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Hospital services in Blackpool depend on people from 65 different nationalities, and the town’s NHS boss has told of staff fearing going to work during recent violence.

Structural surveys of the decking of all three of Blackpool’s piers have now been completed following an incident last month when a woman fell around 30 feet from Central Pier.

A proposed £45m new office block which would rise to six storeys in height has got the go-ahead from Blackpool Council’s Planning Committee.

A fresh influx of 165 doctors has arrived at Blackpool Victoria Hospital and will be treating patients from across the Fylde coast and further afield.

A date has finally been set for the funeral of a murdered Blackpool toddler who has yet to be buried – more than a year after his death.

Online applications for Lancashire school places are now live.

People will be able to benefit from more frequent bus services in Lancashire from now thanks to increased funding.

Blackpool experienced a powerful dose of Girl Power as Spice Girl Mel B took center stage to kick off four months of dazzling Illuminations.

A Preston pub that was temporarily shut down after a mass brawl left a man with a suspected fractured skull will not reopen – and is set to be converted into bedsits.

Preston’s Old Tram Bridge was in such poor condition that it took less than half the time to demolish it as had been expected, the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS) can reveal.

Police are appealing for witnesses and footage following a serious collision in Hoghton.

A much-loved Preston social club has moved to reassure locals that it is not going to be bulldozed to make way for new houses.

An Islamic education facility in Preston is set to be turned into bedsits after the operation moves into a former pub nearby.

Online applications for Lancashire school places are now live.

People will be able to benefit from more frequent bus services in Lancashire from now thanks to increased funding.

An office block in Preston city centre is set to be turned into apartments.

Police are investigating following the discovery of a cannabis grow in Burnley.

A man has been jailed after an investigation by our online child abuse investigation team.

FIVE bus services around the Accrington area will be saved and improved following a decision by Lancashire County Council to finance them.

AN East Lancashire town looks set to get a new Aldi supermarket on a gateway site to its historic centre.

NEW Pendle and Clitheroe MP Jonathan Hinder has used his maiden speech in Parliament to call for the restoration of the Colne to Skipton rail link.

PROPOSALS for a £10.1million Marks and Spencer food hall on the Issa brothers’ Frontier Park have hit a major High Court hitch.

An ambitious project to improve and transform an 87-acre plot of East Lancashire land into a place where people can enjoy nature and outdoor activities has been officially launched.

16 vehicles have been seized in Blackburn.