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A campaign urging people to clean up after their dogs is being relaunched in Blackpool to coincide with the arrival of darker nights when many people walk their pets closer to home.

Thousands of tourists arrive daily in Blackpool by coach – boosting the resort’s tourism economy by hundreds of thousands of pounds each day, new research has shown.

Blackpool Council has been forced to write off almost £1.6m of debt with around half of that due to unpaid business rates.

A new housing scheme for Poulton will see 300 homes built in 2025 after planners gave the full scheme the green light.

Plans to build hundreds of houses on the edge of Blackpool are back on the table after proposals have stalled over many years.

A rubbish mountain has appeared outside the former fracking site in Fylde after the spot became a magnet for fly-tipping.

Police appealing for information and footage after collision between a car and a cyclist in Blackpool.

Work could begin to build Blackpool’s £65m multiversity in May or June next year providing the site has been assembled.

Police are appealing for witnesses and dashcam footage after a man died in a collision on the M61 motorway.

A man has been jailed after numerous shoplifting offences in Preston.

A Preston architect says the city could stake its claim as an alternative shopping destination to Manchester and Liverpool by bringing big brands to the high street – but in miniature form.

Highways bosses are drawing up plans to improve the safety of a busy route between Preston and Lancaster.

A vacant Preston city centre shop that is feared close to collapse will be demolished, the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS) can reveal.

A new method of filling in potholes on Lancashire’s roads has proven so quick and successful that it has enabled a backlog of repairs to be reduced sooner than expected – and should help them last longer.

In the early hours of yesterday, officers from the South Rural Task Force responded to reports of poaching in the Coppull area.   

Following a successful bid for once in a generation funding of £20m from the UK Government, Chorley Council has appointed a design team to progress proposals to transform areas of Chorley town centre.

A driver who crashed a car into a police vehicle after travelling the wrong way on roundabout has been jailed. 

A man has been jailed for 40 months after we found a large amount of drugs and cash in an address in Burnley.

People travelling in and around Rawtenstall are being reminded to plan journeys and allow extra time ahead of roadworks starting this week.

A group of Palestine teenagers received a warm welcome by the borough’s Mayor when they visited Blackburn Town Hall on Monday.

Four members of a drugs gang who conspired to flood the streets of Accrington with heroin and crack cocaine they trafficked from Cheetham Hill have been jailed for just over a quarter of a century.

More flats are on the way for the stables of the former Thwaites Brewery in Blackburn town centre.

A planning application to upgrade Rawtenstall Market Hall has been approved by Rossendale councillors, linked to levelling-up funds.

Police are appealing for witnesses and footage after a man was seriously assaulted in Darwen.