RESIDENTS in Brierfield can now surf the net and discover new interests at the town's cyber cafe.

The facility, at the corner of Colne Road and Halifax Road, was set up by community group, Brierfield Action in the Community.

It has five internet connections and is open seven days a week.

The project has been planned over 16 months and funded by Brierfield Town Council, Pendle Partnerships and Pendle Council.

The cafe will work in partnership with Pendle Community Link and the Learning and Skills Council to enable people to learn about computers by using the free facilities.

The venue is just one of 19 Pendle Community Link IT centres being developed over the next three years by Northern Technologies and Pendle Community Network with funding from Pendle Partnership.