Latest news listings for Blackburn with Darwen Council.
Published on Monday 10 February 2020 at 1:47 pm
Blackburn’s CCTV Hub has been awarded a top security award.
The CCTV hub, based in Blackburn town centre, was awarded the CCTV camera commissioner certificate of compliance.
Filed under: CCTV camera commissioner certificate of compliance | CCTV hub | Councillor | Mustafa Desai
Published on Monday 10 February 2020 at 10:48 am
A Met Office yellow warning has been issued as Blackburn with Darwen is expected to experience snow showers and icy conditions.
Filed under: ice | met office | snow | storm ciara | Winter
Published on Monday 10 February 2020 at 10:38 am
Tickets are now available for the 2020 Blackburn with Darwen Mayor’s Ball.
The event will be held at Ewood Park in Blackburn on Friday, 20th March, and will include music and dancing from popular band Dual Project as well as local singers, Elke and Jason.
Published on Monday 10 February 2020 at 9:09 am
Community-spirited people from across Blackburn with Darwen came together to share ideas of how to make their neighbourhoods stronger.
Filed under: community | community group | Integration | Our Community Our Future | social integration
Published on Thursday 6 February 2020 at 10:51 am
You will have heard a lot about the coronavirus infection which has been detected in Wuhan, China.
Filed under: coronavirus | Public Health England
Published on Wednesday 5 February 2020 at 11:27 am
Children at Roe Lee Park Primary School helped get the safety message out for a regeneration scheme thanks to a poster competition.
Filed under: Councillor | Eric Wright Civil Engineering | Growth Deal 3 | Phil Riley | posters | road safety | Roe Lee Park Primary School
Published on Wednesday 5 February 2020 at 10:40 am
A young Blackburn student who wrote a speech that attracted international acclaim has won a major local award.
Published on Monday 3 February 2020 at 12:58 pm
The borough’s first digital health and wellbeing learning centre is now open in Blackburn Library.
Also known as a digital health hub, the centre is a place where staff and volunteers can help people to improve their digital skills and confidence, so they can use online health services more confidently.
Filed under: Damian Talbot | digital | health hub | library | quesir mahmood
Published on Monday 3 February 2020 at 11:00 am
Thursday, February 6 is Time to Talk Day – a day when everyone is encouraged to have a conversation about mental health.
Published on Friday 31 January 2020 at 1:51 pm
This winning design has been selected to create a £135k new play area, set within Blackburn’s beautiful Victorian Corporation Park.
Published on Friday 31 January 2020 at 9:40 am
A new youth group is giving young people in Blackburn with Darwen a voice to discuss their big issues.
Filed under: Integration | Our Community Our Future | social integration | young people
Published on Wednesday 29 January 2020 at 12:00 pm
The Met Office has advice for keeping your home safe and secure no matter what the weather brings.
Filed under: met office | Winter | winter weather
Published on Tuesday 28 January 2020 at 1:09 pm
Blackburn with Darwen Council has been successfully allocated a share of funding of more than £184,000 to support people who are homeless, living on the streets or begging.
Published on Friday 24 January 2020 at 12:43 pm
A meeting was held recently with leaders from authorities across the North of England at Transport for the North in Leeds – and there was a lot of discussion around the problems with the rail network.
Filed under: Councillor | investment | Phil Riley | rail network | TfN | Transport for the North
Published on Friday 24 January 2020 at 10:07 am
Today is the launch of the Community Volunteer Awards 2020 to celebrate the remarkable people and groups who make a difference in Blackburn and Darwen
Nominations are now open for all the local heroes who dedicate themselves to people and places in the borough and help to make it a better place.
Filed under: Blackburn with Darwen Council | Community CVA | Community Volunteer Awards | Councillor | Garth Hodgkinson | Mohammed Khan | nominations | sponsors
Published on Thursday 23 January 2020 at 10:41 am
Blackburn with Darwen Council has pledged support to raising awareness of illegal money lending by signing a charter aimed at stopping loan sharks.
Filed under: credit union | illegal money lending team | loan shark charter
Published on Wednesday 22 January 2020 at 3:30 pm
A ceremony to mark Holocaust Memorial Day is being planned to bring the community together to remember and pay respects to victims of genocide, oppression and torture.
Filed under: Holocaust Memorial Day | Integration | social integration
Published on Friday 17 January 2020 at 3:51 pm
A highly regarded Darwen nursery is celebrating a double hat trick – having received its sixth consecutive outstanding report from Ofsted.
Published on Wednesday 15 January 2020 at 11:35 am
Works are taking place at St John’s Church in Victoria Street to start to repair fire damage.
Filed under: crane | fire | repairs | road diversion | St John's Church
Published on Tuesday 14 January 2020 at 2:23 pm
During winter we are all more likely to get ill but it’s not just illnesses like coughs, colds and flu we need to protect ourselves from.
Filed under: keep warm to keep well | preparing for winter
Published on Monday 13 January 2020 at 4:33 pm
The Council has been notified that further strike action is planned at both sites on five further dates.
Published on Monday 13 January 2020 at 1:44 pm
One Voice Blackburn is pleased to link up with Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council to announce the nomination process for the Leader’s Award.
Filed under: Councillor | jackie floyd | Mohammed Khan | Mohammed Khan Leader's Award | nominations | One Voice
Published on Monday 13 January 2020 at 1:34 pm
Award winning local crime author Stephen Booth will be visiting Blackburn Library to give a reading of his latest book, talk about his writing and answer any questions.
Published on Friday 10 January 2020 at 4:43 pm
A silver cup awarded to a Blackburn campaigner in the 1800s has been returned to the town after his family crowd funded more than £1,000 to buy it.
Published on Friday 10 January 2020 at 12:38 pm
A new campaign is asking people to stop feeding pigeons to help keep our town centre clean and tidy.
Filed under: Blackburn Bid | Blackburn Bus Station | Pigeons | poster campaign
Published on Thursday 9 January 2020 at 11:59 am
The Council has received formal notice that a small number of lifeguards are to go on strike.
Published on Thursday 9 January 2020 at 9:17 am
Plans to widen one of Blackburn’s busiest roads to ease traffic and boost jobs and business are progressing before works starts in April 2020.
Filed under: Blackamoor Road | Councillor | Growth Deal 3 | Haslingden Road | Phil Riley | traffic
Published on Wednesday 8 January 2020 at 4:04 pm
Blackburn with Darwen Council has re-signed a deal that will see £250k invested in providing books for the children of Blackburn with Darwen over the next three years.
Filed under: bookstart | Dominic Harrison | library
Published on Tuesday 7 January 2020 at 2:22 pm
A new board is set to be created to help shape plans for how up to £25m of funding could be spent transforming Darwen.
Published on Monday 6 January 2020 at 3:08 pm
Whilst the UK enjoyed an unseasonably mild end to 2019, the winter is set to take a grip with weather forecasters warning a cold snap could be on its way during the first few weeks of the new year.
Published on Thursday 2 January 2020 at 9:03 am
Libraries across the borough are removing all fines for the late return of books and audio visual items.
Filed under: Blackburn | Councillor | Damian Talbot | Darwen | Library fines
Published on Monday 23 December 2019 at 11:22 am
Blackburn with Darwen Council is continuing its crackdown on people dumping rubbish in the borough.
The Council secured half a dozen prosecutions in December for offences ranging from dumping rubbish in back yards to traders leaving waste on land around the towns.
Filed under: Councillor | environment | fines | Jim Smith | Waste prosecutions
Published on Friday 20 December 2019 at 9:59 am
Outside works are well underway at the new Reel Cinema in Blackburn town centre.
Outside works are nearly complete on the building, which will be a new eight-screen independent cinema for cinema operator Reel on the former Waves Leisure Centre Centre site in Blackburn town centre.
Filed under: Blackburn Town Centre | cladding | Councillor | Northgate | Phil Riley | Reel Cinema
Published on Friday 20 December 2019 at 8:59 am
A local project that which aims to tackle social isolation with delicious meals has been awarded five stars during their Food Business Hygiene Inspection!
Published on Thursday 19 December 2019 at 3:05 pm
Father Christmas and his trusty elves have been learning to communicate in a form of sign language as part of a new initiative to make sure everybody can enjoy Christmas magic.
Published on Wednesday 18 December 2019 at 11:44 am
Christmas is just a week away – don’t forget to sort your repeat prescriptions.
People who are on repeat medication such as those with long term health condition, for instance asthma, diabetes, lung or heart disease, are being reminded not to leave it too late to get their repeat prescriptions.
Filed under: Christmas | GP | medications | New Year | Repeat Prescriptions
Published on Tuesday 17 December 2019 at 9:28 am
Accountancy firm PM&M have donated another mountain of gifts for underprivileged children in Blackburn with Darwen, which will be given out by Secret Santa Ltd.
Published on Monday 16 December 2019 at 9:00 am
Blackburn with Darwen’s public health team are urging people to stay at home if they are suffering from seasonal sickness or diarrhoea.
Filed under: Director of Public Health | Dominic Harrison | Norovirus | Public Health England
Published on Friday 13 December 2019 at 10:41 am
Blackburn Market has welcomed more new traders in recent weeks to add to the fabulous food court offering.
Published on Wednesday 11 December 2019 at 1:24 pm
Make sure you know where your polling station is so you can vote in the General Election on Thursday, December 12th.
Filed under: Blackburn | Darwen | General Election | polling stations
Published on Tuesday 10 December 2019 at 2:57 pm
The General Election is taking place on Thursday, December 12th. Here’s all you need to know.
Filed under: Blackburn | Darwen | General Election | polling station
Published on Tuesday 10 December 2019 at 8:38 am
An Audley woman is planning a new football league to help refugees and asylum seekers integrate into local life having taken part in the Community Ambassador programme.
Filed under: Integration | Our Community Our Future | social integration
Published on Monday 9 December 2019 at 3:44 pm
There’s no need for anyone to be alone over Christmas thanks to kind-hearted community groups planning festive meals for isolated and vulnerable people, as well as local celebrations.
Filed under: Christmas | community | events | Integration | Our Community Our Future | social integration
Published on Monday 9 December 2019 at 1:33 pm
A group of foster carers have been presented with special long service awards after dedicating more than 200 years to helping youngsters in the borough.
Filed under: foster care | Foster carers
Published on Monday 9 December 2019 at 11:57 am
Over the holiday period your local pharmacist can provide confidential, expert advice and treatment for a range of common illnesses and complaints, without having to wait for a GP appointment or having to go to hospital.
Filed under: GP | Opening Times | pharmacy | self-care
Published on Wednesday 4 December 2019 at 4:07 pm
This Christmas is set to be a real cracker at Blackburn with Darwen’s markets!
As well as being able to tick off your Christmas shopping list at the many stalls, you’ll be able to get in to the festive spirit with a packed programme of events.
Published on Wednesday 4 December 2019 at 3:56 pm
Blackburn with Darwen Council’s Director of Public Health has expressed his delight at the news that Darwen Healthcare has scooped two prestigious awards.
Filed under: darwen healthcare | darwen pcn | Dominic Harrison
Published on Tuesday 3 December 2019 at 12:31 pm
Time is running out for people to apply for a proxy vote in the upcoming general election.
Filed under: deadline | General Election | proxy vote
Published on Friday 29 November 2019 at 3:16 pm
Step in to Christmas with this cracker of an events guide for Christmas in Blackburn with Darwen!
Published on Friday 29 November 2019 at 2:35 pm
The annual Youth Takeover Challenge helped shine a spotlight on the issues that matter most to young people across Blackburn with Darwen.
Filed under: young people | Young Peoples Service | Youth MP | Youth Takeover
