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Published on Friday 22 July 2016 at 10:02 am
Blackburn with Darwen Council website, MyBwd online forms and account and CottonTown will be temporarily unavailable at the following times over the next few days.
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Published on Friday 22 July 2016 at 9:15 am
An acoustic pop music concert organised by Dave Stewart of the Eurythmics is coming to Blackburn’s Holy Trinity Church on July 24 (Sunday).
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Published on Thursday 21 July 2016 at 4:24 pm
A family fun day launching six new walking routes in Witton Park proved to be a hit with thousands turning out for an action-packed event last weekend.
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Published on Thursday 21 July 2016 at 11:12 am
Famous fell walker, Alfred Wainwright is to be honoured by his former home town of Blackburn with the naming of a road after the countryside champion.
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Published on Thursday 21 July 2016 at 10:32 am
A FAMILY fun day launching six new walking routes in Witton Park proved to be a hit with thousands turning out for an action-packed event last weekend.
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Published on Wednesday 20 July 2016 at 2:45 pm
The subtle paper-folding art of origami will be supercharged by artists and residents in Blackburn on Saturday 23 and Sunday 24 July at the Blackburn Canal Festival.
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Published on Wednesday 20 July 2016 at 11:51 am
This summer term Blackburn and Darwen Libraries will be hosing fun and exciting craft events based on books by Roald Dahl to keep young ones entertained.
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Published on Wednesday 20 July 2016 at 10:34 am
Business leaders met to hear about the benefits of doing business in Blackburn and Darwen.
The breakfast debate at Blackburn Cathedral featured two panel discussions about investment in town centres and road infrastructure, new investment opportunities and schemes to ensure young people have the right skills and are workplace-ready when they leave education.
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Published on Tuesday 19 July 2016 at 1:31 pm
Unlimited free access to digital editions of over 100 popular magazines is now available to people using Blackburn Library.
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Published on Tuesday 19 July 2016 at 11:20 am
A free Kids’ Concert featuring live performances, puppet shows and balloon entertainment will bring free family fun to Blackburn Town Centre on Saturday, 23rd July.
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Published on Tuesday 19 July 2016 at 10:01 am
Groups interested in taking over the management of Audley Sports & Community Centre are being invited to submit expressions of interest.
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Published on Friday 15 July 2016 at 2:17 pm
Security items will be given away to locals at a free charity family fun day in Darwen Market on Saturday.
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Published on Friday 15 July 2016 at 11:42 am
Changes to public health services as a result of planned Government cuts to funding were approved by Blackburn with Darwen Council’s Executive Board last night (July 14).
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Published on Friday 15 July 2016 at 11:18 am
Here’s our list of events in & around Blackburn & Darwen from Monday, 18th July to Sunday, 24th July 2016
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Published on Thursday 14 July 2016 at 4:48 pm
Further budget cuts are to be announced at Blackburn with Darwen’s Council Forum meeting on July 21.
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Published on Thursday 14 July 2016 at 2:54 pm
Blackburn Cathedral is preparing for a landmark moment in its history when the Archbishop of York visits this Sunday to officially open the new Cathedral’s Cloisters.
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Published on Wednesday 13 July 2016 at 12:33 pm
A family-run butchers based at Blackburn Market celebrated their 60th anniversary earlier this month as the business reached a major milestone.
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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.
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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).
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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