Blackburn with Darwen news

• Queen’s New Year Honours: OBE for ex-East Lancashire hospital boss

  31-12-2021 23:31
  
  The old chief executive of East Lancashire Hospitals Trust has been awarded an OBE for his services.
  
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• Queen’s New Year Honours: MBE for woman who set up Hyndburn Food Pantry

  31-12-2021 23:31
  
  A WOMAN who helped train volunteers to get food and medicine to thousands of people isolating during the pandemic has been recognised in the Queen’s New Year Honours list.
  
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• Queen’s New Year Honours: CBE for Blackburn hospital consultant physician

  31-12-2021 23:31
  
  A consultant physician at the Royal Blackburn Hospital has been awarded a CBE in the New Year Honours List.
  
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• Queen’s New Year Honours 2022: MBE for Helmshore teacher

  31-12-2021 23:31
  
  A teacher who has been an advocate for special educational needs inclusion in schools has been awarded an MBE.
  
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• Queen’s New Year Honour for reverend who returned to frontline as doctor

  31-12-2021 23:31
  
  A reverend who went back to her job as a doctor on the frontline of the NHS during the pandemic has been recognised in the New Year’s Honours List.
  
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• Queen’s New Year Honours: Youth worker's OBE for helping vulnerable children

  31-12-2021 23:31
  
  A youth worker who supported 100,000 vulnerable children across the country during the pandemic has been awarded an OBE in the Queens New Years Honours list.
  
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• Queen’s New Year Honours: Clitheroe man's BEM for disabled rights campaigning

  31-12-2021 23:31
  
  A visually impaired pensioner who has campaigned for disabled rights has been recognised in the Queen's New Year's Honours list.
  
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• Queen’s New Year Honours: Annette Weekes' MBE for PPE drive

  31-12-2021 23:31
  
  A woman who worked with businesses across the county to provide PPE to the NHS last March has been awarded an MBE.
  
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• Queen’s New Year Honours 2022: Blackburn teen Sahil's BEM

  31-12-2021 23:31
  
  A 16-YEAR-OLD boy who dedicates his time to volunteering despite battling leukaemia has been recognised in the Queen's Honours list for his work during the pandemic.
  
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• New Year Honours: First England women's football captain gets MBE

  31-12-2021 23:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sheila Parker, of Chorley, has played the game since the age of 13 and led the national side in 1972.
  
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• SummerFest 2022: Blackburn to host brand new music festival

  31-12-2021 19:19
  
  MUSIC stars and pop sensations will descend on Blackburn in 2022 for a brand new festival.
  
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• Top 8 most read stories in Lancashire in 2021 - See the full list here

  31-12-2021 17:00
  
    2021 has had no shortage of news and Lancashire is no exception. Here are the biggest news stories from this year in your area.
  
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• Blackpool New Year's Eve fireworks cancelled amid winds warning

  31-12-2021 14:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Blackpool Council says the display was called off due to safety advice from the fireworks company.
  
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• Blackpool's New Year's fireworks event cancelled due to strong winds on seafront

  31-12-2021 13:58
  
  BLACKPOOL has been forced to cancel its family fireworks event later today (December 31) because of a forecast of strong blustery winds across the seafront.
  
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• Shrewsbury Town and Accrington Stanley charged by FA after scuffle in goalless League One draw

  31-12-2021 13:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Shrewsbury and Accrington are charged by the FA for failing to ensure their players conducted themselves in an orderly fashion.
  
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• Morecambe Bay NHS Trust suspends hospital visits

  31-12-2021 13:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Visiting at sites in south Cumbria and Lancaster is suspended for all but a select group of patients.
  
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• ATG Tickets reveals January sale with West End shows from £15 - how to buy

  31-12-2021 10:28
  
  ATG Tickets has revealed major savings in its January sale with tickets to West End theatre, ballet, music and opera shows from just £15. Here's how to get yours.
  
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• Lancashire: New year appeal from public health boss

  31-12-2021 10:04
  
  LANCASHIRE’S public health boss has appealed to residents with any Covid symptoms – including those associated with the new Omicron variant – not to risk mixing for new year celebrations.
  
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• Universal Credit and more: Financial support available from the Government

  31-12-2021 09:41
  
  Here is a full list of government financial support available to you through the winter months ahead.
  
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• When is Boris Johnson's next announcement? Here's what he will say on New Year's Eve

  31-12-2021 09:38
  
  Boris Johnson's New Year's Eve Covid announcement will go live on Friday, December 31 - here's what he will say.
  
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• Flood warnings for Ribble Valley, Blackburn, Burnley, Nelson, Colne and Accrington

  31-12-2021 09:32
  
  SEVERAL flood warnings were issued last night (December 30) as heavy rain continued to fall across East Lancashire.
  
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• Queen’s New Year Honours: MBE for Blackburn with Darwen's Sayyed Osman - Lancashire Telegraph

  31-12-2021 09:00
  
  Queen’s New Year Honours: MBE for Blackburn with Darwen's Sayyed Osman  Lancashire Telegraph
  
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• Rough sleeping: 'New Year reminds me what my life has become'

  31-12-2021 07:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Rough sleeper Mark says seeing people celebrate makes him feel like he is not "part of society".
  
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• Who was the mystery busker of Burnley dressed in a kilt?

  31-12-2021 06:00
  
  This was the sight greeting shoppers at Burnley’s main shopping centre in 1988. This busker complete with kilt, flat cap and banjo was entertaining the crowds on Market Square. Do you recognise the mystery busker? If you know more, let us know
  
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• Tributes paid to much-loved Blackburn Rovers fan Joe Bradshaw

  31-12-2021 06:00
  
  TRIBUTES have been paid to a much-loved great-grandad and avid Blackburn Rovers fan, who has died.
  
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• Top 100 baby names for 2021 - the full list

  31-12-2021 06:00
  
  The top 100 baby names for 2021 have been revealed.
  
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• Round up of the biggest stories of 2021 from July to December

  31-12-2021 06:00
  
  After a difficult year last year, people were hoping that 2021 would look a bit different but sadly, a lockdown and restrictions have meant it has looked very similar. But what have been some of the biggest stories for East Lancashire this year? Abigail Beaney looks back at another rollercoaster year...
  
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• Radford family welcome newest addition to ever-growing brood

  31-12-2021 06:00
  
  Britain's largest family has welcomed a new addition to their ever-growing 'litter'
  
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• Plans to turn house in 'vibrant area' of Blackburn into specialist Arabic coffee shop

  31-12-2021 06:00
  
  An application has been submitted to the council to bring a new specialist Arabic coffee shop to the outskirts of a town.
  
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• Numerous pubs forced to close on New Year's Eve as Covid causes mass staff shortages

  31-12-2021 06:00
  
  At least three venues have been forced to close their doors or cancel plans on New Year's Eve due to Covid.
  
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• 'Life sentence should mean life' - letter

  31-12-2021 06:00
  
  I have just been reading a letter by retired detective inspector Jim Oldcorn in your copy of Lancashire Telegraph on December 24.
  
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• Lancashire: Number of first vaccine doses surge in run-up to New Year

  31-12-2021 06:00
  
  THE NHS in Lancashire has welcomed a significant increase in people coming forward for their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine – and urged others to book their jabs in the run-up to the New Year.
  
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• Lancashire: 16 things to look forward to in 2022

  31-12-2021 06:00
  
  From events to developments, we have compiled a list of 17 things that people in Lancashire can look forward to in 2022.
  
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• Funeral details for popular ex-post mistress Olive Hill announced

  31-12-2021 06:00
  
  THE funeral of a former post mistress will take place on January 5.
  
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• 'Don't wait': BAE boss' plea to anyone with bowel cancer symptoms

  31-12-2021 06:00
  
  A BOSS at one of Lancashire’s biggest employers has shared his story of bowel cancer in an effort to encourage people to be more open about their health.
  
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• Council urges people to 'limit social contact where possible' this New Year's Eve - Lancashire Telegraph

  31-12-2021 06:00
  
  Council urges people to 'limit social contact where possible' this New Year's Eve  Lancashire Telegraph
  
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• Blackburn with Darwen Council urge people to 'limit social contact where possible' this New Year's Eve - Lancashire Telegraph

  31-12-2021 06:00
  
  Blackburn with Darwen Council urge people to 'limit social contact where possible' this New Year's Eve  Lancashire Telegraph
  
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• Blackburn with Darwen Council urge people to 'limit social contact where possible' this New Year's Eve

  31-12-2021 06:00
  
  Blackburn with Darwen Council is urging people to follow the government guidance this New Year and celebrate safely.
  
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• Blackburn Market to close for several days at the start of 2022

  31-12-2021 06:00
  
  A market hall will be closed for several days going into the new year.
  
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• Accrington: Woman in Grane Rd horror crash gives birth to "miracle" baby

  31-12-2021 06:00
  
  A WOMAN who believed she would not be able to conceive after being left in a wheelchair following a horror smash on Grane Road, has given birth to a "miracle" baby girl.
  
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• A sheep in a football net in Rossendale makes RSPCA's top rescues of 2021

  31-12-2021 06:00
  
  A sheep getting tangled in a football net, and a chameleon sitting on a doorstep in Lancashire are amongst the RSPCAs top rescues for 2021.
  
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