Burnley
‘Vile’ Labour WhatsApp group exposes toxic divisions in Andrew Gwynne’s power base
Insiders say online forum soon turned nasty and Tameside party members were notorious for ‘slagging off’ each other
Josh Halliday, Hannah Al-Othman and Peter Walker
10, Feb, 2025 @7:36 PM
Burnley MP Oliver Ryan suspended by Labour over messages on WhatsApp group
Ryan is second MP to face sanctions after emergence of details of Trigger Me Timbers group
Peter Walker and Nadeem Badshah
10, Feb, 2025 @4:40 PM
Ice-cream and ‘Nans against Nazis’: uplifting acts in face of far-right riots
There have been remarkable moments of kindness in England and Belfast as people have opposed the disorder
Neha Gohil Community affairs correspondent
08, Aug, 2024 @4:49 PM
The Burnley question: is all going to plan in Labour’s ‘most winnable seat’?
Some polls give Labour huge majority but confounding issues such as Gaza war mean things may not be so clearcut
Josh Halliday North of England editor, photography Christopher Thomond
10, Jun, 2024 @3:06 PM
Average UK person has lost out on £10,200 since 2010, thinktank says
Comparing actual economic growth across UK cities with pre-2010 trends shows Aberdeen £45,000 poorer, with Burnley next at £28,000
Richard Partington Economics correspondent
22, Jan, 2024 @6:00 AM
Burnley council leader quits over Starmer’s failure to call for Gaza ceasefire
Afrasiab Anwar, one of 11 councillors to resign, was among those who earlier asked party leader to step down
Tom Ambrose
05, Nov, 2023 @11:06 PM
Bank of Dave review – underdog story of an everyman v Eton poshos
Rory Kinnear is brilliant in this warming comedy about a Burnley businessman who took on London’s elite and won
Cath Clarke
15, Jan, 2023 @5:00 PM
When Burnley was the UK’s cultural capital | Letter
Letter: In the 1940s, the Old Vic and Sadler’s Wells ballet and opera companies took refuge in the north, writes Austen Lynch
24, Nov, 2022 @6:07 PM
David Smith obituary
Other lives: Burnley solicitor who served his Lancashire town in many ways
Rebecca Hay
23, Nov, 2022 @1:20 PM
‘It’s going to hit everyone’: warning from town with highest inflation in England
High levels of poverty and poor home energy efficiency make Burnley’s inflation rate 11.5%
Mabel Banfield-Nwachi
25, Aug, 2022 @12:28 PM
Train ticket ‘jokes’ were rooted in racism | Brief letters
Brief letters: Fictitious journeys | Online museum visits | The Tories’ view of graft | Delia’s egg-pricking instruction
Letters
17, Aug, 2022 @4:56 PM
Greens get out and about in Burnley in push for more local election success
Party believes being visible and knocking on lots of doors is helping it win votes from ‘complacent’ rivals
Peter Walker Political correspondent
19, Apr, 2022 @4:00 PM
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