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A new three-year community safety plan aimed at building on falling crime rates in Blackpool is set to be approved by the council.

The owners of up to 500 properties in Thornton have been advised to attend a drop-in session to find out more about the presence of a chemical linked to cancer.

Police in Fleetwood have won a national crime prevention award for their work tackling organised crime in the town.

Proposals to install a steel anti-vandal art feature directly onto the frontage of Sainsbury’s flagship Blackpool store have been thrown out by planners.

Police and council partners in Blackpool have secured two partial closure orders following reports of crime and anti-social behaviour.

Security fencing measuring seven-and-half feet high is to be installed along part of the Bonny Street Market site in readiness for the market reopening.

Members of a Blackpool drug-supply gang have been given custodial sentences totalling more than 63 years.  

A 50-year-old man had died after the e-bike he was riding collided with a parked car in Fleetwood.

Two Preston North End Women players say a visit to a Preston support centre has strengthened their commitment to this year’s Big PNE Sleep Out.

North West Ambulance Service says it’s making changes after listening to feedback from more than a thousand volunteers.

Drivers in Leyland are being warned of disruption as temporary traffic lights are installed at one of the town’s busiest junctions.

Preston’s MP has written to the Culture Secretary urging government support to bring a major venue back to the city.

The backlog in the assessment system for determining the support required by Lancashire children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) is on course to be cleared in less than two months.

Parking restrictions are to be widened close to an expanding school in suburban Preston.

The Harris in Preston has announced that it has welcomed a new intern through the DFN Project SEARCH supported internship programme.

There are more than 1,000 empty properties in Preston that could be providing desperately needed accommodation for a range of residents.

Blackburn with Darwen Council has missed three of its own performance targets.

Blackburn with Darwen Council has told the government the best structure for local government after Lancashire devolution in 2028 is three new all-purpose councils for the county.

A padel club in Nelson says it’s seen more than a hundred players taking to the courts in the early hours during Ramadan.

Burnley College is bidding to become one of the UK’s Technical Excellence Colleges for Advanced Manufacturing.

Residents in Accrington are being invited to a special event celebrating ten years of progress at Accrington Stanley.

Darwen residents are being invited to help shape the future of the town’s library.

Work is poised to start on Phase Three of the repurposing of Great Harwood’s historic Mercer Hall.

Senior councillors have approved the appointment of Star Academies to occupy the first building of Blackburn’s proposed £45million town centre Skills and Education Campus.