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Last year a century-old house in the centre of Darwen was transformed into a new home for the town's history. Already the corridors and rooms are abundant with artefacts and memories and there are ...
The first day of Darwen Live 2025 brought big crowds to the town centre as the rain just about managed to stay away.
First day of Darwen Live brings big crowds to town centre They also disrupted those "illegally selling nitrous oxide" and ...
The Market Hall and Library Theatre renovations are at the heart of a £13.4m upgrade of the town centre Two of Darwen's historic buildings are in line for major refurbishment as part of a £90m ...
A UK town centre was placed in an emergency lockdown after a live Second World War grenade was handed to volunteers at a heritage centre. Darwen, Lancashire, was thrown into chaos following the ...
Plans include new shops and residential developments in the town centre The securing of £25m of government funding to help redevelop a town "is a fantastic way to be ending the year", the team ...
“We know that some of our residents have been putting their Christmas decorations up early to help them get in to the Christmas spirit and we hope the lights in Darwen town centre will help ...
DARWEN town centre is finally covered by CCTV again - a year after the previous system was damaged. The cameras were broken when workmen accidentally dug up underground cables at the former health ...
Bomb disposal experts have removed a grenade from Darwen town centre. Emergency services were called to Railway Road at around 2pm this afternoon following the discovery of a potentially explosive ...
All 15 of Darwen’s car parks are to be upgraded but the town’s youth centre is to be completely knocked down it has been announced. Blackburn with Darwen Council has revealed the latest stages of work ...
A town centre has been placed in lockdown after a woman reportedly donated a live grenade to a heritage centre by accident, causing the Army bomb squad to rush to the scene. A witness said a ...