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  Blackpool Council is looking into alternative models of residential care for children in the face of the “unsustainable” £21 million a year costs of private care provision.

• Plans submitted to create banking hub at Poulton retail centre

  Plans have been submitted to transform two empty units in Poulton’s Teanlowe Centre into a banking hub.

• Hunt on for new chairman to help guide £20m community scheme in Fleetwood

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• Man charged following serious collision in Broughton

  A man has been charged following a serious collision in Broughton last month.

• Future of High Ropes attraction over as demolition plans put in

  Plans have been put forward to demolish a £320,000 adventure course at Blackpool’s Stanley Park which was once expected to prove a huge attraction.

• Fylde scrutiny review into county roads scrapped

  Fylde Council has decided to discontinue its in-depth scrutiny review into Lancashire County Council’s highways maintenance services.

• Fall in serious collisions across Lancashire

  Lancashire Police say training more officers to drive on the county’s motorways has helped cut the number of people killed or seriously injured on the roads to its lowest level in years.

• Garstang Skate Park revamp completed

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