- 'Sharp drop' in degree courses
- Travellers 'hit by rip-off charges'
- Probe into sex-selection abortions
- UK urged to support tar sands ban
- GPs 'overpaid for ghost patients'
- Action urged on hip fracture costs
- Clegg reveals £1bn jobs fund boost
- 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
Sport
TALKING TACTICS: Acquisitions are big success
SCOUT Phil Smith assesses Eddie Howe’s first year in charge and the potential to make the play-offs
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Burnley striker Paterson hoping for a repeat of 2009
FIT-AGAIN striker Martin Paterson insists the class of 2012 can emulate the promotion-winning team of three years ago.
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New date for Birmingham game
BURNLEY’S Championship game against Birmingham City next month has now been re-arranged.
Modest Burnley defender Ben Mee is not giving up
BRAVE Ben Mee won plaudits from all over for his goal-saving block at Reading.
Football
FA Youth Cup draw throws up potential derby!
THERE is the tantalising prospect of a Burnley-Blackburn Rovers derby in the semi-finals of the FA Youth Cup.
Burnley’s game with Birmingham postponed
Burnley’s Championship game at home to Birmingham City, originally scheduled for Tuesday, March 6 has been postponed.
Clarets trio receive international call-ups
Michael Duff and Martin Paterson have both been called up by Northern Ireland for new coach Michael O’Neill’s first game in charge.
Burnley boss Howe still optimistic over play-off place
CLARETS boss Eddie Howe believes his side can still mount a play-off push if they can reproduce performances like the one at Reading.
PHOTOS: Reading 1, Burnley 0 video
BURNLEY'S bad fortune at the Madejski Stadium continued as Jason Roberts struck to rub salt in to the wounds.
Cricket
Hero of Nelson and Colne Cricket Clubs Frank dies
a MAN with a unique place in the annals of Pendle sport has died aged 83.
Rugby
Colne are caught on the hop
COLNE’S second team travelled the short distance to Preston hoping to get back into winning ways.
Phoenix beat the leaders
Pendle Phoenix started their 2012 campaign with an outstanding performance that saw the league leaders Manchester Medics topple from the top spot.
Boxing
Clitheroe fighter Michael Bisping looks to win eliminator
CLITHEROE MMA fighter Michael Bisping has vowed to exploit Chael Sonnen’s weaknesses ahead of their UFC middleweight title eliminator on Saturday.
Golf
Stella takes the reins at Colne Golf Club!
AT Colne Golf Club’s Ladies’ 2012 Annual meeting, 2011 incumbent Anne Graham handed over the coveted Lady Captain’s Necklace to Stella Kitson, with Anne Black as the Lady Vice Captain.
Golf Rossendale driving range tees up top award
GOLF Rossendale Driving Range & Academy is celebrating after scooping a top award.
New captain and president are elected
At Ghyll Golf Club’s Annual General Meeting last week, the new captain Bob Bugler and president Tony Lodge were unanimously elected.
Fanatical Burnley dad punished his children for poor golf shots
A GOLF-MAD dad was so obsessed with trying to make championship players out of his two young sons he assaulted them after poor shots, a court was told.
National Sport
Broad excited by T20 squad
Resurgent England will return to one of their world-beating disciplines on Thursday under a Twenty20 captain confident they have the potential to improve still further.
Women divers make history
Tonia Couch and Sarah Barrow claimed Great Britain's first ever women's international diving medal after snatching bronze in the platform synchro at the FINA World Cup.
Big guns commit to Saracens
England internationals Owen Farrell and Mouritz Botha are among 18 players to have agreed contract extensions with Aviva Premiership champions Saracens.
Four changes for Scotland
Scotland head coach Andy Robinson has made four changes in personnel for Sunday's RBS 6 Nations clash with France at Murrayfield.
Mulgrew punishes poor Pars
Charlie Mulgrew celebrated his first Scotland call-up with a wonderful strike in a 2-0 victory over Dunfermline at Parkhead which helped take Celtic 20 points clear of Rangers at the top of the Clydesdale Bank Premier League.
Other Sport
VIDEO: Beth Tweddle opens new sporting facility video
OLYMPIC medal hopeful Beth Tweddle gave youngsters a masterclass in gymnastics when she opened a new Burnley sports centre.
VIDEO: Beth Tweddle opens new sporting facility video
OLYMPIC medal hopeful Beth Tweddle gave youngsters a masterclass in gymnastics when she opened a new Burnley sports centre.
Lamb B one point clear at the top
JAMES Waddington had a break of 52 for Lamb B, who are one point clear at the top of the Nelson and District Semi-Snooker League First Division after a 3-2 away win over second placed St Andrew’s.
Former champions paired in Golden Cue
THERE are 32 challengers remaining as the Moorhouse’s Golden Cue competition reaches the second round.
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Weather for Pendle
Thursday 23 February 2012
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