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Bailey's Field in Darwen A group of residents fighting to save a field from housing developers will need to wait eight weeks before they find out whether the land can be listed as an 'asset of community value'. The row over the potential development of Bailey's Field in Darwen escalated last week, when residents living close to Ellison Fold Way set up a Parkland Trust to try and protect the field, which many people use for recreational purposes. Bailey's Field, Darwen The council received an application from Altham-based McDermott Homes back in February, proposing for more than 300...

By Gemma Bradley AN online petition calling for a breakaway from Blackburn with Darwen Council for Darwen has passed the halfway point of its goal of 5,000 signatures. Darwen Town independence, on change.org, has been signed by 2,550 people but Dexit — as it has become affectionately known in recent years — has been on people’s minds for a lot longer. Almost as soon as Blackburn and Darwen merged in 1974, Darwen residents claimed that they were being ‘left behind’ and their wishes ignored. This most recent petition is at least the fourth in the past 20 years, often appearing a...