Blackburn with Darwen Council's Conservative group has forced a review of the authority's proposed increases in charges for burials and cremations.   The Conservative group is accusing the council's Labour bosses of seeking to 'profiteer from death'.

Representatives from the Executive team @ Blackburn Conservatives Association attended a meeting this Thursday along with the Conservative Lancashire Constabulary and Police and Crime Commissioner Andrew Snowden. Recently Commissioner Snowden announced the next phase of £2m ASB hotspot patrols acro

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. Mark said "Any of the candidates would have made a superb councillor for the

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. The laptops were provided to c

Labour’s Exec Member for Regeneration Cllr Phil Riley misled July’s Council Forum over Blackburn Bus Station. Cllr Riley said at Council Forum of the £3.6m overspend on Blackburn Bus Station: “We were presented with a sizeable difficulty when the contractor who was delivering Blackburn Bus Station

The Council have chosen to charge businesses the maximum possible amount to set up tables and chairs on the pavement. Businesses such as pubs and restaurants wanting to help the fight against Covid-19 and encourage social distancing by introducing outdoor seating will have to pay a £100 fee to

By Mark Russell The Standards Committee should play a key role in ensuring that Councillors are held to the high standards expected of those in elected office.

There are fears that Blackburn's new £5m bus station could be subsiding after a large crack appeared in its floor. The appearance of the large crack, along with damage to a glass door, has raised fears that the structure may be subsiding and could become unsafe.

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. A1TV cameras were pre