Blackburn with Darwen news

• Ian Poveda: Blackburn sign Leeds winger on season-long loan

  23-08-2021 23:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Leeds winger Ian Poveda joins Championship side Blackburn on a season-long loan deal.
  
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• Coronavirus: Blackburn with Darwen reports England's fourth lowest rates

  23-08-2021 19:41
  
  TODAY'S coronavirus rates have shown that Blackburn with Darwen has recorded the fourth lowest rate of coronavirus infections in England.
  
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• T20 Blast quarter-finals: Eight teams battle for Finals Day spot

  23-08-2021 19:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The English cricket season moves on from The Hundred to this week's four T20 Blast quarter-finals.
  
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• Blackburn with Darwen plea to pregnant women to get the Covid jab - Lancashire Telegraph

  23-08-2021 17:47
  
  Blackburn with Darwen plea to pregnant women to get the Covid jab  Lancashire Telegraph
  
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• Blackburn with Darwen plea to pregnant women to get the Covid jab

  23-08-2021 17:47
  
  A PUBLIC health boss has stepped up the campaign to get pregnant women immunised against coronavirus as the rise in mums-to-be in hospital continues.
  
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• Expert warns of mosquito increase in UK - how to avoid bites

  23-08-2021 17:04
  
  Howard Carter, a bite prevention experts, said the UK’s wet and humid conditions could be a breeding ground for mosquitoes.
  
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• Blackburn mill redevelopment approved despite demolition concerns

  23-08-2021 17:00
  
  A NEW commercial complex to replace a derelict mill has been given the go-ahead despite planners concerns at the demolition of a building with historic links to the cotton trade.
  
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• Coronation Street's Helen Flanagan visits Scotland

  23-08-2021 15:54
  
  The former Lancashire school pupil checked in at Edinburgh and Glasgow as she embarked on her first proper outing since becoming a mum of three.
  
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• Man left needing metal plates in his jaw following 'vicious' assault

  23-08-2021 15:51
  
  A man was left needing metal plates in his jaw following a 'vicious' late night attack.
  
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• Supt Gerry Richardson: Tribute to officer killed on duty 50 years ago

  23-08-2021 15:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Supt Gerry Richardson was shot at point-blank range as he grappled with an armed robber in 1971.
  
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• Body found in search for missing 27-year-old, Alex Lambert

  23-08-2021 15:04
  
  Officers searching for a missing 27-year-old have sadly found a body.
  
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• Rishton pub ‘flooded’ with donations for Afghan refugees

  23-08-2021 14:31
  
  The Rishton Arms team felt obliged to act after photos of Afghanistan refugees emerged in the media.
  
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• Blackburn pub ‘flooded’ with donations for Afghan refugees

  23-08-2021 14:31
  
  The Rishton Arms team felt obliged to act after photos of Aghanistan refugees emerged in the media.
  
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• Royal Blackburn Hospital: Four injured in car park crash

  23-08-2021 14:28
  
  FOUR people were injured in a crash at Royal Blackburn Hospital car park today.
  
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• Off-licence boss denies selling whisky and vodka to vulnerable 14-year-old

  23-08-2021 14:20
  
  A TOWNSHIP shop could lose its alcohol licence over an allegation it sold spirits to an 14-year-old.
  
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• Clitheroe man suffered serious injuries after crash on M61

  23-08-2021 13:57
  
  A MAN was seriously injured in the accident that saw the northbound carriageway of the M61 closed yesterday (August 22).
  
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• Parents warned over delayed start to new school year in England

  23-08-2021 13:18
  
  Teaching unions have told parents and teachers that it will not be a return to “business as usual”.
  
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• Mary Cook is not the only Gogglebox star to die in 2021. See the list

  23-08-2021 13:09
  
  Gogglebox star Mary Cook has died in hospital at the age of 92, Channel 4 has announced. One other Googlebox star died earlier this year as well.
  
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• Gogglebox: Watch Mary Cook's best bits on Channel 4 hit

  23-08-2021 13:05
  
  Mary joined the Gogglebox cast in 2016 for season eight alongside her friend of 10 year Marina and the pair became an instant hit with fans.
  
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• Ribble Valley, Rossendale and Pendle to take Afghan refugees

  23-08-2021 13:00
  
  THREE more East Lancashire boroughs have confirmed their readiness to accept refugees fleeing the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan.
  
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• Gogglebox fans pay tribute to Mary Cook after Channel 4 star died aged 92

  23-08-2021 12:42
  
  According to the St Monica Trust retirement home, Cook and Wingrove were discovered by a researcher for Gogglebox during a trip to Asda.
  
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• Gogglebox star dies: How Mary Cook and Marina were discovered for show at Asda

  23-08-2021 12:41
  
  Mary Cook joined Gogglebox in 2016 at the beginning of series 8 with friend, Marina Wingrove.
  
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• Gogglebox star Mary Cook dies aged 92

  23-08-2021 12:26
  
  GOGGLEBOX star Mary Cook has died in hospital aged 92, it has been announced.
  
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• Channel 4 issue statement as Gogglebox star dies

  23-08-2021 12:24
  
  The Googlebox team shared an update on social media.
  
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• Suspected wraps of cannabis and weapon seized during stop and search

  23-08-2021 12:16
  
  A dispersal order was put in place in a Lancashire town after police seized a number of drugs and weapons during stop and search checks.
  
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• Every power cut planned in Lancashire this week

  23-08-2021 12:07
  
  Here’s all you need to know about power cuts - including the Lancashire areas that could be left without electricity for a number of hours:
  
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• Knife attack victim popped home and brought samurai sword to street fight

  23-08-2021 11:56
  
  A MAN who was attacked and injured with a knife went home and returned armed with a samurai sword.
  
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• Man caught on CCTV deliberately puncturing tyres using 'sharp object'

  23-08-2021 11:28
  
  Police are looking for witnesses after a man deliberately punctured two tyres on a car using a 'sharp object'.
  
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• NHS Covid scam: Trading Standards issue urgent warning

  23-08-2021 11:21
  
  The message links to a website made to look like a real NHS platform that asks the recipient to give personal details
  
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• Preston: Covid patients occupy a third of intensive care beds

  23-08-2021 10:41
  
  One whole ward and a third of intensive care beds at the Royal Preston Hospital remain occupied with Covid patients – and local NHS bosses are planning for a worst case scenario where that situation does not change for the foreseeable future.
  
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• Church: Vehicle fires spread to nearby commercial building

  23-08-2021 10:39
  
  TWO vehicles set on fire and eventually spread to severely damage a nearby commercial building.
  
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• Accrington: Vehicle fires spread to nearby commercial building

  23-08-2021 10:39
  
  TWO vehicles set on fire and eventually spread to severely damage a nearby commercial building.
  
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• Chorley Council: Borough 'should build fewer homes'

  23-08-2021 10:30
  
  Chorley should be allowed to build fewer homes than its minimum annual target over the next five years – because of how many more than that number it has delivered in the last decade.
  
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• Universal Credit payment date this week and contact number

  23-08-2021 10:20
  
  The change in payment dates is due to the upcoming August bank holiday this weekend.
  
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• 120mph drug-driver has car seized after police deploy stinger

  23-08-2021 09:59
  
  A drug driver who raced onto the motorway at speeds of more than 120mph was 'stung' by police.
  
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• Man goes onto railway tracks to throw things at ex-partner's house

  23-08-2021 09:33
  
  A man was arrested for trespass after he jumped onto the railway tracks so he could throw things at his ex-parter's house.
  
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• Audi stolen from Accrington found dumped in pub car park in Blackpool

  23-08-2021 09:17
  
  Two people have been arrested after an Audi stolen from East Lancashire was dumped in a pub car park.
  
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• Police release CCTV images in connection with burglary at Chinese takeaway

  23-08-2021 09:08
  
  Police are looking to identify two men in connection with a burglary at a Chinese takeaway.
  
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• Rivington Terraced Garden's spectacular Festival of Light returns this year

  23-08-2021 08:46
  
  RIVINGTON'S spectacular Festival of Lights returns this year.
  
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• Highways to lift 'as many roadworks as possible' in time for Bank Holiday weekend

  23-08-2021 08:24
  
  Repairs to a Lancashire motorway bridge struck by a lorry will be completed this week – in time for the late summer bank holiday getaway.
  
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• London council worker's bus odyssey sparks Twitter storm

  23-08-2021 08:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Jo Kibble got from London to Morecambe in a day on public buses - "a great way to see the country".
  
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• Do you remember this view along Blackburn's Penny Street?

  23-08-2021 07:03
  
  You would have a very different view if you were standing in this spot today. Taken in 1963, you are looking down Penny Street in Blackburn, towards the town centre from the junction with Regent Street
  
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• Rowdy Blackburn drinker kicked bouncer in genitals as he threw her out

  23-08-2021 06:21
  
  A WOMAN ejected from a town centre pub kicked the bouncer in the genitals as he was escorting her out.
  
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• Dance duo win two championship titles despite juggling training between Burnley and Scotland

  23-08-2021 06:15
  
  A dance duo have won two championship titles despite being over 100 miles apart during lockdown.
  
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• Blackburn with Darwen GP surgeries dealing with 1,500 more patients - Lancashire Telegraph

  23-08-2021 06:15
  
  Blackburn with Darwen GP surgeries dealing with 1,500 more patients  Lancashire Telegraph
  
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• Blackburn with Darwen GP surgeries dealing with 1,500 more patients

  23-08-2021 06:15
  
  GP surgeries in Blackburn with Darwen are having to cope with nearly 1,500 more patients in the same number of practices.
  
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• Waitrose rated worst online supermarket for fresh groceries, says Which?

  23-08-2021 06:00
  
  UPMARKET supermarket Waitrose has been rated as the worst major online retailer for grocery freshness, according to new research.
  
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• NHS: East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust to take action with 32,000 on waiting lists

  23-08-2021 06:00
  
  EAST LANCASHIRE health trust says it has 'stepped up' to take action after the latest NHS figures revealed 32,000 patients are waiting for treatment.
  
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• Letter: Tough penalties for dognapping are long overdue

  23-08-2021 06:00
  
  Hopefully at long last the Government are going to tackle the ever increasing spate of dognapping.
  
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• Coronation Street actor Alex Bain celebrates girlfriend's birthday in Chester

  23-08-2021 06:00
  
  A TEENAGE soap star packed on the PDA with his model girlfriend while celebrating her 18th birthday.
  
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