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Blackpool Council has responded to claims made by Reform UK’s lead councillor over plans to house migrants locally whilst also refuting stats on the number of asylum seekers in the town.

Plans to create a gleaming new play space at Anchorsholme Park are moving forward after vandals wrecked the play area in a mindless attack last year.

A new message on the door of a popular pub-restaurant which is facing the axe has still left punters with questions.

Calls have been made for an empty pub and restaurant in Bispham – which closed last year – to be taken on by a successful pub chain.

Fylde Police and Lancashire County Council Trading Standards have carried out a recent test purchasing operation, targeting the sale of knives and other bladed items to underage buyers.

Blackpool Council adds further 24 residential roads to its resurfacing programme, including Devonshire Road - with 15 roads set to be completed before the summer holidays.

Worried residents living close to an area of Thornton polluted by ‘forever chemicals’ raised fears about health and property prices during a busy public meeting.

Blackpool Council is submitting a government bid for £30m to fix the colonnades.

Lancashire residents will get the chance to be at the heart of the Tour de France when it races through the county next year.

The family of a teenager who died after getting into difficulty in the River Ribble have paid a heartbreaking tribute to him.

An £8.6m pot of grant funding has been secured from Homes England to facilitate major redevelopment of the former Park Hotel in Preston city centre.

A man has appeared in court following a rooftop standoff with police in Chorley over the Bank Holiday weekend.

A nationwide furniture retailer is set to open its first store in Preston, planning documents have revealed.

Teenage ‘test purchasers’ were able to buy knives from one in four shops during undercover operations across Lancashire.

A man has been jailed after losing control of his car and crashing through a central reservation during a high speed police chase in Preston.

Thousands enjoy sunshine, music, food and carnival celebrations across Preston.

Eight stretches of road in Blackburn and Darwen are to be resurfaced over the next five weeks.

Much-loved author and poet Michael Rosen is set to headline Blackburn with Darwen’s Children’s and Young People’s Literature Festival in June.

Traders say they are relieved that controversial street works are complete and hope their high street can now ‘come back to life.’

Police are appealing for information and footage after a child was seriously injured in a collision in Bacup.

The Dude Perfect International Youth Cup is returning to Burnley Training Centre this weekend, with 20 teams from across the globe descending on Lancashire.

A five-year-old girl has died in hospital following a serious collision on the A59 at Gisburn last week.

Ten members of a drugs gang involved in the distribution and supply of cocaine in East Lancashire, have been given prison sentences totalling more than 52 years.

A man was left seriously injured following a road traffic collision in Darwen over the Bank Holiday weekend.