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A teenager has admitted making a hoax call which led to a large scale emergency response in Blackpool, involving police, HM Coastguard, the fire service and ambulance service.

The true scale of the forthcoming new multi-million pound Ministry of Defence (MOD) office building in Blackpool can now be seen as the building takes shape.

The future of Blackpool’s Tramtown attraction – home to the town’s world-famous heritage trams – is at serious risk, says a leading councillor.

The operators of Blackpool’s Holiday Inn ended the arrangements with Marco Pierre White’s restaurant brand because of “restrictions” with the deal, it has emerged.

Plans are being made to introduce a much improved yet sympathetic reseating of the top gallery tier at Grade II-listed Blackpool Grand Theatre.

Residents in Fylde are backing calls to end ongoing problems at Lytham Tip.

A substantial housing development of more than 100 homes is being proposed for a site in Blackpool.

Police officers across Lancashire used a combination of roadside stops and intelligence-led, targeted policing to find and arrest offenders.

An 89-year-old woman has died following a collision in Leyland last weekend.

A Preston sixth form college has unveiled plans for a major extension designed to help deal with a shortage of space and ever-increasing demand for places.

Lancashire will take centre stage in one of the world's biggest sporting events, the Tour de France 2027.

Essential traffic signal upgrades at a busy Preston junction will begin next week, with the majority of work taking place overnight to minimise disruption.

Lancashire County Council is proposing to increase council tax by 3.8 percent next year – 1.2 percent below the maximum amount permitted by the government.

Wallace & Gromit in A Case at the Museum, drew crowds of blockbuster proportions, with 105,177 visitors in its first eight weeks at The Harris in Preston.

Chorley has become the first place in Lancashire to declare that it will bid to become the UK’s inaugural Town of Culture.

Preston’s Neighbourhood Policing Team and Prosper Partnership Team have secured a three-month partial closure order at a problem address.

East Lancashire’s police licensing sergeant has pledged to crackdown on irresponsible nightclub operators after councillors revoked the certificate for a controversial Burnley venue for the second time.

Burnley looks set to submit a bid to become the first ever UK Town of Culture.

Improvements to Colne bus station will get underway next week, marking the first phase of a major scheme to upgrade facilities and improve access for passengers.

A father and son have appeared in the dock after admitting to illegally supplying ketamine in East Lancashire.

A man who filmed himself before and after committing burglaries in East Lancashire during which high value cars were stolen has been jailed.

Two more East Lancashire councils are to ask the government to scrap this year’s local elections.

A rogue roofer from East Lancashire who scammed older residents out of thousands of pounds has been jailed, following a Trading Standards probe.

A paedophile who sexually assaulted a teenage girl after giving her drugs in Rawtenstall, has been handed a lengthy jail sentence.