Lancashire Telegraph | Infirmary

Roof stand-off by man in Blackburn after 'street altercation'

Sat, 01 Oct 2011 10:30:00 +0100

POLICE and fire crews were called in after a Blackburn man refused to come down from a roof in the Infirmary area this morning.

£23m affordable housing scheme unveiled in Blackburn

Tue, 21 Jun 2011 19:10:00 +0100

A NEW £23million affordable housing development in Blackburn has been unveiled.

Demolition fear for Blackburn war memorial hospital wing

Sat, 26 Mar 2011 10:00:00 +0000

WHEN it was opened 83 years ago it was intended to be a ‘constant reminder of the men who had fallen in the war’.

Blackburn toddler dies from meningitis

Fri, 14 Jan 2011 08:20:00 +0000

AN 18-month-old boy has died from meningitis just two days after being taken ill.

Blackburn neighbour on stabbing charge

Fri, 07 Jan 2011 11:12:17 +0000

A BLACKBURN man has been charged with stabbing a neighbour on Monday during a dispute over loud music.

200 Blackburn teens quizzed over street drinking

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:14:04 +0100

MORE than 200 teenagers were stopped by police in a single night as part of a crackdown on under-age drinking.

Weapons found in Blackburn raid

Wed, 31 Mar 2010 17:41:37 +0100

POLICE discovered a cache of weapons, including a snooker cue adapted with 12 nails, when they raided a suspected drugs factory in Blackburn.

Spate of grass fires in Blackburn

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:04:25 +0000

CHILDREN are being blamed for a spate of grass fires across Blackburn.

Tenant evicted from Blackburn house says it's 'inhuman'

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 21:00:00 +0000

THE tenant of a Blackburn house notorious for all night parties blasted her eviction as ‘inhumane’ at a court hearing.

'Notorious Blackburn party house' shut down

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 09:00:00 +0000

A HOUSE ‘notorious across Blackburn’ for hosting all-night parties, attracting runaway girls as young as 13, has been shut down by police.

Couple tell jury they saw alleged murder in Blackburn

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:00:00 +0000

A COUPLE told a jury how a walk on a 'nice evening' ended up with them witnessessing an alleged murder.

Blackburn man 'murdered after two-minute long attack'

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:33:02 +0000

A MURDER victim was repeatedly kicked and his head was jumped on in a two-minute long attack, a court heard.

Family flee Blackburn house blaze

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 09:07:06 +0000

A FAMILY escaped a huge blaze at their home in Blackburn this morning.

Drug addict admits raid on home of woman, 85

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 20:10:00 +0000

A DRUG addicted burglar threatened an 85-year-old woman with a hammer, before fleeing with the pensioner lying on the floor with a broken hip.

Blackburn residents warned to take unemptied bins off pavements

Mon, 18 Jan 2010 09:05:55 +0000

RESIDENTS in Blackburn are “absolutely fuming” about a council notice telling them to take their bins off the pavements, despite waste not being collected since before Christmas.

East Lancashire snow: ‘Madness of idiots on ice’

Mon, 11 Jan 2010 09:10:00 +0000

YOUNGSTERS in East Lancashire have been warned to keep off frozen waters after three separate ‘crazy, mindless’ incidents over the weekend.

Newly discovered POW letter was written by Blackburn woman's dad

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:10:00 +0000

A PENSIONER has told of her amazement after letters written by her father from a prisoner of war camp 91 years ago were discovered in a museum cupboard.

Blackburn residents to voice concerns over ‘Mount Everest’ rubble

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:28:14 +0100

CONCERNED Blackburn residents living next to an enormous pile of building rubble nicknamed “Mount Everest” will be able to put their concerns to a public meeting today.

Man found unconscious after street attack in Blackburn

Fri, 29 May 2009 15:47:23 +0100

A 26-YEAR-OLD man was today found unconscious in the street with serious injuries to his face.

Blackburn hospital development on hold - and blighted by rubble mountain

Fri, 29 May 2009 09:10:00 +0100

A FLAGSHIP housing development has been put on hold — leaving residents staring at a mountain of rubble they have labelled ‘Mount Everest’.

Anger as yobs prey on vulnerable Blackburn woman

Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:00:00 +0100

A VULNERABLE woman who has autism and epilepsy had £70 taken from her by yobs in a “disgusting” attack.

Blackburn mugger hits woman in face for phone

Wed, 15 Apr 2009 16:16:43 +0100

A WOMAN was punched in the face when she refused to hand over her mobile phone to a man in the street.

59-year-old scarf waves Blackburn Rovers on to stay up

Fri, 03 Apr 2009 13:57:39 +0100

THE owner of a blue and white scarf that has been waved on Ewood Park for 59 years is hoping it will be a lucky charm against relegation.

Arsonist hits Blackburn working men's club

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 11:46:26 +0000

A STRUGGLING working men’s club was targeted by arson yobs, causing damage to the building.

Home security improvement plan for Blackburn area

Thu, 05 Feb 2009 16:01:50 +0000

RESIDENTS in the Infirmary area of Blackburn could receive a free security upgrade including new locks and security lighting, under a new scheme.

Blackburn man jailed for holding knife to ex's throat

Wed, 04 Feb 2009 17:23:38 +0000

A ‘CONTROLLING and bitter’ man who cut his ex-partner's neck with a Stanley knife has been jailed for more than three years.

‘Try before you buy’ bid to boost sales at Blackburn housing development

Fri, 30 Jan 2009 12:01:56 +0000

PROSPECTIVE home buyers on a new development are being offered a unique “try before you buy” scheme in a bid to encourage sales.

Blackburn man held knife to ex-girlfriend's throat

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:11:21 +0000

A BLACKBURN man who featured on Crimewatch has admitted injuring his ex-girlfriend’s throat with a craft knife.

Three arrested over shooting of Blackburn security guard

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 11:14:44 +0000

THREE men have been arrested in connection with an armed robbery in which a security guard was shot in the leg.

Blackburn woman's 'lucky' escape from house blaze

Tue, 04 Nov 2008 09:20:54 +0000

A woman who woke up purely by chance during a blaze at her Blackburn home was described as “incredibly lucky” by firefighters.