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£50,000 reward to help catch killer of mutilated prostitute

Crime

Blackpool Old Road

Major road in Poulton shut over gas leak

News

Thick smoke at Division Lane rises into the skyline

Thick smoke seen for miles as crews tackle Marton blaze

News

Police were called to Church Street just after 7pm

Road closed in Blackpool as police help vulnerable person on roof

Transport

Unstunned halal meat will no longer be supplied to Lancashire schools by the county council

News

Coroner highlights failures after death of student with sepsis

Health

Hooded man rode and slapped pet pony after sneaking into stable

News

Husband and wife swingers jailed for sexually abusing teenage girls

Crime

A dog on a lead.

U-turn was a ‘victory’ for owners

News

Michael Denison and Dulcie Gray

Barry Band: Husband-and-wife acting team with strong links to resort

Nostalgia

Crime More Crime >>

£50,000 reward to help catch killer of mutilated prostitute

Crime

A still image of CCTV footage taken at the stables

Hooded man rode and slapped pet pony after sneaking into stable

News

Avril Griffiths, 61, who has been jailed for a total of 36 years, along with her husband, Peter Griffiths, 65, for grooming and raping teenage girls between 1978 and 1993. Photo credit: South Wales Police/PA Wire

Husband and wife swingers jailed for sexually abusing teenage girls

Crime

Lancashire County Council was involved in a High Court case over the Virgin contract

VIRGIN HEALTH CONTRACT: Union blasts 'terrible decision'

Crime

Lancashire County Council is expected to help divert people away from extremism.

This is how much Lancashire County Council has been given by the government to help it fight extremism...

News

Transport More Transport >>

Road closed in Blackpool as police help vulnerable person on roof

Transport

County Coun Peter Buckley

Warning over closure of main road between Blackpool and Fylde

Transport

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THREE lots of roadworks are reportedly causing traffic chaos in Poulton - here's when they'll end

Poulton

The A588 between Lancaster and Skippool

Four of the top ten most dangerous council-managed A-roads in England are in Lancashire

Transport

Education More Education >>

Boxes open up a world of wonder

Blackpool

ERIN, 12 by Richard Ansett'From the series After the Attack (the Manchester bombing)' March 2018

Erin's portrait appears in National Portrait Gallery

News

Blackpool South MP Gordon Marsden

Blackpool South MP Gordon Marsden in call on student blog competition

Education

Paedophile Grahame Brennand, 71, of Calder Avenue, Freckleton, made a career of being perverted and sadistic at a primary school in East Lancashire in the 1970s and 80s.

Victim of paedophile teacher Grahame Brennand sues Lancashire County Council

Crime

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Ofsted inspectors visit St Aidan’s High School in Preesall – and praise teachers

Education

Business More Business >>

BSE: New case of Mad Cow Disease confirmed on UK farm

Business

Card Factory chief executive Karen Hubbard said high street retailers need to reinvent themselves

‘Shops can offer what the internet cannot’

Business

County Coun Peter Buckley

Warning over closure of main road between Blackpool and Fylde

Transport

Ashley Matthews

Fylde coast pharmacy worker wins national award

Business

Your Say More Your Say >>

Letters - October 18, 2018

Your Say

Waiting lists have topped 10,000 at Blackpool Victoria Hospital

Letters - October 17, 2018

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Letters - October 16, 2018

Your Say

Letters - October 15, 2018

Your Say

Do beggars put you off visiting Blackpool town centre at night?

Beggars have put us off visiting Blackpool town centre at night - ever again!

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Politics More Politics >>

Unstunned halal meat will no longer be supplied to Lancashire schools by the county council

News

Lancashire County Council was involved in a High Court case over the Virgin contract

VIRGIN HEALTH CONTRACT: Union blasts 'terrible decision'

Crime

Lancashire County Council is expected to help divert people away from extremism.

This is how much Lancashire County Council has been given by the government to help it fight extremism...

News

County council staff have undergone training about how to safeguard data.

This is how many data breaches Lancashire County Council committed in the space of three months...

News

Environment More Environment >>

Campaigners at a previous rally at Maple Farm

Anti-fracking campaigners to celebrate release of 'Fracking three' at rally

Environment

Rich Loizou, Simon Blevins and Richard Roberts leaving HMP Preston

Freed anti-fracking activists greeted by supporters as they leave Preston Prison

Environment

Protestors outside Preston prison last weekend

Crowds gather to see anti-frackers released from Preston prison

Crime

Protestors outside the Royal Court of Justice in central London

Lancashire fracking latest: The view from outside the courts after activists are freed from jail

Environment

Health More Health >>

Tim Mason, 21, who had flu-like symptoms and told doctors he "felt like he was dying" but was discharged just after 8am on March 16 without further treatment, an inquest in Maidstone, Kent, heard. Photo credit: PA/PA Wire

Coroner highlights failures after death of student with sepsis

Health

Lancashire County Council was involved in a High Court case over the Virgin contract

VIRGIN HEALTH CONTRACT: Union blasts 'terrible decision'

Crime

Michelle and Darren Bond with Harry, 12, and Maisey, seven, Michelles mum and dad, Susan and Ian Johnstone, her brother Mark and his fiance Becky Johnston

Walking mission to remember little Aymie Johnstone

Health

Offbeat More Offbeat >>

The company sells a range of men and womens flatulence clothing, including jeans, underwear and pyjamas (Photo: Shutterstock)

These £100 jeans could save your marriage..

Offbeat

Meghan and Harry

Meghan and Harry expecting baby in Spring 2019

News

How to defrost your windscreen - according to a former NASA engineer

Ex-NASA engineer reveals the quickest way to defrost your windscreen

News

Do people make assumptions on your name?

Revealed - the (unfair?) stereotypes based solely on people's first names

Offbeat

Opinion More Opinion >>

The Thing Is with Steve Canavan

Opinion

Roy Edmonds

A Word In Your Ear - October 18, 2018

Opinion

The Ven Michael Everitt, Archdeacon of Lancaster

Archdeacon Michael: Day I had a red face

Opinion