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• Song celebrating Darwen and featuring 500 local voices set for release

  A song celebrating Darwen is now available to pre-order in advance of its release with hopes high it will feature on the streaming charts.

• Appeal after pensioner fatally injured in Blackburn collision

  Police are appealing for witnesses and dashcam footage after a pensioner died following a road traffic collision in Blackburn on Saturday.

• Fall in serious collisions across Lancashire

  Lancashire Police say training more officers to drive on the county’s motorways has helped cut the number of people killed or seriously injured on the roads to its lowest level in years.

• BAE legal action over strikes blocked

  BAE Systems has lost a High Court attempt to stop strike action at its Warton and Samlesbury sites in Lancashire.

• Man jailed for committing sexual act in front of young boy in restaurant toilets

  A man has been jailed for committing a sex act in front of a child in a restaurant toilet in Rawtenstall.

• Uncertainty over 2026 local elections

  The government could be asked to cancel some of the local elections scheduled to take place in Lancashire next year, the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS) understands.

• Murder investigation launched after man found fatally injured in Bacup

  Police have launched a murder investigation after a man was fatally injured in Bacup this morning.

• Blackburn with Darwen Council address asylum hotel rumour

  Blackburn with Darwen Council has moved swiftly to scotch rumours that the Islington Hotel is to be used to house asylum seekers.