Sick vandals stick razor blades onto children’s slide at Lancashire playground
Parents have been urged to check playground equipment at a Lancashire play area after thugs attached razor blades to a slide.Dangerous blades were stuck using tape to a slide in Winifred Lane Play area...
View ArticleHere is how to beat dry skin this winter
Medical herbalist Jenny Logan writes about coping with dry, wintery skinWe are well and truly heading towards winter again. The clocks have changed, the nights are not so much drawing in as drawn in...
View ArticleDrunk Kirkham women in third police assault this year
A woman committed her third assault on police officer this year, Blackpool magistrates heard.Jay Barrington, 29,of Avenham Place, Kirkham admitted assaulting an officer and criminal damage to a shop...
View ArticleBlackpool Urgent Treatment Centre forced to shut after being flooded by burst...
An urgent treatment centre in Blackpool has been forced to shut today after it was flooded.The medical centre in Whitegate Drive will remain closed today to allow a burst pipe to be repaired.It means...
View ArticleThis is why Blackpool Police arrested a passenger for drink driving and how...
A Blackpool man who was a passenger in his son's car has been arrested for drink driving.Police stopped the Nissan Micra in Blackpool last night at a drink driver checkpoint in Blackpool.The car was...
View ArticleShocking number of children in Lancashire whose health is being put at risk
More than 90,000 children in Lancashire have not seen an NHS dentist in the last year.The British Dental Association said the rate of check ups for children is "national disgrace" and put it down to a...
View ArticleRise in new cases of HIV in Lancashire
The rate of new HIV diagnoses in Lancashire is increasing, bucking the national trend.The latest Public Health England data shows there were 4.4 new HIV diagnoses per 100,000 people aged 15 and over in...
View ArticleIt is time to breakout from burnout says former finance boss and Preston...
When stress escalates many people are reluctant to admit they have a problem. Fiona Finch reports on how business consultant and street pastor Ian Higginbotham is helping people to change course before...
View ArticleStand-up row over pay and display petition at County Hall
Proposals to extend on-street pay and display charges to almost a dozen towns in Lancashire sparked a heated stand-off at a County Hall cabinet meeting.Currently, roadside parking fees apply only in...
View ArticleCriticism for Grayling as MPs issue scathing report into rail timetable chaos
The Transport Secretary should have been more proactive in preventing this year's train timetable chaos, while swift reforms are needed to restore passengers' trust in the railways, according to MPs.In...
View Article'Unprecedented' scale of rail timetable change revealed
The level of investment and complexity in introducing new services meant that the rail timetable change planned for May 20 was "unprecedented" in scale, according to MPs.It involved 42,300 individual...
View ArticleBlackpool man charged with arson after house blaze
A man has been charged with arson after a house fire in Blackpool.Fire crews were called to a blaze at a home in Jameson Street at 1.45am on Saturday November 24.Firefighters searched the property but...
View ArticleDaughter ‘lost it’ and repeatedy bit mother in Fleetwood
A daughter described as “losing it” repeatedly bit her mother drawing blood during a fracas.Hope Haworth also attacked a neighbour who came out to see what she was shouting about.Haworth, unemployed,...
View ArticleRevellers in Blackpool at high risk of drowning whilst under the influence
Revellers in Blackpool have been classified as high risk of drowning whilst under the influence and are being warned to act responsibly near water during their night out.As part of the national Don’t...
View ArticleMet Office issues yellow weather warning for the North West as 70mph winds...
The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for wind to the North West, as strong gusts are set to hit.The weather warning is in place from 3am to 23.59pm on Friday (7 Dec) and includes...
View ArticleStreet lights dim plan for Blackpool to be revealed
The war on climate change is being waged in Blackpool – and the council has revealed its battleplan.It comes after the Sustainability, Energy and Water Strategy 2018 to 2024 warned the town must play a...
View ArticleWATCH: This is the moment when Lancashire councillors went toe-to-toe over...
When a cabinet meeting at Lancashire County Council descended into acrimony over a proposal to extend pay and display charges, a live webcast of the meeting was switched off - because the proceedings...
View ArticleFeature: Could you be suited by a vegan lifestyle?
Social media and celebrity culture is helping drive the rise of veganism. Reporter Charlie Bullough looks at why the number of vegans in Britain has quadrupled in four years. Social media and celebrity...
View ArticleOpening up the great outdoors
Countryside campaigners welcome a new plan for greater public access to the great outdoors Reporter Charlie Bullough looks at proposals to improve access for walkers and other outdoor...
View ArticleMuseum’s successful year with new trust at the helm
Ben Whittaker, Fleetwood Museum Manager, reflects on a busy yearIt has been an eventful 2018 at Fleetwood Museum. In April, we opened our doors to visitors for the first time under the governance of...
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