Beat the January blues by getting back to nature
Conservationists are encouraging residents to get back to nature to beat the January blues. People are being invited to embrace their wild side and get involved with Myplace – a project between the...
View ArticleCat Smith column - Why I voted against this damaging Brexit deal
Fleetwood MP Cat Smith gives her reasons for voting against Theresa May's EU withdrawal agreement and calls for a general electionAs I write, MPs are preparing to take part in one of the most...
View ArticleBritish Homing World Show returns to Blackpool this weekend at the Winter...
Around 25,000 pigeon fanciers will be flocking to the Winter Gardens this weekend when the annual British Homing World Show returns to the town.The event, now in its 47th year, has been coming to the...
View ArticleMemories of rural Lancashire childhood inspired Anne's new book
Growing up in Pilling provided a memorable and happy childhood for Anne Curwen. She tells Fiona Finch why she has now written a book about that childhood and how it has helped boost a cancer charity’s...
View ArticleArchdeacon Michael: Face-to-face with a herd of elephants
It was nothing like my expectations. I had believed the cartoons, especially Jungle Book.My wife I and were on a dust road in Africa looking for wildlife. We had seen animals from A to Z … antelopes...
View ArticleMotorists in the north west hit by rising insurance costs
New figures reveal that car insurance costs in the region rose sharply in the last three months.The cost of car insurance in the North West increased by four per cent – equivalent to more than £29 in...
View ArticleThornton civil servant siphoned over £40k into 12 bank accounts from the...
A civil servant on a fast track to the top risked her career by defrauding her department of more than £40,000.Lauren Wainwright set up 12 bank accounts that she used to divert money belonging to the...
View ArticleNew funding for community groups aims to help prevent suicides in Lancashire
New funding has been announced for innovative community-based Lancashire projects to help reduce the numbers of people taking their own lives.Community groups will have the opportunity to apply for...
View ArticleHighest recruiters in the country for innovative cancer trial
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has recruited the highest number of patients in the UK into an innovative kidney cancer trial - and is also the sixth highest site globally for...
View ArticleMorecambe's Eden Project given council funding boost
A so-called “Eden of the North” visitor attraction in Morecambe has moved a step closer after Lancashire County Council agreed to invest £250,000 to help develop the proposal.Cabinet members approved...
View ArticleSpecial constable role to be refocused in Lancashire
Lancashire Police is changing how it recruits volunteer special constables to put an emphasis on “quality rather than quantity”.A meeting of Chorley Council’s liaison committee heard that the force was...
View ArticleHow will we be travelling around Lancashire by the 2040s?
Forecasting how people will choose to travel in future is one of the many challenges of creating a transport strategy spanning the next 25 years, a Lancashire transportation adviser has warned.The...
View ArticleFive-day anti-frackers trial slated for March
A date for a five-day trial involving a large number of anti-fracking protesters has been fixed.Blackpool Magistrates decided the cases will now go ahead on March 25.The accused are Liz Beck, 57, of...
View ArticleGritters in action on Lancashire's roads ahead of snow front
Lancashire County Council’s gritters were in action this morning, ahead of a band of rain, sleet and snow due to hit the county this afternoon.The Met Office has issued a yellow warning for snow, with...
View ArticleITV's pothole programme wasn't all it's cracked up to be
Apparently, Lancashire is the pothole capital of the north – the county council has to tackle 4,000 of them a month, even the ones that look like Sir Paul McCartney.The social media froth on Facebook...
View Article"It was like one of those stories you read in a magazine; Just absolutely...
Columnist Roisin Pelan writes about her sister being diagnosed with breast cancer just weeks after she was.Hello 2019, thanks for having me. On the first day of 2018 last year, as the clock struck 12,...
View ArticleCalories are not evil...
Medical herbalist and columnist Jenny Logan writes about dieting and counting caloriesNew Year, New You? Yes? Great. But, this year, why not also try a new approach as well? Many people dive headlong...
View ArticleSpecial needs schools face cost over-run
The leader of Lancashire County Council says the area’s schools need more funding - and that he will be trying to persuade the government to provide it.Geoff Driver was speaking at a meeting of the...
View ArticleBlackpool's battle against obesity could stop fast food restaurants from opening
New takeaways could be stopped from opening in parts of Blackpool as part of the battle against obesity.Health chiefs in the resort are hoping to reinforce planning controls to restrict the number of...
View ArticleLancashire's gritter drivers release their own film of winter weather driving...
As the wintry weather is forecast to continue, Lancashire's gritter drivers have shared their top tips on winter safety.The team at Lancashire County Council's gritting service have published a short...
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