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Temples are on the rise

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:27:39 GMT

We may not be swimming about in the mind-altering, colour-dripping, kaleidoscopic haze of a sun-kissed 60s but music is undoubtedly embracing a psychedelic undercurrent at the moment.

Book Review: Faroe Islands by James Proctor

Wed, 22 May 2013 11:24:29 GMT

I always think of football when I hear about the Faroe Islands. For they were the ones who were made up of painters and postmen and who beat the big fish in World Cup qualifiers

Book Review: The Kissing Booth by Beth Reekles

Wed, 22 May 2013 11:20:46 GMT

Author Beth Reekles is only 17 and wrote her book in her bedroom. So she knows what appeals to teenagers.

Book Review: My Busy Being Bella Day, by Rebecca Patterson

Wed, 22 May 2013 11:18:32 GMT

Flora (3) fancies herself as a bit of a Bella.

David Fishwick’s pay day loans TV crusade

Tue, 21 May 2013 09:52:50 GMT

Burnley businessman David Fishwick is set to do battle with payday loan companies for a new TV show.

Book Review: Princess Poppy’s Cookbook, by Janey Louise Jones

Mon, 20 May 2013 14:16:34 GMT

Every little girl wants to be a princess and do pink and sparkly things!

This book is an excellent one for first readers, budding bakers and craft queens.

Book Review: Double Daisy by Kes Gray

Mon, 20 May 2013 14:13:49 GMT

We all love Daisy, even the grown-ups! For a seven-year-old she has great wisdom! This book is great as it contains two stories.

Book Review: DC Super Friends: Going Bananas Colour First Reader, by Benjamin Harper

Mon, 20 May 2013 14:12:16 GMT

What an excellent book for youngsters just getting to grips with basic vocabulary and short sentences.

Burnley beauty queen Klaudia’s dream is dashed

Fri, 17 May 2013 14:54:41 GMT

A Polish-born student from Burnley has seen her hopes of competing in the famous Miss England beauty pageant dashed – because she does not currently hold a UK passport.

Book review: Coronation Wives by Lizzie Lane

Fri, 17 May 2013 12:54:02 GMT

The war may be over but peacetime brings new challenges for three women from Bristol... not least their buried secrets.

Burnley artist hitting heights Down Under

Fri, 17 May 2013 10:36:31 GMT

A Burnley woman who emigrated to Australia four years ago has been fulfilling her childhood dream of becoming an artist.

Photo of the Week: Friday, May 17, 2013

Fri, 17 May 2013 08:44:37 GMT

This edition’s photo of the week has been submitted by John Richmond, showing the summit of Pendle Hill, with the clouds below.

Burnley cooks are instant hits on ‘Come Dine With Me’

Wed, 15 May 2013 11:22:48 GMT

The hit television show, Come Dine With Me, has made instant stars of the three Burnley competitors who battled it out for the £1,000 prize money.

Book review: Wainwright’s Lost Tour by Ed Geldard

Wed, 15 May 2013 09:25:04 GMT

In May 1931, 24-year-old Alfred Wainwright set out with three friends on a walk which would prove to be a gruelling test of man’s endurance against nature.

Book review: Harmattan by Gavin Weston

Wed, 15 May 2013 09:19:16 GMT

There’s an ill-wind blowing through the troubled Republic of Niger... and it’s not just the dry, dusty, damaging Harmattan breeze that sweeps in from the Sahara across West Africa.

Win family ticket to see ‘In The Night Garden’

Wed, 15 May 2013 08:51:06 GMT

A magical experience awaits fans of CBeebies favourite “In The Night Garden’’ as the show takes to the stage in Manchester in August.

Book review: The Fast Diet Recipe Book by Mimi Spencer and Sarah Schenker

Tue, 14 May 2013 11:51:45 GMT

It has been described as the biggest diet revolution since the Atkins, and the Fast Diet is fast becoming THE way to lose weight and keep healthy.

Book review: The Holiday Home by Fern Britton

Mon, 13 May 2013 11:32:42 GMT

Here’s an invitation difficult to turn down... a trip to the beautiful Cornish coast, courtesy of one of Britain’s best-loved TV presenters.

Book review: Follow Me Down by Tanya Byrne

Mon, 13 May 2013 11:20:31 GMT

When Tanya Byrne’s debut novel Heart-Shaped Bruise was published last year, it didn’t so much break onto the scene as explode in a myriad of starry-eyed reviews.

Leeds and Liverpool Canal gets £2m. arts funding

Mon, 13 May 2013 10:08:14 GMT

Burnley’s stretch of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal is set to be the centrepiece of a creative corridor for the arts.