Blackburn with Darwen news

• I'm A Celebrity viewers in disbelief as luxury items are up for grabs after 3 days

  19-11-2024 22:13
  
  I’m A Celebrity viewers were shocked to see Danny Jones and Alan Halsall able to earn the luxury items for the celebrity campmates on day three.
  
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• ‘Avoid the area’ - Road closed after crash near bus depot

  19-11-2024 20:08
  
  ‘Please avoid the area’ - Road closed after crash near bus depot
  
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• Car passenger injured and taken to hospital after two-vehicle crash

  19-11-2024 19:56
  
  The passenger of one vehicle was injured and taken to Blackburn Hospital for treatment.
  
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• Drivers told to expect letter through door after parking at bus stop near school

  19-11-2024 19:02
  
  Police have attended a primary school in Barrowford, in response to parking and driving issues that have been reported.
  
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• Royal Mint's rarest 50p in circulation sells for £123 - how to tell if you have one

  19-11-2024 18:29
  
  The coin knocked the “highly collectable” 2009 Kew Gardens 50p off the top spot for the first time in 15 years
  
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• I’m a Celebrity’s Tulisa opens up about health condition causing swollen face

  19-11-2024 18:27
  
  I'm a Celebrity and N-Dubz star Tulisa Contostavlos has opened up about the health condition that has caused her face to swell.
  
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• Everything to know about Channel 4's new drama After The Party

  19-11-2024 18:25
  
  After The Party, set in New Zealand, is coming to Channel 4 in November - this is the full cast list and when it's on TV.
  
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• Police make shock discovery after driver parked illegally outside school

  19-11-2024 18:24
  
  Officers were called to Higham St Johns Primary School, on Higham Hall Road, after complaints of parking issues around the school at closing time.
  
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• Cantwell's verdict on 'open' Championship and Rovers momentum

  19-11-2024 18:00
  
  Rovers midfielder Todd Cantwell on the tight Championship table and why he instantly saw eye-to-eye with John Eustace
  
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• Funds to address autism waiting times has 'not materialised'

  19-11-2024 17:46
  
  EXTRA funding to address waiting times for autism and ADHD assessments in Lancashire and South Cumbria has ‘not materialised’ due to financial pressures, a report states.
  
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• Model trains worth £10,000 stolen from home

  19-11-2024 16:12 via bbc.com
  
  The "precious collection" of locomotives were taken on 17 November in Cleveleys, Lancashire.
  
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• Will it be a White Christmas this year? Latest odds and Met Office explanation

  19-11-2024 16:05
  
  Parts of the UK have a 75% chance of seeing snow on Christmas Day 2024, according to the latest odds
  
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• Concerns about new cafe and play area plan at popular nature reserve

  19-11-2024 16:00
  
  A Lancashire nature reserve’s plan to upgrade its cafe and build a new play area have drawn concerns from some locals about 'overdevelopment'.
  
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• Blackpool dealing with 'injury crisis' ahead of Wanderers clash

  19-11-2024 15:59
  
  Blackpool's injury list is piling up ahead of their clash with Wanderers this weekend
  
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• Another person taken to hospital after house fire in this town

  19-11-2024 15:09
  
  At around 10.50pm, on November 17, two fire engines from Burnley attended a fire on Queensberry Road.
  
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• Get tested, say four brothers with prostate cancer

  19-11-2024 15:08 via bbc.com
  
  Four brothers diagnosed with prostate cancer within six months of each other want to raise awareness.
  
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• Man charged after police discover 'nearly 2kg of drugs'

  19-11-2024 15:00
  
  A Nelson man has been charged by police after a large quantity of cash and drugs were seized.
  
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• Murder charge dropped against mum after baby death

  19-11-2024 14:49 via bbc.com
  
  Laura Langley faced trial charged with killing her daughter Edith before key evidence was questioned.
  
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• Ex-Rovers Premier League winner takes up new managerial role

  19-11-2024 14:01
  
  Former Rovers keeper Tim Flowers has taken up a new managerial role in the non-league pyramid
  
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• Do you recognise these men? Police are searching for them following a serious assault

  19-11-2024 13:00
  
  Lancashire Constabulary are asking for residents to identify these men who were involved in a serious assault in Darwen last month.
  
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• Expert reveals little-known hack for getting £720 extra pension cash

  19-11-2024 12:19
  
  This is how you could boost your pension pot in retirement
  
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• Phones designed for children launch in the UK - do you think they're a good idea?

  19-11-2024 12:17
  
  A child-safe smartphone has arrived in the UK, as the Pinwheel offers built-in-age guardrails.
  
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• Snow brings picturesque scenes across region

  19-11-2024 12:00 via bbc.com
  
  Photos taken from Sefton to Stockport and from Chorley to Worsley capture snowy scenes across the region.
  
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• Man hospitalised after Blackburn house fire

  19-11-2024 11:45
  
  A man has been hospitalised after a fire broke out at a house in Blackburn in the early hours of this morning, November 19.
  
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• Major through road closed after four car crash last night

  19-11-2024 11:35
  
  A major road connecting Haslingden to Blackburn remains closed after a four-car collision last night.
  
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• Man falls more than 30ft down a shaft at Lee Mill Quarry

  19-11-2024 11:00
  
  Mountain rescue teams were called to Lee Mill Quarry, where a man had fallen down an abandoned shaft.
  
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• BBC reveals Scott Mills' replacement on Radio 2 afternoon show - see who it is

  19-11-2024 10:40
  
  Trevor Nelson will replace Scott Mills on his weekday afternoon show on BBC Radio 2 who in turn will replace Zoe Ball.
  
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• 'Can't dwell on it' - Cozier-Duberry eager to make up for lost time

  19-11-2024 10:15
  
  Rovers winger Amario Cozier-Duberry on his spell out injured and hunger to show what he can do in the Championship
  
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• BBC reveals Zoe Ball's replacement on Radio 2 Breakfast Show - see who it is

  19-11-2024 09:46
  
  Scott Mills has been revealed as Zoe Ball's replacement on the BBC Radio 2 Breakfast Show.
  
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• Zoe Ball reveals she is stepping down from BBC Radio 2 Breakfast Show

  19-11-2024 09:22
  
  Zoe Ball has announced on BBC Radio 2 this morning (Tuesday, November 19) that she has decided to step down as presenter of her weekday Breakfast Show in December.
  
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• Zoe Ball announces she is leaving Radio 2 breakfast show - with new host to revealed

  19-11-2024 09:16
  
  Zoe Ball has revealed live on air that she is set to leave the Radio 2 breakfast show.
  
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• Zoe Ball announces she is leaving Radio 2 breakfast show with new host to be revealed

  19-11-2024 09:16
  
  Zoe Ball has revealed live on air that she is set to leave the Radio 2 breakfast show.
  
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• Zoe Ball announces she is leaving Radio 2 breakfast show - with new host revealed

  19-11-2024 09:16
  
  Zoe Ball has revealed live on air that she is set to leave the Radio 2 breakfast show.
  
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• Snow updates: Traffic, schools and emergency services as snow coats East Lancs

  19-11-2024 08:07
  
  After last nights snow fall roads are closed with the Met Office weather warning maintaining it's yellow weather warning until 11am
  
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• Snow updates: Traffic, schools and emergence services as snow coats East Lancs

  19-11-2024 08:07
  
  After last nights snow fall roads are closed with the Met Office weather warning maintaining it's yellow weather warning until 11am
  
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• East Lancs snow LIVE: Latest East Lancs traffic, schools and emergency updates

  19-11-2024 08:07
  
  After last night's snow fall, several roads across East Lancashire are closed with the Met Office yellow weather warning in place until 11am.
  
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• East Lancs snow: Latest traffic, schools and emergency updates - RECAP

  19-11-2024 08:07
  
  After last night's snow fall, several roads across East Lancashire are closed with the Met Office yellow weather warning in place until 11am.
  
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• Search for Lancaster 'jigsaw' murders families after bones found

  19-11-2024 07:16 via bbc.com
  
  Edinburgh University wants the two women's descendants to help decide what happens to their remains.
  
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• Funding for autism assessments 'not materialised'

  19-11-2024 07:13 via bbc.com
  
  Financial pressures are hampering efforts to address long waits for autism and ADHD assessments.
  
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• Plans for mosque on former nursery site rejected

  19-11-2024 07:11 via bbc.com
  
  The plans would have seen the building on Emerald Street converted into a mosque and Muslim school.
  
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• Special educational needs system 'has burst'

  19-11-2024 07:07 via bbc.com
  
  Soaring special needs provision demand means councils buying more private school places, BBC told.
  
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• TUC writes to companies contracted to local borough

  19-11-2024 06:00
  
  The Blackburn and District Trades Union Council (TUC) said it has written to companies who are contracted to their local council to ask them to commit to both paying the real Living Wage and seek Living Wage Foundation accreditation.
  
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• This famous TikTok grandma to open new travel agency

  19-11-2024 06:00
  
  Dancing grandma and social media sensation Nannabea is set to open a new branch of Destination Travel in an East Lancashire town.
  
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• These are the four most wanted men in East Lancashire this week

  19-11-2024 06:00
  
  These are the four most wanted men in East Lancashire this week.
  
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• Rossendale museum and gallery receives National Lottery Heritage Fund grant

  19-11-2024 06:00
  
  The Rossendale museum and gallery has been given £249,985 from The National Lottery Heritage Fund to 'support longer-term financial resilience.'
  
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• Mystery person terrorising villagers by scattering nails onto main road

  19-11-2024 06:00
  
  A number of residents in Crawshawbooth have noticed nails in their tyres in recent weeks, with the local car garage seeing a notable increase in people needing punctures fixed.
  
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• Midge Ure on Band Aid’s 40th and touring again at the age of 71

  19-11-2024 06:00
  
  The Scottish musician talks about getting back on the road after turning 71 and the impact of Band Aid.
  
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• Man to stand trial after denying causing serious injury by careless driving

  19-11-2024 06:00
  
  A Darwen man will stand trial after denying an offence of causing serious injury by careless driving.
  
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• Man left victim lying face down in pool of blood after fight

  19-11-2024 06:00
  
  A man involved in a fight with another man left his victim lying face down in a pool of blood
  
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• Man jailed over multiple sexual offences in East Lancs

  19-11-2024 06:00
  
  A Blackburn man has been jailed over sexual offences committed in Darwen in 2022.
  
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