Dominic Collis

1 week ago | lancasterguardian.co.uk | Dominic Collis

Lancaster University has revealed it needs to make a significant number of job cuts as it seeks to save £30m. in the financial year, partly due to falling student numbers. In what the university described as “a worrying time for our community”, a spokesperson added that it hoped to make the savings through voluntary redundancies, but that it couldn’t rule out compulsory redundancies as a last resort.

1 week ago | burnleyexpress.net | Dominic Collis

Burnley’s very own community banker, film and television personality Dave Fishwick got into a heated debate with a former Tory MP when he made his second appearance on ITV’s flagship current affairs programme Peston. Dave, who has become a global name since the release of two Netflix films about his life, found himself on the show with former Tory MP and Chief Secretary to the Treasury Sir Simon Clarke.

1 week ago | burnleyexpress.net | Dominic Collis

The green shoots of recovery are appearing for an amateur football team who will soon be playing on a hallowed turf, thanks to a real team effort. Bank Hall Football Club will play their homes games in the Burnley and District Sunday League in September on a former football pitch in Colne Road which has been lovingly restored after years of neglect.

1 week ago | burnleyexpress.net | Dominic Collis

Our Bygone Burnley episode today takes us to the Ribble Valley and the pretty village of Gisburn. Historian Roger Frost MBE guides us around the village with a long and fascinating history, which was historically within the West Riding of Yorkshire. We begin our video tour at Gisburne Park, which was occupied by the Lister family who purchased the estate in 1614 and in the 1730s built the hall and planted scores of trees in the park, which became populated by deer and a very special breed of cow.

2 weeks ago | burnleyexpress.net | Dominic Collis

Pendle Social Cinema is hosting two screenings for June, celebrating the summer solstice and Pride month. The volunteer-run cinema, based at The Garage, Northlight, usually screens one film a month on a pay-what-you-can basis. They are part of In-Situ arts organisation.