Take a look inside the new Masjid E Vali, on Preston New Road in Blackburn. Councillors and senior Council staff were invited to take a look around the mosque and the community hub which sits beside it. It’s been funded by the Issa Foundation, a charity established by Blackburn with Darwen born brothers and entrepreneurs Zuber Issa CBE and Mohsin Issa CBE, and named in memory of their father, the late Vali Issa. After the visit, Council Leader Phil Riley hailed Blackburn’s newest mosque “an impr

The government has approved plans for fracking at Caudrilla's Preston new road site in Lancashire. It's understood the Secretary of State is also 'minded to approve' fracking at a second site in Roseacre, Lancashire subject to highway safety issues being satisfactorily addressed. This news comes after an public inquiry into the decision by Lancashire County Council to refuse to allow fracking at the two sites. Latest: http://bbc.in/2dgMKT2 | BBC Manchester