SOUTH African dining chain Nando’s new restaurant in Blackburn is set to open next month - and it looks great!

It is expected to cater for up to 130 customers and create 40 jobs.

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A spokesman confirmed all is still on track with the scheme, part of the redevelopment of the Vue cinema complex, despite delays to the original timetable.

Opening in February 2017 is almost 15 months later than the original hope to start serving its signature speciality chicken dishes by Christmas 2015.

The restaurant is particularly popular with young people for its spicy Portuguese/Mozambican-based menu.

It is widely expected that with Blackburn’s large population of South Asian heritage, the menu of the new restaurant will be ‘halal’.