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The Latest Breaking News from Blackburn

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

Manchester Evening News

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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.

Daily Record

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 Independent 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

The Guardian - UK

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

Edinburgh Live

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'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

Liverpool Echo

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

Daily Record

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

Edinburgh Live

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

Manchester Evening News

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

Edinburgh Live

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

Zuber Issa is reportedly planning to open Euro Grocers in Blackburn

Wales Online

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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Daily Record

Inside Susan Boyle's glammed-up West Lothian council house she's lived in for nearly 60 years

The Scots singer could live in any luxury location but got her dream house together after buying the property next door to her childhood home in Blackburn.

The Independent UK

Pedestrian dies after being struck by taxi

Police Scotland are investigating the incident in Blackburn, West Lothian.

Daily Record

Police appeal for witnesses after fatal crash

The incident happened around 0.05am near to the junction with Ladeside Road in Blackburn

Edinburgh Live

Heartbroken West Lothian mum 'relieved' after daughter's 'haunted' headstone replaced

Vicky Mclean, from Blackburn, had spoke of her distress last month after her stillborn daughter's castle-themed headstone had turned from bright pink to a dull grey colour

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The Guardian - UK

Manchester City 2-0 Brentford, Tottenham 2-3 Southampton: Premier League – as it happened

City extended their lead at the top to 12 points, while Saints stunned Champions League hopefuls Spurs with a late comeback. Scott Murray was watching.

Daily Mirror

Autistic teen who stayed home for 2 years due to anxiety stabbed on second outing

Billy Baxter, 16, from Blackburn, needed life-saving surgery after being knifed in the heart and lungs and now has a 12-inch scar running down the length of his chest

Daily Record

Schoolboys hailed as heroes for raising the alarm to help people escape terrifying blaze

Jay Jay Blake, Kaiden Smith and Caiden Anderson dialled 999 when they saw smoke billowing from Blackburn flats fire

Manchester Evening News

Texas siege: Manchester anti-terror police investigate financing of US trip

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

Daily Record

Family living in fire-hit block of flats say they have been plagued by antisocial behaviour for years

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

Edinburgh Live

West Lothian children as young as 10 'spoken to' by police after deliberate fire

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.

Daily Record

Scots mum 'haunted' and left with clothes on her back after flat torched in deliberate attack

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.

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