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The countdown is on until Blackpool’s Tower Festival Headland is transformed into a magical winter wonderland as Christmas By The Sea returns for another festive season.

Men from Blackpool, Poulton and Fleetwood have been convicted of hacking into thousands of social media accounts and stealing private images.

Blackpool residents will be able to enjoy more theatre, music, poetry and creative activities on their doorstep thanks to a new two-year programme backed by £90,000 of Arts Council England funding.

A huge planning application for a residential development of up to 250 homes on a greenfield site in rural Fylde is due to go before planners next week.

Residents will have a first chance to see the designs for Anchorsholme Park’s new playground this week – almost a year after the much-loved play ship was destroyed in an arson attack.

Blackpool has stepped up its campaign to attain prestigious Purple Flag status and gain recognition as having a night-time economy that meets high standards of safety, vibrancy, and management.

An unsightly block of properties on Blackpool’s Central Drive has been cordoned off after being deemed unsafe for people to walk past.

Blackpool Council is planning to reach out to residents to explain how a prestigious Blackpool data centre business park – expected to bring up to £14 billion to the region – will operate.

Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service has condemned an attack on firefighters who had fireworks fired at them while responding to an incident  in Preston.

Preston has taken the first step on the road to transforming a key part of its city centre after long-awaited plans to redevelop the car park of the Fishergate Shopping Centre were given the green light.

A man has been sentenced after racially abusing a petrol station worker and spitting on the faces of two police officers in Chorley.

Lancashire Police is warning people to be aware of sextortion following a rise in reports of online blackmail across Preston.

Families, runners and festive fundraisers are being invited to Worden Park in Leyland this November for a Christmas-themed event supporting mental health across Lancashire.

Preston City Council says it will seek the views of the public and property owners before deciding how to spend the £1.55m it has been given to help deal with dilapidated and disused buildings.

An estate made up entirely of homes classed as ‘affordable’ is to be built in Lostock Hall.

Preston is leading the way in Lancashire for food waste recycling, with approximately 3,000 tonnes of food waste collected since the service was introduced in April.

Darwen is set to kick off the festive season in spectacular style as chart-topping dance legends Ultrabeat have been announced as the headline act for this year’s Darwen Christmas Lights Switch-On.

More than 2,500 items of suspected fake goods have been seized from a shop in Accrington.

A proactive operation tackling antisocial behaviour in Blackburn Town Centre has seen officers make arrests and carry out dozens of stop searches in three weeks, since the launch of Operation Nox.

Lancashire Police has joined partners to carry out a day of action in Darwen, targeting antisocial behaviour.

A man who raped and sexually assaulted a young vulnerable woman and subjected her to violent attacks in Darwen has been jailed.

An award-winning pet bereavement business has submitted plans to open a new pet crematorium and company headquarters at a unit on a new industrial estate in Burnley.

A man who carried out an armed robbery at a shop in Accrington has been jailed.

Councils in East Lancashire are being given £3.55m the backing to take over some of their most notorious derelict buildings under a new Government regeneration fund.