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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.

Stalled plans to build a new multi-million pound magistrates court in Blackpool are progressing with a new developer for the major project announced.

Wyre Council leader Michael Vincent has called on the Government to make an urgent intervention over historic contamination in parts of Thornton by cancer-causing chemical PFOA.

A Blackpool woman fears being left broke if her home is sold to the council and demolished as part of a controversial regeneration scheme.

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.

Investigations have failed to reveal the cause of two sinkholes that opened up during a facelift of part of Preston city centre.

A building that has stood vacant on a busy street on the edge of Preston city centre for almost two decades is finally set to be brought back to life.

A Chorley businessman has issued a direct challenge to Prime Minister Andy Burnham as he announced the closure of a Bowen Pies shop amid rising costs.

Preston City Council has launched a new Community Health Grant Scheme to support local organisations delivering projects that help improve health outcomes for residents across the city.

A new cycle hub has been unveiled at Preston Station which aims to make riding around the city easier, safer and more inclusive. 

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.

Blackpool Council says it is aware that a small number of beggars are taking an increasingly aggressive and intimidating approach – and is working with partners to tackle the issue.

A teenager from Haslingden has been sentenced after driving in excess of 150mph on the M65 earlier this year.

Burnley has been awarded £20 million through the Government’s Pride in Place programme to support investment in the town over the next decade – and the first funding awards have now been approved.

An Accrington man has been jailed for raping a young woman.