ANOTHER major shake-up of the magistrates courts system in East Lancashire has been criticised by a senior county councillor and a former MP. Ministry of Justice bosses have confirmed Burnley, Pendle and Magistrates Court will no longer take custody cases from May 1. Remand hearings and sentencings potentially involving prison terms will then take place at Blackburn, according to the HM Courts Service.
Category: Burnley, England
Armed police deployed after reports disturbances and ‘man with machete’
ARMED police were deployed in Burnley earlier today after reports of a significant disturbance and a reported sighting of a machete. Police said at around 3pm today they had received several reports of disturbances involving a number of men at a house and on the area outside on Stroyan Street, close to Brunshaw Road, Burnley.
Brothers burst into pizza shop and hit family members with bat and hammer in honour attack
TWO brothers carried out a brutal ‘honour attack’ with a baseball bat and hammer as a family dined at a pizza shop. Burnley Crown Court heard Khalil Hussain, 24, and Munir Ali Hussain, 35, burst into Planet Pizza in Croft Street, Burnley, to settle an ‘honour feud’.
Post Office strike will affect local town store
Talks between the company and the Communication Workers Union have broken down and five days of industrial action will begin on Monday. Chorley’s Cleveland Street site is the only remaining ‘Crown’ post office which will be affected by the proposed stoppages.