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• Operation targets County Lines drug activity across Preston

  A joint multi-agency operation has led to multiple arrests, vehicle seizures and proactive activity aimed at disrupting County Lines drug dealing in Preston.

• New e-bike law as Lancs leads crackdown

  New laws regulating e-bikes and e-scooters could be introduced by the Government amid growing concerns over their misuse, with Lancashire among the most active areas in the country for enforcement action.

• Preston station cash secured

  A long-planned new railway station for suburban Preston is finally set to get off the drawing board after the cash needed to build it was secured.

• ‘Fake or Real? Know the Deal’: Lancashire Police tackles growing deepfake threat

  Lancashire Police has launched Fake or Real? Know the Deal, a campaign designed to help young people and families recognise and respond to the growing threat posed by artificial intelligence generated deepfakes.

• Council leaders react to delays in Local Government Reorganisation plans

  There are calls for a wholesale rethink of plans to abolish and replace all of Lancashire’s councils after ministers announced the process had been paused while checks are carried out to ensure it is lawful.

• Plans for local government reorganisation in Lancashire paused

  Plans to abolish Lancashire’s 15 councils and replace them with four new authorities have been put on hold by the Government, pending a future review.

• New road rules for new-look Preston city centre

  Vehicles are to be driven out of several Preston city centre shopping streets at the busiest times of the day.

• Council to end role coordinating refugee resettlement schemes

  The County Council will withdraw from its role as the coordinating authority for refugee resettlement schemes across Lancashire.