The Latest Breaking News from Blackburn

Malik Faisal Akram, 44, from Blackburn, held four hostages at the Congregation Beth Israel synagogue

Aimee Robertson says there has been trouble at the Blackburn block of flats for years

The blaze on Rowan Terrace in Blackburn had seen the building go up in flames after a 'deliberate' fire was ignited shortly before 5.40pm on Saturday.

Mum-of-four Lee-Anne Davis, 40, lost all her belongings after a fire was deliberately started outside her top floor flat in Blackburn, West Lothian, late on Saturday afternoon.

Emergency services were called to the scene on Rowan Terrace, Blackburn, shortly before 6pm on Saturday. Residents were evacuated while fire crews tackled the flames on the top floor of the building.

A number of residents were evacuated from the building on Rowan Terrace in Blackburn, West Lothian, late on Saturday afternoon with paramedics treating a 40-year-old woman.

Pair were detained for questioning on Sunday after Malik Faisal Akram, from Blackburn, died in stand-off with US police

Malik Faisal Akram, from Blackburn, had been investigated by MI5 in 2020

DALLAS — The brother of the hostage-taker who held four people captive at a Colleyville synagogue over the weekend said the British national had “serious mental health issues” prior to traveling to the U.S. and allegedly getting a gun on the streets.

DALLAS — A Dallas homeless shelter is working with federal investigators after a British national suspected of holding four people hostage inside a Colleyville, Texas, synagogue was dropped off at the facility by someone he appeared to have a relationship with, the shelter’s CEO told The Dallas Morning News.

"Actions like this are not good for the community and not good for humanity."