Blackburn with Darwen news

• Darwen Live gets the go ahead with Shaun Ryder headlining

  19-05-2021 21:49
  
  DARWEN Live has been given the go ahead to entertain crowds and music lovers across East Lancashire and beyond.
  
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• Surge vaccinations to be deployed in Burnley

  19-05-2021 21:06
  
  THE Lancashire Resilience Forum is urging eligible people in Burnley and the surrounding areas who have not yet had their first Covid jab to come forward without delay.
  
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• Burnley: Labour and LibDem pact will run council

  19-05-2021 20:16
  
  A NEW Labour and Liberal Democrat joint administration took control of an East Lancashire council tonight.
  
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• Burnley: Labour and Lib Dem pact will run council

  19-05-2021 20:16
  
  A NEW Labour and Liberal Democrat joint administration took control of an East Lancashire council tonight.
  
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• Blackburn with Darwen leaders unite on firm 'no' to local lockdown - Lancs Live

  19-05-2021 19:46
  
  Blackburn with Darwen leaders unite on firm 'no' to local lockdown  Lancs Live
  
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• Covid: Government urged to rule out Blackburn lockdown

  19-05-2021 19:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Lockdowns are not a "sustainable solution" to a rise in cases, town leaders tell the health secretary.
  
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• Burnley's Jordan North enjoys belated 'Christmas' dinner at nan's house

  19-05-2021 18:25
  
  BURNLEY lad Jordan North shared some wholesome content with his 676,000 Instagram followers this afternoon.
  
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• Burnley's Jordan North enjoys belated Christmas at nan's house

  19-05-2021 18:25
  
  BURNLEY lad Jordan North shared some wholesome content with his 676,000 Instagram followers this afternoon.
  
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• Accrington residents 'up in arms' over playing fields fence plan

  19-05-2021 18:00
  
  DOZENS of angry residents have objected to a football club's plans to fence off a playing field.
  
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• Ribble Valley MP backs food festival rescue plan

  19-05-2021 17:00
  
  RIBBLE Valley MP Nigel Evans has thrown his weight behind efforts to run a scaled down Clitheroe Food Festival in September.
  
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• Lying Burnley gas fitter 'put people at risk of Heysham-style explosion'

  19-05-2021 16:17
  
  A COWBOY gasman rode roughshod over the rules of the industry putting people at risk of an explosion like the one which killed a child and destroyed three homes at Heysham, a court was told.
  
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• Fake Burnley gas fitter 'put people at risk of Heysham style explosion'

  19-05-2021 16:17
  
  A COWBOY gasman rode roughshod over the rules of the industry putting people at risk of an explosion like the one which killed a child and destroyed three homes at Heysham, a court was told.
  
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• Prime Minister thanks people in Blackburn as 'record numbers' get vaccinated

  19-05-2021 15:58
  
  THE PRIME Minister has thanked people in Blackburn for stepping forward to get vaccinated as a record numbers of people signed-up to have their jab.
  
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• Blackburn with Darwen Council bosses make 'no lockdown' plea

  19-05-2021 15:52
  
  THE leaders of Blackburn with Darwen Council have written to health secretary Matt Hancock urging him to rule out putting the borough back into a lockdown.
  
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• Author's Coronation Street goth storyline 'cash in' dismay

  19-05-2021 15:36
  
  THE author of a book about the murder of Sophie Lancaster was shocked to find an Amazon seller trying to get £260 for a 2016 version.
  
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• Vehicle with no insurance seized, with 'multiple' tickets issued for ‘anti-social’ driving

  19-05-2021 15:10
  
  A vehicle has been seized for having no insurance, with the driver being reported, while other drivers have been issued tickets for driving in an ‘anti-social manner’.
  
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• Accrington: Another Asda customer reports contaminated fuel

  19-05-2021 13:51
  
  A SECOND customer has come forward and said that ‘contaminated’ fuel from an Asda petrol station has caused her car to be written off.
  
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• Accrington Range Rover driver hid under campervan

  19-05-2021 13:30
  
  THE driver of a Range Rover failed a drug test after refusing to stop for police.
  
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• Blackpool death: Mother denies gross negligence killing of daughter

  19-05-2021 13:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Deborah Leitch, who had Down's syndrome, died of severe emaciation and neglect in Blackpool in 2019.
  
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• E Lancs soft play venues 'crazy busy' after finally re-opening

  19-05-2021 13:14
  
  WHILE the re-opening of pubs, restaurants, hotels and cafes dominated the week's headlines, soft play centres and their excitable clientele also got the green-light on Monday.
  
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• Lancashire mum denies gross negligence killing of daughter, 24, who died of 'severe emaciation and neglect'

  19-05-2021 12:19
  
  A mother has denied the manslaughter by gross negligence of her 24-year-old daughter.
  
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• Man crashed into wall after experiencing 'medical episode' while driving

  19-05-2021 12:13
  
  A crash which closed a major road for several hours has left a man in hospital.
  
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• Queen 'delighted' as Royal Family announce baby news

  19-05-2021 11:58
  
  The Queen’s granddaughter married property tycoon Edoardo in July last year in a secret lockdown wedding.
  
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• Blackburn mum-of-six 'forced to live upstairs in rat-filled home'

  19-05-2021 11:44
  
  A MUM of six says her family have not used the downstairs of their house for six months due to it being uninhabitable.
  
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• Row over future operation of Blackpool lap dancing club

  19-05-2021 11:36
  
  A ROW over the future operation of a lap dancing club must go before councillors to be resolved.
  
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• Survey: All districts of Lancashire – except one – less prosperous than they were 10 years ago

  19-05-2021 11:25
  
  Every Lancashire district bar one has become less prosperous over the course of the last ten years compared to other parts of the country.
  
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• Toys and belongings 'strewn across street' of Heysham explosion which killed a young boy

  19-05-2021 11:15
  
  Toys and belongings were “strewn all over the street” in the aftermath of a suspected gas explosion which killed a toddler, MPs have heard.
  
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• 49-year-old Burnley mum died due to effects of daily heroin use on complicated respiratory illness

  19-05-2021 11:10
  
  A 49-year-old who had a complicated history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) died after a dose of heroin reacted with her condition.
  
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• 49-year-old Burnley mum died due to affects of daily heroin use on complicated respiratory illness

  19-05-2021 11:10
  
  A 49-year-old who had a complicated history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) died after a dose of heroin reacted with her condition.
  
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• Matt Hancock to lead press conference amid Indian variant and vaccine refusal

  19-05-2021 11:04
  
  The Health Secretary will provide a Covid-19 update as the Indian variant threatens the government’s roadmap out of lockdown.
  
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• Travel confusion: What have politicians said and where can I holiday?

  19-05-2021 10:41
  
  Confusion has grown after a health minister appeared to contradict official advice over travel following the relaxing of restrictions by saying all international trips were “dangerous”.
  
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• Coronavirus: your views on Indian variant spread in Blackburn

  19-05-2021 10:33
  
  DINING and socialising indoors are finally back and life is slowly returning to normal ­— but there are fears the Indian Covid variant may delay the roadmap out of lockdown.
  
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• Can I go on holiday? - What Boris Johnson and other politicians have said

  19-05-2021 09:42
  
  Boris Johnson is preparing to face questions over the confusion over International travel in the UK.
  
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• Aldi, Asda, Tesco, Morrisons and more - new shopping rules as laws change

  19-05-2021 09:40
  
  A change in the law which takes effect this week will mean people could see shopping rules change once again at their local supermarket.
  
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• The top 40 films Brits can't wait to see in the cinema revealed

  19-05-2021 09:38
  
  As lockdown restrictions ease across the country, Brits have revealed the films they can’t wait to see on the big screen.
  
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• Aldi announce new 'McDonald's' menu including 'Big Mac'

  19-05-2021 09:35
  
  Everyone knows a McDonald’s order isn’t complete without a serving of classic chicken nuggets, and Aldi’s version will be no different.
  
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• Public health leader 'worried' about parts of Lancashire as Indian variant has spread to other areas

  19-05-2021 09:25
  
  A Lancashire health leader has said he is worried about the county as the Indian variant continues to spread.
  
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• Blackburn with Darwen’s first in-person public Council meeting in over a year to be held tomorrow - theshuttle.org.uk

  19-05-2021 09:00
  Blackburn with Darwen’s first in-person public Council meeting in over a year to be held tomorrow  theshuttle.org.uk
  
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• Blackburn with Darwen records 77 new coronavirus cases - Lancashire Telegraph

  19-05-2021 09:00
  
  Blackburn with Darwen records 77 new coronavirus cases  Lancashire Telegraph
  
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• Blackburn with Darwen records 77 new coronavirus cases

  19-05-2021 09:00
  
  A TOTAL of 77 new coronavirus cases have been detected in Blackburn with Darwen, as the borough fights back against the spread of the Indian variant.
  
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• Blackburn pub-goers drank up to 188 pints a minute on Monday

  19-05-2021 08:35
  
  PUBS got a much-needed spending boost on Monday as thirsty customers were allowed indoors for the first time this year.
  
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• Motorbike with exhaust held together by rope seized in Burnley

  19-05-2021 08:27
  
  A motorbike which was being ridden with the exhaust ‘held together by a rope’ has been seized by police.
  
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• Parking ticket cancelled after it was issued within 24 hours of new sign going up

  19-05-2021 07:02
  
  A COUNCIL has cancelled a parking ticket issued to a driver after new ‘Goods Vehicles Loading Only’ signs went up on a Blackburn town centre road.
  
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• East Lancs soldier's sacrifice remembered across Atlantic

  19-05-2021 07:02
  
  THE sacrifice made by a soldier from Blackburn on the battlefields of France toward the end of the First World War is being remembered on a daily basis on the other side of the Atlantic.
  
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• Blackburn's official bird scarer didn’t live up to the name!

  19-05-2021 07:00
  
  AS far as deterrents go it doesn’t look as though hanging a wooden bird from a wire was exactly effective.
  
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• Man slashing arms with razor blade in street 'now being treated'

  19-05-2021 06:14
  
  POLICE responded to reports of a man on a Blackburn street slashing his arms with a razor blade.
  
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• Letter: Ignoring fact that suicides linked to restrictions

  19-05-2021 06:03
  
  We are now, in the UK, at a stage in the pandemic where daily suicide deaths, which were 18 per day in 2019 (the most recent figures we have) is higher than the number of daily Covid deaths and that figure is almost certainly significantly higher after year of lockdown.
  
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• Why was Star Wars being filmed in this Lancashire town recently?

  19-05-2021 06:00
  
  A Lancashire town has played host to a star-studded Hollywood cast for the last month, as filming for a new Star Wars TV series got under way.
  
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• Mercedes driver banned and fined after incident in Blackburn

  19-05-2021 06:00
  
  THE driver of a Mercedes has had his licence taken away from him after he was caught driving without due care.
  
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• Huncoat's controversial garden village plan goes out to consultation

  19-05-2021 06:00
  
  RESIDENTS are being asked for their views on a controversial plan to build up to 1,685 homes on a former colliery site.
  
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