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• Scaled-back Blackburn centre skills hub and sewer approved

  Work to prepare for the building of Blackburn’s scaled-back flagship multi-million pound skills and education campus including the diversion of a main sewer across the town centre site has been authorised.

• Mayor to host charity raising quiz

  Blackburn with Darwen’s Mayor Cllr Brian Taylor will hold a second charity quiz night on Thursday.

• Man jailed after more than a decade of sexual abuse

  A sexual predator from Blackburn has been jailed after more than a decade of abuse.

• Man found guilty of sexual offences against children in Rawtenstall

  A man has been found guilty of sexual offences against children in Rawtenstall.

• Accrington and Rossendale College awarded a £1.5million grant to upgrade buildings

  Accrington and Rossendale College has been awarded a £1.5million grant to invest in upgrading its college buildings.

• Covid delayed Blackburn housing development back on track

  The £13million Covid-delayed second stage of a major Blackburn housing development is now back on the starting grid.

• East Lancashire household tips reopen

  Five East Lancashire Household Waste Recycling Centres will this week be open as normal after closing over the weekend following unprecedented weekend demand during the recent good weather.

• Blackburn’s outer circle buses to return

  Blackburn’s outer circle bus route scrapped in 2016 will start to run again next month – with a new service to and from Ewood Park for midweek Rovers home games.