Latest news listings for Blackburn with Darwen Council.
Published on Friday 20 December 2024 at 12:12 pm
With a cool pop-up festive tavern, a winter wonderland tipi, a whole host of free live music, top places to eat and drink and so much more, here’s why Blackburn should be at the top of your Christmas list this year…
Published on Thursday 19 December 2024 at 2:16 pm
Leading councillors at Blackburn with Darwen Council have welcomed yesterday’s funding announcement for local councils.
The Local Government Finance Settlement is the annual announcement of funding central government will give to local councils.
Filed under: government funding | Local Government Finance Settlement
Published on Wednesday 18 December 2024 at 3:00 pm
We understand that Christmas can be a stressful time for many families and that sometimes arguments become more heated, more frequent and certainly, more damaging.
Filed under: healthy relationships | reducing parental conflict
Published on Wednesday 18 December 2024 at 9:02 am
Blackburn Museum & Art Gallery is excited to announce its annual Art Open exhibition for 2025.
Filed under: Art Gallery | Art Open | Art Open Exhibition | Artists | Blackburn | Blackburn Museum | Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery | Darwen | exhibition | museum
Published on Monday 16 December 2024 at 1:30 pm
It was announced over the weekend that Ste Fay, the owner of ‘Biscuit Barrel Café’, or ‘Ste’s Place’ as it’s more commonly known, has passed away.
Filed under: Biscuit Barrel Cafe | Cafe | Darwen | Darwen Market | market | Ste Fay | Ste's Place
Published on Friday 13 December 2024 at 9:32 am
The Mayor of Blackburn with Darwen Council, Councillor Brian Taylor visited the cast of this year’s Cinderella pantomime at King George Hall this week… And before you say it, oh yes, he did!
Filed under: Cinderella | mayor | Pantomime 2024
Published on Thursday 12 December 2024 at 9:40 am
The Mayor of Blackburn with Darwen Councillor Brian Taylor has chosen a photograph of a local landmark taken by a local resident as the focus of this year’s mayoral Christmas card.
Published on Tuesday 10 December 2024 at 4:49 pm
Three new bus services will begin on Monday 16 December as part of a plan to encourage people to use public transport.
Filed under: Blackburn Bus Station | BSIP | bus | Bus Service Improvement Plan | buses | Councillor | Councillor Quesir Mahmood | Deputy Leader
Published on Monday 9 December 2024 at 5:58 pm
Christmas has well and truly arrived here in Blackburn, and there’s so much for the whole family to enjoy.
Published on Friday 6 December 2024 at 3:56 pm
How about this for a fabulous Christmas surprise… Blackburn is set to get its own pop-up festive tavern, and it opens next week!
Published on Thursday 5 December 2024 at 4:55 pm
The countdown to Christmas is well and truly on in Blackburn with the arrival of The Firepit’s festive tipi!
Published on Friday 29 November 2024 at 3:20 pm
Two young Community Volunteer Awards winners tells us why volunteering is such a huge part of their lives, as part of our series of articles to mark Islamophobia Awareness Month.
Filed under: Community Volunteer Awards | Islamophobia Awareness Month | volunteering
Published on Friday 29 November 2024 at 1:05 pm
Yesterday, Patrick Grant, creator of Blackburn-based Community Clothing and BBC Sewing Bee presenter wrote a bold blog post, calling for shoppers to ‘Think Blackburn*, not Black Friday.’
Filed under: Blackburn | Darwen | Fashion designer Patrick Grant | Patrick Grant | Shopping
Published on Thursday 28 November 2024 at 1:30 pm
We are launching a new campaign to let residents who rent their homes know how they can get support if they have damp or mould.
Filed under: Councillor | Damian Talbot | Damp and Mould | help | Housing | public health | support
Published on Thursday 28 November 2024 at 12:48 pm
The formation of the new Lancashire Combined County Authority (CCA) has taken a major step forward.
Published on Wednesday 27 November 2024 at 4:08 pm
As part of Islamophobia Awareness month and it’s aim to highlight contributions from Muslims in Society, we wanted to pay tribute to those we’ve sadly lost this year.
Filed under: Blackburn with Darwen Interfaith Forum | community | community & faith sector | Interfaith Forum | memorial | tribute
Published on Tuesday 26 November 2024 at 4:17 pm
The annual Celebration of Achievement for Children in our Care and Care Leavers took place at Ewood Park last week.
Published on Tuesday 26 November 2024 at 10:17 am
How about this for work experience! Impressively, a cohort of trainees from the Blackburn-based ‘Futures in Film Academy’ were invited to join the production team behind the brand-new and critically acclaimed, Wolf Hall: The Mirror and The Light.
Published on Friday 22 November 2024 at 4:27 pm
The Met Office has issued yellow weather warnings for much of the country throughout the day tomorrow with Storm Bert expected to bring high-speed winds of up to 60mph plus rain and the chance of snow.
Published on Thursday 21 November 2024 at 9:38 am
The borough has renewed its commitment to improving the health of all residents.
Blackburn with Darwen Council has joined forces with local organisations to re-sign the Healthy Weight Declaration, to develop and bring in plans to promote healthy weight and improve the health and wellbeing of local people.
Filed under: Abdul Razaq | Councillor | Damian Talbot | Director of Public Health | health | Healthy Weight Declaration | public health
Published on Wednesday 20 November 2024 at 12:00 pm
November marks Islamophobia Awareness Month. The aim of IAM is to raise awareness of Islamophobia and to showcase the positive contributions of Muslims in society.
Filed under: Islamophobia Awareness Month | Youth MP
Published on Monday 18 November 2024 at 3:46 pm
Blackburn with Darwen Council is supporting the Local Government Association’s national recruitment campaign, which highlights how council roles make a difference to local communities.
Filed under: Careers and jobs | Recruitment
Published on Monday 18 November 2024 at 11:58 am
Records were once again broken at Darwen’s Christmas lights switch-on with thousands of people turning out for the hugely popular event.
Published on Thursday 14 November 2024 at 1:04 pm
The Government is set to release £20million of funding in preparation for the setting up of Lancashire’s new Combined County Authority (CCA).
Filed under: Combined County Authority | devolution | Lancashire devolution
Published on Thursday 14 November 2024 at 9:57 am
The Leader of Blackburn with Darwen Council has shown his support for Islamophobia Awareness Month, which showcases the positive contributions of Muslims in British society.
Filed under: Islamophobia | Islamophobia Awareness Month | Muslim
Published on Wednesday 13 November 2024 at 12:26 pm
More than £70,000 of extra funding is set to help make Blackburn’s Christmas ‘out of this world’ with a brand new ‘Festival of the Moon’ running throughout November and December.
Published on Tuesday 12 November 2024 at 2:16 pm
The Young BwD Youth Foundation celebrated National Youth Work Week at Blackburn Youth Zone on Thursday 7th November.
Filed under: Children and Young People | Children's events | Young peoples Services | Youth Organisations | YPS
Published on Friday 8 November 2024 at 2:05 pm
For the first time ever, Government is bringing together local authorities with employers to deliver NHS Health Checks into workplaces across the country – and Blackburn with Darwen is part of the first pilot programme.
Filed under: business | Cardiovascular Disease | Councillor | CVD | Damian Talbot | Government | health | health checks | staff | workplace
Published on Thursday 7 November 2024 at 4:50 pm
Blackburn with Darwen Council could take full ownership of a major town centre development site if new proposals are agreed.
Published on Thursday 7 November 2024 at 3:00 pm
In a pioneering project, Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council have teamed up with Together Housing to improve services and help communities feel empowered to take pride in their neighbourhood.
Filed under: Ashworth Estate | Blackburn | Brushing up the Borough | environment | Highways | Together Housing
Published on Wednesday 6 November 2024 at 4:01 pm
Blackburn with Darwen Social Worker Lauren North has won a National Children and Young People Award!
Filed under: award | awards | Awards ceremony | Children and Young People | Children and Young People Awards | Children’s Services | Social Care | social worker
Published on Tuesday 5 November 2024 at 5:17 pm
Blackburn’s much-anticipated Christmas lights switch-on event is set to take place on Saturday, November 23rd and we have the full line-up for you!
Published on Tuesday 5 November 2024 at 10:48 am
An award which honours people who have made Blackburn a better place to live has been launched.
Published on Tuesday 5 November 2024 at 10:28 am
Services commemorating Remembrance Day and Remembrance Sunday will be held across the borough to remember those in our armed forces who have fallen in past and current wars.
Filed under: poppy | remembrance | Remembrance Day
Published on Monday 4 November 2024 at 1:37 pm
Blackburn born author Dorothy Whipple (1893 – 1966) was described in her lifetime as the “Jane Austen of the 20th Century” by no less a figure than J.B.
Filed under: author | Blackburn Library | events
Published on Friday 1 November 2024 at 3:35 pm
The full line-up for Darwen’s Christmas lights switch-on event has just been revealed and it’s a Christmas cracker with more than 10 hours of festive fun!
Published on Friday 1 November 2024 at 3:23 pm
Due to urgent work required on Darwen Town Hall’s IT infrastructure, the building will be closed on Tuesday, November 5, 2024.
Published on Friday 1 November 2024 at 1:03 pm
Our annual survey has been launched to ask you what you think the important budget priorities across Blackburn and Darwen should be for the next financial year.
Filed under: budget | Budget Consultation | Councillor | finance | Leader | Phil Riley | survey | Vicky McGurk
Published on Friday 1 November 2024 at 11:05 am
Blackburn with Darwen Council Leader Phil Riley has written to Northern raising “significant” concerns regarding the frequent Sunday train cancellations at Blackburn train station.
Published on Thursday 31 October 2024 at 12:22 pm
During the October half-term, local fostering households came together for an afternoon filled with fun, food and laughter to launch the first Mockingbird constellation in BwD.
Published on Wednesday 30 October 2024 at 10:54 am
A packed programme of brand-new live gigs has just been announced to help boost Blackburn’s nightlife.
Published on Wednesday 23 October 2024 at 11:55 am
There are believed to be more than 600 older people in Blackburn with Darwen who could be claiming Pension Credit but aren’t.
Filed under: Age UK | Blackburn | Darwen | DWP | Pension Credit | winter fuel payment | Winter Fuel payments
Published on Monday 21 October 2024 at 12:20 pm
People in Blackburn with Darwen are being asked to consider what family means to them as National Adoption Week highlights that ‘the journey to a family is not always a traditional one’.
Filed under: adopt | adoption | Adoption Now | national adoption week
Published on Wednesday 16 October 2024 at 1:54 pm
We have been made aware of a new scam text message being sent out to people to claim a new living allowance to replace the Winter Fuel Allowance.
Filed under: fraud | Government | Scam | text | winter fuel
Published on Tuesday 15 October 2024 at 5:21 pm
A group of Palestine teenagers received a warm welcome by the borough’s Mayor when they visited Blackburn Town Hall on Monday.
Filed under: Brian Taylor | CADFA | Mayor of Blackburn with Darwen | Palestine | Youth Action
Published on Tuesday 15 October 2024 at 4:00 pm
Blackburn with Darwen Family Hubs and Children Centre Nurseries are playing a crucial role in supporting oral health improvement for children.
Filed under: Family Hub | Family Hubs | Oral Health | teeth
Published on Tuesday 15 October 2024 at 11:07 am
The National Festival of Making has been selected as a finalist in 4 categories at this year’s UK Festival Awards.
Filed under: Festival of Making | National Festival of Making
Published on Friday 11 October 2024 at 5:02 pm
The ‘mystery’ headliner for Darwen’s super-popular Christmas lights switch on has just been revealed as 90s electro dance group, K-Klass.
Published on Tuesday 8 October 2024 at 5:43 pm
Businesses and organisations in Blackburn with Darwen are set to be among the first in the country to benefit from empowering AI training with the IN4 Group – one of the UK’s largest professional technology skills providers.
Published on Friday 4 October 2024 at 1:59 pm
St John Ambulance is set to return to Darwen after the charity’s base was bought by a generous donor and gifted to them to use for free.
