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AN East Lancashire charitable organisation has secured one fifth of the places on a government scheme to help young people in to work.

A Burnley partnership has been showcasing its work to improve employment opportunities in Burnley for younger people.

A new project to help unemployed residents in Burnley improve their job prospects by delivering tailored skills and support has been launched.

PUPILS, staff, parents and governors at Cloughwood Academy have been celebrating GCSE results day.

BURNLEYS Calico Group has won a share of £16million to help you people overcome the barriers to getting a job.

Deputy council leader Jack Hemingway wanted to be the partys candidate in the make-or-break Wakefield vote.

Venues that could have opened previously had opted to keep their doors slammed shut believing it was futile to open. But with the easing of restrictions, more places are once again open for business - offering a reassuring boost to the previously cautious reopening of the road only allowed to some. Ross Worboys (42) with son Max (7) visited the Historic Dockyad for Maxs birthday, accompanied by Andrew Bailey (42) and son Theo Bailey (7). Picture: Mike Cooter (220521) Sean Muns, general manager ...

A HOUSING group has unveiled 30 new paid work placement opportunities for young people. The placements were created by the Burnley-based Calico Group, which operates across the county, as part of the governments Kickstart programme which is designed to give employment opportunities to 16-24 year olds who are currently claiming universal credit. The group have created new roles for the programme at their residential care home Barley View, within their homelessness and housing service Gate...

A HOUSING group has unveiled 30 new paid work placement opportunities for young people. The placements were created by the Burnley-based Calico Group, which operates across the county, as part of the governments Kickstart programme which is designed to give employment opportunities to 16-24 year olds who are currently claiming universal credit. The group have created new roles for the programme at their residential care home Barley View, within their homelessness and housing service Gate...

Voters arrive at St. Columbas church polling station in Darlington to cast their vote in the EU referendum. Picture by Stuart Boulton.. PLANS have been laid out to enable mayoral and police commissioner elections to take place in May after numerous complications arose over voting due to the pandemic. While a host of question marks continues to hang over elections which were postponed from last May, such as whether traditional electioneering will be banned, Darlington Borough Council has mov...