DISABLED people living in Blackburn with Darwen can now apply for parking badges or bus passes online.

The Blue Badge Scheme allows parking concessions for disabled people and is a national scheme administered by local councils.

Those who may qualify can contact the council's Concessionary Travel Team on 587409 for further information on how to apply.

However, now customers can also find out more about blue badges and disabled bus passes on the council's internet site, www.blackburn.gov.uk.

Applicants can also print a form and complete the form in their own homes.

Customers who prefer to call in for these services personally can still do so as Jubilee House, Jubilee Street, Blackburn or at the Town Hall, Darwen.