Central Radio News from Sunday, March 1st, 2026

A local authority is to scrap its final remaining air quality management area as levels of harmful emissions from car exhausts at a busy junction have fallen.

A man’s been charged after a disturbance at a jobs fair organised by Blackpool South MP Chris Webb.

A bus driver from Preston is celebrating 50 years with the same company.

Volunteers in Leyland have launched an eco-friendly refill shop and community laundry to support local families.

The community’s rallied round an animal charity in Huncoat facing possible kennel closures.

A zebra crossing on a busy Darwen town centre road has finally been repaired after more than a year out of action.

The Reform UK administration at Lancashire County Council has set its first budget – promising what it described as a “tsunami of better services” for residents.

Proposals to transform a former charity shop in the centre of Blackpool into a new café have been approved by planners.