A NEW entertainments venue in Darwen has been granted a public entertainments licence by Blackburn Council.

The licensing committee agreed to a licence from 11am to 1am Mondays to Saturdays, and noon to 1am on Sundays for Marigolds, a set of function rooms above a group of shops in The Green.

Councillors were told the premises were not in a residential area and there were no objections from police, the council's noise pollution control section or ward councillors.

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