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Blackpool Council needs to find £16m in savings during the next year as it prepares for the imminent budget for 2026/27.

The operators of Guy’s Thatched Hamlet have announced they have ceased trading after 46 years.

People are advised to avoid eating domestically produced eggs or egg-laying poultry from within 1km of an industrial site in Thornton.

Councillors have paid tribute to the work of Blackpool’s Director of Adult Social Services following her retirement from the role.

A leading figure in Blackpool’s transport sector has announced that she’s set to retire later this year after a successful career in trains, trams and buses.

A man who was seriously injured in a collision on the A585 in Poulton-le-Fylde earlier this month has died.

A piano and theatre teacher from Poulton-le-Fylde who engaged in sexual communication with a 14-year-old girl has been jailed.

Volunteers from across Lancashire will gather on St Annes beach next month to plant thousands of donated Christmas trees as part of vital work to protect coastal communities from flooding.

Lancashire’s Police and Crime Commissioner has pledged that his 5.4 % increase in the council tax charge he levies on households will be used to boost neighbourhood patrols, digital and financial investigations, roads policing and modern IT systems.

A temporary school planned for the outskirts of Preston might never be constructed.

A teenage boy suffered a fractured skull when he was hit by a vehicle during a car meet in Preston over the weekend.

Tough new rules – which would see fines of £100 dished out to those who breach them – could be introduced in parts of Preston to tackle the antisocial behaviour found to have been blighting the lives of law-abiding locals.

Rosemere Cancer Foundation’s Walk in the Dark is marking a major milestone this year as the event turns 18.

Officers from Preston’s Neighbourhood Policing and Prosper Partnership Team have carried out another ‘Skip the Whip’ - a multi-agency operation to tackle illegal and abandoned vehicles.

A potentially life-saving stroke treatment will be available around the clock in Lancashire for the first time from next week.

A facelift planned for Preston station has been given the green light – in spite of concerns that one aspect of the revamp might affect the “appreciation” of the Grade II-listed building.

Valérien Ismaël has today left his position as Blackburn Rovers’ Head Coach.

Councillors have urged the government to bring in a graduated driving licence scheme for young motorists in the wake of a horror crash earlier this month in which a Blackburn taxi driver was killed and three Bolton teenagers died.

The issue of a long-awaited pedestrian crossing for a suburban Blackburn primary has been raised again with the borough’s highways boss.

Over £50,000 has been raised to help fund a private search for a seven-year-old girl from Lancashire who went missing in Morocco.

A mother and her two adult children have been found guilty of murdering a man in Blackburn last June.

A Blackburn drug dealer has been jailed – as police issue a fresh appeal to trace two other men wanted as part of the same investigation.

Three Lancashire councils have been granted significantly more time to start dedicated household food waste collections – while two others have been unable to confirm whether they will meet the deadline for doing so.

A facility in Burnley is set to accept waste from across East Lancashire when the county council's contract for the use of the Whinney Hill landfill site comes to an end in April.

The operators of Guy’s Thatched Hamlet have announced they have ceased trading after 46 years.

This January the town’s only high street energy hub is celebrating Warm Welcome Week, starting on January 19.

Owner of the historic Dalton Arms in Glasson Dock appeals for unity and community backing amid rising costs and concerns about the future of village pubs.

A heartfelt call to the community to donate unwrapped gifts or vouchers — helping ensure every child and young person supported by Barnardo’s in Lancashire receives a present this Christmas.

More than 4,700 nominations have been submitted to recognise the people, groups and businesses making a difference across the Fylde Coast, as anticipation builds ahead of the awards night.

Preston City Council has invested £250,000 in the ongoing development of NW Mutual, a mutual bank planning a network of 60-plus branches to be owned by, based in and for the people and small and medium-sized businesses of the north west of England.

The legendary Funny Girls cabaret venue on Dickson Road is officially up for sale.

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has moved from his Windsor mansion amid the release of new files relating to Jeffrey Epstein.

A criminal investigation has been launched into allegations Lord Peter Mandelson passed market-sensitive information to paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein.

Lord Alf Dubs, who fled Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia on the Kinderstransport scheme, has called for Shamima Begum to be returned to the UK and face trial.

Resident doctors in England have voted to continue industrial action for another six months as part of their row over pay and jobs.

Families with children who have cancer will have travel costs covered under a new £10 million Government scheme.

Senior Labour MPs have called for Lord Mandelson to face criminal prosecution after he was alleged to have leaked sensitive information to Jeffrey Epstein.

The parents of a schoolboy who was stabbed to death by a fellow pupil during his lunch break said they believe the school could have saved his life by acting on “too many red flags” shown by his killer.

The Traitors star Stephen has said that he hopes he has been a “positive representation” of the Hebrides and that his time on the show has helped “paint a good picture” of the Western Isles.