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Stalled plans to build a new multi-million pound magistrates court in Blackpool are progressing with a new developer for the major project announced.

Wyre Council leader Michael Vincent has called on the Government to make an urgent intervention over historic contamination in parts of Thornton by cancer-causing chemical PFOA.

A Blackpool woman fears being left broke if her home is sold to the council and demolished as part of a controversial regeneration scheme.

A vital service in Blackpool offering support for people recovering from addictions has staged a special event to highlight the impact it has been having.

There’s a new name on the Blackpool street map, and it leads to a whole lot of Happiness.

An innovative theatre in Blackpool which had to leave its premises last year is making a splash with its new base.

Blackpool’s public light-art festival, Lightpool Festival returns this October half term - and celebrates its ten-year anniversary.

There’s less than two weeks to go until Stanley Park marks its 100th anniversary, with a spectacular day of family fun, entertainment and a dazzling drone show.

A Chorley businessman has issued a direct challenge to Prime Minister Andy Burnham as he announced the closure of a Bowen Pies shop amid rising costs.

Preston City Council has launched a new Community Health Grant Scheme to support local organisations delivering projects that help improve health outcomes for residents across the city.

A new cycle hub has been unveiled at Preston Station which aims to make riding around the city easier, safer and more inclusive. 

A former magistrate has hit out at how the long-term closure of a court building in Central Lancashire has been handled.

A teacher at a Preston secondary school says the high standards for which it has been recognised risk being unravelled by plans to turn it into an academy – and that staff are fighting “to save our school community as we know it”.

Residents across Lancashire are being invited to have their say on a plan about making sure the county has enough of the materials, such as sand, gravel and stone to build homes, roads and other things, in the future.

A man has been given a nine-year sentence for sexually assaulting and attempting to rape a young girl.

The countdown is on for Encounter Festival, as the full programme is unveiled for a packed day of free outdoor performances, interactive installations, family activities and a spectacular Torchlight Procession in the centre of Preston.

Burnley Council has scrapped plans to spend £436,000 building padel courts at Towneley Park, just six months after they were announced.

Blackpool Council says it is aware that a small number of beggars are taking an increasingly aggressive and intimidating approach – and is working with partners to tackle the issue.

A teenager from Haslingden has been sentenced after driving in excess of 150mph on the M65 earlier this year.

Burnley has been awarded £20 million through the Government’s Pride in Place programme to support investment in the town over the next decade – and the first funding awards have now been approved.

An Accrington man has been jailed for raping a young woman. 

Burnley Council still needs to find almost £1.7 million of savings over the next three years despite having already delivered £29.5 million of cuts and efficiencies since 2010, new financial planning documents reveal.

A man has been jailed after pleading guilty to possession of a Class A drug with intent to supply, after being caught with 1kg of cocaine in his car in Nelson.

An initiative to offer free bulky waste collections to Blackburn with Darwen’s 150,000 residents has become the ‘victim of its own success’, a council report has admitted.