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A MAN who led police on a high speed pursuit had taken his mother s car to go to buy cocaine. Blackburn magistrates heard the incident ended when police deployed a stinger to stop the Nissan Pixo driven by Warren Robert Hadfield. He was later discovered to be disqualified from driving after being convicted of dangerous driving in August. Hadfield, 44, of Livesey Hall Close, Blackburn, pleaded guilty to driving without due care and attention, while disqualified and without insurance, failing to stop for a police officer and possession of cocaine. He was sentenced to four months in prison, banned from driving for 18 months and ordered to pay £128 victim surcharge. ....
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. ....