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FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Blackburn | History Defined

This radical English town is transformed once a year by a Festival of Making

As performances, exhibitions, film screenings and workshops take over Blackburn, Chris Moss explores Lancashire’s industrial past – and its creative future

The Independent UK

Person dies and child in hospital after train crashes into car

Trains between Preston and Blackburn have been cancelled until 2pm

The Independent UK

Police investigating after masked men attack Blackburn cafe prayer room with ‘fire bombs’

Police say there is ‘no suggestion’ that the crime is religiously or racially motivated as Blackburn MP Adnan Hussain said the attack had ‘no place in our community’

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The masterstroke behind Coventry City and Frank Lampard’s stunning Premier League return

Blackburn 1-1 Coventry City: The Sky Blues achieved promotion back to the top flight for the first time since 2001, despite no parachute payments, with Lampard proving masterful in the dugout

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Desperate search for missing British girl, 7, swept out to sea on holiday in Morocco

Inaayah Makda was with her family on holiday in Morocco when she was swept out to sea

The Independent UK

British girl, 7, missing after being swept out to sea on holiday in Morocco

Inaayah Makda vanished last night after a wave swept her out to sea in Morocco

Evening Standard

Watch: Police horse chases down wanted criminal through busy high street

A police horse chased down a wanted criminal through a busy high street in Blackburn, body-worn footage shows.

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MP’s newborn baby subjected to ‘vile’ racist abuse online just hours after birth: ‘Beyond depraved’

Blackburn MP Adnan Hussain said he was forced to delete the picture he shared online after a torrent of appalling comments were posted

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Blackburn MP’s baby was target of ‘depraved’ online abuse hours after being born

Independent Adnan Hussain says racist and sexist posts expose ‘dark abyss of hatred and despair’ in UK being left to grow unchecked

The Guardian - UK

Scottish Labour councillor quits role and party with no explanation

WHITBURN and Blackburn residents area facing a second by-election in a year after it was confirmed local Labour councillor David Russell had resigned

The National (Scotland)

Blackburn Rovers vs Ipswich Town will be REPLAYED in full after game abandoned on 80 minutes: report

Blackburn Rovers and Ipswich Town could be made to replay the entirety of their Championship fixture which was abandoned after 80 minutes last weekend

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Husband in tribute to ‘my one and only’ after falling branch kills mother-of-two

Madia Kauser, 32, was hit while walking with her family in a Blackburn park.

Evening Standard

Woman killed by falling tree branch ‘while walking with child’ in country park

The woman was struck by a falling tree branch in Blackburn's Witton Country Park, Lancashire, on Monday

The Independent UK

Three arrested in murder investigation after man hit by car on Christmas Day following bar row

Kirk Marsden, 37, was struck outside The Gate Street Bar and Grill in Blackburn and later died

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Third person arrested after man fatally hit by car in Blackburn on Christmas Day

Kirk Marsden, 37, died after being struck by vehicle outside Gate Street Bar and Grill after reports of incident at venue

Evening Standard

Third arrest in murder probe after man hit by car on Christmas Day

Kirk Marsden suffered multiple serious injuries after being hit by a Toyota Land Cruiser, police said.

The Independent UK

Murder investigation after man hit by car on Christmas Day

Kirk Marsden, from Blackburn, suffered multiple serious injuries after being hit by a Toyota Land Cruiser, police said.

Evening Standard

Blackburn: Murder investigation after man hit by car on Christmas Day

Kirk Marsden, from Blackburn, suffered multiple serious injuries after being hit by a Toyota Land Cruiser

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Badenoch warns of ‘devastating’ impact of Reeves’ ‘farm tax’ on rural economy

Conservative leader will compare warning that changes could lead to 125,000 job losses to ‘the entire population of Blackburn’

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‘A few players have scored a hat-trick against Manchester United in the Premier League, but I was first. And let’s face it, it’s a lot easier to do it these days!’: Manchester United stunned by winger in 2006

Manchester United saw a player first hit a hat-trick against them in the Premier League in 2006

The Guardian - UK

‘We want change this time’: voters on their new independent MPs

Former Labour-voting constituencies such as Blackburn are in uncharted waters. What do their residents think?

The Guardian - UK

‘Don’t take us for granted’: Muslim voters send message to Labour over its Gaza stance

Labour lost seats including Jonathan Ashworth’s in Leicester, where angry voters say they felt ignored

Evening Standard

Celebrity Big Brother host AJ Odudu says she's 'not allowed to make mistakes in the way others are'

The Blackburn-born star says she feels pressure to be the ‘ready made package’

The Guardian - UK

Strong R sound of some Lancashire accents in danger of dying out

Study finds rhotic speech that survives in pocket of east Lancashire around Blackburn becoming less common

The Independent UK

Lancashire accent may be lost ‘in the next few generations’, study suggests

The ‘strong r’ is becoming rare among younger generations in the North West, researchers have found.

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