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

A £478,000 investment in Blackpool’s Grundy Art Gallery will continue their town’s commitment to culture.

Bowling operator Tenpin has announced the next round of new job vacancies up for grabs in the run-up to opening a new centre in Blackpool this summer.

Secondary school pupils and students from across Blackpool are benefitting from an AI super curriculum designed to boost digital skills and highlight employment opportunities in the cyber industry.

Residents across the Fylde Coast are being invited to step inside one of the world’s most iconic dance venues as part of a special community celebration marking the 100th anniversary of the Blackpool Dance Festival.

Blackpool’s Illuminations attracted in two-in-every-five visitors to the resort in late summer and autumn last year.

Blackpool and the Fylde College has been chosen to provide major new courses linked to Britain’s defence industry and potentially “highly-skilled, well-paid jobs”, thanks to a £10m investment.

The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has announced the new eagerly-awaited driving test centre for Blackpool will open later this week.

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

Preston City Council’s series of new waste and recycling initiatives begin next week

The family of a man who died in a collision in Rivington have paid a heartfelt tribute to him.

A long-running Preston nightclub has closed temporarily ahead of a possible rebrand.

A man has been arrested after a police chase through Preston ended in a crash involving several vehicles.

Eighty-three candidates will battle it out for places on Preston City Council at the local elections next month.

A teenage boy has been charged after a fire at a nightclub in the grounds of the Park Hall Hotel near Chorley.

Police are appealing for witnesses and footage after a man in his 30s died following a single vehicle road traffic collision in Rivington.

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.

Pendle Council’s leader says he ‘resents’ implications that public consultation about how a £1.5m government grant should be spent in towns and villages has not been robust.

Hyndburn MP Sarah Smith and the council’s Labour group have backed a union proposal for the staff of the East Lancashire BT offices scheduled for closure in the Blackburn telephone exchange.

Police are appealing for witnesses and footage after a man died in a collision in Blackburn.