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Family's desperate campaign to stop sex offender dad being buried with his son

Stephen Lee Wilcock's sister is fighting for the rights of his burial spot 24 years on

Manchester Evening News

What are the Blackburn with Darwen local council elections 2022 results?

There were seats available across 17 wards including Audley & Queen's Park, Beastwell and Daisyfield, Billinge and Beardwood, Blackburn Central, Blackburn South and Lower Darwen, Blackburn South East, Darwen East, Darwen South, Darwen West, Ewood, Little Harwood and Whitebirk, Livesey and Pleasington, Mill Hill and Moorgate, Roe Lee, Shear Brow…

Manchester Evening News

New wildlife park planned for community

The site between Wester Inch, Blackburn, and Bathgate town centre will connect the areas with a rejuvenated wildlife rich park.

Daily Record

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Man started multimillion pound empire selling Nike trainers on eBay

Mo Patel has grown a following of famous customers and clients including LFC stars

Liverpool Echo

Brit says six drinks rule RUINED Majorca trip but expert says resorts had no choice

Jason Walker, 42, from Blackburn in Lancashire, assumed he could eat and drink as much as he wanted when buying his all-inclusive trip to Majorca - but was left "angry" and "upset" to find authorities have limited tourists at some resorts to six alcoholic drinks a day

Daily Mirror

Explore the Leeds-Liverpool Canal the new Super Slow Way

Walk, cycle or take the barge through Lancashire’s industrial heritage, a cultural landscape dating back 200 years

The Guardian - UK

"I started out selling Nikes on eBay, now I'm making millions": The incredible rise of King Street's Crepslocker

A remarkable business success story, born out of a passion for rare and collectable trainers

Manchester Evening News

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West Lothian Council election: Community spirit is helping communities face change

Ward Profile: Whitburn and Blackburn

Daily Record

Liam Gallagher blows the roof off in intimate charity gig and makes touching dedication

Liam Gallagher performed at Blackburn's King George's Hall

Manchester Evening News

Katie Kenyon: man charged with murder of Burnley woman

Andrew Burfield, 50, is due to appear at Blackburn magistrates court on Thursday over death of 33-year-old

The Guardian - UK

West Lothian Election 2022: Whitburn and Blackburn helped by community spirit, but growth brings challenges

Change is being forged in Whitburn and Blackburn helped by a strong community spirit, but historic villages fear loss of their identity

Edinburgh Live

Issa brothers battle looms as residents protest against 94 acre development

94 acres of Blackburn countryside has been earmarked for commercial use

Manchester Evening News

Work begins on new homes

JR Homes is now bringing Almondvale Gardens in Blackburn to life with construction underway on its exclusive collection of seven homes

Daily Record

Liam Gallagher to play one-off charity gig at Blackburn’s King George’s Hall

It'll raise funds for local homeless charity Nightsafe

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Daily Record

Former health centre to be converted to shops

The building will be converted into eight shops after the Local Review Body overturned planning officers’ refusal of proposals.

The Independent UK

Sylvia Lancaster, campaigning mother of murdered Sophie Lancaster dies ‘suddenly’

Sylvia Lancaster, who founded the Sophie Lancaster Foundation in her daughter’s memory, died in Blackburn Hospital on Tuesday

The Guardian - UK

Police failed woman who killed herself in Blackburn cell, inquest finds

Campaigners say Kelly Hartigan-Burns was treated with ‘reckless indifference’ after her arrest in 2016

Edinburgh Live

West Lothian village's former health centre set to become shops

Blackburn has seen shopping facilities hit by closures but councillors hope that approving plans for new shop units will breathe new life into the centre

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Liverpool Echo

'He would have been over the moon' - New street named after former Everton player

A new street has been named after former Everton player Fred Pickering in his hometown of Blackburn

Daily Record

West Lothian leading the way in tackling Bonfire Night trouble

Action taken to tackle "war zone" on Bonfire Night each year will adopted across Scotland

Edinburgh Live

How one West Lothian town's battle against 'firework yobs' helped change the law

MSPs considering new firework legislation visited the people of a West Lothian town who fought back against yobs who turned the streets into a war zone on bonfire night

Manchester Evening News

Cop called woman an 'alcy' and laughed as she was restrained at police station

CCTV footage from the custody suite at Greenbank Police Station in Blackburn was played during the inquest

Edinburgh Live

Holyrood looks to Blackburn for ways to handle firework thugs after town tackled 'war zone'

Blackburn's Bonfire Night Action Group scored a success in tackling anti-social behaviour around misuse of fireworks in the village. MSPs on the Holyrood Criminal Justice Committee plan to meet those involved on a visit to the community

Wales Online

Asda co-owner to launch new 'fresh food' supermarket

Zuber Issa is reportedly planning to open Euro Grocers in Blackburn

Daily Mirror

Inside house of horrors as squatters leave waste piled from floor to ceiling

View footage from inside a a two-bedroom property in Blackburn previously occupied by squatters as workers from Dingle's Waste Disposal contend with rats, fleas and an overwhelming stench

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