Blackburn with Darwen news

• Burnley Police arrest man on suspicion of supplying cocaine

  18-05-2021 22:58
  
  POLICE have arrested a man on suspicion on supply of cocaine.
  
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• Jordan Banks: Club memorial planned for boy hit by lightning

  18-05-2021 21:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The team Jordan Banks played for hope to "create something special" by which to remember him.
  
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• Oxford United 0-3 Blackpool: Seasiders take commanding lead into second leg

  18-05-2021 21:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ellis Simms' double helps Blackpool ease past Oxford United in their League One play-off semi-final first leg.
  
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• Police appeal for missing Burnley teenager

  18-05-2021 19:03
  
  POLICE are appealing for information on a missing 16-year-old.
  
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• Roll-out of 16,000 extra jabs in Blackburn's Covid variant fight

  18-05-2021 18:12
  
  THOUSANDS of additional people who live and work in Blackburn are getting vaccinated amid a battle with rising coronavirus infection rates.
  
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• Heartfelt tributes at football match to James Dean and Jordan Banks

  18-05-2021 17:53
  
  TRIBUTES were paid at a cup final ‘to acknowledge that the football family has lost two great people’.
  
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• Burnley MP in action call on speeding and fly-tippers

  18-05-2021 17:30
  
  AN East Lancashire MP has called for a crackdown on speeding and fly-tipping in a Parliamentary debate on new government policing measures.
  
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• Man pleads guilty to providing unqualified immigration advice

  18-05-2021 17:07
  
  A 36-year-old man has pleaded guilty to four counts of providing unqualified immigration advice and immigration services.
  
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• People aged 36 and 37 are called up next for covid jab

  18-05-2021 17:03
  
  THE NHS covid vaccination programme continues its rollout to people in their thirties, opening to people aged 36 and 37.
  
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• Oswaldtwistle: Demand for safety action on Blackburn Road and Broadfield

  18-05-2021 16:34
  
  A RE-ELECTED county councillor is stepping up his campaign to improve road safety on two roads in a town.
  
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• Murderer Alan Edwards back in court accused of assaulting prison guards

  18-05-2021 15:35
  
  A CONVICTED murdered has appeared in court accused of assaulting two prison guards.
  
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• Hope for Blackburn's high street despite Debenhams closing for good

  18-05-2021 15:07
  
  THE closure of Debenhams has left a huge hole in Blackburn’s economy ­— but council leaders have said new opportunities could still lie ahead.
  
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• Falklands war veteran calls on people to vote for East Lancashire heroes

  18-05-2021 15:04
  
  A LOCAL Falklands war veteran is calling on the people of East Lancashire to vote for their heroes in the Amplifon Awards for Brave Britons 2021.
  
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• Burnley Council set for Labour/LibDem adminstration

  18-05-2021 14:30
  
  LABOUR and the Liberal Democrats are set to form a partnership administration to run a borough after the local elections left no party in overall control.
  
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• Major road closed both ways with traffic backing up to motorway junction following accident

  18-05-2021 14:25
  
  A major road has been closed due to an accident.
  
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• Megan Markle's ex-boyfriend's interview on Lorraine sparks furious backlash

  18-05-2021 14:10
  
  Lorraine described Joshua Silverstein, who is happily married, as “the one that got away”.
  
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• Tesco praised by customers for taking 20 per cent off important product

  18-05-2021 14:08
  
  Skin cancer is one of the most common forms of cancer in the UK despite up to 90% of cases being easily preventable.
  
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• Eligible Blackburn adults can get Coronavirus jab at Revidge Fold Church tomorrow

  18-05-2021 13:21
  
  ELIGIBLE people over the age of 18 are being invited to have their first dose of Coronavirus vaccine at Revidge Fold Church, Blackburn from 9am tomorrow.
  
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• Hyndburn's long-serving council leader re-elected by Labour group

  18-05-2021 13:15
  
  A LABOUR council leader has survived an internal party challenge to his job.
  
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• People in Blackburn, Hyndburn and Pendle pay some of highest council tax rates in whole country

  18-05-2021 13:05
  
  People living in three of East Lancashire's boroughs are paying some of the highest council tax rates, despite house prices in the area being the lowest in the country.
  
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• Numerous black bin bags full of leftover cannabis plants dumped on East Lancashire moorland

  18-05-2021 12:32
  
  Leftover remains of a cannabis farm have been dumped on moorland in East Lancashire.
  
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• Matt Hancock voices frustration over Covid vaccine refusals in Blackburn with Darwen - Lancashire Telegraph

  18-05-2021 12:04
  
  Matt Hancock voices frustration over Covid vaccine refusals in Blackburn with Darwen  Lancashire Telegraph
  
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• Matt Hancock voices frustration over Covid vaccine refusals in Blackburn with Darwen

  18-05-2021 12:04
  
  Matt Hancock has voiced his frustration that some people in parts of the North West are still not getting the coronavirus vaccine, amid fears of the spread of the new Indian variant.
  
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• UK holidaymakers set to be allowed entry to Europe - but there's a catch

  18-05-2021 11:39
  
  All European countries except from Portugal and Gibraltar - who are on the “green list” - are on the Government’s “amber” list.
  
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• Covid-19 vaccine rollout extends to people aged 36 and over this week

  18-05-2021 11:36
  
  Along with 37-year-olds who will receive invites from Tuesday, it means more than a million more people will be made eligible.
  
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• Downing Street refuses to rule out a return to local lockdowns

  18-05-2021 11:35
  
  The Prime Minister’s official spokesman was asked whether minister would consider a return to a tiered system.
  
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• Man with 'dirty, grubby hands' seen lifting fence panels at 7.15 this morning

  18-05-2021 11:33
  
  A man with grass stains on his back and 'dirty, grubby hands' is being sought by the police.
  
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• HSBC customers issued urgent warning over their accounts

  18-05-2021 11:22
  
  The scam involves recipients receiving either a text message or an email that appears to be from the banking firm.
  
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• Soap fans offered chance of one-night-only stay in Coronation Street

  18-05-2021 10:59
  
  Coronation Street is opening its doors to two guests for one night only, staying next door to the famous Rovers Return Inn.
  
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• PICTURES: North West's BIGGEST inflatable park, Jump Maniax, is now open

  18-05-2021 10:17
  
  The biggest inflatable park in the North West (and the first in the whole country) officially opened its doors to the public on Monday.
  
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• Blackburn coronavirus vaccine centres open - live updates

  18-05-2021 09:49
  
  - From today, six vaccination centres will be offering Covid jabs across Blackburn, Darwen, Accrington and Burnley - They will use an extra allocation of 1,000 new Pfizer jabs a day for East Lancashire - The sites will be open from 8am until 8pm until Thursday with more extra clinics due after then - It comes as Blackburn with Darwen battles the new Indian variant of coronavirus
  
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• Blackburn coronavirus vaccine centres open - as it happened

  18-05-2021 09:49
  
  - From today, six vaccination centres will be offering Covid jabs across Blackburn, Darwen, Accrington and Burnley - They will use an extra allocation of 1,000 new Pfizer jabs a day for East Lancashire - The sites will be open from 8am until 8pm until Thursday with more extra clinics due after then - It comes as Blackburn with Darwen battles the new Indian variant of coronavirus
  
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• Blackburn coronavirus jab centres open - live updates

  18-05-2021 09:49
  
  - From today, six vaccination centres will be offering Covid jabs across Blackburn, Darwen, Accrington and Burnley - They will use an extra allocation of 1,000 new Pfizer jabs a day for East Lancashire - The sites will be open from 8am until 8pm until Thursday with more extra clinics due after then - It comes as Blackburn with Darwen battles the new Indian variant of coronavirus
  
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• Police chase 3 men through back alleys in Nelson before arresting one over drugs and knife offences

  18-05-2021 09:32
  
  Plain clothed police officers have arrested a 23-year-old over suspected knife and drugs offences after chasing three men down an alley.
  
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• Burnley's Jordan North, spotted enjoying pint of Guinness in Lancs pub as hospitality venues re-open

  18-05-2021 09:16
  
  Everyone's favourite radio DJ was spotted out and about in Lancashire on Monday, making the most of the easing of lockdown restrictions.
  
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• Turton School records its first 'significant covid infection' in months

  18-05-2021 09:14
  
  A SCHOOL reported a 'significant number' of positive coronavirus tests among its pupils over the weekend resulting in pupils having to self-isolate for ten days.
  
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• Bank holiday fun fair coming to Witton Park - with free rides for NHS staff

  18-05-2021 08:45
  
  After the annual Easter fun fair had to be cancelled this year due to Covid, families and friends can now rejoice as a special bank holiday event WILL be staged at the end of this month.
  
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• Covid: Tourists head to Blackpool and Portugal as restrictions are eased

  18-05-2021 08:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Blackpool's hoteliers welcome back tourists while holidaymakers fly out from Manchester to Portugal.
  
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• Accrington man with ponytail and black holdall missing for almost a week

  18-05-2021 08:33
  
  A man has been missing for almost a week and police are growing concerned about his safety.
  
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• Improving local shops 'urgent issue' for people in Blackburn

  18-05-2021 08:20
  
  AROUND one in seven people believe improving local shops is the most urgent issue that needs addressing in Blackburn.
  
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• Drugs found as officers raid Burnley address

  18-05-2021 08:05
  
  THE county’s new Police and Crime Commissioner has been getting a taste of how policing is done in East Lancashire by joining officers on a raid.
  
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• East Lancashire birthday boy among most wanted men

  18-05-2021 07:47
  
  A MAN celebrating his birthday today is one of the most wanted people in East Lancashire.
  
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• Darwen Heritage Centre reopens with memorial photo on display

  18-05-2021 07:00
  
  A “BREATHTAKING” war memorial to Darwen lads who fell in the Great War has been saved and put on display in the town’s heritage centre. It will be the centrepiece of the main exhibition room which will be open tomorrow morning for the first time in over a year.
  
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• Five of the latest babies born in East Lancashire

  18-05-2021 06:39
  
  CALL us biased, but we think that East Lancashire’s babies are the cutest around.
  
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• Brave Accrington four-year-old Jeffrey diagnosed with incurable condition

  18-05-2021 06:27
  
  A FUNDRAISER set up for an Accrington boy suffering from an incurable neurogenerative disorder has passed £5,000 in donations.
  
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• Letter: Will Scots want independence if we stop subsidies?

  18-05-2021 06:01
  
  We have had the Scottish elections and the SNP have won and are planning to have another independence vote. I think the British government should be helping them with that and get rid of the Barnett formula, which subsidises the Scottish government to the tune of £15 billion a year, so that they are able to be truly independent.
  
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• It will take 'some considerable time' before police can say what caused blast that killed toddler

  18-05-2021 06:00
  
  ENQUIRIES are under way into the cause of a suspected gas explosion in which a toddler sadly died.
  
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• HOST: Law firm partners with Blackburn-born IN4.0 founder

  18-05-2021 06:00
  
  TECH businesses across the North West could have access to free legal advice thanks to a Blackburn entrepreneur's partnership with a law firm.
  
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• Fire station open days across East Lancashire could resume in time for summer

  18-05-2021 06:00
  
  Further easing of lockdown restrictions across England got under way on Monday.
  
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• Council investigating cause of flash-flood misery as Darwen pub owner says culvert works to blame

  18-05-2021 06:00
  
  Flash flooding caused by a thunderstorm on Sunday evening devastated a pub's cellar, leaving managers worried about whether they could re-open as lockdown restrictions eased across the county on Monday.
  
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