Central Radio News from Friday, March 13th, 2026

Blackpool drugs gang sentenced

Members of a Blackpool drug-supply gang have been given custodial sentences totalling more than 63 years.
Next phase of Mercer Hall work set to begin

Work is poised to start on Phase Three of the repurposing of Great Harwood’s historic Mercer Hall.
Blackburn skills campus move approved

Senior councillors have approved the appointment of Star Academies to occupy the first building of Blackburn’s proposed £45million town centre Skills and Education Campus.
Darwen mother and son jailed after attempting to smuggle 14 kilos of cocaine

A mother and son from Darwen who plotted to smuggle 14 kilos of cocaine into the UK have been jailed, following a National Crime Agency investigation.