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Stanley Park has marked its 100th anniversary with a special two-day celebration bringing together generations of Blackpool residents, visitors, volunteers, community groups and the people who help care for the much-loved park.

A man from Garstang has been given a 22-year sentence after abusing and raping a woman.

Blackpool is set to receive a share of £10m to improve access to healthy and affordable food for people in need.

Everyone is invited to Stanley Park this weekend for the main public celebration of the park's 100th birthday.

A pensioner old man has been jailed after sexually assaulting a young woman in the early 1990s.

An agreement has been reached between Lancashire County Council, Wyre Council and the operator of the Fleetwood to Knott End Ferry service to provide additional funding.

Blackpool’s original 1920s cinema The Regent is playing host to an international festival of short films which is normally staged in Manchester.

Thousands of Fylde households are receiving their brand-new food waste caddies from this week.

Police have seized a number of illegal e-bikes, e-scooters and off-road bikes from the streets of Preston as part of ongoing efforts to tackle anti-social behaviour.

Lancashire County Council could launch legal proceedings against the government after being left in the dark about the nature of an unexpected pause in plans for a radical local authority shake-up.

A Central Lancashire hotel that has been used as accommodation for asylum seekers for almost five years will be vacated by the end of December.

A new facility will open in Preston next week to support rough sleepers.

Preston’s city centre will be celebrating Christmas in style this year, with a packed programme of festive experiences that will bring festive magic to the city’s cultural Harris Quarter.

The transformation of the Harris museum, art gallery and library in Preston has been caught on a series of short films.

Preston City Council wants to be one of the authorities that takes over the running of support services for refugees living in Lancashire.

Preston North End have confirmed Graham Alexander as their new manager.

Burnley residents will have new opportunities to discover, celebrate and get involved in the town’s heritage following the official launch of High 5 for Heritage. 

A man has been found guilty of killing his brother with a punch at a social club in Rossendale.

Residents and motorists are being advised of planned highways improvements on Whalley Old Road – a busy route in Blackburn.

A major programme of improvements to Rawtenstall town centre is set to get underway as part of the Levelling Up East Lancashire programme.

Three Blackburn playgrounds are set for major upgrades after Blackburn with Darwen Council secured £270,000 from a government fund aimed at improving play facilities in some of England’s most deprived communities.

A man from Accrington has been sentenced after he engaged in sexual conversation online with a girl he believed was 13.   

The much-anticipated renovation of a major sports pitch in Accrington has been kicked into the long grass once again, it was revealed at a meeting of Hyndburn Council.

Burnley Council has scrapped plans to spend £436,000 building padel courts at Towneley Park, just six months after they were announced.