Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

The Latest Breaking News from Blackburn

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.

The Independent UK

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

The Independent UK

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

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

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

FourFourTwo

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

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

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

The Independent UK

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

The Guardian - UK

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.

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

Evening Standard

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.

The Independent UK

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’

The Independent UK

‘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

FourFourTwo

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

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

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

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.

The Independent UK

Explosion rips through Blackburn home as man rushed to hospital

Sudden blast sent bricks and broken glass flying into street on Sunday night

The Guardian - UK

Blueberry pastries in Warsaw, 80p samosas in Blackburn – the best things we ate in 2023

From Andi Oliver’s fire-roasted vegetables in Stratford-upon-Avon to Tomos Parry’s cheese on toast in Puglia, cooks and food writers remember this year’s highlights

The Guardian - UK

‘Stripped to the bone’: Lancashire courts in chaos as Raac adds to crisis

A day at Blackburn magistrates court highlights the confusion after closures in Blackpool and Preston

The Guardian - UK

Britons who died in Egypt had room next to one fumigated for bedbugs

Blackburn inquest hears how John and Susan Cooper became fatally ill after adjacent hotel room was treated with chemicals

The Guardian - UK

Bumpy ride for billionaire brothers who banked on Asda’s success

Blackburn’s Moshin and Zuber Issa took over the supermarket promising investment to make it the UK’s second-largest chain, but the pandemic and cost of living crisis meant it did not go to to plan

The Guardian - UK

Man sentenced to life in jail for murdering woman on her doorstep in Blackburn

Charlotte Wilcock was smoking a cigarette by her front door when she was subjected to a brutal attack by Anthony Stinson

1 2 3 4 5

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Lancashire Constabulary

212 stories

EG Group

113 stories

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.