Blackburn with Darwen news

• Mixed fortunes for Lancashire as bus funds awarded

  05-04-2022 19:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Andy Burnham says getting half the money needed for bus improvements means difficult choices lie ahead.
  
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• Elderly woman found on cycle path with serious head injury as man seen running from area

  05-04-2022 19:00
  
  An elderly woman has been found on a cycle path with serious head injuries after a man was seen running from the area moments before.
  
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• Morrisons to launch corgi cake to celebrate the Queen's Platinum Jubilee - See it here

  05-04-2022 18:48
  
  Morrisons is launching a corgi cake to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee and you can see it here.
  
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• Suspicions raised by police after teens try to 'sell' e-scooter to charity shop

  05-04-2022 18:46
  
  Policed are looking into a 'suspicious' incident in which three teenagers entered a charity shop attempting to 'sell' an e-scooter.
  
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• Manchester Airport managing director, Karen Smart, 'steps down'

  05-04-2022 18:28
  
  The Managing Director of Manchester Airport has reportedly resigned after weeks of chaos for travellers.
  
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• Burnley player banned from driving for 12 months

  05-04-2022 18:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Burnley midfielder Dale Stephens is fined more than £3,000 and banned for driving from a year after breaching drink driving limits.
  
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• New SPAR shop and Shell garage opens in Bacup

  05-04-2022 17:36
  
  A new £3million SPAR shop and Shell garage has opened in East Lancashire.
  
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• Kelly Hartigan-Burns: Inquest coming to close after five weeks

  05-04-2022 17:00
  
  KELLY Hartigan-Burns, who died after being arrested and put in a police cell, was known to police as being at risk of suicide, an inquest has heard.
  
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• Woman arrested on suspicion of ABH after allegedly assaulting baby in the street

  05-04-2022 16:12
  
  A 26-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of assault – ABH, after she was seen allegedly assaulting her baby in the street.
  
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• Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng orders scientific review of fracking impact

  05-04-2022 15:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Senior Tories are calling for an end to the ban on shale gas extraction to help secure energy supplies.
  
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• Burnley and Colne schools to get share of £15m funding for essential repair work

  05-04-2022 15:15
  
  Lancashire County Council is expected to receive more than £15million in funding to carry out essential repairs on schools which have fallen into disrepair.
  
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• Burnley's Dale Stephens loses licence after appearing in court on drink drive charge

  05-04-2022 14:49
  
  An East Lancs Premier League footballer has been fined more than £3,000 and banned from driving for 12 months after being caught over the legal limit while out in his Range Rover.
  
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• Myprotein, lululemon and more: Practical items for all runners

  05-04-2022 13:47
  
  If you want to improve your runs here are some products that will help make those runs easier, rain or shine.
  
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• Man in court for 'entering Manchester Airport 'restricted zone'

  05-04-2022 13:36
  
  A MAN is due to appear in court later this month charged with entering a restricted area of Manchester Airport without permission.
  
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• Greater Manchester Police officer charged with rape in Edenfield

  05-04-2022 13:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ernesto Ceraldi, who works for Greater Manchester Police, is accused of the attack in Lancashire.
  
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• The Apprentice's Camilla Ainsworth's gory photo of foot after Manchester Marathon

  05-04-2022 13:00
  
  Camilla Ainsworth, who appeared on BBC’s The Apprentice, shared gruesome pictures of her bloody foot after running the Manchester Marathon.
  
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• Walkers crisps announces plans to make products healthier 2025

  05-04-2022 12:15
  
  The crisps giant said it will invest £35 million over the next three years into a programme which will include reformulating some existing ranges.
  
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• Easter Half Term: All the places children eat free

  05-04-2022 12:14
  
  From Morrisons, Marks and Spencers to Gordon Ramsay, find the Easter Half Term Deals.
  
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• Accrington woman admits assaulting man at Hilton Hotel

  05-04-2022 12:11
  
  A WOMAN has been handed a conditional discharge after admitting to attacking a man at a four-star hotel in Leeds earlier this year.
  
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• Ex on the Beach star Zara shares photos of Manchester Airport queues

  05-04-2022 11:35
  
  Zaralena Jackson, from Preston, shared pictures and updated of her Manchester Airport experience to her 220,000 Instagram followers.
  
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• Minecraft project to help teach children about climate change

  05-04-2022 11:07
  
  Rivercraft is available on the Minecraft: Education Edition
  
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• Depher CIC puts up Burnley homeless man in Travelodge

  05-04-2022 11:00
  
  A kind-hearted plumber has put up a homeless man in a hotel while trying to sort out a permanent roof over his head.
  
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• Company help with awesome display at East Lancashire Hospice shop

  05-04-2022 10:30
  
  The manager of East Lancashire Hospice’s charity shop in Darwen contacted Elektec to see if the company could help increase footfall by producing some artwork for the windows in the children’s section of the shop.
  
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• Blackburn with Darwen council set to overspend by £3.9m as concern grows over high level of debt - Lancs Live

  05-04-2022 06:25
  
  Blackburn with Darwen council set to overspend by £3.9m as concern grows over high level of debt  Lancs Live
  
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• 'World's worst fraudster' jailed again over £760 Blackburn sandwich con

  05-04-2022 06:00
  
  A JUDGE described a career fraudster as the "world's worst" while jailing him over a con involving £760 worth of sandwiches in Blackburn.
  
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• Whalley: Ice hockey star to represent Great Britain at World Championships

  05-04-2022 06:00
  
  EAST Lancashire schoolgirl Lydia Lutwyche is set to represent Great Britain at the Under 16s Ice Hockey World Championships this summer.
  
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• The best pubs in East Lancashire according to CAMRA

  05-04-2022 06:00
  
  CAMRA's best pub of 2022, and the best in Pendle, is the Bankers Draft micropub on Gisburn Road in Barrowford.
  
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• Rising Stars Private Day Nursery, Darwen, rated 'inadequate'

  05-04-2022 06:00
  
  A DARWEN nursery where not all staff have had an enhanced DBS check has been rated inadequate by Ofsted.
  
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• New Asian-style deli opens on Blackburn's busiest road

  05-04-2022 06:00
  
  A new Asian-style Deli has opened on one of the busiest routes in Blackburn after a major renovation.
  
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• New £180k funding for online brain injury support scheme

  05-04-2022 06:00
  
  An online project to help brain injury and stroke survivors has received £180,000 to roll the scheme out throughout Lancashire and South Cumbria
  
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• More than 13 miles of gas pipes to be upgraded in £70m works

  05-04-2022 06:00
  
  MORE than 12 miles of gas pipes are being replaced this year in East Lancashire as part of ongoing major works to modernise the North West's energy network.
  
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• Martin Kemp to play sold out 80s DJ set at St Mary's Chambers this weekend

  05-04-2022 06:00
  
  An 80s heart-throb and former soap sensation is playing a sold out show in East Lancashire this weekend.
  
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• Letter: Way to solve the cost of living crisis - leave NATO

  05-04-2022 06:00
  
  After the enormous hike in the cost of fuel, there is one way and one way only to prevent people in this country from facing a cost of living crisis which will leave many of my fellow citizens in penury, and that is to withdraw from NATO into a position of neutrality.
  
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• Lancashire schoolchildren encouraged to become care home friends

  05-04-2022 06:00
  
  'Become a Care Home Friend' is a 10-week challenge that offers schools a programme of activities to foster understanding about older generations,
  
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• Hyndburn campaigner thrilled as £23m to be spent on Changing Places toilets

  05-04-2022 06:00
  
  Zack Kerr, from Oswaldtwistle, has cerebral palsy and has also been a Changing Places campaigner for over five years.
  
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• Historic photo of meeting that determined town centre future

  05-04-2022 06:00
  
  This could truly be described as an historic photograph as it records a meeting which would change the shape of Blackburn town centre.
  
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• Former Lancashire headteacher publishes new children's book

  05-04-2022 06:00
  
  A former Barrowford and Whalley head teacher has published his first children’s book.
  
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• Former Lancashire headteacher has new children's book published

  05-04-2022 06:00
  
  A former Barrowford and Whalley head teacher has published his first children’s book.
  
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• Clitheroe Castle Museum repairs need listed-building approval and bat protection

  05-04-2022 06:00
  
  SPECIAL permission for repairs to tackle damp and desperately-needed repairs at the crumbling Clitheroe Castle Museum is being sought from Ribble Valley councillors.
  
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• Burnley mum-of-two battling terminal cancer dies aged just 33

  05-04-2022 06:00
  
  A brave mum who was battling terminal bowel cancer has died aged just 33.
  
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• Burnley criminal found with drugs and weapon

  05-04-2022 06:00
  
  A CRIMINAL who had his home raided was found in possession of 36 snap bags of cannabis, a knuckleduster, a burner phone and a customer database.
  
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• Blackburn's new director of public health outlines main priorities for borough

  05-04-2022 06:00
  
  Blackburn with Darwen’s new director of public health has set out his aims and ambitions for the new role improving people's health in the area.
  
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• Blackburn schoolgirl raises more than £1,000 by chopping off 16in of hair

  05-04-2022 06:00
  
  A selfless schoolgirl has had 16 inches of hair chopped off to raise money for the Little Princess Trust.
  
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• Blackburn and Lancashire set for £34.2million boost to improve bus services

  05-04-2022 06:00
  
  Blackburn with Darwen Council and Lancashire County Council are to receive £34.2million in funding to improve the area's bus services.
  
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• Accrington youth-led foundation announces new artist-in-residence

  05-04-2022 06:00
  
  A youth-led project that aims to empowers pupils has announced its new artist-in-residence.
  
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• Minecraft used in school to tackle flooding

  05-04-2022 01:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Environment Agency is teaming up with school pupils to help tackle problem flooding in the UK.
  
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