Published on Friday 17 May 2024 at 11:27 am
Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council has secured £500,000 of new Green Space Funding for King William Street through the High Street Accelerator pilot.
Filed under: Accelerator fund | King William Sttreet | quesir mahmood
Published on Thursday 16 May 2024 at 11:01 am
A new portal has been launched to help gather suggestions for how £20m of new funding could be spent on projects in Darwen.
Published on Thursday 16 May 2024 at 9:19 am
Blackburn with Darwen Council is set to use new Levelling Up funding to help repair and renovate two popular Blackburn multi use games areas.
Published on Wednesday 15 May 2024 at 4:50 pm
An artist whose work was featured in both Blackburn Museum & Art Gallery and was commissioned for Blackburn’s biannual ‘British Textile Biennial’ is one of four shortlisted for the Turner Prize 2024.
Published on Tuesday 7 May 2024 at 4:20 pm
A new board has been appointed to help lead on plans for how £20m of Government funding can be best spent in Darwen.
Published on Thursday 4 April 2024 at 11:39 am
A new planning application has been submitted to repair the roof of the historic King George’s Hall.
Filed under: KGH | King George's Hall
Published on Tuesday 26 March 2024 at 1:17 pm
For more than five decades, Tom Turner has been a familiar face on Darwen Market – some say that he’s part of the furniture there.
Published on Thursday 21 March 2024 at 1:02 pm
Corporation Park is set to benefit from £750,000 of new funding successfully secured by Blackburn with Darwen Council.
Published on Wednesday 20 March 2024 at 8:00 pm
The Lancashire market town of Darwen is set to host an international adidas exhibition to celebrate 10 years of its successful Spezial range.
Published on Wednesday 20 March 2024 at 7:47 pm
We’ve all seen the Blackburn SPZL trainer, the pics of Liam Gallagher performing at King George’s Hall and the giant adidas mural in Darwen town centre.
Published on Wednesday 20 March 2024 at 12:39 pm
All owners of cars who are seen littering in Blackburn with Darwen will now receive a Penalty Notice (PN), following a successful pilot which saw 47 PN’s issued.
Filed under: litter | penalty | penalty notice
Published on Tuesday 19 March 2024 at 10:35 am
A new digital speed sign has been installed by Blackburn with Darwen Council in the village of Guide – the latest effort to help reduce speed in the area.
Published on Monday 18 March 2024 at 2:15 pm
The doors are set to temporarily close on Darwen Youth Centre to allow for a £3.3m transformation.
Published on Monday 18 March 2024 at 2:13 pm
Darwen Youth Centre will temporarily close its doors on March 31st for an impressive £3.3m transformation.
Published on Monday 18 March 2024 at 11:45 am
Blackburn with Darwen Council has submitted a planning application for the iconic Imperial Mill.
The Council bought the landmark building from Lancashire Saw Company Limited last year in an important step to help safeguard it for future employment and cultural opportunities.
Published on Friday 15 March 2024 at 1:15 pm
Efforts to restore Corporation Park Conservatory have taken a positive first step forward thanks to a cash injection of £136,800.
Filed under: Blackburn | Corporation Park | Corporation Park Supporters Group | Historic England
Published on Friday 15 March 2024 at 10:16 am
There’s a huge amount of new investment planned for Darwen town centre.
This includes more than £20m for Darwen Market, the library and theatre and Darwen Youth Centre.
Published on Thursday 7 March 2024 at 4:07 pm
For months, contractors have been busy transforming the former Blakey’s building into something truly spectacular.
Something unlike we’ve ever seen before in our town centres.
Published on Friday 1 March 2024 at 12:48 pm
Blackburn with Darwen Council has successfully secured £20m of new Levelling Up funding from Government – taking the grand total to more than £125m.
Published on Wednesday 28 February 2024 at 4:27 pm
The ribbon has been officially cut on two playgrounds at Blackburn’s popular Witton Park following a £350,000 transformation.
Published on Thursday 21 December 2023 at 10:20 am
The Government has published guidance on how new funding announced for Darwen can be spent.
In October, the Prime Minister included Blackburn with Darwen Council on a list of local authorities that will receive funding for 55 towns across the country.
Published on Monday 18 December 2023 at 11:38 am
The Leader of Blackburn with Darwen Council has helped officially cut the ribbon on more than 60 new and affordable homes at the £9.6million Heathfields development in Darwen.
Published on Wednesday 13 December 2023 at 11:45 am
This festive season, Blackburn with Darwen is set to sparkle with a brand-new Christmas campaign aimed at supporting and promoting local businesses.
Published on Tuesday 12 December 2023 at 2:03 pm
A major employer in Darwen is set to expand into a brand-new HQ being developed by Barnfield Construction.
Published on Tuesday 5 December 2023 at 11:29 am
As far as weeks go, it doesn’t get much better than it did last week for The Making Rooms in Blackburn.
Published on Saturday 2 December 2023 at 9:25 pm
The team behind the ever-popular Blackburn Festival of Light are set to bring a brand new event to the town centre this Christmas.
Published on Monday 20 November 2023 at 12:26 pm
Darwen’s Christmas lights switch-on has been hailed the ‘best ever’ by crowds who turned out in their thousands for headliners N-Trance.
Published on Friday 17 November 2023 at 10:46 am
Impressive plans have been passed to transform Blackburn’s St John’s church into a brand new Innovation Hub.
Published on Tuesday 7 November 2023 at 2:21 pm
Blackburn’s stunning Cathedral Quarter is set to be transformed into a Winter Wonderland this Christmas under the cover of huge festive tipis.
Published on Monday 23 October 2023 at 11:38 am
A £275,000 car park development at Blakewater Lodge, Whalley Range, Blackburn today (23 Oct) opened for business, providing the area and surrounding streets with enhanced safety and accessibility.
Filed under: accessibility | Blakewater | businesses | children | congestion | parking | pedestrians | relief | safety | Whalley Range
Published on Friday 20 October 2023 at 11:11 am
A survey has been launched by Blackburn with Darwen Council to ask residents, businesses and partners their views on what they feel spending priorities should be in the next financial year.
Filed under: Consultation | finance settlement | finances | funding | government funding | Public Consultation | survey
Published on Thursday 19 October 2023 at 4:30 pm
A show-stopping, foot-tapping musicals extravaganza is on the cards for this year’s Blackburn town centre Christmas lights switch on!
Published on Tuesday 17 October 2023 at 12:12 pm
Get ready to set your Christmas spirit free at the Darwen lights switch on with headline act, N-Trance!
Published on Friday 13 October 2023 at 5:38 pm
If you’re in the market for seriously good food, then we have just the place for you!
Published on Thursday 5 October 2023 at 5:47 pm
A Bastwell and Daisyfield councillor has welcomed a newly-installed CCTV camera at a notorious littering hot-spot and warned offenders that they could face a fine of up to £150.
Filed under: anti-social behaviour | ASB | Ash | Bastwell | businesses | camera | cameras | cars | cctv | community | Councillor | enforcement< envirocrime | environment | environmental crime | fines | litter | prosecution | Shaukat Hussain | Street | Takeaway | vehicles | ward
Published on Tuesday 3 October 2023 at 1:05 pm
Darwen Youth Centre could almost double in size as part of impressive £3m plans revealed today.
Published on Tuesday 3 October 2023 at 10:17 am
Blackburn Youth Zone has revealed an exciting new creative collaboration with celebrated artist Jamie Holman and curator Alex Zawadzki.
Published on Wednesday 27 September 2023 at 5:44 pm
The finest craft beers could soon be ‘on tap’ in Blackburn’s new £50m Cultural Quarter.
Blackburn with Darwen Council is in advanced discussions with award-winning Blackedge Brewery to move into number 35 Northgate.
Published on Friday 15 September 2023 at 9:50 am
New images show how Blackburn’s St John’s church could be transformed into an impressive new Innovation Hub.
Published on Friday 15 September 2023 at 9:49 am
Plans have been revealed for a new manufacturing and research centre in Darwen – supported by the £100m Town Deal.
Published on Friday 25 August 2023 at 12:29 pm
Residents are being invited to review and comment on proposed modifications to Blackburn with Darwen Council’s new Local Plan.
Published on Wednesday 23 August 2023 at 4:52 pm
In this new blog, Blackburn with Darwen Council’s Climate Change Projects Officer, Chloe Green, updates on the People’s Jury and their role in the recent National Festival of Making.
Published on Thursday 17 August 2023 at 4:14 pm
New rules are now in place in Blackburn with Darwen preventing family homes from being converted to HMOs without planning permission.
Published on Sunday 30 July 2023 at 7:25 pm
The Mayor and Leader of Blackburn with Darwen Council both joined crowds at Blackburn Library on 19 July in a celebration of almost 100 volunteers who helped ensure the recent success of Blackburn’s fifth National Festival of Making, and its first as an Arts Council England National Portfolio Organisation.
Filed under: Artists | arts | Arts Council England | ational Portfolio Organisation (NPO) | CIC | Creative | Culture | Festival of Making | heritage | Leader | manufacturing | mayor | National Festival of Making | NPO# | Riley | Volunteers
Published on Friday 21 July 2023 at 4:47 pm
Work is to start next week (w/c Monday 24 July 2023) on a new car park at Blakewater Lodge, Whalley Range in Blackburn, designed to provide safer parking for those on the school-run, shoppers and visitors to the area.
Filed under: access | Blackburn | Blackburn Town Centre | Blakewater Lodge | business | car park | cars | child safety | construction | Councillor | Highways | Mahmood | parking | project | Roads | schools | St John CE Primary School | Swallow Drive
Published on Wednesday 19 July 2023 at 5:23 pm
We’ve met with traders from Darwen Market today to update them on the Darwen Town Deal plans.
Published on Tuesday 11 July 2023 at 10:35 am
Record crowds turned out to the National Festival of Making this weekend – filling the streets of Blackburn town centre.
Published on Friday 7 July 2023 at 10:49 am
The new Bishop of Blackburn is encouraging residents to ‘flock’ to the Cathedral’s café to enjoy impressive improvements to its outdoor area.
Published on Monday 3 July 2023 at 5:39 pm
The scaffolding is up and work has started on vital repairs to the roof at Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery.
Published on Thursday 29 June 2023 at 4:37 pm
Herbert Parkinson Ltd has thrown open its doors to celebrate 70 years as a John Lewis Partner.
