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Blackpool’s ambitious £65m Multiversity scheme is pressing ahead as planned – but the council is looking to ensure there are no potential hold-ups to slow the project down.

Blackpool Council is looking into alternative models of residential care for children in the face of the “unsustainable” £21 million a year costs of private care provision.

Plans have been submitted to transform two empty units in Poulton’s Teanlowe Centre into a banking hub.

The hunt is on for an experienced community figure who can help to guide a decade-long £20 million regeneration fund for Fleetwood.

A man has been charged following a serious collision in Broughton last month.

Plans have been put forward to demolish a £320,000 adventure course at Blackpool’s Stanley Park which was once expected to prove a huge attraction.

Fylde Council has decided to discontinue its in-depth scrutiny review into Lancashire County Council’s highways maintenance services.

Lancashire Police say training more officers to drive on the county’s motorways has helped cut the number of people killed or seriously injured on the roads to its lowest level in years.

A man has been jailed after stalking a woman in Preston.

Ambitious plans to build almost 400 new homes on the outskirts of Preston City Centre appear to have been put on long-term hold.

More than 150 jobs are expected to be created after plans to modernise a South Ribble industrial development were given the go ahead.

A Preston newsagent who flouted a court order banning them from selling vapes and tobacco has been fined £4,000 and hit with court costs.

Temporary traffic lights that have been causing lengthy delays on one of the main routes towards and away from Preston should be overridden in order to ease queues, the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS) understands.

The speed limit along every road on a Chorley housing estate is set to be cut.

A former car showroom on the outskirts of Preston is to be converted into a convenience store and petrol station – in spite of objections from dozens of locals.

Lancashire Police say training more officers to drive on the county’s motorways has helped cut the number of people killed or seriously injured on the roads to its lowest level in years.

A man has been jailed for raping a woman he met on a night out in Darwen.

Police are appealing for witnesses and footage after a motorcyclist suffered serious injuries in a collision in Great Harwood.

A man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after another man was found with several injuries at a property in Church.

Three men have been sentenced for their part in the supply of drugs in Blackburn.

A song celebrating Darwen is now available to pre-order in advance of its release with hopes high it will feature on the streaming charts.

Police are appealing for witnesses and dashcam footage after a pensioner died following a road traffic collision in Blackburn on Saturday.

Lancashire Police say training more officers to drive on the county’s motorways has helped cut the number of people killed or seriously injured on the roads to its lowest level in years.

BAE Systems has lost a High Court attempt to stop strike action at its Warton and Samlesbury sites in Lancashire.