The ''Nelson Leader'' is a weekly newspaper published every Friday for readers in the town of

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in Pendle, east

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. England. It is edited from the 'Leader-Times' series of newspapers' offices in Nelson.

Editorial variants

The other newspapers in the 'Leader-Times' series are: the ''Colne Times'' and ''Barnoldswick and Earby Times'', all of which are published every Friday. Usually the first few pages of editorial in the various editions differ to target news for each area, with the rest the same. The ''Nelson Leader'' was first published in 1900. The other local newspapers, the Colne Times and Barnoldswick and Earby Times also have a long history and were eventually largely incorporated into the Nelson Leader in the mid-1930s. The ''Nelson Leader'' newspaper also features news for

Barrowford Barrowford () is a large village and civil parish in the Pendle district of Lancashire, England. It is situated to the north of Nelson on the other side of the M65 motorway, and forms part of the Nelson conurbation. It also comprises the area ...

, Brierfield, Reedley,

Blacko Blacko is a village and civil parish in the Pendle district of Lancashire, England. Before local government reorganisation in 1974 the village lay on the border with the West Riding of Yorkshire. The parish has a population of 672. The villa ...

, Higherford, Higham,

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Wheatley Lane Wheatley Lane is a village in Pendle, Lancashire, England. It is close to Nelson, Barrowford and Burnley. It lies to the north of the A6068 road, known locally as the Padiham bypass, or "The New Road". Wheatley Lane is an extended village c ...

and

Roughlee Roughlee is a village in Pendle, Lancashire, England, in the civil parish of Roughlee Booth. It is close to Nelson, Barrowford and Blacko. The village lies at the foot of Pendle Hill, well known for the Pendle Witches, and includes the hamlet ...

. The ''Colne Times'' newspaper features news for

Colne Colne () is a market town and civil parish in the Borough of Pendle in Lancashire, England. Located northeast of Nelson, north-east of Burnley, east of Preston and west of Leeds. The town should not be confused with the unrelated Colne Val ...

Trawden Trawden is a village in the Trawden Forest parish of Pendle, at the foot of Boulsworth Hill, in Lancashire, England. The village co-operatively owns and runs its library, shop, community centre and pub. Activities As a way of encouraging pe ...

Foulridge Foulridge (pronounced ) is a village and civil parish in Pendle, Lancashire, close to the border with North Yorkshire in England. It is situated just beyond Colne, on the route from the M65 to Skipton, and is an important stopping point on sum ...

Laneshaw Bridge Laneshawbridge (otherwise Laneshaw Bridge) is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Pendle in England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 918. It is to the east of Colne in Lancashire and is the easternmost settlem ...

, Wycoller and

Cowling, Craven Cowling is a village, electoral division and civil parish in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated on the borders with the adjacent counties of West Yorkshire, and Lancashire. Historically part of the West Riding of ...

. The ''Barnoldswick and Earby Times'' features news for

Barnoldswick Barnoldswick (pronounced ) is a market town and civil parish in the Borough of Pendle, Lancashire, England. It is within the boundaries of the historic West Riding of Yorkshire, Barnoldswick and the surrounding areas of West Craven have be ...

Earby Earby is a town and civil parish within the Borough of Pendle, Lancashire, England. Although within the boundaries of the historic West Riding of Yorkshire, Earby has been administered by Lancashire County Council since 1974 and regularly cel ...

and villages in the

West Craven West Craven is an area in the east of Lancashire, England in the far northern part of the borough of Pendle. Historically the area was within the ancient county boundaries of Yorkshire and was administered as part of the Skipton Rural District ...

area. In 2003, according to JICREG, the newspapers had approximately 41000 readers in the Pendle area.

Local stablemates

Other sister newspapers are the ''

Burnley Express __NOTOC__ The ''Burnley Express'' is a newspaper for Burnley and Padiham, England and surrounding area. It is printed twice weekly, on Tuesday and Friday, which is the larger edition. In print since 1877, it is now part of the group JPIMedia. O ...

'', published every Tuesday and Friday, '' Padiham Express'', published every Tuesday and Friday, ''

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'', published every Thursday and the ''

Pendle Express The ''Pendle Express'' is a weekly newspaper published every Tuesday for readers in the borough of Pendle, East Lancashire, England. It is edited from offices of the ''Burnley Express'', to coincide with the midweek edition of that newspaper. ...

'', published every Tuesday. All of these titles are owned by Johnston Press, of

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References

External links

www.pendletoday.co.uk

www.burnleyexpress.net

www.clitheroeadvertiser.co.uk
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