Published on Monday 31 January 2022 at 4:14 pm
From Robert Peel to Paganini, from the Plug Plot riots to the site of the town’s first power station, there is a lot of history hidden around Blackburn town centre.
Published on Monday 31 January 2022 at 9:27 am
The local Time to Change team, are inviting you to take part in a ‘Brew & Butty’ event on Thursday 3rd February.
Filed under: lancashire wellbeing | mental health | time to change
Published on Friday 28 January 2022 at 3:30 pm
The Omicron situation is improving across Lancashire – but it’s ‘not all over’ yet.
Confirmed Covid-19 case rates and hospitalisations have been falling across both the UK and Lancashire over the past seven days – but the rate of decline is slowing.
Filed under: coronavirus | COVID-19 | Omicron | Professor Dominic Harrison
Published on Friday 28 January 2022 at 12:17 pm
Caring staff at a Council-run short break centre for disabled children have been praised for their ‘outstanding’ work by Ofsted.
Published on Thursday 27 January 2022 at 6:07 pm
Pop-up Covid-19 vaccination clinics are coming back to Blackburn to make getting a jab easier and more convenient for people in the area.
Filed under: Blackburn | Booster | Director of Public Health | Dominic Harrison | first dose | Neighbourhoods | pop-up | second dose | vaccine | Vaccine bus
Published on Thursday 27 January 2022 at 2:13 pm
Five residents have been ordered to pay more than £3,000 in court fines and charges over waste offences in Blackburn with Darwen.
Published on Wednesday 26 January 2022 at 2:01 pm
As all Plan B restrictions are relaxed from Thursday 27 January, here’s a reminder of the Covid guidance under Plan A to help keep everyone safe.
Filed under: coronavirus | COVID-19 | Plan A | Plan B
Published on Wednesday 26 January 2022 at 10:34 am
Highway Code changes this month mean drivers need to give way to people on foot at a junction, while people riding bikes must give way to those on foot when using a shared-use cycle track.
Filed under: healthy streets | highway code | road safety | safer roads
Published on Monday 24 January 2022 at 4:55 pm
A moving tribute to victims of the Holocaust and other genocides will be hosted as part of an online commemoration later this week.
Filed under: Genocide | HMD | Holocaust | Holocaust Memorial Day
Published on Monday 24 January 2022 at 2:09 pm
Blackburn is making way for the award-winning weekend festival to return for its fourth edition on Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th June 2022.
Published on Monday 24 January 2022 at 11:25 am
Blackburn Museum has been offering a variety of historical lessons on their YouTube channel, telling the stories of historical people and objects from the town.
Published on Friday 21 January 2022 at 10:01 am
In his weekly column, Prof Dominic Harrison, our Director of Public Health, reviews the current data and comments on the health inequalities that put areas like Blackburn with Darwen at a greater risk:
The good news is that it looks like the reported Covid Omicron case rate peaked in parts of Pennine Lancashire at or around the 5th January.
Filed under: coronavirus testing | COVID-19 | Professor Dominic Harrison
Published on Thursday 20 January 2022 at 12:30 pm
The drive-through and walk-in vaccine centre at Ewood Park is ending its two-week visit to the borough – and has given out more than 600 first, second and booster doses in that time.
Filed under: Blackburn | Booster | Director of Public Health | Dominic Harrison | Drive-through vaccine centre | Ewood Park
Published on Thursday 20 January 2022 at 11:19 am
Work is underway on a brand new development in Blackburn – one of the biggest-ever housing regeneration projects in the town.
Published on Thursday 20 January 2022 at 9:12 am
Blackburn with Darwen residents are being reminded to check the criteria for the Covid self-isolation support payment before they apply.
Filed under: coronavirus | COVID-19 | Self-isolation support payments
Published on Wednesday 19 January 2022 at 6:01 pm
From Robert Peel to Paganini, from the Plug Plot riots to the site of the town’s first power station, there is a lot of history hidden around Blackburn town centre.
Published on Wednesday 19 January 2022 at 5:43 pm
During the pandemic the Museum staff have been sharing the collection via YouTube so everyone can still enjoy and learn about the history of our borough.
Published on Wednesday 19 January 2022 at 2:37 pm
Local leaders have welcomed the government’s decision to step down Plan B Covid control measures from next week, but are encouraging residents to stay alert to the transmission risks.
Filed under: coronavirus | COVID-19 | Plan B
Published on Wednesday 19 January 2022 at 2:36 pm
Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council is investing in positive infrastructure change to improve air quality for our borough.
Filed under: air quality | environment | pollution
Published on Wednesday 19 January 2022 at 11:21 am
The Environment Agency are offering a new flood warning service to Lancashire including Blackburn at the Cob Wall and Brookhouse areas as well as Whitebirk and Green Bank and Wennington.
Published on Tuesday 18 January 2022 at 7:06 pm
Blackburn with Darwen’s Council leader Mohammed Khan, CBE, sent a powerful message of defiance in the face of the recent terrorism incident in America.
Published on Tuesday 18 January 2022 at 2:36 pm
Blackburn with Darwen Council is backing a bid to raise £250,000 a year for a brand new ‘Youth Zone Darwen’ project.
Published on Monday 17 January 2022 at 3:33 pm
It’s estimated that one in ten children in England and Wales will experience sexual abuse before they turn sixteen.
Published on Monday 17 January 2022 at 2:18 pm
From today (Mon 17 January) people may be able to reduce their Covid self-isolation to five full days – provided they receive negative rapid test results on two consecutive days.
Filed under: coronavirus | COVID-19 | self-isolation
Published on Monday 17 January 2022 at 1:21 pm
Blackburn with Darwen’s Adult Learning team is celebrating after retaining its ‘Good’ Ofsted rating.
Inspectors highlighted the great work carried out since the last inspection – commending the service for its Long Covid peer support course in response to local need.
Filed under: Adult learning | adult services | OFSTED
Published on Sunday 16 January 2022 at 8:17 pm
The Leader of the Council, Coun Mohammed Khan CBE, has released a statement on the terror incident at a Texas synagogue on Saturday 15 January, after details have emerged about the hostage-taker.
Published on Friday 14 January 2022 at 1:28 pm
Dominic Harrison: Director of Public Health and Wellbeing; Blackburn with Darwen
Coronavirus rates continue to surge in Lancashire and Cumbria.
Published on Thursday 13 January 2022 at 10:16 am
Young people from Blackburn with Darwen are encouraging others their age to get their Covid jabs in a radio advertising campaign that highlights how the vaccination programme is helping life return to normal.
Filed under: coronavirus | covid testing | COVID-19 | Covid-19 vaccination programme | vaccination | young people
Published on Thursday 13 January 2022 at 8:53 am
A Self- Isolation Support Pilot developed by Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council is helping people get the support they and their families need when self- isolating with Covid
As part of this government-funded pilot, the Council and its partners provide ‘Self Isolation Support Boxes’ to anyone who, when contacted by the Test and Trace Team, is identified as needing additional support to enable them to self- isolate.
Published on Wednesday 12 January 2022 at 5:50 pm
More people can now get a Covid-19 vaccine from the comfort of their own home across Blackburn with Darwen.
Filed under: COVID-19 | Director of Public Health | Dominic Harrison | home | housebound | vaccination
Published on Wednesday 12 January 2022 at 3:01 pm
Studies show that most every day journeys people take are less than two miles in distance.
Published on Wednesday 12 January 2022 at 2:38 pm
Council leaders have made a historic pledge to work together to deliver a bold vision for a County Deal to benefit the people of Lancashire.
Published on Tuesday 11 January 2022 at 4:20 pm
How green can you be when driving? That’s the question Blackburn with Darwen’s Assistant Executive Member for Growth and Development Councillor Zainab Rawat is asking.
Published on Tuesday 11 January 2022 at 4:17 pm
People with caring experience and relevant skills are being targeted in a recruitment drive to boost the social care workforce in Blackburn with Darwen.
Filed under: Adult Social Care | coronavirus | COVID-19 | Recruitment | Social Care
Published on Tuesday 11 January 2022 at 8:15 am
Our Council Leader and Chief Executive have written to the producers of the Gareth Malone Christmas special to express thanks for raising people’s sprits and increasing community pride.
Filed under: Gareth Malone
Published on Monday 10 January 2022 at 2:56 pm
A new drive-through Covid-19 vaccine clinic is opening at Ewood Park this week giving local residents the chance to score their hat-trick of Covid jabs at the home of Blackburn Rovers!
Filed under: Blackburn Rovers | Councillor | Director of Public Health | Dominic Harrison | Ewood Park | Jane Scattergood | Mohammed Khan | Vaccine drive through
Published on Monday 10 January 2022 at 12:39 pm
The promoter is: Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council
The competition is open to residents of the Blackburn and Darwen, aged 18 years or over
There is no entry fee and no purchase necessary to enter this competition unless you wish to alternatively sign up to the garden waste collection scheme
By entering this competition, an entrant is indicating his/her agreement to be bound by these terms and conditions.
Published on Thursday 6 January 2022 at 6:18 pm
If someone in your household tests positive for Covid, it doesn’t necessarily mean that everyone else is going to get ill too.
Filed under: coronavirus | COVID-19
Published on Thursday 6 January 2022 at 11:59 am
Here is the latest weekly column from our Director of Public Health Prof Dominic Harrison:
At their press conference on 4 January, the government announced it would continue with Plan B with the addition of extra daily lateral flow testing for about 100,000 ‘critical infrastructure’ workers in selected workplaces.
Published on Thursday 6 January 2022 at 9:49 am
Plans for how thousands of new homes and jobs will be created in Blackburn and Darwen over the next 15 years and beyond have been refined and progressed as part of the next stage in production of the Borough’s new Local Plan.
Published on Saturday 1 January 2022 at 8:42 am
A long-serving Blackburn with Darwen Council senior officer has been recognised in the Queen’s New Year Honours list.
Filed under: Honours | New Year Honours | Sayyed Osman
