Blackburn with Darwen news

• Chorley: Driver leaves knife behind after making off from police

  20-05-2022 22:02
  
  A driver left a knife behind in a car after driving at an officer and making off from police.
  
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• Darwen: Cannabis plants discovered on Coker Street

  20-05-2022 21:49
  
  Around 50 “full sized” cannabis plants were discovered by police earlier today acting after residents reported smelling the drugs in the area.
  
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• Hyndburn: Shop caught out selling knife to youngsters

  20-05-2022 20:56
  
  A shop was found to have been illegally sold a knife this week after failing a test set by police cadets.
  
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• Burnley: Knife bin recovers 50 blades and knuckle duster

  20-05-2022 20:40
  
  Around 50 knives and a knuckle duster were recovered by police this week as part of a nationwide anti-knife crime initiative.
  
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• Leyland teen with links to Blackburn and Chorley arrested in connection with burglary

  20-05-2022 20:18
  
  A teenager has been arrested in connection with aggravated burglary.
  
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• Burnley: Man charged in connection with 'indecent exposure'

  20-05-2022 20:10
  
  A man has been charged after allegedly being involved in several “indecent exposures” in East Lancashire, having travelled all the way from Yorkshire.
  
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• Lancashire: Delays warning after suspected Grane Road crash

  20-05-2022 19:05
  
  A “suspected crash” has caused delays to build up along a busy East Lancashire road this evening.
  
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• County Championship: Lancashire collapse to 32-5 against Essex

  20-05-2022 18:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Lancashire collapse to 32-5 in their first innings on a rain-hit second day against Essex.
  
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• Preston fire: Boy arrested over city-centre cinema and club blaze

  20-05-2022 18:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A boy is being held by police after a fire which ripped through a nightclub and cinema in Preston.
  
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• Bradley Johnson and Joe Rothwell leaving Blackburn Rovers

  20-05-2022 18:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Bradley Johnson and Joe Rothwell are among players leaving Blackburn this summer.
  
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• 14-year-old boy arrested in connection with former nightclub blaze

  20-05-2022 17:13
  
  Police have arrested a 14-year-old boy in connection with a huge fire which ravaged a former nightclub.
  
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• Lancashire drug dealer jailed after being caught with £17k cash and 1kg bar of cocaine

  20-05-2022 16:10
  
  A DRUG dealer who planned the supply of £800,000 worth of cocaine has been jailed for more than nine years.
  
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• East Lancashire Railway's fears over Rossenddale/Manchester plan

  20-05-2022 16:00
  
  THE chairman of a heritage railway line has repeated his fears that plans to link a borough to Manchester could threaten is existence.
  
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• 18-year-old wanted by police for failing to answer bail

  20-05-2022 15:43
  
  A teenager is wanted by police in connection with a criminal damage investigation and failing to answer his bail.
  
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• Accrington Stanley boss honoured by Hyndburn Council

  20-05-2022 15:17
  
  THE chairman of an East Lancashire football club that came back from the dead has been made an Honorary Freeman of its borough.
  
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• Blackburn with Darwen Council confirms Rovers fan as its captain - Lancashire Telegraph

  20-05-2022 15:15
  
  Blackburn with Darwen Council confirms Rovers fan as its captain  Lancashire Telegraph
  
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• Blackburn with Darwen Council confirms Rovers fan as its captain

  20-05-2022 15:15
  
  AN East Lancashire council's new leader and keen football fan has pledged to boost the economy of the borough.
  
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• Yvonne Gagen: Ex-footballer is West Lancs Council's first female leader

  20-05-2022 14:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Former Everton Ladies and Wigan player Yvonne Gagen takes charge of West Lancashire Council.
  
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• Katie Kenyon: Mourners wear purple for mum found dead in forest

  20-05-2022 14:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The family of mother-of-two Katie Kenyon asked people to celebrate her with her favourite colour.
  
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• Chorley small business ‘fighting for sales' amid cost of living crisis

  20-05-2022 14:00
  
  "As a small retailer myself, I am having to fight harder for sales than ever before."
  
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• Crowds line the streets to celebrate life of Katie Kenyon

  20-05-2022 13:36
  
  Crowds lined the streets to pay their final respects to much-loved mum-of-two Katie Kenyon.
  
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• Crowds line Padiham streets for funeral of Katie Kenyon

  20-05-2022 13:36
  
  CROWDS lined the streets of Padiham to pay their final respects to much-loved mum-of-two Katie Kenyon.
  
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• Hyndburn boss called 'racist' as Independent and Tories take over

  20-05-2022 13:32
  
  POLICE escorted angry members of the public from a local authority annual meeting after one of them branded its newly-confirmed leader a 'racist'.
  
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• Darwen Tower moorland fire was caused by 'deliberate actions'

  20-05-2022 13:00
  
  AERIAL images of last night's fire in Darwen show the devastation caused to wildlife and moorland - as the fire service say the blaze was 'deliberate'.
  
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• Burnley and Padiham 'flasher' from Keighley to appear in court

  20-05-2022 12:39
  
  A MAN from West Yorkshire has been charged as part of an investigation into a series of indecent exposures in Burnley and Padiham.
  
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• N-Dubz tour: Ticketmaster under fire as fans slam 'ridiculous' ticket sale

  20-05-2022 12:36
  
  The band ended their decade-long hiatus with the announcement of a tour
  
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• Warning over illegal parking outside Blackburn schools as dozens of complaints made to police

  20-05-2022 12:30
  
  POLICE are warning parents to stop illegally parking on double yellow lines outside schools after receiving dozens of complaints.
  
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• Sainsbury's bans Russian diesel at UK petrol stations in support of Ukraine

  20-05-2022 12:24
  
  The supermarket operates more than 300 petrol stations across the UK.
  
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• Co-op to launch 'walking deliveries' up to 15 minutes from its stores

  20-05-2022 12:24
  
  The rollout for this new scheme is likely to be smaller towns and more rural areas
  
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• Father's Day 2022: Hugo Boss, David Beckham and more fragrances to treat your Dad

  20-05-2022 12:23
  
  Treat your Dad to new scents from some of the biggest brands from the perfume retailer's Father's Day favourites range.
  
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• WWE Clash at the Castle tickets on sale today

  20-05-2022 12:22
  
  The Principality Stadium, Cardiff, will play host to WWE Clash at the Castle on Saturday, September 3
  
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• Toast The Queen with Tesco top drinks from last seven decades

  20-05-2022 12:22
  
  With excitement over the Platinum Jubilee mounting, Tesco are inviting customers to toast The Queen with these top drinks from the last seven decades.
  
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• Father's Day gifts 2022: Moonpig is selling alcohol, grooming products, mugs and more

  20-05-2022 12:21
  
  There's just over a month until Fathers Day, that means there's plenty of time to get prepared and start buying before everything sells out.
  
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• Hailey Bieber lipstick routine went viral on TikTok - Get the look for less from Superdrug

  20-05-2022 12:20
  
  Hailey Bieber says her perfect lip combo is 'Anywhere Caffeine’ lipliner by Makeup Forever, and the Charlotte Tilbury ‘Pillow Talk’ lipstick. How to recreate.
  
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• Teenager charged after 35 wraps of cocaine and heroin found during strip search

  20-05-2022 11:58
  
  A TEENAGER has been charged with intent to supply class A drugs after 35 wraps of cocaine and heroin were found during a strip search.
  
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• Blackburn's AJ Odudu to host 'The Big Blow Out’ for E4

  20-05-2022 11:40
  
  BLACKBURN presenter, AJ Odudu, is to front a brand new hairstyling competition series for E4, The Big Blow Out.
  
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• Warning over 'danger' campfires in woodland

  20-05-2022 10:42
  
  Neighbourhood police officers are warning people over the dangers of campfires.
  
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• Blackburn loses out in bid to be granted city status for Jubilee

  20-05-2022 09:13
  
  BLACKBURN has lost out in its bid to become a city to the likes of Milton Keynes and Doncaster this Jubilee year.
  
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• Blackburn loses out in bid to be granted city status

  20-05-2022 09:13
  
  Blackburn has lost out in its bid to become a city to the likes of Milton Keynes and Doncaster.
  
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• Road closures in place following huge blaze at former Tokyo Jo’s nightclub

  20-05-2022 08:46
  
  A large cordon remains in place in Preston City centre following a major fire.
  
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• Sunday Times Rich List: Issa brothers fifth richest in North West

  20-05-2022 08:00
  
  Blackburn’s billionaire Issa brothers have become £50m richer in the past 12 months, according to the latest Sunday Times Rich List.
  
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• Young Bacup trainspotter steals hearts of hundreds in adorable video

  20-05-2022 06:00
  
  Edward Almond has won the hearts of hundreds after a video of him posing as a 'station master' was shared to social media.
  
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• Why is HMRC paying tax returns to a 'mystery company?'

  20-05-2022 06:00
  
  HER Majesty’s Revenue & Custom has been accused of “turning a blind eye” to a company claiming tax returns on customer’s behalf.
  
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• Who remember the bus shelters on Blackburn Boulevard?

  20-05-2022 06:00
  
  Here’s a photo which will bring back a few memoires. Taken in 1989 it shows the bus shelters on the Boulevard in Blackburn.
  
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• St Peters C of E Primary School improves to Ofsted 'good'

  20-05-2022 06:00
  
  ST Peter's CE Primary School in Darwen is 'delighted' to have improved from ‘requires improvements’ to ‘good’ in their most recent Ofsted inspection.
  
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• Shoplifter in Accrington nabbed with the help of customers

  20-05-2022 06:00
  
  A SHOPLIFTER challenged by a member of staff was eventually detained with the help of two members of the public who came to her assistance.
  
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• Rossendale: The 'Whitworth Rushcart' is to return this September

  20-05-2022 06:00
  
  THE famous Whitworth Rushcart event is set to return this September, one of the last remaining events of its kind in the UK.
  
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• Ribble Valley MP welcomes apprentices from across the country to Westminster

  20-05-2022 06:00
  
  APPRENTICES in the Aerospace, Defence, Security and Space sectors across the country - with many from East Lancashire - were welcomed to UK Parliament last week.
  
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• Ribble Valley MP sees baton delivered to primary school

  20-05-2022 06:00
  
  RIBBLE Valley MP Nigel Evans has visited St Leonard's Balderstone Primary School to see the arrival of the Schools Commonwealth Baton Relay and promote the Lancashire School Games.
  
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• Platinum Jubilee: UK pub unveils throne made from carvery ingredients - See it here

  20-05-2022 06:00
  
  A pub in Altrincham has revealed a throne made of carvery ingredients. See it here.
  
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