Published on Wednesday 10 April 2019 at 3:22 pm
Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council is set to recruit 40 new apprentices.
The roles include everything from being an apprentice electrician to working in HR, IT, community safety and project management.
Filed under: Apprentices | Apprenticeships | Harry Catherall
Published on Wednesday 5 December 2018 at 11:14 am
It’s ho ho hoped that hundreds of fundraisers will take up the challenge of running Blackburn town centre’s first ever Santa Dash.
Filed under: Blackburn Bid | Blackburn Cathedral Square | Christmas | Harry Catherall | Santa Dash
Published on Friday 14 September 2018 at 12:29 pm
Thousands of people flocked to a huge careers fair for new job opportunities in Blackburn, Darwen and beyond.
Published on Thursday 28 June 2018 at 5:24 pm
Tribute is being paid to the dedication of public sector workers across Blackburn and Darwen following the announcement of a top national accolade.
Published on Friday 15 June 2018 at 3:56 pm
The borough’s volunteers were honoured at a glittering ceremony at King George’s Hall.
Coronation Street actor Peter Gunn who plays Brian Packham hosted the first annual Blackburn with Darwen Volunteers’ Week Award Ceremony.
Filed under: Community CVS | Councillor Mohammed Khan | Harry Catherall | Volunteers' Week Award Ceremony
Published on Wednesday 18 April 2018 at 12:44 pm
Check out new apprenticeships at Blackburn with Darwen Council at an open evening this April.
An information evening is taking place in Darwen with our managers showcasing the roles they have on offer.
Filed under: Apprenticeship Week 2018 | Blackburn | Darwen | Harry Catherall | open evenings
Published on Tuesday 27 March 2018 at 2:26 pm
Voters are set to go to the polls to elect their local councillors in May.
The timetable for the local elections has been announced and on Thursday May 3rd, residents will elect Councillors to Blackburn with Darwen Council.
Filed under: Blackburn with Darwen | Harry Catherall | Local Elections | Returning Officer
Published on Friday 5 January 2018 at 4:01 pm
A Director of a former Blackburn waste plastics recycling business has been handed an eight-month suspended prison sentence, suspended for two years, and ordered to complete 120 hours of unpaid work.
Filed under: fire | Harry Catherall | waste
Published on Friday 8 December 2017 at 9:01 am
Blackburn with Darwen Council has been praised for its ‘early help and well co-ordinated support’ by Ofsted inspectors who rated children’s services in the area as good.
Filed under: Blackburn with Darwen Council | Children’s Services | Councillor | Harry Catherall | Linda Clegg | Maureen Bateson | Mohammed Khan | OFSTED | top rating
Published on Friday 20 October 2017 at 12:19 pm
The green light has been given for a new car park at Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital.
Filed under: car park | Harry Catherall | Old Bank Lane | Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital
Published on Thursday 12 October 2017 at 3:34 pm
The new giant digital advertising screen in Blackburn was taken over today – Thursday, October 12 – to mark the borough becoming an official ‘Kindness Community’.
Filed under: Blackburn | Carl Fogerty | Councillor | Darwen | Harry Catherall | John Magee | Kindness Community | Kindness Matters | Mohammed Khan
Published on Tuesday 10 October 2017 at 3:37 pm
Dedicated volunteers were being praised for their work in Blackburn with Darwen’s Library Service.
The volunteers were honoured at an event for their massive contribution to the library service and their role in the community.
Filed under: appreciation event | Councillor | Damian Talbot | Deputy mayor | Harry Catherall | Iftikhar Hussain | Library volunteers | Mohammed Khan | Pat McFall | Zamir Khan
Published on Tuesday 12 September 2017 at 3:26 pm
part of the ongoing apprenticeship scheme.
The 16 new starters are taking on a variety of roles and responsibilities in different areas and departments of the Council, including Children’s Services, IT, Health and Environment.
Filed under: Apprentices | Blackburn with Darwen Council | Councillor | Harry Catherall | Mohammed Khan
Published on Friday 21 July 2017 at 11:03 am
One of the nation’s highest accolades has been awarded to leading Blackburn volunteer Nan Goodall.
Nan was given the Queen’s British Empire Medal for her years of community work in Blackburn and Darwen, especially for setting up Blackburn with Darwen Carer’s Service.
Filed under: Blackburn Carer's Service | British Empire Medal | Harry Catherall | Nan Goodall
Published on Tuesday 3 May 2016 at 3:02 pm
All Blackburn with Darwen residents who are registered to vote are being encouraged to go to the polls this week for the local and Police and Crime Commissioner elections.
Filed under: elections | Harry Catherall | PCC | vote
Published on Wednesday 13 April 2016 at 3:11 pm
Voters in Blackburn with Darwen have been urged to register in time for this year’s elections.
Filed under: elections | Harry Catherall | Register to vote
Published on Wednesday 3 February 2016 at 4:06 pm
Blackburn with Darwen’s Returning Officer is encouraging people not to miss out on their chance to vote by making sure they are registered.
Filed under: elections | Harry Catherall | National voter registration day | takepower | voting
Published on Wednesday 23 December 2015 at 12:50 pm
Here is the Council’s Christmas greeting for 2015 to all residents and their families.
The image was chosen because of the popularity of the grandmother and child sculpture and to showcase the investment taking place in the Cathedral Quarter.
Filed under: Christmas | Christmas opening times | Councillor | Harry Catherall | Mohammed Khan | Season's greetings
Published on Monday 16 November 2015 at 3:01 pm
The Council has welcomed a high number of inquiries from firms interested in relocating to brand new grade A offices at Blackburn’s stunning Cathedral Quarter.
Filed under: cathedral | Cathedral Quarter | Harry Catherall | Jack Straw
Published on Tuesday 29 September 2015 at 2:11 pm
Graphic Design degree students from Blackburn College have won the chance for their innovative designs to be used in a new campaign to highlight the dangers of so-called ‘legal high’ drugs.
Filed under: Andy Kay | Blackburn College | Councillor | Harry Catherall | Legal Highs | public health
Published on Tuesday 21 July 2015 at 1:24 pm
Four Blackburn with Darwen apprentices were singled in the recent Training 2000 Business Awards – and the Council also came home with a prize.
Filed under: Andy Kay | Apprentices | awards | Councillor | Harry Catherall | Mohammed Khan
Published on Thursday 16 July 2015 at 9:33 am
Cathedral Court, the £6 million extension to Blackburn Cathedral, has been ‘topped out’ at an official ceremony in the Cathedral grounds.
Filed under: Blackburn Cathedral | Cathedral Quarter | Harry Catherall
Published on Friday 1 May 2015 at 3:46 pm
Blackburn with Darwen Council has announced it will extend the opening hours of its elections helpline call centre to help voters in the run-up to next week’s election.
Filed under: Chief Executive | democracy | elections | Harry Catherall | voting
Published on Wednesday 29 April 2015 at 5:02 pm
All Blackburn with Darwen residents who are registered to vote are being encouraged to go to the polls next week for the local and general elections.
Filed under: election | elections | Harry Catherall | vote
Published on Friday 10 April 2015 at 8:32 am
Time is running out to register to vote in this year’s general and local elections in Blackburn with Darwen.
Filed under: elections | Harry Catherall
Published on Thursday 12 March 2015 at 2:32 pm
Blackburn with Darwen Council has reaffirmed its commitment to helping young people find employment during National Apprenticeship Week (March 9 -13).
Filed under: Apprenticeship | Chief Executive | Harry Catherall | National Apprenticeship Week
Published on Monday 23 February 2015 at 12:01 pm
One of Blackburn with Darwen Council’s apprentices has been named as ‘Apprentice of the Year’ by the leaders of his course.
Filed under: Apprentice | Apprenticeship | award | Chief Executive | employment | Harry Catherall | training
Published on Wednesday 4 February 2015 at 2:52 pm
Blackburn with Darwen Council is marking National Voter Registration Day 2015, taking place on Thursday, February 5.
Filed under: democracy | elections | Harry Catherall | Individual Electoral Registration | Returning Officer
Published on Tuesday 3 February 2015 at 10:45 am
Blackburn with Darwen Council is writing to residents in the borough to make sure everyone who is eligible to vote is registered.
Filed under: elections | Harry Catherall | Individual Electoral Registration | Returning Officer | Voter Registration
Published on Wednesday 6 August 2014 at 1:44 pm
A hundred years ago this week Sir Edward Grey, British Foreign Secretary in 1914, returned to his chambers in the Foreign Office and lamented “The lamps are going out all over Europe; we shall not see them lit again in our life”.
Filed under: Alan Cottam | commemoration | Corporation Park | Darwen | Harry Catherall | Lights Out | mayor | Soundcloud | Trevor Maxfield | World War One Commemorations
Published on Friday 25 July 2014 at 12:31 pm
Individual Electoral Registration (IER) is a major change to the way voters register to vote. Here Harry Catherall, returning officer for Blackburn with Darwen, talks about how the Council is preparing the borough for this change.
Filed under: democracy | elections | Harry Catherall | Returning Officer | voters | voting
Published on Monday 19 May 2014 at 2:07 pm
Shoppers stopped in their tracks when Blackburn with Darwen Council’s fostering team staged a high profile – and noisy – stunt in The Mall today (Friday, May 16) as part of national Foster Care Fortnight (May 12-25).
Filed under: Bang the Drum | Banging the Drum for Fostering | Flashmob | Foster Care Fortnight | Harry Catherall | Karen Barrick | Linda Clegg | Shadsworth | Shadsworth Children’s Centre | Soundcloud
