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Residents in Blackpool would not be happy to see tourism tax – already introduced into some places with high visitor numbers – brought to the resort.

Police are appealing for witnesses, footage and information after a man was left with serious injuries following a road traffic collision in Blackpool.

A man has been given jailed for nine years setting fire to a car which was parked on the driveway of a house in Staining. 

The RNLI have raised serious safety concerns and are formally objecting to plans to include rock groynes on Blackpool’s beaches as part of a major coastal protection scheme.

A multi-million pound community sports village for Blackpool has taken a major step forward as new details on the project emerge.

Blackpool South MP Chris Webb has declared victory after he was given personal Home Office confirmation that asylum seekers are to leave the town’s Metropole Hotel by July.

The Fleetwood to Knott End ferry will continue after a deal was struck to keep the service operating.

The Blackpool South MP has made an urgent call to end the use of the town’s Metropole Hotel to house asylum seekers.

Calendars advising Preston residents of bin collection changes had to be hand delivered by council staff after the company contracted to do the job allegedly missed out addresses in various parts of the city.

A major new art installation is set to transform Preston’s high street.

A man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison following a violent knife attack in Preston.

Hospital bosses have confirmed a norovirus outbreak at Royal Preston Hospital.

The new incarnation of Preston’s Old Tram Bridge will open on 22nd May, the city council has announced.

Preston Bus passengers will no longer be able to enjoy £1 travel on more than half a dozen of the firm’s services after it announced it was withdrawing from a scheme that capped fares for some off-peak journeys.

More than 98% of Lancashire children starting primary school in September have been offered a place at one of their three preferred primary schools.

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

A man has been arrested in Accrington after allegedly offering stolen chocolate to police.

A Lancashire council’s priorities include spin-off tourism successes from the 2027 Tour de France cycle race – but more local arts and culture events are needed too, a councillor believes.

The occupants of a controversial unauthorised travellers’ camp near Whitehall Park in Darwen have been given another nine months to vacate the site despite losing a court case over their right to stay on the land which they own.

A family have paid tribute to a man who died in a collision in Blackburn earlier this month.

Darwen’s Library Theatre renovation has been given an almost £1million boost by the government.

Thirteen new East Lancashire free breakfast clubs are among 116 which have opened this week across the North-West as the government overhauls school dinners nationwide.

Urgent demands have been made for flooding to be tackled on the M65 in east Lancashire, ‘before any more loss of life or injuries’.

A predatory paedophile from East Lancashire who sexually abused two young girls has been jailed for 26 years.