Households in Oldham, Pendle and Blackburn will be banned from socialising together from midnight tonight as the Government announces new measures to stop the localised spread of coronavirus. The Government said it had agreed the tougher restrictions with local leaders, with residents now being told not to meet with anyone from outside their own household. … Read more
Households in Oldham and Blackburn will be BANNED from meeting together from midnight on Saturday as the Government unveils its latest local lockdown rules Tougher measures will apply to Oldham, Pendle and Blackburn from weekend Rules will mean families in three areas will not be allowed to meet up together Residents also being told to … Read more
Blackburn has overtaken Leicester with the highest coronavirus infection rate in England, new figures have shown. The borough of Blackburn with Darwen in Lancashire has a rate of 79.2 Covid-19 cases per 100,000 in the seven days to July 17, according to the latest data from Public Health England (PHE). Leicester has a rate of … Read more
HALF of people who have been in contact with Covid-19 patients in Blackburn are not being found by track-and-trace staff – as town hurtles toward local lockdown Public health director of Blackburn warned of ‘exponential growth’ of new cases He called for test and trace to be carried out at a local rather than national level … Read more
Dominic Harrison, Blackburn with Darwen’s director of public health, A staggering 85 per cent of new Covid-19 infections in Blackburn with Darwen are among its South Asian population, a local health chief revealed today amid fears it will become the second place in England to be hit with a local lockdown because of a spike … Read more
Blackburn could be the next area to be plunged into local lockdown after a spike of coronavirus cases, it has been revealed today. Civic chiefs in the Lancashire town are imposing new restrictions in a bid to prevent such measures as those put in place in Leicester following a Covid-19 outbreak in the Midlands city … Read more
Blackburn could be the next area to be plunged into local lockdown after a spike of coronavirus cases, it has been revealed today. Civic chiefs in the Lancashire town are imposing new restrictions in a bid to prevent such measures as those put in place in Leicester following a Covid-19 outbreak in the Midlands city … Read more
Blackburn captain Elliott Bennett and two Fulham players test positive for coronavirus as the EFL confirm three new cases across the 71 clubs after 1,030 new tests Two Fulham players have tested positive for Covid-19 in latest round of tests Blackburn’s Elliott Bennett has also returned a positive test, the club revealed They will now … Read more
Six people accused of murdering 19-year-old law student Aya Hachem in Blackburn appear in court Six people charged with murder of law student Aya Hachem in Blackburn, Lancs The 19-year-old innocent passer-by was gunned down near her home in the town Five men and a woman have been charged with murder and attempted murder They … Read more
A 34-year-old man is now the sixth person charged by police for the murder of 19-year-old law student Aya Hachem. Lancashire Police charged Ayaz Hussain, 34, on Sunday. Four men and a woman have already been charged with the murder of Aya Hachem, who was gunned down as she walked to a supermarket near her … Read more