It is obvious from the recent county council elections that Clitheroe residents are extremely concerned about over development.

Following the enjoyable Bank Holiday weekend, my week began with recording for 2BR Radio.

Only a couple of weeks ago I had a go at inconsiderate drivers – you know the ones I mean, the only ones allowed on the road and to hell with the rest of us.

It seems absurd, un-profound, and almost moronic to ponder whether David Moyes is the ideal successor for totemic Scot Sir Alex Ferguson.

Expressively airborne, the emblematic Red Dragon of Wales is once again breathing an illuminating flame that encapsulates the growth of its sporting natives.

Not long ago, when something was needed for the house or garden, or a specific gift wanted hunting down for a friend’s birthday, a trip to the shops to compare items and prices loomed and along with it went the inevitable impulse buys which after being brought home and looked at once were relegated to the spare bedroom, shed or loft.

National Doughnut Week is approaching and I would like to make a special appeal to independent craft bakers, food retailers and coffee shops across the UK to get involved in this fun, annual charity event, which takes place from 11th-18th May, in aid of The Children’s Trust.

I am trying to find Rosie Winter (her maiden name) for a promise I made to a friend, her late brother, who lived in Canada.

The new Pelican-style traffic lights in Padiham are massively expensive and hold up both pedestrians and traffic.

The planning application for the wakeboard venture on Rowley Lake has been submitted and it is apparent how ill-conceived it is.

I totally agree with Edward Lee’s comments re “poop scooping”.

The badger cull is due to start sometime after June 1st in Gloucestershire and Somerset.

After being on holiday for nearly two months, I started to catch up on back issues of the Colne Times and was surprised to see the photo of Mark Kitto and his band.

So Mr Pendle hates football.

Having read Justin Kerswell’s column on March 8th on animal welfare and the British farmer, I have never heard such a load of bull and untruths in all my life. Has he ever been on a farm in his life?

I was pleased to read of Sandra Fernandezes’ satisfaction about living here in the Colne Times. I moved to Colne 10 years ago and agree with her as to the friendly helpfulness of the town’s folk and those living in the surrounding villages.

The philosophical approach to Germany’s domestic and international evolution has been promising to scintillate for the best part of a decade now.

I had the misfortune to break my elbow last week and ended up in the fracture clinic at Burnley General Hospital. To my horror there were ants crawling around the ladies’ toilets.

As someone who loves the countryside around Pendle may I make this plea to farmers and, in particular, those who rent pasture for grazing.

Earlier this month Baroness Thatcher passed away after suffering a stroke. She was just one of the 150,000 people who have a stroke each year in the UK – that’s a shocking one person every five minutes. In fact stroke is the third biggest killer in the UK.