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Proposals to change a bungalow in a cul-de-sac in Thornton into a children’s home for one young person have been refused by planners at Wyre.

Residents close to Thornton’s Hillhouse Technology Enterprise Zone have the chance to ask questions and find out more about possible historic chemical contamination in the vicinity.

Wyre Council has announced the launch of a public consultation on the Cottam Hall Playing Fields Masterplan.

Blackpool is preparing to showcase another extraordinary festival of light over October half-term.

Standing tall and proud, Blackpool Tower is an iconic symbol of the British seaside. Now, as it celebrates 130 years of delighting and entertaining visitors, these are the stories of just some of the people to whom it means so much.

Two men have been arrested following a the execution of a warrant in Blackpool.

A man has been jailed for nine years after being found guilty of the manslaughter of Daniel Allsop in Blackpool last October.

Work is underway to demolish a former landmark building in Blackpool which has deteriorated into an eyesore since closing in 2019.

Plans have been unveiled to build dozens of retirement apartments on the border of Preston’s Moor Park.

Acts who made it big in the noughties could be added to the line-up of Leyland’s annual Music In The Park festival.

Police are appealing for witnesses and footage after a motorcyclist was left seriously injured following a road traffic collision in Barrow.

Two teenagers have died after the car they were travelling in left the road and collided with some trees near Preston.

The newly revitalised Guild Lounge, located within Preston’s iconic Guild Hall, is set to become a hub of entertainment this autumn.

An apartment block that will tower above Chorley town centre is set to be built on the site of the borough’s former magistrates’ court.

A huge nursery could be built in a Preston suburb after plans for a retail and residential development were scrapped.

A man injured in a serious collision in Chorley last month has died in hospital.

A man from East Lancashire has been jailed over his part in a Class A drug supply ring.

Burnley Council and the Environment Agency are delighted to announce that the government has committed to meeting the £19 million funding shortfall required to complete the vital flood defence scheme in Padiham.

Jail sentences of more than 20 years have been handed to a gang who supplied Class A drugs in East Lancashire and beyond.

A man has been jailed for life for murdering his housemate in Colne.

Renovation work on all three theatres in Colne’s newly formed Heritage Quarter is now complete.

A MOTHER of two battling a brain tumour is to get support from a team of legends from an East Lancashire football club.

Police are appealing for information after a man died in a collision on the M65.

Police are investigating following the discovery of a cannabis grow in Burnley.

Wyre Council invited us to explore this fantastic community asset where bargain hunters travel from all four corners of the country.

Central Radio is proud to announce its donation of an exclusive advertising package as a raffle prize for the highly anticipated Galloways Charity Ball, set to take place on November 9, 2024.

Plans for a new office, security and small passenger handling building for Blackpool Airport have been submitted to Fylde Council.

Penwortham is set to welcome an exciting addition to its community this summer with the opening of *Playspace*, a new children’s play centre and café located on Liverpool Road.

One of the leading figures in Blackpool’s tourism industry is set to take on a new role which will focus on a united vision for the resort.

Let's roll back the clock to 1979 and compare the local housing and property market to the present day, we speak to our friends at Forbes Estates & Letting Agents in Preston.

BLACKBURN family firm Graham and Brown has welcomed its fourth generation into the business as a 26-year-old International Business graduate takes over as Community and Social Manager.

After almost four decades, main presenter Lucy Meacock announces live on air she is leaving Granada Reports.

He's been given a six-month suspended sentence

Violence has “no part to play at all in politics”, Sir Keir Starmer has said after an apparent assassination attempt on former US president Donald Trump.

Nearly four in five (78%) students say money worries are causing them significant stress.

The Government is being urged to “boldly commit” to rewilding 30% of land and seas by 2030, as polling shows high levels of support for the approach.

Warm weather is set to sweep parts of the UK next week despite a fog warning in the west on Monday.

The deputy leader of the Liberal Democrats has said she is “pretty sure” the party will “keep going” with stunts if they continue to help deliver policy messages.

Scottish star Richard Gadd has collected three Emmy Awards for writing, producing and starring in the Netflix hit series Baby Reindeer during the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards.

Four-week waits for a GP appointment could be on course to reach a new record high this year, according to analysis by the Liberal Democrats