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• Town hall asbestos works underway at Preston Town Hall

  Work is getting under way at Preston Town Hall to remove asbestos which has delayed repairs to toilet facilities in the building.

• Preston car park plan resurrected

  The majority of the site once occupied by the Odeon Cinema and Tokyo Jo’s nightclub in Preston could be turned into a permanent car park.

• Chorley joiner sentenced for burglary after trying on and stealing customer's underwear

  A joiner from Chorley who rummaged through a client’s underwear drawers has been sentenced.

• Eccleston bakery products shortlisted in Great British Food Awards

  The team at a Lancashire bakery are celebrating after five of their products were shortlisted in the Great British Food Awards on their first time entering.

• Tour of Britain Women's cycling stage brings incredible atmosphere to Lancashire

  Thousands of spectators lined the route as the Lloyds Tour of Britain Women's elite cycle race came to Lancashire.

• Lancashire residents warned of unpaid parking charge text message scam

  Lancashire residents have been warned about a scam where fraudulent messages are sent about unpaid parking charges.

• Road closures announced as Tour of Britain women's cycling race visits Lancashire

  A programme of road closures will be in place when an elite women's cycling race visits Lancashire in a first for the county.

• Emergency services called to road traffic collision in Buckshaw Village

  Emergency services have been called to a road crash in Buckshaw Village.