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Darwen sheltered housing ‘to face demolition’

10:42am Thursday 17th May 2012

A HOUSING association is assessing the future of two sheltered accommodation facilities in Darwen.

Darwen's new mayor is named

SELECTED Eileen Entwistle

11:25am Wednesday 16th May 2012

LONG-serving Darwen councillor Eileen Entwistle has spoken of her pride after being named the town council’s new mayor.

Darwen ‘junkyard’ horse having a field day

BETTER LIFE The horse at its old home (inset below)

12:00pm Tuesday 15th May 2012

A HORSE moved from ‘unacceptable’ conditions in a Darwen back alley in March is living on farmland on the moors and appears safe and well.

Darwen teaching staff member charged with sexual touching

11:00am Tuesday 15th May 2012

A MEMBER of teaching staff at an East Lancashire high school has been charged with sexual assualt and abusing his position of trust.

Anger over grass verges in Darwen

7:00pm Saturday 12th May 2012

PEOPLE living in a Darwen street have hit out at the state of grass verges outside their homes.

New youth stage at Darwen Live festival

New youth stage at Darwen Live festival

7:00pm Friday 11th May 2012

THIS year’s Darwen Live will feature a youth stage for the first time in the festival’s 13-year history.

Cannabis seized in Blackburn and Darwen

9:34am Friday 11th May 2012

POLICE have seized 46 cannabis plants after they were discovered at homes in Blackburn and Darwen.

Lancashire children waiting longer for adoption

10:53am Friday 11th May 2012

STATISTICS released today show that hundreds of children across Lancashire have been waiting longer than the national average to be placed with adoptive families.

Shock over train bin crash horror on Darwen line

Shock over train bin crash horror on Darwen line

3:30pm Thursday 10th May 2012

A PACKED commuter train narrowly avoided being derailed after crashing into a wheelie bin.

Darwen pupils won’t need to learn this new teacher’s name...

same difference Alison Howarth (centre) with the two Helen Thomases

12:18pm Thursday 10th May 2012

IT shouldn’t be too difficult for pupils at St Barnabas’ Primary School, Darwen, to get used to their new deputy headteacher.

Tributes to Darwen Golf Club lady captain who battled cancer

POSITIVE Patricia Diffey

2:30pm Wednesday 9th May 2012

TRIBUTES have been paid to a golfer who died the day after her first grandchild was born.

Darwen woman set to hike 192 miles for charity

HIT THE ROAD Joanne Meadows (centre) and friends (from the left) Layne Dalby, Roy Roberts, Ronnie Glover and Paul Bickerton prepare for their coast-to-coast walk.

1:06pm Wednesday 9th May 2012

A WOMAN from Darwen will hike 192 miles across the country to raise money for an ex-servicemen’s charity.

Review of Blackburn with Darwen’s road safety schemes

5:00pm Tuesday 8th May 2012

OPTIONS to make Blackburn with Darwen’s streets safer for children to play in, are to be reviewed.

Outstanding Ofsted report for Darwen pre-school

WE’RE GREAT! Mia Roberts, four, with nursery manager Sharon Watts

2:30pm Tuesday 8th May 2012

A DARWEN pre-school has received an outstanding Ofsted report.

Wind turbines see Edgworth farmer's energy bills fall

TOWERS Andy Paton, facing, talks turbines to other farmers

10:36am Tuesday 8th May 2012

AN ENTERPRISING dairy farmer has said he has seen his energy bills slashed by 85per cent since he installed two wind turbines.

Acclaim for single organised by Darwen reject of The Voice

12:00pm Monday 7th May 2012

A SINGER who missed out on a place on hit BBC talent show The Voice is receiving acclaim for recording a charity single with fellow rejects.

Pigeons shot dead in Darwen

7:30pm Sunday 6th May 2012

POLICE in Darwen are appealing for information after a number of pigeons were found shot dead in the town.

Darwen men arrested in connection with cooking oil thefts

11:00am Sunday 6th May 2012

TWO Darwen men have been arrested in connection with thefts of used cooking oil in the Lake District.

Darwen man's bid to uncover facts about old cottage

DOCUMENTS Roy seeks details

12:47pm Friday 4th May 2012

A DARWEN man is appealing for help to discover when his historic farmhouse was built.

Edgworth farmer denies cruelty to horses

8:00pm Thursday 3rd May 2012

AN Edgworth man has appeared in court charged with 56 counts of causing unnecessary suffering and failing to meet the needs of horses in his care.

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What's on: Blancmange, Darwen, May 26 (link)

lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/leisure 2:05pm Fri 27 Apr 12

WHEN it was announced that Blancmange, purveyors of electro pop since the Eighties, were to play Darwen Library ...

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What's on: Darwen Live full line-up (link)

lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/leisure 12:50pm Thu 19 Apr 12

THE full line-up of bands and the times they will perform on the main stage at this year’s Darwen Live has been ...

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What's on: Tony Thorpe and Friends (link)

lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/leisure 4:13pm Tue 6 Mar 12

IN the Seventies, Tony Thorpe was a regular on Top Of The Pops as a member of The Rubettes.

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What's on: Lloyd Cole, Darwen Library Theatre, March 5 (link)

lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/leisure 1:40pm Wed 29 Feb 12

IN 1984 and only in his early twenties, Lloyd Cole was the golden boy of the British music scene.

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What's on: Catfish Keith, Darwen, November 15 (link)

lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/leisure 3:23pm Fri 10 Feb 12

COUNTRY blues favourite Catfish Keith is to return to Darwen’s Library Theatre in November.

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