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A married couple who are both councillors will be taking up their chains of office as the mayor and mayoress of Blackpool this week.

Three people have been sentenced for committing contempt of court by discussing evidence whilst a defendant was part-heard during a manslaughter trial.

It’s Foster Care Fortnight, the UK’s largest campaign to raise awareness of the positive impact of fostering.

Blackpool Pleasure Beach has been mapped in detailed 3D for the first time through a partnership involving Ordnance Survey, Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service and the Lancashire Local Resilience Forum.

Councillors in Blackpool’s Brunswick ward are looking to have CCTV cameras installed in a fly-tipping blackspot.

Lancashire Police has charged two men following an incident in Blackpool on 29 April.

Plans have been put forward to open a ‘Parrot Experience’ at premises in Blackpool town centre.

The Conservatives have claimed a double win in last night’s Ansdell Park and Kirkham South wards parish by-elections, holding both seats.

A controversial bid to build up to 1,300 homes on farmland in South Ribble has been kicked out by councillors – with one of them condemning the planned development as “an absolute crime”.

A rogue roofer who scammed an 82 year old Preston householder out of thousands of pounds has been given a five-month jail sentence, suspended for 18 months.

A man has been charged with making a bomb threat and sending threatening communication in Preston.

Cheryl Taylor has been named chair of the new Ribbleton Pride in Place Neighbourhood Board, which will manage £20 million of Government regeneration funding over the next decade.

Criminals targeted more than a dozen Lancashire churches a month last year.

Labour has lost its sole grip on power at Preston City Council after the authority slipped into no overall control following the local elections.

North West Ambulance Service chief executive Salman Desai has been named in the Health Service Journal’s Top 50 NHS Chief Executives list for 2026.

Rosemere Cancer Foundation has thanked cardiac physiologist Kat Smith after she completed the Manchester Marathon as part of a major fundraising challenge

Preparatory work got under way this week for a project to improve the area around Countess Street in Accrington.

Blackburn’s landmark Exchange building is preparing to unveil the completion of the £1.5million redevelopment of its iconic octagonal tower on the weekend of May 30 and 31.

Lancashire Police says officers from the Hyndburn Task Force discovered a cannabis grow during a warrant at a property on Gloucester Avenue in Accrington.

The creation of a new railway station in Blackburn with Darwen and the long‑awaited extension of the East Lancashire line from Colne to Skipton have been identified as priorities for the new Lancashire Combined County Authority.

Blackburn with Darwen Council’s leader has called on Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer to resign after the Labour Party lost control of the authority in Thursday’s local elections.

A thug who attempted to kill a man and then boasted about it on voice notes to friends has today been jailed for 24 years.

The Blackburn Bus Company will replace Blackburn Private Hire as the primary operator for three local bus routes from May 18.

A new late night rail service is being introduced for this year’s Lytham Festival.