Darwen market traders want 25% rent reduction

4:38pm Sunday 4th May 2008

DARWEN stallholders are calling for a 25 per cent reduction in their rents to save the town's market.

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	Darwen Music Live groups back alcohol ban
	3:39pm Wed 30 Apr 08
	MUSICIANS playing at this years Darwen Music Live have welcomed the ban on people taking alcohol to the event.
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Dancers line up for to take final bow

2:16pm Wednesday 30th April 2008

THE final of the dance section of The Blackburn Festival of Speech Music and Dance is taking place in Darwen this weekend.

	Dancers step up for annual celebration
	10:27am Mon 28 Apr 08
	YOUNGSTERS from across the north of England descended on Darwen Library Theatre for a weekend celebration of song and dance.

Controversial Darwen supermarket plan approved

2:41pm Friday 25th April 2008

A NEW supermarket has been approved for Darwen town centre.

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Dance festival at Library Theatre

3:52pm Thursday 24th April 2008

THE dance section of The Blackburn Festival of Speech Music and Dance is taking place in Darwen over the next two weekends.

Police could get live PA link to Darwen train station

4:33pm Wednesday 23rd April 2008

DARWEN Railway Station could get a live link to police headquarters in a bid to tackle crime.

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	Unique Darwen Tower pendant replaced at last
	3:26pm Wed 16 Apr 08
	A JEWELLER has stepped in to solve a 43-year-old mystery and replace a lost family heirloom.
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	Anger after second hand Welsh phone boxes installed in Darwen
	5:26pm Tue 15 Apr 08
	"SCRUFFY" second-hand Welsh phone boxes have been installed in a regeneration area of Darwen town centre.
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	Traders anger at Darwen market 'crisis' meeting
	8:32pm Mon 14 Apr 08
	TWENTY traders from Darwen Three Day Market called a 'crisis meeting' tonight to discuss their future.
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	500 sign Darwen takeaway protest petititon
	6:36pm Mon 14 Apr 08
	FIVE HUNDRED people have signed a petition opposing plans for a new takeaway in Darwen town centre.
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	Council to contact Darwen disc parking objectors
	5:26pm Sun 13 Apr 08
	COUNCIL bosses are to write to 300 people who objected to the introduction of disc parking in Darwen in a bid to change their opinion.
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	Cash aid plea to tempt traders into Darwen
	4:49pm Wed 9 Apr 08
	BUSINESS people are calling for action to save a town centre shopping street from "disappearing."
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Glass attack probe

10:08pm Monday 7th April 2008

A MAN was left with deep cuts to his face after an alleged glass attack in a nightclub.

	Doctor Who actor at convention
	2:37pm Sun 6 Apr 08
	A DARWEN-BORN actor has become a fan of Dr Who after starring alongside the current time lord played by David Tennant.

Internet protest over ban on alcohol

11:53am Friday 4th April 2008

A LIVE music lover has set up a Facebook protest against the alcohol ban at Darwen Music Festival this year.

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Call for Darwen station to be staffed

6:23pm Monday 31st March 2008

A CAMPAIGN to improve facilities at Darwen railway station by introducing staff has been launched.

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	Alcohol ban for Darwen Live
	8:23pm Sun 30 Mar 08
	AN ALCOHOL ban has been announced for Darwen Live this year.
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	£3.5million homeless project opens
	1:10pm Fri 28 Mar 08
	A £3.5million flagship homeless project has opened in Darwen.
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Artist's new Darwen war memorial idea

6:18pm Wednesday 26th March 2008

A PERMANENT war memorial to commemorate recent battles and war widows is being planned for Darwen town centre.

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	Hey hey, a Monkee's coming to town!
	11:09am Tue 25 Mar 08
	A MUSIC legend from the world's first manufactured boyband will be headlining Darwen's annual music festival.
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Pub ‘brawl’: 16 bailed

12:27pm Tuesday 25th March 2008

A GROUP of suspected football hooligans arrested after a brawl in a pub have been released on bail pending further inquiries.

	15 arrested as football fans trash pub
	8:24pm Sun 23 Mar 08
	A PUB was trashed after rival football gangs met up for a pre-arranged fight, police believe.

Darwen town centre police radio re-launch

6:34pm Friday 21st March 2008

A RADIO system linking businesses has been re-launched in a bid to fill the gap until a town's CCTV system is repaired.

Sloping seats ‘are no place to sit’

3:57pm Friday 21st March 2008

THE new bus shelter seats in Market Square, Darwen, are not fit for use, a town councillor claims.

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Burglars steal pub cigs machine

1:27pm Tuesday 18th March 2008

BURGLARS broke into a pub and stole the cigarette machine.

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	Art and more in Africa showcase
	9:31am Tue 18 Mar 08
	An event celebrating African culture came to Darwen Library Theatre.
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	Man fractures skull in 1am accident
	9:40am Mon 17 Mar 08
	POLICE are investigating after a pedestrian was knocked down by a taxi on Bolton Road, Darwen, early on Saturday morning.
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	CCTV out of action for five weeks
	7:54pm Thu 6 Mar 08
	A TOWN centre's CCTV system has not been working for more than five weeks after workmen accidentally dug up underground cables.
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Passengers’ chance to sit down

3:37pm Tuesday 4th March 2008

SEATS are being fitted in bus shelters in Darwen town centre.

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