Blackburn with Darwen news

• Son kicked out after attacking both of his parents

  05-02-2023 19:02
  
  A TEENAGER assaulted his parents in two incidents two weeks apart.
  
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• Dead body found in street on Lancaster estate

  05-02-2023 14:13
  
  The body of a man has been found on a Lancashire estate
  
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• Delete TikTok to protect personal data urges Tory MP

  05-02-2023 12:51
  
  Conservative MP Alicia Kearns, who chairs the Foreign Affairs Committee, has urged users to delete TikTok to protect their personal data.
  
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• Currys reveals value of retro Nintendo, NES, Atari, and Gameboy games

  05-02-2023 12:32
  
  Research into retro video games has shown that some people might be sitting on a fortune without realising it.
  
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• West Lancashire by-election: Candidates step up battle for votes

  05-02-2023 10:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The voters of West Lancashire will head to the polls on Thursday to elect Rosie Cooper's successor.
  
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• St Anne's Church: Organist honoured for choral lockdown services

  05-02-2023 10:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Paul Garrett set up online choral recordings which were viewed 40,000 times during the Covid crisis.
  
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• Police hunt two youths over Costa Coffee show incident

  05-02-2023 09:17
  
  Two youths are being sought by police after one of them launched a shoe through the window of a Costa Coffee shop
  
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• ITV Loose Women: Popular presenters threaten to quit over pay

  05-02-2023 08:44
  
  Contributors on ITV's popular daytime chat show Loose Women have threatened to quit amid a dispute over pay.
  
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• The Masked Singer: Knitting and Otter's identities revealed

  05-02-2023 08:42
  
  Knitting and Otter from The Masked Singer have been revealed as Claire Richards from the pop group Steps and This Country actor Daisy May Cooper.
  
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• Key witness in Nicola Bulley disappearance comes forward

  05-02-2023 08:29
  
  A key witness in the disappearance of Nicola Bulley has now come forward, Lancashire Police have confirmed
  
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• Death notices placed in East Lancashire last week

  05-02-2023 07:15
  
  Here are the heartfelt tributes left to people who have died that have featured in this week’s death announcements in the Lancashire Telegraph.
  
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• Sex offender jailed after deleting internet browsing history

  05-02-2023 06:07
  
  POLICE who carried out an unannounced visit on a convicted sex offender found a gap in his internet history.
  
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• Worsthorne residents to have say on future of local area

  05-02-2023 06:00
  
  A parish council is launching a new neighbourhood plan designed to empower residents to get involved and shape the local community's future
  
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• View of Accrington bus station will bring back memories

  05-02-2023 06:00
  
  HERE’S a view which will be familiar to anyone who grew up in Accrington - the town’s bus station viewed from Blackburn Road.
  
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• Shania Twain is ‘making the most of it while she can!’

  05-02-2023 06:00
  
  It’s been a tough few years for Shania Twain. The record-breaking Canadian singer, whose moniker “the Queen of Country Pop” remains unchallenged to this day, has faced heartbreak and nearly lost the ability to sing.
  
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• Rossendale Council offering grants to make homes more energy efficient

  05-02-2023 06:00
  
  Home owners in an Rossendale can now access an energy-efficiency grant scheme worth up to £25,000 per property.
  
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• Opinion: Why town centre car parking needs to be free

  05-02-2023 06:00
  
  With more and more retailers moving away from the town centre it is only a matter of time before they become completely deserted.
  
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• Oakhill pupils enjoy live lesson from Houses of Parliament

  05-02-2023 06:00
  
  Year 7 pupils at Oakhill School in Whalley had a live-streamed lesson from the Houses of Parliament in London.
  
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• New traffic measures for Preston city centre given green light

  05-02-2023 06:00
  
  Councillors have approved a series of fundamental changes that will transform how people travel in and around a city centre
  
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• Lancashire to get more specialist mental health support for youngsters

  05-02-2023 06:00
  
  Young people more schools and colleges across Lancashire are now receiving mental health support from specialist teams.
  
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• Jordan North to publish ‘Help I Sexted My Boss’ handbook this year

  05-02-2023 06:00
  
  Jordan and etiquette expert William Hanson are set to publish their book, described as an “essential Help I Sexted My Boss handbook”, this autumn.
  
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• James tribute band 'Laid' frontman to play in hometown of Blackburn

  05-02-2023 06:00
  
  A Blackburn musician is to help raise funds for the charity Shelter when he performs at King George’s Hall.
  
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• Everything we know about missing mum, Nicola Bulley

  05-02-2023 06:00
  
  Nicola Bulley’s family and friends have questioned a police theory that the missing dog walker fell in a river
  
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• Essentialise recognised as one of UK’s top 100 SMEs

  05-02-2023 06:00
  
  A wellbeing company founded by a Blackburn entrepreneur is celebrating after being recognised as one of the UK’s top 100 SMEs
  
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• Chorley police joined by crime commissioner to tackle ASB

  05-02-2023 06:00
  
  Police and Crime Commissioner joins neighbourhood policing teams to see how issues surrounding anti-social behaviour (ASB) are being addressed
  
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• Burnley visit promise from veterans minister

  05-02-2023 06:00
  
  THE government veterans' minister has promised to visit East Lancashire to look at the work taking place to support ex-military personnel.
  
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• Burnley town centre conservation area to get holiday apartments

  05-02-2023 06:00
  
  BURNLEY town centre is set to become home to four holiday flats.
  
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• Brierfield DJ avoids jail over criminal damage and affray offences

  05-02-2023 06:00
  
  A DJ broke into the mother of his unborn child’s house, grabbed her by the neck and began abusing her while high on drink and drugs
  
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• Blackburn's Jam Coding aiming to teach computer tech to kids

  05-02-2023 06:00
  
  A digital technology company wants to reach as many children as possible to provide them with a proper computing education
  
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• Blackburn school praised for 'celebrating diversity' after inspection

  05-02-2023 06:00
  
  A Blackburn secondary school has been commended for ‘celebrating diversity’ as a recent OFSTED inspection.
  
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• Blackburn florist offers funeral flower hire as cost of dying grows

  05-02-2023 06:00
  
  A florist in Blackburn has introduced a rental service that offers affordable and sustainable flower arrangements as funeral costs have increased.
  
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• Blackburn family's terror as axeman turns up at house

  05-02-2023 06:00
  
  A MAN who went to remonstrate with another man armed himself with an axe in case he needed to "de-escalate" the situation.
  
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• Barrowford lorry driver to take on peers in international comp

  05-02-2023 06:00
  
  An East Lancashire lorry driver is set to challenge himself against peers from around the world in an international competition
  
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• Ambulance workers will hold a picket line at Burnley General

  05-02-2023 06:00
  
  Almost 2,000 GMB Union ambulance workers across the North West will walk out on Monday (February 6) in a dispute over pay
  
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• Accrington drink-driver had been celebrating getting cancer all-clear

  05-02-2023 06:00
  
  A MAN who went out to celebrate being given a cancer all clear failed a breathalyser after driving home.
  
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• 76-year-old man with cancer braving skydive in memory of wife

  05-02-2023 06:00
  
  A 76-year-old man is taking on a skydive in memory of his wife who died from having a brain tumour.
  
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• 76-year-old man with cancer braving naked skydive in memory of wife

  05-02-2023 06:00
  
  A 76-year-old man is taking on a skydive in memory of his wife who died from having a brain tumour.
  
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• Kate Hollern: We deserve better than underfunded schools and NHS

  05-02-2023 05:55
  
  Blackburn MP Kate Hollern gives her take on the current situation in the economy, and why she doesn't trust Rishi Sunak to fix it.
  
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• Hygiene ratings for the McDonald's restaurants in Lancashire

  05-02-2023 01:01
  
  Here are the hygiene ratings for the McDonald's restaurants in Blackburn, Accrington, Clitheroe and Blackpool, Lancashire.
  
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