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New Darwen leak brings 'ice rink' danger
6:10pm Wednesday 3rd December 2008
‘ENOUGH is enough’ — that’s the message from councillors and residents after a water leak near Darwen Health Centre turned the area into an ‘ice rink’.
Comments (0)Bike stars turn out for Darwen pub day
12:10pm Wednesday 3rd December 2008
MOTORCYCLE stars Carl Fogarty and Garth Woods will be guests at a special Bikers’ Day fundraiser and auction for three disabled Darwen children.
Schemes lead to Blackburn with Darwen Council savings
12:53pm Wednesday 3rd December 2008
BOSSES at Blackburn with Darwen Council have saved £600,000 after introducing a range of new transport schemes.
Blackburn police officer scoops national award
11:24am Wednesday 3rd December 2008
AN East Lancashire police officer has scooped a national award for services to training voluntary officers.
Spectacular lights display in memory of Darwen mum
12:03pm Tuesday 2nd December 2008
A DARWEN man is putting on a Christmas lights spectacular to raise money for the East Lancashire Hospice in memory of his mum.
Darwen band’s song used in campaign against Christmas suicides
11:50am Tuesday 2nd December 2008
A SONG by Darwen rock band India Mill is to be used by a national charity to help prevent suicides over the Christmas period.
New Darwen Market bags on sale
2:49pm Tuesday 2nd December 2008
NEW Darwen Market reusable bags are now available from traders in the town.
East Lancashire businesses keeping upbeat despite credit crunch
3:58pm Monday 1st December 2008
MANY shops across East Lancashire are suffering “very slow” trade in the run up to Christmas as people cut back on spending due to the credit crunch.
Darwen teen David’s a singer like no other...
4:45pm Monday 1st December 2008
STRANGE noises were heard coming from a Darwen pub’s latest music night.
Darwen firm’s growth is bucking trend
4:22pm Monday 1st December 2008
DARWEN-based STL Technology Solutions is bucking the trend in the financial market to become the fastest-growing IT provider to the delivered wholesale/cash and carry market.
Extra support for ‘at risk’ Blackburn with Darwen teenagers
4:10pm Monday 1st December 2008
YOUNG people at risk from teenage pregnancy, drugs, or falling into crime are to be given extra support under a government scheme.
Christmas debt advice for Blackburn with Darwen residents
12:20pm Monday 1st December 2008
MONEY advisers are urging Blackburn with Darwen residents not to let the credit crunch make Christmas and the New Year miserable.
Darwen teacher directs Culture City showcase
10:59am Monday 1st December 2008
A DRAMA teacher from Darwen is set to direct one of Liverpool’s biggest Capital of Culture showcases.
The changing role of the local bobby
9:25am Monday 1st December 2008
Harry Nuttall column: How well do YOU know your local bobby, or Community Beat Manager as he — or she — is called in these politically correct times?
Darwen parent slapped mum in playground bullying row
6:40pm Sunday 30th November 2008
A 52-year-old woman assaulted another mum in the school playground in a row over bullying, a court heard.
Darwen Academy work underway as cleared houses row continues
4:00pm Sunday 30th November 2008
ENGINEERING work has started on the new Darwen Academy - but the council is still in dispute with 10 families.
Proposed Darwen FC stadium site to be landscaped
8:10pm Friday 28th November 2008
LAND earmarked for a £22million new stadium for Darwen FC earlier this year is to be landscaped.
Council to issue £20k fine to utility company over hole in Darwen road
11:30am Friday 28th November 2008
A UTILITY company is facing a £20,000 fine after ‘forgetting’ to fill in a hole in the road.
Darwen soldier in ‘momentous’ match with Iraqi citizens
11:05am Friday 28th November 2008
AN EAST Lancashire soldier played in a ‘momentous’ football match against Iraqi locals.
Darwen student's a cut above
3:38pm Friday 28th November 2008
A HAIRDRESSING student from Blackburn College felt the pressure when the college’s chairman of governors booked an appointment.
Course is music to Tockholes teenager's ears
11:35am Friday 28th November 2008
A TEENAGE pianist from Tockholes has been treated to a week at a music school by Darwen Rotary Club.
Ten moped thefts in as many days in Darwen
3:10pm Thursday 27th November 2008
TEN mopeds have been stolen in 10 days in Darwen.
Crackdown on booze culture in Blackburn and Darwen
3:19pm Thursday 27th November 2008
HEALTH and council leaders in Blackburn and Darwen have pledged to crackdown on the borough’s unhealthy drinking culture.
All hail to heroes of Darwen Vale High School at awards
5:29pm Thursday 27th November 2008
ACHIEVEMENTS at Darwen Vale High School and Engineering College were celebrated last night.
£50,000 playground planned from Sunnyhurst Woods
5:20pm Wednesday 26th November 2008
PROPOSALS for a brand new £50,000 playground in Sunnyhurst Woods have been unveiled.
Only six Blackburn with Darwen students sign up for diplomas
11:50am Wednesday 26th November 2008
JUST six students in Blackburn with Darwen have signed up to the government’s flagship diploma scheme.
Darwen firm’s back on track after blaze
11:17am Wednesday 26th November 2008
A MANUFACTURING firm is heading back to full capacity just three weeks after it was devastated by fire.
MP opens her Darwen office to public
2:10pm Wednesday 26th November 2008
MP JANET Anderson has announced plans to open her Darwen office to the public.
Blackburn College student on pornography charges
4:37pm Tuesday 25th November 2008
A Blackburn College student has appeared in court after pornographic images were found on a pen drive which he lost.
Darwen blaze mill: Homes still to be built
11:30am Tuesday 25th November 2008
THE site of a mill gutted by a massive blaze will still be turned into homes, the developer has vowed.
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