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Litter picking by the River Brun

Why keeping our streets clean isn’t just about appearances

Oliver Ryan MP celebrating St George's Day

Oliver Ryan MP: Clarets, St George & Easter!

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Jonathan Hinder MP Column: It’s Time to Take Back Control

The Feud introduces Emma and John Barnett, played by Jill Halfpenny and Rupert Penry-Jones (Picture: Channel 5)

The Feud review: Silly tale of warring neighbours verges on parody

Oliver Ryan MP with Padiham Cricket Club Treasurer, Toby Burrows.

Reporting Back: Oliver Ryan MP Burnley, Padiham and Brierfield

Jonathan Hinder, with volunteer Harvey, on a recent visit to Elisha House

Jonathan Hinder MP column: Standing up for Pendle and Clitheroe

Daniel Brennan (Matthew Gurney) with daughter Carly (Lara Peake) in the new terrific new BSL drama Reunion (Picture: BBC/Warp Films/Matt Squire)

This fizzingly angry sign language drama will grip you with its secrets and lies

St John Ambulance's Hi Vis Stress Vest campaign

Letter to the Editor - 'Hi Vis Stress Vest campaign'

Jonathan Hinder MP on a recent visit to a building site in Colne

Jonathan Hinder MP column: British homes, built by British workers

Stacey Solomon, husband Joe Swash and their family starred in Stacey & Joe (Picture: BBC/Optomen Television)

Stacey & Joe review: This show is OK! magazine come to life

We enjoyed home-made smoothies by the poolside at Rockcliffe Hall and Spa

My unexpectedly wonderful girls spa staycation to Rockcliffe Hall Nicola Adam

Michael Smith plans to pick up litter from every street in Burnley in an effort to clean up the town. And this week he launches his first regular column with the Burnley Express

The Burnley Litter Picker | How litter picking boosted my health

Oliver Ryan MP delivering a speech at this Thrive Sumitt

Reporting Back: Oliver Ryan MP Burnley, Padiham and Brierfield

The need for council tax reform

Jonathan Hinder MP Column: Time to Fix the Most Unfair Tax in Britain

The cast of the new BBC gangster drama This City is Ours. From left, Diana (Hannah Onslow), Michael (James Nelson-Joyce), Ronnie (Sean Bean), Jamie (Jack McMullen) and Elaine (Julie Graham) (Picture: BBC/Left Bank Pictures/James Stack)

This City Is Ours aims for Corleone and Macbeth, but misses the target

Houses of Parliament

Readers' letter: Is Oliver Ryan back to being a Labour MP?

Jonathan Hinder MP speaking in a recent debate on rail service in the North West

Jonathan Hinder MP Column: Our rail services are failing Pendle and Clitheroe an...

Marcus, Dave, Bob and John - Thames Water workers at Mogden Sewage Treatment Works - told it how it is in the documentary Thames Water: Inside the Crisis (Picture: BBC/Brinkworth Productions/Catherine Harte)

Water execs search for positive PR and end up pooing on their own doorstep

Oliver Ryan MP holding the Employment Rights Bill

Reporting Back: Oliver Ryan MP Burnley, Padiham and Brierfield

Burnley Town Hall. Photo: Kelvin Stuttard

Readers' letter: 'Burnley Labour leader wrong on devolution'

Jonathan Hinder speaking in the House of Commons last week on the Sentencing Council guidelines

Political opinion: Jonathan Hinder MP - Cutting NHS bureaucracy to deliver for P...

Michael Sheen makes a downbeat attempt to tackle debt crisis

Burnley Town Hall. Photo: Kelvin Stuttard

Readers' letter: 'devolution a good deal but Burnley must make it work'

Helen Barnard, Director of Policy and Research at Trussell

Disabled people shouldn’t bear the brunt of the challenges our country faces

Jonathan Hinder MP speaking in the House of Commons Chamber yesterday

Jonathan Hinder MP Column – Putting Our Town Centres First with the Crime and Po...

Burnley Town Hall. Photo: Kelvin Stuttard

Readers' letter: Burnley Council's budget meeting 'a joke'

Damien Molony stars as Jersey detective Jim Bergerac in the U&Drama reboot of the 80s crime drama (Picture: UKTV/Colin Hutton)

Bergerac review: The 80s detective gets a touchy-feely makeover

Jim Bergerac (Damien Molony) confronts Barney Crozier (Robert Gilbert) in the U&Drama reboot of the classic 80s police drama Bergerac (Picture: UKTV/Colin Hutton)

Bergerac review: The 80s detective gets a touchy-feely makeover

Oliver Ryan MP welcomes students from Burnley College to Parliament.

Reporting Back: Oliver Ryan MP Burnley, Padiham and Brierfield

Jonathan Hinder MP on a visit to Rolls Royce in Barnoldswick, a significant employer in the area

Jonathan Hinder MP Column - Labour Invests in Defence on a Scale Unseen Since th...

'While it is true, council waste our money like confetti, local Government devolution is not the answer.'

Readers' letters | Local Government devolution is not the answer |

The women of Dope Girls. From left, Billie (Umi Myers), Violet (Eliza Scanlen), Kate (Julianne Nicholson), and Evie (Eilidh Fisher) (Picture: BBC/Badwolf Productions/Ray Burmiston)

Dope Girls review: A painfully post-modern, female Peaky Blinders

Readers' letters: The government's proposal that the whole country, and towns including Burnley, should be served by single-tier authorities would mean councillors would be responsible for much larger areas while being unlikely to have the same level of local knowledge as now

Readers' letters: Government's unity authority plan a mistake

Burnley Town Hall. Photo: Kelvin Stuttard

Readers' letter: what does council's gold carbon literate credential mean?

Burnley Town Hall. Photo: Kelvin Stuttard

Reader's letter on council tax and 'wasted' money

New Appointments for Lancashire and South Cumbria

Political opinion: Jonathan Hinder MP: Labour Invests in NHS dentistry, bringing...

Burnley Express readers' letters: How can 'whopping' salaries of council officers be justified in a so called 'poor town?'

Readers' letters: How can high salaries of council officers be justified?

Burnley Town Hall. Photo: Kelvin Stuttard

‘A budget that puts Burnley first’

County Hall, Preston

Readers' letter: 'County council expenses outrageous as children being let down'

James May took a look at Sir Walter Raleigh in the latest episode of his Channel 5 history series The Great Explorers (Picture: Channel 5)

The Great Explorers with James May: The TV equivalent of a Ladybird history book

Burnley Council leader Afrasiab Anwar

'I will oppose any plan that merges Burnley and Blackburn'

Burnley MP Oliver Ryan

Burnley MP column: An apology, and an update

Burnley' suspended Labour MP Oliver Ryan has issued an apology through his Burnley Express column

Oliver Ryan MP Burnley, Padiham and Brierfield: 'An apology'

Readers' letters

Burnley Express readers’ letters: MP should apologise to Burnley public

Burnley Express readers' letters: Politicians blame each other as Burnley people face biggest counci tax rises in country

Readers' letters: Burnley faces some of biggest council tax bills in country

Review: Sion Pantomime Society's production of 'Cinderella' is running all this week at Sion Baptist Church in Burnley

Review: Burnley production of classic fairy tale is perfect half term treat