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06/09/2026

🏠 Meet Connor – one of our hardworking officers helping to make sure residents have a safe place to call home.

Connor works in our Housing Standards Team, which deals with around 700 complaints about housing conditions every year.

From damp and mould to heating problems and other serious hazards, the team works with residents and landlords to make sure privately rented homes are safe and suitable to live in.

And now, as a Council, we have new Government powers which mean we can take tougher action against rogue landlords – including issuing additional fines and acting more quickly when court action is needed.

Just recently, we prosecuted three Blackburn landlords after a family were left living with damp, mould and no heating.

Our Deputy Leader, Councillor Quesir Mahmood, said:

“These new powers mean the Council can crack down harder and faster on rogue landlords – issuing fines to those who ignore our warnings and, where needed, bring them before the courts more quickly.

“There’s no place for rogue landlords in Blackburn with Darwen.

“Our residents deserve somewhere safe to call home.”

The Housing Standards Team is here to support both residents and responsible landlords.

Our officers can inspect properties when complaints are made, advise tenants of their rights and help landlords meet their legal obligations.

👉 If you’re a tenant and have concerns about the condition of your home, or a landlord looking for advice, find out more about housing support and your rights on the Council’s website – we've dropped a link in the comments below.

📧 You can also contact our Housing Standards Team directly by emailing:

[email protected]

Thank you for everything you do Connor and the whole Housing Standards Team!

06/09/2026

🎉 Three experiences. One epic adventure.

Welcome to Total Fun World! 💙

Whether you’re making a splash, bouncing off the walls or looking for big fun for little adventurers, there’s a Total Fun World experience waiting for you.

💦 Total Splash Out at Darwen Leisure Centre
Bounce, climb and splash your way through our inflatable water adventure.

🔥 Total Rebound at Blackburn Sports and Leisure Centre
Race, climb and take on our huge indoor inflatable challenge.

🧸 Total Tots at Darwen Leisure Centre
Inflatable fun and active play specially designed for children aged 5 and under.

Family day out? Birthday? Weekend plans? Choose your adventure and Go All In!

Discover Total Fun World:
👉 https://bwdleisure.com/total-fun-world/

Three experiences. One epic adventure.

Go All In. Go Total. 💙

05/09/2026

🚧 Upcoming Roadworks for Week Commencing 7 September 2026 🚧

This bulletin provides information on planned roadworks starting next week, which involves traffic management. Please bear in mind that these are planned roadworks only for which permit applications to carry out works have been received, and do not include any deemed urgent or emergency works.

Due to lead-in periods for minor works, there may be additional works not on this list which start next week. The lead-in period for minor works (up to 3 days duration) is three working days, so for example, a Utility Company wanting to start work on Thursday next week would apply on Monday.

This is where https://one.network becomes an extremely handy tool for you to use. The one.network map is updated in real-time to show both planned and emergency works with several layers to supplement it, such as live traffic data. It’s an extremely useful tool to check daily as part of your journey planning to help avoid potential delays.

🛣 Road Name and Location: A6077 From Guide Roundabout To M65, Blackburn - M65 Junction 5 - Gyratory/A6077 - Ring Management
🚧 Utility Company: Blackburn With Darwen Borough Council
📝 Works Description: Ring Management For The A6077/Gyratory
📊 Works Category: Standard
📅 Works Dates: 07/09/2026 to 11/09/2026
⚠ Traffic Control: Lane Closure

🛣 Road Name and Location: A6077 From Guide Roundabout To M65, Blackburn - M65 Junction 5 - Eastbound On Extension Works - Junction 4 To 6 - A6077 Leading To Junction 5 Ebon
🚧 Utility Company: Blackburn With Darwen Borough Council
📝 Works Description: M65 Junction 5 - Eastbound On Extension Works - Installation Of Tvcbs
📊 Works Category: Minor
📅 Works Dates: 07/09/2026 to 08/09/2026
⚠ Traffic Control: Lane Closure

🛣 Road Name and Location: A6077 From Guide Roundabout To M65, Blackburn - M65 Junction 5 - Guide Roundabout - East Bound On/A6077
🚧 Utility Company: Blackburn With Darwen Borough Council
📝 Works Description: Ring Management For The A6077/Ebon
📊 Works Category: Standard
📅 Works Dates: 07/09/2026 to 11/09/2026
⚠ Traffic Control: Lane Closure

🛣 Road Name and Location: A6077 From Guide Roundabout To M65, Blackburn - M65 Junction 5 - Eastbound On Extension Works - Junction 4 To 6 - A6077 Leading From Junction 5 To Eboff
🚧 Utility Company: Blackburn With Darwen Borough Council
📝 Works Description: M65 Junction 5 - Eastbound Off Extension Works - Installation And Removal Of Tvcbs
📊 Works Category: Minor
📅 Works Dates: 07/09/2026 to 08/09/2026
⚠ Traffic Control: Lane Closure

🛣 Road Name and Location: Batridge Road, Edgworth - Crest Of Entwistle Reservoir
🚧 Utility Company: Blackburn With Darwen Borough Council
📝 Works Description: Installing A New Sysphon System Outfall For The Reservoir
📊 Works Category: Major
📅 Works Dates: 07/09/2026 to 04/06/2027
⚠ Traffic Control: Road Closure

🛣 Road Name and Location: Beechwood Road, Blackburn - Set Up Opposite 16 Beechwood Road, Junction Of Whalley Old Road And Beech Road
🚧 Utility Company: United Utilities Water Ltd
📝 Works Description: Routine Maintenance, Inspections, Jetting And Cctv Surveillance Works To Be Carried Out On Sewer Assets On Behalf Of United Utilities.
📊 Works Category: Minor
📅 Works Dates: 07/09/2026 to 08/09/2026
⚠ Traffic Control: Multi Way Signals

🛣 Road Name and Location: Bolton Road, Darwen - Opp Astley Street, Approx 30 M North
🚧 Utility Company: Bt
📝 Works Description: Darwen V8117 - Pon 1347456 - Blockages – Excavate Onto Bt Ducts For The Clearance Of Duct Blockages In To Facilitate Spine Cabling Works.
📊 Works Category: Minor
📅 Works Dates: 07/09/2026 to 09/09/2026
⚠ Traffic Control: Multi Way Signals

🛣 Road Name and Location: Bottomgate, Blackburn - 1-3 Bottomgate, Blackburn, Bb1 3Ad
🚧 Utility Company: Sp Electricity North West
📝 Works Description: Excavation For New Service.
Full Chapter 8, And Walkway Within Carriageway (Bus Lane) Required.
Gang/Grab To Service From Closure.
📊 Works Category: Major
📅 Works Dates: 07/09/2026 to 11/09/2026
⚠ Traffic Control: Lane Closure

🛣 Road Name and Location: Broadhead Road, Edgworth - O/S 41 - Bl7 0Bn
🚧 Utility Company: Sp Electricity North West
📝 Works Description: Works Requiring No Excavation To Facilitate The Delivery And Lifting Of New Electrical Equipment, Such As Transformers, Into An Existing Substation. Temporary Traffic Controls Will Be Implemented To Ensure Safe Access For Lifting Operations And Vehicle Mo
📊 Works Category: Major
📅 Works Dates: 07/09/2026 to 07/09/2026
⚠ Traffic Control: Road Closure

🛣 Road Name and Location: Parkinson Street, Blackburn - At Left Of Sign Of Washbowl Launderette On Corner Of Parkinson Street And New Chapel Atreet
🚧 Utility Company: Ix Wireless Limited
📝 Works Description: Uninstallation And Installation Of Telegraph Pole Carrying Fibre Cable
📊 Works Category: Minor
📅 Works Dates: 07/09/2026 to 09/09/2026
⚠ Traffic Control: Multi Way Signals

🛣 Road Name and Location: School Lane, Blackburn - M65 Junction 5 - School Lane Bridge
🚧 Utility Company: Blackburn With Darwen Borough Council
📝 Works Description: Installation Of Camera For M65 Junction 5 - Narrow Lanes
📊 Works Category: Minor
📅 Works Dates: 07/09/2026 to 08/09/2026
⚠ Traffic Control: Two Way Signals

🛣 Road Name and Location: Whalley New Road, Blackburn - Between No 189-191
🚧 Utility Company: Ix Wireless Limited
📝 Works Description: Uninstallation And Installation Of Telegraph Pole Carrying Fibre Cable
📊 Works Category: Minor
📅 Works Dates: 07/09/2026 to 09/09/2026
⚠ Traffic Control: Two Way Signals

🛣 Road Name and Location: Cavendish Street, Darwen - Approx. 15M From Jct With Blackburn Road, Bb3 1En
🚧 Utility Company: United Utilities Water Ltd
📝 Works Description: Open Cut Excavation Required To Replace Frame And Cover In The Carriageway
📊 Works Category: Major
📅 Works Dates: 08/09/2026 to 08/09/2026
⚠ Traffic Control: Road Closure

🛣 Road Name and Location: Gibraltar Street, Blackburn - Lynwood To Dukes Brow
🚧 Utility Company: Blackburn With Darwen Borough Council
📝 Works Description: Carriageway Resurfacing
📊 Works Category: Major
📅 Works Dates: 08/09/2026 to 14/09/2026
⚠ Traffic Control: Road Closure

🛣 Road Name and Location: Mile End Row, Blackburn - Full Length
🚧 Utility Company: Blackburn With Darwen Borough Council
📝 Works Description: Carriageway Resurfacing
📊 Works Category: Major
📅 Works Dates: 08/09/2026 to 14/09/2026
⚠ Traffic Control: Road Closure

🛣 Road Name and Location: Dunoon Drive, Blackburn - At The Junction With Sky Crescent, Bb1 2Jh
🚧 Utility Company: United Utilities Water Ltd
📝 Works Description: Maintenance Of A Flow Monitor. No Excavation. Works To Take No More Than 1 Hour.
📊 Works Category: Minor
📅 Works Dates: 09/09/2026 to 10/09/2026
⚠ Traffic Control: Multi Way Signals

🛣 Road Name and Location: Frederick Street, Darwen - At The Junction With Cotton Bank Hall And Robin Bank Road, Bb3 0De
🚧 Utility Company: United Utilities Water Ltd
📝 Works Description: Maintenance Of A Flow Monitor. No Excavation. Works To Take No More Than 1 Hour.
📊 Works Category: Minor
📅 Works Dates: 09/09/2026 to 10/09/2026
⚠ Traffic Control: Multi Way Signals

🛣 Road Name and Location: Sudell Road, Darwen - Outside 95 Sudell Road, Bb3 3Ja
🚧 Utility Company: United Utilities Water Ltd
📝 Works Description: Maintenance Of A Flow Monitor. No Excavation. Works To Take No More Than 1 Hour.
📊 Works Category: Minor
📅 Works Dates: 09/09/2026 to 10/09/2026
⚠ Traffic Control: Multi Way Signals

🛣 Road Name and Location: Wensley Road, Blackburn - At The Junction With Lancaster Street, Bb2 1Qa
🚧 Utility Company: United Utilities Water Ltd
📝 Works Description: Maintenance Of A Flow Monitor. No Excavation. Works To Take No More Than 1 Hour.
📊 Works Category: Minor
📅 Works Dates: 09/09/2026 to 09/09/2026
⚠ Traffic Control: Multi Way Signals

🛣 Road Name and Location: Bolton Road, Edgworth - Edgworth Cricket Club, Bolton Road, Bolton, Bolton, Bl7 0Ap
🚧 Utility Company: Sp Electricity North West
📝 Works Description: Excavate Joint Bay With Approx. 20 Meters Of Track In The Footway/Carriageway To Install And Joint Cable For New Connection.
📊 Works Category: Standard
📅 Works Dates: 10/09/2026 to 17/09/2026
⚠ Traffic Control: Two Way Signals

🛣 Road Name and Location: Lincoln Road, Blackburn - At The Junction With Pringle Street, Bb1 1Tr
🚧 Utility Company: United Utilities Water Ltd
📝 Works Description: Maintenance Of A Flow Monitor. No Excavation. Works To Take No More Than 1 Hour.
📊 Works Category: Minor
📅 Works Dates: 10/09/2026 to 10/09/2026
⚠ Traffic Control: Multi Way Signals

🛣 Road Name and Location: North Road, Blackburn - At The Junction With Romney Walk, Bb1 1Ph
🚧 Utility Company: United Utilities Water Ltd
📝 Works Description: Maintenance Of A Flow Monitor. No Excavation. Works To Take No More Than 1 Hour.
📊 Works Category: Minor
📅 Works Dates: 10/09/2026 to 10/09/2026
⚠ Traffic Control: Multi Way Signals

🛣 Road Name and Location: Randal Street, Blackburn - At The Junction With Oswald Street, Bb1 7Eg
🚧 Utility Company: United Utilities Water Ltd
📝 Works Description: Maintenance Of A Flow Monitor. No Excavation. Works To Take No More Than 1 Hour.
📊 Works Category: Minor
📅 Works Dates: 10/09/2026 to 10/09/2026
⚠ Traffic Control: Multi Way Signals

🛣 Road Name and Location: Johnston Close, Blackburn - Full Length
🚧 Utility Company: Blackburn With Darwen Borough Council
📝 Works Description: Carriageway Resurfacing
📊 Works Category: Major
📅 Works Dates: 11/09/2026 to 16/09/2026
⚠ Traffic Control: Road Closure

🛣 Road Name and Location: Whitehead Street, Blackburn - Full Length
🚧 Utility Company: Blackburn With Darwen Borough Council
📝 Works Description: Carriageway Resurfacing
📊 Works Category: Major
📅 Works Dates: 11/09/2026 to 15/09/2026
⚠ Traffic Control: Road Closure

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05/09/2026

The Butterfly Garden at Pleasington Cemetery has been created as a peaceful space for the whole community - a place to enjoy nature, take a moment, reflect and find comfort.

The garden includes Letters to Heaven, where visitors can write and share messages and memories for loved ones, alongside a dedicated baby memorial area, offering a quiet place for families affected by baby loss to remember and honour their babies.

We’re delighted to invite you to join us tomorrow, Friday 4 September at 2.30pm for the official opening of the newly refurbished Butterfly Garden at Pleasington Cemetery, made possible with the support of Maggie’s Stillbirth Legacy, Luke’s Legacy and Stevenson Memorials.

📍 Pleasington Cemetery

Heading up the main drive to the Crematorium, the Butterfly Garden is on the left. Take the path just before the Serenity Memorial Area, where the blue remembrance tree is, through the woods and over the bridge. You’ll find the Butterfly Garden there. Parking is available throughout the Cemetery.

📅 Tomorrow – Friday 4 September 2026
🕝 2.30pm

Everyone is welcome to come along and help us mark the opening of this very special community space.

We hope to see you there. 🦋

05/09/2026

If Fleetwood Mac’s music has a permanent place in your life, we think you’ll want this one in the diary. 🎶✨

Fleetwood Mad brings a seven-piece band, costume changes and the personalities of the original line-up to Blackburn Empire Theatre for the ultimate Fleetwood Mac experience.

Friday 9 April 2027, 7:30pm
Tickets from £23.50 to £25.50
https://blackburnempire.com/show/fleetwood-mad/

With Paula Ansell as Stevie Nicks, Brock as Lindsey Buckingham, John Evans as Mick Fleetwood and Jenny Lynch-Lewis as Christine McVie, it is a lovingly built live celebration of one of music’s most distinctive bands. 🌙🎸

A brilliant pick for your next music night out.

04/09/2026

World Su***de Prevention Day
Thursday 10 September

Staff from Blackburn Rovers Community Trust will be joining a community walk to raise awareness, show support and help keep the conversation going.

🚶We’d like to invite you to join us for some or all of the walk, which will pass by Ewood Park before heading into Blackburn town centre.

There will also be a marketplace and vigil outside Blackburn Town Hall.

👉 To find out more and register for the walk, visit https://bewellbwd.com/a-z-services/mental-health-support-in-blackburn-with-darwen/world-suicide-prevention-day/

Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council

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04/09/2026

🚧 ROAD RESURFACING WORKS – WEEKS BEGINNING 7 & 14 SEPTEMBER 🚧

Good news, we're resurfacing even more roads across the borough! Here's a list of the work happening in the next two weeks:

🛣️ Gibraltar Street, Blackburn (Lynwood Road to Dukes Brow) 🔹 8 - 14 September from 8am to 6pm ☀️
🛣️ Mile End Row, Blackburn (Revidge Road to end) 🔹 8 - 14 September from 8am to 6pm ☀️
🛣️ Whitehead Street, Blackburn (Belle Vue Street to end) 🔹 11 - 15 September from 8am to 6pm ☀️
🛣️ Johnston Close, Blackburn (Lawrence Street to end) 🔹 11 - 16 September from 8am to 6pm ☀️
🛣️ Bay Street, Blackburn (Junction of Willow Street) 🔹 14 - 16 September from 9am to 12am ☀️🌙
🛣️ Crookfield Road, Darwen (Bolton Road to Car Park) 🔹 14 - 18 September from 7pm to 2am 🌙
🛣️ Tockholes Road, Tockholes (100m either side of New Barn Farm) 🔹 15 - 18 September from 7pm to 2am 🌙
🛣️ Ashworth Close, Blackburn (Full length) 🔹 17 - 21 September from 8am to 6pm ☀️
🛣️ Higson Street, Blackburn (From the junction of Johnston Street to outside number 47) 🔹 17 - 22 September from 8am to 6pm ☀️
🛣️ Whittaker Street, Blackburn (Full length) 🔹 17 - 22 September from 8am to 6pm ☀️
🛣️ Falcon Avenue, Darwen (Full length) 🔹 18 - 21 September from 7pm to 1am 🌙

Please note: The work will take place during the week only, not on weekends.

🚶 These roads will be fully closed during the times listed. If you need access to an affected premises during work times, this may be possible at times, with agreement from the Traffic Management Officer on site.

🚗❌ If you live or park on these streets, please don’t leave your vehicle there during the dates and times above. If vehicles are not moved, the work will have to be rescheduled, or in the worst case, cancelled completely.

📬 All affected residents receive letters to let them know about the work, and signs are put up in advance.

ℹ️ For more information, head to our website.

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