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, 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

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. One variant is the ''Padiham Express'', with the first few pages being specific to Padiham. Much of the content is also available, on the website of the newspaper.

History

The newspaper was founded as the ''Burnley Express and East Lancashire Observer'', by printer George Frankland, from Preston, as an eight-page penny weekly. It was politically

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. It merged with the ''Burnley Advertiser'' in 1880, becoming the ''Burnley Express and Advertiser'', and in 1886, it became the ''Burnley Express and Clitheroe Division Advertiser''. It became the ''Express and News'', after merging with the liberal ''Burnley News'', in 1933. Historical copies of the ''Burnley Express'', dating back to 1877, are available to search and view in digitised form, at the

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. The newspaper's headquarters were for many years located in Burnley Town Centre with its printworks on Bull Street on the corner with Manchester Road.

Readership

According to JICREG in 2003, the newspapers had approximately 50,000 readers for the editions on Friday, and 39,000 for the editions on Tuesday.East Lancashire Newspapers stats

Sister papers

Sister papers are the '' Nelson Leader'', '' Colne Times'' and '' Barnoldswick and Earby Times'', published Friday; The ''

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'', published Thursday; and the '' Pendle Express'', a variant of Tuesday's ''Burnley Express'', published Tuesday. All these titles are owned by

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External links

Official website

Digitised copies of the ''Burnley Express''
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