Published on Thursday 8 May 2025 at 1:00 pm
Plans to transform Blackburn’s already super successful Making Rooms into the UK’s leading makerspace have officially been given the green light.
Published on Tuesday 6 May 2025 at 4:32 pm
To mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day, The Giant Wheel Company is offering free rides on its 50-metre wheel in Blackburn town centre for all veterans and serving Armed Forces personnel.
Published on Friday 2 May 2025 at 10:33 am
A new planning application is set to be submitted for a multi-million-pound post 16 Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Centre in Blackburn town centre.
Published on Monday 28 April 2025 at 4:04 pm
Calder Street play area is set to benefit from £28,000 for repairs and upgrades, which will include brand new equipment.
Filed under: Bastwell | Calder Street | Councillor Shaukat Hussain | Daisyfield | Park | Play Area | playground
Published on Friday 25 April 2025 at 3:01 pm
The wheels are in motion to bring a giant, 50 metre observation wheel to Blackburn town centre… with the first rides being just a week away!
Published on Friday 25 April 2025 at 10:31 am
The refurbishment of another property in Blackburn’s £50m Cultural Quarter has taken a major step forward this week, with a new planning application submitted.
Published on Wednesday 9 April 2025 at 1:31 pm
For almost a decade, The Bureau Centre for the Arts has been a beacon of creativity and inclusivity in the borough.
Filed under: arts | Blackburn | The Bureau
Published on Monday 31 March 2025 at 2:42 pm
A new planning application has been submitted setting out plans for major new investment in Darwen’s Library and Library Theatre.
Published on Friday 28 March 2025 at 10:53 am
Work to demolish the existing Darwen Youth Centre building to pave the way for a multi-million-pound transformation is set to get underway.
Published on Thursday 27 March 2025 at 5:42 pm
The main path through Darwen’s Sunnyhurst Woods is set to benefit from hundreds of thousands of pounds of new investment as part of the £100m Darwen Town Deal.
Published on Thursday 27 March 2025 at 11:59 am
When this giant wheel appeared in Darwen Market Square in February, it had us all in a spin!
Filed under: Darwen | Darwen Town Centre | wheel
Published on Wednesday 26 March 2025 at 9:28 am
Turn the pages of this edition of The Shuttle, and you’ll find it packed with stories celebrating culture.
Filed under: funding | King George's Hall
Published on Monday 24 March 2025 at 11:23 am
There are very few shopping centres in the country owned by a local family, but The Mall in Blackburn is one of them!
Filed under: Shuttle | Shuttle 2025 | The Mall
Published on Thursday 20 March 2025 at 3:00 pm
From choral evensong to Pink Floyd by candlelight – Blackburn Cathedral may soon celebrate its 100th anniversary, but there’s absolutely no signs of things there slowing down.
Filed under: Blackburn Cathedral | moon | museum of the moon
Published on Monday 17 March 2025 at 11:09 am
The £1.5m vision to transform Blackburn’s already super-successful Making Rooms into the UK’s leading makerspace is as bold as its creators!
Filed under: Making Rooms | Shuttle 2025 | The Shuttle
Published on Friday 14 March 2025 at 2:07 pm
A new planning application has been submitted detailing plans to transform Darwen Market Hall as part of the £100m Town Deal.
Published on Friday 14 March 2025 at 8:46 am
Lancashire has a new foodie hotspot, and it’s right on your doorstep!
When people think of Lancashire’s top dining destinations, the Ribble Valley usually steals the spotlight.
Published on Friday 14 March 2025 at 8:27 am
With Darwen featuring in a new list of places with the fastest-rising house prices, we speak to one estate agent who explains why it’s the place to buy.
Filed under: Darwen | Darwen Tower | Housing | Jubilee Tower | The Shuttle
Published on Thursday 13 March 2025 at 3:43 pm
A new planning application has been submitted for the final phase of the £9 million refurbishment of Blackburn’s King George’s Hall.
Filed under: KGH | King George's Hall
Published on Tuesday 11 March 2025 at 10:33 am
Due to safety concerns, an emergency order has today been submitted to fell the large tree in front of Darwen Town Hall.
Published on Monday 10 March 2025 at 2:02 pm
Mums from across Blackburn with Darwen are the first in the country to take part in a pioneering data skills programme.
Published on Wednesday 5 March 2025 at 9:50 am
Blackburn Museum was one of the first purpose built free museums to open outside of London, in 1874.
Filed under: Art Gallery | Arts Council England | Blackburn | Blackburn Museum | Blackburn Museum & Art Gallery | Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery | British Library | council | Councillor | Councillor Quesir Mahmood | Culture | funding | Gallery | Hart Gallery | museum
Published on Friday 14 February 2025 at 1:27 pm
Please note that the car parks at Darwen Market will be closed for periods between Monday, February 24th and Friday, February 28th.
Published on Tuesday 11 February 2025 at 3:57 pm
National Apprenticeship Week (NAW) is back for 2025, running from February 10th to 16th, and it’s set to be an exciting week-long celebration that brings together businesses, apprentices, and learners from all across the country.
Filed under: Apprentice | National Apprenticeship Week
Published on Tuesday 4 February 2025 at 5:06 pm
A free family fun cyber day is taking place on Saturday, February 8, at Blackburn College with lots of cyber and digital activities in collaboration with local community groups IMO and OneVoice.
Filed under: Blackburn | Blackburn College | cyber fest
Published on Tuesday 4 February 2025 at 1:26 pm
A company has been appointed to undertake all necessary surveys on the popular park structure.
Back in March 2024 we told you that the Conservatory had been allocated almost £137,000 from the council and Historic England, through a ‘Repair to Heritage at Risk’.
Filed under: Buttress | conservatory | Corporation Park | Corporation Park Supporters Group | Councillor Jim Smith | Cycad | Historic England | Myerscough College
Published on Thursday 30 January 2025 at 12:19 pm
Looking to make memories with the family for free? Dive into our fabulous cultural programme on offer at Blackburn and Darwen Markets!
Filed under: Blackburn Market | council | Councillor Jim Smith | Culturapedia | Darwen Market | Family activities | family fun | Fun | half term | market
Published on Wednesday 22 January 2025 at 11:31 am
A brand-new Repair Space has just launched at The Making Rooms in Blackburn, aiming to tackle e-waste and promote digital inclusion.
Published on Friday 17 January 2025 at 11:42 am
Students in Blackburn with Darwen are set to be the first in the whole country to benefit from a pioneering new scholarship scheme in cyber and e-sports.
Published on Monday 13 January 2025 at 12:06 pm
Plans that could transform Blackburn’s already super successful Making Rooms into the leading makerspace in the whole of the UK have been revealed.
Published on Friday 10 January 2025 at 12:51 pm
Plans to expand a Perspex International site in Darwen – part of almost £40m of new investment supported by the Town Deal – have been passed.
Published on Friday 20 December 2024 at 12:12 pm
With a cool pop-up festive tavern, a winter wonderland tipi, a whole host of free live music, top places to eat and drink and so much more, here’s why Blackburn should be at the top of your Christmas list this year…
Published on Monday 16 December 2024 at 1:30 pm
It was announced over the weekend that Ste Fay, the owner of ‘Biscuit Barrel Café’, or ‘Ste’s Place’ as it’s more commonly known, has passed away.
Filed under: Biscuit Barrel Cafe | Cafe | Darwen | Darwen Market | market | Ste Fay | Ste's Place
Published on Tuesday 10 December 2024 at 4:49 pm
Three new bus services will begin on Monday 16 December as part of a plan to encourage people to use public transport.
Filed under: Blackburn Bus Station | BSIP | bus | Bus Service Improvement Plan | buses | Councillor | Councillor Quesir Mahmood | Deputy Leader
Published on Friday 6 December 2024 at 3:56 pm
How about this for a fabulous Christmas surprise… Blackburn is set to get its own pop-up festive tavern, and it opens next week!
Published on Thursday 5 December 2024 at 4:55 pm
The countdown to Christmas is well and truly on in Blackburn with the arrival of The Firepit’s festive tipi!
Published on Friday 29 November 2024 at 1:05 pm
Yesterday, Patrick Grant, creator of Blackburn-based Community Clothing and BBC Sewing Bee presenter wrote a bold blog post, calling for shoppers to ‘Think Blackburn*, not Black Friday.’
Filed under: Blackburn | Darwen | Fashion designer Patrick Grant | Patrick Grant | Shopping
Published on Tuesday 26 November 2024 at 10:17 am
How about this for work experience! Impressively, a cohort of trainees from the Blackburn-based ‘Futures in Film Academy’ were invited to join the production team behind the brand-new and critically acclaimed, Wolf Hall: The Mirror and The Light.
Published on Friday 22 November 2024 at 4:27 pm
The Met Office has issued yellow weather warnings for much of the country throughout the day tomorrow with Storm Bert expected to bring high-speed winds of up to 60mph plus rain and the chance of snow.
Published on Monday 18 November 2024 at 11:58 am
Records were once again broken at Darwen’s Christmas lights switch-on with thousands of people turning out for the hugely popular event.
Published on Wednesday 13 November 2024 at 12:26 pm
More than £70,000 of extra funding is set to help make Blackburn’s Christmas ‘out of this world’ with a brand new ‘Festival of the Moon’ running throughout November and December.
Published on Thursday 7 November 2024 at 4:50 pm
Blackburn with Darwen Council could take full ownership of a major town centre development site if new proposals are agreed.
Published on Thursday 7 November 2024 at 3:00 pm
In a pioneering project, Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council have teamed up with Together Housing to improve services and help communities feel empowered to take pride in their neighbourhood.
Filed under: Ashworth Estate | Blackburn | Brushing up the Borough | environment | Highways | Together Housing
Published on Tuesday 5 November 2024 at 5:17 pm
Blackburn’s much-anticipated Christmas lights switch-on event is set to take place on Saturday, November 23rd and we have the full line-up for you!
Published on Friday 1 November 2024 at 3:35 pm
The full line-up for Darwen’s Christmas lights switch-on event has just been revealed and it’s a Christmas cracker with more than 10 hours of festive fun!
Published on Wednesday 30 October 2024 at 10:54 am
A packed programme of brand-new live gigs has just been announced to help boost Blackburn’s nightlife.
Published on Tuesday 15 October 2024 at 11:07 am
The National Festival of Making has been selected as a finalist in 4 categories at this year’s UK Festival Awards.
Filed under: Festival of Making | National Festival of Making
Published on Friday 11 October 2024 at 5:02 pm
The ‘mystery’ headliner for Darwen’s super-popular Christmas lights switch on has just been revealed as 90s electro dance group, K-Klass.
Published on Tuesday 8 October 2024 at 5:43 pm
Businesses and organisations in Blackburn with Darwen are set to be among the first in the country to benefit from empowering AI training with the IN4 Group – one of the UK’s largest professional technology skills providers.
Published on Friday 4 October 2024 at 1:59 pm
St John Ambulance is set to return to Darwen after the charity’s base was bought by a generous donor and gifted to them to use for free.
