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Proposals to change a bungalow in a cul-de-sac in Thornton into a children’s home for one young person have been refused by planners at Wyre.

Residents close to Thornton’s Hillhouse Technology Enterprise Zone have the chance to ask questions and find out more about possible historic chemical contamination in the vicinity.

Wyre Council has announced the launch of a public consultation on the Cottam Hall Playing Fields Masterplan.

Blackpool is preparing to showcase another extraordinary festival of light over October half-term.

Standing tall and proud, Blackpool Tower is an iconic symbol of the British seaside. Now, as it celebrates 130 years of delighting and entertaining visitors, these are the stories of just some of the people to whom it means so much.

Two men have been arrested following a the execution of a warrant in Blackpool.

A man has been jailed for nine years after being found guilty of the manslaughter of Daniel Allsop in Blackpool last October.

Work is underway to demolish a former landmark building in Blackpool which has deteriorated into an eyesore since closing in 2019.

Plans have been unveiled to build dozens of retirement apartments on the border of Preston’s Moor Park.

Acts who made it big in the noughties could be added to the line-up of Leyland’s annual Music In The Park festival.

Police are appealing for witnesses and footage after a motorcyclist was left seriously injured following a road traffic collision in Barrow.

Two teenagers have died after the car they were travelling in left the road and collided with some trees near Preston.

The newly revitalised Guild Lounge, located within Preston’s iconic Guild Hall, is set to become a hub of entertainment this autumn.

An apartment block that will tower above Chorley town centre is set to be built on the site of the borough’s former magistrates’ court.

A huge nursery could be built in a Preston suburb after plans for a retail and residential development were scrapped.

A man injured in a serious collision in Chorley last month has died in hospital.

A man from East Lancashire has been jailed over his part in a Class A drug supply ring.

Burnley Council and the Environment Agency are delighted to announce that the government has committed to meeting the £19 million funding shortfall required to complete the vital flood defence scheme in Padiham.

Jail sentences of more than 20 years have been handed to a gang who supplied Class A drugs in East Lancashire and beyond.

A man has been jailed for life for murdering his housemate in Colne.

Renovation work on all three theatres in Colne’s newly formed Heritage Quarter is now complete.

A MOTHER of two battling a brain tumour is to get support from a team of legends from an East Lancashire football club.

Police are appealing for information after a man died in a collision on the M65.

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