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Blackburn author and educator Christina Gabbitas has picked up a national special achievement award after using books, poetry and school workshops to…
Volunteers from across Blackburn with Darwen will be recognised next week at a drop-in event outside Blackburn Town Hall, with certificates, refreshments…
Blackburn with Darwen Council is joining a national coalition calling for tighter controls on gambling advertising, saying the move is part of…
An outreach van is being used to bring vaccinations, health checks and prostate cancer screening conversations to people across Blackburn with Darwen…
Families in Blackburn with Darwen are being offered a new toilet training toolkit, after the Louie Says… approach was officially launched following…
Michael Rosen, the author of We’re Going on a Bear Hunt, will headline Blackburn with Darwen’s Children & Young People’s Literature Festival…
People in Darwen are being urged to have their say on how £20m of Government Pride in Place funding should be spent…
Dame Rachel De Souza visited Little Harwood Family Hub on 21 May as part of a Blackburn trip that also included Blackburn…
Blackburn with Darwen Council has set out its new political balance for 2026/27 after the Annual Council meeting, with Labour continuing in…
People across Lancashire, including in Blackburn with Darwen, are being asked to help shape a new transport plan setting out how travel…
Councillor Mahfooz Hussain has become Mayor of Blackburn with Darwen, with his mayor-making ceremony held at Blackburn Town Hall and his Civic…
The National Festival of Making is back in Blackburn on 4 and 5 July, with more than 300 artists and makers, 100-plus…
