Blackburn with Darwen news

• Police searching for man after girl made to remove clothes

  29-10-2020 19:40
  
  POLICE investigating an incident where a teenage girl was led into woods and made to remove items of clothing have released an EvoFit of a suspect.
  
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• Blackburn with Darwen infection rate reaches record high after passing 800 mark - Lancs Live

  29-10-2020 19:37
  
  Blackburn with Darwen infection rate reaches record high after passing 800 mark  Lancs Live
  
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• Covid rules: Social club tier 3 'loophole' closed

  29-10-2020 18:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Some social clubs had been selling alcohol without food after being told this was allowed.
  
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• Blackburn with Darwen coronavirus infection rate hits a new high - Lancashire Telegraph

  29-10-2020 18:30
  
  Blackburn with Darwen coronavirus infection rate hits a new high  Lancashire Telegraph
  
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• Blackburn with Darwen coronavirus infection rate hits a new high

  29-10-2020 18:28
  
  THE coronavirus infection rate in Blackburn with Darwen - England's worst affected place - has exceeded 800 cases per 100,000 people for the first time.
  
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• Lancashire's hospitals record highest daily increase in Coronavirus deaths since May

  29-10-2020 17:44
  
  LANCASHIRE'S hospitals have reported more coronavirus-related deaths in the last 24-hours than in any single day since May.
  
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• Flooding across East Lancashire disrupts travel - but homes expected to be okay

  29-10-2020 17:35
  
  FLOODING is affecting travel services across East Lancashire, with water expected to build up on low lying land and roads in Blackburn and Darwen.
  
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• Bobby Ball: Cannon & Ball star dies aged 76 after Covid-19 diagnosis

  29-10-2020 16:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The star was one half of comedy duo Cannon & Ball and appeared in Last of the Summer Wine.
  
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• Blackburn with Darwen Council's extra cash for half-term food - Lancashire Telegraph

  29-10-2020 15:31
  
  Blackburn with Darwen Council's extra cash for half-term food  Lancashire Telegraph
  
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• Blackburn with Darwen Council's extra cash for half-term food

  29-10-2020 15:31
  
  BLACKBURN with Darwen Council has invested additional cash into providing food for poor families over the half-term break after the MPs voted against extending vouchers for children entitled to free school meals.
  
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• Covid rules: Social club tier 3 clarification over alcohol

  29-10-2020 15:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Some social clubs had been selling alcohol without food after being told this was allowed.
  
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• Cormac: Darwen boy's record deal after singing for Nannie

  29-10-2020 15:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Recording a song for his Nannie led to a record deal for 11-year-old Lancashire schoolboy Cormac.
  
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• Police seek man in CCTV after Accrington man pushed to floor and robbed of iPhone

  29-10-2020 13:22
  
  A man had to be taken to hospital after being pushed to the floor and robbed of his iPhone.
  
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• Working men's club Tier 3 exemption loophole CLOSED by government

  29-10-2020 12:38
  
  Social clubs and members only clubs that were hoping to use a loophole in Tier 3 restrictions so they could remain open without serving food have been told they will now need to CLOSE.
  
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• Blackburn son's plea for people to take coronavirus lightly after losing both his parents

  29-10-2020 12:34
  
  BLACKBURN son is pleading that people take coronavirus seriously after losing both his parents within days of each other to the virus.
  
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• Blackburn son's plea for people to not take coronavirus lightly after losing both his parents

  29-10-2020 12:34
  
  BLACKBURN son is pleading that people take coronavirus seriously after losing both his parents within days of each other to the virus.
  
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• Tattooed man who failed to appear in court on theft charges wanted in connection with second burglary

  29-10-2020 12:12
  
  A man with 'Lucy' tattooed on the back of his neck is wanted by police in connection with a burglary.
  
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• Soap by soap actors to raise money for suicide prevention

  29-10-2020 12:02
  
  CORONATION Street star Peter Gunn is selling soap to help save young lives from suicide.
  
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• Volunteers meet once a week to help vulnerable families on Blackburn

  29-10-2020 12:00
  
  Week in week out for three years this group of volunteers have been delivering food to families across Blackburn.
  
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• Volunteers meet once a week to help vulnerable families in Blackburn

  29-10-2020 12:00
  
  Week in week out for three years this group of volunteers have been delivering food to families across Blackburn.
  
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• Plan to allow more care home visiting in Lancashire

  29-10-2020 11:21
  
  Plans are being drawn up to help make it possible for more Lancashire care home residents to receive visits from their loved ones – even while the county remains in the grip of the pandemic.
  
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• Covid-19: Some Blackburn families 'ignoring guidelines'

  29-10-2020 11:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Some families in Blackburn with Darwen are not complying with guidelines, a health expert says.
  
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• Man and woman in court over alleged burglary while OAP was dying upstairs

  29-10-2020 11:10
  
  A MAN and a woman have appeared before Blackburn magistrates charged with a burglary which happened while an 84-year-old woman was upstairs fighting for her life.
  
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• Cannon and Ball star Bobby Ball dies at 76 after testing positive for Covid-19

  29-10-2020 11:01
  
  Bobby Ball, one half of comedy double act Cannon and Ball, has died at the age of 76, after testing positive for Covid-19, his manager has said.
  
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• 'You can't have a stop-start country - another national lockdown is WRONG approach'

  29-10-2020 09:00
  
  Despite admitting coronavirus rates are in a 'bad place' all over the country, the Government is resisting another national lockdown.
  
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• Drunken louts arrested after flight from Poland

  29-10-2020 08:50
  
  DRUNKEN louts who demanded drinks and abused cabin crew forced a aircraft captain to threaten to divert the plane.
  
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• Incinerators dealt with piles of East Lancashire's rubbish

  29-10-2020 07:00
  
  A TOWN incinerator was for many years regarded as the way to deal with the large amounts of waste growing populations around East Lancashire were creating.
  
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• Drunk shouting at families on playground spat at PCs as they arrested him then urinated in police van

  29-10-2020 06:21
  
  A 'Jekyll and Hyde character' with an extensive record for disorderly behaviour spat in the faces of two female police officers who had taken him to hospital.
  
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• Drunk shouting at families on playground spat at PCs as they arrested him - then he urinated in police van

  29-10-2020 06:21
  
  A 'Jekyll and Hyde character' with an extensive record for disorderly behaviour spat in the faces of two female police officers who had taken him to hospital.
  
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• Site for £31million Lancashire pathology centre base identified

  29-10-2020 06:20
  
  Leyland has been identified as the new preferred location for a proposed pathology centre serving the whole of Lancashire and South Cumbria.
  
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• First look inside new African food restaurant bringing 20 jobs to Blackburn

  29-10-2020 06:14
  
  A new restaurant inspired by African cuisine is set to open in Blackburn creating 20 jobs
  
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• Lancashire STILL topping coronavirus fines table as

  29-10-2020 06:10
  
  PEOPLE continue to flout coronavirus rules in Lancashire more than almost anywhere else in the country, the latest figures have shown.
  
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• Harrowing TV report shows life in Royal Blackburn's ICU

  29-10-2020 06:10
  
  A NEWS report has revealed the stark reality of life in Blackburn Hospital’s intensive care unit, as more coronavirus patients died over the weekend than any other since the start of the pandemic.
  
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• Coronavirus helps create family walking guide

  29-10-2020 06:05
  
  CORONAVIRUS creativity has led a family to create a book of Lancashire walks they had enjoyed before the Covid-19 lockdown.
  
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• Bitter man 'seeking revenge' stole petrol from employer using company fuel card

  29-10-2020 06:05
  
  A ‘HARD-WORKING’ man who was a trusted and well-liked member of staff had been secretly ripping his employers off as an act of revenge.
  
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• Health boss: tier three coronavirus move was too little too late - Lancashire Telegraph

  29-10-2020 06:03
  
  Health boss: tier three coronavirus move was too little too late  Lancashire Telegraph
  
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• Blackburn with Darwen health boss: tier three coronavirus move was too little too late - Lancashire Telegraph

  29-10-2020 06:03
  
  Blackburn with Darwen health boss: tier three coronavirus move was too little too late  Lancashire Telegraph
  
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• Blackburn with Darwen health boss: tier three coronavirus move was too little too late

  29-10-2020 06:03
  
  By DOMINIC HARRISON, director of public health Blackburn with Darwen Council
  
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• Stars of Britain's Got Talent and The Voice head to Rossendale for live half-term shows

  29-10-2020 06:02
  
  Stars of Britain's Got Talent and The Voice Kids are coming to East Lancashire for a run of half-term shows.
  
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• RSPCA: Swans and duck rescued from Clayton-le-Moors oil spill released back into wild

  29-10-2020 06:02
  
  A GROUP of swans and an Aylesbury duck who were rescued from an oil spillage have now been released back into the wild.
  
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• College group launches FREE online courses for adults across East Lancashire

  29-10-2020 06:02
  
  A new range of free online courses is being launched to help adult learners across the county.
  
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• Blackburn opticians announce plans to stay open despite tiered restrictions

  29-10-2020 06:02
  
  A leading high street opticians is to remain open for all eye care and hearing needs, despite changes brought about by the introduction of new tiered restrictions.
  
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• Eachstep Blackburn branded the 'Rolls Royce of care homes' as it's rated 'outstanding' by CQC

  29-10-2020 06:01
  
  A care home has been rated 'outstanding' for the second time in two years following an inspection by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
  
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• Second wave of coronavirus at ‘critical stage’

  29-10-2020 06:00
  
  The second wave of coronavirus in England has reached a “critical stage”, with infections doubling approximately every nine days, experts have said.
  
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• Parents not state should pick up tab for feeding children

  29-10-2020 06:00
  
  Congratulations must go to Marcus Rashford, a heroic figure - one of five children raised by his working single mother - in promoting the cause of vulnerable and underprivileged children in campaigning for free school meals for kids during half term.
  
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• Halloween at home: 10 fun and easy arts and crafts for kids to make

  29-10-2020 06:00
  
  Families across the UK have been urged not to go out trick or treating this Halloween - and instead spend the night at home to help stop the spread of coronavirus.
  
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