Outrage over council's rubbish skips move

9:53pm Sunday 11th May 2008

A COUNCIL has sparked outrage by placing skips outside schools in Blackburn and Darwen a bid to beat the effects of a binmen strike.

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Blackburn MP Straw in ASBO row

8:12pm Sunday 11th May 2008

A SOLICITOR has said the Government must have a rethink on Anti Social Behaviour Orders if it wants to avoid a prison service meltdown.

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Audley community football tournament gets youngsters fit

8:32pm Sunday 11th May 2008

A COMMUNITY footballing event has been held to help youngsters get fit and healthy in between learning.

Charity volunteers 'kicked out' of Blackburn hospital

4:49pm Sunday 11th May 2008

FUNDRAISING pensioners who sold tea and biscuits on hospital wards for years have accused health bosses of kicking them out.

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Blackburn Rovers' Ewood Park scores for new businesses

7:13am Sunday 11th May 2008

A NEW £1million business centre built in the stands of a Premier League football club has welcomed its first tenants.

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East Lancashire hospice solstice walk

1:24pm Sunday 11th May 2008

PEOPLE are invited to mark the longest day of the year by joining a fund-raising walk for East Lancashire Hospice.

Ruling coalition to continue

7:47pm Saturday 10th May 2008

THE three-way partnership in charge of Blackburn with Darwen council will continue after party leaders held talks last night.

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Man in court over Blackburn arson

1:45pm Saturday 10th May 2008

A 33-YEAR-OLD man has been charged after a fire in that left a mother and her children in hospital.

Council reveals plans to combat bin strike

8:38am Saturday 10th May 2008

COUNCIL bosses say they intend to carry out "as many collections as possible" during the Blackburn and Darwen binmen's strike.

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Teenager in court over Blackburn mobile phone robbery

11:42am Saturday 10th May 2008

A TEENAGER is appearing in court after a girl had her mobile phone snatched.

Cars and car wash torched in Blackburn

11:46pm Friday 9th May 2008

TWO cars and a car wash were set on fire by arsonists thought to be as young as 12.

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Young arsonists in damage spree

9:32pm Friday 9th May 2008

ARSONISTS aged as young as 12 may caused thousands of pounds worth of damage in a spate of random attacks.

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Blackburn fraudster jailed for £380k swindle

7:58pm Friday 9th May 2008

A FRAUDSTER who had a string of aliases has been jailed for three-and-a-half-years for his part in a £380,000 mortgage swindle.

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Bishop's climate change warning

7:53am Friday 9th May 2008

THE Bishop of Blackburn, the Rt Rev Nicholas Reade, will today call for a sea change' in attitudes towards climate change, to avoid an environmental nightmare'.

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History repeats itself for Blackburn Drama Club members

7:52pm Friday 9th May 2008

HISTORY will repeat itself on stage next week when Blackburn Drama Club stages its latest performance.

Blackburn Cathedral drinking - man charged

4:09pm Friday 9th May 2008

A 20-YEAR-OLD man has been charged with being drunk and disorderly following reports of public drinking in the grounds of Blackburn Cathedral.

Booze seized in Blackburn underage drinking crackdown

11:15am Friday 9th May 2008

ALMOST 40 cans and bottles of lager and over four litres of Vodka have been seized as part of a crackdown on anti social behaviour and underage drinking in Blackburn.

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Burglar jailed – as requested

6:08pm Friday 9th May 2008

A Blackburn man caught red handed during a burglary has been sent to prison - as he requested.

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Thief’s taste

3:33pm Friday 9th May 2008

A HUNGRY thief broke into a cafe and stole £300 worth of sausages.

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False name driver is jailed

2:30pm Friday 9th May 2008

A BANNED motorist with a string of convictions for disqualified driving gave his brother's name when stopped by police.

Arrests after fight in park

12:25pm Friday 9th May 2008

A TEENAGER was taken to hospital with a suspected broken nose following an alleged fight in a park.

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Boozy yobs flout Blackburn street drinking ban

10:31pm Thursday 8th May 2008

DRUNKEN yobs openly flouted an alcohol ban to drink in Blackburn Cathedral grounds.

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Battle to beat East Lancashire tooth decay

2:30pm Thursday 8th May 2008

PHARMACISTS are to receive special training in a bid to promote better teeth and gum care across East Lancashire.

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Blackburn safe thieves escape with thousands of pounds

8:05pm Thursday 8th May 2008

THREE thieves made off with thousands of pounds after breaking in to a working men's club.

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East Lancashire loses a sarsaparilla master

6:12pm Thursday 8th May 2008

ONE of the country's last remaining brewers of sarsaparilla is set to retire - and end his 56 year association with the drink.

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Blackburn 'ha ha' burglar caught out by fingerprints

3:01pm Thursday 8th May 2008

A MAN who carried out a burglary against his former bosses left behind a cheeky note which read "You've been mugged, ha ha".

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	Blackburn pupils ready to fly flag for Prince William
	9:59am Thu 8 May 08
	PUPILS are busy making flags to give Prince William a right royal welcome.
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Brewery licence battle victory

6:27pm Thursday 8th May 2008

BREWING chiefs have welcomed a High Court judgement that puts an end to a licensing saga.

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Capita staff rise to the challenge

4:25pm Thursday 8th May 2008

CAPITA employees based in Blackburn have helped the company raise more than £67,000 for Macmillan Cancer Support.

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Man acted as a ‘look-out’

4:15pm Thursday 8th May 2008

A 20-year-old man who kept watch while two 15-year-old girls broke into a shed was later arrested at his home address.

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