Burnley, Latest News

08/03/18

Spotify has warned that users caught accessing the music streaming service with 'hacked' apps may be banned permanently from the site. Some of Spotify's 159 million users have installed special software to illegally access premium features, such as...

05/02/18

A groundworker who was found drunk and sitting in a parked car in the early hours of the morning has avoided being handed a driving ban. Burnley magistrates were told how Ian Fraser, 27, was never seen driving the black Audi A3. The defendant, who was...

08/01/18

A campaign has been launched to bring a zebra crossing, road markings, and road signs to a 'worryingly dangerous' road in Burnley. Cllr Neil Mottershead has received several concerns from nearby residents regarding the behaviour of drivers who use...

04/12/17

An assistant coroner has warned a hospital trust that it must take urgent action to prevent future deaths of patients under its care. The warning from Rachel Galloway comes in the wake of the death of pensioner Patrick Clifford, who died following an...

13/11/17

A banned driver caught behind the wheel claimed he thought the disqualification had ended, a court has heard. Ernestas Senulis had been handed a 20-month driving ban for a drink-driving offence, but told magistrates he thought it had been 12 months....