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The date has been confirmed for a key meeting to decide controversial plans to build a quarry in a quiet village – and campaigners against the scheme are urging fellow-objectors to attend.

Blackpool Council has used grant funding to purchase the former post office, a key development site in the town centre, to secure and safeguard its future. 

A senior hospital consultant has been jailed for six years after abusing his position to sexually assault female members of staff at Blackpool Victoria Hospital.

The progress of one of Blackpool’s biggest regeneration projects has been discussed this week as the next steps forward are considered.

A former world champion boxer from the Fylde coast has paid tribute to close pal Ricky Hatton after his sudden unexpected death aged just 46.

A man has died after a tree branch fell on his tent in a park in Blackpool.

A businessman who was thwarted in his plans to transform a Grade II listed radar station into a unique house in Fleetwood says he is not giving up on his dream.

It was once Fleetwood’s cherished M&S store and then during a dark period became its biggest eyesore, before making a welcome comeback.

The centrepiece of Preston’s revamped Harris Museum has been revealed ahead of the historic building’s long-awaited reopening later this month.

The site of a former Blackpool pub could become a temporary car park.

A teacher from Preston says she was reduced to tears after being threatened with bailiffs for failing to pay a traffic fine that she knew nothing about for almost a year.

Preston City Council has invested £250,000 in the ongoing development of NW Mutual, a mutual bank planning a network of 60-plus branches to be owned by, based in and for the people and small and medium-sized businesses of the north west of England.

Youth services in 42 areas in England are being urged not to miss out on a share of the Government’s £30.5 million Better Youth Spaces grant funding, with the deadline for applications at the end of this week.

Seven different flags will be permitted to be flown above Lancashire County Council’s headquarters after the authority’s cabinet agreed a new policy that members said was designed to encourage a collective pride in country and county.

Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal this week visited Lancashire Constabulary’s Headquarters in Hutton, Preston, for the launch of Victim Care Lancashire.

A further 10 illegal E-bikes and E-scooters have been seized in Preston as part of another day of action to tackle anti-social behaviour and nuisance vehicles.

A new cricket ‘dome’ has opened in Darwen allowing players to pursue the sport in all weathers.

Burnley town centre was firing on all cylinders over the weekend as visitors from across the region flocked to the return of the Vintage & Performance Car Show.

Youth services in 42 areas in England are being urged not to miss out on a share of the Government’s £30.5 million Better Youth Spaces grant funding, with the deadline for applications at the end of this week.

Blackburn with Darwen Council’s public health boss had promised continued action with the police after the authority’s ‘distressing’ failure to meet its own performance target to tackle repeat domestic abuse.

The starting gun has been fired for what is set to be a hotly-contested local authority by-election following the resignation of a councillor over a social media post describing the assassination of American right-wing figure Charlie Kirk as being ‘good riddance’.

A woman has been given a hospital order after pleading guilty to manslaughter in East Lancashire.

An East Lancashire councillor has resigned over a social media comment she posted about the assassination of American right-wing figure Charlie Kirk being ‘good riddance’.

The growth of women and girls’ football in Rossendale, from large clubs to small community teams, and other sport and leisure trends were highlighted to councillors in a new report about local pitches and public demand.