Lancashire Police Armed Response Vehicle posted on twitter about the incident involving the Nissan Pixo A DRIVER was arrested as police used a stinger device to stop a car during a chase through Blackburn last night. It was one of two incidents in the town at around 9pm on Friday night with one involving a stolen Ford Fiesta and another a Nissan Pixo which was taken without owner s consent according to police. PC Rick Hek, of Lancashire Police Tac-Ops in Blackburn, said: The stolen Ford Fiesta was driving around and using false plates it had been spotted by an off duty Greater Manchester police officer and resources flooded the Livesey Branch Road area in an attempt to locate it.
RESIDENTS battling to save a suburban open space are in a furious new row with a council over works on the threatened land. Householders on Old Gates Drive in Blackburn believe the authority is backtracking on its agreement to halt building an access road to a proposed estate of 29 houses at nearby Lomond Gardens. But Blackburn with Darwen Council says the works are nothing to do with the proposal but necessary for essential drainage improvements. The dispute is a rerun of one in October when residents complained about the clearing of vegetation on the site. Tory regeneration spokesman Cllr Paul Marrow has written to the town hall suggesting that the culvert upgrade be halted until a planning application for the development is decided.
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East Lancs residents asked to help with new flood risk plan
Residents concerned about flooding have been asked to give their views on how best to protect their homes in the future.
Monday, 15th February 2021, 12:30 pm
Lancashire County Council, Blackburn with Darwen Council and Blackpool Council are consulting on a new strategy outlining plans to reduce the risk of floods.
In recent years there has been major flooding at various locations across the east of the county including in Ribchester, Waddington, Whalley, Billington, Padiham, Barnoldswick, Earby, Darwen, and Blackburn’s Whalley Range and Feniscowles.
The three councils have produced a Local Flood Risk Management Strategy for Lancashire 2021 to 2027 on which they are now seeking residents’ views via an online survey.
The development site of Whalley Old Road COUNCILLORS will next week take a second look at a controversial housing development where planning permission was revoked just hours after they granted it. Last month they approved the scheme for 165 houses south of Whalley Old Road in Sunny Bower, Blackburn, after town hall officers and Labour councillors dismissed complaints by residents spokesman Stephen Atherton and Conservative members they should have been provided with a special report on mineral deposits below the land. The following day the decision was suspended after legal checks confirmed the document was required. Now the Mineral Resources Assessment has been compiled and will be submitted with the application for Blackburn with Darwen Council Planning Committee to consider a second time on Thursday.