__NOTOC__ The ''Burnley Express'' is a

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Burnley Burnley () is a town and the administrative centre of the wider Borough of Burnley in Lancashire, England, with a 2001 population of 73,021. It is north of Manchester and east of Preston, at the confluence of the River Calder and River ...

and

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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

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, 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

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''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 British Newspaper Archive.Digitised copies of the ''Burnley Express''
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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 The ''Nelson Leader'' is a weekly newspaper published every Friday for readers in the town of Nelson in Pendle, east Lancashire. England. It is edited from the 'Leader-Times' series of newspapers' offices in Nelson. Editorial variants The oth ...

'', ''

Colne Times Colne () is a market town and civil parish in the Borough of Pendle in Lancashire, England. Located northeast of Nelson, north-east of Burnley, east of Preston and west of Leeds. The town should not be confused with the unrelated Colne Vall ...

'' and ''

Barnoldswick and Earby Times Barnoldswick (pronounced ) is a market town and civil parish in the Borough of Pendle, Lancashire, England. It is within the boundaries of the historic West Riding of Yorkshire, Barnoldswick and the surrounding areas of West Craven have been a ...

'', published Friday; The ''

Clitheroe Advertiser and Times The ''Clitheroe Advertiser and Times'' is a weekly newspaper published every Thursday for readers in the area of Clitheroe in the Ribble Valley, east Lancashire. Its sister newspapers are the ''Burnley Express'', published every Tuesday and Frida ...

'', published Thursday; and the ''

Pendle Express The ''Pendle Express'' is a weekly newspaper published every Tuesday for readers in the borough of Pendle, East Lancashire, England. It is edited from offices of the ''Burnley Express'', to coincide with the midweek edition of that newspaper. ...

'', a variant of Tuesday's ''Burnley Express'', published Tuesday. All these titles are owned by

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External links

www.burnleyexpress.netwww.pendletoday.co.ukwww.clitheroeadvertiser.co.uk
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