Blackpool Wyre & Fylde News
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Teenager seriously injured in Blackpool collisionA teenager has been left with serious injuries after a collision in Blackpool.
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Blackpool’s £365m Multiversity scheme due back before planners this monthBlackpool’s multi-million pound Multiversity project will go back before the council’s planning committee this month as councillors consider various proposed changes.
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Two Fleetwood men jailed for cocaine supply following police investigationTwo men from Fleetwood have been jailed for being concerned in the supply of class A drugs.
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Hospital Trust apologises to patients after being ‘worst’ for 12 hour waitsThe Trust which runs Blackpool Victoria Hospital has apologised to patients after it was highlighted that it was performing worse than any other in the country for 12 hour waits in hospital.
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More than 30 Fylde residents find work through partnership programmeMore than 30 Fylde residents have moved into work thanks to a successful partnership which has helped create training and apprenticeship opportunities.
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Pride in Place funding to reopen Tramtown museumPride in Place cash will be spent on repairs to allow the reopening of Blackpool’s Tramtown museum.
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Blackpool Council’s road maintenance steps up with £6m investmentSixteen residential roads in Blackpool are set to get resurfaced over the next eight weeks, as Blackpool Council starts a huge investment in additional road maintenance.
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Popular Blackpool charity event cancelled after organisers go into administrationBlackpool’s Brian House Children’s Hospice has announced the cancellation of this year’s Bubble Rush event.
Preston, Leyland & Chorley News
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Disabled people across Lancashire encouraged to think about taking up curlingDisabled people across Lancashire are being encouraged to think about taking up curling after a wheelchair club in the county was given a cash boost to help it fund the cost of training sessions.
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Father jailed after admitting to killing baby son in FulwoodA man has been jailed after admitting to killing his baby son in Fulwood.
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Design team appointed for £13.2m Samlesbury Innovation Hub as Lancashire moves project into deliveryLancashire County Council has appointed a professional design team to work in partnership with the authority to deliver the £13.2m Innovation Hub at the Samlesbury Enterprise Zone.
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Final decision made on historic Preston city centre pub demolitionThe demolition of a historic Preston city centre pub will definitely go ahead after a senior councillor said he could not “justify” the cost that would be involved in keeping it standing.
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What’s Your Story Chorley returns with a month-long celebration of creativityChorley is getting ready to turn the page on an exciting new chapter as What’s Your Story, Chorley returns bigger than ever this March.
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Paedophile who targeted girl, 14, in Leyland jailed for 12 yearsA paedophile who a targeted teenage girl at a house in Leyland has been given a lengthy jail term.
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Man charged with murder of Preston studentA man has been charged with the murder of Preston student Carla Georgescu.
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Preston restaurant’s unusual request for helipadA popular Italian restaurant in Preston wants to create a dedicated parking area for one of their regular customers – who usually drops in by helicopter.
East Lancashire News
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Man sent to prison for assault outside Blackburn cinemaA man has been jailed for an assault committed outside the Vue Cinema in Blackburn.
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Three men jailed for Blackburn car park violenceThree men have been jailed for their part in a fight in a Blackburn car park.
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400 new SEND school places to be created in LancashireAlmost 400 new school places for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) are set to be created in Lancashire.
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Blackburn fire-ravaged church rebuild to begin in summerA 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.
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Burnley’s Towneley Hall Craft Museum to get makeoverThe heritage-listed Towneley Hall Craft Museum is to get a makeover.
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King Charles visits Lancashire in busy days of public engagementsKing Charles visited Lancashire today, stopping at Clitheroe, Samlesbury and Inglewhite.
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Great Harwood's Mercer Hall wins £60k Arts Council grantGreat Harwood’s historic Mercer Hall has been given a £60,000 grant to develop a new arts and culture programme.
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Illegal E-bikes and E-scooters seized in BlackburnA police operation in Blackburn targeting anti-social behaviour has led to the seizure of more than a dozen illegal bikes and e-scooters.
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