Failures in the Government’s Test and Trace programme helped fuel the spread of the Indian Covid variant in Blackburn with Darwen, a report has claimed. The centralised system failed to notify contact tracers in the Lancashire authority of 164 positive cases in late April and early May. At that point the mutant B.1.617.2 strain was just … Read more
Failures in the Government’s Test and Trace programme helped fuel the spread of the Indian Covid variant in Blackburn with Darwen, a report has claimed. The centralised system failed to notify contact tracers in the Lancashire authority of 164 positive cases in late April and early May. At that point the mutant B.1.617.2 strain was just … Read more
Vote for the ‘Bojo of Blackburn’! Tory candidate becomes internet sensation after posting bizarre campaign video in vandalised children’s playground Tiger Patel is the Conservative candidate for the Audley and Queen’s Park ward Mr Patel – whose real name is Altaf – filmed his campaign video in a playground Taxi driver’s videos have amassed thousands of … Read more
Households in Oldham, Pendle and Blackburn are banned from meeting together as of 4am today after the Government announced drastic new measures to tackle spiralling coronavirus outbreaks in the three authorities. Number 10 agreed the tougher restrictions with council bosses, warning that infection rates are still rising despite ‘dedicated efforts’ to contain the virus. Officials stopped short of … Read more
Households in Oldham, Pendle and Blackburn will be banned from socialising together from midnight on Saturday 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 … Read more
Blackburn has today overtaken Leicester to have the highest coronavirus infection rate in England. Figures show the borough of Blackburn with Darwen in Lancashire had a rate of 78.6 Covid-19 cases per 100,000 in the seven days to July 17. Leicester — the first place in the UK to be hit by a local lockdown … Read more
Up to 250 mourners at a mosque in Blackburn have been forced to self-isolate after the imam tested positive for Covid-19 – as the town overtakes Leicester with the highest rate of coronavirus infections in England. Since July 4, a maximum of 30 people have been allowed at funerals, but an email seen by the … 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