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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.

Blackpool South MP Chris Webb has called for urgent action to address the demands of the Waspi women campaign after raising the issue in Parliament.

Two men have been jailed after a man was left in a critical condition in hospital.

National children’s charity, Dreams Come True, has been awarded a five-year £867,500 grant to deliver dreams to children in the greatest of need across Blackpool and the North West.

New research announced this week shows more money is spent in hospice charity shops across the UK than hospices receive from the government.

Work to build Blackpool’s £40m new magistrates court is to face delays due to the collapse of the main contractor.

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.

Churchill Support Services, a leader in security solutions, has acquired Sonitech Systems Limited, boosting its capabilities with cutting-edge electronic security.

Free parking will be on offer in several parts of Preston city centre in the run-up to Christmas, the Local Democracy Reporting Service can reveal.

Ambitious plans to create two new schools in Preston have taken a crucial step forward.

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.

THE final death knell on Blackburn’s Daisyfield Pools complex is due to be sounded by councillors on Thursday.

Accrington Stanley has lost its appeal over the refusal of backdated planning permission for its hospitality suite and supporters bar.

THE reconstruction of second floor and roof of an ‘eyesore’ Victorian cotton mill has been approved by councillors.

Police have charged two men following 12 burglaries across East Lancashire.