Environment

The spindly saplings planted on Eastway - pictured here in February 2024 - will take around 30 years to look anything like the mature specimens they replaced

Anger after ‘broom handle’ trees approved to block out huge Preston warehouses

The new EV charging points in Segar Street car park, next to Kirkham and Wesham station

12 new electric vehicle charging points installed in local car park

Help planet Earth (photo: Adobe)

Going Green: Help to heal planet on this year’s Earth Day!

Most Household Waste Recycling Centres in Lancashire have now reopened following unprecedented demand

Disruption at recycling centres following surge in demand

Solar panels - smart move (photo: Adobe)

Going green: Be energy smart install solar panels today

The almost complete Acorn Gardens development, which developers claim has changed the edge of Broughton to such a degree, another neighbouring estate in the open countryside can be justified

Plans for 100 new homes in the Preston countryside

Reducing carbon footprint (photo: Adobe)

Going green: Help in reducing your carbon footprint over Easter holiday

Bluebell Way, leading to junction 31A of the M6, where the new industrial estate could be built

Ruling on TWO new drive-thrus near the M6 in Preston

Wyre Council had wanted a temporary block on granting planning permissions for new houses within 1km of the former ICI factory, seen here in the foreground of the picture on the right-hand side of the road - but the government has declined to back the move (image: Kelvin Lister-Stuttard)

No ban on new homes near 'cancer risk' contamination site

Preston Healthport is line for solar panels

Preston NHS services to get solar panels to help bring down bills

Eco-heating with a heat pump (photo: Adobe)

Going Green: Help planet go green with heat pump install

Marcus, Dave, Bob and John - Thames Water workers at Mogden Sewage Treatment Works - told it how it is in the documentary Thames Water: Inside the Crisis (Picture: BBC/Brinkworth Productions/Catherine Harte)

Water execs search for positive PR and end up pooing on their own doorstep

Showing love for Mother Earth (photo: Adobe)

Going Green: Show Mother Earth love on Mother’s Day

Inspiring young people to connect with nature and building greener schools are both on the government agenda

Three things the Government is doing to make schools 'greener'

Eco-friendly housing (photo: Adobe)

Going Green: Climate crisis – is it now time to go green?

Former Swainson Farm and Goosnargh Duck

Almost 100 homes planned for former Preston farm famed for Goosnargh Duck
A fresh bid has been launched to build houses on farmland in rural Preston after two previous attempts were rejected.
Paul Faulkner

Solar generating community energy (photo: Adobe)

Going Green: Taking control of your energy consumption

Councillors want to make train travel more sustainable and accessible

These stations could get major overhauls to make train travel more tempting

Turbines like those proposed for the Irish Sea - but what about the impact on land across the Fylde?

Fylde windfarm: 'more robust information' demanded before decision

Eating for health (photo: Adobe)

Going Green: Eating a healthy diet to help save the planet

There are apps for IDing plants, birdsong, and even star constellations

8 top apps for learning about nature, from plants to the night sky

Volunteers plant Christmas trees in the sand dunes

Drone video shows 415 volunteers burying xmas trees in sand dunes

Footballer James Omondi Osowo has been found murdered

Going Green: Football under pressure due to climate change

An area around the Hillhouse Enterprise Zone in Thornton is the subject of a contamination investigation

Further soil testing to take place after cancer-causing chemical found

Work on Longridge’s new £100k pump track is set to start this week

Work on new £100k pump track for bikes, scooters and more to start

Making global warming palatable to children (phorto: Adobe)

Going Green: Making going green more child friendly

Live map shows areas of recent sewage spills in England.

Watch: Live map shows areas of recent sewage spills in England
'The Sewage Map’ shows England’s rivers, with a 'poo' emoji when sewage dischargers are live, and a red exclamation mark indicating a spill over the last 48 hours.
Jessica Martin

Peat is an important part of tackling climate change (image: Adobe, via Carbon Copy)

Why Lancashire's peatland needs your help to protect it

How At Risk register gives boost to future of Lancashire theatres

Chris Packham, Michaela Strachan and Iolo Williams are the presenters of BBC's Winterwatch, which came live from an RSPB reserve in Dorset this week (Picture: BBC Studios/Jo Charlesworth)

Winterwatch can make you fall in love with Chris Packham

University of Central Lancashire has risen 10 places in the People & Planet University League table.

"Thrilled": UCLan rises 10 places in national league table

Every gulley in Lancashire will be inspected in the next two years - some for the first time ever

Huge change to drain cleaning on Lancashire's roads in bid to reduce flooding

All electric future (photo: Adobe)

Going Green: Accelerating towards a petrol-free future!

Pictures showed a white cloud in a mushroom shape above Heysham 2 nuclear power station near Morecambe on Wednesday (January 15)

'Mushroom cloud' over Lancs nuclear plant pictured after 'huge bang'

The Environment Agency brought the prosecution against E & A Forshaw

Farming business fined more than £10k for slurry pollution

Waverley Park is set for a multi-million pound facelift (image: Google)

Preston park revamp paused over playing field complaint

Celebrating healthy lifestyle with Veganuary (photo: Adobe)

Going Green: Turn over a new leaf and get healthy this Veganuary

Whalley was badly hit by floods over the past few days. Credit: Robbie MacDonald

Lancs flooding which came ‘close to disaster’ prompts call for change

The busy Windsor Street and Skipton Road junction, in Colne

Plans to scrap air quality monitoring area in Lancs town - what do you think?

An orange glow was seen in the sky above the National Grid substation at Howick, Penwortham after a power surge caused lights to flicker across Lancashire at around 8.10pm last night (Tuesday, December 23)

'Loud bang' and lights flicker across Lancs - this is what happened

What cost insulating homes (photo: Adobe)

Going Green: What grants are there to insulate my house? Find out

Pictures reveal how work has progressed on Preston's new £6.6m Tram Bridge

Pictures reveal how work has progressed on city's £6.6m Tram Bridge

Kirkham Pool is still seeking a new operator.

Search for a new Kirkham Pool operator is back on as party backs out

A proposed 45-acre Muslim cemetery in Lancashire has sparked strong opposition from local residents

Fury at Issa brothers' new plans to build UK's biggest Muslim cemetery

Lancashire will have to build thousands more homes than under the previous targets system

Lancashire ordered to build thousands of new homes - here's where they are going

Eco-friendly washing (photo: Adobe)

Going Green: Turn your washer into a lean green machine

Cleveleys seafront was transformed for the filming of Star Wars: Andor in 2022

Environmental impact of Star Wars filming on seafront to be studied

Carboard and paper recycling is currently left for South Ribble refuse collectors in green boxes - but could householders one day get a wheelie bin for that element of their waste?

Council considers 'popular' move to introduce new wheelie bin for some recycling

Be more energy efficient in the home (photo: Adobe)

Going Green: Get green credentials and be energy efficient

The 25 happiest places to live in the North West revealed

The 25 happiest places to live in the North West revealed

Tackling global warming crisis (photo: Adobe)

Going Green: Turning down the heat on rising global warming crisis

We're reclaiming city suffragette’s former home to protect her legacy

Residents are continuing to fight against plans for a new cemetery between Oswaldtwistle and Blackburn

Residents continue to fight against Issa brothers' plans for cemetery

People urged to recycle (photo: Adobe)

Going green: Declutter this Christmas to help save our precious planet

The scale of the restoration challenge is evident from the air...

11 muddy pics of Moor Park and why it will 'look worse before it gets better'