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Families across Fylde can dust off their vintage finest and prepare to step back in time as the much-loved Lytham 1940s Weekend returns this summer.

A former school caretaker who targeted children online and committed a string of sexual offences has been jailed for 12 years.

Blackpool Transport is set to freeze the price of its most popular tram and bus tickets as part of a wider review of its fare structure.

Proposals to transform part of Blackpool’s former Abingdon Street Post Office into a hotel are still being considered.

New operators are being sought to take over the lease of Thornton Little Theatre as owners Wyre Council look to begin a fresh chapter.

A car travelling north on the M6, near Garstang, was searched by officers who discovered 25kg of cocaine with a street value of approximately £2.5 million.

Parents across Lancashire are being reminded to ensure that their children’s measles vaccinations are up-to-date after an outbreak of the potentially fatal disease in London.

As one of Blackpool’s seafront attractions is set to disappear, another is lined up to replace it, if plans get the go ahead.

Dozens of new homes are to be built in a Chorley village amid concern over the lack of services for the people who will eventually move into them.

Chorley Council has given the green light to a £4m refurbishment of one of the borough’s leisure centres.

Political leaders across Lancashire are readying their troops to fight local elections that it appeared were never going to happen, after the government staged a dramatic U-turn over a previous decision to scrap electoral contests.

Police are appealing for witnesses and footage after a woman in her 70s was left with life threatening injuries following a road traffic collision in Preston.

A teenager driver and his passenger suffered serious injuries following a collision involving two cars and a lorry on the M6 last night.

Police are appealing for witnesses and footage after a baby was left with serious injuries following a collision on the Junction 29 slip road off the M6 northbound at Bamber Bridge.

A 15-year-old girl from Preston has been named as Lancashire’s Young Citizen of the Year.

A group that had wanted to save Preston’s historic Tithebarn pub and turn it into a centre telling the story of the city’s past says it was never given a proper chance to make its vision a reality.

Prison sentences of almost 80 years have been handed to an OCG who supplied drugs in East Lancashire.

Plans for a creative business hub in the former St John’s Church in Blackburn took a major step forward this week, as councillors agreed to appoint Barnfield Construction as contractor for the £8.5million redevelopment.

Political leaders across Lancashire are readying their troops to fight local elections that it appeared were never going to happen, after the government staged a dramatic U-turn over a previous decision to scrap electoral contests.

An RSPCA shelter in East Lancashire is facing possible closure as rising bills and falling legacy donations hit finances. 

A man has been jailed for an assault committed outside the Vue Cinema in Blackburn.

Three men have been jailed for their part in a fight in a Blackburn car park.  

Almost 400 new school places for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) are set to be created in Lancashire.

A long-delayed £8.85million project to rebuild a historic Blackburn town centre church destroyed by fire in 2019 will start this summer with the aim of completion in 2028.