East Lancashire News from Sunday, February 1st, 2026

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.

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

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.