Leeds indie hopeful Duels release their live favourite Animal as a single on April 10. Check out the video here. Animal was produced by James Ford, who has previously worked with Test Icicles and Mystery Jets, and is a taster for their debut album
Those Brighton boys Brakes are releasing a fresh, remixed version of their indie dancefloor anthem All Night Disco Party on April 17. Check out the video here. The track, which was one of the highlights on the band's 2005 debut album Give Blood, has
South London four-piece Good Shoes release the We Are Not The Same EP on March 20. They've been likened to The Jam and The Buzzcocks see for yourself by watching the video. The band have just completed a month-long tour with Be Your Own Pet and are
A SCHEME to rid Burnley town centre pubs of thugs is to be rolled out to Northern Ireland. Seven delegates from the province visited the town to find out more about Burnley Against Night-time Disorder (BAND) a successful scheme to tackle late-night
PADIHAM residents were celebrating today after taking over the running of the town's green securing its future. The town council has taken over the lease for Padiham Green from Burnley Council and will now become responsible for its upkeep and running
SHOPPERS had a lucky escape when a lorry smashed into a town centre supermarket shattering its front window. The Cravendale milk delivery vehicle rolled through the front of Kwik Save, Croft Street, opposite Burnley Bus Station, at about 10am yesterday
POLICE fear a serial burglar broke into half a dozen homes in one weekend attacking a 60-year-old woman at one address. Officers today said the incidents in Nelson could be linked and are appealing for witnesses. The 60-year-old woman was assaulted
A HOUSING develop-ment is set to be built on the site of a former mill in Colne. The council's Colne committee has given the green light for 34 homes to be built on the site of Earby Light Engineers Ltd, Oak Mill, Skipton Road. However, permission to
A NEW retail park to be built on the edge of Colne will signal the end of the town centre, traders fear. However, councillors are to examine ways of developing the town centre after giving planning permission to build four units on land next to Boundary
A YOUNG couple who climbed to the top of a construction site and threatened to kill themselves had to be coaxed down by fire crews. Police and fire crews from Burnley were called to the incident at the back of Lava and Ignite nightclub in Hargreaves
A FAST FOOD restaurant owner held up at gun point when he got out of his car to deliver a pizza today told of his terror. Mohammed Munir, 40, owner of Chilli Master, Oxford Road, Burnley was getting out of his vehicle in Hornby Street, Burnley on Sunday
HUNDREDS of people from across the North West descended on Pendle for the end of the annual Nelson Dance Festival. Not even the flurry of snow could stop the 200 dancers competing in the 59th Cecil Bateson Memorial event at Pendle Hippodrome, Colne.
TWO "dangerous" brothers who robbed a prostitute at knife point have been jailed for 15 years. A court heard that after the ordeal, the 27-year-old victim hid in a wheelie bin for two hours until the coast was clear. Nazar Iqbal, 40, of North Street
DAVID Brown insists dropping points at Hereford won't steer Accrington Stanley off course in their quest to clinch the Conference title. The Reds striker, who scored in Saturday's 2-2 draw against his former club, said the players were disappointed not
THE call hasn't come this time from Soho Square. But ambitious Burnley boss Steve Cotterill is aiming for the very top job in English football. And nobody will be happier than Barry Kilby if his manager's new four-and-a-half year contract at Turf Moor
MARK Smitheringale has been made Clitheroe boss until the end of the season. But the board are set to review the managerial position again once he has guided them through their 11 remaining UniBond Division One games. A Clitheroe statement said: "Mark
If Dave Edmundson's goal was to get supporters onside in last week's two-part interview, his aim proved as good as that of Burnley's strikers at the moment. For those who missed the articles, it was Edmundson's capacity to talk about a number of topics
All Rovers fans in the past have had many an opportunity to review games in a pessimistic light and with good reason too. There were times under former managers such as Don Mackay and Bob Saxton when the fayre was so poor at Ewood, one wondered where
STEVE Cotterill has revealed that ambition convinced him to extend his Burnley contract to 2010. The Clarets manager insisted he found it easier to sign a new four-and-half year deal than agreeing to join the club two years ago while out of work. And
BLACKBURN striker Paul Dickov is ready to give Mark Hughes a headache by proving he's worth a first team recall - and a new contract! The Scotland international, who is fit again following a five week lay-off with a shoulder injury, is desperate to fire
WITH LOVE, mysterious deaths and thrills at every turn, Burnley Garrick Club's production of Sweet Revenge is a must-see. The play, by Francis Durbridge, is directed by Barbara Simpson, and runs from April 5 to April 8. It tells the story of Ross, a
A GANG of moonlight thieves have started operating in Blackburn doubling the number of incidents of thefts from cars. The gangs, working in groups as small as two, are striking several times a night, swooping on numerous areas. Their main targets are
A BLACKBURN primary school is saying it with flowers to encourage pupils to walk to school. Our Lady of Perpetual Succour RC primary school is relaunching its walking bus on the first day of spring, March 20. And to celebrate being back on the road
AND so we're down to the final week and the last three contestants. Will it be Digger Driver Dean, advertising creative Pete or home cook Daksha who takes the Masterchef title? Now, I know that a great majority of TV viewers don't really care, but over
St Peter and St Paul's Church in Bolton-by-Bowland has two new bells and now boasts a complete ring of six bells. New bell ringers have been attracted to the church and the Bishop of Bradford, the Rt Rev David James, has visited to dedicate the bells
A PROMINENT Blackburn gay bar which closed when the previous landlord was declared bankrupt is set to reopen after five months. Former hotel manager Trevor Bailey has finally taken oven the tenancy at the Thwaites-owned Stage Door, Mincing Lane, after
A WOMAN who tried to dodge several speeding penalties by giving the names of people she knew lived abroad is starting a six-week jail sentence. Roshan Ahmed, 44, began her trail of offences on August 4, 2002, when she was caught exceeding 30mph on the
ARE you like me, a bit confused? Feel like you're missing something? Always thought that black like red, white and blue was just a colour. Now, suddenly, it's a racial statement, why? I'm white that's a fact, if someone is black that's a fact, not an
A PENSIONER who lost her voice box after a lifelong addiction to cigarettes is using shock tactics to stop young smokers suffering the same fate. Betty Lawson, 65, has taken to confronting young people who have taken up the deadly habit to show them
I MUST respond to comments from Dr Geraint Jones, the clinical head of medicine, anaesthetics and accident and emergency at East Lancs Hospital NHS Trust (LET, February 27), regarding concerns of people in Burnley and Pendle if Burnley A&E department
RE the Tories' pledge to close Waves. Schools already no longer provide swimming lessons for children, and yet, with health and safety issues paramount, expect all children at the age of seven to be able to swim. So we dedicated parents take our children
RE: Curry house is hot stuff' (LET, March 4). We have lived in Canada for 15 years. The two foods we miss most are a good bacon butty and a chicken tikka samber. We do get home quite often and it's the place we head for. Sukhi knows us well. We have
GORDON Brown has come up with his promise to provide free transport for the over sixties and disabled. The law says local authorities have to provide free bus transport. It doesn't say the council tax payer has to foot the bill but this is the stark
I CAN'T stand seeing a grown man break down so I will try to avoid mirrors until I regain control. The police merger was a bad idea and, given the choice, the two forces would not do it. The cost is estimated at £20million, possibly enough to employ
BUDDING Richard Bransons from across East Lancashire took the chance to prove they had what it takes in business. Ten high schools from the region sent pupils who have formed Young Enterprise companies to an exhibition at Oswaldtwistle Mills. The pupils
HOLIDAY firm MyTravel Group PLC says it is making "significant progress" in restoring its business. Formerly known as Airtours, the company came close to collapse after the 9/11 attacks resulted in a cut in profits from overseas travel. The firm, which
A DARWEN market stallholder has been cleared of indecently assaulting a teenage customer while she tried on a skirt. Father-of-three Javid Iqbal Hussain today spoke about his six months of anguish trying to prove his innocence. Mr Hussain, 50, of Ferndown
A FIRE-FIGHTER suffered burns after entering a room so hot part of his helmet melted. The man, who has not been named, suffered blistering to his shoulders and burnt ears as he looked for occupants of a burning home in Higson Street, Wensley Fold, Blackburn
THE parent firm of Baxenden-based Hollands Pies has seen its shares fall to the lowest level in five and a half years. The news came as Northern Foods PLC issued its second profits warning in two months, and said it has begun a review that may lead to
A NEW £500,000 state-of-the-art respite care centre for disabled children is to open on the site of a children's nursery. But angry parents are still hoping Kelsall Avenue Nursery in Little Harwood can be saved and they have demanded showdown talks with
A COMPANY has been fined £25,000 after a Blackburn man was killed by a tractor as he worked to build a car park. Magistrates heard that Bernard Place, 56, of Whinney Lane, was behind the vehicle as it reversed outside the Toyota car plant at Burnaston
MP NIGEL Evans is to write to Minister John Hutton calling for action over a 64-year-old Ribble Valley mum who took part-time work and ended up losing her benefits. The Tory MP raised the case of the Clitheroe woman at Work and Pensions Questions in
A DOCTOR from East Lancashire has helped research a major medical breakthrough which could save millions of lives. Former Burnley schoolboy Paul McKean made the discovery as part of a three-year project studying the killer disease African sleeping sickness
COUNTY councillors have been slammed for keeping their £163,000-a-year silver-service restaurant after agreeing a reduced meals on wheels service for the elderly. Thousands of pensioners in Lancashire will now have to choose between paying extra to keep
IN THE leap from Hannibal Lecter to speed demon pensioner, you could be forgiven for thinking Anthony Hopkins is suffering some sort of late-life crisis. In what must be his least-showy performance ever, Hopkins plays the sweet, slightly muddled Burt
Morrissey releases new single, You Have Killed Me, on March 27, two weeks before the LP Ringleader Of The Tormentors. Watch the video here. To watch the video, click here.
Australian psyche-pop act The Morning After Girls release their Hi Skies video on March 13. Check out the video here.
RE: Curry house is hot stuff' (LET, March 4). We have lived in Canada for 15 years. The two foods we miss most are a good bacon butty and a chicken tikka samber. We do get home quite often and it's the place we head for. Sukhi knows us well. We have been
RE the Tories' pledge to close Waves. Schools already no longer provide swimming lessons for children, and yet, with health and safety issues paramount, expect all children at the age of seven to be able to swim. So we dedicated parents take our children
I CAN'T stand seeing a grown man break down so I will try to avoid mirrors until I regain control. The police merger was a bad idea and, given the choice, the two forces would not do it. The cost is estimated at £20million, possibly enough to employ 20
TWO "dangerous" brothers who robbed a prostitute at knife point have been jailed for 15 years. A court heard that after the ordeal, the 27-year-old victim hid in a wheelie bin for two hours until the coast was clear. Nazar Iqbal, 40, of North Street,
SHOPPERS had a lucky escape when a lorry smashed into a town centre supermarket shattering its front window. The Cravendale milk delivery vehicle rolled through the front of Kwik Save, Croft Street, opposite Burnley Bus Station, at about 10am yesterday
A YOUNG couple who climbed to the top of a construction site and threatened to kill themselves had to be coaxed down by fire crews. Police and fire crews from Burnley were called to the incident at the back of Lava and Ignite nightclub in Hargreaves Street
PADIHAM residents were celebrating today after taking over the running of the town's green securing its future. The town council has taken over the lease for Padiham Green from Burnley Council and will now become responsible for its upkeep and running
HUNDREDS of people from across the North West descended on Pendle for the end of the annual Nelson Dance Festival. Not even the flurry of snow could stop the 200 dancers competing in the 59th Cecil Bateson Memorial event at Pendle Hippodrome, Colne. Representatives
Five Deez is a group of blurred boundaries. Few have mastered the art of blending hip hop with electronica so seamlessly as this bunch. And Kommunicator, their third album shows the style of Fat Jon, Kyle David, Pase Rock and Sonic is here to stay. One
Despite going head-to-head with 65 Days of Static and Staind on the same night at the other Academy venues, this gig quickly sold out. So Essex 3-piece Engerica had a large, but rather unsympathetic, audience for their brooding supporting set of energetic
A NEW retail park to be built on the edge of Colne will signal the end of the town centre, traders fear. However, councillors are to examine ways of developing the town centre after giving planning permission to build four units on land next to Boundary
If Dave Edmundson's goal was to get supporters onside in last week's two-part interview, his aim proved as good as that of Burnley's strikers at the moment. For those who missed the articles, it was Edmundson's capacity to talk about a number of topics
ARE you like me, a bit confused? Feel like you're missing something? Always thought that black like red, white and blue was just a colour. Now, suddenly, it's a racial statement, why? I'm white that's a fact, if someone is black that's a fact, not an
THE call hasn't come this time from Soho Square. But ambitious Burnley boss Steve Cotterill is aiming for the very top job in English football. And nobody will be happier than Barry Kilby if his manager's new four-and-a-half year contract at Turf Moor
GET your tickets to watch The Drifters in Blackburn on April 30 now. The band, made famous by classics including Saturday Night At The Movies, Under The Boardwalk, Come On Over To My Place and Kissin' In The Back Row Of The Movies, have announced a gig
Experience the excitement, the emotion and the electricity of Motown with Dancing In The Streets, coming to Preston on March 26. Ivor Novello Award winning director Keith Strachan's brand new production of the hit show will re-create the energy, style
It's hard to pinpoint who Broken Social Scene sound more like The Arcade Fire, The Magic Numbers or Clap Your Hands Say Yeah. Gentle guitar rhythms, quaint lyrics and the odd speeded-up charged moment that teeters on rock n roll (not really), makes them
Typically more into the noise than the lyrics, members of Greenspace seem to sell themselves short, at least on this epic of a single. Nothing Lost is a 9-minute track, in which noise features heavily... certainly the 3-minute interlude is not short of
Neil Innes, a member of the Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band, the "seventh member" of Monty Python and creator of Beatles spoof band The Rutles comes to Oswaldtwistle on March 17. We speak to the legend. NEIL INNES is a gentleman rebel. Delivering cutting blows
The Morning After Girls hail from the sunny city of Melbourne, but from their musical disposition you'd guess that they spend most of their time pouting and drinking in darkened rooms, all the while coming up with methods of making even fuzzier guitar
A FIRE-FIGHTER suffered burns after entering a room so hot part of his helmet melted. The man, who has not been named, suffered blistering to his shoulders and burnt ears as he looked for occupants of a burning home in Higson Street, Wensley Fold, Blackburn
A PROMINENT Blackburn gay bar which closed when the previous landlord was declared bankrupt is set to reopen after five months. Former hotel manager Trevor Bailey has finally taken oven the tenancy at the Thwaites-owned Stage Door, Mincing Lane, after
AS they make cuts deeper into traditional services in order to avoid unacceptable council tax increases, councillors need to look in their own backyard. They must ensure that their own surroundings are not an embarrassingly vivid contrast to those of
I MUST respond to comments from Dr Geraint Jones, the clinical head of medicine, anaesthetics and accident and emergency at East Lancs Hospital NHS Trust (LET, February 27), regarding concerns of people in Burnley and Pendle if Burnley A&E department
A GANG of moonlight thieves have started operating in Blackburn doubling the number of incidents of thefts from cars. The gangs, working in groups as small as two, are striking several times a night, swooping on numerous areas. Their main targets are
BLACKBURN striker Paul Dickov is ready to give Mark Hughes a headache by proving he's worth a first team recall - and a new contract! The Scotland international, who is fit again following a five week lay-off with a shoulder injury, is desperate to fire
A FAST FOOD restaurant owner held up at gun point when he got out of his car to deliver a pizza today told of his terror. Mohammed Munir, 40, owner of Chilli Master, Oxford Road, Burnley was getting out of his vehicle in Hornby Street, Burnley on Sunday
A SCHEME to rid Burnley town centre pubs of thugs is to be rolled out to Northern Ireland. Seven delegates from the province visited the town to find out more about Burnley Against Night-time Disorder (BAND) a successful scheme to tackle late-night anti-social
TWO "dangerous" brothers who robbed a prostitute at knife point have been jailed for 15 years. A court heard that after the ordeal, the 27-year-old victim hid in a wheelie bin for two hours until the coast was clear. Nazar Iqbal, 40, of North Street,
POLICE fear a serial burglar broke into half a dozen homes in one weekend attacking a 60-year-old woman at one address. Officers today said the incidents in Nelson could be linked and are appealing for witnesses. The 60-year-old woman was assaulted after
The Futureheads are essentially The Ordinary Boys with less oomph, but more credibility. Vocally and musically both bands, at times, try to emulate the Smiths or the Jam. Futureheads manage to do this with greater authenticity than their cockney counterparts
There are bands who turn up on stage, play some songs, and then leave job done. Then there are bands like the Fun Lovin' Criminals who, to put it mildly, like to put on a show. As the thousand or so spectators at Saturday's gig in Preston found out, the
A HOUSING development is set to be built on the site of a former mill in Colne. The council's Colne committee has given the green light for 34 homes to be built on the site of Earby Light Engineers Ltd, Oak Mill, Skipton Road. However, permission to build
HUNDREDS of people from across the North West descended on Pendle for the end of the annual Nelson Dance Festival. Not even the flurry of snow could stop the 200 dancers competing in the 59th Cecil Bateson Memorial event at Pendle Hippodrome, Colne. Representatives
All Rovers fans in the past have had many an opportunity to review games in a pessimistic light and with good reason too. There were times under former managers such as Don Mackay and Bob Saxton when the fayre was so poor at Ewood, one wondered where
MP NIGEL Evans is to write to Minister John Hutton calling for action over a 64-year-old Ribble Valley mum who took part-time work and ended up losing her benefits. The Tory MP raised the case of the Clitheroe woman at Work and Pensions Questions in the
STEVE Cotterill has revealed that ambition convinced him to extend his Burnley contract to 2010. The Clarets manager insisted he found it easier to sign a new four-and-half year deal than agreeing to join the club two years ago while out of work. And
MARK Smitheringale has been made Clitheroe boss until the end of the season. But the board are set to review the managerial position again once he has guided them through their 11 remaining UniBond Division One games. A Clitheroe statement said: "Mark
THEY'VE rocked more than three-and-a-half thousand concerts in 20 years and legendary blues band The Hamsters are coming to Colne on March 17 for their annual gig there. Performing a rare three-set special, the gig will include new Hamsters material,
A hotly-tipped Sheffield band who have made their name through word-of-mouth and the internet are playing in Preston on May 3. But no, it's not the Arctic Monkeys, but Little Man Tate, who are hell-bent on emulating the success of their steel city counterparts
STEVE Cotterill has revealed that ambition convinced him to extend his Burnley contract to 2010. The Clarets manager insisted he found it easier to sign a new four-and-half year deal than agreeing to join the club two years ago while out of work. And
BLACKBURN striker Paul Dickov is ready to give Mark Hughes a headache by proving he's worth a first team recall - and a new contract! The Scotland international, who is fit again following a five week lay-off with a shoulder injury, is desperate to fire
Up-and-coming bands from the Leeds scene have a lot to live up to after the all-conquering Kaiser Chiefs, but Duels might just be the ones to peer out of their long shadow. The chorus is incredibly catchy "Me animal, you animal yes, yes!" and the whole
The Clone Roses may be a tribute band but their portrayal of The Stone Roses is so authentic they've won a legion of fans in their own right. Bass player Mike Bagshaw spoke to us ahead of their Burnley gig on March 24. I REALLY enjoyed interviewing Clone
HOLIDAY firm MyTravel Group PLC says it is making "significant progress" in restoring its business. Formerly known as Airtours, the company came close to collapse after the 9/11 attacks resulted in a cut in profits from overseas travel. The firm, which
THE parent firm of Baxenden-based Hollands Pies has seen its shares fall to the lowest level in five and a half years. The news came as Northern Foods PLC issued its second profits warning in two months, and said it has begun a review that may lead to
A DARWEN market stallholder has been cleared of indecently assaulting a teenage customer while she tried on a skirt. Father-of-three Javid Iqbal Hussain today spoke about his six months of anguish trying to prove his innocence. Mr Hussain, 50, of Ferndown
A WOMAN who tried to dodge several speeding penalties by giving the names of people she knew lived abroad is starting a six-week jail sentence. Roshan Ahmed, 44, began her trail of offences on August 4, 2002, when she was caught exceeding 30mph on the
A BLACKBURN primary school is saying it with flowers to encourage pupils to walk to school. Our Lady of Perpetual Succour RC primary school is relaunching its walking bus on the first day of spring, March 20. And to celebrate being back on the road the
A GANG of moonlight thieves have started operating in Blackburn doubling the number of incidents of thefts from cars. The gangs, working in groups as small as two, are striking several times a night, swooping on numerous areas. Their main targets are
A COMPANY has been fined £25,000 after a Blackburn man was killed by a tractor as he worked to build a car park. Magistrates heard that Bernard Place, 56, of Whinney Lane, was behind the vehicle as it reversed outside the Toyota car plant at Burnaston
A NEW £500,000 state-of-the-art respite care centre for disabled children is to open on the site of a children's nursery. But angry parents are still hoping Kelsall Avenue Nursery in Little Harwood can be saved and they have demanded showdown talks with
BILLY Davies has ordered his side to take collective responsibility for their failings in front of goal. Without a win in four, North End now find themselves out of the top six for the first time this year following a dissapointing day on the south coast
LADYFUZZ are set to release a new single on March 20. Check out the video to Bouncy Ball, which features a cameo from Kele Okereke of Bloc Party. Bouncy Ball is the follow up to the recent Monster single and a taste of what to expect from their upcoming
SYRIANA is a complex yet compelling critique of oil policy in the Middle East concentrating on America's manipulation of natural resources for vast profit. It is a very apt film for the era we are living in and for that very reason it is slightly uncomfortable
