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A bar in Blackpool has been closed down following a serious assault last month.

Ambitious proposals to extensively revamp Fleetwood’s Marine Hall – including the provision of a new café and outdoor seating – have now been lodged with Wyre planners.

Blackpool Pride Festival will be celebrating its 20th anniversary with a landmark three-day event and a two-day street party when it returns next month.

Blackpool Council has appointed Martin Lawton as its new Director of Adult Services.

A roundabout on the Fylde coast where a car recently smashed into the garden wall of a school has been called ‘a fatal accident waiting to happen’.

Residents who are against plans to build 99 new homes on fields in Carleton are planning a demonstration this weekend.

A married couple who are both councillors will be taking up their chains of office as the mayor and mayoress of Blackpool this week.

Three people have been sentenced for committing contempt of court by discussing evidence whilst a defendant was part-heard during a manslaughter trial.

A former high school teacher from Chorley who took more than a million upskirt images of pupils using secret cameras hidden in pens.

Preston’s colourful calendar of community events will soon receive a further investment boost, as an uplift in funding has been confirmed.

Lancashire County Council is asking people to have their say on plans to create 220 extra SEND places in the county.

Works are now underway to deliver major improvements at two of Preston’s much‑loved parks, Moor Park and Waverley Park, following approval for multimillion‑pound investment last year.

Matthew Brown is set to remain the leader of Preston City Council after the Labour group on the authority backed him to stay in the post.

Preston’s new Tram Bridge will officially open to the public on Friday 22 May, with a grand opening ceremony and a week-long community programme to celebrate.

A controversial bid to build up to 1,300 homes on farmland in South Ribble has been kicked out by councillors – with one of them condemning the planned development as “an absolute crime”.

A rogue roofer who scammed an 82 year old Preston householder out of thousands of pounds has been given a five-month jail sentence, suspended for 18 months.

Darwen Live – the UK’s biggest free music festival – is just one week away, with a huge line-up spanning three stages and more than 20 venues across the town centre.

A man has been found guilty of murdering Luke Harden in the Stacksteads area of Rossendale.

Preparatory work got under way this week for a project to improve the area around Countess Street in Accrington.

Blackburn’s landmark Exchange building is preparing to unveil the completion of the £1.5million redevelopment of its iconic octagonal tower on the weekend of May 30 and 31.

Lancashire Police says officers from the Hyndburn Task Force discovered a cannabis grow during a warrant at a property on Gloucester Avenue in Accrington.

The creation of a new railway station in Blackburn with Darwen and the long‑awaited extension of the East Lancashire line from Colne to Skipton have been identified as priorities for the new Lancashire Combined County Authority.

Blackburn with Darwen Council’s leader has called on Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer to resign after the Labour Party lost control of the authority in Thursday’s local elections.

A thug who attempted to kill a man and then boasted about it on voice notes to friends has today been jailed for 24 years.