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.

Iraqi immigrant jailed after being found working

3:17pm Tuesday 6th May 2008

AN IRAQI who used a tampered document in order to earn £22,000 has been jailed for six months.

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‘Heart-start' gear at nine sites in Blackburn and Darwen

3:17pm Friday 25th April 2008

LIFE-saving heart defibrillators have been put in place at nine venues across Blackburn and Darwen.

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	Community get-together in Audley
	2:42pm Thu 17 Apr 08
	A MULTICULTURAL festival is being held on Saturday in the Audley Community Centre.

	Swastikas are daubed on church
	7:06pm Wed 26 Mar 08
	SWASTIKAS have been painted on a church and other nearby properties in a 'disturbing' attack.
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	My son never recovered from murder charge
	5:33pm Tue 25 Mar 08
	A MAN died following years of alcohol abuse after never recovering from being charged with Blackburn's most famous unsolved murder, his mother has said.
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	Former murder suspect's drugs and booze-related death
	6:02pm Mon 24 Mar 08
	A MAN who was charged with Blackburn’s most infamous unsolved murder has died from a drug and alcohol-related condition.
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	Retiring head's blast for government
	3:24pm Mon 24 Mar 08
	A RETIRING infant school head has told the Government to stop testing children and start trusting teachers.
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Hunt for mugger after knifepoint robbery

7:36am Wednesday 19th March 2008

A THIEF brandishing a knife forced a terrified man to hand over cash and a mobile phone.

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	Woman cut free from crash
	4:34pm Mon 3 Mar 08
	A WOMAN had to be cut from her car and taken to hospital after a collision in Blackburn.

Religious leaders in interfaith dialogue

3:35pm Friday 22nd February 2008

CHRISTIANS and Muslims came up with ways of working together at a meeting of faith leaders.

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Event will help raise cancer awareness

5:00pm Thursday 14th February 2008

A NEW conference about women and cancer is being staged in Blackburn today.

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Power cables fire blacks out homes

2:50pm Tuesday 12th February 2008

A NUMBER of homes were plunged into darkness for several hours after electrical cables caught fire.

Fire causes power cut

9:58am Saturday 9th February 2008

A NUMBER of homes were plunged into darkness for several hours after electrical cables caught fire.

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	Youngsters win Lego competition
	2:47pm Wed 6 Feb 08
	A GROUP of children have started building a successful future for themselves - by excelling in a national Lego competition.
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Thrown parking tickets cost £284

5:47pm Friday 1st February 2008

TWO men who threw parking tickets on the street in protest have been ordered to pay out more than £250 each - for littering.

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	Dog attack: Man won't lose hand
	11:56am Wed 30 Jan 08
	THE man savaged by a pit-bull type dog which had to be shot dead in the street has been told he will not lose his badly damaged hand.
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	Armed club robber jailed for four years
	11:25am Wed 30 Jan 08
	A BALACLAVA-clad robber who threatened staff with a metal bar in a terrifying raid on a working men's club has been jailed for four years.

Police wait to question dog attack man

4:14pm Monday 28th January 2008

THE dog which was shot dead by police after savaging a man's hand was a pit-bull type - but was not on the banned list, police have revealed.

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Pub ban for man who threw stone

11:34am Monday 28th January 2008

A 20-year-old man has been banned from a Darwen pub for two years after throwing a stone through the window.

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	Armed police shoot dog
	10:30am Sun 27 Jan 08
	ARMED police last night shot dead a dog which had dragged a man down a street by his hand.
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Tempers flare at neighbourhood meeting

8:53pm Tuesday 15th January 2008

COUNCIL bosses came under fire at a neighbourhood meeting tonight.

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Mobile phone stolen in robbery

4:45pm Tuesday 15th January 2008

AN INVESTIGATION has been launched after a man was robbed of his mobile phone in Blackburn.

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Plea to prevent bus cuts

1:53pm Tuesday 15th January 2008

A COUNCIL is to be asked to step in and prevent cuts to bus services.

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	Disabled under siege from yobs
	10:25pm Tue 8 Jan 08
	DISABLED residents and their carers have said they are living under siege after a gang of yobs began terrorising their homes.
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	Woman jailed for sex act in front of child
	4:22pm Mon 7 Jan 08
	A WOMAN who committed sex acts in the presence of a young child has been jailed for more than two years.
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Pupils spread the road safety message

11:27am Tuesday 1st January 2008

SCHOOLCHILDREN have been helping to improve road safety outside their schools by designing road safety posters.

Firefighters tackle house blaze

11:27am Saturday 22nd December 2007

CLOTHES left on a grill heater sparked a blaze in a bedroom of a Blackburn property.

	‘Loner’ who died after alleged attack named
	7:59pm Thu 13 Dec 07
	POLICE have named a “loner” who died a month after an alleged attack.
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Man dies a month after alleged attack

5:23pm Wednesday 12th December 2007

A 56-YEAR-OLD Blackburn man has died a month after being the victim of an alleged assault.

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