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Happy Diwali!

Published on Friday 25 October 2019 at 10:49 am

Today we share greetings to everyone who’ll be celebrating Diwali over the weekend. Wishing you happy times with your loved ones during the festival of lights.

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Once Upon a Time in Blackburn – the western movie was invented!

Published on Thursday 24 October 2019 at 3:55 pm

Blackburn is famous for many things – and now it can add inventing the classic Hollywood cowboy and western movie to the list.

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Council support for cosmic Kickstarter

Published on Thursday 24 October 2019 at 3:41 pm

Blackburn with Darwen Council are supporting The Making Room’s new Kickstarter, which combines coding and NASA planetary position data to create unique keepsakes.

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Council leads on bid for Lancashire-wide anti-crime scheme

Published on Wednesday 23 October 2019 at 9:33 am

Blackburn with Darwen Council has led a successful bid on behalf of Pennine Lancashire for a ground-breaking programme to work with young people who may be at risk of becoming involved in criminal behaviour.

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Smoking rates down in Blackburn with Darwen

Published on Friday 18 October 2019 at 1:49 pm

New stats show smoking rates in Blackburn with Darwen have fallen significantly since 2016.

Issued by Public Health England, the stats show the amount of adult smokers in Blackburn with Darwen dropped from 19.5 per cent (21,472) to 16.2 per cent (17,893) in 2018.

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Sharing Sophie’s story in Hate Crime Awareness Week

Published on Friday 18 October 2019 at 12:04 pm

A Hate Crime Awareness Week event held in Blackburn reached out to victims of hate crime to offer support and love.

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Community Ambassador programme takes off to Belfast

Published on Wednesday 16 October 2019 at 5:12 pm

Blackburn with Darwen’s Community Ambassadors programme took off in week four with a residential trip to Belfast.

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Warm a heart, give a coat

Published on Wednesday 16 October 2019 at 9:21 am

Help keep vulnerable people warm this winter by donating an unwanted coat.

For the second year running Rotarians in Lancashire are collecting your old, unwanted coats and giving them to charities that support the homeless, refugees, children living in poverty and people fleeing domestic violence (to name a few).

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Share views on getting around in BwD for your chance to win shopping vouchers

Published on Tuesday 15 October 2019 at 2:44 pm

Local people are being asked for their views on getting around in Blackburn with Darwen in a borough-wide transport survey – and have the chance to win one of five £50 The Mall shopping vouchers for taking part.

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Appeal after ‘shocking’ fly-tipping in Hoddlesden

Published on Monday 14 October 2019 at 2:44 pm

Blackburn with Darwen Council is appealing for information after a ‘shocking’ amount of construction waste was fly-tipped in Hoddlesden.

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You can adopt: call for families as children waiting outnumber adopters 2 to 1

Published on Monday 14 October 2019 at 11:13 am

A national week of action is urging anyone who has ever considered adopting to step forward as the number of children needing loving, nurturing homes continues to grow.

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£200k final piece of jigsaw approved for Blackburn’s Blakey Moor

Published on Friday 11 October 2019 at 2:43 pm

New lighting and re-surfacing work have been approved to enhance the redevelopment of Blackburn’s historic Blakey Moor.

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Free workshops for Get Online Week

Published on Friday 11 October 2019 at 9:25 am

Blackburn with Darwen Libraries will be running a variety of workshops that provide opportunities to learn more about being online as part of Get Online Week, which runs from Monday, October 14 until Sunday, October 20.

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Minister endorses borough’s social integration progress

Published on Thursday 10 October 2019 at 4:06 pm

The new Faith & Communities Minister was given an overview of the borough’s social integration programme on a visit to Blackburn with Darwen earlier today.

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Shisha bar fined nearly £4,000 for allowing smoking indoors

Published on Thursday 10 October 2019 at 10:15 am

Owners of a Blackburn Shisha bar pleaded guilty to smoking offences.

Rizwan Aiyub Adam (28) and Ikram Adam (30), who own Dahna Lounge in Barton Street, Blackburn, were fined £2,860 with additional costs awarded to the Council of £1,100.

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