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A group of men who ran a ‘warehouse’ to deal their drugs around Blackpool and the Fylde coast have been jailed.

A celebration of growth, music and memory as the long-time Viva performer launches his most personal show to date.

Police are investigating after a large cannabis grow was discovered in Blackpool.

Houses in parts of Fleetwood and Thornton Cleveleys will no longer be able to be converted into HMOs without planning permission, Wyre Council has said.

Furious campaigners are demanding the closure of a stinking landfill site in Fleetwood after an inquiry revealed as many as 70 permit breaches at the site in less than two years.

Cash seized from criminals is being spent on helping young people in Blackpool.

Plans to make Cleveleys town centre a more appealing place to shop will see more than a dozen on-street parking spaces removed – so that pavements can be widened.

Officers from Fleetwood Police successfully secured a closure order for a problem address in the area.

A man has been given a 20-year sentence after assaulting his partner so seriously she has been left paralysed.

A “technical issue” means Lancashire County Council is currently unable to say whether it is hitting its own pothole repair targets.

Preston City Council has signed a contract to upgrade the rooftop solar panel array at Preston Town Hall.

Police Licensing officers, working alongside Lancashire County Council Trading Standards, have carried out a recent test purchasing operation targeting underage alcohol and vape sales.

The operators of a popular Chorley park have appealed for consideration from dog owners after waste bags were left piled up around overflowing bins.

Dozens of apartments could be created within Preston’s Miller Arcade as part of a major redevelopment of the historic city shopping precinct.

A paranoid schizophrenic who stamped on and kicked a Preston dad to death has admitted killing him.

A councillor has warned of “absolute chaos” on the roads if plans to build 350 houses on the site of the abandoned Camelot Theme Park in Chorley are given the go-ahead.  

A sex offender who tried to abuse children online jailed for seven and a half years.

Blackburn with Darwen residents will see their council tax for borough services rise by the maximum 4.99 per cent permitted without a referendum from April 1.

Lives are being endangered by potholes on a Lancashire motorway, a senior councillor has claimed.

Work is set to begin in March on street improvements in Pendle as part of a £55 million programme of investment across East Lancashire.

A highly controversial near-600 home housing estate in Blackburn is to get a new pond as part of a drainage and layout reorganisation.

Blackburn with Darwen Council is spending £1.2million on buying 16 vehicles as part of its fleet replacement programme for 2025/26.

Residents in an area of Burnley have seen an eight-fold increase in the length of some journeys after a bridge was closed for repairs, it has been claimed.

Blackburn Household Waste Recycling Centre now has an added reuse shop, where residents can donate or buy preloved items.