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Man charged after armed raid at Blackburn jewellers
1:30pm Thursday 9th July 2009
UPDATE A man has been charged over an armed robbery at a Blackburn jeweller's yesterday.
Council bosses accused of 'killing' Blackburn festivals
10:30am Thursday 9th July 2009
COUNCIL bosses have been accused of “killing” Blackburn’s festivals after slashing the annual budget by 40 per cent.
Comments (16)Blackburn teen needs emergency op for brain tumour
9:00am Thursday 9th July 2009
A 16-YEAR-OLD girl is to undergo a lifesaving 10-hour operation today less than a week after being diagnosed with a large brain tumour.
Backyards flooded by sewage in Lower Darwen
8:00am Thursday 9th July 2009
RAW sewage spilled into properties and near to a river after a drain flooded at the rear of houses in a storm.
Swine flu at 3 more East Lancashire schools
11:46am Thursday 9th July 2009
CASES of swine flu have been confirmed at three more East Lancashire schools.
Travel misery as lorry hits low bridge in Blackburn
11:21am Thursday 9th July 2009
A LORRY brought problems for motorists and train passengers last night after crashing into a railway bridge in Blackburn.
Tithebarn is ‘unrealistic’, says Blackburn with Darwen report
11:45am Thursday 9th July 2009
THE multi-million pound redevelopment of Preston is “unrealistic”, according to a scathing report prepared for Blackburn with Darwen Council bosses.
VIDEO: Day of action against East Lancashire's prolific burglars
9:10am Wednesday 8th July 2009
MORE than 60 police officers lined up outside Blackburn Town Hall before launching one of the biggest single-day operations the area has ever seen.
Campaign group launched to cut violence in Blackburn
10:41am Wednesday 8th July 2009
AN internet group calling for Blackburn to be made safer has been started by relatives of people attacked in the town.
Man in court after stabbings outside Blackburn cinema
10:39am Wednesday 8th July 2009
A 24-year-old man has appeared before Blackburn magistrates charged with two stabbings outside Vue Cinema on Sunday.
Brothers attacked Blackburn man in drug feud
10:00pm Tuesday 7th July 2009
TWO brothers involved in a "drug related" neighbours' feud in which a man was attacked and then mown down by a car in Blackburn are both behind bars.
Blackburn churchman to preach from Trafalger Square plinth
8:00pm Tuesday 7th July 2009
NEIL Sutcliffe will have a great view of London on Thursday when he stands on top of the “fourth” plinth in Trafalgar Square.
£200,000 Blackburn jewellery robbery: Four guilty
6:30pm Tuesday 7th July 2009
FOUR men have pleaded guilty to their part in a robbery at a Blackburn jewellers.
Three Rishton teenagers in court over Blackburn man's death
5:40pm Tuesday 7th July 2009
THREE teenagers have appeared before magistrates charged in connection with the death of a 24-year-old in Blackburn town centre.
Blackburn pupils discover world of business
1:35pm Tuesday 7th July 2009
ENTERPRISING students will have the chance prove whether they have what it takes to run a successful business in a new pilot project.
Man on Lancashire's ‘most wanted’ is arrested
12:38pm Tuesday 7th July 2009
ONE of Lancashire Police’s most wanted criminals has been arrested.
Planners to hear £700m Preston Tithebarn scheme debated
9:26am Tuesday 7th July 2009
A CONTROVERSIAL £700 million redevelopment of Preston will go before planners in the next week.
Readers highlight Blackburn with Darwen's worst sites for litter
6:00pm Monday 6th July 2009
THESE are Blackburn and Darwen’s worst litter grot-spots, according to Lancashire Telegraph readers.
Tributes to loving son Adam killed in Blackburn
5:20pm Monday 6th July 2009
HEARTFELT tributes have poured in for a popular Blackburn man who died after being attacked in the town centre.
Sunshine boozing leads to East Lancashire A&E surge
9:00am Monday 6th July 2009
DRUNKEN people enjoying the summer sunshine in East Lancashire have led to a huge increase in hospital admissions, accident and emergency bosses have revealed.
Double wedding joy for East Lancashire family
8:00am Monday 6th July 2009
ONE of the happiest days of a mother's life is when her daughter gets married.
Two hurt as Blackburn majorettes’ coach crashes into bridge
10:37am Monday 6th July 2009
A double-decker bus carrying majorettes from Blackburn got stuck under a railway bridge.
£1m scheme to convert Blackburn pub to advice centre
10:25am Monday 6th July 2009
MORE than £1million has been secured to convert a derelict Blackburn town centre pub to a help and advice centre for youngsters.
Somme remembered at Blackburn Cathedral
9:23am Monday 6th July 2009
A SERVICE to mark the 93rd anniversary of the Battle of the Somme was held yesterday at Blackburn Cathedral.
Blackburn with Darwen dad's champ on a mission to show fathers matter
10:00am Sunday 5th July 2009
BLACKBURN with Darwen Council has appointed a Dad's Champion to ensure father's voices are heard and to encourage the borough's dads to play a more active role in their child's life. We spoke to Tom Stannard.
Baby boy critical
12:50pm Saturday 4th July 2009
A FOUR-WEEK-OLD baby is critically ill in hospital after being ‘dropped’ when his mother was allegedly assaulted.
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