Blackburn with Darwen news

• Blackpool and Burnley fined by FA after Championship incident

  02-09-2022 18:42 via bbc.co.uk
  Blackpool and Burnley receive FA fines over an incident during their Championship match on 20 August when two players were sent off.
  
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• Preston pair convicted of shooting man on eve of Euro final

  02-09-2022 18:15
  
  Paul Matheson and Daniel Quinn from Preston have been found guilty of shooting a 32-year-old with a 9mm handgun on the evening of England's Euro final
  
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• Who is going to be the next Prime Minister of the UK? Exact date new PM announced

  02-09-2022 17:38
  
  Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak made last-ditch pitches to Tory members in the 12th and final official leadership hustings this week.
  
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• Preston man asks Lancashire County Council to end bus shelter misery

  02-09-2022 17:38 via bbc.co.uk
  Brian Chapman says a council is not bothered about the "misery" caused by the lack of a bus shelter.
  
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• New water efficiency label to help households cut energy bills

  02-09-2022 17:24
  
  Saving water supplies and money on household energy bills is the plan with a new water efficiency label.
  
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• Aldi follows Sainsbury's, Asda and Tesco in announcing UK-wide ban in all stores

  02-09-2022 17:24
  
  The nationwide ban follows similar initiatives from Asda, Tesco, Waitrose and Morrisons.
  
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• Burnley: crews spend over 3 hours tackling furniture set alight in house fire

  02-09-2022 16:24
  
  Firefighters have spent over three hours tackling a house fire in Burnley, this afternoon.
  
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• Blackpool Illuminations: Light show begins despite soaring energy bills

  02-09-2022 16:04 via bbc.co.uk
  Blackpool's famous light show brings an "extra key trading period" to the resort, businesses say.
  
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• Morecambe put up for sale by owner Bond Group Investments

  02-09-2022 16:03 via bbc.co.uk
  Morecambe's owner Bond Group Investments put the League One club up for sale, with Jason Whittingham and Colin Goldring stepping down from the board.
  
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• Concerns raised over £512,000 Blackburn cemetery prayer shelter deal

  02-09-2022 15:30
  
  AN over-budget half million pound council deal to build a controversial new Muslim prayer shelter at a graveyard has been branded 'an absolute scandal'.
  
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• Family's tribute to 71-year-old biker killed in crash near Clitheroe

  02-09-2022 15:00
  
  The family of a motorcyclist who died in a crash on the A59 near Clitheroe last weekend, have paid tribute to him.
  
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• Four found with illegal drugs and weapons arrested after raids

  02-09-2022 14:00
  
  Six raids were carried out in Accrington, Nelson, Preston and Blackpool earlier this week and police made a number of arrests.
  
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• Blackpool Victoria Hospital rated ‘inadequate’ by CQC

  02-09-2022 14:00
  
  A Lancashire hospital has been rated ‘inadequate’ at its latest (CQC) inspection for its treatment of women on the maternity ward.
  
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• Blackburn sisters tied up girl, 9 and boy, 8, and burned their feet with heated metal spoon

  02-09-2022 13:49
  
  Two sisters from Blackburn who beat a brother and sister with brushes and burned the soles of their feet with a heated metal spoon have avoided jail
  
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• Issa brothers EG group revenues soar by a third but profits stall

  02-09-2022 13:30
  
  BLACKBURN'S billionaire Issa Brothers main EG Group saw its revenue rise by a third in the second quarter of this year as its gross fuel profits for the first six months hit £904.5million
  
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• 'I was screamed at and humiliated': young staff 'bullied' by Accrington takeaway owner

  02-09-2022 13:00
  
  Young women have come forward about alleged ‘disgusting and ‘exploitative’ treatment of workers in an Oswaldtwistle takeaway.
  
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• Blackburn gets £750,000 to make streets safer in two areas

  02-09-2022 12:16
  
  TWO areas of an East Lancashire town are to have £750,000 spent on them to make their streets safer for residents.
  
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• Three arrested after men seen with weapons in Redlam incident

  02-09-2022 12:07
  
  Three men have been arrested following reports of people being chased by men carrying weapons, last night.
  
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• Arrests made after gang of men carrying weapons chased people in Blackburn last night

  02-09-2022 12:07
  
  Three men have been arrested following reports of people being chased by men carrying weapons, last night.
  
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• Mark Feely in court for allegedly using Snapchat account

  02-09-2022 11:36
  
  MARK Feely is to face trial for allegedly breaching a sex order by using an unknown Snapchat account in Hunslet, Leeds.
  
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• Blackburn-born Jayne Aspin-Mayne on running two McDonald's restaurants

  02-09-2022 10:46
  
  WE spoke to the Warrington businesswoman who owns the McDonald’s restaurants in Lymm and Birchwood.
  
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• Blackburn with Darwen hard-up families to get £150 council tax rebate - Lancashire Telegraph

  02-09-2022 09:00
  Blackburn with Darwen hard-up families to get £150 council tax rebate  Lancashire Telegraph
  
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• Preston: man wanted by police after homeowner threatened with knife

  02-09-2022 08:57
  
  Police are looking for a man who broke entry into a property, and threatened the homeowner with a knife before stealing their phone.
  
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• 16-year-old Blackpool girl who filmed 'disturbing' attack is arrested

  02-09-2022 08:37
  
  A 16-year-old girl who filmed a ‘disturbing’ attack on a man on Wednesday has been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to rob.
  
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• 16-year-old Blackpool girl filmed 'disturbing' attack and arrested after robbery

  02-09-2022 08:37
  
  A 16-year-old girl who filmed a ‘disturbing’ attack on a man on Wednesday has been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to rob.
  
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• Another car seized in Blackburn after unlicensed driver caught behind wheel

  02-09-2022 08:17
  
  A driver who had their licence revoked was caught by officers behind the wheel.
  
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• Successful businessman was drugged up feeding ducks with child in Burnley park

  02-09-2022 06:28
  
  A MAN whose company had a turnover of £2.1million last year has appeared in court charged with child neglect.
  
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• Was this the dirtiest job in East Lancashire?

  02-09-2022 06:00
  
  It was a dirty job but someone had to do it. This early photo shows the ‘night soil’ men at work in Colne around the turn of the last century although it was a scene replicated in towns across East Lancashire.
  
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• UCLan revealed as headline sponsor for 2022 Lancashire Tourism Awards

  02-09-2022 06:00
  
  The University of Central Lancashire has been named as the headline sponsor of this year's Lancashire Tourism Awards
  
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• Steon Ltd, Hapton, announces new managing director

  02-09-2022 06:00
  
  An East Lancashire lighting manufacturer has appointed its new managing director, after his predecessor stood down after more than 30 years.
  
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• RuPaul's Drag Race UK: Blackburn’s AJ Odudu to be guest judge

  02-09-2022 06:00
  
  AJ Odudu, Tess Daly, Olly Alexander, Dame Joanna Lumley and more will be celebrity guest judges on RuPaul’s Drag Race season four.
  
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• Rawtenstall dementia charity received £8K from National Lottery Community Fund

  02-09-2022 06:00
  
  Rawtenstall-based Beacon Dementia and Wellbeing received £8,564 in total from The National Lottery Community Fund.
  
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• Police commissioner visits Colne youth group

  02-09-2022 06:00
  
  LANCASHIRE'S police and crime commissioner has visited a youth group to see how its new minibus is helping tackle anti-social behaviour.
  
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• Men accused of making false statement during rape investigation to stand trial

  02-09-2022 06:00
  
  A trial date has been set for two brothers accused of lying to police in relation to a rape investigation
  
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• Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen to switch on Blackpool Illuminations

  02-09-2022 06:00
  
  TV celebrity and designer Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen is to turn on this year’s Blackpool Illuminations tonight (September 2).
  
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• Haslingden swimming pool campaign launched

  02-09-2022 06:00
  
  A TORY campaign for a new swimming pool in town earmarked for a £2million regeneration has been branded 'cynical electioneering' by the local Labour council leader.
  
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• Free military show with Spitfire flypast returns this weekend

  02-09-2022 06:00
  
  A free military show featuring an impressive Spitfire flypast is making its return to Fulwood Barracks on Saturday
  
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• David Wilson Homes North West donates £400 to Longridge Cricket Club

  02-09-2022 06:00
  
  David Wilson Homes North West has recently sponsored Longridge Cricket Club to support the growth of its women’s team
  
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• Cost of living: Clitheroe uniform exchange eases cost of living pressures on families

  02-09-2022 06:00
  
  The Salvation Army in Clitheroe held the uniform exchange in Lowergate, Clitheroe.
  
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• Colin Hendry joins charity football match for Manchester arena bomb victim

  02-09-2022 06:00
  
  Colin Hendry took part in a charity match in memory of Michelle Kiss, one of the 22 victims of the Manchester arena bombing
  
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• Cabinet to boost SEND provision across Lancashire schools

  02-09-2022 06:00
  
  Councillors are expected to take further action to support children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) across Lancashire
  
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• Blackburn with Darwen hard-up families to get £150 council tax rebate

  02-09-2022 06:00
  
  MORE than 6,000 hard-up families in a borough hit by the cost of living crisis are to get an extra £150 to deal with energy and other price rises.
  
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• Bigger and better B&M store opens in Morecambe

  02-09-2022 06:00
  
  B&M, has opened a ‘bigger and better’ shop in Morecambe
  
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• 33 years on, Geraldine Somerville back in Glass Menagerie

  02-09-2022 06:00
  
  IN 1989 a young Geraldine Somerville made her professional stage debut at Manchester’s Royal Exchange in the Tennessee Williams’ classic The Glass Menagerie.
  
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• £100,000 transformation of Darwen playground to start next week

  02-09-2022 06:00
  
  A £100,000 renovation of a popular but dilapidated children's playground is to take place next week
  
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