The official opening of the multi-million pound Kingsway Extra Care Scheme in Blackburn was marked with the burial of a time capsule.

The complex for elderly people, which has more than 60 apartments and bungalows, has round-the-clock support and also facilities such as a restaurant, a hairdresser and a sensory garden.

Kingsway also houses the United Reformed Church and the Blackburn with Darwen carers service, which provides support for unpaid carers in the borough.

Other features of the scheme include artefacts from the old Ragged School such as the St George plaque in the corridor by the entrance, the foundation stones in garden and memorials of local residents who died serving country in WWI.

The scheme, off Montague Street, opened earlier this year and is already fully occupied.