Blackburn with Darwen news

• Lancashire: Police launch investigation into alleged rape of teenager

  01-04-2022 20:06
  
  POLICE have launched an investigation into the alleged rape of a teenager in Great Harwood.
  
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• Weapons used in fight between 10 people in Clayton-le-Moors

  01-04-2022 17:30
  
  A fight between 10 people saw some using wooden chair legs as weapons.
  
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• Blackburn and Darwen holiday clubs on offer over Easter

  01-04-2022 17:17
  
  A COUNCIL is offering free holiday club places to children who qualify for free school meals during the Easter break.
  
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• Ramadan 2022: Muslims across the globe set for announcement

  01-04-2022 17:13
  
  Muslims across the globe are looking for the crescent moon marking the beginning of Ramadan.
  
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• Ramadan 2022: Latest updates Muslims prepare for holy month

  01-04-2022 17:13
  
  Nations across the globe have announced the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan
  
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• Ramadan 2022: Latest updates and moon sightings

  01-04-2022 17:13
  
  Muslims across the globe are looking for the crescent moon marking the beginning of Ramadan.
  
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• Changing Places: England to get about 500 new accessible toilets

  01-04-2022 17:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  About 500 Changing Places Toilets will be built as £23.5m is released to 191 English councils.
  
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• Feniscowles Cricket Club aims to hit homelessness for six

  01-04-2022 17:00
  
  A BLACKBURN cricket club and an Islamic charity are holding a sleep out to help the homeless in the town.
  
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• Images released in connection with incident where man was found with serious injuries

  01-04-2022 16:48
  
  Police have released images of a man they wish to speak with in connection with an incident in which another man was found in the street with serious injuries.
  
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• Blackburn-based train driver hit with brick at 70mph

  01-04-2022 16:43
  
  A TRAIN driver who was hit by a brick which had been thrown through the window of his cab has spoken out about the ordeal.
  
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• 'Shocking' robbery leaves 'shaken and upset' pensioner with dislocated and fractured shoulder

  01-04-2022 16:37
  
  Police are appealing for information after a woman suffered a dislocated shoulder when thieves stole her handbag and chased her husband.
  
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• Clayton housing plan sparks wildlife and traffic objections

  01-04-2022 16:05
  
  RESIDENTS have banded together to oppose a major housing development on an 'eyesore' canalside site.
  
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• Prolific robbers who robbed £80k from Haslingden convenience store cash machine jailed

  01-04-2022 15:59
  
  Two prolific criminals who robbed a convenience store of almost £80,000 in cash have been jailed for a combined total of 34 years.
  
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• Prolific burglars who robbed £80k from Haslingden convenience store cash machine jailed

  01-04-2022 15:59
  
  Two prolific burglars who robbed a convenience store of almost £80,000 in cash have been jailed for a combined total of 34 years.
  
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• Affordable Blackburn homes for over-55s proposed for grassland

  01-04-2022 15:00
  
  A PATCH of grassland in Blackburn has been earmarked for 13 affordable new bungalows.
  
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• John Coleman: Accrington Stanley boss gets one-match ban for abusing match official

  01-04-2022 14:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Accrington manager John Coleman is banned from the touchline for one game and fined £1,000 for verbally abusing a match official.
  
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• East Lancashire weather forecast for first weekend of April

  01-04-2022 14:15
  
  Here is the weekend weather forecast for ever East Lancashire district, according to the Met Office.
  
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• TransPennine conductor strike to disrupt Easter and Jubilee travel

  01-04-2022 13:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Rail passengers face further disruption on Sunday services and over three bank holidays.
  
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• Shoppers converge on first Issa brothers Euro Grocers store to open in UK

  01-04-2022 13:30
  
  Here is the first look inside the new Euro Grocers store to open in the UK, which opened today in the Issa brothers' hometown of Blackburn.
  
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• Blackpool jilted boyfriend jailed for murdering ex-girlfriend's dad

  01-04-2022 12:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Levi Westhead, 18, stabbed Mark Webster to death after he refused to let him see his daughter.
  
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• Lancashire teenager jailed for life for killing ex-girlfriend's father

  01-04-2022 12:49
  
  A teenager who stabbed a man to death in his own back garden has been jailed for life with a minimum of 17 years.
  
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• Tesco to sell £2 Covid tests as free testing ends

  01-04-2022 12:43
  
  Tesco will provide Covid tests for low prices from April 1.
  
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• Seven new UK law and rule changes coming into effect from TODAY

  01-04-2022 12:36
  
  Changes to Employment law, divorce law and tax rates will start in April.
  
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• Boots announces major change to Advantage Card Holders

  01-04-2022 12:36
  
  The change could affect thousands of customers.
  
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• Aldi creating over 250 jobs across Lancashire - how to apply

  01-04-2022 12:30
  
  ALDI has announced it is looking to hire 263 new employees in Lancashire this year.
  
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• Jimmy Carr to visit Blackburn for 'Terribly Funny 2.0' tour

  01-04-2022 12:02
  
  Controversial comedian Jimmy Carr has announced he will be visiting Blackburn in his latest tour.
  
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• Nick Grimshaw announces engagement news with boyfriend Meshach Henry

  01-04-2022 11:46
  
  Nick Grimshaw announced the engagement news on his Instagram.
  
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• Police appeal for witnesses after woman racially abused on board train

  01-04-2022 11:42
  
  A woman was racially abused on-board a train with police now asking for any witnesses to come forward.
  
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• Preston-run children's home shut down over harm risk

  01-04-2022 11:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Inspectors say children at the home were "at risk of significant harm" from bullying and exploitation.
  
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• All change at this market hall as one vendor expands and one leaves

  01-04-2022 09:53
  
  It's all change for market stall holders as one vendor expands and changes its name, and one vendor leaves.
  
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• Train guard bottled by passenger travelling with no ticket

  01-04-2022 09:35
  
  A train guard was bottled by a passenger travelling without a ticket.
  
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• Rossendale rink driver blows 113 on roadside breath test

  01-04-2022 09:09
  
  A drink driver blew 113 on a roadside breath test.
  
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• Rossendale drink driver blows 113 on roadside breath test

  01-04-2022 09:09
  
  A drink driver blew 113 on a roadside breath test last night, more than three times the legal drink drive limit.
  
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• Police release video of car chase through Rossendale in rural crime crackdown

  01-04-2022 08:40
  
  The police have released a video which shows a car chase through East Lancashire.
  
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• Second Peekaboo Day Care centre rated 'inadequate' by Ofsted

  01-04-2022 06:00
  
  A second Peekaboo nursery has been rated ‘inadequate’ by Ofsted after two of its sites in Blackburn with Darwen were inspected within five days of each other.
  
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• Redeemer School kicks of Platinum Jubilee celebrations

  01-04-2022 06:00
  
  The Redeemer Primary School in Blackburn has kicked off their Platinum Jubilee celebrations with a special service including afternoon tea and singing.
  
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• Paul Merton and chums proud of making it up as they go along

  01-04-2022 06:00
  
  THE majority of performers would probably bristle with indignation if you accused them of making it up as they go along but for Richard Vranch, one of Paul Merton’s Impro Chums, that’s exactly what happens every night.
  
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• Letter: Blackburn's health boss has been comfort to us all

  01-04-2022 06:00
  
  I READ Professor Dominic Harrison’s final column in the LT with sadness, gratefulness and admiration, and would like to wish him a very happy retirement and to say a huge thank-you to him for caring for the people of Blackburn with Darwen for so long, and especially in the last two hard years of the pandemic.
  
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• Is this the worst 3G football pitch in Blackburn?

  01-04-2022 06:00
  
  A football pitch has been described as the "worst in Blackburn" by players who still use it on a regular basis.
  
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• Funeral for Accrington family man James Barnett, who loved to work in his garden

  01-04-2022 06:00
  
  THE funeral of an Accrington family man who loved working on his garden, will take place today.
  
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• Do you recognise this junction which leads to Pleasington?

  01-04-2022 06:00
  
  The junction is still there and it’s still not easy to turn on to. This picture is from 1962 and shows Preston Old Road, Blackburn, and the junction with Pleasington Lane
  
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• Dishonest Royal Blackburn Hospital nurse struck-off

  01-04-2022 06:00
  
  A NURSE who lied on patient’s records and who was "repeatedly dishonest" during her time working at an East Lancashire hospital has been struck-off.
  
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• Darwen 'bully' jailed for backhanding partner in horror assault

  01-04-2022 06:00
  
  A "BULLY" who left his partner with a chipped tooth, bleeding nose and two black eyes during a brutal car assault has been jailed.
  
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• Councillor says he had no 'inside knowledge' of polling card postage

  01-04-2022 06:00
  
  A COUNCILLOR has hit back at claims he had “inside knowledge” after a former colleague claimed she received her polling card and his campaign leaflet on the same day.
  
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• Clitheroe home could be converted into takeaway

  01-04-2022 06:00
  
  A TERRACED house could be converted into a restaurant and takeaway if plans are approved.
  
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• Burnley MP says focus on people's abilities not how they look

  01-04-2022 06:00
  
  AN East Lancashire MP has told a government minister more needs to be done to provide opportunity for all.
  
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• Burnley: 64 plants recovered from residential cannabis grow

  01-04-2022 06:00
  
  MORE than 60 plants were recovered from a cannabis grow in East Lancashire yesterday (March 31).
  
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• Blackburn with Darwen locals raise thousands after going to 'jail' - Lancashire Telegraph

  01-04-2022 06:00
  
  Blackburn with Darwen locals raise thousands after going to 'jail'  Lancashire Telegraph
  
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• Blackburn with Darwen locals raise thousands after going to ‘jail’

  01-04-2022 06:00
  
  Seven ‘former’ upstanding members of the community managed to raise more than £2,500 for charity.
  
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• Blackburn mum wins job with Meta/Facebook owned games company

  01-04-2022 06:00
  
  A mum-of-three has become the second student to secure an exclusive contract to make video games with a firm owned by Meta - formerly Facebook.
  
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