AN award winning Italian cafe has been nominated for a national award.

Bosses at Bellissimo Italian coffee shop in Burnley said they are overjoyed to be nominated for the English Italian Awards.

They are one of four businesses to be nominated in the best Italian coffee shop in England out of 9,000 entries.

Lynn Scibetta, who runs the Park Lane cafe, has won the award twice before and is hoping for success again this year.

The 59-year-old said: "The competition is bigger and better than ever before and I'm so looking forward to going up against some fantastic opponents out there. We are Italians together."

The Italian Awards team celebrate people's favourite Italian venues and businesses across England.

An award ceremony will be held at the Principal Hotel in Manchester from 6pm on October 7.