Published on Friday 31 May 2024 at 2:27 pm
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Published on Friday 31 May 2024 at 1:46 pm
With the general election less than five weeks away, it’s time to get ready to vote on Thursday 4 July.
Filed under: election | General Election
Published on Thursday 30 May 2024 at 5:54 pm
Blackburn with Darwen borough council’s environmental crime team have secured 22 waste prosecutions recently, totalling £14,584.
Filed under: environment | environmental crime | Fine | fly tipping | Issue | litter | Prosecuted | prosecution | waste
Published on Thursday 30 May 2024 at 4:00 pm
Applications are now open for the extension of the Household Support Fund in Blackburn with Darwen.
Filed under: cost of living | Councillor | Department for Work and Pensions | Household Support Fund | HSF | Leader | Phil Riley | support
Published on Thursday 30 May 2024 at 12:14 pm
Council Leader Councillor Phil Riley has been to visit a mattress recycling business based in Darwen with big ambitions for the future.
Filed under: business | businesses | Darwen | environment | Leader | Recycling
Published on Wednesday 29 May 2024 at 4:33 pm
Blackburn with Darwen Council is working alongside Deco Publique and the new Darwen Long Term Plan Board to engage with residents and members of the local community – to get to know what you think.
Published on Wednesday 29 May 2024 at 9:35 am
Blackburn with Darwen borough council Trading Standards team have been busy putting put premises to the test when it comes to vapes, by undertaking two separate operations to tackle the sale of underage and illegal vapes.
Filed under: Blackburn | Darwen | health | public health | trading standards | vapes | Vaping
Published on Friday 24 May 2024 at 11:02 am
On the hunt for something fun to do this half term? Take a look at the fabulous what’s on guide for Blackburn and Darwen.
Filed under: Blackburn | Blackburn Museum | Free | Free activities | half term | Libraries | Markets
Published on Friday 24 May 2024 at 9:37 am
Effective improvements to the quality of support for young people leaving care in Blackburn with Darwen have been highlighted in feedback from Ofsted inspectors, published on Friday 24 May 2024.
Filed under: care leavers | Children and Young People | Leaving Care Team | OFSTED
Published on Thursday 23 May 2024 at 7:42 pm
Plans have been approved for a new manufacturing and research centre in Darwen – part of the impressive £100m Darwen Town Deal.
Published on Thursday 23 May 2024 at 1:01 pm
This May half term, head down to Blackburn or Darwen market for an array of free activities.
Filed under: activities | Blackburn | Blackburn Market | Darwen | Darwen Market | Free | Free activities | half term | market | Markets
Published on Wednesday 22 May 2024 at 5:46 pm
Meteorologists have placed the entire UK under a 24-hour Amber Rain warning from Wednesday 22 May to Thursday 23 May
The Met Office have issued an Amber Weather Warning for heavy rain expected to impact Blackburn with Darwen until noon on Thursday.
Filed under: Blackburn | Blackburn and Darwen | flood | Flooding | Severe weather | weather warning
Published on Monday 20 May 2024 at 4:40 pm
Darwen Live is back this Bank Holiday weekend and organisers are bringing the party as it celebrates 25 years!
Published on Friday 17 May 2024 at 3:37 pm
Blackburn’s The Making Rooms is celebrating after being awarded a share of £500,000 to help tackle electronic waste and help communities in need get online.
Filed under: Blackburn | Blackburn Town Centre | Making Rooms | The Making Rooms
Published on Friday 17 May 2024 at 2:17 pm
Today, adidas SPZL opens the new DECADE – 10 Years of adidas SPZL Exhibition – in Darwen.
Published on Friday 17 May 2024 at 11:27 am
Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council has secured £500,000 of new Green Space Funding for King William Street through the High Street Accelerator pilot.
Filed under: Accelerator fund | King William Sttreet | quesir mahmood
Published on Friday 17 May 2024 at 9:02 am
The new Mayor of Blackburn with Darwen is Councillor Brian Taylor, who represents the Darwen West ward.
Filed under: mayor | Mayor Making
Published on Thursday 16 May 2024 at 11:01 am
A new portal has been launched to help gather suggestions for how £20m of new funding could be spent on projects in Darwen.
Published on Thursday 16 May 2024 at 9:19 am
Blackburn with Darwen Council is set to use new Levelling Up funding to help repair and renovate two popular Blackburn multi use games areas.
Published on Wednesday 15 May 2024 at 4:50 pm
An artist whose work was featured in both Blackburn Museum & Art Gallery and was commissioned for Blackburn’s biannual ‘British Textile Biennial’ is one of four shortlisted for the Turner Prize 2024.
Published on Wednesday 15 May 2024 at 10:04 am
£612,000 has been received from the Department for Transport to maintain the borough’s road network, which was reallocated from the HS2 project.
Filed under: Blackburn | Darwen | funding | government funding | Highways | Network North | Road network | Roads
Published on Monday 13 May 2024 at 12:57 pm
Spring has been a busy time for children and community groups alike as they have been planting trees in Queens Park and Corporation Park.
Published on Friday 10 May 2024 at 10:20 am
Since being launched in January, a project which encourages travelling sustainably to school has been a huge success for ten of the borough’s schools.
Published on Thursday 9 May 2024 at 11:40 am
Last week Blackburn Market in the heart of the town centre welcomed two new stalls to the food court.
Filed under: Blackburn | Blackburn Market | Food
Published on Wednesday 8 May 2024 at 12:20 pm
Next week on May 16, Councillor Brian Taylor will take on the ceremonial role as The Mayor of Blackburn with Darwen borough council, replacing Councillor Parwaiz Akhtar.
Filed under: Deputy mayor | mayor | Mayor of Blackburn with Darwen | Mayor of Darwen
Published on Wednesday 8 May 2024 at 11:34 am
Darwen’s Herbert Parkinson Ltd – the John Lewis soft furnishings manufacturer – is set to host its first pop-up in the town.
Filed under: Darwen | Darwen Market | Herbert Parkinson's
Published on Tuesday 7 May 2024 at 4:20 pm
A new board has been appointed to help lead on plans for how £20m of Government funding can be best spent in Darwen.
Published on Tuesday 7 May 2024 at 12:09 pm
Landlords of privately rented properties in the Hollins Bank area will require a licence if proposals are agreed, following a consultation process which requires input from anyone who lives or works in the borough.
Filed under: Blackburn | Griffin | Hollins Bank | Housing | Infirmary | landlords | Licensing | Selective Licensing Area
Published on Wednesday 1 May 2024 at 12:54 pm
Extra breastfeeding support is coming to new mums thanks to a £183,000 grant.
The funding comes from the Family Hub grant received from the Department for Education, and it will expand on the existing infant feeding support by providing ELHT with more infant feeding support workers on the postnatal ward at weekends and in the community in Blackburn with Darwen.
Filed under: breastfeeding | East Lancashire Hospitals Trust | Family Hubs | funding | public health | support
