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Police in Lancashire are stepping up efforts to tackle violence against women and girls with the launch of a new operation aimed at kicking out misogyny and sexual offending in football.

A Blackpool councillor says he is demanding answers from the Government over concerns of an apparent lack of prosecutions of vandalism on children’s playgrounds.

A Blackpool man has outlined ambitious proposals to create a wide-ranging community hub in the town – and make use of the resort’s iconic former Abingdon Street Post Office.

Blackpool Council is still negotiating with the owner of a single property in a row of terraced houses being demolished to make way for two major sports projects.

Work is finally underway to build a brand new hotel and bar on South Shore promenade following the demolition of the original Art Deco Yates Bar building.

A new innovative food destination for Blackpool is to be launched next month in the form of a vibrant Christmas Market.

A major step forward in Blackpool’s most ambitious development proposals – the £300 million Blackpool Central project – looks set to finally be revealed in the New Year.

Last week’s cancelled World Fireworks Championship event won’t be rescheduled, say Blackpool Council.

A row has broken out over the condition of Lancashire’s roads after the politician in charge of them claimed they were now in a “fantastic state” – while opposition councillors accused the authority of lowering its own standards.

Three Preston car parks will be free to use on a total of 22 days in the run-up to Christmas as part of a push to encourage more people to visit the city centre.

Preston City Council is once again offering additional financial support to help vulnerable pensioners with the rising cost of living, providing eligible households with a one-off payment of £100 towards food and fuel costs.

Preston residents are being urged to double check their bin collection days ahead of changes being introduced next week.

Preston’s City Centre Neighbourhood Policing Team have secured a closure order at a problem address.

Highways bosses are being urged to extend the safety barrier on a busy bridge that forms part of the main route between Preston and Southport – after the side of the structure was struck three times in the space of six weeks.

The Preston city centre site where the Odeon cinema and Tokyo Jo’s nightclub once stood is to return to being a car park – but with the hope that housing will eventually be built there.

A Preston man who caused significant injuries to a young toddler has been jailed.

A leading disability campaigner from East Lancashire has taken his latest fight for improved accessibility straight to Westminster after being welcomed to Parliament and given a behind-the-scenes tour of 10 Downing Street.

A car driver who ran over a man in Accrington town centre has been sentenced to life imprisonment. 

A contractor is being sought for a £1.3m scheme to improve the paths leading up to Darwen’s much-loved Jubilee Tower.

A major employment development on the site of a former abattoir has been given the green light paving the way for dozens of new industrial and warehouse units on a long-vacant brownfield site in Great Harwood.

A car driver has today been convicted of murder after running over a man in Accrington town centre. 

A Burnley man has been jailed for seven years after sexually assaulting a woman in a pub in Cheshire.

Two people have been given suspended prison sentences after admitting serious breaches of fire safety regulations at a nightclub in Burnley.

Police are appealing for witnesses and footage after a man died following a collision in Burnley.