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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.
12:09pm Thursday 9th July 2009
A £450,000 bid has been made to raise the aspirations of Darwen’s most deprived youngsters.
11:46am Thursday 9th July 2009
CASES of swine flu have been confirmed at three more East Lancashire schools.
1:10pm Thursday 9th July 2009
DARWEN Vale pupils have taken over the airwaves this week.
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.
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.
9:30am Wednesday 8th July 2009
DARWEN Police are appealing for information after a spate of attacks on vehicles left a bill totalling £2,000.
9:27am Wednesday 8th July 2009
THE idea of spending a sunny weekend caked in mud would be most people’s idea of hell, but not for nine East Lancashire residents.
10:00am Tuesday 7th July 2009
THREE British National Party activists arrested last year in connection with campaign leaflets have been released from police bail.
11:36am Tuesday 7th July 2009
THE longest serving member of Darwen Blind Society has celebrated 40 years’ service with a party in her honour.
12:30pm Tuesday 7th July 2009
AN £80,000 plan to turn Jubilee Tower into a Blackpool-inspired landmark has failed to light up the imagination of the people of Darwen.
11:42am Tuesday 7th July 2009
A POLICE officer was more than three times the legal drink-drive limit when he was stopped after another motorist reported his erratic driving.
11:37am Tuesday 7th July 2009
DARWEN parents have petitioned the council to provide better playground facilities for young children.
9:26am Tuesday 7th July 2009
A CONTROVERSIAL £700 million redevelopment of Preston will go before planners in the next week.
6:00pm Monday 6th July 2009
THESE are Blackburn and Darwen’s worst litter grot-spots, according to Lancashire Telegraph readers.
8:00am Monday 6th July 2009
ONE of the happiest days of a mother's life is when her daughter gets married.
2:10pm Monday 6th July 2009
Rossendale and Darwen MP Janet Anderson has launched an Early Day Motion in the Commons urging support for new writing talent.
12:20pm Monday 6th July 2009
FIRE crews freed a woman from her vehicle after an accident on the M65.
10:00pm Sunday 5th July 2009
TOURISM is Darwen is booming, according to one caravan site owner who is looking to expand his buisness.
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.
10:20am Saturday 4th July 2009
HOPES of a £250,000 revamp of Darwen Town Hall have been boosted after the scheme was given planning permission.
9:30am Saturday 4th July 2009
POLICE will be using the long arm of the law to tackle burglaries in East Lancashire.
7:10pm Friday 3rd July 2009
A MEDAL to recognise the loss suffered by families of fallen servicemen and women has been welcomed by the family of soldier Private Jason Rawstron, who was killed in Afghanistan.
10:30am Friday 3rd July 2009
PLANS for a memorial plaque for Darwen’s war victims have been revived and a town centre site chosen.
9:04am Friday 3rd July 2009
PARENTS have come under heavy fire after it was revealed that more than half of children in Blackburn with Darwen are not wearing seatbelts in cars.
11:05am Friday 3rd July 2009
YOUNG chef Lee Browne has won an apprentice of the year award – and he’s “absolutely chuffed”.
5:25pm Thursday 2nd July 2009
A MAN has hit out after police officers targeted his house during a drugs raid by mistake.
2:20pm Thursday 2nd July 2009
A PATCH of land that was allowed to grow out of control has finally been cleared.
10:00pm Wednesday 1st July 2009
PLANS are underway to bring wacky races to Darwen next year.
9:00pm Tuesday 30th June 2009
A DARWEN park has been trashed with litter and its playground closed after being vandalised.
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