Blackpool Wyre & Fylde News
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Blackpool blaze destroys soft play centre and damages neighbouring shopsSeveral business owners have been left heartbroken after a major fire tore through a commercial building on Waterloo Road in Blackpool’s South Shore.
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Tourism company to manage major Blackpool attractionOne of Blackpool’s most iconic venues is set for an exciting new chapter after plans were agreed to transfer its operation to Blackpool Council’s wholly owned tourism company.
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Fylde businesses thrive with free support programmeA free business support programme in Fylde is helping local entrepreneurs turn ideas into successful businesses.
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Homelessness in Blackpool twice the national averageBlackpool is continuing to face homelessness levels more than twice the national average, according to a new council report.
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Wyre Council confirm weekly food waste collections will launch in AprilWyre Council is preparing to launch a new weekly food waste collection service for all households from the middle of April.
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Poulton man handed five year prison sentence for Class A drugs offencesA Poulton-le-Fylde man has been handed a five year prison sentence for possession with intent to supply Class A drugs.
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Lancaster Park Show 2026 is revealedThis summer's walkabout theatre show in Williamson Park in Lancaster has been exclusively announced on Central Radio.
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Community union offers to help Blackpool’s Revoe residents worried over homes demolition planResidents worried over plans to demolish homes in Blackpool’s Revoe area as part of a controversial regeneration plan have been offered help by a national community union group.
Preston, Leyland & Chorley News
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Longridge paedophile jailed for sexual abuse of two young girlsA pervert who sexually abused two young girls has been jailed for almost 20 years.
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Preston Bus defend fare risePreston Bus has defended a recent rise in its fares, claiming that it has been left more than £100,000 a year out of pocket by central and local government funding for two price-reduction schemes for passengers.
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Police’s share of council tax to rise by 5.4%Lancashire’s Police and Crime Commissioner has pledged that his 5.4 % increase in the council tax charge he levies on households will be used to boost neighbourhood patrols, digital and financial investigations, roads policing and modern IT systems.
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Temporary school planned for outskirts of Preston might never be builtA temporary school planned for the outskirts of Preston might never be constructed.
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Teenage boy suffers fractured skull at Preston car meetA teenage boy suffered a fractured skull when he was hit by a vehicle during a car meet in Preston over the weekend.
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Antisocial behaviour rules proposed for parts of PrestonTough new rules – which would see fines of £100 dished out to those who breach them – could be introduced in parts of Preston to tackle the antisocial behaviour found to have been blighting the lives of law-abiding locals.
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Walk in the Dark event turns 18Rosemere Cancer Foundation’s Walk in the Dark is marking a major milestone this year as the event turns 18.
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Fourteen illegal and abandoned vehicles seized in Preston enforcement driveOfficers from Preston’s Neighbourhood Policing and Prosper Partnership Team have carried out another ‘Skip the Whip’ - a multi-agency operation to tackle illegal and abandoned vehicles.
East Lancashire News
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Great Harwood's Mercer Hall wins £60k Arts Council grantGreat Harwood’s historic Mercer Hall has been given a £60,000 grant to develop a new arts and culture programme.
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Illegal E-bikes and E-scooters seized in BlackburnA police operation in Blackburn targeting anti-social behaviour has led to the seizure of more than a dozen illegal bikes and e-scooters.
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Admission numbers cut at Blackburn and Darwen primariesTwo Blackburn with Darwen primary schools are to reduce their admission numbers.
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Burnley residents urged to reject merger with BlackburnThe leader of Burnley Council has told his councillor colleagues they must do all they can to persuade borough residents to tell the latest consultation on Lancashire devolution-related Local Government Reorganisation they don’t want to be merged into a new authority with Blackburn with Darwen.
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Calls for clarity over future of day centres at risk of closureA group of under-threat Lancashire day centres should be given “the same assurance” about their futures that has been offered to care homes previously in the same position, a councillor has said.
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Man who violently raped woman in Burnley given lengthy jail termA man who attacked and raped a woman in Burnley has been given a sentence totalling 23 years.
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Former police officer jailed coercive and controlling behaviour towards a womanA former police officer has been jailed after admitting coercive and controlling behaviour towards a woman.
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Upcoming traffic changes set to begin in Burnley as improvement works startResidents, businesses and visitors travelling through Burnley are being advised of upcoming changes to Manchester Road as part of a major public realm and transport improvement scheme.
Today's Weather
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BlackpoolLight rain
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PrestonLight rain
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ChorleyLight rain
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BurnleyMedium-level cloud
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