Labour have rejected a Conservative proposal to delay the new Local Plan consultation due to the pandemic.

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

Mark Russell has been selected as the Conservative candidate for Livesey with Pleasington

7 candidates threw their hat into the ring for the vacant seat and Mark was selected by a vote of the Party membership in the ward.

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.

By Mark Russell

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

Rizwan Ali Shah has joined the Conservative Party.

Rizwan, who stood as an independent candidate for Blackburn at the last General Election, announced he was joining the Party at a gathering of supporters and friends at Shahi Qila restaurant on Shear Bank Road.