Blackburn with Darwen news

• Venues can hold larger weddings with social distancing measures in place

  14-06-2021 19:42 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  Although the Government has agreed to remain at Step 3 of the road map for easing coronavirus restrictions for four more weeks, there will be a limited relaxation of rules in some areas sooner than July 19.
  
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• Latest: All 5 areas with highest Covid cases are in Lancashire

  14-06-2021 19:34 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  Blackburn with Darwen, The Ribble Valley and Hyndburn remain the areas with most number of Covid cases in the UK.
  
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• Double murder accused tried to steer blame on to schoolgirl, jury hears

  14-06-2021 18:00 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  A builder accused of murdering a doctor and her 14-year-old daughter made a “cynical attempt” to shift the blame on the schoolgirl for the deaths, a jury has heard.
  
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• Burnley footballer Ashley Barnes fined and banned after drink drive charge

  14-06-2021 17:58 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  BURNLEY and Austria international footballer Ashley Barnes has been ordered to pay a £13,000 fine and banned from driving for 12-months, after admitting to drink driving.
  
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• Burnley and Austria footballer Ashley Barnes fined and banned after drink drive charge

  14-06-2021 17:58 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  BURNLEY and Austria international footballer Ashley Barnes has been ordered to pay a £13,000 fine and banned from driving for 12-months, after admitting to drink driving.
  
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• Dog and Partridge pub landlady hits out at 'mindless idiots'

  14-06-2021 17:43 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  POLICE were called to a pub after 'mindless idiots' caused a disturbance and damaged cars. 
  
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• Bishop of Burnley to walk across county for new church building

  14-06-2021 17:31 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  THE Bishop of Burnley will walk across Lancashire from east to west on Friday to raise money towards the reopening of a redundant church hall as a community hub.
  
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• Tockholes farm riding paddock provokes village fears

  14-06-2021 17:00 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  THE creation of an all-weather paddock for horse riding at a West Pennine Moors farm has been recommended for approval by councillors.
  
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• Ribble Valley’s Black Bull Inn announce a temporary closure

  14-06-2021 16:52 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Black Bull team in Ribble Valley will close for four days thanks to "kitchen failures" and absences due to NHS Test and Trace alerts.
  
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• Covid lockdown lifting delay 'incredibly disappointing'

  14-06-2021 15:45 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  AN East Lancashire business boss has branded any delay in lifting the last set of lockdown restrictions by four weeks 'incredibly disappointing'.
  
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• Business fears over lockdown lifting delay

  14-06-2021 15:45 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  AN East Lancashire business boss has branded any delay in lifting the last set of lockdown restrictions by four weeks 'incredibly disappointing'.
  
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• Three arrested during early morning drug raids in Burnley

  14-06-2021 15:41 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  THREE men have been arrested following a series of early morning raids at properties in East Lancashire.
  
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• Appeal after 'number of Asian men and several vehicles' involved in 'serious disorder'

  14-06-2021 15:34 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police are appealing for information following a serious violent disorder incident involving a number of Asian men and several vehicles.
  
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• Christian Eriksen: Defibrillator sites in Blackburn

  14-06-2021 15:30 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  A defibrillator saved Christian Eriksen's life at the weekend- here's where you can find some in and around Blackburn.
  
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• 'Historic' rule change will allow more gay and bisexual men to donate blood

  14-06-2021 15:28 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  The new eligibility rules came into effect on World Blood Donor Day today (Monday 14 June).
  
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• 6 lockdown rules set to remain in place ahead of Boris Johnson's speech

  14-06-2021 14:26 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  Boris Johnson will be accompanied by Professor Chris Whitty and Sir Patrick Vallance during today's Downing Street press conference.
  
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• 'Freedom Day' to be delayed by four weeks - live updates

  14-06-2021 14:13 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  The latest on the legal restrictions on social contact and what it means from June 21
  
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• 'Freedom Day' to be delayed by four weeks

  14-06-2021 14:13 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  The latest on the legal restrictions on social contact and what it means from June 21
  
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• 'Freedom Day' delayed by four weeks - live updates

  14-06-2021 14:13 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  The latest on the legal restrictions on social contact and what it means from June 21
  
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• Yellow weather warning as thunderstorms to hit parts of East Lancashire

  14-06-2021 14:04 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  A yellow weather warning for thunderstorms has been issued for parts of East Lancashire.
  
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• Great Harwood care home downgraded over medicine and equipment safety concerns

  14-06-2021 13:43 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  A care home has been downgraded after inspectors from the Care Quality Commission found shortfalls in medicine management, infection control and recruitment management.
  
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• SAS: Who Dares Wins is looking for new contestants- can you pass the fitness test?

  14-06-2021 13:17 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  Are you fit enough to apply for the seventh series of Channel 4's SAS: Who Dares Wins?
  
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• Ribble Valley Tory body joins Parliamentary boundary fight

  14-06-2021 13:00 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  RIBBLE Valley Conservative Association is consulting its member and local residents on opposing the Electoral Commission's controversial proposals for a revised Parliamentary constituency for the area.
  
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• The data behind the delay in ending lockdown and why Lancashire could be blamed

  14-06-2021 12:55 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to announce a delay to the final easing of coronavirus restrictions in England, which had been planned for June 21.
  
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• Building work begins on new Burnley kidney dialysis centre

  14-06-2021 12:46 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  BUILDING work has started on a new kidney dialysis centre in Burnley, due to open in September.
  
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• Dispersal order issued after large group seen fighting with machetes and bats

  14-06-2021 12:23 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  A dispersal order has been put in place covering a large area of a town after a 'violent incident' involving a group armed with machetes and bats occurred in the early hours of Monday morning.
  
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• Updates as Aya Hachem murder trial continues

  14-06-2021 10:56 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  Updates from court as Aya Hachem murder trial continues
  
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• Appeal for dashcam footage following crash between bike and Mercedes on A59

  14-06-2021 10:50 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police are appealing for dashcam footage following a crash between a bike and a Mercedes.
  
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• Man who hid people in sofas and smuggled them to UK jailed at Preston Crown Court

  14-06-2021 10:41 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man has been jailed after pleading guilty to smuggling people into the country hidden in sofas and armchairs.
  
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• Pupils suspended after copies of Holy Quran desecrated at school

  14-06-2021 10:11 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  Two pupils have been suspended at a Preston school after copies of the Quran were 'desecrated'.
  
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• Climber airlifted to hospital after falling down quarry close to Pendle Hill

  14-06-2021 10:11 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man had to be air lifted to hospital after falling down a quarry.
  
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• Lancashire school launches investigation after copies of Quran desecrated in front of students

  14-06-2021 09:37 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  Two students have been suspended from a high school after copies of the Quran were brought into the school and desecrated in front of other students.
  
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• Tesco and Asda issues urgent product recall for contact lens solution

  14-06-2021 09:22 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  SUPERMARKETS are urgently recalling contact lens solution over a chemical fault.
  
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• The Grey Mare forced to close as staff told to self-isolate

  14-06-2021 09:00 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  Another East Lancashire pub has been forced to close its doors due to the coronavirus.
  
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• Boris Johnson set to announce four week delay to lockdown lifting

  14-06-2021 08:37 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  Boris Johnson is facing a furious backlash from Tory MPs as he prepares to put the final lifting of coronavirus lockdown restrictions in England on hold.
  
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• Driver wanted for 7 offences by neighbouring police force arrested on M6

  14-06-2021 08:27 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  A driver wanted for seven offences was arrested after being stopped by police on the motorway.
  
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• East Lancashire sewer works needed its own 'aqueduct'

  14-06-2021 07:03 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  It may look at first glance like an unlikely stop for a picnic, but this photograph from July 1965 actually shows a surveyor unloading equipment from his car boot to check on the new bridge being built to carry the main sewer over the brook at Samlesbury to the nearby sewage works
  
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• NHS: Scientists set for further strikes at Royal Blackburn and Burnley General hospitals

  14-06-2021 06:00 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  STRIKING biomedical scientists at East Lancashire hospitals are set to continue their dispute and say the NHS has refused their offer of talks.
  
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• Darwen: Belgrave Bootique reopens at Railway Road premises

  14-06-2021 06:00 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  A LADIES clothes shop reopened to the public at a 'bigger and better' new home last week.
  
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• Blackburn: Westholme School pays tribute to former deputy head Pat Cave

  14-06-2021 06:00 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  PUPILS, staff and parents at one of Blackburn's most prestigious schools have paid tribute after the death of a former deputy head.
  
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• Football fans enjoy England game from Ewood Park screen

  13-06-2021 20:00 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  FOOTBALL fans relaxed in the sun as they watched England beat Croatia yesterday afternoon.
  
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• East Lancashire is biggest Covid hotspot in country, new figures show

  13-06-2021 18:08 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  THE top five worst boroughs for coronavirus infection rates were ALL in East Lancashire, according to the newest figures.
  
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• Ribble Valley: Clitheroe Road, Waddington reopened after closure

  13-06-2021 15:54 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  A section of road has been reopened after having been closed earlier today following a collision.
  
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• Ribble Valley: Clitheroe Road, Waddington closed after collision

  13-06-2021 15:54 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  A SECTION of a road has been closed due to a collision, with the North West Air Ambulance service called into action.
  
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• Rishton: Crews tackle Hermitage Street waste fire

  13-06-2021 10:26 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  A WASTE fire broke out at a disused commercial property yesterday.
  
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• Chorley: Police report busy night with wide range of incidents

  13-06-2021 09:21 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  POLICE officers have reported a busy Saturday night including dealing with an overdose, rescuing a woman from a canal and several crimes.
  
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• Nelson: Concerns grow for missing Kathleen McGarvey

  13-06-2021 08:43 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  CONCERNS are growing for a woman who has been missing since Wednesday.
  
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• Blackburn: Appeal to find missing Kayla Castle

  13-06-2021 08:26 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  CONCERNS are growing for a woman from Blackburn who has been missing since Friday.
  
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• Survey photo explains lack of buses of Blackburn Boulevard

  13-06-2021 07:00 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  A COUPLE of weeks ago in our ‘Way We Were’ feature we printed a photograph of Blackburn Boulevard.
  
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• How East Lancashire Wetherspoons got their names

  13-06-2021 07:00 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  You might have noticed that every Wetherspoons across the country has an entirely unique name- and these aren’t chose randomly.
  
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