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Published on Tuesday 21 July 2015 at 1:24 pm
Four Blackburn with Darwen apprentices were singled in the recent Training 2000 Business Awards – and the Council also came home with a prize.
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Published on Tuesday 21 July 2015 at 11:30 am
New figures have revealed the success of the 2015 Dry January campaign in Blackburn with Darwen.
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Published on Tuesday 21 July 2015 at 10:03 am
1,389 people from across Lancashire have once again put the region on the cycling map over the past three weeks, collectively cycling 109,832 miles in the Love to Ride Lancashire Cycle Challenge (www.lovetoride.net/lancashire) – the equivalent of cycling over 4 times around the world including 179 people who took to a bike for the first time in over a year to help their workplace ride to victory.
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Published on Tuesday 21 July 2015 at 9:23 am
Come down to Roe Lee Park for a family fun- filled day.
The friends of Roe Lee Park summer fun day will take place Saturday, August 8 from 12pm until 4pm.
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Published on Friday 17 July 2015 at 1:15 pm
This summer Blackburn with Darwen Music Hub are working in partnership with Blackburn Youth Zone and More Music to deliver a week of music activities for children and young people in the borough from Monday 17th August at Blackburn Youth Zone.
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Published on Friday 17 July 2015 at 9:59 am
Blackburn announced as one of the latest towns across the UK to receive support from some of the UK’s biggest brands.
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Published on Friday 17 July 2015 at 9:23 am
The friends of Holy Trinity are holding an old fashioned indoor flea market on Saturday, August 1.
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Published on Thursday 16 July 2015 at 2:42 pm
Here’s our list of events in & around Blackburn & Darwen from Monday, 20th July to Sunday 26th July 2015
Don’t forget this weekend: It’s the Town Hall Street Fair on 18th July 10am – 4pm & the Blackburn Canal Festival at Eanam Wharf 18th & 19th July.
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Published on Thursday 16 July 2015 at 1:58 pm
Health professionals from across the borough will be at the One Voice Mela next weekend.
The Mela, incorporating the Baiter Sehat project in partnership with Blackburn and Darwen Borough Council, aims to promote health in the local community.
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Published on Thursday 16 July 2015 at 10:00 am
If you provide food to customers, pupils or those you care for then this month’s Allergen Awareness workshop could be for you.
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Published on Thursday 16 July 2015 at 9:33 am
Cathedral Court, the £6 million extension to Blackburn Cathedral, has been ‘topped out’ at an official ceremony in the Cathedral grounds.
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Published on Wednesday 15 July 2015 at 9:39 am
Health professionals from Blackburn with Darwen Council and Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust are raising awareness of the signs and symptoms of Breast Cancer as part of a new national Be Clear on Cancer campaign.
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Published on Tuesday 14 July 2015 at 9:57 am
There has been a water mains pipe burst on Roman Road in Blackburn.
Roman Road will be closed between Newfield Drive and Stopes Brow for at least the rest of the week to allow investigations into the infrastructure to take place.
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Published on Monday 13 July 2015 at 12:29 pm
Staff from Blackburn with Darwen Council’s Democratic Services will be undertaking a day-long fast on Monday, July 13 in support of Ramadan, and all their lunch money will be spent on supplies for the Blackburn Foodbank.
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Published on Monday 13 July 2015 at 12:15 pm
The Council would like to reassure the public that there is no truth to claims that dogs are being poisoned in the borough’s parks.
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