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Planners at Fylde Council are set to make a decision on proposals for a huge development of more than 150 homes in the village of Warton.

Banner-holding protesters have raised concerns over an ambitious data centre project earmarked for Blackpool.

Residents living directly opposite a works compound which serves the ongoing £31 million Anchorsholme Coastal Protection Scheme have issued a formal complaint about the effects of the activities there.

The acclaimed vocal harmony group G4 will bring their Christmas tour to Blackpool's iconic Tower Ballroom this December for an evening of festive favourites.

The countdown is on until Blackpool’s Tower Festival Headland is transformed into a magical winter wonderland as Christmas By The Sea returns for another festive season.

Men from Blackpool, Poulton and Fleetwood have been convicted of hacking into thousands of social media accounts and stealing private images.

Blackpool residents will be able to enjoy more theatre, music, poetry and creative activities on their doorstep thanks to a new two-year programme backed by £90,000 of Arts Council England funding.

A huge planning application for a residential development of up to 250 homes on a greenfield site in rural Fylde is due to go before planners next week.

Preston City Council has agreed a new 10-year lease with Escapade Events for a unit at Animate.

The King could be involved in the process of ensuring Preston doesn’t lose its status as a city when the current council is abolished.

A Preston landlady is appealing for volunteers to help deliver free Christmas dinners to vulnerable residents who might otherwise spend Christmas Day alone.

Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service has condemned an attack on firefighters who had fireworks fired at them while responding to an incident  in Preston.

Preston has taken the first step on the road to transforming a key part of its city centre after long-awaited plans to redevelop the car park of the Fishergate Shopping Centre were given the green light.

A man has been sentenced after racially abusing a petrol station worker and spitting on the faces of two police officers in Chorley.

Lancashire Police is warning people to be aware of sextortion following a rise in reports of online blackmail across Preston.

Families, runners and festive fundraisers are being invited to Worden Park in Leyland this November for a Christmas-themed event supporting mental health across Lancashire.

A shop in Nelson has been ordered to close for three months, following a number of failed inspections and test purchases.

Darwen is set to kick off the festive season in spectacular style as chart-topping dance legends Ultrabeat have been announced as the headline act for this year’s Darwen Christmas Lights Switch-On.

More than 2,500 items of suspected fake goods have been seized from a shop in Accrington.

A proactive operation tackling antisocial behaviour in Blackburn Town Centre has seen officers make arrests and carry out dozens of stop searches in three weeks, since the launch of Operation Nox.

Lancashire Police has joined partners to carry out a day of action in Darwen, targeting antisocial behaviour.

A man who raped and sexually assaulted a young vulnerable woman and subjected her to violent attacks in Darwen has been jailed.

An award-winning pet bereavement business has submitted plans to open a new pet crematorium and company headquarters at a unit on a new industrial estate in Burnley.

A man who carried out an armed robbery at a shop in Accrington has been jailed.