Blackburn news from the Lancashire Telegraph

Gallery: Rovers legends reunite for charity match at Ewood Park

12:00pm Friday 24th May 2013

THE Blackburn Rovers legends’ match could become an annual event after Tugay and his team of stars rolled back the years at Ewood Park.

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Tributes to brave Blackburn teenager who battled rare genetic condition

11:22am Friday 24th May 2013

A ‘BEAUTIFUL’ teenager who lost her battle with a rare chromosome disorder defied doctors’ predictions by living a ‘full and happy’ life.

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Blackburn mayor tells of shock at Royal garden party as news broke of Woolwich killing

10:05am Friday 24th May 2013

NEW Blackburn Mayor Salim Mulla said he shuddered with shock at a Royal Garden Party when he heard a soldier had been hacked to death by Islamic extremists just 12 miles away.

Blackburn air recruit joins the top flight

7:00pm Thursday 23rd May 2013

A FORMER lifeguard was named the best recruit when he graduated from his Royal Air Force training — and is now looking forward to providing troops with vital intelligence.

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Hot debate over Blackburn Kurdish eatery

4:00pm Thursday 23rd May 2013

OPPONENTS of a town centre cafe operating without planning permission have accused the owner of trying to ‘hoodwink’ Blackburn with Darwen council officials.

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Danger Blackburn care home has to go, say firefighters

2:00pm Thursday 23rd May 2013

FIRE bosses have called for a former Blackburn care home to be demolished after it was repeatedly torched by vandals.

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Blackburn mayor condemns Woolwich killing

9:54am Thursday 23rd May 2013

Mayor of Blackburn and chairman of the Lancashire Council of Mosques Salim Mulla has condemned yesterday's killing in Woolwich.

Blackburn pupils say thanks for new homes donated to class pets

12:58pm Thursday 23rd May 2013

CHILDREN at a primary school have said ‘thanks very hutch’ after receiving new homes for their class pets.

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Travellers bid to stay in Hyndburn for three years

7:00pm Wednesday 22nd May 2013

A TRAVELLER family is staking a claim to make their home in a village for up to three years.

Campaign to save Stanley Arms pub in Blackburn receives a blow

6:00pm Wednesday 22nd May 2013

A COMMUNITY pub at the centre of a campaign to save it will be turned into a house if planners agree.

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Little Harwood Slimming World members donate clothes to raise money for Cancer Research

5:00pm Wednesday 22nd May 2013

LIGHTWEIGHTS Members from Slimming World at St Stephen’s Conservative Club in Little Harwood found a great use for their clothes that are now too big for them after they shed the pounds.

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Wife's tribute to Blackburn man killed in plane crash

1:53pm Wednesday 22nd May 2013

The wife of the Blackburn man killed in a plane crash in Wales on Sunday has described her husband as 'a loving and devoted family man'.

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Blackburn MP Jack Straw questions lifting of Syria arms embargo

10:00am Wednesday 22nd May 2013

BLACKBURN MP Jack Straw has warned that lifting the arms export embargo to Syria could benefit its ruler Bashar al-Assad more than the rebels fighting his regime.

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