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David Whipp, Lancashire County Councillor for Pendle Rural. Credit: Pendle Council

Councillor calls committee removal 'vindictive'

Flood-risk town to receive £400k lifeline

Coun Harry Hancock and wife Marion, pictured in 2019

Tributes to 'gentleman' councillor just days after 90th birthday

Feathers McGraw Statue outside the Animate Complex - Celebrating Nick Park's infamous link to the city.

How the Arc Cinema and the surrounding complex is revitalising Preston's Leisure...

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General Election 2024 Lancs: The results and reaction as Labour wins

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Breaking General Election South Ribble: Labour wins seat from Conservatives

Labour's Chris Webb with his family - (from left) dad Carl, mum Kay and wife Portia

Breaking General Election Blackpool South: Labour's Chris Webb retains seat

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Vote swap launched in Lancashire to elect progressives committed to electoral re...

Munira Wilson MP says schoolchildren are so hungry they are ‘eating rubbers’.

Watch: Schoolchildren are so hungry they are ‘eating rubbers’

Chorley goes to the polls on 2nd May

Chorley local elections 2024: all you need to know as the polls open

Chorley goes to the polls on 2nd May

Chorley Council elections 2024: who are the candidates and how can I vote?

A third of Chorley Council's 42 members will be elected on 2nd May - one of the three in each of the borough's 14 wards

Chorley Council local elections: who should I vote for in 2024?

Can Preston's regeneration vision come to fruition without HS2? (image via Invest Preston)

‘Everyone wants to come to Preston anyway’: push for revamp in spite of HS2 loss

Cllr John Potter says that the NHS requires the money to ensure all cancer sufferers get the treatment they need in a timely way

Call to 'do right' by cancer patients and ensure they are treated quickly

Lib Dem women’s group claims party has banned promotion of event over trans views. (Photo: Getty Images)

Breaking Lib Dem women’s group banned from promoting event over trans views

Breaking 39% of children can't see a dentist - and it's worse for adults
One political party has called for an "emergency rescue plan" for NHS dentistry.
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Keith Iddon pictured after donning the chains of office in his new role as Lancashire County Councill's chairman just last month

Councillor remembered after sudden passing as a "gentleman" politician

Lancashire County Council is set to flatten the old Tulketh High site - but should a new school be built in its place?

Council insists "all options are on the table" over new Preston secondary school

Preston councillor John Potter wants the government to do five things to ease current NHS pressures

'NHS in Preston is coming apart': city councillor's warning over waiting times

Voting in elections currently involves nothing more than a pencil and ballot paper

Warning of 'punch-ups at the polls' in Preston over new voter ID rules

Liz Truss will be able to claim up to £115,000 per year of taxpayers money after resigning as Prime Minister

Liz Truss can claim up to £115,000 per year of taxpayers money

The number of people seeing an NHS dentist in Lancashire in the past two years has fallen sharply - from just under two thirds to just over a third

Drop in Lancashire NHS dental visits means check-ups not done often enough

The mothballed Preston New Road fracking site in Little Plumpton (image: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Lancashire politicians blast reversal of fracking ban

Coun John Potter

Warning Preston households face £113m price hike in energy charges this autumn

A revamped Harris is likely to lie at the heart of the 2032 Guild celebrations - but what should be done to ensure the event can be paid for?

Preston Guild 2032: Councillors clash over how to pay for the big cultural event

The vote count for the Preston City Council elections at the Guild Hall earlier this month - Jonty Campbell stood in the Ribbleton ward

Preston Tory candidate quits after tweet about "buttery" smell of young women

Cllr David Howarth is the new mayor of South Ribble, while his mayoress Angela Turner has recently been installed as the mayor of Penwortham (images: South Ribble Borough Council and Penwortham Town Council)

South Ribble's new mayor and mayoress are 'a mod and a rocker'
The longest-serving South Ribble councillor not to have been the borough’s mayor has finally been handed the role.
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The staff collecting the bins across South Ribble will stay the same - but the council will employ them on better terms than they currently get from a priavte firm

This is what South Ribble's bins shake-up will mean in practice

The parties contesting some or all of the seats up for grabs at the Chorley Council elections on 5th May, as represented by (clockwise from top left): Labour group and current council leader Alistair Bradley; deputy Conservative group leader Debra Platt; Jenny Hurley, standing for the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition; John Wright from the Chorley Liberal Democrats; and co-ordinator of the Green Party in Chorley, Andy Hunter Rossall

The parties standing in the Chorley elections say why you should vote for them

The late Cllr John Browne, who represented the Brookfield ward on Preston City Council and sat on the authority from 1983 until 2022 (image: Preston City Council)

Tributes to Preston's longest-serving city councillor after his death at 71

Ukrainian MP Kira Rudik holding the weapon she says she will use to help defend her country against the Russian invasion

Ukrainian MP set to fight Russians uses Preston podcast to plead for no-fly zone

Preston city councillors have decided how the authority will spend its money in the year ahead (Google)

Preston City Council budget 2022: miracle or mirage?

Penwortham residents join South Ribble Borough Council's Liberal Democrat group leader David Howarth (centre) and Broad Oak ward councillor Angela Turner (to his left) in protest at being denying a say in plans to build a new 5G mast on Blackthorn Drive

'Give us a say': locals demand to be heard over plans for a 60-foot-tall 5G mast

Cllr Harold Hancock being enrobed as mayor of South Ribble in May 2019. From now on, the role will rotate between political parties on an annual basis.

New process ensures fair's fair when it comes to who is South Ribble's mayor

The street cleaning team at the council can now deal with dead pets under a new category

Preston residents were forced to declare dead pets as 'litter' to waste disposal

Former councillor Danny Gallagher now relies on care from the Sue Ryder centre in Fulwood

Former Preston councillor awarded £900k payout after suffering life-threatening ...

More than 100 'outstanding' Lancashire schools will face inspectors under new rules

Lancashire's 'outstanding' schools face new tests

Preston town hall staged its first full council meeting for over a year (image: Google)

Walkout at Preston City Council meeting over Covid "safety first" precaution

'Anti-vax' stickers were stuck to the notice boards at the park

Preston councillor pulls down 'anti vaccination' stickers in Avenham Park

County Cllr David Whipp, Liberal Democrat group leader on Lancashire County Council, was seen depositing a Lib Dem leaflet before removing a Conservative one - he has since returned it

Lancashire county Lib Dem leader responds after being spotted lifting Tory leafl...

Ribble Valley goes to the polls in local elections on Thursday, May 6th

Ribble Valley local elections 2021: All the candidates looking for your vote on ...

The leaked plans suggests an overhaul for NHS England (Photo: Phil Noble - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

A leaked document suggests an overhaul for NHS England - here’s what it says

If most of your week is spent caring for someone and you meet certain criteria, you could be entitled to a government allowance - but hundreds of Preston residents are missing out

One in four Preston residents are missing out on benefit for providing care

Preston City Council wants to trial a universal basic income

Preston wants to try out giving regular cash payments to residents

Preston City Council is one of the local authorities due to hold elections in May - Lib Dem group leader John Potter (left) wants to be able to deliver leaflets, but Labour council leader Matthew Brown agrees with government guidance that says it should not take place during lockdown

"Voter suppression" claim over leafleting ban ahead of Lancashire local election...

Councillor John Potter stands with the historical oak tree

'This is completely unacceptable' says Preston councillor as plans go ahead to c...

Pothole Paul sitting in approximately eight inches of water

Preston councillor uses garden gnome to complain about height of flooding

Lancashire County Council officers have been given greater powers during the pandemic

Call for scrutiny of Lancashire County Council's Covid decision-making powers

Preston city councillor Phoenix Adair

Preston councillor reveals new name and talks of transition to non-binary status

Should all corners of South Ribble have their own parish or town council?

Should Leyland and Bamber Bridge get their own councils?

The Government will face calls to ban outdoor smoking at pubs and cafes

Ministers have been urged to ban outdoor smoking at pubs

Prime Minister Boris Johnson waits in line in the playground to wash his hands during a visit to Bovingdon Primary School in Bovingdon, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire

Boris Johnson wants all pupils back in school for five days a week in September

Preston Lib Dem leader John Potter

CORONAVIRUS: Preston Lib Dems ditch doorstep campaigning

Are councillors able to make their voices heard at County Hall?

Lancashire's county councillors clash over when they are allowed to speak

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Every UK MP has been ranked from best to worst in new ‘People-Power Index’ - thi...

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