Blackburn with Darwen news

• DWP to pay £737 a month for these mental health conditions

  28-06-2024 19:34
  
  The DWP will be offering a monthly payment of up to £737 to people suffering from conditions such as stress, anxiety or depression.
  
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• Burnley sign ex-PSV defender Sambo

  28-06-2024 18:26 via bbc.com
  
  Burnley sign Dutch full-back Shurandy Sambo on a four-year deal following his PSV Eindhoven exit.
  
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• Burnley sign Netherlands U21 defender Sambo from PSV

  28-06-2024 18:20
  
  Burnley have made Netherlands Under-21 full-back Shurandy Sambo their first signing of the summer
  
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• Midfielder Bonds joins Fleetwood from Cheltenham

  28-06-2024 18:08 via bbc.com
  
  Fleetwood Town complete the signing of Cheltenham Town midfielder Elliot Bonds on a three-year deal.
  
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• Northern Lights to be visible over Lancashire tonight

  28-06-2024 18:05
  
  Forecasts are predicting the Northern Lights could be visible across Lancashire tonight.
  
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• Major £27m motorway link road opens

  28-06-2024 17:36 via bbc.com
  
  Work started on the Heyhouses link road, linking Lytham and St Annes with the M55 motorway, in June 2021.
  
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• Oswaldtwistle: TikTok star joins hunt for missing Jay Slater

  28-06-2024 17:00
  
  A TikTok star with 200,000 followers has joined the hunt for missing Jay Slater, ahead of a 'massive search' for the teenager this weekend.
  
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• Evans signs Preston player-coach deal

  28-06-2024 16:56 via bbc.com
  
  Preston North End striker Ched Evans signs a player-coach deal with the Championship club.
  
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• Two charged after alleged knifepoint robberies in Ramsbottom park

  28-06-2024 16:54
  
  Two people have been charged following an alleged knifepoint robbery in a park in Ramsbottom
  
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• Police make volunteers plea for Jay Slater search

  28-06-2024 16:09 via bbc.com
  
  Tenerife police announce a large search as Jay Slater's friend recalls his last video call with him.
  
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• Police film shows harsh terrain in Jay Slater search

  28-06-2024 16:01 via bbc.com
  
  The Spanish Guardia Civil release footage of officers scouring terrain in the Rural de Teno national park.
  
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• Labour business boss joins in Ribble Valley campaign

  28-06-2024 16:00
  
  Shadow business and trade secretary Jonathan Reynolds has been to the new Ribble Valley constituency to support Labour candidate Maya Ellis.
  
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• Callum Brittain on Blackburn Rovers pre-season schedule

  28-06-2024 15:47
  
  Rovers full-back Callum Brittain on the hard yards in pre-season and experience gained from last term
  
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• Two charged over supply of crack cocaine and heroin

  28-06-2024 15:46
  
  Officers raided an address in Caunce Street in Blackpool.
  
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• Lancashire businesses praised in Recipe 4 Health awards

  28-06-2024 15:00
  
  Lancashire companies and a youth organisation have been recognised for advocating healthy eating in the community.
  
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• MK Dons sign Accrington midfielder Pritchard

  28-06-2024 14:20 via bbc.com
  
  MK Dons sign Accrington Stanley midfielder Joe Pritchard on an undisclosed-length contract.
  
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• Labour candidate and Utilita discuss Blackburn energy costs

  28-06-2024 14:15
  
  A Blackburn 2024 general election candidate visited the town's Utilita Energy Hub to discuss energy cost issues.
  
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• I stopped flies invading my home with this cheap vinegar hack

  28-06-2024 14:06
  
  This is how I stopped tiny black flies (fungus gnats) invading my home using this simple and cheap vinegar, soap and sugar hack.
  
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• Blackburn's new £60m skills campus buildings revealed

  28-06-2024 14:00
  
  THE full details of Blackburn's proposed £60million Cyber Skills and Education Campus have been revealed along with images of two of the new buildings at its heart.
  
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• Oswaldtwistle man convicted over rape offences

  28-06-2024 13:42
  
  A jury at Preston Crown Court found 57-year-old Peter Alan Barnes guilty of 43 sexual offences against the children and one woman
  
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• Campaign to restore Edith Rigby's former home

  28-06-2024 13:30 via bbc.com
  
  A group dedicated to suffragette Edith Rigby campaign to turn her former home into a museum.
  
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• MK Dons sign Joe Pritchard from Accrington Stanley

  28-06-2024 13:24
  
  Stanley midfielder Joe Pritchard has joined MK Dons after five years with the Reds
  
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• Jay Slater: Appeal for expert volunteers to help in ‘massive search’

  28-06-2024 13:22
  
  Police searching for missing teenager Jay Slater in Tenerife are appealing for expert volunteers to help with a “massive search” on Saturday.
  
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• Hyndburn all-stars win NFL Flag Football National Champions

  28-06-2024 13:00
  
  A girls' team with players from two Accrington high schools have become American flag football national champions.
  
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• Blackburn Rovers announce Nurnberg friendly in Austria

  28-06-2024 12:46
  
  Rovers will face Bundesliga 2 side Nurnberg during their training camp in Austria
  
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• No arrests after car smashes into Blackburn store front

  28-06-2024 11:39
  
  The PC Waves store in Blackburn was wrecked following the late night incident.
  
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• Burnley announce two-year shirt sponsorship deal with 96.com

  28-06-2024 11:32
  
  Burnley have announced a new two-year shirt sponsorship deal as they prepare for life back in the Championship
  
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• Man pleads guilty to theft from Capitol Centre TK Maxx store

  28-06-2024 11:18
  
  Eduard Csiszer, of no fixed address was charged with theft from a shop.
  
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• Armed Forces Day celebrated in Blackburn with Darwen with tributes - Lancashire Telegraph

  28-06-2024 09:00
  
  Armed Forces Day celebrated in Blackburn with Darwen with tributes  Lancashire Telegraph
  
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• Coronation Street star quietly quits ITV soap opera

  28-06-2024 08:11
  
  A Coronation Street star has quietly quit the ITV show after being off-screen for over a year.
  
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• Why group of Santas climbed Rivington Pike 6 months before Christmas

  28-06-2024 06:00
  
  Anyone hiking up Rivington Pike last Saturday may have had to think twice after seeing 25 Santas
  
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• Westholme School takes home win at National Theatre Awards

  28-06-2024 06:00
  
  Students from a school in Blackburn attended the National School Theatre Awards earlier this week, with one pupil winning 'Best Supporting Actress'
  
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• Upset and anger as Ainsworth farm targeted by young yobs

  28-06-2024 06:00
  
  Two farming sisters have seen their livelihood damaged by yobs who deliberately rolled valuable hay bales into a lodge.
  
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• Rishton takeaway Suarez’s Tasty Bites opens its doors

  28-06-2024 06:00
  
  Takeaway reopens under new management – and its name is inspired by infamous footballer Luis Suarez and his penchant for biting opponents.
  
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• Pakistan cricket star Shaheen Shah Afridi visits Blackburn

  28-06-2024 06:00
  
  Star Pakistan cricketer Shaheen Shah Afridi dropped into a Blackburn restaurant after landing in the UK from the T20 Cricket World Cup.
  
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• Northern Rail cancel East Lancs trains with no replacements

  28-06-2024 06:00
  
  Short term train cancellations are due to occur in East Lancashire this weekend, with some services and replacement buses unable to run at all
  
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• Nelson man stored counterfeit tobacco and cigarettes

  28-06-2024 06:00
  
  A Nelson man who warehoused counterfeit tobacco and cigarettes for someone else had initially fled the country ahead of one of his court hearings.
  
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• Man running Bolton Ironman in memory of friend killed by drug driver

  28-06-2024 06:00
  
  A man will take part in the Bolton Ironman event this weekend in memory of a friend who was killed by a drug driver
  
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• Euro 2024 column - England's draw boost and Georgia's genius

  28-06-2024 06:00
  
  Our football writers Marc Iles, Dan Barnes and Elliott Jackson pen their daily column on Euro 2024
  
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• Burnley Customer Service Awards nominations revealed

  28-06-2024 06:00
  
  Nominations have been revealed for Burnley's second town centre Customer Service Excellence Awards later this year
  
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• Boulevard in Blackburn was home to trams and charabancs

  28-06-2024 06:00
  
  This busy scene on Blackburn Boulevard was captured in 1927 when trams were as common as buses
  
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• Blackburn with Darwen celebrate Armed Forces Day 2024 - Lancashire Telegraph

  28-06-2024 06:00
  
  Blackburn with Darwen celebrate Armed Forces Day 2024  Lancashire Telegraph
  
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• Blackburn with Darwen celebrate Armed Forces Day 2024

  28-06-2024 06:00
  
  People gathered outside Blackburn and Darwen Town Halls to pay tribute to our Armed Forces and to witness the flags being raised
  
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• Blackburn Rovers boss John Eustace outlines transfer aim

  28-06-2024 06:00
  
  John Eustace and Rudy Gestede were quizzed about Rovers' transfer strategy at the Rovers Trust's AGM
  
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• Bin men nearly hit after car mounted path in Blackburn

  28-06-2024 06:00
  
  A video has captured the moment an impatient driver mounted the curb to drive around a bin lorry in Blackburn, narrowly missing binmen at work.
  
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• Billington: Bungalow could be extended and become two homes

  28-06-2024 06:00
  
  A bungalow could be extended to become a pair of semi-detached houses in Billington.
  
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• All the food and drink at Blackburn's National Festival of Making

  28-06-2024 06:00
  
  With so much to see and do at the National Festival of Making, you’re sure to work up an appetite.
  
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• Accrington Benjamin Hargreaves School still rated inadequate

  28-06-2024 06:00
  
  A school in East Lancashire has recently received a progress report after being assessed as 'Inadequate' by Ofsted last year
  
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• 101-year-old inspires fellow churchgoers in Oswaldtwistle

  28-06-2024 06:00
  
  A centurion who celebrated her 101st birthday has spoken of her ‘joy’ of visiting church every week.
  
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• General Election: Can history-maker keep Burnley blue?

  28-06-2024 05:00
  
  Ahead of the General Election on July 4, Bill Jacobs looks at Burnley and says if the Tories 2019 win was a shock a 2024 repeat would be seismic.
  
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