Blackburn News from BBC Lancashire

The latest News in Blackburn, Lancashire

• Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:37:41 GMTScrubbing Up: organ donations
  Organ donations: Your comments on this week's Scrubbing Up
• Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:30:24 GMT'Hotel' care for women in labour
  Expectant mothers in Lancashire will soon be able to give birth in special hotel-style rooms with a private garden.
• Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:43:30 GMTBravery award for fire death hero
  A teenager who tried to rescue a neighbour who had been set on fire will be honoured at a special service later.
• Sun, 14 Mar 2010 14:15:40 GMTExtra £50,000 to repair potholes
  A Lancashire council is to spend an extra £50,000 on repairing potholes, following this winter's freezing temperatures.
• Sun, 14 Mar 2010 02:23:12 GMTFears over Asian 'slave brides'
  Hundreds of women who come to Britain from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh to marry, say they have been abused by their in-laws, the BBC has learned.
• Sat, 13 Mar 2010 15:27:42 GMTCharges after police raid at pub
  Four men are charged with several drugs offences following a police raid at a Lancashire pub.
• Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:35:50 GMTList of School Report schools
  This alphabetical list shows schools that took part in School Report News Day 2010. Click on the names of the schools (in blue) to see the news made by each school.
• Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:01:39 GMTArrest over Susan Boyle break-in
  A 16-year-old is arrested and charged in connection with a break-in at singer Susan Boyle's home in West Lothian.
• Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:31:08 GMTBeatrix Potter museum is rescued
  A Lancashire College pledges £10,000 to a struggling Cumbrian museum which holds a valuable Beatrix Potter collection.
• Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:59:13 GMTJames Bulger's mother meets Straw
  Justice Secretary Jack Straw meets the mother of murdered toddler James Bulger to discuss the return to prison of one of her son's killers.