Blackburn with Darwen news

• Blackburn Rovers 1-0 Sheffield Wednesday LIVE: Game paused due to heavy rain

  06-12-2025 14:00 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  Live updates as Blackburn Rovers host Sheffield Wednesday at Ewood Park
  
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• Lane closed and '50-minute delays' on this road due to collapsed manhole cover

  08-12-2025 19:18 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  There are 50-minute delays and three miles of congestion on the A585 in Poulton-Le-Fylde.
  
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• Sexual predator assaulted woman - and then tried to rape her 12-year-old daughter

  08-12-2025 18:50 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  Steven Murphy assaulted a woman and then tried to rape her 12-year-old daughter, has been jailed
  
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• Live updates as lane closed on M61 due to vehicle fire

  08-12-2025 18:00 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  A lane closed on the M61 in Chorley duea to vehicle fire
  
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• Government rejects East Lancs councils' scrap local elections plea

  08-12-2025 17:00 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  A call by Blackburn with Darwen and Hyndburn Councils for May’s local elections to be scrapped because of devolution look set to be rejected by government.
  
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• Blackburn road set to be closed for four days due to 'emergency gas leak'

  08-12-2025 16:46 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  Pleckgate Road, Blackburn, is under one-way closure until 12 December due to a gas leak. Cadent Gas is carrying out emergency repairs near Ramsgreave Drive
  
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• 'Embarrassing' - Valerien Ismael sends Ewood Park message to Blackburn Rovers

  08-12-2025 16:38 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  The head coach spoke publicly for the first time since the game against Sheffield Wednesday was abandoned
  
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• Blackburn Rovers injury update with positive news and another setback

  08-12-2025 16:10 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  Injury news from Ewood Park as Blackburn Rovers prepare to face Oxford United
  
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• Award-winning pub could become adult day care centre under new plans

  08-12-2025 16:00 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  The premises of an award-winning pub could become a day care centre for adults with learning and physical disabilities
  
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• Overturned HGV on M65 ‘was stolen and had cloned reg plates’ police say

  08-12-2025 15:31 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police are trying to locate the driver of a HGV, which overturned on the M65 and caused travel disruption last month.
  
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• Overturned HGV on M65 ‘was stolen and had cloned plates’ police say

  08-12-2025 15:31 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  On November 30, police were called to the entry slip road of the westbound M65 at junction 4 and found a HGV had overturned
  
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• New homes planned for urban green field site in borough

  08-12-2025 15:00 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  A new housing estate of 20 homes has been proposed for 2.2 acres of land at Bank Hey View off Heys Lane in Blackburn.
  
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• New shops and homes planned for vacant grassland

  08-12-2025 14:00 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  A former Presbytery site in Blackburn has been earmarked for a small development of shops, flats and houses
  
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• 'They will find you' - police's warning to man wanted on prison recall

  08-12-2025 13:56 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police are looking for a man believed to be sofa surfing with links to Accrington who is wanted on recall to prison.
  
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• 15-hour weather warning for rain issued which covers East Lancs

  08-12-2025 12:31 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  A yellow weather warning has been issued by the Met Office covering Blackburn starting tomorrow (December 9).
  
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• Blackburn Rovers vs Sheffield Wednesday next steps and when match could be replayed

  08-12-2025 12:00 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  The EFL will communicate their decision on a formal replay with both clubs
  
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• Man with links to East Lancashire wanted on recall to prison

  08-12-2025 11:01 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police are appealing for help to find a man wanted on recall to prison who has links to Burnley and Bacup.
  
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• Pitch issues need addressing urgently

  08-12-2025 10:32 via bbc.com
  Sports Editor Andy Bayes sympathises with supporters embarrassed by the Ewood Park playing surface.
  
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• Blackburn Rovers' stance on January recall for in-form defender

  08-12-2025 10:31 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  Blackburn Rovers have the option to recall Connor O'Riordan in the January transfer window
  
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• Burnley Women beat Boro to extend unbeaten run to 10 games

  08-12-2025 10:18 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  Goals from Thea Paul, Charley Docherty and Charlie Chadwick ensured three league points would be the product of a trip to Middlesbrough on Sunday afternoon.
  
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• Clarets just 'one moment away' insists proud Parker

  08-12-2025 09:52 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  Scott Parker said he felt pride for the endeavour his players showed in Saturday’s narrow 2-1 defeat to Newcastle United at St James’ Park - and believes Burnley are 'one moment away' from getting it right.
  
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• Taxi driver suspended after being caught with tyre tread measuring just 0.8mm

  08-12-2025 08:43 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  A taxi driver in Lancashire had his licence suspended after police found the treads on one of his tyres to be just 0.8mm.
  
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• 'Roadworks have hit our trade harder than Covid'

  08-12-2025 07:15 via bbc.com
  Traders in the east Lancashire town say takings are down by thousands of pounds due to roadworks.
  
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• Artists with learning difficulties showcase works

  08-12-2025 07:13 via bbc.com
  The artists with learning difficulties attend weekly workshops where ideas and skill are shared.
  
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• Theatres renovations breathing fresh life into East Lancs town, say punters

  08-12-2025 06:47 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  Theatre-goers have been sharing their joy following the upgrades to three venues in Colne in the past year thanks to Levelling Up and council cash
  
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• Renovations of theatres breathing fresh life into East Lancs town, say punters

  08-12-2025 06:47 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  Theatre-goers have been sharing their joy following the upgrades to three venues in Colne in the past year thanks to Levelling Up and council cash
  
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• 'Lonely' pensioner caught by online paedo hunters trying to meet girl

  08-12-2025 06:15 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  A pervert pensioner who went to meet what he believed was a 13-year-old girl in Burnley was met instead by group of paedophile hunters.
  
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• Teacher banned after restraining pupil singing nursery rhyme

  08-12-2025 06:05 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  A teacher at a specialist Lancashire school has been banned indefinitely after he inappropriately restrained a singing pupil
  
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• The 30cm rule households can use to help heat rooms more efficiently

  08-12-2025 06:00 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  Households can utilise a 30cm rule in their rooms to help heat up their home more efficiently
  
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• Student lands spot at Irish Dance World Championships in Chicago

  08-12-2025 06:00 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  Esther Smith finished third at the Northwest Championships in Oldham, which earned her a place at the World Championships in Illinois.
  
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