Finals thrill for Burnley’s Rebecca
SOME people are born to write. Some are born to play sports. Some are even born to travel into space.
Book review: Jezebel by Eleanor de Jong
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?
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Book review: Top choice from Random House Children’s Books
Whether your children are tots or teens, there’s plenty of exciting titles available from Random House Children’s Books this month.
'Too enthusiastic' Burnley dementia singing group made homeless
A DEMENTIA singing group has been left homeless after bosses at a Burnley brewery branded them “too enthusiastic”.
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Aladdin is pure family fun
BURNLEY were playing down the road at Turf Moor but it was panto that kicked off at Sion Baptist Church Hall on Tuesday night.
Charity night in memory of Nelson man who died aged 32
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.
Jazz at Clitheroe Castle
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.
Book review: The Piccadilly Plot by Susanna Gregory
Restoration London is a dangerous place for a former Parliamentarian spy, but who better to brazen it out than the wily Thomas Chaloner?
Soul Train arrives in Burnley
GET sold on soul when The Soul Train pulls up at the Burnley Mechanics next month.
Book review: The Winter Palace by Eva Stachniak
Powerful women are always irresistible ... think Elizabeth I, Cleopatra, Boudicca, Eleanor of Aquitaine and the ‘queen’ of them all, Catherine the Great of Russia.
Restaurant and extension plans for Burnley’s Apollo Cinema
BURNLEY’s cinema could be transformed with modern new entrance and restaurant.
Book review: The Virgin Queen’s Daughter by Ella March Chase
In the Machiavellian world of the Tudor court, there is always room to take liberties.
Book review: Tempest by Julie Cross
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.
Red carpet treatment for West Craven cinema’s birthday
BARNOLDSWICK’S Centre Screen Cinema is rolling out the red carpet as it celebrates its birthday on Monday.
Book review: You Deserve Nothing by Alexander Maksik
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.
Book review: The Other Life by Susanne Winnacker
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!
Book review: Felling the Ancient Oaks by John Martin Robinson
For some of England’s most historic estates, the current imperative to preserve our past has come far too late.
Songwriter who has supported Noel Gallagher to play in Chipping
HE’S one of Liverpool’s – nay, Britain’s – greatest and most prolific songwriters, he’s played alongside the likes of Ringo Starr, Crazy Horse, The Waterboys, Noel Gallagher, and supported Brian Wilson, and now Ian McNabb is coming to Chipping.
Book review: Rival Passions by Zoë Miller
In the teeming market of romantic fiction, a clever, classy page-turner always acts like a breath of fresh air.
‘Coronation Street’ and ‘Waterloo Road’ actor to release debut single
TEENAGE TV star Lucien Laviscount is preparing an assault on the charts with his debut single.
Book review: The Secret Children by Alison McQueen
James MacDonald is a son of the British Empire, a rich tea planter in India with a distinguished family history ... the lives of his two beautiful daughters should be mapped out for comfort and wealth.
Guitar legend at star at Burnley Blues Festival
LEGENDARY American blues guitarist Jimmie Vaughan is set to headline this year’s Burnley International Rock and Blues Festival.
Book review: Selection of OUP children’s books
February sees an exciting new selection of books from the classy stable at Oxford University Press Children’s Books.
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‘X-Factor’ star to perform in Clitheroe
AN X-Factor star and judge will give an exclusive performance during Friday’s ‘Grab – The Event’ final, The Grand’s annual inter-school talent show.
Folk group Trouble at’ Mill to play in Whalley
LANCASHIRE’S foremost folkies, “Trouble at’ Mill”, will play at Whalley Village Hall on Saturday from 7 p.m.
Pendle Theatre Hippodrome celebrates 25th anniversary
IT was quite a birthday celebration at Pendle Hippodrome Theatre last week - members marked their 25th anniversary by staging a superb Silver Spectacular show.
Book review: The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey
Draw the curtains, throw a log on the fire and cosy up with one of the most bewitching books likely to come your way this year.
Book review: Educating Jack by Jack Sheffield
Shoulder pads, pixie boots, Curly Wurly bars, ET, Dallas, Cagney and Lacey, Boy George and the Falklands War ... who could forget the 1980s?
Pendle magician ‘Mr Magic’ dies
POPULAR Pendle magician Mr Raymond Smith - better known as Mr Magic - has died aged 86.
Book review: Matron on Call by Joan Woodcock
One minute you can be saving someone’s life, the next stemming a simple nosebleed or getting to grips with an aggressive drunk ... there’s never a dull moment in a busy hospital casualty department.
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Nelson woman in finals of national modelling contest
A PENDLE woman is setting her sights on being Britain’s next top model after reaching the final of a national modelling competition.
THEATRE REVIEW: “Two” at Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, to February 25th
I’VE seen Jim Cartwright’s cleverly constructed play “Two” before and enjoyed it. .
Book review: The Map by T.S. Learner
Mystery, history, war and mysticism are always a potent mix but place them in the capable hands of thriller writer T.S.Learner and they become a work of pure alchemy.
Mayor of Pendle ‘going for gold’ at Olympic Charity Ball!
THE Mayor of Pendle is “going for gold” with this year’s Olympic Charity Ball.
Book review: An Honourable Man by Gillian Slovo
General Charles Gordon, better known as the legendary Gordon of Khartoum, is the unlikely hero of a powerful and emotive new novel from a writer noted for her socialist feminist crime stories.
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Thursday 23 February 2012
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