Work starts on transforming Blakey Moor Terrace
Published on Wednesday 23 March 2022 at 10:04 am
Work is underway on transforming an important part of Blackburn’s ‘cultural quarter’ – Blakey Moor Terrace.
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Blue bins in Blackburn with Darwen spark £900K turnaround
Published on Tuesday 22 March 2022 at 4:15 pm
The roll out of new blue bins in Blackburn with Darwen has sparked a £900,000 turnaround.
Long Covid group back to meeting ‘face– to- face’
Published on Tuesday 22 March 2022 at 3:27 pm
After months of meeting ‘virtually’ via Teams, Blackburn with Darwen’s Long Covid group are starting back their face- to- face sessions this week!
Spring booster vaccinations to start this week
Published on Tuesday 22 March 2022 at 9:42 am
Spring booster vaccines will begin in Blackburn with Darwen and across Lancashire and South Cumbria this week as the vaccination programme moves to the next phase.
Filed under: COVID-19 | Dominic Harrison | eligible | Jane Scattergood | public health | Spring booster jabs | vaccination
Looking to the future on second annual Day of Reflection
Published on Monday 21 March 2022 at 4:31 pm
As the second anniversary of the first Covid lockdown approaches, Blackburn with Darwen leaders are looking to the future.
Filed under: Blackburn Bid | Councillor | covid | Day of Reflection | Denise Park | lockdown | Mohammed Khan | The Mall
Pick up your Shuttle Extra magazine at various locations across BwD
Published on Monday 21 March 2022 at 3:49 pm
Here is the full list of places you can pick up a 2022 Shuttle magazine next time you are in town:
- Morrisons in Blackburn
- Sainsbury’s in Darwen
- Blackburn Town Hall
- Darwen Town Hall
- Blackburn Library
- Darwen Library
- Blackburn Leisure centre
- Darwen Leisure centre
- Blackburn Markets
- Darwen Markets
Blackburn bids to become Lancashire’s first Sugar Smart town
Published on Monday 21 March 2022 at 11:29 am
Blackburn has pledged to become Lancashire’s first Sugar Smart town by campaigning to cut the amount of sugar residents consume.
Filed under: Blackburn | Blackburn Rovers Community Trust | Councillor | Food Resilience Alliance | Gary Robinson | jackie floyd | Sugar Smart
Have your say on constituency boundary proposals
Published on Friday 18 March 2022 at 3:54 pm
The Boundary Commission for England is undertaking an independent and impartial review of all constituencies in England.
Filed under: constituency | constituency boundary proposals
Ofsted Inspection Giving Focus to Improvements in Children’s Social Care
Published on Friday 18 March 2022 at 11:00 am
Blackburn with Darwen Council accelerated its improvement plans after partnership working and leaving care arrangements were judged to have declined.
Take Covid tests while they’re free to help keep local case rate under control
Published on Friday 18 March 2022 at 8:53 am
Blackburn with Darwen residents are being reminded of the free Covid testing that’s available to them until 31 March.
Filed under: coronavirus | coronavirus testing | COVID-19
Coronavirus Column: A warning for the unvaccinated
Published on Thursday 17 March 2022 at 1:47 pm
Dominic Harrison: Director of Public health and Wellbeing Blackburn with Darwen
This week we are starting to see a sharp upturn in reported Covid case rates across the UK.
Be Well website launches – all your health needs in one place
Published on Thursday 17 March 2022 at 1:24 pm
There is now a one stop shop online for all your health and wellbeing needs – whatever stage of life you are at.
Filed under: Be Well | Councillor | Damian Talbot | Director of Public Health | Dominic Harrison | health and wellbeing | new website | public health
Green light for extra £1.5m for parks, paths and litter picking!
Published on Wednesday 16 March 2022 at 4:25 pm
An extra £1.5m is set to be invested in Blackburn with Darwen in things that matter to you – including cash for parks, paths and litter picking.
Blackburn Hawks competition terms and conditions
Published on Wednesday 16 March 2022 at 4:19 pm
The promoter is: Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council and Blackburn Hawks. By entering this competition, an entrant is indicating their agreement to be bound by these terms and conditions.
Celebrating social workers
Published on Tuesday 15 March 2022 at 11:25 am
Blackburn with Darwen Council social workers have joined forces to celebrate their profession this World Social Work Day.
Filed under: Adults' Services | Children’s Services | social work
Blackburn with Darwen libraries to extend opening times and offer exciting new online resources
Published on Monday 14 March 2022 at 4:09 pm
Borough residents will benefit from longer library opening hours in response to public feedback and the Council’s renewed commitment to boosting community health and wellbeing and providing free access to WiFi, computers and digital resources.
Lancashire’s leaders stand in solidarity with Ukraine
Published on Monday 14 March 2022 at 9:20 am
All Council leaders of Lancashire local authorities have issued this joint statement on the situation in Ukraine.
Filed under: Ukraine | Ukraine Russia conflict
Blackburn men sentenced for £170K haul of counterfeit cigarettes
Published on Saturday 12 March 2022 at 7:58 am
Two Blackburn men have been sentenced after more than £170,000 of counterfeit cigarettes were uncovered in raids in the town.
Funding announced for new roof at Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery
Published on Saturday 12 March 2022 at 7:41 am
Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery is set to benefit from £365K of Government funding to help replace its aging roof and safeguard the museum’s 148 year old extensive collection.
‘Tree-rific’ – scheme to plant 7,000 new trees hits halfway point!
Published on Friday 11 March 2022 at 5:33 pm
Blackburn with Darwen Council’s bid to plant 7,000 new trees in the borough has hit the halfway point.
Coronavirus column:
Published on Thursday 10 March 2022 at 11:29 am
In his weekly Coronavirus column, our Director of Public Health Prof Dominic Harrison considers why Covid hospitalisations are increasing across England, despite falling case rates.
Filed under: coronavirus | COVID-19 | Dominic Harrison
New free training available around suicide prevention and intervention
Published on Thursday 10 March 2022 at 9:56 am
The Public Health Team at Blackburn with Darwen Council are offering fully funded places on their suicide prevention and intervention training courses.
Filed under: intervention | public health | suicide prevention | training
Defra fund £397,500 ‘Flood Defence Grant in Aid’ to BwD
Published on Wednesday 9 March 2022 at 2:24 pm
Blackburn with Darwen Council has secured £397,500 in a Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management (FCERM) Investment Programme from Defra to better protect homes and non-residential properties from flood risk and coastal erosion.
Blackburn with Darwen’s young people select three new Youth MPs
Published on Wednesday 9 March 2022 at 2:19 pm
6,000 young people across Blackburn with Darwen voted in the 2022 Youth Forum elections to select three Youth MPs to represent their views during 2022-2024.
Residents asked for opinions on Covid memorial
Published on Wednesday 9 March 2022 at 1:32 pm
Two years on from the start of the Coronavirus pandemic, Blackburn with Darwen Council is planning a permanent memorial to this defining period in our social history.
Filed under: Consultation | coronavirus | Covid memorial | COVID-19 | Public Consultation
Support for energy bills – Council Tax Energy rebate
Published on Wednesday 9 March 2022 at 11:56 am
The Government has announced support to help with rising costs of energy for certain households in the borough.
Filed under: Council Tax rebate | Councillor | Government | Vicky McGurk
Strategy for safer roads for borough gets green light
Published on Wednesday 9 March 2022 at 11:07 am
The Blackburn with Darwen Safer Roads Strategy has been developed to create a local action plan to improve safety on our roads.
Filed under: active travel | environment | safer roads
Win playground art for best schools ‘Idling is illegal’ campaign
Published on Wednesday 9 March 2022 at 9:48 am
An element of BwD Council’s Safer Roads strategy is improving air quality. A major contributory factor of poor air quality around our schools is engine idling.
Be a quitter this No Smoking Day!
Published on Wednesday 9 March 2022 at 9:33 am
Smokers in Blackburn with Darwen are being encouraged to give quitting another go on No Smoking Day 2022.
Filed under: Brian Taylor | Councillor | no smoking day | Today is the Day
Breaking the Bias in Blackburn with Darwen as we celebrate International Women’s Day
Published on Tuesday 8 March 2022 at 3:25 pm
International Women’s Day takes place on March the 8th and this year’s theme is #BreaktheBias.
Change of opening hours at cathedral vaccination site
Published on Tuesday 8 March 2022 at 10:20 am
Opening hours at the Blackburn Cathedral COVID-19 mass vaccination site are being reduced from this week.
Filed under: Blackburn Cathedral | coronavirus | COVID-19 | Covid-19 vaccination programme | NHS Blackburn with Darwen CCG
Groundbreaking adoption fun day finds families for children
Published on Friday 4 March 2022 at 3:35 pm
Children who are waiting to be adopted and prospective adopters came together for a day of fun on the 26th of February.
Filed under: adoption | Adoption Now
BwD libraries celebrate World Book Day
Published on Friday 4 March 2022 at 2:31 pm
Children, parents and teachers have experienced the joy of reading on World Book Day at libraries across Blackburn with Darwen.
Filed under: Blackburn Library | library | World Book Day
Council team make the final!
Published on Thursday 3 March 2022 at 2:40 pm
A highly performing team at Blackburn with Darwen Council have been selected as finalists at the Improvement and Efficiency Social Enterprise (iESE) Public Sector Transformation Awards 2022 – in recognition of the work they do to improve how local residents can access services online.
£5m paves the way for highways and transport improvements across Blackburn with Darwen
Published on Thursday 3 March 2022 at 2:00 pm
Roads across Blackburn with Darwen are set to be improved as part of a £5m scheme.
Children helped to ‘Give Up Loving Pop’ and cut sugary drinks in new campaign
Published on Thursday 3 March 2022 at 1:31 pm
Blackburn Rovers Community Trust has teamed-up with Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council and public health organisations Healthy Stadia and Food Active to help children cut back on sugary drinks in 2022.
Filed under: Blackburn Rovers Community Trust | Blackburn with Darwen Council | Councillor | Gulp | jackie floyd | sugary drinks
This week’s Coronavirus column: Resilience & future shock
Published on Thursday 3 March 2022 at 1:00 pm
Dominic Harrison: Director of Public health and Wellbeing ; Blackburn with Darwen
Appropriately for the start of Lent, the UK is shortly to enter a period of reflection and learning in relation to its pandemic response.
Revealed: How £90m could be spent transforming Darwen
Published on Thursday 3 March 2022 at 9:56 am
Blackburn with Darwen Council has published a new report outlining how £90m of investment could be spent transforming Darwen over the next five years.
Leader Statement – Ukraine Crisis
Published on Wednesday 2 March 2022 at 8:34 pm
Leader of the Council, Cllr Mohammed Khan CBE, has issued a statement on the crisis in Ukraine.
Applying for a street party to celebrate the Queen’s Jubilee
Published on Tuesday 1 March 2022 at 5:14 pm
The borough’s gearing up for a royal weekend of celebrations to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee and you’re all invited to join in!
Filed under: city bid | Queen | Queen’s Platinum Jubilee
Blackburn-born entrepreneur brings Skills City to the town
Published on Tuesday 1 March 2022 at 9:08 am
Led by Blackburn-born entrepreneur Mo Isap, Skills City, the largest digital Skills Bootcamp operation in the UK, is now recruiting for its Data Analytics Bootcamp in Blackburn – with a commitment to provide over 60 jobs in data and tech.
Extra investment plans announced in new Council budget
Published on Tuesday 1 March 2022 at 9:00 am
The Council has approved its budget for the coming year – with a boost for many Council services.
Filed under: budget | Councillor | Finance Council | investment | Mohammed Khan | Vicky McGurk
Pinocchio is dancing into Blackburn in Northern Ballet’s latest ballet for children
Published on Monday 28 February 2022 at 5:05 pm
Pinocchio, the newest children’s production created by Northern Ballet will soon be visiting Blackburn as part of a major national tour from February to April.
Filed under: Children's events | King George's Hall | Theatre
Free 16-week virtual skills bootcamp
Published on Friday 25 February 2022 at 5:07 pm
Do you want to start a career in the most in-demand tech profession?
Then look no further!
‘Bloomin’ lovely’ Blackburn in running for top national award!
Published on Friday 25 February 2022 at 12:31 pm
Blackburn’s ‘going for gold’ after being announced as a finalist for the prestigious RHS Britain in Bloom national awards.
Find out more about Local Plan at drop-in events
Published on Thursday 24 February 2022 at 12:06 pm
Residents in Blackburn with Darwen will be able to find out more about the borough’s brand new Local Plan at two drop-in sessions next week.
Coronavirus Column: Doing the right thing will help reduce Covid risks
Published on Thursday 24 February 2022 at 10:24 am
Dominic Harrison; Director of Health and Wellbeing: Blackburn with Darwen Council
Covid case rates, hospitalisations and deaths continue to fall across most of the country.
LGBT+ History Month 2022
Published on Wednesday 23 February 2022 at 4:51 pm
This LGBT+ History Month, we’re highlighting the fantastic services and support available across our borough for this community.
Volunteers needed to become ESOL Buddies
Published on Wednesday 23 February 2022 at 4:25 pm
Blackburn with Darwen Council’s social integration team is looking for people to become ESOL Buddies, supporting people who are learning English as a second language.
Filed under: ESOL | Lancashire Volunteer Partnership | Learning English Together | Our Community Our Future | social integration | volunteer
Julia Donaldson’s bestseller Zog transformed for live show in Blackburn
Published on Wednesday 23 February 2022 at 2:56 pm
Much-loved children’s book ‘Zog and the Flying Doctors‘ will be brought to life on stage in Blackburn this May!
Filed under: books | children | Children's events | events | King George's Hall | Live Shows | shows | Theatre | Zog