Asda boss Roger Burnley departs after the supermarket’s £7bn takeover 

Asda boss Roger Burnley departs after the supermarket’s debt-fuelled £7bn takeover By Mark Shapland For The Daily Mail Published: 22:01 GMT, 18 March 2021 | Updated: 22:01 GMT, 18 March 2021 Asda’s boss has announced plans to step down just weeks after the supermarket’s debt fuelled £6.8billion takeover. Roger Burnley, who took charge in 2018, … Read more

I’m A Celebrity’s Jordan North receives message from Burnley manager Sean Dyche

‘That means the world to me!’ I’m A Celebrity’s Jordan North is left STUNNED as he receives message from Burnley manager Sean Dyche after calling Turf Moor is ‘happy place’ By Olivia Wheeler For Mailonline Published: 09:44 GMT, 5 December 2020 | Updated: 09:44 GMT, 5 December 2020 He helped garner attention for his beloved … Read more

Burnley pensioner tells reporter he’s ‘bloody miserable’ in lockdown

‘I’m bloody miserable – pubs are shut’: Burnley pensioner’s no-nonsense reply when reporter asks him how he’s feeling after I’m a Celebrity’s Jordan North said town’s Turf Moor stadium was his ‘happy place’ Pensioner was stopped by sports correspondent David Chisnall outside stadium  He said: ‘I’m bloody miserable – pubs are shut. What do you … Read more

Wayne Rooney tests NEGATIVE for coronavirus but is ‘angry’ at still having to isolate

Wayne Rooney tests NEGATIVE for coronavirus but is ‘angry and disappointed’ at still having to isolate for 14 days with his family after being visited by a friend who was later found to have tested positive for COVID-19 Derby’s Wayne Rooney was visited by friend Josh Bardsley to give him a watch  The friend was … Read more

Fan fury could force U-turn on £14.95 pay-per-view price for non-televised matches

Fan fury could force U-turn by the Premier League on their £14.95 pay-per-view price for non-televised matches next week The live games don’t form part of current Sky or BT subscription packages  Each game will cost £14.95 to view with service launching on October 17  Manchester United’s trip to Newcastle among the first games screened … Read more

Sky Sports and BT Sport set to unveil new Premier League pay-per-view service

EXCLUSIVE: Premier League fans forced to pay even more to watch their team! Sky Sports and BT Sport set to unveil new pay-per-view service to show extra top-flight games as crowds are still kept away from stadiums Premier League’s main UK broadcasters to reveal new pay-per-view service An extra selection of top-flight games will be … Read more

Burnley is now England’s Covid hotspot with 228 new cases in seven days

Here is the list in full. From left to right, it reads: name of local authority; rate of new cases in the seven days to September 23; number (in brackets) of new cases recorded in the seven days to September 23; rate of new cases in the seven days to September 16; number (in brackets) … Read more

Football fans won’t be allowed to sing or chant when they return to stadiums next month

Football fans will be allowed back into stadiums NEXT MONTH as the Government ease up on lockdown rules for sport… but capacity will be capped and spectators ‘must sign a code of behaviour that could include a ban on singing’ Fans could be allowed back into football stadiums again from next month Their return could … Read more

Football fans won’t be allowed to sing or chant when they return to stadiums

Football fans will be allowed back into stadiums NEXT MONTH as the Government ease up on lockdown rules for sport… but capacity will be capped and spectators ‘must sign a code of behaviour that could include a ban on singing’ Fans could be allowed back into football stadiums again from next month Their return could … Read more

MARTIN SAMUEL: Racism may not be inside Burnley FC, but it is building up all around it

Steven Smith runs a dry stone-wall business out of Cliviger in Lancashire. He once chained himself to the railings at Burnley town hall in protest at a twinning project with a location in Pakistan, and took to walking the streets in a wooden sandwich board displaying his views on immigration, Islam and political correctness. Sometimes … Read more