Central Radio News from Saturday, September 13th, 2025

Blackburn with Darwen Council’s public health boss had promised continued action with the police after the authority’s ‘distressing’ failure to meet its own performance target to tackle repeat domestic abuse.

The starting gun has been fired for what is set to be a hotly-contested local authority by-election following the resignation of a councillor over a social media post describing the assassination of American right-wing figure Charlie Kirk as being ‘good riddance’.

Lancashire County Council should make it “official policy” to paint the St. George’s Cross on all mini-roundabouts – according to one of its own cabinet members.