Published on Friday 29 May 2026 at 4:35 pm
A Blackburn author and educator has received a national award in recognition of her efforts to empower young people to speak out about county lines exploitation and knife crime.
Filed under: Brayden Hartley | Children's literature festival | Christina Gabbitas
Published on Friday 29 May 2026 at 2:23 pm
Volunteers from across Blackburn with Darwen will be celebrated next week with a special event to recognise their contributions to our communities.
Filed under: Volunteers | Volunteers' Week
Published on Friday 29 May 2026 at 1:42 pm
Blackburn with Darwen Council is set to join a national coalition calling for stronger restrictions on gambling advertising, as part of its ongoing work to protect residents from gambling-related harms.
Filed under: Gambling Related Harms | public health
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 Thursday 28 May 2026 at 4:21 pm
Early years professionals, NHS staff and public health leads in Blackburn with Darwen came together last week for the official launch of an innovative and engaging approach to potty and toilet training.
Filed under: Children and Young People | Early Years | Family Hubs | public health | School readiness
Published on Thursday 28 May 2026 at 12:29 pm
The legendary author and poet, Michael Rosen, is set to headline Blackburn with Darwen’s hugely successful Children’s & Young People’s Literature Festival which starts on June 8.
Published on Friday 22 May 2026 at 4:58 pm
The Darwen Town Board is inviting you to have your say on how Pride in Place funding is spent over the next decade.
Published on Friday 22 May 2026 at 3:58 pm
Little Harwood Family Hub was honoured to host the Children’s Commissioner, Dame Rachel De Souza this week (21st May 2026).
Filed under: Children and Young People | children's centres | Children's Commissioner | Family Hubs
Published on Friday 22 May 2026 at 3:51 pm
Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council has confirmed its political composition and committee appointments for the 2026/27 municipal year following last night’s Annual Council meeting.
Filed under: Executive board | Leader of the Council
Published on Friday 22 May 2026 at 2:49 pm
People in Lancashire are asked for their views on the draft Local Transport Plan (LTP) Implementation Plan, which sets out how we will improve travel and transport across the county up to 2030.
Filed under: Combined County Authority | Local Transport Plan | transport
Published on Friday 22 May 2026 at 9:49 am
The new Mayor of Blackburn with Darwen is Councillor Mahfooz Hussain, who represents the Blackburn Central ward.
Filed under: Mayor Making | Mayor of Blackburn with Darwen
Published on Wednesday 20 May 2026 at 4:02 pm
Lancashire’s biggest making festival will take over Blackburn town centre on 4th & 5th July for a family-friendly weekend packed with exhibitions, live performances, hands-on making activities, film screenings, makers markets, street food and lots more.
Published on Tuesday 19 May 2026 at 3:29 pm
More than 100 professionals from across health, local government and the voluntary sector came together in Blackburn with Darwen last week to share progress and accelerate a collective ambition: to become a fully trauma informed borough.
Filed under: public health | Trauma Informed
Published on Friday 15 May 2026 at 10:41 am
Darwen Live – the UK’s biggest free music festival – is this weekend, with a huge line-up spanning three stages and more than 20 venues across the town centre.
