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Man who mugged teenage boys in Blackburn jailed

9:00am Saturday 4th February 2012

A MAN who mugged teenage boys in the grounds of Blackburn’s Cathedral first showed them a photograph of a man who had been badly beaten.

Blackburn with Darwen Council bosses slammed for re-hiring former staff

3:33pm Friday 3rd February 2012

TOWN hall bosses have been slammed for re-hiring former staff weeks after handing over redundancy packages at taxpayers’ expense.

Blackburn defence firm, Cobham set to shed jobs

12:00pm Friday 3rd February 2012

A BLACKBURN defence firm is to slash around a quarter of its workforce after seeing a ‘steep fall’ in orders over the last year-and-a-half.

Wishes for brave Blackburn boy with terminal brain condition

TREATS IN STORE McCauley Riley with parents Catherine and Wayne. Left, dolphins like the ones McCauley will swim with when he goes to Florida on holiday

11:10am Friday 3rd February 2012

THE family of a six-year-old boy are hoping to make his wishes come true after he was diagnosed with a terminal brain condition.

Cannabis farm found inside tents at Blackburn house

FIND PC Leo Noctor views the cannabis plants in Suffolk Street

10:41am Friday 3rd February 2012

HUNDREDS of cannabis plants grown in tents were found as police raided a house linked to drug dealing.

Burnley drunk jailed for four years

JAILED Mark Smith

9:31am Friday 3rd February 2012

A DRUNK who terrorised and robbed a 64-year-old man in his own home has been jailed for four years.

Brave teen will launch Blackburn Race for Life

READY From left, Nichole Bain, Jane Bullock, Imogen Johnson, Rachel Donlon and Julie Bain

8:35am Friday 3rd February 2012

A BRAVE 19-year-old will launch Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life in Blackburn this year.

First look at Blackburn Infirmary homes plan

4:28pm Friday 3rd February 2012

PLANS to build homes on the former Blackburn Infirmary site will be unveiled tomorrow.

Sewer work set to go through Blackburn's historical district

4:30pm Thursday 2nd February 2012

ARCHAEOLOGY experts have been put on standby as water engineers begin digging in an historic part of Blackburn.

Burnley street attacker avoids prison

4:10pm Thursday 2nd February 2012

A TEENAGER who left his victim with a smashed face and scarred after an unprovoked street attack in Burnley, has been spared jail.

Blackburn salon owner 'scared raiders will return’

WORRIED Suzanne Fish at her Room 4 shop

3:30pm Thursday 2nd February 2012

A SALON owner who has been burgled three times recently says more needs to be done to protect businesses from crime.

Blackburn live music venue set to close at 5am

OPEN LATER The Live Lounge

1:30pm Thursday 2nd February 2012

A LIVE music venue in Blackburn has been granted permission to stay open until 5am.

Petition started at Blackburn pre-school following phone mast plans

12:30pm Thursday 2nd February 2012

A CAMPAIGN has been launched against plans to install a mobile phone mast just yards from a pre-school.

Blackburn yobs jailed after pushing lit firelighters through Mill Hill letterboxes

‘COULD’VE KILLED SOMEONE’ Ethan Hesketh

11:00am Thursday 2nd February 2012

TWO ‘reckless yobs’ who pushed lit firelighters through the letterboxes of four homes have been jailed.

Son pays tribute to father who fell to his death at Blackburn factory

TRAGIC ACCIDENT Ivars Bahmanis, pictured in the town centre

9:50am Thursday 2nd February 2012

THE son of a Latvian carpenter who fell 40 feet to his death at a Blackburn factory, has paid tribute to “a good man and a good father”.

Jack Straw raises concerns over Whitebirk retail park's £16m expansion scheme

NEW CHAMBER: Jack Straw

12:53pm Wednesday 1st February 2012

BLACKBURN MP Jack Straw has raised concerns over a developer’s actions in seeking to expand Whitebirk retail park.

Multi-million-pound employment tribunal claim for East Lancashire travel firm workers

12:42pm Wednesday 1st February 2012

A MULTI-million-pound employment tribunal damages claim is being sought in the wake of an East Lancashire travel operation’s closure.

Two Blackburn men held in ‘car clocking’ probe

9:23am Wednesday 1st February 2012

TWO Blackburn men have been arrested by police and trading standards officers probing a ‘major’ internet car sales scam.

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