Published on Wednesday 24 June 2026 at 3:13 pm
Blackburn with Darwen Council is reminding residents to remain vigilant after Parking Services received a number of calls from people who had received fraudulent text messages claiming they owed money for a parking fine.
Published on Thursday 28 May 2026 at 5:00 pm
The NHS is always looking at ways it can increase access for all communities and one group of healthcare professionals has headed out on the road to reach different parts of the local population.
Published on Tuesday 11 November 2025 at 5:01 pm
A shop raided in Blackburn town centre as part of a national operation was found to have a considerable number of illicit products.
Filed under: Blackburn | Councillor Jim Smith | Crime | environment | National Crime Agency | NCA | Operation Machinize | public protection | trading standards
Published on Thursday 17 July 2025 at 10:57 am
After warnings about the safety of some Labubu dolls from Trading Standards teams across the country, an investigation conducted in Blackburn with Darwen has raised similar concerns.
Published on Friday 20 June 2025 at 3:58 pm
A Trading Standards operation targeting specific businesses and residential homes took place last week, leading to a significant seizure of illegal products.
Filed under: cigarettes | council | Councillor Jim Smith | illegal | Illicit | Investigation | Operation | Raid | tobacco | trading standards | vapes
Published on Wednesday 11 June 2025 at 10:31 am
In an operation conducted by the council’s Trading Standards team last week with support from the police, a large number of illegal goods were found.
Filed under: Blackburn | cigarettes | Citizens Advice | Councillor | Councillor Jim Smith | HMRC | illegal | Operation | Police | tobacco | trading standards | vapes
Published on Wednesday 12 February 2025 at 3:25 pm
Trading Standards raided two premises in a joint operation with Blackburn and Darwen Police recently, in a bid to tackle the sale of any illicit vapes in the borough.
Filed under: Councillor Jim Smith | illegal | Illicit | Jim Smith | Police | public protection | trading standards | vapes | video | youtube
Published on Wednesday 5 February 2025 at 5:48 pm
Lancashire’s new combined county authority (CCA) has officially come into being.
The Statutory Instrument which enabled the formation of the new body passed through the final legislative process in Parliament late last week and has now been formerly signed by Jim McMahon OBE MP, Minister of State for Local Government and English Devolution.
Published on Tuesday 4 February 2025 at 5:06 pm
A free family fun cyber day is taking place on Saturday, February 8, at Blackburn College with lots of cyber and digital activities in collaboration with local community groups IMO and OneVoice.
Filed under: Blackburn | Blackburn College | cyber fest
Published on Monday 13 January 2025 at 3:57 pm
Blackburn with Darwen’s Family Hubs are celebrating a funding boost after 18 months of transforming family support services since their opening in June 2023.
Filed under: Family Hub | Family Hubs
Published on Monday 13 January 2025 at 12:06 pm
Plans that could transform Blackburn’s already super successful Making Rooms into the leading makerspace in the whole of the UK have been revealed.
Published on Friday 6 December 2024 at 3:56 pm
How about this for a fabulous Christmas surprise… Blackburn is set to get its own pop-up festive tavern, and it opens next week!
Published on Wednesday 16 October 2024 at 1:54 pm
We have been made aware of a new scam text message being sent out to people to claim a new living allowance to replace the Winter Fuel Allowance.
Filed under: fraud | Government | Scam | text | winter fuel
Published on Friday 1 July 2022 at 1:47 pm
Advice is being issued today following an increase in reported banking scams.
The cost of living crisis means that more people are becoming vulnerable to criminals using sophisticated methods to target victims.
