Blackburn with Darwen news

• Coronavirus start-up support 'fails North-West' says Labour

  09-02-2021 23:28
  
  THE North-West misses out on coronavirus support for start-up businesses, Labour has claimed.
  
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• FA Cup: Burnley pick suspended Erik Pieters for Bournemouth game

  09-02-2021 22:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Burnley narrowly avoid a costly FA Cup mistake after naming a suspended player in their line-up to face Bournemouth.
  
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• Bolton Wanderers 1-1 Morecambe

  09-02-2021 22:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Brad Lyons scored with his first touch to earn Morecambe a League Two draw against 10-man Bolton.
  
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• Covid-19: Travellers face £1,750 cost for England quarantine hotels

  09-02-2021 22:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  People arriving in England from Covid hotspots also face £10,000 fines or jail if they break the rules.
  
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• Clarets shocked by managerless Bournemouth

  09-02-2021 21:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Managerless Bournemouth reach the FA Cup quarter-finals for the first time in 64 years with victory at Premier League Burnley.
  
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• Blackpool-Burton Albion postponed at kick-off because of frozen pitch

  09-02-2021 21:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Tuesday's League One game between Blackpool and Burton Albion is postponed at kick-off because of a frozen pitch.
  
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• Man arrested after trying to use fake licence to recover seized vehicle

  09-02-2021 20:33
  
  A MAN has been arrested after trying to use a fake driving licence to release a seized vehicle.
  
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• Covid: Blackpool soup kitchen inundated with 'desperate' families

  09-02-2021 19:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A regular at a Blackpool soup kitchen says she "wouldn't have been able to survive" without it.
  
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• Infection rates continue to drop in all six boroughs

  09-02-2021 19:00
  
  INFECTION RATES are continuing to fall across all six boroughs, with all rates now below 320 cases per 100,000.
  
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• Coronavirus fines: the jobs Lancashire police responded to this weekend

  09-02-2021 18:52
  
  ALMOST 500 reports of coronavirus lockdown breaches were received by officers over the weekend, with 277 people fined.
  
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• Missing teenage girls believed to be in Lancashire

  09-02-2021 18:34
  
  AN APPEAL has been launched to try and track down two teenage girls who are believed to be in Lancashire.
  
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• Appeal after aggravated burglaries left two elderly victims "shaken and scared"

  09-02-2021 18:00
  
  POLICE are appealing for dashcam footage following two aggravated burglaries which targeted elderly men.
  
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• Tributes paid to young workman who died in roof collapse

  09-02-2021 17:30
  
  TRIBUTES have been made to a young builder who died in a roof collapse yesterday (February 8).
  
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• Bolton-le-Sands roof collapse: Tributes paid to Liam Peck

  09-02-2021 17:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Liam Peck, 23, was carrying out building work on a house in Bolton-le-Sands when a roof collapsed.
  
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• New Blackburn and Burnley kidney units finally get opening dates

  09-02-2021 17:00
  
  TWO new kidney dialysis centres providing are set to open in East Lancashire in the next 12 months.
  
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• East Lancashire's hospitals record large spike in coronavirus deaths

  09-02-2021 16:19
  
  A LARGE spike in coronavirus-related deaths has been recorded in East Lancashire’s hospitals.
  
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• How police caught a Burnley paedophile revealed in Channel 4 documentary

  09-02-2021 16:00
  
  A HARD-HITTING documentary has shown how police officers snared a sick paedophile who tried to get a ‘father’ to rape his own 11-year-old ‘daughter’.
  
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• Blackburn with Darwen Council report details cash impact of coronavirus - Lancashire Telegraph

  09-02-2021 16:00
  
  Blackburn with Darwen Council report details cash impact of coronavirus  Lancashire Telegraph
  
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• Blackburn with Darwen Council report details cash impact of coronavirus

  09-02-2021 16:00
  
  A COUNCIL was set to overspend its budget by £15.693million because of the coronavirus pandemic without government help.
  
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• National Pizza Day: Top 5 pizza places near Blackburn

  09-02-2021 15:24
  
  To celebrate National Pizza Day we have tracked down pizza places in and around Blackburn with the highest customer rating.
  
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• Work Out to Help Out - petition launched to reopen gyms

  09-02-2021 15:00
  
  A PETITION has been launched to try to call on the Government to reopen gyms in the UK.
  
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• Travellers to pay £1,750 to stay in quarantine hotel or face 10 years in jail

  09-02-2021 14:09
  
  Arriving travellers put in quarantine hotels in England will be charged £1,750 for their stay, Health Secretary Matt Hancock has announced.
  
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• Valentine’s Day takeaway menus at local romantic restaurants

  09-02-2021 14:00
  
  East Lancashire's 'most romantic' restaurants have some delicious looking Valentine's menus
  
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• Covid-19 'not from a lab' as WHO calls for research into frozen foods

  09-02-2021 13:57
  
  A team of researchers recommended future studies including a direct spillover from animals to humans and research into frozen foods.
  
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• Historic cotton mill to be converted into 'fantastic' apartments

  09-02-2021 13:56
  
  The oldest surviving cotton mill building in Chorley will remain largely intact after revised plans were approved to turn it into modern apartments.
  
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• Leaked document suggests NHS England overhaul

  09-02-2021 13:53
  
  The proposed changes would see more power placed in the hands of politicians, as well as reduce the role of the private sector in the health service.
  
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• Morrisons to give away 60,000 free pizza-making kits this half term

  09-02-2021 13:42
  
  Each pizza-making kit will include two servings, donations commence this week in Scotland and next week in England and Wales.
  
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• The cheapest houses for sale in East Lancashire

  09-02-2021 13:00
  
  These are some of the cheapest homes for sale in six East Lancashire towns.
  
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• Appeal after shotgun was stolen from Eccleston house

  09-02-2021 12:46
  
  A SHOTGUN was stolen during a Lancashire burglary.
  
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• England in India: James Anderson and Jack Leach complete famous win in Chennai

  09-02-2021 10:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  James Anderson inspires England to a famous 227-run victory against India on the final day of the first Test in Chennai.
  
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• East Lancashire's most wanted men in February

  09-02-2021 09:18
  
  POLICE hunting four of East Lancashire’s most wanted men are appealing for information on their whereabouts.
  
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• Boris Johnson ‘very confident’ in vaccines despite South African strain fears

  09-02-2021 08:47
  
  Boris Johnson and Government scientists mounted a staunch defence of the Oxford/AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine, amid concerns it may be less effective against the South African variant.
  
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• New coronavirus mutation detected in Manchester – these are the affected postcodes

  09-02-2021 08:46
  
  Thousands of people in Manchester will be tested for coronavirus after a mutation of the more transmissible Kent variant was detected there.
  
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• Lancashire snow: county to miss out on brunt of bad weather

  09-02-2021 08:34
  
  SNOW showers are expected across the country this afternoon though Lancashire is expected to miss out on the brunt of the bad weather.
  
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• PS5 restock expected today in the UK

  09-02-2021 08:28
  
  PlayStation5 restock is rumoured to be going live today with more drops coming later this month.
  
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• Revealed: Opening date for £500,000 Blackburn German Doner Kebab restaurant

  09-02-2021 07:26
  
  Interior work at a new German Doner Kebab (GDK) restaurant has begun in Blackburn and is set to be completed next month.
  
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• Engineer who lost job at BAE because of Covid caught driving after taking ketamine and cocaine

  09-02-2021 07:14
  
  A YOUNG man who had used drugs at a low point in his life had managed to turn things round.
  
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• New portable toilets installed in Muslim section at cemetery

  09-02-2021 07:10
  
  Portable toilets have been installed in the Muslim section of Blackburn cemetery.
  
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• Virtual open evening to be hosted for traineeships and apprenticeships

  09-02-2021 06:45
  
  A TRAINING provider for traineeships and apprenticeships will be hosting virtual open days on Wednesday and Thursday.
  
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• Obituary: QEGS old boy Guy played football for England - like his grandson Ben Chilwell

  09-02-2021 06:45
  
  TRIBUTES have been paid to a former amateur international footballer, whose grandson has also represented his country, who has died.
  
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• Anger as police car is taken off roads as vandals smash window

  09-02-2021 06:44
  
  A SPECIALIST police car for dealing with rural incidents has had to be taken off the road after a brick was thrown at the window.
  
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• Pleas from MPs to keep additional £20 Universal Credit payments

  09-02-2021 06:30
  
  A PLEA has been made to keep the weekly increase in Universal Credit payments for at least a year to prevent hundreds of thousands of families being plunged into poverty.
  
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• MP calls for more action to be taken against social media companies over dangerous anti-vaccine content

  09-02-2021 06:15
  
  MP calls for Government to enforce penalties on social-media companies that fail to "stamp out dangerous anti-vaccine content".
  
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• Animation about knife crime and county lines to make debut

  09-02-2021 06:15
  
  AN ANIMATED story about county lines and knife crime will debut on Zoom on Wednesday (February 10) evening.
  
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• 'Hopefully you can turn your life around' - Magistrates tell Blackburn shoplifter

  09-02-2021 06:10
  
  A POLICE officer who saw a man going into a shop waited for him to come out and arrested him for shoplifting.
  
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• Tragedy of Great Harwood man who fell into stream on way home from drinking with friends

  09-02-2021 06:00
  
  A man who had been to his friend's yard for a few Friday night beers was found dead in a stream the following morning.
  
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• Say hi to all these lovely new babies born in East Lancashire

  09-02-2021 06:00
  
  Call us biased, but we think that East Lancashire’s babies are the cutest around.
  
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• Issa Brothers: Blackburn based EG Group owners take on £3.5 billion debt to complete Asda deal

  09-02-2021 06:00
  
  BLACKBURN'S billionaire Issa Brothers have agreed to take on £3.5 billion of debt financing in order to complete their takeover of supermarket chain Asda.
  
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• IN4.0: Digital training firm partners with Amazon Web Services

  09-02-2021 06:00
  
  A LANCASHIRE tech company been accepted as a partner to Amazon thanks to its work helping customers adopt cloud technology.
  
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• Grieving family devastated as memorial wishing well stolen in Darwen

  09-02-2021 06:00
  
  A grieving family has been left devastated after thieves stole a wishing well that was being used as a memorial.
  
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