Recipe: Cottage pie with Irish stout for St Patrick's Day
Chef Terry Edwards, known for his best-selling book Feeding Friends, has created a recipe for a Cottage pie with Irish stout and Colcannon topping that’s sure to go down well with your dinner guests...
View ArticleHow proposed public health changes could affect you - and call from the man...
Planned cuts to public health programmes in Lancashire may have a “silver lining” – by prompting different organisations to co-operate in order to prevent long-term illnesses.That is the hope of...
View ArticleWeekend extension for Wyre waste facility
A composting facility in Wyre will be allowed to operate longer at the weekend, after councillors heard that household recycling centres in the borough - and neighbouring Fylde - were having to ship...
View ArticleThis is what the government plans to do to combat motorists’ scourge
The Department for Transport has proposed tougher rules over roadworks to improve potholes on UK roads.It comes after figures revealed many local authorities are struggling to keep up with the scourge...
View ArticleWyre Council will spend £43,000 giving tablets to councillors - but say it...
Councillors in Wyre will be given electronic tablets and accessories – at a cost of £22,330 to the taxpayer.The purchase, to happen after the local elections in May, will allow for “paperless working”,...
View ArticleStill no good rating for Fleetwood High School despite inspectors noting...
There have been “far-reaching” and “many” improvements at Fleetwood High School, but inspectors still held back from giving it a ‘good’ rating.Ofsted visited the Broadway school three years after...
View ArticleFeeling the squeeze - North west residents have less than £10 a day to spend...
People living in the north west have less than £10 a day to live on after essential bills have been taken care of.A new survey shows North West residents have just £293.32 of disposable income each...
View ArticleHere is when to say goodbye to your favourite beauty products
The Make-up Doctor Rita Parmar writes about keeping your beauty products up to date and getting rid of old items.When to say goodbye to your favourite beauty products...Here are the tell-tale signs of...
View ArticleLifesavers honoured for their role in dramatic Blackpool beach rescue
Two members of Blackpool’s Beach Patrol team have been honoured for bravery following the dramatic rescue of a teenager in 2018.Sam Taylor, Beach Patrol Officer and Richard Williams, Beach Patrol...
View ArticleIN PICTURES: On International Women's Day, we look back at women and the...
It’s International Women’s Day on Friday, and to mark the occasion, we looking back at the vital role women have played in the workplace, taking on what were traditionally male jobs, particularly in...
View ArticlePolice investigate "out of character" disappearance of Edinburgh man after...
A 43-year-old man from Edinburgh has disappeared after a short visit to Blackpool. Police in Edinburgh have requested the support of officers in Lancashire in their search for missing man Allan...
View ArticleFracking: big bill for county even though it defended position at public inquiry
Lancashire County Council faces “significant” costs for staging a public inquiry into a proposed fracking site in Roseacre Wood – in spite of winning the case.But the work which went into the hearing...
View ArticleSmokers offered help from the NHS 'Quit Squad'
This National No Smoking Day (March 13), the NHS is offering smokers specialist support to quit.The Quit Squad provides help for people wanting to stop smoking. Phil Gooden, strategic lead at...
View ArticleLancashire told it's trailing Manchester in green energy race
Lancashire is lagging behind Greater Manchester in planning how to reduce carbon emissions, according to the organisation responsible for distributing electricity across the two...
View ArticleNorth West MPs asked to nominate health and care heroes
MPs across the North West have been asked to nominate their health and care heroes as the NHS launches its parliamentary awards to recognise staff who go above and beyond the call of duty.The awards...
View ArticleThese are the Lancashire roads which will be resurfaced in the next twelve...
Almost £10m of road resurfacing projects has been unveiled by Lancashire County Council.The authority has laid out how it intends to spend an overall £43m maintenance and transport budget for roads and...
View ArticlePreston-bound commuters face delays on M55 after crash near Wesham
A crash on the M55 near Wesham has forced police to close lanes on the eastbound carriageway. Traffic on the M55, between eastbound junctions 4 (Peel Hill) and 3 (Wesham), is moving slowly after a...
View ArticleM6 traffic moving freely after crash forced police to shut all lanes during...
Southbound traffic is moving again after a crash near Preston forced police to close all lanes this morning.All traffic had been forced to a complete stop on the M6 after a crash between junctions 32...
View ArticleWorrying increase in Lancashire's child knife criminals
Almost one in six people convicted or cautioned in Lancashire for knife crimes are children.Charity the JAN Trust says more funding for youth projects is vital to help vulnerable children, particularly...
View ArticleShocking rise in child sexual grooming in Lancashire
The number of children targeted for grooming in Lancashire has more than tripled since 2017.Lancashire Constabulary recorded 170 incidents of sexual communication with a child between April and...
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