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The creation of a ‘mini–Canary Wharf’ is promoting Blackpool to an increasingly global audience as an all-year round international visitor destination, according to the manager of one of the resort's leading hotels.

Pupils at a Blackpool pre-school got fed up of the rubbish that kept blowing off the street and into their playground.

More details have emerged of what will be on offer as the huge new Tenpin centre, based at the former Odeon site on Rigby Road in Blackpool, takes shape ahead of opening next month.

The Splash park in Promenade Gardens, St Annes, opens its gates for the 2026 season today.

Wyre Council has issued an Abatement Notice to the operator of a landfill in Fleetwood.

A new access road from Common Edge Road to Blackpool Airport Enterprise Zone on Amy Johnson Way is set to open next week.

Police have charged a man with attempted murder after a pedestrian was struck by a car in Blackpool.

Fylde Council has announced its the latest round of Community Projects Fund awards, with eight local organisations and an new heritage initiative set to benefit from grants.

Preston’s flagship cultural event, Encounter Festival, has been awarded £79,000 from Arts Council England marking a significant investment in the city’s creative future.

A leading member of Reform UK-led Lancashire County Council has announced his plans to withdraw the local authority from the government’s refugee resettlement scheme.

Lancashire Police has no immediate plans to introduce a new type of speed camera that can see into vehicles and capture other motoring offences, the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS) can reveal.

A legendary Preston nightspot that reverberated to the music of the moment for more than half a century is to be turned into a storage facility.

A Preston resident has branded an overhaul of bin collection rounds in the city “chaotic” – after three of his pick-ups were missed in the space of a week.

A former butcher has been found guilty of seven counts of indecent assault around 50 years after he committed them.

A 30-storey building that will become the tallest tower block in Lancashire is set to spring up in Preston city centre after being given the go-ahead by councillors.

A seasonal bus service linking Chorley, Adlington and Rivington will return from Sunday 3 May, helping people travel to Rivington on Sundays and Bank Holidays.

Police are appealing for witnesses and footage after a man died and two people were seriously injured in a collision in Haslingden.

A man from Burnley has been jailed for sending sexual messages to someone he thought was a teenage girl.

An investigation is underway after a major fire at the Warburtons factory in Burnley.

Rossendale’s dry ski slope could be closed in a review of council-owned leisure centres.

Colne Market Hall has officially opened to the public, marking the completion of a £3.5 million regeneration project in the heart of the town centre.

Full details of a series of weekly overnight closures at Junction 5 of the M65, starting next month, have been revealed.

Colne Market Hall will reopen to the public later this week, marking the completion of a £3.5 million regeneration project in the heart of the town centre.

The public car park at Burnley Crematorium is to be expanded.