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Blackpool is to receive nearly £3m to tackle homelessness in the resort as latest figures show a rise in the number of people without a proper home.

A scheme to revive an Over Wyre pub which had fallen into near-dereliction is back with Wyre planners – a year after it was approved.

In a heartwarming gesture of community spirit, local travel agent Ryan Anthoney, owner of Geggs Getaways, has gone above and beyond to spread festive cheer at Blackpool Victoria Hospital.

Fylde Council has announced the company in talks to take over the operation and reopening of Kirkham swimming pool have pulled out.

A demolition team has been appointed to bulldoze the former Bonny Street Police Station and magistrates courts paving the way for potential new developers to take over the Blackpool Central site.

Hundreds of thousands of pounds is to be spent upgrading facilities at two key areas of Blackpool’s Winter Gardens.

Local young actor Reuben (8) is making a splash in this year’s Christmas Day Family Animation on BBC One at 2:35pm, Tiddler; as the title role Tiddler.

Fylde Council recently hosted a well-attended Bidders Day for potential St Annes Pool operators at the Town Hall.

A Preston man is starting a nine-year prison sentence for sex offences. 

Eric Wright Civil Engineering, the principal contractor for the new Tram Bridge project, will be scaling back the construction site during the winter months and resuming work in Spring 2025.

The headteacher of a Preston sixth form college hit by strike action says he can understand why staff have resorted to walking out.

Police are investigating following the discovery of a cannabis grow in Chorley.

The Royal Preston Hospital should be refurbished where it stands rather than a new one being built eight miles away in South Ribble.

Neil Atherton, affectionately known as the “Bus Walker,” is gearing up for his first challenge of 2025.

Police are appealing for witnesses and footage after a motorcyclist  died following a collision in Preston.

A building described as one of Preston’s ‘crown jewels’ is set to be brought back to life after plans for its refurbishment were given the go-ahead.

A family have paid an emotional and loving tribute to a man who was ‘loved and liked by everybody’. 

Voluntary, community and faith groups in an East Lancashire borough can now apply for small grants projects to tackle hate crime and divisive and extremist ideologies.

The daughters of the woman who sadly died following a collision in Nelson have paid a heartbreaking tribute to ‘the most awesomest mum’.

A woman has died after a collision in Nelson over the weekend.

Blackburn with Darwen Council has received the £1.6 million government grant needed to pay for hundreds of new electric vehicle charge points.

Three new bus services will begin on Monday (December 16) as part of a plan to encourage people to use public transport.

Blackburn’s King George’s Hall has been hailed as the best entertainment venue in Lancashire outside Blackpool.

An investigation has been launched after a man died following a road traffic collision in Burnley.