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Emergency fund helps thousands of people in need across Lancashire

Published on Tuesday 5 May 2020 at 5:21 pm

Emergency fund helps thousands of people in need across Lancashire

A Lancashire emergency fund created to help people in need during the Covid-19 emergency has given out more than £760,000 across the county.

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This week’s coronavirus column

Published on Thursday 30 April 2020 at 9:25 am

Our Director of Public Health and Wellbeing, Professor Dominic Harrison, has written another column for the Lancashire Telegraph: ‘Coronavirus testing will be ‘part of life”.

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Council celebrates its hardworking ‘Highways Heroes’

Published on Thursday 23 April 2020 at 10:41 am

Blackburn with Darwen Council is supporting a national campaign to honour the country’s ‘Highways Heroes.’

Essential work is continuing right across the borough to keep the roads and pathways safe – especially for key workers and emergency vehicles.

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This week’s coronavirus column

Published on Thursday 23 April 2020 at 9:25 am

Our Director of Public Health and Wellbeing, Professor Dominic Harrison, has written another column for the Lancashire Telegraph: ‘NHS still open for business’.

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Update on cemetery closures in Blackburn with Darwen

Published on Monday 20 April 2020 at 5:29 pm

Over the weekend the Government asked councils to re-open parks and cemeteries.

Our parks have remained open for residents to enjoy for their daily exercise throughout the lockdown, with the exception of playgrounds and associated car parks.

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This week’s coronavirus column

Published on Thursday 16 April 2020 at 11:33 am

Our Director of Public Health and Wellbeing, Professor Dominic Harrison, has written another column for the Lancashire Telegraph: Testing us out of coronavirus.

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This week’s coronavirus column

Published on Thursday 9 April 2020 at 10:50 am

Our Director of Public Health and Wellbeing, Professor Dominic Harrison, has written another column for the Lancashire Telegraph: No early end to coronavirus lockdown.

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