Lancashire Telegraph | Town centre

Blackburn Mall evacuated

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 10:16:38 +0000

SHOPPERS and staff have been evacuated from The Mall in Blackburn.

Blackburn book shop helps unemployed get back into work

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:20:00 +0000

A BLACKBURN book shop is helping unemployed people get back into work by offering retail training.

Major work to enhance Blackburn town centre streets underway

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 09:10:00 +0000

THE latest phase of work to enhance Blackburn town centre will see new trees, street furniture and lighting installed in the main shopping area.

Blackburn reveller has jaw broken in New Year’s Eve pub row

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 11:11:47 +0000

A NEW Year’s Eve reveller is in hospital with a broken jaw following a ‘melee’ in a pub.

Reveller seriously injured in Blackburn nightclub glassing attack

Tue, 27 Dec 2011 22:00:00 +0000

A MAN was seriously injured after he had a broken bottle smashed in his face in a Blackburn nightclub.

Christmas markets hope for Blackburn town centre

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 09:00:00 +0000

A GERMAN market could be coming to Blackburn next year thanks to links between The Friends of Blackburn Cathedral and their counterparts in Brunswick.

Two bailed over M65 stolen lorry crash

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 14:29:42 +0000

TWO men arrested after a lorry overturned on the M65 on Friday have been released on bail.

East Lancashire toy shops hail the popularity of traditional goods

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 14:20:13 +0000

TRADITIONAL toys are at the top of children’s lists to Santa Claus this year.

Blackburn Railway Station's disabled lift now working

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 16:02:09 +0000

A DISABLED lift is finally working at Blackburn Railway Station – two months after the opening of the £1.7million platform four.

Blackburn town centre pub to be opened as an Irish pub

Thu, 08 Dec 2011 16:59:29 +0000

A TOWN centre pub has been transformed and is set to reopen under a new name.

Blackburn's £16m facelift bid to develop Whitebirk retail park

Thu, 08 Dec 2011 11:00:45 +0000

CONTROVERSIAL plans to expand an out-of-town retail park are back on the table.

Blackburn Cathedral's £30m quarter scheme set for go-ahead

Tue, 06 Dec 2011 10:48:18 +0000

A £30MILLION scheme that will transform Blackburn’s Cathedral quarter, and which could create around 350 jobs, is set to get the green light this week.

Blackburn's Christmas lights switch on by Peppa Pig

Fri, 25 Nov 2011 08:14:54 +0000

WITH GALLERY: THOUSANDS of people packed into Blackburn town centre last night as the town’s Christmas lights were switched on.

Trapped shoppers freed from Blackburn shopping centre lift

Sat, 29 Oct 2011 20:34:50 +0100

ELEVEN people were trapped in a lift at The Mall Shopping Centre in Blackburn today.

Bell ringing world record attempt at Blackburn Cathedral

Sat, 29 Oct 2011 11:53:41 +0100

A WORLD record attempt is taking place this morning by bell ringers at Blackburn Cathedral.

Blackburn charity shop burgled twice in three weeks by 'scum' raiders

Sat, 29 Oct 2011 09:50:00 +0100

A TOWN centre charity shop has been targeted by ‘scum of the earth’ burglars twice in just three weeks since opening.

'Kick out Blackburn child sex asylum seeker'

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 11:00:00 +0100

A SEX offender asylum seeker who tried to snatch a 14-year-old boy from a town centre street has been jailed for 16 months and could now face deportation.

Blackburn town centre crash closes road

Tue, 25 Oct 2011 08:10:49 +0100

A SECTION of a Blackburn town centre road was closed of this morning after a crash.

Blackburn bar owners face losing licence after complaints to police

Fri, 21 Oct 2011 12:00:00 +0100

A Blackburn town centre bar could lose its licence after police branded it ‘the worst case’ in five years for licensing breaches.

Blackburn shopping centre bosses in legal threat to council

Thu, 20 Oct 2011 12:00:00 +0100

THE Mall has threatened legal action against the council after claiming it was left in the dark over plans for a new Sainsbury’s supermarket on the Thwaites brewery site.