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The former library on Colne Road in Burnley, up for auction with Pugh on 16 October

Town's first public library to be sold off at auction

Two sites now in the running for new Preston secondary school

Mr Holroyd lives in this upstairs flat. Inset: the entrance and staircase with a sharp turn

"This flat will kill me and I can’t do a thing about it"

The camera kit will be installed next year

New speed cameras coming to Lancashire accident blackspots

A single ticket will one day serve all of Lancashire's buses

Single Lancashire bus ticket in the pipeline for different operators

The now cleared site where Tulketh High once stood - but a new school could be about rise from its remnants

New Preston secondary school planned amid claim 'it's in the wrong place'

District councils like Fylde will have to ensure residents feel the benefits of Lancashire devolution, the authority's leader, Karen Buckley, says

Fylde leader hails 'skills-boosting' Lancashire devolution deal

Trafalgar House in Nelson town centre. Pictur taken by Robbie MacDonald in October 2023.

Historic building could face demolition under regeneration plans

Preston school 'consumed by issues' fights against 'inadequate' Ofsted rating

[Clockwise from left]: Chorley Council leader Alistair Bradley, Burnley Council leader Afrasiab Anwar and the leader of Preston City Council, Matthew Brown

From optimism to betrayal: Lancashire leaders respond to devolution deal

'It's a deal': Lancashire gets devolution done, but without a mayor - for now...

Final preparations for Lancashire’s premier business awards the BIBAs

Goosnargh Oliverson's Church of England Primary School could be set to expand - and plans to boost places across North Preston are also on the horizon

Preston kids 'travelling miles' to school as one primary plans to double in size

The Back Lane and Leapers Wood quarries, seen from the air (image: Google)

Bid to keep key Lancashire quarry in operation for more than 50 years

'Patients in isolation' as Scabies outbreak confirmed at care home

Cllr Stephen Atkinson says Ribble Valley residents must have the final say over the future of the council that serves them

Residents will get referendum over whether council is abolished

A Lancashire district council will stage a local referendum if a new devolution deal threatens its future.

Paul Faulkner

Online applications for Lancashire school places will go live from Sunday, September 1

Applications for school places to go live soon - what you need to know

A shop in Preston was caught selling a vape to a child

Shop caught selling vape to child in undercover sting operation

The causeway before and after the work was completed.

Unique road that's ‘underwater twice a day’ is successfully resurfaced

The former Lord Longworth pub is located on Thomas Street in Oswaldtwistle.

Former pub to be knocked down for flats but has to be checked for bats

A convenience store in Preston had its licence revoked after selling alcohol and a craft knife to children

Store has licence revoked after selling booze and knife to children

There has been a crossing at this point on the River Ribble for more than two centuries - and for much of the last 90 years, it has looked like this

'Sadness and satisfaction' as demolition of Preston's Old Tram Bridge begins

Left to Right – Lancashire County Council Service Manager, David Lovelady, County Councillor Graham Gooch and Daniel Griffiths, Development Director at RWP on the site of the development on Eldon Street in Preston.

Work starts on new supported living scheme, creating 14 apartments

Kirkham town centre pictured from the air, prior to its recent revamp

Free town centre car park closed after rule change

Part of the proposed solar farm plot, off the A584 Preston New Road, close to Clifton Business Park (image: Google)

Solar farm ‘the size of nearly 100 football pitches' planned for edge of Preston

A still from The Bay series 5, premiering at a Lancashire TV and film festival in November. Credit: ITV

New series of ITV’s The Bay to premiere at a Lancashire festival

A land issue had threatened to derail the long-planned Cottam Parkway station (image: Lancashire County Council)

Full steam ahead for new Preston railway station after land deal struck

Plans for a new railway station in suburban Preston are back on track after a wrangle over the land needed to build it was resolved.

Paul Faulkner

Around 200 social care support officers and hearing impairment officers employed by Lancashire County Council will take part in the strike

Staff in social work teams employed by LCC to go on strike

Cause of Death returns to Channel 5 at 9pm tonight (August 7)

Death of elderly woman found lifeless on stairlift to be investigated

Eastern Promise Takeaway in Accrington was visited by a trading standards officer on 6 February 2023. Despite declaring a milk allergy at the time of ordering, the chicken curry purchased by the officer was also found to contain milk protein at a potentially harmful level to an allergy sufferer.

Takeaways prosecuted after serving potentially fatal food to customers

Lancashire in devolution deadlock - again - as local leaders clash over deal

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16 great photos showcase £600,000 re-vamp of Clitheroe street

What are the benefits of Edith Rigby Way?

Here's why another £50K is being spent on new £207m city route

Gary Hough, 62, looks up to the skies outside his home surrounded in seagull

My town has been invaded by an 'apocalyptic' swarm of seagulls

Counth Hall's coffers have been given an unexpected boost

Here's how much money Lancashire County Council has in its reserves

Does Lancashire need its own Andy Burnham to fly the flag for the county?

New government ‘wants Lancashire to have an Andy Burnham-style elected mayor’

The 40mph limit on Lea lane could be reduced

'Unsafe' speed limit could be cut on this Preston road

Participants of a previous Scaleup Leaders Network.

Council programmes help Lancashire businesses create over 100 jobs

Angie Ridgwell will hand over the reins at the top of Lancashire County Council to Mark Wynn, who will become acting chief executive

New boss for Lancashire County Council - before the current one has even left

The raised junction and zebra crossing illustrated here - at the junction of Leyland Road and Riverside Drive - is typical of the traffic-calming measures designed to make cycling and walking more popular on routes between South Ribble and Preston

All the traffic-calming measures planned from South Ribble to Preston

David Gate is facing parking problems on Wellington Street after the removal of the residents' permit zone

'The council stopped my parking permit and now I can't get a space by my house'

The University of Central Lancashire will host the Convention of the North 2025 next February

Preston to stage prestigious 'Northern Powerhouse' conference

Anger as traffic lights calls for spot where child hit by car ignored

South Ribble MP Paul Foster has panned new proposals to cut congestion on the A582

'I'll keep fighting for a dual carriageway between Preston and South Ribble'

More bus services in Lancashire

How to take advantage of £1 bus fares as range of new services launch

How the new mixed-height apartment blocks on Fylde Road will look (image: David Cox Architects)

Apartment blocks to be built on fire-wrecked Preston site

Whittlefield Community Primary School could stop catering for nursery-aged children in a matter of months (image: Google)

School nursery could close 'because it cannot accommodate two-year-olds'

The current bus stop on Brindle Road will be moved back towards the pub's car park - and will get a shelter (image: Google)

Bus stop move 'will block entrance to pub'

A free-flowing Edith Rigby Way - a year after it opened

This is how many vehicles are using Preston's newest road one year on

A second lane would be added for traffic turning right onto Guild Way from Strand Road - including on the slip road to the elevated route

Plan to cut congestion on rush hour route out of Preston

After - how the revamped A582 junction with Croston Road and Centurion Way would look after the proposed changes

Major road changes would see roundabouts replaced with traffic lights

Lancashire County Council has revealed the budgetary pressures it faced during the last financial year

School transport and children's services put council budget under pressure

Preston and Chorley council leaders Matthew Brown and Alistair Bradley think the mayoral model might be the way forward for Lancashire

Preston and Chorley leaders say it's time for a Lancashire mayor

The southern section of Friargate North, from which vehicles are now almost entirely banished - but businesses will be allowed access for deliveries for five hours a day

Changes to new pedestrianised route near Preston city centre

The signage at Garstang Road in Preston.

Month long delays for Preston as Electricity North West to start work