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What to do, where to go, who to know – our mission is to showcase our town and its people and show what a great place Burnley is to study, live and work.
Riots, Not Diets – A Personal Trainer with a Difference
Sitting across from Charlotte De Curtis, she’s exactly like she is online, in real life. Fun, bubbly and straight-talking. At thirty years old, Charlotte is forming her own empire. A personal trainer, eating psychology coach [...]
A Cut Above the Rest: Simon Townley
Meet Simon Townley; a Burnley-born hairstylist who spent Summer 2018 in Russia with the England football team, runs his own training academy and salon on St James Street and, most recently, has worked on the [...]
Step into the virtual world of Vizeh
Liam Waddington, or ‘Vizeh’ as he’s known to his army of followers is a YouTube sensation from Burnley. With 171k subscribers and counting on his channel, Vizeh vlogs from his bedroom about Burnley FC, FIFA, [...]
It’s a piece of cake for Bella’s Bakes
From mermaid and unicorn cakes to Fortnight and Harry Potter inspired designs, young Burnley entrepreneur Hannah Greenwood, 24, is attracting sweet toothed shoppers from all over the region to her bakery, Bella’s Bakes. Originally learning [...]
The Empire Strikes Back!
“My only regret in life that I didn’t drink enough champagne,”said John Maynard Keynes, British economist and philosopher. Well, it’s a shame he couldn’t have ventured to Burnley town centre to visit its newest bar [...]
Motion meets Meditation: Find your Balance in Burnley
Strength, flexibility and balance are just some of the things you can gain by practicing Tai Chi. From the ancient world of China to the streets of Burnley, Helena Kean and David Pelling from [...]
Meet Dexter: Burnley’s Flipping Scooter Champ
Dexter Williams is a 17-year-old scooter rider from Burnley with a social following of over 20k. What started out as a hobby at Queen’s Park has since turned into to the next level in scootering [...]