Monthly Archives: November 2014
Published on Friday 28 November 2014 at 4:58 pm
Hundreds of people gathered together for good food, dancing and song at a huge fun –and free – event for older people in the borough.
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Published on Friday 28 November 2014 at 1:43 pm
A health event hosted by Blackburn with Darwen’s Health and Wellbeing Board was a big success this week with over 100 people taking part.
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Published on Friday 28 November 2014 at 1:24 pm
Blackburn Central High School played host this week to the launch of Blackburn with Darwen Council’s new campaign to make young people aware of the dangers of drinking alcohol too young.
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Published on Thursday 27 November 2014 at 4:14 pm
This year King George’s Hall brings you the family pantomime Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs.
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Published on Wednesday 26 November 2014 at 10:08 am
A road within Darwen that was in very bad state of repair has been resurfaced as part of the Council’s ‘invest to save’ scheme.
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Published on Wednesday 26 November 2014 at 9:16 am
This Christmas is set to be a fun filled busy time for Blackburn Town Centre.
Following on from last year’s successful embargo of road and maintenance works, the Council is pleased to announce that the same will come into force for its entire works between December 5th and January 5th.
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Published on Tuesday 25 November 2014 at 3:57 pm
A visit to the children’s ward at Royal Blackburn Hospital to give out gifts to young people brought the Christmas spirit with some special guests.
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Published on Monday 24 November 2014 at 5:06 pm
Over 70 young people “took over” Blackburn with Darwen Council on Friday, November 21, as part of Takeover Day 2014.
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Published on Monday 24 November 2014 at 4:41 pm
Work is almost complete on the restoration of Blackburn’s Central Library.
The majority of the scaffolding and hoardings has been taken down in Town Hall Street, unveiling the restored stonework on the former Co-Op building.
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Published on Monday 24 November 2014 at 3:18 pm
People enjoying Blackburn’s love affair with running can now sign up for the town’s biggest annual road race.
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Published on Monday 24 November 2014 at 12:49 pm
This weekend, Saturday November 29th, residents within Blackburn will be able to freely dispose of items of domestic bulky waste.
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Published on Friday 21 November 2014 at 4:44 pm
Here’s our weekly list of events in & around Blackburn & Darwen from Monday 24th November to Sunday 30th November 2014
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Published on Friday 21 November 2014 at 2:24 pm
New data shows that the life expectancy of residents in Blackburn with Darwen is continuing to improve.
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Published on Friday 21 November 2014 at 1:09 pm
660 smokers in Blackburn with Darwen stubbed out their cigarettes during October for Stoptober, the 28-day stop smoking challenge.
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Published on Friday 21 November 2014 at 12:42 pm
An action group has been formed to help boost healthy and sustainable food in Blackburn with Darwen.
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