Blackburn with Darwen news

• EFL: Bizarre bus breakdowns, historic records and a debut to forget

  26-09-2020 20:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A coronavirus-related bus breakdown, a historic start to the season and a debut to forget - five things you may have missed from the EFL.
  
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• Tens of thousands of pounds of jewellery stolen in raid at shop in Ormskirk

  26-09-2020 20:10
  
  A SHOP owner was threatened with an angle grinder in a "terrifying" robbery at a jewellers in Ormskirk in which tens of thousands of pounds worth of goods were stolen.
  
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• Preston North End 0-1 Stoke City: Potters beat 10-man Preston for first league win

  26-09-2020 19:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Lee Gregory's goal sees Stoke City win for the first time in the league this season they beat 10-man Preston North End.
  
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• Burnley has HIGHEST rolling seven-day rate of new coronavirus cases in country – Blackburn with Darwen is 10th

  26-09-2020 18:59
  
  BURNLEY now has the highest rolling seven-day rate of new coronavirus cases in the country.
  
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• Bolton's rolling seven-day rate of new coronavirus cases drops from highest in country to 4th

  26-09-2020 18:59
  
  BURNLEY now has the highest rolling seven-day rate of new coronavirus cases in the country.
  
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• Accrington Stanley 1-4 Oxford United

  26-09-2020 18:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Oxford celebrate their first league win of the season with victory over 10-man Accrington.
  
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• Derby County 0-4 Blackburn Rovers: Bradley Johnson shines as Rams slip to third loss

  26-09-2020 18:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Blackburn score three goals in five first-half minutes on their way to a thumping victory over Derby at Pride Park.
  
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• CORONAVIRUS: Social club closes after THREE cases of virus who visited venue

  26-09-2020 14:28
  
  A BURNLEY social club has shut for a deep clean after concerns over three customers tested positive for coronavirus.
  
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• £10k fine for organisers of wedding party

  26-09-2020 14:07
  
  A £10,000 fixed penalty notice (FPN) has been issued to the organiser of a wedding party - where 70 people were present.
  
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• APPEAL: Police step up patrols after attempted abduction of two girls

  26-09-2020 12:51
  
  Police have stepped up patrols to find a man who attempted to lure two young girls into his van.
  
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• Man in hi-vis jacket suffers serious assault outside takeaway

  26-09-2020 11:52
  
  POLICE are appealing for the public's help after a serious assault outside a takeaway.
  
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• IN PICTURES: LANCASHIRE'S worst examples of parking

  26-09-2020 11:50
  
  IT is one of every driver's pet peeves - poor parking in car parks or just on the roadside.
  
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• Drink-drive woman crashed as she searched for missing boyfriend

  26-09-2020 11:50
  
  A WOMAN who crashed her car while on an early morning mission to find her boyfriend was more than double the legal drink-drive limit.
  
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• Five luxury hotels and apartments in East Lancashire

  26-09-2020 10:00
  
  Have you ever wanted to take a peek inside some of the most luxurious and grandeous hotels and apartments in East Lancashire?
  
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• Burnley has second worst rate for coronavirus infections nationally

  26-09-2020 09:24
  
  BURNLEY has one of the worst rates of coronavirus in the country, according to latest figures.
  
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• Students told to self-isolate after 127 tested positive for coronavirus

  26-09-2020 09:03
  
  Hundreds of students in Manchester have been told to self-isolate after 127 of them tested positive for coronavirus.
  
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• Blackburns’s most dangerous roads for cyclists

  26-09-2020 09:00
  
  Blackburn’s most dangerous roads for cyclists have been revealed.
  
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• Roof man ends his 13-hour stand-off with police in town centre

  26-09-2020 08:51
  
  A MAN ended his roof-top protest of throwing bricks in Blackburn town centre just after midnight.
  
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• Roof man ends his 12-hour stand-off with police in town centre

  26-09-2020 08:51
  
  A MAN ended his roof-top protest of throwing bricks in Blackburn town centre just after midnight.
  
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• Appeal to find missing man and woman with links to Burnley and Nelson

  26-09-2020 08:11
  
  POLICE are becoming increasingly concerned for the welfare of a missing man and woman.
  
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• Remembering the excitement of a Blackburn market day

  26-09-2020 07:00
  
  ACROSS East Lancashire, market day has always meant something special.
  
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• If you are going to panic buy this time…buy something useful

  26-09-2020 07:00
  
  The thing with history is, as we all know, it has a funny way of repeating itself. It is six months since we all hurried to the shops to buy stuff we didn’t really need and some are doing it again.
  
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• Feast your eyes on these magnificent photos of East Lancs

  26-09-2020 07:00
  
  We are always impressed by the efforts of the Lancashire Telegraph Camera Club members but this week they have excelled themselves.
  
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• Shuiab Khan column: Should bog roll be the no.1 item on a panic buyer's list?

  26-09-2020 06:58
  
  The thing with history is, as we all know, it has a funny way of repeating itself. It is six months since we all hurried to the shops to buy stuff we didn’t really need and some are doing it again.
  
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• Nightclub bouncer broke drunken clubber's nose

  26-09-2020 06:49
  
  A CLUBBER was attacked by a bouncer after he had been ejected from a Burnley nightclub.
  
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• Motocross bike rider who was banned from roads caused multi-car crash

  26-09-2020 06:36
  
  A DISQUALIFIED driver caused a multi vehicle collision as he drove a motocross bike home from buying it with a pillion passenger on the back.
  
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• Sweary crash driver was over legal booze limit

  26-09-2020 06:34
  
  A ROLLING row between two motorists ended with one running into the back of the other.
  
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• Coronavirus testing centre at Royal Blackburn set to run until March 2021

  26-09-2020 06:30
  
  A CORONAVIRUS testing centre near Royal Blackburn Hospital will be in operation until the end of March.
  
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• JAILED: Man broke restraining order with 5am visit to ex's house

  26-09-2020 06:26
  
  A MAN jailed for breaching a restraining order went round to his former partner's home within four days of his release and committed another breach.
  
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• Teen who raped seven-year-old girl avoids custody despite concerns over psychopathic tendencies

  26-09-2020 06:11
  
  A 13-YEAR-OLD boy who raped a seven-year-old girl on more than one occasion over a period of four months has been spared a custodial sentence.
  
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• COVID-19 Manufacturing Cluster: Group formed by Nelson firm calls for more government coronavirus support

  26-09-2020 06:09
  
  AN EAST LANCASHIRE manufacturing company is leading a new group aiming to coordinate business responses to the coronavirus pandemic and to call for the government to do more to support small and medium sized enterprises as the economic impact of the crisis continues to bite.
  
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• BIBA Awards: Employee Hero Award for Cube HR of Burnley's Claire Thwaite

  26-09-2020 06:09
  
  A BURNLEY human resources manager has been awarded the title of Employee Hero at this year’s BIBA Heroes Awards thanks to the help she’s given to over 60 local businesses during the pandemic.
  
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• Darwen shop re-opens in push to recoup thousands lost during lockdown

  26-09-2020 06:07
  
  The East Lancashire Hospice has finally reopened its shops and warehouse following a closure period over lockdown, which saw the charity lose thousands in essential funding.
  
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• Mum opens Bacup boutique after losing job

  26-09-2020 06:06
  
  A MUM of three turned her life around and started a boutique after finding herself without a job in lockdown.
  
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• In a time of crisis it's clear that Boris is no Churchill

  26-09-2020 06:00
  
  APPARENTLY, Boris Johnson is a great admirer of Winston Churchill and like Churchill he is Prime Minister during a crisis.
  
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• Thief's Blackburn Townsmoor Retail Park spree

  26-09-2020 05:41
  
  A MAN who travelled to Blackburn for two shoplifting sprees has been jailed.
  
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