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Thousands of Blackpool schoolchildren are set to benefit from improved school meals after local chefs completed a new training programme.

A new multi-million pound data centre to be sited on the edge of Blackpool is set to bring a major jobs boost to the Fylde coast.

Residents who live close to a stinking landfill site in Fleetwood are being given a chance to describe how the issue has impacted on their health in a new survey.

The transformation of St Annes town centre continues next week as two improvement projects get underway, which will improve links between the town centre, the seafront and Ashton Gardens.

The former boss of a restaurant in Poulton-le-Fylde who set fire to it in a revenge attack against its new owners has been jailed.

Aspiring entrepreneurs in Wyre are being given the opportunity to develop real-world business skills through a unique training programme at Fleetwood Market.

A road campaigner has slammed Government-owned National Highways as a disgrace for its work on the ‘botched’ A585 bypass at Windy Harbour and ‘dangerous’ Norcross Roundabout.

Families across Fylde can dust off their vintage finest and prepare to step back in time as the much-loved Lytham 1940s Weekend returns this summer.

Preston City Council will introduce weekly food waste collections across the city from April 2026.

Lancashire will get almost £29m more in transport funding from the government in two years’ time than it does today.

Preston is poised to get its first council houses in more than 20 years – with new-build properties in the north of the city being eyed up for purchase.

Dozens of new homes are to be built in a Chorley village amid concern over the lack of services for the people who will eventually move into them.

Chorley Council has given the green light to a £4m refurbishment of one of the borough’s leisure centres.

Political leaders across Lancashire are readying their troops to fight local elections that it appeared were never going to happen, after the government staged a dramatic U-turn over a previous decision to scrap electoral contests.

Police are appealing for witnesses and footage after a woman in her 70s was left with life threatening injuries following a road traffic collision in Preston.

A teenager driver and his passenger suffered serious injuries following a collision involving two cars and a lorry on the M6 last night.

Residents in an area of Burnley have seen an eight-fold increase in the length of some journeys after a bridge was closed for repairs, it has been claimed.

Blackburn Household Waste Recycling Centre now has an added reuse shop, where residents can donate or buy preloved items.

Prison sentences of almost 80 years have been handed to an OCG who supplied drugs in East Lancashire.

Plans for a creative business hub in the former St John’s Church in Blackburn took a major step forward this week, as councillors agreed to appoint Barnfield Construction as contractor for the £8.5million redevelopment.

Political leaders across Lancashire are readying their troops to fight local elections that it appeared were never going to happen, after the government staged a dramatic U-turn over a previous decision to scrap electoral contests.

An RSPCA shelter in East Lancashire is facing possible closure as rising bills and falling legacy donations hit finances. 

A man has been jailed for an assault committed outside the Vue Cinema in Blackburn.

Three men have been jailed for their part in a fight in a Blackburn car park.