Blackburn with Darwen news

• Rovers and Burnley learn opponents in Carabao Cup second round

  14-08-2024 23:45
  
  Rovers and Burnley have learned their opponents in the Carabao Cup second round
  
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• Council orders Issa brothers' charity to stop functions at former college

  14-08-2024 18:05
  
  Blackburn with Darwen Council has taken enforcement action to prevent unauthorised functions and celebrations at a building owned by the Issa brothers' charity.
  
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• Plans to convert former ladies' gym to church plan submitted to council

  14-08-2024 18:00
  
  An evangelical Christian church is proposing to turn a former Blackburn gym into a place of worship.
  
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• 'Enjoyed every second' - Duru delighted after Rovers senior debut

  14-08-2024 18:00
  
  Leo Duru reflects on his Rovers senior debut after progressing through the Academy ranks
  
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• John Lewis cutting 153 jobs as part of shake-up across its UK stores

  14-08-2024 17:58
  
  John Lewis is looking to cut 153 jobs as part of a staff shake-up across its stores.
  
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• Tommy Fury says he is 'heartbroken' after splitting up with Molly-Mae Hague

  14-08-2024 17:54
  
  Tommy Fury has spoken publically about his split from Love Island's Molly-Mae Hague.
  
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• Tommy Fury says he is 'heartbroken' after splitting up with Molly-Mae

  14-08-2024 17:54
  
  Tommy Fury has spoken publically about his split from Love Island's Molly-Mae Hague.
  
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• Boxer Tommy Fury breaks silence on split with Molly-Mae Hague

  14-08-2024 17:51
  
  Molly-Mae Hague and Tommy Fury have ended their relationship after meeting on Love Island in 2019.
  
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• Love Island's Molly-Mae Hague announces split from Tommy Fury after 5 years

  14-08-2024 17:32
  
  Molly-Mae Hague said on Instagram 'never in a million years did I think I’d ever have to write this'
  
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• Car ploughs through restaurant window for third time

  14-08-2024 17:31 via bbc.com
  
  The manager says the Oswaldtwistle eatery has been forced to close due to the damage caused.
  
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• Universal Credit and PIP warning ahead of payment change next week

  14-08-2024 16:54
  
  DWP Universal Credit, PIP, and other benefit claimants may find their payments affected by the August bank holiday
  
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• Is it safe to travel to Greece? The latest advice after wildfires in Athens

  14-08-2024 16:52
  
  Firefighters had been battling wildfires near Athens in mid-August 2024 but it it safe to travel to Greece right now?
  
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• The North West locations where new true-life BBC gripping drama was filmed

  14-08-2024 16:44
  
  TV viewers may have found themselves doing double takes this evening while watching the new BBC true-life drama Kidnapped: The Chloe Ayling Story.
  
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• Winter Fuel Payments latest as petition against change approaches new milestone

  14-08-2024 16:42
  
  From this winter only those on Pension Credit or means-tested benefits will get Winter Fuel Payments from the DWP
  
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• Fiancé of X-Factor star Jaymi Hensley dies after falling from hotel window

  14-08-2024 16:41
  
  Olly Marmon had been due to marry Union J star Jaymi Hensley this year but died after falling from a hotel window on Sunday (August 11)
  
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• Who is Chloe Ayling and what happened to her amid her kidnapping incident?

  14-08-2024 16:40
  
  In July 2017 Chloe Ayling was kidnapped after being lured to a fake photoshoot in Milan, which is being shown in a new BBC Three series
  
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• Stockport boss hopes youngsters can learn from Rovers drubbing

  14-08-2024 16:23
  
  The verdict from the opposition dugout after Rovers cruised to victory at Stockport
  
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• Clean beach campaign restarts with £300,000 boost

  14-08-2024 15:59 via bbc.com
  
  United Utilities says it is proposing its "largest ever programme of environmental improvements".
  
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• Eustace on convincing Stockport win and impact of new strikers

  14-08-2024 15:16
  
  John Eustace on Rovers' potency at Stockport and promising starts for his new strikers
  
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• Warning over ‘smartly-dressed man asking to view lofts’

  14-08-2024 14:48
  
  On Tuesday, officers said a smartly dressed man had been knocking on doors in Eshton Terrace.
  
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• East Lancs man charged over violent disorder offences in Southport

  14-08-2024 14:32
  
  He was one of three men over the offence following incidents in the town earlier this month.
  
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• Colne man charged over violent disorder offences

  14-08-2024 14:32
  
  He was one of three men over the offence following incidents in the town earlier this month.
  
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• Children's centre grows into £142,000 youth hub thanks to grant

  14-08-2024 14:00
  
  The transformation of Blackburn's Wensley Fold Children’s Centre into a Youth Hub is now complete after a £142k investment.
  
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• Channel 4 casting north west couples for sex experiment TV show

  14-08-2024 13:43
  
  A TV production company is looking for contestants from the north west to take part in Channel Four’s “Open House: The Great Sex Experiment”.
  
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• Man charged after £200 of footwear allegedly stolen from stores

  14-08-2024 13:15
  
  Officers were called on Tuesday after items of footwear totalling around £200 were taken from TK Maxx and Office on Fishergate.
  
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• Man charged after £200 footwear allegedly stolen from stores

  14-08-2024 13:15
  
  Officers were called on Tuesday after items of footwear totalling around £200 were taken from TK Maxx and Office on Fishergate.
  
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• Is the new UK passport black or blue in colour? Why it changed and what it means

  14-08-2024 13:09
  
  The UK has a new passport with red ones no longer being issued but is the new one black or blue in colour and why did they change?
  
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• All the details you need about Carabao Cup second-round draw

  14-08-2024 11:53
  
  All the details Rovers and Burnley fans need ahead of the Carabao Cup second-round draw tonight
  
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• Pensioner's scooter banned from Ryanair flight over fears it would 'explode'

  14-08-2024 11:38
  
  A disabled pensioner has issued a warning after her electric scooter was banned from her Ryanair flight over fears it could "explode" mid-air, she claims.
  
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• Man sentenced over threats to bus station staff

  14-08-2024 11:13
  
  Andrew Ashworth was sentenced to 18 weeks in jail for criminal damage.
  
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• Officers discover 100 cannabis plants following raid

  14-08-2024 10:35
  
  When officers entered the property on Waterloo Road, they found the cannabis plants spread across four rooms.
  
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• True life drama shot in North West airs tonight -as model releases powerful statement

  14-08-2024 10:32
  
  Chloe Ayling has said she hopes a new series based on her kidnapping - which was filmed in Bolton -encourages people “not to doubt victims based on the way they react to a traumatic experience”
  
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• These are the countries that do not require 3 months on UK passport for travel

  14-08-2024 10:25
  
  These are the countries you can travel to that do not need 3 months or more of validity on UK passports.
  
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• Cup win may be best feeling I’ve experienced on a field - Wrathall

  14-08-2024 08:29
  
  Captain Will Wrathall’s reluctance to accept the player-of-the-match award following his unbeaten 57 off 31 balls in Sunday’s Hamer Cup final told you everything about the manner of Read’s landslide win against hosts Little Lever.
  
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• Conservationists hail sand dunes project a success

  14-08-2024 07:17 via bbc.com
  
  Over the past 150 years, 80% of the sand dunes at Lytham St Annes have been lost.
  
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• Old Post Office which shut after 27 years set to become cafe/wine bar

  14-08-2024 06:49
  
  Plans have been submitted to convert a former post office, which closed after 27 years earlier this year, into a café/wine bar.
  
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• Work on 76-home estate praised by council leader on visit

  14-08-2024 06:47
  
  Blackburn with Darwen Council leader Phil Riley has toured the Elan Homes development at the old Lower Darwen Paper Mill site.
  
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• Man caught fast asleep in stolen car by police

  14-08-2024 06:31
  
  A man who spent the day cleaning his new car found it had been stolen off his drive when he woke the following morning.
  
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• Radiology team in Blackburn celebrate major milestone in life-saving treatment

  14-08-2024 06:17
  
   The interventional radiology team at Royal Blackburn Hospital has celebrated a major milestone in a potentially life-saving treatment.
  
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• Village pub keeps licence despite serving tragic crash death teen booze

  14-08-2024 06:00
  
  A village pub has kept its licence after a review sparked by the death of a 16-year-old to whom it served alcohol before he died in a quad bike crash.
  
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• Rhythm and blues festival announces additional programme features

  14-08-2024 06:00
  
  Extra plans have been announced for a rhythm and blues festival in Colne, taking place over the August bank holiday weekend.
  
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• Restaurant owners ‘overwhelmed’ by community support following horror crash

  14-08-2024 06:00
  
  The Royal Phoenix restaurant on Union Road, Oswaldtwistle said they had been overwhelmed by the support from the local community following the crash.
  
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• Police warning over use of fireworks late at night

  14-08-2024 06:00
  
  Officers in Nelson said they had received an increase in reports of fireworks being set off anti-socially at night.
  
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• Plans for two-bedroom house at former farm building rejected by council

  14-08-2024 06:00
  
  Plans to turn a building into a two-bedroom house in Ramsgreave have been refused.
  
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• Plans for new railway station in Preston back on track after land row resolved

  14-08-2024 06:00
  
  Plans for a new railway station in suburban Preston are back on track after a wrangle over the land needed to build it was resolved.
  
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• NHS encourages students to consider nursing and midwifery careers

  14-08-2024 06:00
  
  The NHS in the North West is urging students uncertain about their future to consider a nursing or midwifery career.
  
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• National Trust submits plans for major restoration at Gawthorpe Hall

  14-08-2024 06:00
  
  The National Trust has applied to reroof the Grade I listed Great Barn at Gawthorpe Hall in Burnley
  
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• MARTIN FURBER: Striving for ‘perfection’ is unwise

  14-08-2024 06:00
  
  Perfectionism, it’s another one of those words often tossed around casually, but it carries a weight that many of us underestimate.
  
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• Markanday in talks with Chesterfield over potential loan deal

  14-08-2024 06:00
  
  John Eustace has provided an update on those on the fringes of his squad with one player in talks to leave
  
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• Man threatened to bite police officer's nose off at Clitheroe Food Festival

  14-08-2024 06:00
  
  Blackburn magistrates heard the incident took place in Market Place where Parkington assaulted a man.
  
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