Blackburn with Darwen news

• Rovers star Ronnie Clayton brought crowds to shop opening

  04-07-2020 17:00 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  YOU wouldn’t expect crowds to gather to watch a new dry cleaners opening.
  
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• Motorists warned to avoid road near M65 after accident

  04-07-2020 13:28 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  ONE lane of a road leading to a Lancashire motorway remains closed after an accident this morning.
  
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• 'Drug driver' drove for 19 miles on M65 with three wheels

  04-07-2020 10:24 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  A 'DRUG driver' was arrested after being caught by police driving on M65 with three wheels.
  
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• Investigation over fears about water at Rishton Paper Mill after sickness and diarrhoea bug fears

  04-07-2020 10:00 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  AN investigation has been launched over reports of children becoming ill after going in the water at Rishton Paper Mill in Hyndburn.
  
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• Investigation into water at Rishton Paper Mill after sickness and diarrhoea bug fears

  04-07-2020 10:00 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  AN investigation has been launched over reports of children becoming ill after going in the water at Rishton Paper Mill in Hyndburn.
  
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• How many of these East Lancashire churches do you recognise?

  04-07-2020 07:00 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  SOME of them are still very much part of their communities whereas others have sadly closed and been demolished.
  
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• Road-ban man who refused to stop driving 'changes his tune after spell on remand'

  04-07-2020 06:53 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  A DISQUALIFIED driver caught behind the wheel three times in as many months told police he was addicted to driving and wouldn't stop.
  
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• Driver stopped on A59 by police 'had no idea he was banned'

  04-07-2020 06:44 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  A DISQUALIFIED driver stopped on the A59 was “shocked” when police told him he was banned.
  
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• Mosque volunteers' huge effort to deliver food to vulnerable in Blackburn and Darwen

  04-07-2020 06:35 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  MOSQUE volunteers have distributed more than 70,000 food packs during the coronavirus pandemic.
  
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• 5 historic East Lancashire pubs you can visit on Super Saturday

  04-07-2020 06:30 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  THE lockdown on pubs is being lifted today, in a day that pub goers are calling ‘UK Independence day’ and ‘Super Saturday’.
  
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• Council launch website to show of plans for Haslingden's National Lottery funding bid

  04-07-2020 06:18 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  A NEW website is being launched to back Haslingden’s bid for National Lottery funding to regenerate the town.
  
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• Works to take place by end of year on some of Hyndburn's worst roads for potholes

  04-07-2020 06:17 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  IMPROVEMENTS to roads in Hyndburn are set to go ahead with work set to start on six projects by the autumn.
  
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• Michelin-starred East Lancs restaurant reveals reopening date and plans

  04-07-2020 06:17 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  ONE of East Lancashire's top fine-dining restaurants has revealed it is getting ready to reopen after the coronavirus lockdown.
  
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• Coaching industry: East Lancs firm Coachways attends Honk for Hope rally

  04-07-2020 06:08 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  AN EAST Lancashire coach company has taken part in a public “Honk for Hope” rally to raise awareness about the challenges the coaching industry has faced during the pandemic period.
  
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• Pubs reopening: "We want people to feel safe and to be safe"

  04-07-2020 06:07 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  PUBS all over the UK will be reopening today, but although this may be the moment thousands of patrons have waited for, they cannot expect a return to normality straight away. JOE HARRIGAN reports on how one Blackburn pub is preparing to open its doors and keep customers safe.
  
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• Post-Covid funding to ‘level up’ Nelson a 'drop in the ocean'

  04-07-2020 06:07 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  A NEW package of funding – as part of a ‘new deal’ announced by the government – will give Nelson up to £1million to spend on improvements.
  
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• Top spot for Blackburn's Euro Garages in official Sunday Times league table

  04-07-2020 06:05 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  AN East Lancashire business which has donated millions of pounds to the NHS has been ranked second in a league table of the country’s top 100 private companies.
  
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• Out of the frying pan into the fryer - Darwen chippy bounces back from coronavirus

  04-07-2020 06:05 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  A TOWN’S chippy that has stood the test of time for decades before lockdown forced its closure has reopened.
  
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• Dad started YouTube cooking channel to raise BAME organ donation awareness

  04-07-2020 06:05 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  A LIVER transplant recipient has started a YouTube channel during lockdown boredom to raise awareness around BAME organ donation.
  
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• Pubs reopening: Why not all East Lancashire pubs will be back on July 4

  04-07-2020 06:04 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  PUB AND bar patrons around East Lancashire and across the country are anticipating the reopening of the nation’s hospitality trade with mixed feelings as July 4 approaches.
  
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• Blackburn actor in National Youth Film Academy film Hell or High Water

  04-07-2020 06:04 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  YOU NG actor Zain Ali wants to challenge the stereotype of young Asians in Blackburn.
  
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• Whalley couple to celebrate 50 years of marriage via video call as lockdown scuppers celebration plans

  04-07-2020 06:01 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  IT’S been 50 years in the making, but for one East Lancashire couple, plans to celebrate their golden wedding anniversary have unfortunately been put on hold for a little while longer.
  
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• IN PICTURES: From Beat Herder to Restricted Rocks - the East Lancashire festivals we'll miss in 2020

  04-07-2020 06:00 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  From welly-wearing washouts to sunny days in fields - so far 2020 has seen most of East Lancashire's music festivals called-off due to the coronavirus.
  
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• Fleetwood Town 1-4 Wycombe Wanderers: Gareth Ainsworth's side take control of play-off semi-final

  03-07-2020 23:04 via bbc.co.uk
  Wycombe thrash nine-man Fleetwood in a breathtaking League One play-off semi-final which sees three goals in the first six minutes.
  
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• 29-year-old arrested on suspicion of attempted murder following Blackburn stabbing

  03-07-2020 22:03 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  A 29-year-old has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a man was stabbed in the neck, head and arm in Blackburn.
  
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• Jim Bentley: AFC Fylde boss to have heart bypass surgery

  03-07-2020 20:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  AFC Fylde manager Jim Bentley is to undergo heart bypass surgery after a blockage in one of his arteries was discovered.
  
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• Premier League fixtures: BBC to show Burnley v Wolves

  03-07-2020 20:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The BBC will show Burnley v Wolves on 15 July as its fourth free-to-air Premier League match.
  
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• Coronavirus: How will local lockdowns work?

  03-07-2020 20:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A local lockdown has been introduced to stop the spread of Covid-19 in Leicester - but how will it work?
  
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• The East Lancashire pubs that aren’t reopening in time for Super Saturday

  03-07-2020 19:41 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  MANY pubs in Lancashire are preparing to open tomorrow, Saturday, excited to welcome back their old customers.
  
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• Blackpool Illuminations to celebrate 50 'Corona Heroes'

  03-07-2020 17:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  People are being asked to nominate NHS and other key workers to feature in Blackpool Illuminiations.
  
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• Masked Spar knifepoint robber jailed

  03-07-2020 17:28 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man has been jailed for a knifepoint shop robbery in Burnley.
  
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• Celebrations in lockdown

  03-07-2020 17:05 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  WE know that your celebrations haven’t been up to the standards that they could have been if you weren’t in lockdown.
  
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• Coronavirus deaths in East Lancashire care homes double AGAIN in new figures

  03-07-2020 16:32 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  NEW figures have shown that almost 20,000 care home residents have died after contracting the coronavirus.
  
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• Cash and jewellery stolen by woman pretending to be from deaf charity

  03-07-2020 16:16 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  JEWELLERY and cash was stolen from several properties in a village after a woman entered homes asking to use the toilet.
  
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• Lap dancer won Hollywood trip to meet Christina Aguilera

  03-07-2020 16:00 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  LUCKY lap-dancer Karen McIntyre won a competition to meet her favourite pop idol in one of the world’s most glamorous cities in 2004.
  
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• Two overseas players allowed in County Championship & One-Day Cup from 2021

  03-07-2020 15:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Two overseas players will be allowed in County Championship and One-Day Cup teams from the 2021 season.
  
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• Coronavirus: What are social distancing and lockdown rules?

  03-07-2020 15:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Social distancing and lockdown rules are changing in England - but what can you now do?
  
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• David Starkey resigns from university role over slavery comments

  03-07-2020 14:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Cambridge University accepts David Starkey's resignation, saying: "We do not tolerate racism."
  
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• Coronavirus: Where can I now go on holiday in the UK?

  03-07-2020 13:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Where can I go and what can do on a holiday in the UK?
  
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• Officers responding to reports of kidnapping find boy in neighbour's home

  03-07-2020 13:04 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  OFFICER responding to a report of a kidnapping found the boy in a neighbour’s home after rushing to the scene.
  
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• 3,600 cases of Lancashire coronavirus revealed in new statistics

  03-07-2020 12:36 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  LANCASHIRE has seen over 3,600 more cases of coronavirus than official statistics have previously shown, new figures reveal.
  
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• Teenage girl missing since leaving her home yesterday lunchtime

  03-07-2020 12:02 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  CONCERNS are growing for the welfare of a teenager who hasn’t been seen since yesterday afternoon.
  
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• Burnley dispersal order: groups of men hurl abuse at officers

  03-07-2020 10:56 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  POLICE horses and their officers were targeted by a group of males who hurled abuse and threw items at them.
  
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• APPEAL: Wanted man threatened police officer with needle

  03-07-2020 09:37 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police in Blackpool have issued CCTV images of a man wanted in connection with a number of offences.
  
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• Blackburn with Darwen's £20million black hole - and worries it could deepen further if Covid spikes again - Accrington Observer

  03-07-2020 09:33 via lancs.live
  
  Blackburn with Darwen's £20million black hole - and worries it could deepen further if Covid spikes again  Accrington Observer
  
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• Drivers snared not wearing their seat belts on these East Lancashire roads

  03-07-2020 08:05 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  ELEVEN drivers who were not wearing their seatbelts were snared by officers in a traffic van.
  
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• Darwen soldier who kept going back for more is remembered

  03-07-2020 07:00 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  Darwen historian Tony Foster reveals more about a persistent war hero
  
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• 50 YEARS ON: The Dan Air flight horror which shocked E Lancs

  03-07-2020 07:00 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  FIFTY years ago, shortly after 4pm, Dan Air flight 1903 took off from Manchester Airport bound for Barcelona.
  
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• Public health column: We're some distance from a Leicester lockdown

  03-07-2020 06:58 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  LEICESTER has had to go into an extended lockdown for a further two weeks.
  
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• E Lancs NHS pain consultant opens private clinic

  03-07-2020 06:56 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  AFTER more than 32 years working in the NHS a pain management consultant has opened his own private state-of-the-art clinic in Haslingden.
  
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