A LONG-AWAITED multi-thousand pound facelift was on the way for Blackburn Boulevard with the help of European cash.

Five years after the recession forced the dumping of plans for a massive commercial, retail and leisure complex on the Boulevard, Blackburn Council prepared a £660,000 plan to give the area a major facelift.

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