Latest news listings for Blackburn with Darwen Council.
Published on Friday 6 November 2020 at 5:32 pm
A mum of two from Blackburn who fell ill with Covid-19 three weeks ago is sharing her diary of symptoms to appeal to everyone to take the virus seriously.
Filed under: coronavirus | COVID-19 | public health
Published on Friday 6 November 2020 at 2:24 pm
Two moving videos have been created to help commemorate Remembrance in Blackburn with Darwen.
Primary school children from St Antony’s, Blackburn can be seen in this video singing a moving performance ahead of Remembrance Sunday.
Published on Thursday 5 November 2020 at 4:39 pm
New business closures and restrictions are being introduced by the Government from Thursday, November 5th as the country enters anther lockdown.
Filed under: Business grants | business support | coronavirus | Councillor | lockdown | Phil Riley
Published on Thursday 5 November 2020 at 4:02 pm
An array of 20 commemorative poppies have been laid across the borough to mark this year’s Remembrance Sunday.
Filed under: remembrance | Remembrance 2020
Published on Thursday 5 November 2020 at 10:24 am
A war veteran from Darwen is urging everyone to continue to support the Poppy Appeal this year.
Filed under: Armistice Day | Remembrance 2020 | Remembrance Day
Published on Thursday 5 November 2020 at 10:17 am
Our Director of Public Health and Wellbeing, Professor Dominic Harrison, has written another column for the Lancashire Telegraph.
Published on Thursday 5 November 2020 at 8:56 am
Creative ways to remember will replace traditional church-based communal services of remembrance this year across Blackburn with Darwen and Lancashire.
Published on Wednesday 4 November 2020 at 6:45 pm
The government has issued new advice to people who were previously told to ‘shield’ as the second national lockdown starts tomorrow, Thursday 5 November.
Filed under: Clinically Extremely Vulnerable | coronavirus | coronavirus update | Shielding
Published on Wednesday 4 November 2020 at 5:25 pm
Civic leaders have once again urged residents to work with them to get coronavirus under control as Government-imposed restrictions come into force.
Filed under: coronavirus | Dominic Harrison | lockdown | Mohammed Khan | restrictions
Published on Tuesday 3 November 2020 at 5:10 pm
This year’s Blackburn Festival of Light is calling for people to get creative at home to be part of a striking light up projection piece on Blackburn Town Hall.
Filed under: Diwali | Festival of Light
Published on Tuesday 3 November 2020 at 12:50 pm
Schools throughout Blackburn with Darwen will be taking part in A Kindness Matters Super Learning Day to mark National Kindness Day on November 13.
Filed under: 30 Day Kindness Challenge | John Magee | Kindness Matters | live streaming | schools
Published on Monday 2 November 2020 at 3:17 pm
The civic leaders of Blackburn with Darwen have urged residents to continue to help efforts to control the virus as government announces it is to impose tighter restrictions across England.
Published on Friday 30 October 2020 at 5:32 pm
Lockdown measures and restrictions due to the Coronavirus pandemic mean that this year’s Remembrance Day and Remembrance Sunday services in the borough, and elsewhere in Lancashire, will be different.
Filed under: Armistice Day | Remembrance 2020 | Remembrance Day
Published on Thursday 29 October 2020 at 4:25 pm
Our Director of Public Health and Wellbeing, Professor Dominic Harrison, has written another column for the Lancashire Telegraph.
Published on Thursday 29 October 2020 at 4:06 pm
Blackburn with Darwen Council has issued five fixed penalty notices for coronavirus-related offences following work by public protection officers this week.
Filed under: businesses | coronavirus | Fixed Penalty Notices
Published on Thursday 29 October 2020 at 9:14 am
“The hardest part was not being able to be with my mum at the hospital, and not having the chance to say goodbye or give her a hug.”
Filed under: coronavirus | covid | Covid alert level | COVID-19
Published on Wednesday 28 October 2020 at 2:15 pm
Families in Blackburn with Darwen are being urged to show support for this year’s Poppy Appeal.
Filed under: Poppy Appeal | Remembrance 2020
Published on Wednesday 28 October 2020 at 11:53 am
People in Blackburn with Darwen have developed stronger relationships with others during the Coronavirus pandemic, a national research study has found.
Filed under: community | coronavirus | research | social integration | volunteering
Published on Wednesday 28 October 2020 at 11:49 am
With events cancelled this year, Blackburn with Darwen Council have been working with partners to help keep residents safe this Bonfire and Halloween.
Published on Wednesday 28 October 2020 at 9:55 am
The clocks went back this weekend in the UK, and every year DfT stats show a seasonal increase in accidents on UK roads, with too many pedestrians and cyclists being killed or seriously injured as it gets darker earlier.
Published on Tuesday 27 October 2020 at 4:53 pm
The Government has announced further funding to support businesses that are required to close due to local restrictions.
Filed under: business support | Councillor | Local Restriction Support Grant | Phil Riley
Published on Tuesday 27 October 2020 at 2:26 pm
The Darwen Town Deal board is inviting residents to support their work to secure up to £25m to help kick start the transformation of the town and surrounding area.
Published on Monday 26 October 2020 at 5:03 pm
Community groups across Blackburn with Darwen are banding together to provide meals to vulnerable children in the school holidays.
Filed under: community groups | Councillor | holiday hunger | Mohammed Khan
Published on Monday 26 October 2020 at 4:24 pm
Blackburn with Darwen Council is working with the community and businesses in the borough to tackle half-term hunger.
Filed under: Councillor | free school meals | holiday hunger | Mohammed Khan
Published on Monday 26 October 2020 at 9:43 am
A memorial bench has been installed in a Darwen beauty spot to remember all those who have lost their lives during the Coronavirus pandemic.
Published on Friday 23 October 2020 at 4:18 pm
Civic leaders in Blackburn with Darwen are urging residents to do their bit and help get the number of COVID cases down.
Published on Friday 23 October 2020 at 2:58 pm
The Leader of Blackburn with Darwen Council has welcomed the government allocating more than £4m to the borough to deal with the ongoing challenges brought by COVID-19.
Published on Thursday 22 October 2020 at 10:38 am
The Council has issued a latest update on coronavirus testing in Blackburn with Darwen.
We are again reiterating that if you have any symptoms of coronavirus you should get tested as soon as possible.
Filed under: coronavirus | testing | walk-in | walk-up
Published on Wednesday 21 October 2020 at 2:58 pm
The pandemic has, and will continue to have, a massive impact on so many of our lives.
Published on Wednesday 21 October 2020 at 11:42 am
Blackburn with Darwen is building on its work to tackle homelessness and housing for vulnerable people with new funding from the Government.
Filed under: funding | Government | pilot | Supported Housing
Published on Tuesday 20 October 2020 at 10:46 am
People receiving care and staff in the care sector are being urged to get their free flu jab and avoid being struck down with flu this winter.
Filed under: care sector | coronavirus | flu
Published on Tuesday 20 October 2020 at 10:40 am
Three people who left rubbish to pile up outside their properties in Blackburn with Darwen have been ordered to pay more than £1,000 in court fines and charges.
Published on Tuesday 20 October 2020 at 9:42 am
Lancashire Police have handed out the highest fine possible after closing down a party at the former Cellar Bar.
Filed under: Cellar Bar | coronavirus | Councillor | enforcement | Fine | Government | Phil Riley | Police | restrictions
Published on Friday 16 October 2020 at 6:28 pm
As the whole of Lancashire becomes a Tier 3 area from Saturday 17 October, the advice for people who were previously shielding has been updated.
Filed under: coronavirus | coronavirus update | covid | Shielding
Published on Friday 16 October 2020 at 3:20 pm
There is a press conference taking place today (Friday) at 3.20pm hosted by Lancashire County Council which Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council will be part of.
Published on Thursday 15 October 2020 at 9:54 am
Our Director of Public Health and Wellbeing, Professor Dominic Harrison, has written another column for the Lancashire Telegraph.
Published on Wednesday 14 October 2020 at 2:37 pm
The leaders of Lancashire councils (Blackburn with Darwen, LCC, Blackpool and district councils) are continuing to negotiate with the government today as an announcement about Lancashire being upgraded to Tier 3 of the new Covid alert levels is expected.
Filed under: coronavirus | Covid alert level | COVID-19 | Government | tiers
Published on Tuesday 13 October 2020 at 9:05 pm
The Government has released new guidance for people shielding tailored to the new local covid alert levels.
Filed under: Covid alert level | Government | guidance | Shielding | tiers
Published on Tuesday 13 October 2020 at 10:05 am
Health leaders across Pennine Lancashire are urging parents to act when they receive an invitation from school or their GP about their child’s free flu vaccination.
Filed under: CCG | Councillor Damian Talbot | flu | flu vaccine | NHS Blackburn with Darwen CCG
Published on Tuesday 13 October 2020 at 9:51 am
Exciting plans have been unveiled to give Blackburn’s Wainwright Bridge a Blackburn Rovers-themed makeover.
As part of planned routine maintenance, Blackburn with Darwen Council are going to re-paint the bridge and have chosen to do it in Rovers’ famous blue and white halves.
Filed under: Blackburn Rovers | rovers | wainwright bridge
Published on Tuesday 13 October 2020 at 9:35 am
The government has announced its new coronavirus alert system and has placed Blackburn with Darwen in Tier 2.
Published on Monday 12 October 2020 at 3:27 pm
King George’s Hall and Darwen Library Theatre have been awarded £364,000 as part of the Government’s £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund (CRF) to help face the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic and to ensure they have a sustainable future, the Culture Secretary has announced today.
Filed under: Councillor | Damian Talbot | Darwen Library Theatre | funding | grant | King George's Hall
Published on Monday 12 October 2020 at 1:45 pm
There is much speculation about the latest Covid 19 control measures and what they might mean for us in Blackburn with Darwen and beyond.
Published on Friday 9 October 2020 at 10:31 pm
Leader of Blackburn with Darwen Council, Councillor Mohammed Khan, is today celebrating news that he has been awarded a CBE by the Queen – read his story here:
Born and raised in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Mohammed came to Blackburn in June 1965.
Published on Friday 9 October 2020 at 10:30 pm
Blackburn with Darwen Council’s Leader has been awarded one of the highest ranking honours in the country for his distinguished and innovative contribution to local government over the past 28 years.
Published on Friday 9 October 2020 at 12:38 pm
The leader of the Council has backed a new campaign to highlight support for hate crime victims.
Published on Friday 9 October 2020 at 9:06 am
Blackburn with Darwen Council are backing local partner’s efforts to support the mental health and wellbeing of residents during the coronavirus crisis.
Published on Thursday 8 October 2020 at 5:40 pm
Councillor Mohammed Khan has issued an update on coronavirus testing.
As has been well documented, and the Government has acknowledged, there have been issues with the national testing system which have impacted on testing capacity and booking appointments.
Filed under: coronavirus | Mohammed Khan | testing
Published on Thursday 8 October 2020 at 3:01 pm
Darwen’s iconic tower is set to be restored thanks to a Government cash injection secured by the Darwen Town Deal Board.
Published on Thursday 8 October 2020 at 10:04 am
Our Director of Public Health and Wellbeing, Professor Dominic Harrison, has written another column for the Lancashire Telegraph.
