Burnley, England News

EXCELLENT answers in an English language exam have earned a Burnley student an accolade from a leading award body.

A COMPLETE overhaul is in prospect for two landmark Burnley hotels to give them a new lease of life for 2010.

PLANS for a huge faith school in Burnley have been criticised by the towna s Bishop.

COMMUTERS suffered travel chaos this morning on the road and rail network struggled to cope with the winter weather.

PATIENTS at Burnley General Hospital have been giving their verdict on its new dinner menus.

TWO of East Lancashirea s six former Woolworths still stand empty a year after the historic retailer went into administration.

A CHARITY in Burnley has received a welcome festive gift with the announcement that a national trust has handed over a A 250,000 to a housing project.

A man has been found guilty of the murder of an 18-year-old woman in a Lancashire park.

UP to 300 boarders could eventually attend a Muslim girls school, which is being established in the landmark former headquarters of Burnley College.

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A DIGITAL revolution costing A 15million is coming to Burnley as part of plans to create a hi-tech business park behind the towna s new university campus.

A GENERAL store in Burnley has been stripped of its right to sell booze after repeatedly failing to heed warnings about sales to under-age customers.

TWO drunken dads who gave an innocent stranger a a oevicious beatinga after they insulted his girlfriend have both been jailed for 16 months.

A PLEA to save Burnleya s citizena s advice service has been rejected amid claims that a A 78,000 budget cut was politically inspired.

A DANGEROUS thug who left a father-of-two disabled following a ferocious premeditated attack has been jailed indefinitely.

A HEROIN dealer has started another jail term after being rumbled by police twice in the same undercover operation in Burnley.

A 50-YEAR-old man from Glasgow has been charged with raping a woman in Burnley more than two decades ago.

POLICE discovered a modified double barreled pistol loaded with exploding bullets when they searched the Nelson house where a man was said to be living or lodging, a jury was told.

He visited a spiritual centre in Pringle Street, Blackburn, as part of a whistle-stop 10-day tour of England which also includes a trip to Burnley and Nelson on Friday.

A BRIDGE between two wings of one of Burnley's superschools, built without planning permission, needs a complete overhaul, county council chiefs said.