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Explore the Leeds-Liverpool Canal the new Super Slow Way

Walk, cycle or take the barge through Lancashire’s industrial heritage, a cultural landscape dating back 200 years

The Guardian - UK

"I started out selling Nikes on eBay, now I'm making millions": The incredible rise of King Street's Crepslocker

A remarkable business success story, born out of a passion for rare and collectable trainers

Manchester Evening News

West Lothian Council election: Community spirit is helping communities face change

Ward Profile: Whitburn and Blackburn

Daily Record

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Liam Gallagher blows the roof off in intimate charity gig and makes touching dedication

Liam Gallagher performed at Blackburn's King George's Hall

Manchester Evening News

Katie Kenyon: man charged with murder of Burnley woman

Andrew Burfield, 50, is due to appear at Blackburn magistrates court on Thursday over death of 33-year-old

The Guardian - UK

West Lothian Election 2022: Whitburn and Blackburn helped by community spirit, but growth brings challenges

Change is being forged in Whitburn and Blackburn helped by a strong community spirit, but historic villages fear loss of their identity

Edinburgh Live

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

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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

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

'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

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Daily Record

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

Edinburgh Live

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

Manchester Evening News

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

Edinburgh Live

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

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Wales Online

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

Zuber Issa is reportedly planning to open Euro Grocers in Blackburn

Daily Mirror

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

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

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.

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