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The MP, her expenses and the party office in Darwen

CRITICISM: The office building in Darwen

9:32am Monday 15th March 2010

AN East Lancashire MP has been criticised for claiming expenses which saved more than £20,000 for her local Labour Party.

Darwen student's uni team is the business

BIG DIFFERENCE Ric Roberts

12:18pm Monday 15th March 2010

A DARWEN masters student has won a top marketing competition.

Help Darwen teenager clean up town

ANOTHER FINE MESS: Elliott collects one more discarded tin can in his tidy-up of the area around Marsh House, Darwen

8:00pm Sunday 14th March 2010

A teenager wants residents to join him on a community clean-up after growing fed up of the council’s ‘invisible’ response to litter blight.

Darwen in Bloom festival plans announced

12:40pm Saturday 13th March 2010

DARWEN is set to become a floral haven after plans for a Darwen in Bloom festival were announced.

MP backs councillor in Darwen refuse collection row

CALL: Janet Anderson

6:41pm Friday 12th March 2010

MP Janet Anderson has come out in support of the Mayor of Darwen about the refuse collection in the town.

Row over Darwen Conservative Party office sign

6:40pm Friday 12th March 2010

UPDATE: A Conservative Party office in Darwen breaches planning guidelines, Labour councillors have told borough planners.

New Darwen cemetery group launches

10:51am Friday 12th March 2010

A NEW action group has been launched to restore Darwen Cemetery.

Boss of collapsed Darwen firm: We simply ran out of cash

Darwen firm sends workers home due to bank account problem

7:00pm Thursday 11th March 2010

THE boss of a collapsed company which left 65 people redundant said the firm ‘simply ran out of cash’.

Darwen solicitor suspended indefinitely

6:30pm Thursday 11th March 2010

A SOLICITOR convicted of assaulting his mother wrote letters to his governing body claiming he had dealt with cases involving Britney Spears and George W Bush, a tribunal heard.

All aboard Darwen's new route to fitness

TOWN’S BUZZING: Cancer awareness trainer Zahir Kazi tries out one of the cycles with help from health and fitness officer Louise Jarrold

1:00pm Thursday 11th March 2010

A TRAVELLING bus with a mobile gym and kitchen area will be piloted in Darwen.









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