The new council leader and executive members were appointed at an extraordinary meeting of the full council meeting following the results of the recent local elections:

Leader - Councillor Charlie Briggs

Councillor Anne Kelly has been aoppinted Mayor of Burnley 2019/20.

Here she introduces herself and some details about her background and plans for her year in office.

My name is Anne Kelly and I am the Mayor of Burnley for 2019/20.

I was born in Heywood, near Bury, but moved to Briercliffe as a small child and have lived here ever since.

I attended secondary school in Colne before moving on to Nelson and Colne College.

There are just days left for anyone wishing to have their say in the European Parliamentary Elections to ensure they are registered to vote.

More than five million voters across the North West England region will go to the polls on Thursday 23rd May to elect the region’s eight Members of the European Parliament (MEPs.)

The result of the Rosehill with Burnley Wood ward by-election, held on 11th April, is as follows:

Victoria Alker (Green) 51 votes

Philip Robert Chamberlain (Conservative) 115

Andrew John Devanney (Labour) 249

Peter Rennie McCann (Liberal Democrat) 341

Paula Christine Riley (Burnley and Padiham Independent) 154

Peter McCann is elected as councillor for the ward with a majority of 92.

Plans to create student accommodation in Burnley have been given the green light.

Burnley Council’s development control committee granted planning permission for the £9 million 136-bed building on land next to Sandygate Square.

The scheme will be developed in a partnership between the council, the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) and Barnfield Investment Properties.