Srebrenica genocide victims remembered 21 years on at Blackburn Central Library
Published on Wednesday 13 July 2016 at 11:43 am
Blackburn Central Library will commemorate the victims of the Srebrenica genocide this Sunday 21 years on.
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Published on Wednesday 13 July 2016 at 11:43 am
Blackburn Central Library will commemorate the victims of the Srebrenica genocide this Sunday 21 years on.
Published on Wednesday 13 July 2016 at 9:00 am
Proposals to introduce a nominal charge for re:fresh leisure activities will be considered by Blackburn with Darwen Council’s Executive Board on Thursday (July 14).
Published on Tuesday 12 July 2016 at 12:49 pm
Blackburn Youth Zone is hosting a celebration at its office on Jubilee Street today to commemorate its 4th year of improving the lives of young people in the borough.
Published on Monday 11 July 2016 at 11:47 am
Hundreds of people are expected to turn out to an action-packed family fun day featuring free guided walks, rides and shows at Witton Park this week to launch six new walking routes.
Published on Monday 11 July 2016 at 10:46 am
Cancer services in East Lancashire scooped the top national award for Patient Safety in Cancer Care at the Health Service Journal (HSJ) Patient Safety Awards 2016 in Manchester recently.
Published on Friday 8 July 2016 at 3:18 pm
Transdev has announced that from August 28 it will withdraw some bus services in Blackburn that are not commercially viable.
Filed under: Blackburn Bus Station | bus services | public transport | transdev
Published on Friday 8 July 2016 at 11:29 am
The British tennis season is in full swing and to celebrate SAM Seafood will be serving up a range of picnic feasts and strawberry treats at Blackburn Market on Friday, July 8th.
Filed under: Blackburn Market | picnic | SAM Seafood | Wimbledon
Published on Friday 8 July 2016 at 11:02 am
Local pilot project Positive Minds, part of Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council’s Adult Learning Service is to continue to run a range of courses aimed at improving mental health and wellbeing over the next twelve months, following a successful first year.
Published on Friday 8 July 2016 at 10:06 am
Blackburn Central Library will welcome a Trustee of the Bronte Society for a talk about the famous poets and novelists.
Filed under: Blackburn Central library | Bronte Society | Brontes | literature
Published on Thursday 7 July 2016 at 4:01 pm
Here’s our list of events in & around Blackburn & Darwen from Monday, 11th July to Sunday, 17th July 2016
To avoid disappointment, please contact the venues to make sure that there are still tickets/places available if you are planning to attend any of the events below.
Published on Thursday 7 July 2016 at 3:41 pm
People are being asked to waste less food by using their freezers more.
Blackburn with Darwen Council is supporting this week’s Food Safety Week (4th-10th July), which aims to help people better understand how to waste less food safely, by making more use of their freezers.
Filed under: Councillor | Food Safety Week | Jim Smith
Published on Thursday 7 July 2016 at 3:01 pm
Resilient pupils were given a chance to horse around after getting top marks on a special emergency training course.
Filed under: Andy Kay | Councillor | Schools Community Resilience Project | St Francis Primary School
Published on Thursday 7 July 2016 at 1:58 pm
Hundreds of people flocked to Blackburn Cathedral and town centre to watch the moving Freedom Parade to mark the 100th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme.
Filed under: Battle of the Somme | Blackburn Cathedral | Councillor | Freedom Parade | Mohammed Khan
Published on Thursday 7 July 2016 at 11:57 am
Blackburn’s Witton Park Cycle Centre are hosting a series of new courses to help encourage adults to take up cycling.
Published on Wednesday 6 July 2016 at 1:25 pm
The Blackburn Business Improvement District (BID) has praised volunteers for their contribution to one of the town’s largest midsummer festivals.
Filed under: Blackburn Bid | Countryside Comes To Town | Volunteers
Published on Wednesday 6 July 2016 at 1:14 pm
People have been celebrating Eid this morning with an outdoor prayer event held at Witton Park.
Published on Wednesday 6 July 2016 at 12:47 pm
World authority on Shakespeare, Professor Sir Brian Vickers, will give a talk about the playwright’s distinguished work in Blackburn this Friday.
Filed under: Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery | literature | poetry | Shakespeare | talk
Published on Tuesday 5 July 2016 at 3:22 pm
Blackburn born and bred accountant completed a tough 13-day bike challenge which saw him cycle 1,000 miles throughout the UK.
Published on Tuesday 5 July 2016 at 2:53 pm
Visitors to Blackburn can enjoy a more colourful high street after Blackburn’s Business Improvement District invested an additional £25,000 into the town’s annual planting scheme.
Filed under: floral display | Town Centre
Published on Tuesday 5 July 2016 at 1:17 pm
Blackburn with Darwen Council’s firm stance against hate crime will be reinforced at the next Council Forum meeting on Thursday, July 21.
Published on Tuesday 5 July 2016 at 1:07 pm
Blackburn with Darwen Council and Capita have launched their new technical services partnership.
The new flexible partnership will see Capita providing a blend of services and business cases that will deliver savings, income and growth for the borough.
Published on Tuesday 5 July 2016 at 11:08 am
A three-year strategy being developed by Blackburn with Darwen Council to encourage residents to move more, eat well and maintain a healthy weight is now out for public consultation.
Published on Monday 4 July 2016 at 3:45 pm
Friends of Darwen Library have published a new book to mark the centenary of the First World War.
Published on Monday 4 July 2016 at 2:11 pm
Representatives from groups and organisations interested in taking over the management of Audley Sports & Community Centre are invited to attend a meeting next week at the centre.
Published on Friday 1 July 2016 at 5:40 pm
Here’s our list of events in & around Blackburn & Darwen from Monday, 4th July to Sunday, 10th July 2016
To avoid disappointment, please contact the venues to make sure that there are still tickets/places available if you are planning to attend any of the events below.
Published on Friday 1 July 2016 at 10:49 am
A celebrated statue to commemorate the lives of soldiers who perished in the Battle of the Somme in the First World War is now in Blackburn.
Filed under: Battle of the Somme | Blackburn Town Hall | Councillor | Every Man Remembered | Mohammed Khan
Published on Thursday 30 June 2016 at 8:41 pm
A special ‘call-in’ committee meeting to scrutinise plans to demolish Darwen’s Three-day market has agreed to go-ahead with the plans.
Published on Thursday 30 June 2016 at 5:12 pm
Blackburn residents have been treated to some striking displays of public art to kick off the third Urban Room festival.
Published on Thursday 30 June 2016 at 4:31 pm
A £3 million transformation is set for Blackburn Town Centre after the Townscape Heritage project was given the go ahead.
Filed under: Blackburn | King George's Hall | Phil Riley | regeneration
Published on Thursday 30 June 2016 at 11:48 am
Blackburn with Darwen Council has congratulated a youth empowerment organisation after it became the third group in Blackburn with Darwen to have achieved the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service.
Filed under: Councillor | Inter Madrassah Organisation | Mohammed Khan | Queen's Award | volunteer
Published on Wednesday 29 June 2016 at 10:10 am
This Friday (July 1) a two minute silence will be announced on the steps of Blackburn Town Hall at 07.28 am to mark the moment that many men went over the top 100 years ago at the Battle of the Somme.
Filed under: World War One Commemorations
Published on Tuesday 28 June 2016 at 1:08 pm
Two “quack-acting” staff at Blackburn Council flocked to help save two ducklings that had fallen down a sewer pipe.
Published on Tuesday 28 June 2016 at 1:00 pm
The team behind some of the borough’s best eateries are discovering their new campaign has wheels.
Published on Monday 27 June 2016 at 12:18 pm
A statue to commemorate the lives of soldiers who perished in the First World War arrives in Blackburn.
Filed under: Blackburn Town Hall | Councillor | Every Man Remembered | Mohammed Khan | Somme Commemoration
Published on Monday 27 June 2016 at 11:20 am
A national one minute silence is being held today, Monday 27 June at 12 noon, in remembrance of those who lost their lives in the terrorist attack in Sousse, Tunisia on 26 June 2015.
Published on Friday 24 June 2016 at 4:21 am
The results for the Blackburn with Darwen voting area have been published on the Council website and can be also found below following their official announcement at King George’s Hall.
Published on Thursday 23 June 2016 at 4:35 pm
The Council is experiencing temporary issues with its phone lines, IT, systems and website. The election line for the EU referendum is unaffected, but may be busy so please bear with us. We are working to resolve the problem as quickly as possible and apologise for any inconvenience caused. We will provide further updates here as soon as there is more information.Published on Thursday 23 June 2016 at 4:00 pm
Here’s our list of events in & around Blackburn & Darwen from Monday, 27th June to Sunday, 3rd July 2016
To avoid disappointment, please contact the venues to make sure that there are still tickets/places available if you are planning to attend any of the events below.
Published on Wednesday 22 June 2016 at 5:15 pm
Motorists and local residents are being advised that roadworks will be taking place on Furthergate tomorrow evening (Thursday, June 23).
Filed under: roadworks
Published on Wednesday 22 June 2016 at 2:17 pm
Blackburn with Darwen’s Fostering team are running the 5k ‘Race for Life’ at Witton Park in aid of Cancer Research today – Wednesday, June 22.
Filed under: Let's Foster | Race for Life | Witton Park
Published on Wednesday 22 June 2016 at 12:40 pm
Around 150 volunteers got together to collect 80 bags of rubbish as part of a pre-Ramadhan clean-up.
Published on Tuesday 21 June 2016 at 10:26 am
Community leaders and residents came together at a vigil to honour those killed and wounded in the recent terror attack in Orlando and MP Jo Cox.
Published on Monday 20 June 2016 at 2:30 pm
The Council in partnership with the Dogs Trust is offering free microchipping and dog health checks.
Published on Friday 17 June 2016 at 5:21 pm
A vigil to honour those killed and wounded in the recent terror attack in Orlando and MP Jo Cox will take place on Monday (June 20).
Filed under: vigil
Published on Friday 17 June 2016 at 3:35 pm
People have reported bogus phone calls attempting to scam residents.
Callers claimed to be ringing from Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council stating that the NHS had given them details of an accident they had been in.
Filed under: Action Fraud | Blackburn with Darwen Council | phone call | Scam
Published on Friday 17 June 2016 at 3:14 pm
Councillor Mohammed Khan, leader of Blackburn with Darwen Council, said: “The Council has joined with others to lower the Union flag as people in our two towns pay their respects to MP Jo Cox.
Filed under: Councillor | Jo Cox MP | Mohammed Khan | Union Flag
Published on Friday 17 June 2016 at 11:57 am
For a short time only the well-known Weavers Wheel will be putting on an exhibition of their work in progress.
Filed under: Art | Art and Design Exhibition | exhibition | Weavers Wheel
Published on Friday 17 June 2016 at 10:42 am
Everyone is invited to attend a flag raising ceremony in front of Blackburn and Darwen town halls in support of the Armed Forces on Monday, June 20.
Filed under: Armed Forces Day | Blackburn Town Hall | Councillor | Darwen Town Hall | Hussain Akhtar | Trevor Maxfield
Published on Friday 17 June 2016 at 10:23 am
Here’s our list of events in & around Blackburn & Darwen from Monday, 20th June to Sunday, 26th June 2016 … and it’s a very busy week!
Published on Thursday 16 June 2016 at 3:12 pm
A special event to celebrate the Queen’s 90th birthday was held at Derwent Hall.
Older people across the borough were treated to classic tunes from the 1940s and 1950s from entertainer Joyce Kearton and enjoyed a hot meal and a quiz with fantastic prizes.
Filed under: Brian Taylor | Councillor | Darwen | Just Good Friends | Queen | Royal