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Published on Wednesday 23 March 2016 at 2:30 pm
The ceremony rooms at King George’s Hall have had a revamp.
The rooms in the Northgate Suite, Northgate, Blackburn, now cater to any size of wedding or civil partnership, big or small, and have been fully redecorated.
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Published on Tuesday 22 March 2016 at 4:48 pm
Two winners have been selected in a school arts competition designed to highlight the benefits of quitting smoking.
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Published on Tuesday 22 March 2016 at 12:00 pm
A new Ambassador programme has been launched in the borough to help promote it as a place to live, visit, study and work.
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Published on Tuesday 22 March 2016 at 11:23 am
Two International exchange students joined local Councillors to help clean up a “Grot Spot”.
An area of Pearl Street Estate which has become a grot spot got a spring clean this weekend from the help of two international exchange students.
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Published on Tuesday 22 March 2016 at 10:00 am
Business leaders have today welcomed a major initiative to help put Blackburn and Darwen firmly on the map as a place to work, visit, study and live.
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Published on Tuesday 22 March 2016 at 7:00 am
A major initiative is launched today to throw a spotlight on all that is outstanding in Blackburn and Darwen – in a bid to attract more investors, visitors, tourists and residents.
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Published on Monday 21 March 2016 at 4:37 pm
A fun and easy video has been produced to show voters how to cast their ballot in this year’s Police and Crime Commissioner elections.
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Published on Monday 21 March 2016 at 4:13 pm
Entries for Blackburn with Darwen’s fourth annual Good Neighbours Awards look set to be a record, thanks to a surge in nominations for young people.
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Published on Monday 21 March 2016 at 1:53 pm
Staff and volunteers at Jubilee Tower Credit Union are celebrating again after winning a prestigious ‘Red Rose Award’.
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Published on Monday 21 March 2016 at 12:46 pm
A new animation has been produced to advise people on the steps to take to prepare in case of flooding.
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Published on Friday 18 March 2016 at 3:46 pm
Here’s our list of events in & around Blackburn & Darwen from Monday, 21st March 2016 to Sunday, 27th March 2016.
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Published on Friday 18 March 2016 at 1:26 pm
As a major national advertising campaign is launched across England to encourage voter registration ahead of Lancashire Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) and Blackburn with Darwen Council elections, Returning Office Harry Catherall is encouraging local people to visit www.gov.uk/register-to-vote
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Published on Friday 18 March 2016 at 9:40 am
The team behind Northcote, the Michelin starred restaurant and luxury hotel, are to open a café in Blackburn Cathedral’s iconic £8.5m Cathedral Court Building which forms part of the new £30 million Cathedral Quarter development.
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Published on Thursday 17 March 2016 at 11:49 am
Young people will be going to the polls this week to choose the borough’s next Youth MP.
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Published on Wednesday 16 March 2016 at 9:00 am
One year on from gold medal winner Rebecca Adlington opening Blackburn Sports and Leisure Centre, the state-of-art facility is set to celebrate its first birthday.
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Published on Tuesday 15 March 2016 at 5:00 pm
On Saturday, March 19 at 8.30pm Blackburn Town Centre will join millions across the world to celebrate WWF’s Earth Hour and switch off their lights for one hour to show they care about the future of our planet.
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Published on Tuesday 15 March 2016 at 2:23 pm
If you’re keen to get out on your bike a bit more this summer, but don’t know where to start, a new series of free bike rides in Lancashire are being launched.
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Published on Tuesday 15 March 2016 at 2:17 pm
Parts of Sunnyhurst Wood in Darwen have been awarded listed building status by Historic England.
Structures in the wood have been added to the List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
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Published on Tuesday 15 March 2016 at 1:30 pm
Wednesday, March 16 is national Big Adoption Day and Blackburn with Darwen Council is raising awareness of children who need their forever family.
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Published on Tuesday 15 March 2016 at 12:42 pm
Volunteers and community workers were honoured at the 1V Community Champion Awards. The awards were held in association with the One Voice Annual Dinner on 27th February at Maida Restaurant, Blackburn.
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Published on Monday 14 March 2016 at 4:57 pm
Social media users will be given a unique insight into the inner workings of social services in Blackburn with Darwen during a tweet-a-thon in recognition of World Social Work Day.
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Published on Monday 14 March 2016 at 4:36 pm
Residents joined forces with Wensley Fold ward councillors to clean up a grot spot over the weekend.
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Published on Monday 14 March 2016 at 1:22 pm
This week the Mayor will be out and about once again fulfilling his official engagements.
The Mayor, who began his mayoral year in May, this week to attend ‘Fly the Flag’ for the Commonwealth Day, Town Hall Square and will be interviewed by Mr Syed Kashif Sajjad from k2tv on Monday.
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Published on Friday 11 March 2016 at 3:27 pm
A series of events will be held to mark the 100 year anniversary of Battle of the Somme.
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Published on Friday 11 March 2016 at 10:08 am
A new strategy to reduce the number of suicides in Blackburn with Darwen has been developed and will be launched soon.
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Published on Thursday 10 March 2016 at 2:08 pm
Volunteers will spruce up Sunnyhurst Woods this weekend as part of a regular clean-up.
The Friends of Sunnyhurst Woods are inviting residents down to help improve the look of the area.
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Published on Thursday 10 March 2016 at 2:01 pm
Six pubs and three off-licences came up trumps after refusing to sell alcohol to under-age test purchasers.
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Published on Thursday 10 March 2016 at 10:52 am
You can now get updates for Blackburn with Darwen Council job vacancies delivered directly to your email inbox.
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Published on Wednesday 9 March 2016 at 12:51 pm
Visitors to The Barlow Institute, Edgworth, are invited to attend a special exhibition created by some of its members.
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Published on Wednesday 9 March 2016 at 11:43 am
If you smoke, why not be ‘proud to be a quitter’ as this year’s No Smoking Day takes place.
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Published on Wednesday 9 March 2016 at 9:41 am
New Making Rooms director, Dr. Eddie Kirkby, says he wants to show that combining creativity with technology can generate limitless opportunities for both employment and entrepreneurship.
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Published on Tuesday 8 March 2016 at 3:30 pm
Residents are encouraged to join thousands of others across the country in flying a flag for the Commonwealth.
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Published on Tuesday 8 March 2016 at 10:55 am
There was a time when Marselle Davies was in a women’s refuge, struggling with drug addiction and mental health issues.
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Published on Monday 7 March 2016 at 2:59 pm
An award winning nurse and a community group have joined forces to launch an organ donation campaign that is directed towards the Asian community.
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Published on Monday 7 March 2016 at 11:06 am
ENGLISH Tourism Week is running from March 5-13 offering a perfect opportunity to showcase the borough’s best bits.
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Published on Monday 7 March 2016 at 9:11 am
Blackburn with Darwen Libraries have joined the super highway and are now offering free access to Wi-Fi for all visitors in each of its libraries.
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Published on Friday 4 March 2016 at 12:08 pm
Due to the snow and bad weather conditions, some changes are being made to Blackburn with Darwen collections.
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Published on Thursday 3 March 2016 at 3:21 pm
Here’s our list of events in & around Blackburn & Darwen from Monday, 7th March 2016 to Sunday, 20th March 2016.
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Published on Wednesday 2 March 2016 at 3:03 pm
ENGLISH Tourism Week is running from March 5-13 offering a perfect opportunity to showcase the borough’s best bits.
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Published on Wednesday 2 March 2016 at 1:15 pm
Star of BBC’s Sewing Bee, fashion designer, Patrick Grant is launching a clothing brand to encourage people to buy British and reinvigorate clothing manufacturing.
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Published on Wednesday 2 March 2016 at 11:05 am
Blackburn with Darwen Council’s brown bin garden waste collection re-starts in March.
This is following the winter break and is a fortnightly service to approximately 28,000 households who have a garden waste bin.
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Published on Tuesday 1 March 2016 at 2:41 pm
A new friends group has been created to help out a woman who has been looking after a Darwen beauty spot by herself.
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Published on Tuesday 1 March 2016 at 2:33 pm
Blackburn with Darwen’s Registration Service is moving from King George’s Hall to Blackburn Town Hall on Monday, March 7.
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Published on Tuesday 1 March 2016 at 2:27 pm
Blackburn and Darwen Police Cadets are one of three organisations to be shortlisted in the SLYNCS awards in the youth project of the year category.
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Published on Tuesday 1 March 2016 at 2:21 pm
Michelle Searby, Event Director of Witton parkrun, shares with us the latest update.
Event number 23 was a dry one.
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Published on Monday 29 February 2016 at 3:39 pm
Blackburn with Darwen’s Stop Smoking Service offers a range of personalised support to help you quit smoking for good.
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Published on Monday 29 February 2016 at 2:52 pm
Harry Catherall, Police Area Returning Officer for Lancashire, will be holding an information briefing for prospective candidates and agents at 3.30pm on Tuesday 8 March 2016.
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Published on Monday 29 February 2016 at 9:15 am
Young entrepreneur Jacob Knowles has been given a helping hand thanks to the Assistance to Industry grant scheme.
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Published on Friday 26 February 2016 at 4:32 pm
The first good neighbours have been nominated.
The Good Neighbours Awards 2016 was launched last week and the first entries have been received.
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Published on Friday 26 February 2016 at 2:06 pm
Councillors across Lancashire will decide whether to press ahead with plans for a Combined Authority after a public consultation gave overwhelming support to the proposal.
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