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
January 2024
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
November 2023
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
January 2023
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
November 2022
When Burnley was the UK’s cultural capital
Other lives
David Smith obituary
August 2022
‘It’s going to hit everyone’: warning from town with highest inflation in England
Brief letters
Train ticket ‘jokes’ were rooted in racism
April 2022
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
January 2022
Peter Pike obituary
Labour politician whose two decades of dedicated service as MP for Burnley came out of wartime evacuation there as a schoolboy
October 2021
‘We’ve been hammered’: on the breadline in Burnley
First the pandemic, now the universal credit cut is taking a toll and there is scepticism about ‘levelling up’
July 2021
Boris Johnson urged to look into death of British woman in Pakistan
Kelsey Devlin’s family in Burnley had concerns for her welfare and want transparency over how she died
May 2021
‘Lockdowns by stealth’: what are the rules in eight areas of England?
Confusion after government’s ‘lockdown by stealth’ Covid advice
April 2021
Lost to the virus
Donna Coleman died after Covid ran riot at Burnley College. Should it have been open?
Donna, 42, was a devoted and popular member of the teaching staff. Yet at the height of the second wave, working conditions left her terrified of doing the job she loved
February 2021
From dealing drugs to delivering food: Pastor Mick on Burnley's Covid crisis – video report
Pastor Mick Fleming has devoted all of his time in this lockdown to supporting the poorest communities in Burnley. But his life hasn’t always been this way
December 2020
The Covid vaccines bring hope, but in many parts of the UK this crisis will last
John Harris
The pandemic has badly hit people who were already facing financial hardship. Guardian columnist John Harris met some of them; it was a sobering experience
August 2020
Local Covid lockdowns expected to end in parts of north-west England
Parts of England to remain in tighter coronavirus lockdown
June 2020
'White Lives Matter' plane organiser says police have offered protection
Burnley supporter says 60 people contributed to Premier League game stunt
