Details of the new Local Plan that will govern development policy across the Borough for the foreseeable future have been revealed by the Council.

The Local Government Association has found that BwD Council acted unprofessionally in its handling of the recent call-in over the Reel Cinema.

The government has given the Council a grant of £56,788 to introduce 3 new bus routes for the Borough.

Figures reveal that the government provided 200,000 laptops to vulnerable children to help them access remote learning during the coronavirus lockdown. Another 20,000 were provided to disadvantaged Year 10 pupils to help stop them falling behind with their GCSEs.

Labour’s Exec Member for Regeneration Cllr Phil Riley misled July’s Council Forum over Blackburn Bus Station.

The Council have chosen to charge businesses the maximum possible amount to set up tables and chairs on the pavement.

Government support made available to residents of BwD via the Council or to the Council itself to help deal with Covid-19 is a huge £79.732m.

The figures were revealed in the Council’s Covid-19 Finance Report. The government support includes:

Blackburn bus station actually cost £8.3m, not the £5m that had been thought. This is £3.6m more than the original £4.7m budget.

There are fears that Blackburn's new £5m bus station could be subsiding after a large crack appeared in its floor.

Blackburn Conservatives have selected local resident Dan Henderson to contest Blackburn Central.