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Blackpool’s former Abingdon Street Post Office is on the brink of a multi-million pound transformation into a top-name hotel.

The date has been set for a drop-in session to discuss the ongoing odour issues with a landfill site in Fleetwood.

The new operator of Blackpool’s Backlot Cinema is set to take over this Friday – and has reassured customers that there will be no immediate changes.

A Blackpool man has avoided prison after admitting killing a motorcyclist while driving in Knott End.

Lancashire Police say arrests for drink and drug driving have risen by 20% compared to the same period last year.

There’s a new team out to lend assistance to passengers on Blackpool’s trams and buses – and their distinctive uniforms are hard to miss.

Defender dragons, pampered pooches and wild wonders of the woodland are set to light up Blackpool, all created in collaboration with four nationally acclaimed artists.

Police have charged 20 people and seized numerous weapons as part of an operation to tackle Class A drug dealing in Blackpool and the Fylde.

A man has been jailed after admitting a strong of sex offences against a teenage girl.

Plans to turn a vacant office building in Preston city centre into dozens of bedsits have been blocked – amid fears the location would prove too noisy for future residents.

Chorley Council does not want traveller families in the borough, according to the representative of a community which has been told it must leave a site where it had hoped to create a permanent home.

Police are appealing for information and witnesses after a man was left seriously injured following a collision in Rivington.

The accident happened on Thursday night on the A6 and witnesses are sought.

Kebabs containing completely different meats to what they were advertised as, have been discovered during food sampling investigations across Lancaster, Preston and Burnley.

A cobbled street on the cusp of Preston's green city oasis Winckley Square is the focus for the final episode of the second series of The Parched Pea Podcast.

A man who fatally stabbed a teenager in Ormskirk and then went on the run for 18 months has today been jailed for life.  

A man has been jailed after leaving a baby with significant injuries in Burnley.

Blackburn with Darwen Council’s finance boss has warned that the authority faces a potential cash gap of £7.8million by the end of the financial year based on spending figures for the three months to June 30.

A row has broken out over whether plans for a Lancashire school to teach some of its students maths using a teacher in Devon amount to a return to the remote learning of the Covid lockdown era.

Police have arrested three men following a fatal collision in Clayton-le-Woods on Thursday.

Police are investigating a serious collision after a car travelled the wrong way on the M65 in East Lancashire.

Police are appealing for information and footage after a pedestrian was fatally struck by a vehicle while crossing the road in Crawshawbooth on Friday night.

A man has been further charged with attempted murder as part of an investigation into two serious incidents in Accrington last month.

Kebabs containing completely different meats to what they were advertised as, have been discovered during food sampling investigations across Lancaster, Preston and Burnley.

The legendary Funny Girls cabaret venue on Dickson Road is officially up for sale.

Preston’s highly anticipated world buffet restaurant is set to open its doors at the end of this month.

Local radio station offers exciting opportunity to work in media sales, with flexible hours and great earning potential.

Local florist ‘What The Flowers’ marks new chapter with emotional tribute and charity event for RNLI and Leukaemia Care.

Escaping from the clutches of the gas chambers aged just three - Lady Milena has reflected on her life as an adopted Prestonian ever since.

Burnley-based One Stop Refurbs celebrates over 16 years of delivering top-tier property refurbishment services across Lancashire, earning stellar customer reviews and recognition from local trading standards.​

A new sports venue, ‘Just Padel’, has officially opened in Preston this week, transforming the long-vacant Staples Office Outlet on Corporation Street into a thriving hub for the increasingly popular sport of padel.

Preston Markets is proud to celebrate one of its longest serving traders, Sheridan’s Bags and Bags, which marks 60 years of trading this year.  

The Premier League has said it will launch a full investigation after Liverpool’s curtain-raiser against Bournemouth at Anfield was halted when visiting forward Antoine Semenyo reported being racially abused by a spectator.

A Labour councillor who called for far-right activists’ throats to be cut at an anti-racism rally in the wake of the Southport murders has been found not guilty of encouraging violent disorder.

A 99-year-old veteran who served in the Second World War and helped evacuate prisoners of war after VJ Day has said the horrors of war “should never be forgotten”, on the 80th anniversary of the Japanese surrender.

A new photograph of the Princess Royal has been released to mark her 75th birthday.

The Government will use social media influencers to highlight the risks of travelling abroad for cosmetic procedures such as hair transplants and dental work under new plans.

The King and Queen will honour Second World War veterans on the 80th anniversary of VJ Day.

European leaders including Sir Keir Starmer could attend a second meeting with Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky which could bring the war in Ukraine to an end, the US president has said.

The death of a teenage girl, who was left alone at a children’s mental health ward by an inexperienced agency worker using fake ID, has been ruled as an unlawful killing by an inquest jury.