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• Graduated licence plans called for by local councillors

  Councillors have urged the government to bring in a graduated driving licence scheme for young motorists in the wake of a horror crash earlier this month in which a Blackburn taxi driver was killed and three Bolton teenagers died.

• Councillors pay tribute to retiring head of Blackpool’s Adult Care in Full Council

  Councillors have paid tribute to the work of Blackpool’s Director of Adult Social Services following her retirement from the role.

• Antisocial behaviour rules proposed for parts of Preston

  Tough new rules – which would see fines of £100 dished out to those who breach them – could be introduced in parts of Preston to tackle the antisocial behaviour found to have been blighting the lives of law-abiding locals.

• School crossing plea raised again

  The issue of a long-awaited pedestrian crossing for a suburban Blackburn primary has been raised again with the borough’s highways boss.

• Fund for Blackburn girl, swept out to sea reaches £50k

  Over £50,000 has been raised to help fund a private search for a seven-year-old girl from Lancashire who went missing in Morocco.