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• 'I dipped my toes in at local swimming spots – now I'm swimming the English Channel'

  A support worker from Leyland is taking on a huge challenge to swim from Dover to France.

• Antisocial behaviour crackdown to be introduced in Chorley town centre

  New rules are to be introduced to crack down on the menacing use of e-scooters, powered bikes and pedal cycles in and around Chorley town centre.

• Lancashire prepares for local government shake up

  Lancashire is gearing up for one of the most consequential weeks in its local government history as it awaits the outcome of an overhaul that will see the county’s 15 main councils abolished.

• Bid to bring government offices to redeveloped Preston site

  The government is being urged to make a regional outpost of one of its biggest departments the centrepiece of a long-planned transformation of Preston city centre.

• Government defends Guild Hall response

  The government has rejected criticism of its response to calls for support to secure the future of Preston’s Guild Hall.

• Appeal after two die following collision near Wrightington hospital

  Police are appealing for information and footage after two people died following a collision earlier today in Wrightington.

• Preston waste review begins

  A wholesale review of Preston City Council’s waste collection service is under way in an attempt to rectify problems that emerged following a recent overhaul, the Local Democracy Reporting Service has learned.

• Ruling Reform group backs Farage’s resignation

  The Reform UK group that runs Lancashire County Council says Nigel Farage has done “the right thing” by quitting as an MP to trigger a parliamentary by-election.