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Two residents at a care home in Blackpool were rushed to hospital following a fire and 21 others were treated at the scene.

New weekly food waste collections are to launch alongside household bin collection changes in Blackpool.

Upgrade works on tram tracks in Fleetwood are set to resume following the Easter holiday.

Campaigners against a stinking landfill site in Fleetwood are challenging data provided by statutory bodies in regard to air quality and public safety.

Blackpool Council has responded to concerns over the safety of proposed rock groynes for Blackpool beach – and insists they are the best option to safeguard the resort’s famous golden sands.

​​​​​​​Wyre Council has formally signed a new contract with Parkwood Leisure, working in partnership with the charitable organisation Creating Active Futures, to manage the borough’s leisure centres from next month.

Blackpool’s Grundy Art Gallery celebrated a landmark cultural moment as it welcomed guests to an exclusive preview event to mark the arrival of a rare Monet masterpiece.

Police and partner agencies in Blackpool are to take part in a new Home Office funded pilot project aimed at improving the response to spiking reports.

A rogue landscaper and roofer who scammed four householders in Chorley and Manchester out of thousands of pounds has been given a suspended 22-month jail sentence.

Patients in Lancashire are being warned that resident doctors are set to strike just after the Easter bank holiday weekend.

Chorley’s Neighbourhood Policing Team have secured a closure order at a problem address.

The NHS has purchased the final plot of land needed to build a new Royal Preston Hospital – even though construction work is not due to begin for more than a decade.

A teenager who was the victim of a sexual assault was praised by a judge during the sentencing of the man who attacked her.

Hundreds of people slept out at Preston North End’s Deepdale stadium last night to raise money for homeless people.

The Chorley Flower Show returns to Astley Park this summer.

Preston residents can now check how – and whether – their bin collection days will change as part of the biggest shake-up of the city’s waste service in almost 15 years.

Two people have been arrested as part of an investigation into the death of a man from Blackburn.

Five men who ran or assisted in running the ‘Max’ drug line, based in Bradford, bringing drugs across into East Lancashire, have been jailed.

A man has been disqualified from driving for a year and jailed for eight months for dangerous driving to avoid police.

A contractor has been appointed to deliver the next stage of the complex repair project on Haslingden Old Road.

A registered sex offender has been jailed for breaching a Sexual Harm Prevention Order.

Families across Hyndburn are being invited to enjoy a packed programme of Easter activities at Accrington Market

A parish council chairman has expressed fears that Blackburn with Darwen’s new free bulky waste collection service will be abused and even used to dodge the cost of house clearances.

Plans have been revealed for Blackburn to get its own mayor following local government reorganisation.