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Blackburn family members sentenced for violent bid to bring back sister
3:10pm Saturday 20th March 2010
A TEENAGE woman, who had broken away from her family, was bundled into a car from a busy street and kept at a house for 90 minutes by relatives, a court heard.
Blackburn brothers guilty of terror offences
7:00pm Friday 19th March 2010
UPDATE: Two Blackburn brothers who called themselves the Blackburn Resistance have this afternoon been sentenced after being found guilty of terrorism offences.
Plan to introduce 'guardians' for Darwen parks
6:30pm Friday 19th March 2010
DARWEN town councillors are considering whether to employ a worker to take care of four of the area’s parks.
Blackburn girl, five, organisers fundraisers for charity that saved her grandma
6:30pm Friday 19th March 2010
A LITTLE girl is so grateful for her Grandma's recovery from cancer she is going to raise hundreds of pounds for the charity that helped to save her.
Bid to improve vandal-hit Hyndburn wildlife reserve
3:20pm Friday 19th March 2010
A SCHEME of work to improve an underused wildlife reserve has got underway.
Clayton-le-Moors firm bought for £11.6m
2:09pm Friday 19th March 2010
A MAJOR East Lancashire construction firm was today snapped up by a London-based rival in an £11.6million deal.
Caught on camera: Kids risk lives on Blackburn rail tracks
12:09pm Friday 19th March 2010
THESE pictures show youngsters risking their lives by playing on a railway line in Blackburn.
New venues aim to put Blackburn back on clubbing map
11:37am Friday 19th March 2010
BLACKBURN’S clubbing scene is set to receive a makeover as two new party venues are launched — cranking up the volume on the town’s nightlife.
VIDEO: 'Fagin-style' crime bosses sending ‘schoolboy’ gangs to Blackburn
8:30am Friday 19th March 2010
A GANG of 14-year-old Romanian children operated by ‘Fagin-like’ masters have been targeting Blackburn shoppers.
Bishop of Blackburn urges people to 'reject politics of hate'
6:10am Friday 19th March 2010
THE Bishop of Blackburn has urged East Lancashire people to vote and defeat ‘the politics of hate’ in the forthcoming General Election.
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