Blackburn with Darwen news

• Burnley: developer eyes fields for 200 new homes

  27-08-2021 19:30
  
  A HOUSING developer has given advance notice it is considering building 200 homes on 21 acres of fields on the outskirts of a borough.
  
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• 150 youths harass reverend and wife at Whalley Abbey

  27-08-2021 19:20
  
  POLICE have issued a warning after 150 young people harassed a reverend and his wife at an abbey.
  
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• 150 youth harass reverend and wife at Whalley Abbey

  27-08-2021 19:20
  
  POLICE have issued a warning after 150 young people harassed a reverend and his wife at an abbey.
  
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• Blackburn with Darwen youth rep Muhammed leads the jabs drive - Lancashire Telegraph

  27-08-2021 19:00
  
  Blackburn with Darwen youth rep Muhammed leads the jabs drive  Lancashire Telegraph
  
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• Blackburn with Darwen youth rep Muhammed leads the jabs drive

  27-08-2021 19:00
  
  A BOROUGH'S deputy Youth MP has got his coronavirus jab within days of turning 16 to encourage other young people to do the same.
  
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• Missing Lancaster girl, two, abducted and flown to Spain

  27-08-2021 18:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Police believe two-year-old Gracie-May boarded a plane at Glasgow Airport with her parents.
  
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• Eric Morecambe 'bored stiff' by Monty Python

  27-08-2021 18:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The comedy double act shared their thoughts in an unearthed 1973 interview for a student TV station.
  
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• Blackburn's Barbara Castle statue finished and waiting

  27-08-2021 18:00
  
  THE statue of pioneering Blackburn MP Barbara Castle has now been completed and is in storage awaiting its unveiling in October.
  
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• Appeal to find missing child in Lancaster

  27-08-2021 17:46
  
  AN urgent appeal after a two-year-old girl was abducted from Lancaster and taken abroad.
  
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• Appeal to find abducted child from Lancaster

  27-08-2021 17:46
  
  AN urgent appeal after a two-year-old girl was abducted from Lancaster and taken abroad.
  
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• Coronation Street's Sam Aston visits Bolton Food and Drink Festival

  27-08-2021 17:44
  
  CORONATION Street's Sam Aston stepped away from the cobbles for a few hours to sample some treats at one of the region's biggest food festivals.
  
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• Blackburn's 10K run will return to town in December

  27-08-2021 17:13
  
  BLACKBURN'S 10k run will return in December.
  
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• Double tragedy as man takes his own life after giving dad-of-three killer pill

  27-08-2021 17:10
  
  A MAN killed himself after learning police wanted to question him over the death of a dad-of-three.
  
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• 'You remain a risk to children': Pervert caught after grooming boy, 13, in pub

  27-08-2021 17:08
  
  SHOCKED staff at a Farnworth pub called police after a customer was overheard sexually grooming a schoolboy.
  
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• Oswaldtwistle: Stone Bridge Lane closed due to fire

  27-08-2021 17:05
  
  A ROAD has been closed due to a fire, with emergency services on the scene.
  
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• Burnley moorland home could be demolished after planning decision

  27-08-2021 17:00
  
  A NEW partially-built moorland home could have to be knocked down after its owner was refused backdated planning permission for its construction.
  
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• Blackburn Youth Zone take on police in 5-a-side football match

  27-08-2021 16:55
  
  A YOUTH club took on an unlikely team at a football match last weekend - the police.
  
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• Lancashire people to create artwork for Queen's platinum jubilee

  27-08-2021 16:38
  
  THE call has gone out to Lancashire artists to create a work reflecting the Queen’s special connection to the county in order to mark her platinum jubilee next year.
  
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• PICTURES: Peter Kay returns to Blackpool Pleasure Beach

  27-08-2021 15:41
  
  Peter Kay visited Blackpool Pleasure Beach yesterday and was pictured posing with Wallace and Gromit.
  
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• Issa brothers: Blackburn's EG Group reports major rise in earnings

  27-08-2021 15:25
  
  EG GROUP has reported a major increase in earnings over the second quarter of this year, driven by the “extraordinary” growth of its foodservice division.
  
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• Covid: Blackpool taxi driver shortage blamed on pandemic

  27-08-2021 15:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Blackpool's busiest taxi firms say they are 50% down on night drivers as many quit during lockdown.
  
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• Two men charged with sex trafficking after Blackburn and Preston raids

  27-08-2021 15:00
  
  TWO people have been charged in connection with sex trafficking after being arrested in dawn raids across the county earlier this week.
  
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• The most Instagrammable Michelin Star restaurant in Lancashire

  27-08-2021 15:00
  
  Moor Hall, in Ormskirk, came 17th in a list of the 20 most Instagrammed Michelin Star restaurants in the UK.
  
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• Burnley: Ninth arrest in County Lines drug dealing operation

  27-08-2021 14:21
  
  A NINTH person has been arrested as part of a targeted operation tackling County Lines drug-dealing in Burnley.
  
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• Blackburn with Darwen and Lancs secondary schools drop mask rule

  27-08-2021 14:00
  
  EAST Lancashire secondary school and college students will no longer be required to wear face masks when they return class next week.
  
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• Blackburn with Darwen and Lancashire schools drop mask rule - Lancashire Telegraph

  27-08-2021 14:00
  
  Blackburn with Darwen and Lancashire schools drop mask rule  Lancashire Telegraph
  
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• Blackburn with Darwen and Lancashire schools drop mask rule

  27-08-2021 14:00
  
  EAST Lancashire secondary school and college students will no longer be required to wear face masks when they return class next week.
  
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• Gogglebox star Andy Michael dies: What we know so far

  27-08-2021 13:23
  
  Andy Michael, a Gogglebox star, has died aged 61 after a short illness, a statement from Channel 4 and Studio Lambert on behalf of his family has said.
  
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• Olivia opens up about relationship with Rovers' Bradley Dack

  27-08-2021 13:22
  
  On Instagram, Olivia Attwood answered many questions about her relationship with fiancé, Bradley Dack.
  
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• Starbucks announces Pumpkin Spice Latte return date

  27-08-2021 13:02
  
  Starbucks has revealed when it's famous Pumpkin Spice Latte will be heading back to stores.
  
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• Manchester Airport’s green list countries amid travel update

  27-08-2021 12:34
  
  The UK’s travel list is being updated from Monday - here are the green and amber list destinations you can fly to from Manchester Airport.
  
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• Afghanistan: Who are ISIS-K? The group 'likely' to be behind Kabul explosions

  27-08-2021 09:51
  
  US Pentagon spokesman John Kirby has now confirmed there had been at least two explosions in Kabul.
  
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• BBC presenter Lisa Shaw: The AstraZeneca vaccine side effects linked to her death

  27-08-2021 09:48
  
  The UK became the first country to roll out the AstraZeneca vaccine in January.
  
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• Norovirus: symptoms, how to treat it and precautions you can take

  27-08-2021 09:44
  
  There has been a concentration of outbreaks particularly in nursery and childcare facilities, Public health experts have warned.
  
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• 'Death of friend' led to drink-driver falling off wagon

  27-08-2021 07:56
  
  A SHOP assistant contacted police after seeing a drunken customer drive off in a van.
  
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• Historic England: Seaside heritage sites given listed status

  27-08-2021 07:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The sites given Grade II-listed status by Historic England include Blackpool's promenade shelters.
  
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• Changing Rooms style makeover for renovated Huncoat flats

  27-08-2021 07:03
  
  Forget Changing Rooms, this was the latest in interior design in 1989. Jim and Gladys Counsell are pictured in the living room of their newly-refurbished flat on Seedall Grove, Huncoat. The gas fire, the TV and Draylon suite were familiar fixtures in many a household - and what about that wallpaper? Shame it’s not a colour photograph to see it in all its glory
  
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• Letter: GPs have chosen the easy life rather than patients

  27-08-2021 07:00
  
  Apropos GPs and Covid working practices; while attending a special clinic at the weekend for a pre-op discussion about a minor surgical procedure, I was diagnosed with a potentially life-changing illness.
  
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• Record number of students from Nelson and Colne college accepted on to medicine degrees

  27-08-2021 06:15
  
  A 'record-breaking' number of students from a college are going on to study medicine at university.
  
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• Tributes to ‘devoted family man’ and popular freemason Keith Procter

  27-08-2021 06:13
  
  TRIBUTES have been paid to a popular member of the freemasons.
  
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• BalmersGM Burnley take on mammoth Three Peak challenge by firm raises £1,066 for the hospice

  27-08-2021 06:07
  
  A team from BalmersGM Burnley took part in the 24-mile Yorkshire Three Peak Challenge as part of Pendleside Hospice’s corporate MEGA Raiseathon.
  
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• Thousands of hectares of vital peatland to be restored in UK

  27-08-2021 06:00
  
  FIVE new landmark projects to restore thousands of hectares of England’s peatlands to a natural state have been announced by the Government.
  
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• Record number of first-time buyers use Help to Buy loans in Blackburn with Darwen

  27-08-2021 06:00
  
  A RECORD number of households purchased their first home in Blackburn with Darwen through the Government’s Help to Buy equity loan scheme last year, figures reveal.
  
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• Insurance broker back at Fishergate

  27-08-2021 06:00
  
  It’s been a couple of years since an insurance broker occupied Fishergate, until A-Plan Insurance stepped in and took over the old Swinton branch.
  
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• IN4.0 Group: Blackburn businessman partners with GCHQ on tech project

  27-08-2021 06:00
  
  A BLACKBURN entrepreneur has joined with GCHQ, the UK's intelligence and cyber agency, to launch programme to help firms develop cutting edge technology.
  
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• Clitheroe: Mother and daughters turn home into 'tech powerhouse'

  27-08-2021 06:00
  
  A MOTHER and her two daughters have taken home working to the next level by transforming their mid-terrace house into a tech powerhouse.
  
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• Clitheroe: Family turn home into tech powerhouse

  27-08-2021 06:00
  
  A MID-TERRACE in Clitheroe has become a technology powerhouse after three women from the same family took to home working during the pandemic.
  
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• Burnley pub owner to sell 1p chicken wing and chip meals

  27-08-2021 06:00
  
  Andy MacDonald, who owns Ships and Giggles in Burnley, will be selling chicken wings and chip meals for 1p.
  
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• Burnley: Park First set to pay out £25million to ex-investors

  27-08-2021 06:00
  
  INVESTORS in a failed Lancashire run parking scheme are looking to get their money back after the financial regulator agreed to a £25million compensation deal.
  
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• Burnley care home conversion into flats for vulnerable approved

  27-08-2021 06:00
  
  THE conversion of a vandalised former care home for the elderly into supported studio flats for vulnerable people can go ahead.
  
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