Kirkham

A Lancashire military veteran has been given the chance to do his “dream job” of being a paramedic after his hearing, which was severely damaged while serving oversees, was restored.

How do we tackle the looming health time bomb? Lancashire’s public health boss tells Fiona Finch why cuts in public health funding must stop now and why the prevention of ill health is everyone’s business.

A man who was sentenced to four years in prison for burglary and robbery has absconded from Kirkham Prison.

A new memorial to the men from a Lancashire town killed during the First World War has been unveiled.

Here is this week's round of cases from Preston's courts.

A professional boxer has been cleared of allegations he played a role in a huge criminal operation to supply class A drugs on the Fylde coast.

Preston manager  and dancer Abhi Kodanda is on a mission. Determined to share the joy of Indian classical dance she learned since childhood, she set up her own dance school in the city.

For 40 years city charity Heartbeat has been helping Lancashire residents at what could be one of the most difficult times of their lives.

Five Preston properties have been targeted during a week long crackdown on “pop-up brothels” by Lancashire Constabulary.

A two-car crash left a junction on the Kirkham bypass blocked this morning.

The Lancashire-based Federation of Small Businesses has slammed Royal Bank of Scotland for axeing more branches.

A man is on the run after escaping from a Lancashire prison.

Do you ever dream of discovering hidden treasure? Are your eyes peeled as you walk across fields looking for a glint of bronze or silver in the ground ? For some people finding such treasure is not the stuff of children’s storybooks but a dream  which comes true.

Two fire engines from Penwortham and Preston were called to a combine harvester fire on Preston New Road, Clifton.