Do It Online
Published on Friday 29 August 2014 at 1:53 pm
The number of people accessing Blackburn with Darwen Council services online has seen a dramatic increase over the past year.
Filed under: Andy Kay | Councillor | Do it online
Monthly Archives: August 2014
Customers offered free health checks
Published on Thursday 28 August 2014 at 12:46 pm
B&Q on Bolton Road, Blackburn was the latest venue in the borough to host Free NHS Health Checks.
Cllr Khan talks about Shorey Bank housing with care development
Published on Wednesday 27 August 2014 at 3:33 pm
Cllr Mohammed Khan, Executive Member for Health and Adult Social Care, talks about the housing with care development at Shorey Bank, close to Darwen town centre.
Filed under: Councillor | Darwen | health | Mohammed Khan | Shorey Bank
New housing with care development for older people in Darwen
Published on Tuesday 26 August 2014 at 9:50 am
Older people in Darwen are to benefit from a major new housing with care development.
Plans for an extra care scheme with adjacent bungalows are being developed which will improve housing choices for older people who want to continue living independently, together with care and support services to help them to do so.
Filed under: Councillor | Darwen | Development | Housing | Mohammed Khan | Yusuf Jan-Virmani
Artists Launch Pop Up Shop
Published on Friday 22 August 2014 at 3:34 pm
A new pop-up shop showcasing the work of local artists is due to open in Blackburn town centre.
Filed under: arte et labore | Blackburn | Blackburn is Open | Councillor | creativity | Maureen Bateson | regeneration | Town Centre
Borough Set to Shine Brighter.
Published on Friday 22 August 2014 at 9:27 am
Over the next few months the streets and roads of the borough will shine a little brighter, as new LED lanterns are installed.
Filed under: capital investment | environment | invest to save | Jim Smith | LED lights | Soundcloud
Drop-in Sessions for New Inpatient Facility
Published on Thursday 21 August 2014 at 3:29 pm
Local residents in Blackburn and surrounding areas are invited to attend a drop-in session being held by Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust to find out about a proposed new inpatient facility.
Road safety champion appointed
Published on Thursday 21 August 2014 at 3:26 pm
A road safety champion for Blackburn with Darwen has been appointed.
Councillor Stephanie Brookfield, member for Earcroft, will champion road safety issues in the borough.
Filed under: Councillor | Kate Hollern | Maureen Bateson | road safety | Roads | Stephanie Brookfield
New university students urged to receive ‘meningococcal C’ vaccine
Published on Thursday 21 August 2014 at 10:03 am
Public Health England is calling on students beginning university in September to ensure they are immunised against meningococcal C infections before enrolling.
Filed under: Public Health England | students | university | vaccine
Commuters travelling by bus after 7pm benefit from lower fares
Published on Wednesday 20 August 2014 at 2:16 pm
People are being invited to take advantage of new lower bus fares after 7pm.
Transdev Lancashire United is bringing in prices harking back to the 1990s, when people could get around for as little as a pound.
Filed under: CONNECT | Councillor | Lancashire United | Maureen Bateson | public transport | regeneration | transdev
Do you want to win fabulous prizes and save money?
Published on Wednesday 20 August 2014 at 1:02 pm
People across Blackburn and Darwen are being encouraged to get a personalised travel plan and be in with a chance of winning lots of great prizes.
Filed under: CONNECT | public transport | travel | travel plan
Blackburn Beat Lineup Announced!
Published on Wednesday 20 August 2014 at 12:19 pm
The Blackburn Beat festival, which is happening this August bank holiday (Saturday 23rd), announced its full programming line-up this week.
Filed under: Blackburn | Blackburn Beat | Councillor | festival | Jamie Groves | regeneration
New housing development scheme unveiled
Published on Wednesday 20 August 2014 at 11:24 am
A new £2million housing development scheme has been unveiled in Little Harwood.
The 20-home development, around the Gretna Road area in Blackburn, replaces the former Brookside Nursing Home and derelict garage site.
Filed under: Councillor | health | Little Harwood | Mohammed Khan | Neighbourhoods | Yusuf Jan-Virmani
£1m Investment to transform cancer care in East Lancashire and Blackburn with Darwen
Published on Wednesday 20 August 2014 at 9:35 am
A partnership of local health organisations have announced a one million pound investment to radically transform cancer care in the area.
Your Call event full of community spirit braves weather
Published on Tuesday 19 August 2014 at 4:25 pm
The community of East Rural braved the bad weather, and over the course of a two day Your Call event collected over 20 bags of rubbish.
Filed under: community | East Rural | Hoddlesden | Volunteers | Your Call
Trading Standards check into Hajj Tour Operators
Published on Tuesday 19 August 2014 at 1:06 pm
Blackburn with Darwen’s Trading Standards Officers are teaming up with a national task force to tackle illegal Hajj tour operators.
Filed under: Councillor | Hajj | Neighbourhoods | trading standards | Yusuf Jan-Virmani
Keeping you in the loop !
Published on Friday 15 August 2014 at 10:11 am
The first amazing steel loop sections, which will form a central part of the new Blackburn bus station, have arrived on site.
Filed under: Blackburn | Blackburn Town Centre | Pennine Reach | public transport | regeneration | transport
Blackburn Beat 2014
Published on Thursday 14 August 2014 at 2:58 pm
Blackburn Beat, a new one day festival aims to celebrate Blackburn and all it has to offer.
Filed under: Blackburn | Blackburn Town Centre
Have a sizzling and safe barbecue
Published on Wednesday 13 August 2014 at 3:12 pm
If you’re aiming to round off your summer with a barbecue in the garden or park, Blackburn with Darwen Council and the Food Standards Agency (FSA) have served up some advice to help make it a success.
Community group marks First World War Centenary
Published on Wednesday 13 August 2014 at 12:08 pm
Residents gathered together to learn about what life was like during the First World War, with talks, music and memorabilia, after receiving First World War Your Call grant funding.
Filed under: Intack | Neighbourhoods | Soundcloud | Steve Irwin | Volunteers | Whitebirk | World War One Commemorations | Your Call
Artists display latest works in Blackburn homecoming
Published on Tuesday 12 August 2014 at 3:19 pm
A Blackburn born artist and her partner will showcase their works in Blackburn town Centre this Thursday, all the way from the USA.
Filed under: Art | Blackburn | Blackburn is Open | King William Street | Town Centre
Celebrate World Photo Day and your family could win a digital camera bundle
Published on Tuesday 12 August 2014 at 1:40 pm
On August 19th we celebrate World Photo Day and for this year, businesses, organisations and social groups across the globe are being encouraged to engage their communities with the power of photography.
Filed under: Children’s Services | Councillor | Frank Connor | Private fostering | World Photo Day
Local Business Receives Grant Funding
Published on Monday 11 August 2014 at 4:19 pm
A £9,000 grant from Blackburn with Darwen Council has been awarded to a company that has relocated to Darwen.
Filed under: Assistance to Industry | Economy and Growth | Local Business | Maureen Bateson | Soundcloud
Matchday Traffic: Blackburn Rovers v Cardiff City
Published on Friday 8 August 2014 at 3:21 pm
We have been informed by the National Grid that, due to ongoing works Aqueduct Road is to remain closed today, and unable to reopen in time for the Blackburn Rovers v Cardiff City game tonight.
Blackburn during the First World War Belgian Refugee Crisis
Published on Friday 8 August 2014 at 3:12 pm
At the beginning of the First World War, there was a large influx of refugees leaving the fighting in Belgium, and the borough played a large role, taking in many refugees fleeing the battlefields in Belgium.
Filed under: Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery | Soundcloud | Steven Irwin | World War One Commemorations
Libraries and Information Service Celebrates Grant Funding
Published on Thursday 7 August 2014 at 5:03 pm
Blackburn with Darwen Library and Information Service celebrates £10,000 Heritage Lottery Fund grant
Blackburn with Darwen Library and Information Serivce has been awarded a Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) ‘First World War: Then and Now’ grant.
Community group commemorates the Great War
Published on Wednesday 6 August 2014 at 4:23 pm
Dozens of residents joined with the friends of French Road community group to remember the sacrifices their community made 100 years ago.
Filed under: French Road | Wensley Fold | World War One Commemorations | Your Call
Give your views on Masterplan for Gib Lane
Published on Wednesday 6 August 2014 at 3:58 pm
Residents’ views are being sought on a Masterplan for the Gib Lane area in Blackburn.
A consultation is being launched on Monday, August 11, on a Masterplan for the land between Gib Lane, Broken Stone Road and Livesey Branch Road, to become a distinctive and high quality housing development site in the draft new Local Plan for Blackburn with Darwen.
Filed under: Consultation | Councillor | Livesey | Livesey Library | Maureen Bateson | regeneration
World food event gives tasty start to a new community group
Published on Wednesday 6 August 2014 at 3:00 pm
Called Communities of Blackburn, the group is working in partnership with Your Support Your Choice to celebrate belonging and diversity in Blackburn with Darwen.
Filed under: Blackburn Central library | community | Your Support Your Choice
Hundreds gathered as the Borough and Nation commemorates the declaration of War.
Published on Wednesday 6 August 2014 at 1:44 pm
A hundred years ago this week Sir Edward Grey, British Foreign Secretary in 1914, returned to his chambers in the Foreign Office and lamented “The lamps are going out all over Europe; we shall not see them lit again in our life”.
Filed under: Alan Cottam | commemoration | Corporation Park | Darwen | Harry Catherall | Lights Out | mayor | Soundcloud | Trevor Maxfield | World War One Commemorations
Volunteer Academy offers training opportunity
Published on Wednesday 6 August 2014 at 11:37 am
Free health and Social Care training is available for volunteers, as part of the ‘Your Neighbour your Call’ scheme.
Filed under: Blackburn College | community | health | Social Care | Volunteers | Your Call
Letter from the perspective of a First World War Darwen soldier
Published on Tuesday 5 August 2014 at 3:58 pm
A letter written by a professional soldier, George Newsholme from Darwen, at the outbreak of the First World War, gives a real insight into the mood at the time, and the mood as Britain entered the conflict.
Filed under: commemoration | Darwen | Podcast | Soldier | Soundcloud | World War One Commemorations
Activities in Witton Country Park over the summer holidays
Published on Tuesday 5 August 2014 at 1:36 pm
Looking for some great activities for all the family during the summer holidays? Then check out Witton Country Park, as Countryside Services invites you to join us during August.
Filed under: Countryside Services | environment | Parks | Witton Country Park
Get ‘on board’ at new skatepark!
Published on Tuesday 5 August 2014 at 12:17 pm
The state-of-the-art indoor BMX and skatepark is set to open in the borough next month.
The £60,000 park will be the first in the borough, based at Junction 4 off the M65, and it aims to become a regional centre for the sports.
Filed under: bmx | Darwen | Junction4 Skatepark | skatepark | sport
Views sought on new accident prevention strategy
Published on Tuesday 5 August 2014 at 9:40 am
A public consultation is still running on the borough’s new accident prevention draft strategy, with people invited to air their views before 5pm on Wednesday August 13.
Filed under: accidents | public health | Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents
Friends of Blackburn Old Cemetery hold WW1 commemorations ceremony
Published on Monday 4 August 2014 at 4:05 pm
Friends of Blackburn Old Cemetery held a ceremony, commemorating the First World War, on Sunday August 3.
Temporary Road Closure Within Blackburn.
Published on Monday 4 August 2014 at 3:46 pm
Over the next month part of Railway Road could face temporary closure as work continues to progress on the forthcoming Cathedral Quarter.
Filed under: Blackburn Town Centre | Cathedral Quarter | road closure
Podcast looks at Blackburn on day Britain entered WW1
Published on Monday 4 August 2014 at 2:03 pm
On the centenary of Britain entering the First World War on August 4 1914, a new podcast looks back at the experiences within the borough as war was declared.
Filed under: Blackburn | Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery | commemoration | Culture | history | museum | Soundcloud | Steve Irwin | World War One Commemorations
‘Ewood Remembers’ as residents commemorate the First World War
Published on Friday 1 August 2014 at 3:34 pm
Ewood Park’s Blues Bar hosted a community day of events, to commemorate the First World War, bringing together residents and community groups in a themed event to mark the centenary of the conflict.
Filed under: Alan Cottam | commemoration | community | Councillor | Maureen Bateson | mayor | Soundcloud | World War One Commemorations | Your Call