Dominic Harrison

Ian Watkinson, Lancashire's representative on the executive committee of the National Education Union, believes a "firebreak" around the Christmas holiday could help stem the spread of Omicron...

Call to keep Lancashire children off school longer at Christmas to slow Omicron

Dr Sakthi Karunanithi, director of public health for Lancashire County Council

Lancs health chiefs urge public to get back to Covid basics amid Omicron variant

A covid vaccination centre in Blackburn

Surge in Covid-19 cases in Blackburn has peaked, figures suggest

Queues for vaccination in Bolton which has the highest Covid rate in the country.

Could Government's new mini-lockdowns spread across Lancashire as Indian variant...

Blackburn has the third highest rate of coronavirus cases in England

Additional vaccines offered in Blackburn but not available to all adults yet

Boris Johnson at a owning Street briefing in 2020

Boris declines to back faster vaccine rollout for Lancashire - but the county sa...

Dr Sakthi Karunanithi, Lancashire's Director of Public Health

Faith, science and medicine meet in bid to tackle Coronavirus myths in Lancashir...

The new Covid vaccine centre in the Crypt at Blackburn Cathedral

Thousands within 45-minute drive invited for vaccines at Blackburn Cathedral

Church officials said Blackburn Cathedral has the capacity to provide vaccinations to 1,700 people each week, with vaccinations offered 12 hours a day, seven days a week

Blackburn Cathedral confirmed as Lancashire's first mass vaccination hub

Chancellor Rishi Sunak and Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick are among those MPs whose constituencies have avoided lockdown despite seeing high rates of infection (Photo by TOLGA AKMEN/AFP via Getty Images)

Local coronavirus restrictions seem to target poorer areas - but is it fair?

Lancashire could be weeks away from a full lockdown, warned Dr Sakthi Karunanithi

Health chief dismisses Covid-19 ‘rumours’ as Lancashire hospital admissions rise

Blackburn with Darwen Council have imposed local restrictions (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Blackburn now has highest Covid-19 infection rate in England

Professor Dominic Harrison Director of Public Health, Blackburn with Darwen

Warning that Blackburn could see lockdown measures reversed in two weeks if case...

A steward and a safety officer during the Sky Bet Championship match between Blackburn Rovers and Leeds United at Ewood Park (Photo by Ross Kinnaird/Getty Images)

Extra measures introduced in Blackburn after rise in coronavirus cases

A mobile coronavirus testing site has been set up in Blackburn following a rise in new cases and in a bid to avoid a local lockdown

Fears Lancashire could be in line for its first local lockdown as coronavirus ca...

South Asian people are nearly twice as likely to go into hospital with Covid-19, a new report has found. Pic credit: Danny Lawson/PA

South Asian people in East Lancashire nearly twice as likely to be hospitalised ...

South Asian people are nearly twice as likely to go into hospital with Covid-19, a new report has found.

Matthew Calderbank