THE Mayor of Padiham, Councillor Bob Clark, wishes to thank Paula Smith and her team at Padiham Life for their magnificent efforts in co-ordinating the Magic Lantern procession and the firework display,.

THE bargain event of the year takes place on Saturday at Padiham Football Club at 7.30pm. It is to celebrate the 62nd birthday of the Mayor and costs £2.50 per person.

For that, people will hear the Mayor's talented sons, Adrian, playing the saxophone and clarinet and Julian playing a variety of stringed instruments..

GORGEOUS weather ensured that the plant sale held at Gawthorpe Hall on Sunday was a tremendous success..

A session of Gardeners' Question Time was recorded for Radio Four and specialist nurseries from all over the North of England displayed their plants. Students from Myerscough College had organised an impressive display of their work.

BURNLEY Council have received a request to prune a tree covered by a protection order at 13 Arbory Drive.

THE next meeting of the parish council, usually held on the second Tuesday of the month, cannot be held until October 21, at 7pm. Members of the public are welcome.

THE next meeting of the Burnley, Hyndburn and Rossendale area committee of the Lancashire Association of Parish and Town Councils will be held in Padiham Town Hall on Monday,at 7.30pm.

HAPTON'S local beat community manager PC Tony Himyez, met with officials from the Methodist Church to discuss the possibilities of reducing vandalism around the church,.

PLANS by Margaret and Derek Allan, to build a bungalow on land which they own on Shakespeare Street, were approved by Hapton Parish Council.

HAPTON parish councillors Pat and Allan Jones attended a conference in Preston which discussed school travel plans and the ways in which the community could help to make routes to school safer. Terry Carter, head of the traffic and safety environment directorate, gave a presentation on speed limits.